id agree with that, release a player and replace him with a fucking journeyman winger who couldnt get a game for fucking barnet or whatever. shite story. exciting signing... still waiting on that 

His pace created panic in the opposition defence.
It also pinned back any fullback from attacking as they knew they couldn't get back.
with spittal playing defensive on the other wing that's how our defence performed better. This was a good temporary measure.
I would have preferred another blistering winger on the other wing in the transfer window though to really fuck teams up.

Tangy wrote:

Tope got dogs abuse on here.

 
Because he had a shite touch and the majority of his crosses were pish.
He'd never cut it if we got promoted but he was good enough for this league.
he still created chances and panic due to his pace.
His replacement does neither

Topes replacement is better defensively quite sad for a wingers main strength to be his defensive work.

npb wrote:

he was shite at right back on friday

 
Had maybe got tips from Toshney how to play there .....?

Rocky Raccoon wrote:

It just shows how shite we when people think we should have kept Tope Hebegeebee, he was fucking rank rotten, when he was meant to be look for space he sat on the halfway line, when he was meant to be beating the full back he does so by running the ball out for a goal kick.

I for one am glad he is away, Nichols is nothing great but he is still better in the team than what that waste of space was.

That signing speaks volumes about McKinnon's time here as manager, sign a player, release him four months later,  at least when McNamara was here he never knew Dave Snijder was a fruit loop.

 
Spot on    Tope offered feck all, the only mistake Ray appears to have owned up to by punting him.

Sorry but Tope was shit, thankfully gone and now reducing losses by £1700 a week now gone !!!   Aledgedly

bowers wrote:

I think a few are missing the point of the post.

We have replaced shit with total shite.

 
Correct. Dreading to think who hes gonna bring in in the summer ti rebuild again 😢

bowers wrote:

I think a few are missing the point of the post.

We have replaced shit with total shite.

 
Disagree with those berating Tope. He had strengths and weaknesses. Our manager didn't play to his strengths and is another example of why we are doing so badly. The players we have are not candidates for the Hall of Fame and will never get into United top 100 but if we had a decent manager my opinion is that this group of players would be top of the league by a fair margin and I speak as someone who welcomed Rays appointment. He was meant to know the league and said he would improve and get the best out of players. He doesn't seem to know how to win score goal attack or defend and im struggling to see any player up their performance Mathew Durban apart and his improvement is largely down to the Edje.

annanarab wrote:

Tope was one of 2 players we have who could beat an opponent. He could also out-run anybody and could send in a great cross. If Ray had given him more game time AND payed to his strengths Tope could have achieved much more than his 8 assists and 2 goals. However Ray chose to play some boring non attacking game and expected this creative to run around like some headless chickens. Our attacking threat has declined significantly since he went.

Not saying he was the greatest but we could have got a much bigger contribution from players like him and Murray.   

 
8 assists and 2 goals in half a season. Did he not win a couple of pens as well?
That's a not bad return from a winger that never started every week.
I've already stated he had severe limitations but he also had strengths that made him more than fit for purpose for this absolutely gash quality league.

Remember when we used to debate who the better option in the team would be?

Now it's "but he's not as shit as him" sad times.

TheShed wrote:

Remember when we used to debate who the better option in the team would be?

Now it's "but he's not as shit as him" sad times.