Matt Harrold - Why all the slating?

[mattytheshrimper]

got to admire him for that. but sadly he's not good enough.

 

[Medway Blue]

If you pop down to Kingswood gym where he reguarly trains you can ask him your self. Also I might like to say about his commitment for the club. On Sunday morning on his day off, after playing on Saturday he was working out in the gym with Steve Collis, putting in the extra effor that some others dont.

I can't fault his committment. Never have. And I honestly think he brings something to the team. You only have to have seen some of my posts from a few months back to see how much i disagree with the criticism he gets. I just stopped bothering to comment on threads involving him becuse people are too set in their views against him.

Glad to see he's down the gym tho, he needs to bulk up and work on that strength!

 

[BlueJ]

I see he wasn't involved in today's reserve team game, so presumably he'll be starting on Saturday alongside Charlie Mac?!

 

[ashingdon shrimper]

go on harrold , one goal for the confidence and then you wont stop scoring

 

[steveo]

go on harrold , one goal for the confidence and then you wont stop scoring

If only the Roots hall faithfull could believe that come Saturday

 

[duncan bulgaria]

If only the Roots hall faithfull could believe that come Saturday

Not about the fans believing , its about if harrold can deliever , if he can then us fans being the fickle bunch we are will start really getting behind the lad.

I would like to see nothing better than MH score on sat and then go on a great goalscoring run through the rest of the season, well apart from waking up next to Kelly Brook every morning :p

 

[Onion_Bag_Dave]

I think Harold thinks the same thing tbh.

 

[Andy_S]

got to admire him for that. but sadly he's not good enough.

Agreed unfortunately.

 

[shrimpfan]

Not about the fans believing , its about if harrold can deliever , if he can then us fans being the fickle bunch we are will start really getting behind the lad.

I would like to see nothing better than MH score on sat and then go on a great goalscoring run through the rest of the season, well apart from waking up next to Kelly Brook every morning :p

great goal scoring run 2 get us fickle bunch off his back ?,we can do fickle for years maher springs 2 mind.

 

[CC51DAS]

Personally I think Harrold's been given lots of opportunities and not made the most of them. I do think his confidence is largely shot, and what he needs is to go out on loan and rebuild it away from the boo boys (hasten to add I have never and will never boo one of our own despite comments I make on sites like this). A personal opinion, that's all.

Glad to hear that - presume your opinion of MH is so low that you also assume he can't read !

 

[McNasty]

Glad to hear that - presume your opinion of MH is so low that you also assume he can't read !

But what is better -- to make unfavourable comments on here or to abuse the players on the pitch ?

 

[CC51DAS]

But what is better -- to make unfavourable comments on here or to abuse the players on the pitch ?

Preferably neither - but certainly not in the ground . Maybe I'm wrong but I imagine reading some of this stuff could be very hurtful

 

[OldBlueLady]

Preferably neither - but certainly not in the ground . Maybe I'm wrong but I imagine reading some of this stuff could be very hurtful

Sorry you feel like that. By all accounts if he's so busy training up at Kingswood on a Sunday then doubt he's got time to spend checking out stuff like this, and anyway, truth hurts and he needs to face up to his own short comings and try and do something about them. Harsh I'm afraid but absolutely better off aired on here where he can choose to read the comments than at the ground where he has no choice but to hear things.

 

[steveo]

he needs to face up to his own short comings and try and do something about them

Do you think he doesnt then? Do you think he sits around all day doing nothing?

Originally Posted by fbm
There was an incident in the first half where Macdonald chased a lost cause down into the North East corner. He won the ball, held off the defenders and put over a cross. Harrold was still 5 yards outside the penalty area and had made no attempt to get into the box. That was very poor.

I remember that. However, what you're ignoring is that it started from us defending a set piece in our own area. Harrold was in our six yard box and Charlie Mac was on the half way line. It's not really a surprise MacDonald had to hold the ball up. More to the point, Harrold was the first player to get within touching distance of Charlie, so give him some credit for being the only player to make an effort.

Perhaps you would like to see him working on making 50 yard runs in one second. Or perhaps he should work on jumping 12 foot in the air so he can compete for the next long ball hoof Clarke or Barrett sends over his head.

There are many more problems with Soutend at the moment than Matt Harrold which is why the best we can hope for this season is mid table. When people start to accept that, maybe they will stop slating our players so quickly.

 

[ARSE!!]

I would like to see harrold live up to the name professional footballer because i cant see how he ever made it through but as they say god loves a trier

 

[McNasty]

Glad to hear that - presume your opinion of MH is so low that you also assume he can't read !

Preferably neither - but certainly not in the ground . Maybe I'm wrong but I imagine reading some of this stuff could be very hurtful

The whole point of this forum is to discuss all things SUFC.
It has always been the idea that less than favourable comments are put on here instead of being shouted at players on the pitch.

 

[Firestorm]

Preferably neither - but certainly not in the ground . Maybe I'm wrong but I imagine reading some of this stuff could be very hurtful

And we don't ever hear you slagging players off do we ?

 

[cockles is back]

But what is better -- to make unfavourable comments on here or to abuse the players on the pitch ?

WELL SAID THAT MAN

 

[Rayleigh boy]

http://www.southendunited.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Gallery/0,,10444~1101370,00.html

have a look at Matt earning his bread -

I think a lot of the anti Harrold comments are ignorant of any understanding of football - and the abusive ones are really shameful....

 

[Stodge]

What is MH's goals-games ratio at Southend?