Rico Henry

Rico Henry

jonnamanuk said:
Curious if anyone else thought, playing 4 massive defenders and KLP, will Rico get back in the team? I know we love him. Does he fit the current structure or will it create a week point size wise?
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Commentary at the weekend mentioned ‘overlapping centre backs’ several times. I thought “what else are we supposed to do with them?”
 

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jonnamanuk said:
Curious if anyone else thought, playing 4 massive defenders and KLP, will Rico get back in the team? I know we love him. Does he fit the current structure or will it create a week point size wise?
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This is one of the more ridiculous questions I've seen in two decades on the GPG. Leave out an all-time great Bee for a right-footed centre back playing out of position? Great idea!
 

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zuko said:
I would argue that most goals we concede at the moment are down to a lack of proper fullbacks, either closing down the ball or man coming in from the side, or crosses to the back post. Same again against Wolves.
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I assume that why young Jayden Meghoma is here, to be developed into that role and to understudy Rico once he’s back. He certainly did well v Orient.
 

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hanworthbee said:
Probably need to temper our expectations of Rico as he’s been out for a year now and unlikely to come back all guns blazing first game .
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The game when he is in the first team squad and on the bench, ready for 20-30 minutes, will be a real positive milestone. Maybe the League Cup game?
 

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Les Beeavinu said:
Hickey isn't back until at least March.
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If that is the case, why include him in our initial squad, could bee a place incase of the dreaded injuries,with a spot to bring in someone out of contract or in January?.
Comes back in March, lucky if he will be up to speed before season end.
It is not being against Aaron, to me it just seems sensible, any way back to Rico.
 

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Lush55 said:
If that is the case, why include him in our initial squad, could bee a place incase of the dreaded injuries,with a spot to bring in someone out of contract or in January?.
Comes back in March, lucky if he will be up to speed before season end.
It is not being against Aaron, to me it just seems sensible, any way back to Rico.
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Because he was fit when the squad was announced, then the injured reoccurred.
 

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Lush55 said:
If that is the case, why include him in our initial squad, could bee a place incase of the dreaded injuries,with a spot to bring in someone out of contract or in January?.
Comes back in March, lucky if he will be up to speed before season end.
It is not being against Aaron, to me it just seems sensible, any way back to Rico.
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Don't we do a new squad in January?
 

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JANORAK said:
Commentary at the weekend mentioned ‘overlapping centre backs’ several times. I thought “what else are we supposed to do with them?”
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While watching in the match, that phrase did come to my mind. I saw distinct similarities between what Van Den Berg in particular was doing and the way Sheff Utd played a few years ago. At that time, Wilder focused on overlapping centre backs, which many saw as a tactical innovation.
 

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cliffbee said:
This is one of the more ridiculous questions I've seen in two decades on the GPG. Leave out an all-time great Bee for a right-footed centre back playing out of position? Great idea!
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Innovators and forward thinkers are often criticised for being crazy. I guess I’m just the Steve jobs to your bill gates.
 

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Great news - hopefully not too long until he returns to the matchday squad as we have basically been playing makeshift LB's for a year now
 

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Sorry being dim but who's he challenging in that photo?
 

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I cannot wait to welcome back Rico, he will get an amazing reception at the GTech and I will be holding my breath for the first few games and like everyone praying that he stays clear of further injury. How we have missed him and what a difference to our team he will make.
 

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HMDBFC said:
I cannot wait to welcome back Rico, he will get an amazing reception at the GTech and I will be holding my breath for the first few games and like everyone praying that he stays clear of further injury. How we have missed him and what a difference to our team he will make.
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He'll get a great reaction when warming up from the subs bench along the front of the South Stand.....???
Feeling emotional about it already!!! ?
 

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Presumably Rico will get the full "Welcome back" treatment that Ivan got on his return??

Light show....music.....video highlights....etc. etc.......
Just as well deserved.....
In fact, even more so....
 

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badgerbee said:
Presumably Rico will get the full "Welcome back" treatment that Ivan got on his return??

Light show....music.....video highlights....etc. etc.......
Just as well deserved.....
In fact, even more so....
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Hopefully not!
 

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Indian Bee said:
Almost certainly.
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It’s certainly the best way of him getting competitive minutes with the ability to decide in-game how many minutes he has with the lowest risk to the game itself.

Of all the injured players, he’s the one who will make the greatest impact to the way we play. If we can get another 3 or 4 back before the December pile-up, we should be able to use them more sparingly and start looking good… on the assumption we don’t break any more!
 

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I guess that we could factor in Rico getting some minutes with the B team (U21’s) on Monday night when they play against Derby County in the PL Cup where the rules allow for 5 over-age outfield players and 1 over-age goalkeeper.
 

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jlove said:
It’s certainly the best way of him getting competitive minutes with the ability to decide in-game how many minutes he has with the lowest risk to the game itself.

Of all the injured players, he’s the one who will make the greatest impact to the way we play. If we can get another 3 or 4 back before the December pile-up, we should be able to use them more sparingly and start looking good… on the assumption we don’t break any more!
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Agree on all points. For the Wednesday game, urge fans to attend the game. Not only could we see Rico back and give him a rousing welcome back but a great chance for us to reach the quarter finals. The players deserve our support.
 
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