mfurok
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I'm a Spartan, as is Emile Acquah I believe.
Then there can be no doubt that he is a star in the making.
I'm a Spartan, as is Emile Acquah I believe.
Perhaps also a wise man would not take that gamble...is it not another couple of weeks or so before they decide..and of course the betting at the moment is they will continue (could be wrong but thats what some "pundits say"). Even an extra point dropped in those two weeks could affect our league status. Is it wise to gamble on that? Problem is none of of knows until after the event. Including me.A wise man might wait and see if the National league is
abandoned first.
A wise man might wait and see if the National league is
abandoned first.
Perhaps also a wise man would not take that gamble...is it not another couple of weeks or so before they decide..and of course the betting at the moment is they will continue (could be wrong but thats what some "pundits say"). Even an extra point dropped in those two weeks could affect our league status. Is it wise to gamble on that? Problem is none of of knows until after the event. Including me.
Maybe true. And if they dont add any more goal threat than Emile (who you will have noticed I am a great supporter of) then we may or may not stay up. You are right it is hopefully up to MM to decide and make the right decision. Hopefully rather than some financial restriction (although we were prepared to make a "big" contract offer to Akinde who is in his 30s and allegedly past his best).If the 3 amigos on trial are that good and that vital to the team then we could sign them in April and still escape.
As you say none of us know but Emile Acquah has scored more goals in the last 2 seasons than those 3 put together. Thats why they are training with Southend and thats why Ron and MM don't feel the need to rush into anything.
We have endless threads on how Ron has ruined the club by paying to much in wages and signing "One last payday players". Yet still fans demand the same mistakes when we are at our lowest ever point. In fact many of them are quite angry. Me, I"ll trust MM if he thinks they can add something and are worth the gamble....Because thats exactly what it is, a gamble. Then I will be happy with his decision... Unless its Nile Ranger of course.
I'd rather not chance it. By bringing in ranger and holmes will give us better chance of survival. 18 goals scored in 28 games is atrocious at any level!A wise man might wait and see if the National league is
abandoned first.
I agree with all you say (all be it there's Nothampton's games in Nov & Dec- a few weeks ago- to get an up to date analysis of Holmes on the pitch). MM needs to decide and its the waiting that kills...we all want the same thing. I am heartened by MMs comments that a couple of triallists are impressing...if they don't then I think a number of us worry about us scoring enough goals to stay up. Which I think is an entirely legitimate concern based on the season this far.@rigsby - my philosophy is the same as yours. Many on here are hypothesising what these players will be like based on their performances from several years ago. MM and his team will have been watching them in training, seeing how their abilities complement the existing squad and how their personality fits in. They will also, I assume, have fitness monitors on them to see what their bodies are like in February 2021.
If after all of that, MM deems they are or are not worth adding to the squad then I'll go with that judgement as MM strikes me as quite a methodical and thorough person. Frankly it's worth a lot more than what someone read on a Northampton forum or who saw Simpson score a couple of screamers for Orient 5 years ago!
I'd rather not chance it. By bringing in ranger and holmes will give us better chance of survival. 18 goals scored in 28 games is atrocious at any level!
A wise man? Really? We’ve got 3 league games between now and then and are only a point clear of the relegation places having played 3 games more than the side below us. Have I missed something and the season has been extended so we all play each other 4 times or something?
MMs latest comments are that they are very impressed by a couple of trialists so maybe that means something will be happening this week. I just don't want to go down to the NL (which is notoriously hard to get back out of) having "left something on the table" as it were.
IndeedIt's worth bearing in mind that with games in hand for both Grimsby and Barrow we are (worst case) de facto bottom.
If the quote was accurate, i.e. he said he doubts any of them will be available this weekend (the weekend just gone) then that does imply something might happen this week, or at least soon. Time will tell.
We are already in debt. Just sign them to the end of the season, I'm sure both players will accept that. Are forward line of badship/akinola/acquah have got a grand total of 5 goals....... no way we will survive with the current forward line!as long as it does not leave us in more debt. How many goals or assists are you expecting from them, 1 goal, 5,10, 20 goals or assists?
It's worth bearing in mind that with games in hand for both Grimsby and Barrow we are (worst case) de facto bottom.
Indeed
The exact quote from the Echo/CP was, and it was in quotes so you have to assume from the horses mouth
"there are a couple training with us at the moment we like the look of"
"We will have to see how the week pans out but I'm more than happy with what's around me at the moment with the reaction and the character they've shown"
Perhaps in answer to your question, and putting aside what he creates, not only has Holmes scored more league goals than all our many wingers put together, he's scored more league goals then all of our wingers and strikers put together...and we have scored 18 goals in 28 games...so perhaps this is one way he is better...
Ron has ruined the club by paying to much in wages
I agree we can make highly selective arguments to support one thing or another. At the same time we can say Holmes has scored so many more goals because our wingers are so young and inexperienced- except of course that's not true either- Akinola 27, ANG 25, RHF 23...Ricky Holmes last played at Roots Hall 6th October 2018. Have you seen him since then?
Emile Acquah hadn't even made his league debut in October 2018 but since then he's scored three times more league goals than Holmes, Ranger and Simpson combined.