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Jerome Will Get Better.; Feed the Jer and he will score.
Topic Started: Apr 5 2011, 05:50 PM (1,591 Views)
Bobby
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Fed up with the constant moaning at Jerome, no wonder he feels disheartened when he can hear the groans and moans all the time, the lad is a good player but just does not get the service that a striker needs, we do not score many goals because the forwards have nothing to feed off...get of his back and cheer him and you might be surprised.
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Elvis
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I hope that he will surprise me every week - but I am always left unsurprised
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stinger2001
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Geoff Horsfield
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Apr 5 2011, 06:21 PM
I hope that he will surprise me every week - but I am always left unsurprised

lol and that's been me for years now.
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Wilfie100
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Unless he improves alot he will never be a premership striker...
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stevio11
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After that chance he missed on saturday, you are joking.
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fatlad
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you cannot afford to miss sitters like that im afraid.
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jonnyconcrete
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Bobby
Apr 5 2011, 05:50 PM
Fed up with the constant moaning at Jerome, no wonder he feels disheartened when he can hear the groans and moans all the time, the lad is a good player but just does not get the service that a striker needs, we do not score many goals because the forwards have nothing to feed off...get of his back and cheer him and you might be surprised.

He's not a striker...he never will be...he might pretend to be, he might want to be, but he isn't. Right side in a 433 maybe...other than that, he's championship at best.
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SWB
Bob Hatton
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Who needs away fans when you all slag off our own players, i dispair.
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tony123
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He had a good overall game on Saturday. I think most people have echoed this.

While this season he hasnt had great service his shooting has not been too great and as a striker this isnt good.

I think last year the criticism was totally unjustified given he got 10 goals.

This season he has given his critics some legitimate amuniton.

We have to accept he was the best striker we could afford at the time and now he is playing at a higher level. We dont have 25m to payout on players like Bent. Jerome is still providing a significant contribution as we strive to consolidate in the premier league.

I just hope he can get a few more goals and any flack will be like water off a ducks back.

I am sad that we dont have a great song for him we should have one for all our strikers.

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DEdblue
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Apr 5 2011, 07:52 PM
Who needs away fans when you all slag off our own players, i dispair.
:angry:

No not slagging, just debating on this 'debating site'
I realy do not think he is good enough to start every week, I blame Mcleish for over use of him and not giving the others (KP) a fair chance.
He missed a sitter on Say but, I said the guys around me he was much better than usual and under less pressure with Kevin Phillips out there.
BIG ECK.LEARN...please :rolleyes:
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bluenosewelsh
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I know he works hard and is fast; but there are at least 3 reasons Jerome will never score many goals at this level :-

1. His ball control is very poor.
2. He doesn't connect properly with a lot of his shots, and "scuffs" the ball. ( I think this is because he panics and takes his eye off the ball)
3. He is a poor header of the ball.
Because of reasons 1 and 3 he is also unsuited to playing as a target man.
It's not a question of having a go at the bloke, but compare how Phillips dealt with his chance against Bolton to the way Jerome coped with his own.
It's 50/50 now on us staying in this division; and relagation could finish the owners financially. We just have to play the strikers most likely to put a chance away.
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bnm
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If things dont change they will stay as they are :LMAO:
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thetoot
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Frank Worthington
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I think we haven't got the best setup for him Bobby, Eck's style doesn't suit him at all - but he does work hard and create chances for others so he is doing a job. Strikers don't always need to score, they need to help provide goals I think (As Chucho did) :blues:
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How long does it take to convince someone that he will never be a prem league striker!

He has had enough seasons to prove himself and he has never delivered. He can't finish for toffee! and he isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. This combined equals not a very good striker.

I have tried my hardest (I promise) to try and be positive towards him but he just isn't a striker full stop. Winger? Maybe he is fast and strong but still he doesn't have the intelligence to be a winger.

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thetoot
Apr 5 2011, 11:01 PM
I think we haven't got the best setup for him Bobby, Eck's style doesn't suit him at all - but he does work hard and create chances for others so he is doing a job. Strikers don't always need to score, they need to help provide goals I think (As Chucho did) :blues:

Top 4 teams have strikers than don't score.

We have one of the worst goal records in all 4 divisions. Jerome can't finish.

All he does is run around after the ball. Sometimes he doesnt even do that.

He frustrates the hell out of me, and we need to replace him in the summer, and send him on loan to a Championship club so he can finally learn how to kick the ball in between the posts, or at least close.
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Don't encourage the Vile fan please!
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murasame
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To be honest I simply cannot see how Jerome can improve his current mediocre ability. The bloke will be 25 this summer so in footballing terms he should now be at his peak. Realistically he's as good as he's ever going to get. All that is likely to happen is that his form will plateau for a couple of years and then as he approaches 30 his pace will start to diminish, eroding his only real asset.

While I appreciate his work rate, his inability to finish guilt edged chances costs us more points than he gains us in my opinion. To survive in the Premier League we don't need workhorses we need proven quality footballers. While he's at the club I'll support him but I wouldn't be unhappy if he left in the summer and if he's still leading the attack as first choice striker next season I'll be very disappointed.
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Apr 6 2011, 09:10 AM
To be honest I simply cannot see how Jerome can improve his current mediocre ability. The bloke will be 25 this summer so in footballing terms he should now be at his peak. Realistically he's as good as he's ever going to get. All that is likely to happen is that his form will plateau for a couple of years and then as he approaches 30 his pace will start to diminish, eroding his only real asset.

While I appreciate his work rate, his inability to finish guilt edged chances costs us more points than he gains us in my opinion. To survive in the Premier League we don't need workhorses we need proven quality footballers. While he's at the club I'll support him but I wouldn't be unhappy if he left in the summer and if he's still leading the attack as first choice striker next season I'll be very disappointed.

I have to say i think you epitomise my thinking there Sir!

I'd love him to succeed but i don't think the future is Jerome up front unfortunately. Having said that can the club afford to go for a top striker? Probably not - and i'm glad i don't have to manage the club!
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jonnyconcrete
Apr 5 2011, 08:18 PM
Bobby
Apr 5 2011, 05:50 PM
Fed up with the constant moaning at Jerome, no wonder he feels disheartened when he can hear the groans and moans all the time, the lad is a good player but just does not get the service that a striker needs, we do not score many goals because the forwards have nothing to feed off...get of his back and cheer him and you might be surprised.

He's not a striker...he never will be...he might pretend to be, he might want to be, but he isn't. Right side in a 433 maybe...other than that, he's championship at best.

Rightside of a 4-3-3 .... have you been watching me on Fifa 11???

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Martins---------------------------Jerome


Unplayable :ph43r:
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zimblue
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"and we need to replace him in the summer"

How much would Sturridge cost?

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blueblood
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Jeromes record this season speaks for itself. Doesn't say much mind :LOL: :whistle:
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The old adage is "The harder I work the the luckier I get!" He will run 30 yards full tilt after a ball and he lifts the crowd when he does. Then, usually he misses a lose ball under his nose.

My son reckons he is short-sighted and needs lenses. (Jerome not my son)

His goal-scoring last year was as good as some other comparable strikers but this years all-round contribution up front has been the reason for our league position. Not just Cameron but all of them. Will McFadden play again this season? :rolleyes:
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Apr 5 2011, 07:52 PM
Who needs away fans when you all slag off our own players, i dispair.
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:blues: Oh get a life I cant believe you think that Cameron is a goal scorer or will ever be. We have been waiting for years for him to become the golden boot of the team and it just is not happening This is not slating Cameron but just stating a fact backed up by all the years of evidence where we have all said maybe next game or even next season, but alas to no avail.

And just for the record I like the guy a good role model for attitude to work and commitment something none of us can fault.
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djmmusic
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Jerome is comparable to Kenwyne Jones in terms of goals scored - in fact he scored 11 to Jones' 9 last season. This season it's 3 to Jones's 5 but Jerome has had 3 assists and about 50% fewer shots in the first place.

Last season this forum was alive with 'sign Kenwyne' and yet our own chap was better.
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thehod
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At what point was his chance on Saturday "a sitter"?

There is no-one, no-one, in our squad at the moment who would've been able to get close to that ball.

The ball was moving fast, Jerome was moving fast, the keeper was moving fast. He didn't do well with it, don't get me wrong, but it was far from being a sitter.

Had it been anyone else, anyone at all, they wouldn't have got half the stick Jerome does.

But Blues fans must have their sacrificial lamb to slaughter, at currently it appears to be him.
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