Rico Henry

Rico Henry

mobbeez said:
Not being English I have no vested interest in this, but I find the whining about Southgate amusing. He has taken a nation most associate with quarter finals up a notch. Does not make him coach of the century, but shows he is good at his job.

I thought the complaints that Rico was not picked for the national team were totally misplaced. Apart from the odd short back pass (remember the penalty he should have conceded at the Etihad) I think that, with the exception of Kyle Walker, he is the best one on one defender to play full back in the EPL. He is also a superb outlet for a team, especially if they need to deal with pressure and transition rapidly.

What may have legitimately persuaded GS to look elsewhere was the final product: it was not that great. Also England look for slightly different things from their left back. However this has changed, I know it is not a lot of games, but I am really seeing significantly better decision-making from Rico in the last third, and a genuinely impressive output. I think that he is going to break into the squad this year, because he finally deserves to, and maybe not just a presence in the squad.
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I wouldn't count on it as GS is blowing smoke up his own derriere on the back of Wednesday night's performance.

Along with the other senior pros in that starting XI Trippier was apparently "outstanding".

He was comfortable, offered an outlet in possession and diligent in defence when called upon but let's not pretend he's a lung busting overlapping FB who stretches an opposition back line with his runs.

That leaves Shaw, Chilwell and Trippier as the three LB options and only two of those were available for these two fixtures.

Pace will expose us in that position once we hit the better teams in the Euros next summer.
 

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jlove said:
Clearly, Thomas sets up the style of play to take advantage of that pace, so he’s effective within those tactics. Chilwell, within Chelsea’s style of play (if there is one!), is more productive in attacking output. I’d say that weights against Rico in international evaluation.
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What might weigh in Rico’s favour would be a Walker absence for whatever reason. One of Walker’s main raisons d’être, in Gareth’s eyes, is his extraordinary powers of recovery. GS will be well aware that Rico also possesses these mystical powers and that we use him in the same way.

Back to that back-pass, by the way, as I’ve just been reading all the nonsense above about it… @mhead bee is absolutely right, he scuffed it. I was nearby (shame he didn’t pass it to me ?), so had a good view. Haven’t seen it since (don’t want to, don’t need to), but the two reasons he scuffed it were a). he was too casual: thought he’d done the hard work and breathed easy too soon; and b). he lost balance as momentum was taking him toward the touchline: ended up leaning towards touch, too far from ball, only made contact with top part of ball and with not enough power. No chance of recovery as he was already heading for the South Stand! Psychological and mechanical failure. Has he been transfer-listed yet? ?
 

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Hopefully the injury today isn't too bad. Looked serious when he went down but didn't seem to be limping too much as he walked off.
 

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Him going off killed us a little bi, we missed his pace and getting us up the pitch really, do hope he’s not injured for a long period.
 

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PGH_Bee said:
Don’t mean to be a downer but I tore my acl and meniscus last year and I walked off the field
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Did you get thoroughly assessed by a professional medical team pitchside and then get the all clear to sit on the bench for the rest of the game instead of getting urgent treatment?
 

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LostBee said:
Did you get thoroughly assessed by a professional medical team pitchside and then get the all clear to sit on the bench for the rest of the game instead of getting urgent treatment?
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Was Rico on the bench? Didn't spot that, would seem encouraging.
 

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LostBee said:
Did you get thoroughly assessed by a professional medical team pitchside and then get the all clear to sit on the bench for the rest of the game instead of getting urgent treatment?
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Not always easy to diagnose. Callum Wilson partially tore his when at Bournemouth, got assessed by the physio and then went back on the pitch before it fully ruptured.
 

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Alex said:
I am taking solace in the fact that he walked back to the dug out, anything remotely serious and he’s on a stretcher.
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…………..yep……….just had McEachran on the phone……..
 

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Since my first game I saw the Bees play in the early 1980s, I honestly can't think of any other player than Rico who is so instrumental in the way we play. Sadly due to work travel commitments won't be at the game next Saturday but really hope Rico makes it. He really is the one player that is literally priceless to us.
 

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LostBee said:
Did you get thoroughly assessed by a professional medical team pitchside and then get the all clear to sit on the bench for the rest of the game instead of getting urgent treatment?
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Knee ligament damage can’t be diagnosed by a physio at the side of the pitch. He’ll need a scan, once the swelling has gone down. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for him.
 

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80s Bee said:
Knee ligament damage can’t be diagnosed by a physio at the side of the pitch. He’ll need a scan, once the swelling has gone down. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for him.
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Why on Earth was he allowed to walk back? He should have allowed himself to be stretchered off, who knows what further damage he may have sustained.
 

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TadB said:
Why on Earth was he allowed to walk back? He should have allowed himself to be stretchered off, who knows what further damage he may have sustained.
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I assume that the physio team know much more about this than all of us here and don’t believe this to be a problem else I am sure they will all be looking for something else to to do fairly soon if they have allowed him to walk and hang around making things worse.
 

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We have a natural left back replacement in Hickey but he is not the attacking outlet like Rico. A very big miss if he is now out for a period of time now.
 

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djheavens said:
We have a natural left back replacement in Hickey but he is not the attacking outlet like Rico. A very big miss if he is now out for a period of time now.
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We’ll just need to swap sides on the tactic. Hickey can play on the left in the same way he does on the right, in terms of getting forward, and Roerslev can do the more advanced side of things, which may work well with Collins’ accurate longer passing. Mads is probably the bet crosser out of the three, anyway.
 

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Alex said:
I assume that the physio team know much more about this than all of us here and don’t believe this to be a problem else I am sure they will all be looking for something else to to do fairly soon if they have allowed him to walk and hang around making things worse.
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They or the ref called for a stretcher, but he got up and by the time he had walked round to the bench area he to me looked to be walking OK. Interesting to see what Mondays scans show
 

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Everything crossed for Rico. During my Sunday League days, I had someone go through my extended leg when clearing the ball. I felt immediately that my knee was obliterated, but after a minute or so things calmed down and it had been severely hyperextended but didn’t rupture anything. Hopefully, this is the same for Rico. Even if no rupture he’s going to be very sore and probably out of action for some weeks if not a number of months.
 

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Ghost said:
Everything crossed for Rico. During my Sunday League days, I had someone go through my extended leg when clearing the ball. I felt immediately that my knee was obliterated, but after a minute or so things calmed down and it had been severely hyperextended but didn’t rupture anything. Hopefully, this is the same for Rico. Even if no rupture he’s going to be very sore and probably out of action for some weeks if not a number of months.
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HOPE NOT
 

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The way Trippier responded and the ref's immediate call for a stretcher makes me wonder if his knee cap was partially dislocated but then eased back by the physio, enabling him to walk off.
 

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djheavens said:
We have a natural left back replacement in Hickey but he is not the attacking outlet like Rico. A very big miss if he is now out for a period of time now.
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I recall someone mentioning a few weeks back that they thought there was a deliberate strategy for Rico to roam further on the left as the attacking outlet and Hickey to be more defensive on the right. I believe Hickey was more of an attacking threat when he played for Balogna, so we may see a change in the way Hickey is used, if Rico is out for a while.
 

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EarleyBee said:
I recall someone mentioning a few weeks back that they thought there was a deliberate strategy for Rico to roam further on the left as the attacking outlet and Hickey to be more defensive on the right. I believe Hickey was more of an attacking threat when he played for Balogna, so we may see a change in the way Hickey is used, if Rico is out for a while.
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Henrik Dalsgaard referenced this in an interview once. Said that in his time with us, we always used to nominate one of the two full backs to be the more attacking one depending on the opposition.
 

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paulmaddy said:
Henrik Dalsgaard referenced this in an interview once. Said that in his time with us, we always used to nominate one of the two full backs to be the more attacking one depending on the opposition.
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This works really well with Rico because he is so bloomin rapid he can switch back from attack to defence and pretty much cover two roles. . I can't see either Hickey or Roerslev doing this very effectively. If Rico is out for a while it may need a major tactical rethink and different approach.
 

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Jam Jar said:
Praying for Rico. We are screwed if he is out long term.
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Not screwed merely diminished. Aaron is a perfectly capable left back, but doesn't have the electric pace of Rico.
 

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Absolutely gutting
 

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If it’s true and it’s the same knee he did before (he was out for a year then), that’s him done for, I’m afraid.
 
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