Wes Hoolahan (M Cambridge Utd b.1982)

made the BBC team of the week...

I haven't a clue why Wes Hoolahan spent part of the game with his shin pad in his hand but it was during that period that the Republic of Ireland international found the inspiration to waltz through the Bournemouth defence and present Cameron Jerome with his first Premier League goal of the season.

From then on Hoolahan simply ran the show and was aptly rewarded for his efforts when he put the game well and truly beyond the visitors with a superb solo effort. Like picking Cherries.

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Originally Posted by DeLorean

Just watched the highlights on MOTD there and they mentioned this too. He looked brilliant and Brady seemed very good also and unlucky not to score when he hit the post. He also made a brilliant tackle to keep it at 0-0. Hoolahan could have had another assist but Jerome hit the side netting. The Irish commentator on MOTD did the match and singled out Hoolahan in his interview with Alex Neil who was full of praise. Shearer and Ian Wright analysed his performance afterwards so well worth a watch for anybody who recorded it.

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I was listening to the 606 podcast and a Norwich fan waxed lyrical about Hoolahan but Savage and Fletcher barely acknowledged it, I thought. Spoke more about Jarvis and Redmond.

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Originally Posted by jbyrne

made the BBC team of the week...

I haven't a clue why Wes Hoolahan spent part of the game with his shin pad in his hand but it was during that period that the Republic of Ireland international found the inspiration to waltz through the Bournemouth defence and present Cameron Jerome with his first Premier League goal of the season.

From then on Hoolahan simply ran the show and was aptly rewarded for his efforts when he put the game well and truly beyond the visitors with a superb solo effort. Like picking Cherries.

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Obviously using it as some sort of balance aid ! !. From now on there should be intermittent weighing of players during games to stamp out this sort of thing and checking for suspicious technology !

Wars referred to as "Hot Lips" by Jeff Skelling on Saturday. You'd probably need to be of a certain age to get it.

If Hot Lips was singing the chorus of the theme tune in Irish squads, that would explain some of the defending over the last few years.

Just watching Soccer Saturday here on Sky Sports News....the lads (all of them) are raving about Hoolahan .

All were shocked when they were told his age (33) .... as they were of the opinion that he should be playing for a bigger club as they thought he was younger

Just learned that in Norwich's last 14 wins ...Hoolahan started everyone of them


Also the panel were singing the praises of Robbie Brady... all very impressed with him as a player

Dropped to the bench the Liverpool game.

Irish impact on the Norwich result today. First goal for Brady and Wes set up Redmond for the second. 5th assist of the season for Wes and he now tops the assist charts. Cracking stuff.

I was going to say Wes did not do much, ie Redmond did most of the work himself, which he did from one point of view,
however looking at it again when Wes picks up the balls he pretty much has his back the Redmond and he wrong footed the
defence by flicking out a pass to him with the outside of his boot giving Redmond acres of space to run into.

So credit to Wes and Norwich, West Ham would have been second had they won so a good point away from home.

Guess who's joined top assister in Europe's top leagues: http://www.football365.com/news/numb...p-five-leagues

Brazil and Bayern's €30m man isn't on his own with 5.

Also note Damien Delaney.

Most clearances (per game)
Brede Hangeland (Crystal Palace) – 12.7
Bernardo (Sporting Gijon) – 11.6
Ervin Zukanovic (Sampdoria) – 10
Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace) – 9.8
Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) – 9.6

But he is not the best for clearances for Palace by a good distance!!

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Also note Damien Delaney.

Most clearances (per game)
Brede Hangeland (Crystal Palace) – 12.7
Bernardo (Sporting Gijon) – 11.6
Ervin Zukanovic (Sampdoria) – 10
Damien Delaney (Crystal Palace) – 9.8
Sebastien Bassong (Norwich City) – 9.6

But he is not the best for clearances for Palace by a good distance!!

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The Premier League doesn't really feature prominently in many of those lists, but it comes into its own when it comes to hoofing long balls down to the opposition box!

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Originally Posted by osarusan

The Premier League doesn't really feature prominently in many of those lists, but it comes into its own when it comes to hoofing long balls down to the opposition box!

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Yea I was thinking pretty much the same thing myself, ie it is not necessarily the best list to feature on!

However Palace are joint 5th.

Note Norwich's Bassong is also on the list.

Also note PL teams pack the most dispossessed table!!

Is Paul Green still top of the harrying table?

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Is Paul Green still top of the harrying table?

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Released by Sheffield Wednesday when a youth - he must have been really bad. All joking aside, I think Green got undue stick from the anti-Trap lobby because of who Trap was not picking instead of him. He did ok when he played for us, especially away to Sweden. Now lost in the mists of the metropolis of Rotherham.

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

Released by Sheffield Wednesday when a youth - he must have been really bad. All joking aside, .....

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Joking?

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I think Green got undue stick from the anti-Trap lobby because of who Trap was not picking instead of him. He did ok when he played for us, especially away to Sweden.

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Green was a stopgap.

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Released by Sheffield Wednesday when a youth - he must have been really bad. All joking aside, I think Green got undue stick from the anti-Trap lobby because of who Trap was not picking instead of him. He did ok when he played for us, especially away to Sweden. Now lost in the mists of the metropolis of Rotherham.

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This, he was picking Green, who is a solid pro and did what was asked of him, over Andy Reid who was a favourite of the fans, and press. Not saying he was right, far from it, but Green didn't deserve the majority of the criticism he did get

Paul I'd disagree if I knew what you were saying.

I can't edit?it keeps deleting my posts :(

I was trying to say green gave us something the other midfielders didn't and went against what the pro trap brigade used to defend trap and his system.

He was the little jack Russell in midfield that we needed. He was one of our better players for 27mins against Slovakia and did well against Sweden away too.

For whatever qualities Green had, his inclusion in the team was somewhat disheartening. He became a symbol for Trapattoni's style of play, and lack of faith in the players at his disposal. Rather than seek to improve our style of play in the positive sense, Trapattoni became progressively more negative during his tenure in charge. Green's inclusion in the team exemplifies this. Our goals against record was not poor before Green's arrival on the scene, but our goals for record was. Green was brought in to make us more defensively sound, when the team was crying out for more creativity. I'd imagine that's why "most" had a problem with Green.