by Posh » Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:18 am
Jordan is a really lovely fella and great to have around any club, which is something that will definitely be missed.
His highlights for me will be the goal away at Tranmere from about 35 yards, which was absolute quality (our only moment of quality); his performance and goal against Cheltenham, when virtually our entire midfield was injured and we moved him there against his old club and he helped us to a 2-2 draw; the goal away at Oldham, which was a great night.
Having said that he came to us as a defender and a defender he most definitely isn’t. His first home game I think was against Exeter when his positioning was awful, got skinned several times and gave away a penalty. I’ve never seen him play well at left back. When we moved him into the centre of midfield he was always better as an attacking or box-to-box midfielder rather than a defensive one. At Notts County he gave the ball away on the edge of our box twice for their only two efforts on goal and at Cambridge away, when Paul McKay’s legs went, Jordan dropped deeper and suddenly went from looking comfortable winners to potential losers. We brought on Alex Kenyon for McKay and pushed Jordan upfield and he promptly went and got the late winner.
Part of it was his inability to time a tackle. He got 13 yellow cards in his first season and that didn’t help him later in games.
As a result, I was really surprised when he got a two year deal at the beginning of last season. However, it got us some money so no complaining.
He’ll be a big loss around the club as a person. As a footballer I hope Solihull can find a midfield role for him that plays to his attacking strengths. The fact no club previously, including us, has understood where he’s best is why he’s off again.
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