Hanlon

[drfchound]

Hanlan needs goalscorers around him.

Now that there’s 3 of them around him (Adelakun, Lee, Molyneux) he could come in handy as a player who runs the channels / occupies defenders to make more space for them to thrive.

Lee has only played as a striker in a 3-5-2 at Wrexham even when he wasn’t in his main role as a midfielder. He isn’t a plug in and play solution as a striker.

Maybe McCann could go for a 4-4-2 diamond if BH, FO and BS aren’t on the pitch. With Mols and Haks as split strikers.

                       Clark

Sterry    Byrne / Pearson    McGrath    Senior


                             Gotts

                 Bailey                 Clifton

                              Lee

                Molyneux        Adelakun

Haks has only started one match as a striker (it was at Scunny) and he got subbed at half time.

[Ryaldinhio]

Didnt make the game tonight with work.

Got back and flicked game on 89th minute.

92nd minute WTF is Hanlan doing?!?!

f**king get rid.

[wing commander]

He did his job what he was brought on to do,held it up well..crazy comment to say you watched a couple of minutes

[ChrisBx]

He did his job what he was brought on to do,held it up well..crazy comment to say you watched a couple of minutes

I thought he did well overall given the state of the game when he came on, but he doesn't half look sluggish in possession.

[Thorney]

Hanlon did what was needed when he came on.
Did well.

[Bristol Red Rover]

That move when he was one on one (ish!), he could have done better with a sharper wit. or maybe he knew he had no chance with speed against the defender? He needs some oomph in training to get over that. But yes, otherwise did his job.

[grayx]

Hanlan ran his balls off when he came on which is what we needed. He needs to be above Billy in the pecking order now.

[ncRover]

Didnt make the game tonight with work.

Got back and flicked game on 89th minute.

92nd minute WTF is Hanlan doing?!?!

f**king get rid.

Didn’t you used to go on rants about people being negative?

Hanlan isn’t perfect but my god he’s better than the centre forward they had starting (no.15).

[MachoMadness]

Didnt make the game tonight with work.

Got back and flicked game on 89th minute.

92nd minute WTF is Hanlan doing?!?!

f**king get rid.

Mad post to read after a solid performance and a huge win. Hanlon played his part in both.

[Ryaldinhio]

Well, I did say I flicked on with a few minutes to go.

I must have just turned on before the worst bit of his game.

5 comments to the contrary so I guess he did well 

[StocksArmy]

He relieved the pressure and stopped the centre halves coming forward. Thought the whole team were really poor going forward but defensively can’t knock a single one of them. A few more of these gritty performances and who knows where we would be.

[Sprotyrover]

Held the ball up well.

[rich1471]

Halan will join a growing pyramid of subpar to inadequate forwards we've signed over the last decade.

Reo Griffiths. Rakish Bingham, Kwame Thomas, Aidan Barlow.... how long do you want to go on.

Got to look at the recruitment. Probably a 50/50 between not having a high enough budget for good strikers, and just bad decisions.

He’s definitely a better footballer than the four you’ve mentioned.

The issue for me is, I don’t know what type of centre forward he’s meant to be. How do you use him?

Can anybody compare him to another striker they know of?

He not a center forward He's a winger who is being played as a striker that's the problem

[turnbull for england]

Didnt make the game tonight with work.

Got back and flicked game on 89th minute.

92nd minute WTF is Hanlan doing?!?!

f**king get rid.

Bad shift was it?

[drfchound]

He relieved the pressure and stopped the centre halves coming forward. Thought the whole team were really poor going forward but defensively can’t knock a single one of them. A few more of these gritty performances and who knows where we would be.

This.

[mpc123]

Straight in for a scapegoat, oh dear we won, right who can I pick on.

Hanlan played OK, did his job, everyone played Ok, some better than OK.

Well done rovers.

[The Dav]

We looked better in the second half after the subs were made, we were under severe pressure and needed some help from up front which is exactly what Hanlon and Haks provided, so let’s give them and Grant some credit eh ? Can’t wait until Saturday now ! Let’s go and sort them lot out!

[mushRTID]

Hanlan did more than Haks, thought he was decent .

[KingKendrick]

Halan will join a growing pyramid of subpar to inadequate forwards we've signed over the last decade.

Reo Griffiths. Rakish Bingham, Kwame Thomas, Aidan Barlow.... how long do you want to go on.

Got to look at the recruitment. Probably a 50/50 between not having a high enough budget for good strikers, and just bad decisions.

He’s definitely a better footballer than the four you’ve mentioned.

The issue for me is, I don’t know what type of centre forward he’s meant to be. How do you use him?

Can anybody compare him to another striker they know of?

He not a center forward He's a winger who is being played as a striker that's the problem

I’m sorry but he was signed as a number 9 for us. I’ve seen him plenty of times and can’t see a world in which you would play him on the wing. If you think the problem with Hanlan is he is being played in the wrong position then I’m afraid you are living in cloud cuckoo land

[Usher wide.]

Held the ball up well.

No he didn’t, & I watched the full 90+minutes.

Billy offers far much ar the ripe old age of forty with his all out harrying game.

That having been said, Elliot Lee is not a No.9 in the sense that Rob Street was, the same can be said of Hanlan (though I scratch my head as to what he ‘truly’ offers us wide or centrally).

We clearly need someone to lead the line come the summer.

I’m sure that is on the radar of Grant & his recruiting team. I’ll leave it at that for now & trust it will be at the front of our agenda.

The boys all worked hard after the penalty & we grew into the game rather than ‘shrink’ into a side happy to kick it long & concede possession waiting for the inevitable to happen.

On to Rotherham with all that I’ve said tonight about having a ‘proper striker’ up front.

Credit to the back four (a massive hats off to Sterry), we faced up to everything they threw at us.

[Lesonthewest]

Really good battling performance tonight, well done to the team, & the subs. Gotts, Sterry & Byrne were my pick, but everyone played their part tonight, great effort.

[rich1471]

Halan will join a growing pyramid of subpar to inadequate forwards we've signed over the last decade.

Reo Griffiths. Rakish Bingham, Kwame Thomas, Aidan Barlow.... how long do you want to go on.

Got to look at the recruitment. Probably a 50/50 between not having a high enough budget for good strikers, and just bad decisions.

He’s definitely a better footballer than the four you’ve mentioned.

The issue for me is, I don’t know what type of centre forward he’s meant to be. How do you use him?

Can anybody compare him to another striker they know of?

He not a center forward He's a winger who is being played as a striker that's the problem

I’m sorry but he was signed as a number 9 for us. I’ve seen him plenty of times and can’t see a world in which you would play him on the wing. If you think the problem with Hanlan is he is being played in the wrong position then I’m afraid you are living in cloud cuckoo land

He's never played as a number 9 he has always played outside in a front 3 , just because Grant signed him as a number 9 does not make it his best position to play him in

[BillyStubbsTears]

Once again, the stick he gets is just ridiculous.

Bell end behind me shouting at him for not closing down a centre half who was thirty yards away.

Not a word of praise when he battled down by our corner flag to win the ball and relieve pressure. He was exactly the right sub tonight and played his role in what was arguably our most professional performance of the season.

[mpc123]

He is a nightmare player thst Byrne so far isn't it. I hope those people are so embarrassed now, pre him playing a game. I guarantee that if he has 1 bad game out of 20 he will be rubbish. Crazy world we live in.

[Move DRFC]

Hanlan offers more than Sharp for physicality alone. He can actually move (love Sharp but should be nowhere near it).

[Alan Southstand]

Lee didn’t do much playing in the 9 role either. At least Hanlon offered a bit more physicality. But that’s all he offered,  I’m afraid.
Until Okoronkwo gets back in, we have a real problem up top. There’s no way Lee is a No9, surely that’s obvious by now?

He needs to be in the squad on Saturday, if we’re wanting another 3 points. Lee is a footballer but wasted where he’s currently employed!

Gibson was the bigger worry tonight - I can’t see what Grant sees in him…..at all. Lazy, listless, heart as big as a pea! Passenger all the time he was on the field. We must improve in that area if we manage to stay in this league this season.

[DonnyRover]

I don’t know how people defend, Hanlan, when he comes on it’s like playing with 10, he can’t pass, he can’t dribble, he can’t control the ball, he can’t head the ball, he can’t shoot, he is absolutely the worst player in the squad and Billy must be sat there thinking he’s on a hidden camera show when he comes on instead of him. We would even be 10 times better off asking Middleton to play up front over Hanlan I’m sure of it.

[LincolnDonny]

Hanlan did just ok

but not my cup of tea . ....... there i said it

[scawsby steve]

I don’t know how people defend, Hanlan, when he comes on it’s like playing with 10, he can’t pass, he can’t dribble, he can’t control the ball, he can’t head the ball, he can’t shoot, he is absolutely the worst player in the squad and Billy must be sat there thinking he’s on a hidden camera show when he comes on instead of him. We would even be 10 times better off asking Middleton to play up front over Hanlan I’m sure of it.

Bloody hell, mate, how much money does he owe you?

[BillyStubbsTears]

There were several times when the ball stuck to Hanlan like glue.

Admittedly one of them was when he was trying to run at their defence and play Adelakun in, but hey-ho.

Imagine the reaction in here if we'd lost. Strange bunch, some of our fans. We showed a maturity tonight that seemed a million miles away three months ago, and still the first thing some folk want to do is to abuse one of our players.