Hayden Hackney

[Trowel]

Nick Hammond sounds like a strong negotiator going by that, promising.

[sam of the south]

Gazump Leeds for Shea Charles as well, he looks a great prospect

[Toddacelli]

Been watching him again, he does look really fun.

You need to be a big boy in the prem though. Big powerful boys needed on that midfield now imo.

Can’t have Grealish Ndiaye Hackney KDH running around. Someone needs to win a header and twat someone. This is England!

I think he’s quite aggressive though. As they say, it’s not the size of the dogs of war in the fight…

[brap2]

I think he’s quite aggressive though. As they say, it’s not the size of the dogs of war in the fight…

But a good big un always beats a good little un

[Toddacelli]

But a good big un always beats a good little un

Can’t argue with that. There’s a few exceptions but that’s the rule.

[Bluedylan1]

Nice little picture of some of what he offers in his first 45 minutes of the pre-season -



We've signed a good footballer who'll be a first team fixture for us this season.

[Bob Sacamano]

Jesus. Mykolenko is absolute pony mate

[Cods]

Good awareness and movement, can ping it around, is pretty snappy and can set the tempo.

When he gets more used to what his team-mates can and can't do, and what they will do in certain situations, it'll look even better.

Really good signing on first viewing.

[kramer]

He’s taking the ball off the CBs and trying to break lines. That’s enough for me.

Double pivot with Garner. Garner tackles/intercepts everything in sight, Hackney moves it forward. That’s the balance that makes a functioning midfield.

Nice that he can break forward when needed but the main thing I care about is that deep passing. We haven’t had it in forever and we need it badly.

[StirlingBlue]

Nice little picture of some of what he offers in his first 45 minutes of the pre-season -



We've signed a good footballer who'll be a first team fixture for us this season.

Some nice touches and he's clearly been told to be the one to take it off the CBs. I think we'll see some nice passing triangles between him, Garner and KDH.

One issue though is even in that short snapshot he was bullied off the ball 3 times, he's definitely lacking in physicality

[Raptor]

I know it's still early, but are people seeing enough to think he'll contribute much this season?

Not a loaded question as I've only seen brief highlights of both games, and he didn't appear to be involved in much from those, but intrigued from those that might've watched

[Free Agent]

Yeah, he was more active in the Hamburg game. Was very subdued yesterday.
To be honest, the whole midfield was a mess yesterday, not even sure if HH was meant to be the 6 or the 8. A couple of time he dropped between the CBs to collect a pass and looked to progress but there was zero movement in front of him, no one to pass to so he ended up playing it back to either JB or MK. Other times he’d try take on a player but again, with no one moving ahead of him, it meant he had to carry the ball repeatedly into dead ends. Not his finest game, thats for sure.

[NickNack]

Yeah, he was more active in the Hamburg game. Was very subdued yesterday.
To be honest, the whole midfield was a mess yesterday, not even sure if HH was meant to be the 6 or the 8. A couple of time he dropped between the CBs to collect a pass and looked to progress but there was zero movement in front of him, no one to pass to so he ended up playing it back to either JB or MK. Other times he’d try take on a player but again, with no one moving ahead of him, it meant he had to carry the ball repeatedly into dead ends. Not his finest game, thats for sure.

Seems to be a recurring theme with most of our players

[Kerryblueboy]

Played much too deep yesterday needs to be picking up the ball further forward was neat and tidy nothing more

[AjaxAndy]

I'd imagine we'll see Hackney shine a lot more when he's got Garner or Norgaard alongside him. I can't imagine a world where Hackney / Tim is a functional midfield.