“Dominic is another player with potential who we’ve brought in to develop and strengthen the club as a whole, not just the first team. Dominic will be expected to push for a place in the first-team, and adds depth and further quality to an important position.”
A quote from MR when he signed. Signed to play in the under 23’s and 3 years later he’s on of the first names on the team sheet in the championship, his development has been phenomenal.
This is a bit of a myth, he started the first game of the season in League 2. Wasn’t signed to play in the Under 23s like a Williams or Drysdale
Not sure its fair to say it was a myth. I genuinely believe he was brought initially for the 23's. He may have just stood out from the start but I for one had never heard of him. 99% of signings have some history of pro football. Pretty sure he'd only been on loan in none league so he was hardly a guaranteed starter.
This is a bit of a myth, he started the first game of the season in League 2. Wasn’t signed to play in the Under 23s like a Williams or Drysdale
We had injuries and for a lot of the season McDonald and Davies were ahead of Hyam in the pecking order.
League appearances in 2017/18 for CB:
Willis - 35
McDonald - 34
Davies - 21
Hyam - 14
Hyam was very much a junior member of CB department coming into that season. He earned his place toward the end of the season.
The point is going into the season he was part of the first team as the fourth choice centre back - if he was signed for the under 23s he wouldn’t have been fourth choice as that would mean the club would have gone into a season with 3 centre backs they thought were capable. He already had two loan spells at the level
From MRs quote it said he was signed to ‘push for the 1st team and add depth’ from the get go.
He made 14 league appearances all season, so naturally spent a lot of time with the U23s. He was signed as a development player.
Started due to an injury iirc?This is a bit of a myth, he started the first game of the season in League 2. Wasn’t signed to play in the Under 23s like a Williams or Drysdale
The point is going into the season he was part of the first team as the fourth choice centre back - if he was signed for the under 23s he wouldn’t have been fourth choice as that would mean the club would have gone into a season with 3 centre backs they thought were capable. He already had two loan spells at the level
He made more league appearances than he did U23 appearances
They only play about 28 u23 matches a season so it’s hardly surprising if he played 14 first team matches that he played less u23 matches.He made more league appearances than he did U23 appearances
That Yeovil game was just weird. Wasn't their pacey striker 34 Yr old francois zoko? I'm sure we were out on the piss the night before. Doyle said after if certain players wanted to make it they they needed to act professionally.Especially good to see him come back from being torn a new one against Yeovil in Div 2 when their Striker put the after burners on and Hyam was left for dead more than once!
He hasn’t been done like that again and he has definitely improved season on season.
Amongst many other consistent performers-solid 7 or 8 every game- very rarely makes a mistake.
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Might have made this up but i think i read that he had a new born about that time. Maybe he never got any sleep or his Mrs or new born Child had problems? Not sure, but i'm sure i remember reading something like this.What actually happened to Rod that season? Looked a class above for months, then over night he became a calamity, looked like he never played football before and we couldn't get rid of him quick enough.
He looked good compared to what came before him that's all, it quickly became apparent he wasn't all thatWhat actually happened to Rod that season? Looked a class above for months, then over night he became a calamity, looked like he never played football before and we couldn't get rid of him quick enough.
It was very unusual to see him do that, but they obviously couldn’t just leave him unmarked as he couldn’t be offside from the goal kick...That Yeovil game was just weird. Wasn't their pacey striker 34 Yr old francois zoko? I'm sure we were out on the piss the night before. Doyle said after if certain players wanted to make it they they needed to act professionally.
They had that Alex Fisher up top who from their goalkicks stood 30 yards offside and stood still and we just panicked not knowing whether to drop back and mark or leave him. In the end we scrambled to do both and they picked up the loose ball every time. It was utterly bizarre
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