Rico Henry

Rico Henry

jonny c said:
Agree, over a quarter of the Premier League season gone and Rico yet to make a squad.

It's looking like a poor decision not to get some loan cover in, but there were plenty of voices against that on the GPG too.
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To be fair, we have been given some pony information regarding the length of his recovery.
 

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Wise old Bee said:
To be fair, we have been given some pony information regarding the length of his recovery.
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For us as fans the only info we care about about is how quickly we get an initial diagnosis and based on that a likely estimate. It isn’t always that clear cut, perhaps there have been set backs we’re not aware of. It’s tough, you want to maintain fan morale so do you just regurgitate….

Where I think the club haven’t quite been how to cover it is, when Igor was injured they announced it swiftly and officially. To me that was a departure from in the past remaining slightly tight lipped.
That sentence “back on the grass” could mean anything. He’s raring to go soon or it’s the first time he’s kicked a footy in ages.
You just have to take it was a pinch of salt and unless TF categorically says yes he will be involved, don’t read much into it.
 

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TOXIC BEE said:
Problem has always been he'd want to be starting every week, the club wouldn't have been able to promise that unless they knew Rico was months rather than weeks, which I doubt they did when the window was open.
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I’d say the amount he’s earning at Spurs is the problem.
 

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I don’t think we should expect a daily account of how he’s progressing nor the philosophy on how the club are trying to help him

nor do I think he’s the solution to the current issues

he will make a difference for sure but he’s not going to solve the enormous amount of shots that are peppering our goal
 

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With injuries like Rico has had who can tell if he’s going to get any setbacks going forward. Why does everyone want constant updates only putting pressure on the poor lad. When he’s back he’ll be on the pitch in meantime get behind the boys in the team. No point paying out £££ all the time Same for Hickey JDS .
 

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Beelieve! said:
he will make a difference for sure but he’s not going to solve the enormous amount of shots that are peppering our goal
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I think he will. His ability will mean we'll be more dangerous and it will be less safe for teams to try and pin us back. We'd likely end up playing higher up the pitch and the ease other teams have will diminish.

And no idea on his current issues, am just hoping he's back on the bench soon!
 

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jlove said:
I’d say the amount he’s earning at Spurs is the problem.
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How much is he earning then? And why would that become a problem now when it wasn't a problem when we decided to bring him in last season?
 

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PGH_Bee said:
Misinformation, the person got Henry and Hickey confused. They had said Rico had done his hamstring 'again' so they clearly meant Hickey.
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Not only this, but the person had also been mixing their grain and their grape, I think.
 

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TOXIC BEE said:
Problem has always been he'd want to be starting every week, the club wouldn't have been able to promise that unless they knew Rico was months rather than weeks, which I doubt they did when the window was open.
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On loan he would have been starting every week and not all his salary costs need to be in a deal too. We knew Rico had a setback before window closed.
 

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Gee Bee said:
On loan he would have been starting every week and not all his salary costs need to be in a deal too. We knew Rico had a setback before window closed.
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We did, but I don’t think anyone at the club expected it to be December at the earliest for a return. He’s seemingly been a couple of weeks away for the last 2 months.
 

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WesHa said:
With injuries like Rico has had who can tell if he’s going to get any setbacks going forward. Why does everyone want constant updates only putting pressure on the poor lad.
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I don't see how us discussing it or asking for a rough estimate puts pressure on him or makes him a "poor lad"

Saying we don't expect to see him for another 6-7 weeks minimum and then he pops up a week or two early is a good way to manage it. If he doesn't make that timescale it is no more saddening to us then expecting him back any day and waiting 6 weeks to be told we are still managing his return.
 

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JosephG764 said:
How much is he earning then? And why would that become a problem now when it wasn't a problem when we decided to bring him in last season?
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It was mentioned a few times by « those that know » that our loan fee was not covering his Spurs salary.
 

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I'm sorry to ask this again.

Have I missed something here. Has there been any updates or photos of him training?
 

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If he is not going to be back in the next few games we need to start picking Meghoma. He will be raw and make mistakes but we've seen enough to recognise the key attributes are there. TF needs to be braver here and stop tinkering to keep everyone he trusts on the team. We need an actual left back at left back and we have paid good money for one.
 

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jbee said:
If he is not going to be back in the next few games we need to start picking Meghoma. He will be raw and make mistakes but we've seen enough to recognise the key attributes are there. TF needs to be braver here and stop tinkering to keep everyone he trusts on the team. We need an actual left back at left back and we have paid good money for one.
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I agree, if I was Frank I would say to Meghoma that the shirt is his to loose until Rico is back.
 

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jbee said:
If he is not going to be back in the next few games we need to start picking Meghoma. He will be raw and make mistakes but we've seen enough to recognise the key attributes are there. TF needs to be braver here and stop tinkering to keep everyone he trusts on the team. We need an actual left back at left back and we have paid good money for one.
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I agree. I'd like to see Meghoma start. It couldn't be worse than the current situation of playing Mads or Janelt out of position.

I suspect Meghoma would love the opportunity. If he gets rinsed, so be it. We have tried an alternative and Meghoma has learned a valuable lesson in his development.
 

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brentfordfc4ever said:
Strange view.

Yeah, we have. Any mid level loan option would have sufficed.
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What is strange about it?

What is strange is not grasping the fact we have spent 12-15M on Rico MKII for the future and we believe we have players that can get us through it until MKI returns. Ayer and VDB are just about doing that.

IMO opinion that is not a fukk up nor a strange view. We have Cover, MK1 coming back imminently and MKII.

What is strange is not doing the same at RB where we are not expecting MKI back for another year and MKII has not be procured. We have enough to get us through it, but that is now1.5 years of getting through it without making any progress of finding a MKII.

I think you are looking at the wrong side of the pitch.

Any "mid level option" would not have been better then Ajer or VDB or even the new lad.
 

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Rico isn't back that soon. Thiago might be back first and apparently is looking like an "absolute beast" at JR
 

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Beelieve! said:
I don’t think we should expect a daily account of how he’s progressing nor the philosophy on how the club are trying to help him

nor do I think he’s the solution to the current issues

he will make a difference for sure but he’s not going to solve the enormous amount of shots that are peppering our goal
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Of course he will, you defend by keeping possession. If Rico is in the team opposition wingers won’t be as cavalier and will need to track back more, reality is the only wing back we have who can do that is Ajer.
 

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Bigbee said:
No ,its the lack of info people are referring to
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‘Back on the grass’ has become a cliche of foreboding for us. Any photo is subjected to forensic examination. Is anybody within 5 yards of him? Has he got proper boots on? Have they made sure that the crutches are out of shot?
We just have to wait…
 

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brentfordfc4ever said:
I agree. I'd like to see Meghoma start. It couldn't be worse than the current situation of playing Mads or Janelt out of position.

I suspect Meghoma would love the opportunity. If he gets rinsed, so be it. We have tried an alternative and Meghoma has learned a valuable lesson in his development.
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Can't believe we are persisting with what we currently have when a first team fit LB sits on the bench. Let the kid play. Sepp has been pretty poor in the last three games. Roerlsev against Fulham... how could it possibly be worse?
 

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Bill Benn said:
Couldn’t afford him.
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Too true. I believe his wages really stretched us in January but needs must.

We’d more than spent our budget this Summer and the Toney situation also wasn’t sorted until the very last minute. No wonder we passed on Reguilon and didn’t bring in a new right back. We couldn’t afford either.
 

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SlumanBee said:
Can't believe we are persisting with what we currently have when a first team fit LB sits on the bench. Let the kid play. Sepp has been pretty poor in the last three games. Roerlsev against Fulham... how could it possibly be worse?
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“How could it possibly be worse” would be the midfield and forwards are as ineffective as they were on Monday, we win zero challenges, can’t keep possession, create virtually no chances and the back four are over run for virtually the whole game.

Mads R isn’t the answer at right back but they had 26 shots on goal and a large percentage from outside of the box, the loss on Monday is not purely down to the full backs selected. I thought VDB did well.

Norgaard alongside Janelt is a bigger issue for me at the moment, neither seem to play as well when they both start in a three man midfield.

Having 32% possession says we were over run and giving away only 10 fouls all game and only three in midfield suggests we weren’t competitive or combative enough in the middle of the park and why our defence was under siege all game.

I agree in hindsight we should have looked to acquire cover for Hickey and Rico in the summer but injury wise it appears we got it horribly wrong with return dates.
I’d also have hoped that between Ajer, Mads R, Mee, VDB and now Megahoma we’d have sufficient cover but obviously not.
 

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North London Bee said:
Too true. I believe his wages really stretched us in January but needs must.

We’d more than spent our budget this Summer and the Toney situation also wasn’t sorted until the very last minute. No wonder we passed on Reguilon and didn’t bring in a new right back. We couldn’t afford either.
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That may be the case, but it's about priorities. No point spending millions elsewhere when we are getting undone by a lack of full backs, doesn't make sense to me. It's not sustainable to have to score 3 or 4 goals every game to win.
 

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Kingston Bee said:
That may be the case, but it's about priorities. No point spending millions elsewhere when we are getting undone by a lack of full backs, doesn't make sense to me. It's not sustainable to have to score 3 or 4 goals every game to win.
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That’s being clever after the event. I believe that At the time of buying the other players we still thought we’d be seeing Hickey and Henry pretty early in the season. Then things changed.
 

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North London Bee said:
That’s being clever after the event. I believe that At the time of buying the other players we still thought we’d be seeing Hickey and Henry pretty early in the season. Then things changed.
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20-20 hindsight’s a real gift.
 
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