JJ expected to pen Owls deal

always wanted 2 keep jj inconsistent but can win games on his own be interesting 2 see what meggo has got planned for him !

i'm surprised megson offered him a contract as I wouldn't have thought he was megson's type of player. anyway lets hope he can repay some of the faith that has been shown in him next season because based on his contribution to the cause in the last few years he should have been out of the door

I'm glad to hear he's about to put pen to paper as I like his style when he gets a fire under his, but I think it will be a foolish move if Megson expects him to be our primary hit man. We're going to need a couple of reliable scorers who can play 90min in our starting lineup. Anything less will lead to more of the same, I'm afriad... and the fans and MM deserve a heck of lot more than the mediocrity and inconsistency that we've been seeing lately.

I think he's worth a punt. At the end of the day, he's good to even have as a sub. He's hardly going to be on mega bucks, so why not? It's not like we're having to mess about with petty cash - we have Milan mandaric for gods sake!

so how can any of the the above deem him worthy of another contract? can only play an hour, does nothing away from home and only appears in patches at home when things are going well. too old to change and i'm still not happy about his hospitalization earlier this year

I have been trying not to get involved in this thread because I have already made my feelings about JJ known. However, I can hardly think of any player in the clubs recent history that has flattered to deceive more than JJ. Injuries and excuses apart he has been inconsistent since he arrived. Its all the managers that manage him ever talk about. As far as I am concerned he is a massively over-rated player and I'd only keep him on as a League 1 substitute and only then if the salary was suitably low. Fact is that nothing we say about JJ is ever going to change. Most of the time he reminds me of a little kid in the playground that just kicks the ball forwards and runs after it. Sometimes he does something useful that actually comes off and everyone treats him like the next pele on the back of it. He can win games on his own, although I'm not sure he always does it on purpose, and the rest of the time its like playing with 10 men or 11 but with one that you just want to **** off and go home! I knew I shouldn't have got involved!

You can describe any player that scores a goal as a match winner. 99% of what JJ does end up with nothing at the end of it. I have no problem with having him about as a sub, if his pay is cheap, but I think all this talk of him winning games on his own and frightening defenders is generally nonsense. Most of the time defenders have an easy ride because when he's not busy doing nothing then he's tackling himself or booting the ball into the stands when trying to shoot or cross. As I said, I think he is massively over-rated by some people because he runs fast past people sometimes, even though he doesn't seem to always take the ball with him. He's like Darren Huckerby with even less skill. Ok, I'll say no more and back him in the hope he manages to do something useful.

Will Hoskins to Brighton.

I think he's worthy of a short-term contract but would hardly call him a match-winner. How many games that he's played in can he be called that. It's what he does when he doesn't have the ball that bothers me most!

taking his time isnt he

As pointed out, JJ is a couple of decent moments in a couple of games a season. Its not enough.

Its funny what a difference a year makes. This time last year we were talking about how JJ would rip this league apart - now whether he is good enough for this league. Sometimes when teams play badly the individuals that are the best stick out the most. Same thing happened to Tudders, who we should never have got rid of.

Bald Owl, I said I could go on... I pointed a few times when he has, so read what ive fully put first. And for all of you... Name 1 player who has been consistent this year? So don't just say JJ has been inconsistent because every player and manager has been. At least on a bad game JJ can still do something, it's not like O'Connor when he has a bad game you never see him. Same for a lot of player E.g Potter, Teale, Sedgewick... " I COULD GO ON...."

SheffWed93 you can carry on as long as you like. I read fully what you said but dont agree and didn't intend in making personal posts to you to ask you to carry on. Not only do I not agree but it appears that none of our managers seem to have agreed with you either; not Laws who bought him, Irvine or Megson now, which is what led to the thread in the first place. The issue of consistency and JJ have gone hand in hand since he arrived, more so than any of the players you have named, and as for having bad games but still doing something. This again is your opinion. In mine, he has far more bad games where he does absolutely nothing, more than the odd ones you bring up, which is why he is the subject of debate so often and finds himself on the bench. We've been relegated and played very poorly this season so obviously JJ has not been the only inconsistent player in the team but the thread isn't about them, although it is true that JJ is not alone.

That's how I see him and that's all I'm saying, so long as he's not getting paid too much.