Listened to The Fence End Pod last night and it was suggested that Hanson has been
unfairly villified and that he could still become an important player for us.
He had a really good chance to become an important player for us last season when
Long got injured in Feb but that extended run in the team included a sequence of 13
games which saw 3 wins and us hanging on to a shot at the play offs by our fingertips
as we started going backwards.
Its not fair to lay the blame for that bad run only on him, we had loads of problems
with injuries, Kelly who was part of the 9 game winning run lost form, Henry was
out and the right side needed re-jigging, even taking that into account it felt like
he was a weak link that couldnt step up when we needed him.
Having said all of that, Sykes, another of the fringe players that was given the opportunity
to shine was poor during that period as well, it was only when Henry and Long were
back in the side that he took off, last 7/8 games. Could that be the case for Hanson as well ?
Looks like we are going to find out soon enough and i hope he grabs the chance and
gives us a performance that we can use as a benchmark because up to now his ceiling imo is
a rare 7/10 max with a whole bunch of 5`s and 6`s.
Nothing personal in what i`m saying and its based only on what i see on the pitch and i
would be delighted if he does become an important player for us, until the transfer window
at least we are going to need him. Good luck to the lad.