kenny Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Player profiles: Micah Hyde Position: Midfield From: Cambridge United - £150,000 - July 1997 Career stats: Soccerbase He is: Every-f***ing-where. Still. Past profiles: July 1999 Profile: In your travels around this section of BSaD, you will notice that more than a couple of the player profiles are slightly out-of-date. Well, very out-of-date. Indeed, it's become something of a tradition for various co-editors and contributors to set themselves the challenge of ploughing through all of this to bring it back into the present, to manage a couple of updates, and then to go very quiet about it for several months before renewing the promise. If you hadn't guessed, I'm the latest. For some players, this works out rather well - Paolo Vernazza has revealed a number of flaws since I desperately wondered whether he was "rubbish at ten-pin bowling or something" in the absence of any other criticism to offer. For others, it's less kind - the vastly-improved Paul Robinson was still being compared to a dodgy boiler about eighteen months after turning into a rather potent industrial blast-furnace. And for Nicky Wright, who's barely kicked a football in a proper competitive match since his profile was last updated in 1999, it's just plain sad. Bearing in mind that popular myth would lead you to question his consistency, it's rather telling that pretty much everything that was said about Micah Hyde in his last profile, written back in that optimistic summer of 1999, still applies. The only significant change is the unfortunate break-up of the classic, imperious Johnson-Hyde axis that powered two successive promotion campaigns. The rest is much the same...including "that lovely now-you-see-it-and-now-you-don't trick when he's closed down", which has now been out-foxing opponents for more than half a decade. Somehow, Micah Hyde remains a little aloof, slightly detached. At his best, he simply glides through the midfield, feet dancing around challenges as if avoiding broken glass, body swaying elegantly to maintain perfect balance. The very image of poise and control. A Hyde welly is as rare as a Robbo flinch - he threads short, sharp passes around the midfield, always prompting and suggesting and linking things together. He is, quite simply, a joy to watch. And yet all of this flamboyance is allied with real drive and aggression. When Micah Hyde is on peak form, there's not a player, manager or supporter who doesn't know about it. He intrudes on everything, everywhere - a tackle here, a defensive clearance there; a shot there, a penetrating pass here. For ninety minutes. More than anything, that is what has been so valuable over the years, for Micah Hyde has the ability to make his performance count, to maximise his impact on the game. Given the support of great, thundering heavy artillery like Richard Johnson, a Hyde-based Watford midfield can dominate entirely...but he's perfectly capable of doing it on his own, if necessary. There are flaws, of course. Which is no bad thing, as the Micah Hyde of the preceding paragraphs would surely have been lured to the Premiership by now. Really, I'm not convinced by the common accusation of lack of consistency, and even less by the idea that he stops playing when winter sets in - at the time of writing, barely a week after half the country came to a snow-covered standstill, Micah Hyde is in simply superb form. Nevertheless, it's certainly true that he might score more frequently, something that Ray Lewington has attempted to fix without too much success thus far. His quiet patrolling of the space on the edge of the area plays a part in countless goals, but rarely by the most direct route. So, although he does periodically find the net with one of those clean, accurate strikes from twenty yards, he doesn't have, say, Allan Nielsen's instinct around the six yard box. Which isn't a problem, merely something that he might need to work on to succeed at the highest level. And, clearly, he's not that sensational, elegant midfield force all the time. No First Division player is that good every week. But, unlike some others, he rarely disappears - Micah Hyde is nearly always visible, even if the quality of the contribution becomes a little erratic when his form dips. It's that, perhaps, which leads people to query his consistency. Or, maybe, it's that the height of the peaks makes the troughs seem deeper than they really are. Whatever, Micah Hyde has never received as much credit as he's been due. Perhaps more than any other player, his central role in all the major triumphs of the last few years is obvious and unarguable. He may sometimes disappoint and frustrate...but it's no coincidence that his finest performances have frequently been our finest hours. Like I say, he has the ability to make it count. It doesn't feel as if he's been here so long. That's partly because he's never quite become a fans' player, an integral part of Watford Football Club as well as the team. But it's also because he retains the capacity to surprise, to demand that you look at him again. The tricks and the moves are familiar enough by now...but, at his breathtaking best, Micah Hyde still makes you wonder whether he's really a Watford player.... Ian Grant Last updated: February 2003
Foxes til i die Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Leicester City could be the club to offer midfielder Micah Hyde an opportunity to remain in the Championship having been linked with a move for him over the weekend. good or bad?? rumour discuss
The People's Hero Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 I'd possibly offer him a chance to train with us and have a look at him. Maybe a short term deal? Have to make sure the fitness and attitude are as required.
escape2victory Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 surely we can do better than this. The fact that he has been transfer listed by Burnley probably gives it away
The People's Hero Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 surely we can do better than this. The fact that he has been transfer listed by Burnley probably gives it away You haven't noticed how unambitious the club is?
who-izzet Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Micah Hyde? Hopefully he's not a starter, just someone to add to the squad.
teblin Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Not a name i was expecting to hear, but certainly knows this level! Thats all we can hope for a bit of experience to help out the young lads who are not so expereinced at this level!
willy37 Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 i tell you who impressed me a guy called o'connor from burnley, infact i think theres 2 of them but i remember seeing him score a few goals and certainly running the game when we played them. the type of player we need really
Thracian Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Dictionary definition of "Exciting":- rousing, stimulating, invigorating, stirring, electrifying, galvanizing, astonishing, amazing. Micah Hyde: Thirty-one going on 32, two goals in 2005/2006, transfer listed by his club, supposed motivation problems. With someone please, please, please lift my beloved club from the strengthening grip of mediocrity and make us thrilling again?.
Knighton Matt Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Dictionary definition of "Exciting":- rousing, stimulating, invigorating, stirring, electrifying, galvanizing, astonishing, amazing. Micah Hyde: Thirty-one going on 32, two goals in 2005/2006, transfer listed by his club, supposed motivation problems. With someone please, please, please lift my beloved club from the strengthening grip of mediocrity and make us thrilling again?. At this rate I thnk you'll be getting your thrills on the golf course next year Thracian!
davieG Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 At this rate I thnk you'll be getting your thrills on the golf course next year Thracian! Playing with his balls more like
Knighton Matt Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 It's my 50th season as a fan - I can't give up yet. Do both! Play with your balls....ahem...I mean have a round in the morning, football in the afternoon. Everyone's a winner!
Thracian Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Playing with his balls more like I know a guy who'd be glad of those. He was among a group of Rolls Royce staff I joined for a game at Brandon on Friday and one of the three had the most expensive golf outing I've ever witnessed. While his pals nestled mostly on the fairways of what was a "foreign" course to them, their pal went from one nightmare to another. He lost one ball or more on virtually every hole - 23 all told. So with his green fee of around £15, £23 for balls, a modest match wager and the £100 cost of the driver he bent and despatched afterwards, the day cost him around £150 with refreshments. Being fair though he retained his sense of humour and was determined to return and "get his own back". The club pro can't wait and was stocking the shelves with new balls as I left!.
davieG Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 I know a guy who'd be glad of those. He was among a group of Rolls Royce staff I joined for a game at Brandon on Friday and one of the three had the most expensive golf outing I've ever witnessed. While his pals nestled mostly on the fairways of what was a "foreign" course to them, their pal went from one nightmare to another. He lost one ball or more on virtually every hole - 23 all told. So with his green fee of around £15, £23 for balls, a modest match wager and the £100 cost of the driver he bent and despatched afterwards, the day cost him around £150 with refreshments. Being fair though he retained his sense of humour and was determined to return and "get his own back". The club pro can't wait and was stocking the shelves with new balls as I left!. Sounds like me I haven't lifted a golf club since I gave up getting out of a bunker after 20 attempts, mind you I was playing right handed even though I'm left handed. not that I've ever played left hand I might be just as crap. You might ask why or not but I could only afford one set of clubs and both my lads are right handed.
Thracian Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Sounds like me I haven't lifted a golf club since I gave up getting out of a bunker after 20 attempts, mind you I was playing right handed even though I'm left handed. not that I've ever played left hand I might be just as crap. You might ask why or not but I could only afford one set of clubs and both my lads are right handed. Even Levein couldn't have thought up that excuse - what a classic. PS: Decent set of left-handed golf clubs at a booter ....£5-£10 inclusive of bag. Bucket and spade (for playing in the sand) ....about a £1. Hire of JCB to put the sand back....contact Gallifords.
davieG Posted 4 June 2006 Posted 4 June 2006 Even Levein couldn't have thought up that excuse - what a classic. PS: Decent set of left-handed golf clubs at a booter ....£5-£10 inclusive of bag. Bucket and spade (for playing in the sand) ....about a £1. Hire of JCB to put the sand back....contact Gallifords. it was at the Oadby municipal course, I think they just spread all the sand on the race track. Funnily enough it all started out by accident, I'd planned to meet this mate who was left hand so I could use his clubs to try golf out but he never turned up so borrowed my other mates who was right handed the rest as they say is history. I shall have to try the left handed approach one day, if I can get over the mental scars.
lcfc true blue josh 18 Posted 5 June 2006 Posted 5 June 2006 anyone think we should get him, we need some experiance.
Ric Flair Posted 5 June 2006 Posted 5 June 2006 I always had a horrible feeling that Kelly might have a rather different transfer policy to Levein and although I was a fan of giving Kelly a chance i'm seriously going to have to re-consider my entire faith on him if he's going to go after players like Hyde. Don't give me the flannel that he's all we can afford, because that doesn't wash. He was once a decent player, but as Thrac says he's nearly 32 and with 2 goals last season we will be missing a chunk of goals if he replicates that form for us. He's also not the attacking type of midfielder I thought Kelly would want here, surely he must be aware of the importance to have an attacking midfielder when we already have Wesolowski as a combative midfielder. Good grief. The summer has started.
Babylon Posted 5 June 2006 Posted 5 June 2006 I always had a horrible feeling that Kelly might have a rather different transfer policy to Levein and although I was a fan of giving Kelly a chance i'm seriously going to have to re-consider my entire faith on him if he's going to go after players like Hyde. Don't give me the flannel that he's all we can afford, because that doesn't wash. He was once a decent player, but as Thrac says he's nearly 32 and with 2 goals last season we will be missing a chunk of goals if he replicates that form for us. He's also not the attacking type of midfielder I thought Kelly would want here, surely he must be aware of the importance to have an attacking midfielder when we already have Wesolowski as a combative midfielder. Good grief. The summer has started. Surely with Wesolowski and possibly Hyde we would have two defensive midfielders and with Hughes and Williams we would have two attacking midfielders. One of each playing and the other as back up. If he doesn't feel that williams or hughes are good enough for the attacking role then he would surely ship one out before bringing another in.
Ric Flair Posted 5 June 2006 Posted 5 June 2006 Surely with Wesolowski and possibly Hyde we would have two defensive midfielders and with Hughes and Williams we would have two attacking midfielders. One of each playing and the other as back up. If he doesn't feel that williams or hughes are good enough for the attacking role then he would surely ship one out before bringing another in. That's my fear though. Don't get me wrong, i've seen Hyde numerous times over the years and in the past few seasons he's had a couple of blinders against us where his team came to the Walkers and sat back hoping for a 1-0 win, which they got thanks to a lucky goal and him literally playing as a 3rd centre half for the whole game. I am not convinced by Hughes or Williams to be our attacking midfielder, Williams is better in a deeper role picking the ball up and spreading the play. Hughes has had a nasty season and i'm now unconvinced he'll fulfill his talent, which if he did would solve our problem which i'm moaning about but i'm far from confident about that. Plus, Hughes is likely to be employed as a right winger. With us needing 2 new wingers and us only likely to purchse one (from what Kelly's indicated) it would mean Hughes will be on the right, unless Sylla is given another chance (please NO!!!). I would just rather us sign an attacking midfielder and I thought Kelly was aware of the importance of us getting in a goal scoring midfielder. I can't see him getting rid of Williams or Hughes unless either forces him to and until that happens i'd have thought he'd look at what we need at this instance which is a box-to-box midfielder who scores between 5-10 goals a season. Not Micah Hyde who has built a valid reputation as a defensive midfielder and a fairly good one at that. Perhaps i'm being picky, but we need a goal scoring midfielder not a battle axe.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 5 June 2006 Posted 5 June 2006 Not sure I'd want to rely solely on Wesolowski to replace Gudjonsson. I think Hyde would be a half-decent signing, Williams and Hughes are our attacking midfielders. The priority is the left wing.
Babylon Posted 5 June 2006 Posted 5 June 2006 i'd have thought he'd look at what we need at this instance which is a box-to-box midfielder who scores between 5-10 goals a season. Isn't that something everyone is looking for? Especially one that is free as that is obviously all we can afford. Anyone like you describe of a decent calibre will be chased after after by numerous clubs, some that can offer more at this present time. I'd love us to be signing one of them... I just don't think it's as easy as we think without spending money. Which means someone leaving.
Ric Flair Posted 5 June 2006 Posted 5 June 2006 Isn't that something everyone is looking for? Especially one that is free as that is obviously all we can afford. Anyone like you describe of a decent calibre will be chased after after by numerous clubs, some that can offer more at this present time. I'd love us to be signing one of them... I just don't think it's as easy as we think without spending money. Which means someone leaving. Very true and signing an apparent attacking midfielder doesn't guarantee you that but you do have to speculate to accumulate and try to sign a defensive midfielder limits your chances of getting that 5-10 goals from a midfield player even more. Especially with the limited transfer budget we have. I will wait ans see though, Hyde isn't quite as bad as i've made out but not the type of player I was genuinly hoping for.
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