Wesley Hoedt

[david in sweden]

7 hours ago, Mr X said:

Has all the football skill but no football brain, constantly tries to do too much with too many tricks, walks into trouble. loses possession, repeats. 

Redmond you of anyone?

Hoedt must have "looked good " in teams before he got to us, but often players become the "square peg"  in a new club, and don't ever fit in.

This was certainly the case with Hoedt,  and his outspoken reaction to being dropped / blamed for team errors didn't help his case either.

My input is that many players look good  in a successful team, (or are stand-out players in a poor side), but that doesn't help if they join 

a new club and are asked to play another role,  or in another formation. The footballing nous, or talent they had learnt before just goes to waste.

 

Looking at  Hoedt's  performances with Saints, few of us would deny that is didn't work out, but there is a footballer in there somewhere and 

it would be nice to think that despite all the strife in between, he may get the chance to kick start his career before it's too late. 

[Mr X]

16 hours ago, david in sweden said:

Hoedt must have "looked good " in teams before he got to us, but often players become the "square peg"  in a new club, and don't ever fit in.

This was certainly the case with Hoedt,  and his outspoken reaction to being dropped / blamed for team errors didn't help his case either.

My input is that many players look good  in a successful team, (or are stand-out players in a poor side), but that doesn't help if they join 

a new club and are asked to play another role,  or in another formation. The footballing nous, or talent they had learnt before just goes to waste.

 

Looking at  Hoedt's  performances with Saints, few of us would deny that is didn't work out, but there is a footballer in there somewhere and 

it would be nice to think that despite all the strife in between, he may get the chance to kick start his career before it's too late. 

I was on about dejenepo but yes hoedt had some skills just an attitude that didn't match 

[Master Bates]

We got a high percentage of his sale to Watford. Sounds just under €1m.

Despite 'letting' the player move for free, we negotiated for the percentage of a resale.

[Crab Lungs]

Awful footballer. Only saving grace is we never partnered him with Vestergaard. Otherwise we’d have a few more 0-9’s to our name.

[S-Clarke]

We've had some depression-inducing footballers over the last 5 or 6 years, he's another one to add to the list.

[Ted Bates Statue]

26 minutes ago, Crab Lungs said:

Awful footballer. Only saving grace is we never partnered him with Vestergaard. Otherwise we’d have a few more 0-9’s to our name.

They would have played together a few times under Hughes in 2018. 

[Crab Lungs]

51 minutes ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

They would have played together a few times under Hughes in 2018. 

Oh God. I must have erased it from my memory.

[Saint IQ]

Just seen a twitter handle putting him in their team of the month for August. Had no idea he's gone to Watford! Our strikers and Midfielders will be licking their lips when we play them.

[Lighthouse]

Christ alive, you gave me a heart attack bumping this thread. I thought he was coming back.

[Jazzfunk]

Still blows my mind that Hoedt played six full international games for the Netherlands. How poor must their centre back options have been in 2017?

[John Boy Saint]

2 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

Christ alive, you gave me a heart attack bumping this thread. I thought he was coming back.

Coming back! - I thought we still had the bugger on one of those Chelsea 'esk 20 year contracts and that the umpteenth loan with an option to buy had finally found a Carillo from Monaco to Southampton type of sucker club to opt in!

[Bakovnetski]

Trust Saints to agree to a 5-year loan with an obligation to take him back

[Badger]

7 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

Christ alive, you gave me a heart attack bumping this thread. I thought he was coming back.

Unfinished business and all that .. 

[East Kent Saint]

Scored an og today passed back past the keeper !

[HarvSFC]

Oh dear.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

While fully expecting an unlikely MOM performance when we play them, I'm now thinking of a dream Hoedt/ Holgate centre half partnership.  🙂

[John Boy Saint]

2 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

While fully expecting an unlikely MOM performance when we play them, I'm now thinking of a dream Hoedt/ Holgate centre half partnership.  🙂

Only eating a lot of hard cheese before bedtime could induce that 😜

[Badger]

15 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

Oh dear.

Pretty reckless passing back without looking to see where the GK was, but not sure the GK is entirely without blame either. Imagine the uproar if Bazunu had conceded that. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

20 minutes ago, Badger said:

Pretty reckless passing back without looking to see where the GK was, but not sure the GK is entirely without blame either. Imagine the uproar if Bazunu had conceded that. 

I'd prefer the obvious, and rarer communication mess up to the dawning feeling that every shot at our goal will go over/under/through/past our goalkeeper. 🙂

I hadn't even finished my suprise that one got parried, when it was back across and in yesterday. 😒

 

[Badger]

23 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

I'd prefer the obvious, and rarer communication mess up to the dawning feeling that every shot at our goal will go over/under/through/past our goalkeeper. 🙂

I hadn't even finished my suprise that one got parried, when it was back across and in yesterday. 😒

 

Fair point of course

[Nordic Saint]

16 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

Oh dear.

Comedy gold.  Who's worse? Hoedt, Vestergaard or Holgate?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

26 minutes ago, Nordic Saint said:

Comedy gold.  Who's worse? Hoedt, Vestergaard or Holgate?

Scott Marshall? 🙂

[Ralph Fastenbüttl]

"Wesley Hoedt, he scores for fun"

 

[HarvSFC]

Watched the highlights and saw the Hoedt we all know for the Hull goal.

[Ted Bates Statue]

 

 

 

[washsaint]

Funny - but it's not real.  

[HarvSFC]

Funny if it is true. Would seem Austin's a good judge of player.