Juke - not going down too well.... (5 Viewers)

[Knowledge]

http://forum.comeonboro.com/index.php?topic=62367.0

It's funny though isn't it - reflects the fact that our play has improved since he left and he made us play very one dimensional - they are saying the exact same thing.

 

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[scroobiustom]

I like the Messi would struggle to score in this team comment, Poor Juke...oh well I prefer Nimely anyway.

 

[blueflint]

hey he was never prolific for us what did they expect

 

[skybluebeduff]

Never rated him at all and to be fair good riddance because we wouldn't of got Nimely or Norwood, fair enough he knocked some tap ins for is and headers but he never excited us did he?

Dear Juke

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Smithy

 

[Grendel]

Never rated him at all and to be fair good riddance because we wouldn't of got Nimely or Norwood, fair enough he knocked some tap ins for is and headers but he never excited us did he?

Dear Juke

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Smithy

Disagree - with him still available we would have another asset - still let's all rubbish another ex-player who never did anything wrong while here and still I believe is our top scorer.

 

[ajsccfc]

I can't believe that people would knock him, particularly this season. Without him acting as the sole source of goals before being sold we'd be completely dead and buried by now.

Could have scored against Bristol City on Saturday, mind you. Agent Lukas let us down there.

 

[stupot07]

Disagree - with him still available we would have another asset - still let's all rubbish another ex-player who never did anything wrong while here and still I believe is our top scorer.

Couldn't agree more Duffy - is a goal ratio of 1 in 3 not good enough for some of our fans?

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Wish we still had him.

Nimley has great close control and is very pacey, but doesn't provide anything like the goal threat that Juke did.

 

[ashbyjan]

Juke worked his socks off in every game, held the ball up well, was a constant threat to defences and this season he had actually discovered the act of scoring - despite playing in a struggling team and leaving in January he is still way out in front as our top scorer. I hate this he's left therefore he must be crap attitude many of our fans seem to have. I wish he was still here and ideally had been paired with Nimley or managed to build a relationship with McDonald. Stiil Turner, King, Gunnarson and Westwood are all crap as well and good riddance to all of them. Guess Cranie and Keogh will suddenly become useless the minute they leave - pathetic blinkered attitude.

 

[PVA]

If you read that boro thread, its basically one guy slagging him off and the rest saying he's playing well.

I wish Juke was still here, him and Nimely could have been a good partnership. Can't believe people are knocking him, considering he's still our top scorer despite leaving a few months ago.

 

[kingharvest]

Yep - he ploughed a lone furrow up there for much of the season. Nimely has transformed our attacking play, along with Norwood. I like Platt, but i'd rather have Juke and Nimely together.

Amazing how people are quick to lay the blame on one person all the time.

 

[skybluesteve76]

Disagree - with him still available we would have another asset - still let's all rubbish another ex-player who never did anything wrong while here and still I believe is our top scorer.

Get real he's gone on to do nothin! Just like Westwood. Good riddance


All the best

 

[kg82]

I can definitely believe some people are knocking him, that's what people do! Good player and I reckon him and Nimely would've had a great partnership.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Players leave when they become better than the club or the club better than them. Few of our departures fit into the latter.

 

[Astute]

Juke is a better and younger version of Platt. If ee had him now he would be scoring even more goals.

 

[sw88]

Ive always rated him and still do. He was another player forced out of our club, but like Turner! Once a bid is accepted by the board, you know your not really wanted!!

He was never going to be a prolific goal scorer. More of a play maker; a target man. He got his fair share of goals, and no one can say the effort wasn't there. Remember he had one of the highest shot ratios last season and although I don't know for sure, I would expect hes up there again this season.

Defenders must hate playing against him!

Id still love to have him at the club that's for sure!

 

[torchomatic]

He was never going to get a hatful for us as he wasted too many opportunities and I wasn't surprised that only Boro came in for him. Good at our level but he needed better players around him than we had. Don't miss him particularly as I think Sheff is doing just as much and gives us more width. Good luck to him though.

 

[Grendel]

Couldn't agree more Duffy - is a goal ratio of 1 in 3 not good enough for some of our fans?

No they prefer one or two every 14 games clearly.

 

[torchomatic]

Is that Nimley you're on about. He creates a lot though and gets us penalties, so on balance I think we're doing OK without Juke.

No they prefer one or two every 14 games clearly.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

I loved the Juke whilst he was here and was very disappointed to see him leave but honestly we haven't missed him imo.

 

[Grendel]

Is that Nimley you're on about. He creates a lot though and gets us penalties, so on balance I think we're doing OK without Juke.

I would prefer both. The OP said he is not needed. We still do not generally score enough goals through our forwards. McDonald and Nimeley managing three between them ultimately is not good enough. Yes Nimeley is an asset but you cannot take out a player with a 33% goal a game ratio and then say he is not missed.

 

[torchomatic]

It would be interesting to see our goal tally both before and after he left. There seems to be a greater spread of goals throughout the team since he departed. I'm not slagging him off, I lthought he was alright , I just don't think we are missing him too much.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Without Juke we have scored 16 goals in 15 games
With Juke we scored 20 goals in 24 games

 

[Si80]

Without Juke we have scored 16 goals in 15 games
With Juke we scored 20 goals in 24 games

Of which 9 were scored by Jutkiewicz.

 

[standupforcity]

Of which 9 were scored by Jutkiewicz.

This is a team game, and 16 fr 15 is a better ratio...whatever you think of him.

 

[skybluegod]

i liked him but he wasn't that amazing he was terrible at shooting with his feet but good in the air.IMO

 

[covcity4life]

if we stay up we owe ALOT to juke

also if we had juke now we would be a better team,i love platt but juke/nimely would be fantastic

 

[1nilandwe...]

I think some people are forgetting that he's still only a young lad and this is his second full season of playing regular first team football. We asked him to do an awful lot and he gave it 100% week-in week-out. Countless times before January he looked like he could have gone off injured yet carried on and without him on the pitch we'd have been beyond toothless going forward.

I hope he does well wherever he goes.

 

[Paxman II]

Got to say I've been consistent with the Juke all season. can't hit a barn door! The amount of chances created that he fluffed outweighed the ones he put away. Then study those and see what they were?
He's a fine contributor and all that but the end product for his efforts were never matched either in golas or assist.
Sometimes players look like good prospects and are strong, run all day, are a handfull etc etc but he is one of those that seems to lack the knack of backing all that up. A case of nearly but never will.
Boro' are getting the same and yes it makes them play off him and they become like us with him on the pitch one dimensional and stale.
Nimely is not a natural goal scorer but his efforts certainly cause trouble and goals for others and Cody though not in the same league for 'contribution' I'm sure would end up with goals to his name. lets not forget Macca what 9 now? he will score but with the Juke you never knew if he would.
Perhaps sometimes you have to go with your gut...and that's football.

 

[ajsccfc]

Get real he's gone on to do nothin! Just like Westwood. Good riddance


All the best

What should have happened in the two months it's taken you to write him off?

 

[Grendel]

What should have happened in the two months it's taken you to write him off?

He's scored 2 goals. 1 more than Nimley and 1 more than Macdonald since the turn of the year. I am staggered by some of the critiscm on here.

 

[covcity4life]

Got to say I've been consistent with the Juke all season. can't hit a barn door! The amount of chances created that he fluffed outweighed the ones he put away. Then study those and see what they were?
He's a fine contributor and all that but the end product for his efforts were never matched either in golas or assist.
Sometimes players look like good prospects and are strong, run all day, are a handfull etc etc but he is one of those that seems to lack the knack of backing all that up. A case of nearly but never will.
Boro' are getting the same and yes it makes them play off him and they become like us with him on the pitch one dimensional and stale.
Nimely is not a natural goal scorer but his efforts certainly cause trouble and goals for others and Cody though not in the same league for 'contribution' I'm sure would end up with goals to his name. lets not forget Macca what 9 now? he will score but with the Juke you never knew if he would.
Perhaps sometimes you have to go with your gut...and that's football.

macca has 8 or 9,but has played mroe games than juke in sky blue

 

[Grendel]

macca has 8 or 9,but has played mroe games than juke in sky blue

He has 7 league goals and 2 are penalties.

 

[skybluesteve76]

What should have happened in the two months it's taken you to write him off?

I'm very firmly in the don't care camp when it comes to ex players.


All the best

 

[ajsccfc]

Still dipping a toe in the 'care enough to emptily criticise' camp, though.