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Hemir


McGregor said:
If the lad had played the full season I'd say fair enough. While he has looked poor, he's made 20 appearances this season, averaging 23mins game time per game and has started 4 games all season.

I'm not praising anything he's done, because he's done nothing, but no other striker in our squad got the same luxuries as Burstow did this season, and he's quite comfortably out worst striker. He also has made 20 appearances this season but he averages almost double the amount of game time in those 20 with 44mins. He's also had the benefit of three times the amount of starts that Hemir has. He has a better xG than Burstow, which tells you he gets into better positions than Burstow does as a striker, again probably a really weak argument.

It's probably a really pointless argument overall but I'm not sure Hemir has had much of an opportunity this season. A loan is definitely needed for him next season to build confidence if anything.
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He's had more opportunities than he should have. Him being a million miles away stood out like a sore thumb on the first day. Every minute he's been involved since hasn't changed anyone's mind. He's been abysmal for the under 23s as well. I've never known a player of his age who lacks mobility.

Burstow is very poor as well but at least he can move about the pitch. He also shouldn't be playing at this level.
barts45 said:
Could be more dross in it next season then

Still think he’s lower than that standard having watched a lot of league 1
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I don't think he's a league player, but don't know enough about the national league to know if he'd be ok there.
 
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gatopreto said:
A medium term project? He's never going to make it. He's absolutely terrible, he can't even run.
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All the players are being watched every day and as soon as the club stop believing they get released. In the meantime all Hemir can do is keep banging them on for the reserves.
 
Spartan said:
All the players are being watched every day and as soon as the club stop believing they get released. In the meantime all Hemir can do is keep banging them on for the reserves.
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It's not that easy to release them when they are on a 5 year contract. He needs to improve his performances for the reserves, he has struggled at that level, though I heard he scored yesterday.
 
Spartan said:
All the players are being watched every day and as soon as the club stop believing they get released. In the meantime all Hemir can do is keep banging them on for the reserves.
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How exactly do you release someone who is on a 5 year contract? It’s not just him, we have a few more in the squad who are in a similar situation. The club keeps banging the sustainability drum but we will be miles away from it if we continue to give unproven, untested kids 5 year deals.
 
Tom said:
At 20 year old he needs to be showing more than he is, there is just nothing there. Caicedo recently moved to Chelsea for £115m at 21 year old.
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It's difficult to assess sometimes. I was listening to Les Ferdinand on Harry Kane this week and saying they knew he was decent and he'd have a career, he was a great finisher but they didn't know at what level he'd play. Something at 19/20 after a couple of average even failed loans just clicked and he worked harder and progressed quickly.

Whilst I'm not saying Hemir is going to be the next Harry Kane it's hard for a young lad who has only played B team / reserve league football to then move to a new country style of play etc and adapt so I do have some sympathy with him. But he's so far away in terms of his general play and the lack of impact he has you just cannot see him actually doing anything here. He wasn't even a regular starter for the Benfica B side either - I cannot see him achieving anything here.
Arfa Sleep said:
He desperately needs a loan to L1 next season, as you say he shouldn't have been given the number 9 and been so involved. The lack of experience has been a hindrance in lots of different ways.
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I agree. He needs to learn the football and the ropes and hopefully some quality comes out, but will any English team take that chance and give him the games?

If we loan him back to Portugal or a European side then it's likely game over for him here.
 
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Didn't we pay Benfica more than we had to, because we wanted to start a relationship with them ? Sure I read that somewhere.
 
He’s got time to improve but h s shown very little. Very static, lost, little hunger or confidence. He looks far away from being a starter in this league. They must have seen something in him.
 
Will go down as the worst striker we've ever had.
Literally looks like he's been picked out of the crowd.
5 f***ing year.🤬
 
Whitburnmakem said:
Give the lad a chance man ffs he’s a bairn he’s barely had time to learn is his refs of top class strikers didn’t score much at that age it’s his first season
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Wow!

He’s had plenty chances and shown fuckall, he’s also lazy, very lazy.

He waltzes through games, not even giving the bare minimum, if he was at least busting a gut, then fair enough, but the fact at his age he’s not even bothering to give his all, says everything.

He’s an absolute dud, people need to just accept it sometimes. We had this with djaku and unfortunately seems to happen with a lot of Speakmans overseas “gems”.
 
barts45 said:
Could be more dross in it next season then

Still think he’s lower than that standard having watched a lot of league 1
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He’ll not make it at any level in this country. There’s a reason he wasn’t sent out on loan in January, he’d have been disgraced at non league level.


footballers in this country need desire and heart. Hes got non of that at all and everyone in the terraces and within the club can see that. We’ve bought a dud
gatopreto said:
He's had more opportunities than he should have. Him being a million miles away stood out like a sore thumb on the first day. Every minute he's been involved since hasn't changed anyone's mind. He's been abysmal for the under 23s as well. I've never known a player of his age who lacks mobility.

Burstow is very poor as well but at least he can move about the pitch. He also shouldn't be playing at this level.

I don't think he's a league player, but don't know enough about the national league to know if he'd be ok there.
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👆👏

He’d be worse the further he goes down the pyramid. One thing that’s a given at National League level is effort and desire .
 
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Perryqhill said:
It's difficult to assess sometimes. I was listening to Les Ferdinand on Harry Kane this week and saying they knew he was decent and he'd have a career, he was a great finisher but they didn't know at what level he'd play. Something at 19/20 after a couple of average even failed loans just clicked and he worked harder and progressed quickly.

Whilst I'm not saying Hemir is going to be the next Harry Kane it's hard for a young lad who has only played B team / reserve league football to then move to a new country style of play etc and adapt so I do have some sympathy with him. But he's so far away in terms of his general play and the lack of impact he has you just cannot see him actually doing anything here. He wasn't even a regular starter for the Benfica B side either - I cannot see him achieving anything here.


I agree. He needs to learn the football and the ropes and hopefully some quality comes out, but will any English team take that chance and give him the games?

If we loan him back to Portugal or a European side then it's likely game over for him here.
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I hope they give Hemir a decision to make, because personally, even League 2 would be a good move for him. But weigh up the option of "stay here, go to someone in the North for game time, or return to Portugal on loan for game time". See which he goes for.
 
Perryqhill said:
It's difficult to assess sometimes. I was listening to Les Ferdinand on Harry Kane this week and saying they knew he was decent and he'd have a career, he was a great finisher but they didn't know at what level he'd play. Something at 19/20 after a couple of average even failed loans just clicked and he worked harder and progressed quickly.

Whilst I'm not saying Hemir is going to be the next Harry Kane it's hard for a young lad who has only played B team / reserve league football to then move to a new country style of play etc and adapt so I do have some sympathy with him. But he's so far away in terms of his general play and the lack of impact he has you just cannot see him actually doing anything here. He wasn't even a regular starter for the Benfica B side either - I cannot see him achieving anything here.


I agree. He needs to learn the football and the ropes and hopefully some quality comes out, but will any English team take that chance and give him the games?

If we loan him back to Portugal or a European side then it's likely game over for him here.
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It’s surprising how many young talents don’t appear to do the bare minimum of working hard.

That said, he’s a kid, moving to a different country on his own, barely speaking the language and then being thrown in front of 40,000 fans and expected to deliver. It’s a huge life change that I think most of us would struggle with.

I try to look at the positives but I really can’t see much at all in Hemir. I know it’s said a lot and often as hyperbole, but I do genuinely think he’d struggle to make an impact in the Northern League right now. The kid has absolutely no one with any real footballing experience to learn from at the club, let alone anyone with serious credentials. He could do worse than sign up to Jermaine Defoe’s academy.
 
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