Elrich - Not doing enough to warrant his place?

possibly the worst marquee player since malik buari

Sydney left him wide open so many times too (obviously they don't rate him either) and he still offered nothing.

m8 i hav been saying it for a while. but have kept my mouth shut 4 the last couple weeks coz he was looking better. but fuking hell. he is rubbish. people keep saying give im time, but its the ned of the season. n all he does is stand on his wing and gets it coz noone marks him. try give the early ball in and either hits the first defender or is a rubbish ball. then he yells at evryone else. then he walks back 2 half way not even trying 2 defend and stasrts all over again. ahh thats a weght off

Yeah, he may get plenty of opportunities down the right but it's because he just sits out there waving his arm and gets crazily angry if the ball isn't given to him on a platter.

Oh, and we have ourselves a new "Plodder"

He won't get an easier night than playing against Renaud who is Sydney FC's development officer and most bling fans can't understand why he's been signed as a player...

What he used to be was a player that 9 times out of ten would cut inside a player and create opportunities. Unfortunately he is showing no signs of what he used to be. He is woefully one dimensional and im sick of people saying just wait till he gets back to his old self because at the moment hes not even looking promising and nowhere near worth marquee status.

Agreed, he's been rubbish. I was astounded that it took him four games in the squad before he even made it to the bench - some marquee!

Even if he will fit under the salary cap, we shouldn't consider keeping him next season.
If he wants marquee wages again next season then he can get them somewhere else.

Ironic, really, that the player we had the most time to choose before signing him turned out to be the worst value for money ...

For tonight:
The difference when Christie came on for him was great - here was someone keen to earn his place who could really run.

Elrich should be tracking back when he loses the ball, not standing there feeling pissed off about it.
Bevan2008-01-05 02:07:31

Ignoring the Elrich issue, I want to know why the hell we used him every attack.  I got fed up with us having two players and possession on the edge of the area, and EVERY time we'd then push it wide to the right.  If I had any hair left I'd have pulled it out...

Lonegunmen2008-01-04 23:55:06

It is a potent form of attack IF you can get the cross right and the way the Sydney 'keeper was coming off his line early on with the right run and delivery we could very well have scored using his wing.  Pity the application was awful.

why do we play so wide anyway ?? we never take them on up the middle, why not try elrich in the central mids and push ferrante out wide, why pay our marquee player to sit on the wing ? don't you want him offering a bit more to the team i do plus if we play three at the back shouldn't they at least be a flat back one player was often ten feet ahead of the other two  surely he wasn't man marking i'm rambling aren't i ? 

fair point 

there was 5 people behind me in aisle 30 and they were saying here we go again every time he got the ball it would be lost. I started getting to the point at about 60 minutes where i wanted Ricki to sub him it took to long to get him off.

Q: Why do they have to turn the cameras off every time Elrich receives the ball on the wing?

A: Slow motion replays can't be shown due to FFA regulations.

He should have been subbed at half time.

duno if this has been said yet (if so sorry) but i think elrich deserves the gold medal in Bell-end-ism

Elrich did put a good through ball for Smeltz in the first half but god I got pissed at him just standing there when he lost the ball. Someone needs to give him a boot up the ass!

I don't really think he's on 'marquee wages'. He's just got the marquee tag to fit him under the cap.

It was interesting too, in the half time coaching interviews, our assistant- i forget his name (sorry), but he specifically said that we would attack down the left flank as they thought lochead had more pace and could beat his man.

Hello well why the f**k did we keep attaking down the right with Elrich when he's never going to beat his man, and cannot cross a ball when he's paid the most in the team!!!???

Lochead is never lazy and gives it his all

That was the most frustrasting display to watch.

All the best next season Mr Elrich, it's been an interesting experience having you at the 'Nix. Wish you all success with your new club. 

I think it can be summarised in that he seems to lack passion playing for the 'nix. They'll be moments when he's got himself in a good spot or what have you where he'll put in that effort, but the rest of the time he's a robot that sits way out on the wing till he gets the ball, runs (jogs!) a bit, when the first defender comes toward him he smashes in a cross, usually hitting aforementioned defender. :/

It's a pity, I like most people was excited about Elrich joining the squad and really wanted to see him do well.

I apologise to anyone that was offended at my abuse of Elrich last night.

I meant every word.

Does anyone think he should stay to allow for some player consistency next season?

and Kosmina,corica the list goes on and on 

Apologies...

Our strikers were getting out wide too often to receive the ball.  Need a big centre forward to sit in the middle and finish

Elrich has been on and off all season - his effort levels at least, early on I could put it down to fitness, lack of game time etc, but now I think you are all right - it seems to be a lack of interest or passion. Trouble is it seemed to infect everyone against the bling.

watched a  bit of the game there.. seems we counter good but offload to youknowwho and lose it. argh!

Nice sig Bhoy!

I must say I'm a bit confused about all of this!

Is this guy shiite or is he just out of form?

How many players are we likely to ever sign directly from a Premier League Club while they are still in their twenties(no jokes about Fulham thanks).....I mean seriously, players don't get signed to the Premier League if they are crap!

 Many of the posts bagging the guy are on the spot ,but some are way off the mark. His positioning on the park ,hard on the touchline and his tracking back on defense(or lack of it) are determined by the coaches...this is not amateur league. If a player positions himself the same,  week in week out then its because the coaches told him to.

Form is tempory, class is permanent. I have seen enough from Elrich(that goal, corners taken and the way he traps and controls the ball) to suggest he's got the goods. I'll leave the call to Rickie.If they want to work on him over the offseason...get a few kilos off and work on his confidence, then I'm prepared to wait.  GIVE THE GUY A BREAK!!!!!!

One fabulous shot at goal doesn't really make up for all the potential goals he's stuffed up, there were potentially 3 in last weeks game that he gave away because of a rushed/poor cross. Sure his positional play is determined by the coach, and he is great on the ball, but so are most of the team. When he loses the ball he literally stands there looking stunned - if Daniel, Felipe, Lockhead lose it they do their best to win it back! Form is temporary, but how long do you have to give a guy between the good days and bad?? theprof2008-01-07 14:09:44

it was a good goal though 

damn tootin'

Interesting just watched the first half again and really dont think he was as bad in that half as what many have said.Maybe part of the problem is that Ricky hasnt been subbing him early enough.he also tracked back a number of times to help out in defence which is different to what many have posted. And yes i do hope we keep him for next season,maybe he hasnt been as good as we had hoped but to lay the blame on him for some of our efforts is getting a little carried away.As for crosses and passes not going where they should he isnt the only one who stuffed up in that half.

Malik Buari scored one even better for the Knights last year. Most players have got one or two cracker goals in them somewhere. I remember Jonathon Perry's and George Goutzioulis's for the Kingz. Marquee players should be influencing every game.