Agree with that. One of the beneficiaries from our injury plagued last season, he’s come on leaps and bounds.Hutchinson about the liveliest,
Agree with that. One of the beneficiaries from our injury plagued last season, he’s come on leaps and bounds.Hutchinson about the liveliest,
Change the record pal. If you’ve got an opinion, post it but do try to lose the chip on your shoulder.Ssshhhhhh you’re not allowed to be critical the usual shrimperzone clique will patronise and snigger away your post
Ok I’ll post my opinion .....Change the record pal. If you’ve got an opinion, post it but do try to lose the chip on your shoulder.
Well, it’s an original one. I’ll give you that.Ok I’ll post my opinion .....
Shut up you useless **** of a man bye bye borezone love mr cokles
The way things are going he should be a superstar by Christmas.Agree with that. One of the beneficiaries from our injury plagued last season, he’s come on leaps and bounds.
Wouldn't surprise me if that was the Echo jumping the gun, it's been very quiet since then.Has Kightley actually gone? I don’t recall seeing an official announcement but maybe I fell asleep.
Agree with that. One of the beneficiaries from our injury plagued last season, he’s come on leaps and bounds.
Who says we have no money? Apparently we had 5th biggest budget last seasonHard to sign players with no money.
Why do you think we're linked with the likes of Blackman?
Oh you kidding goodship couldn’t get anywhere near what turner was onNot that easy.
Turner's money has probably been spent on signing Goodship.
Kightly hasn't official retired as far as I'm aware.
Spot on thisWith a mere two weeks before kick off it is rather depressing to see us scratching around the bargain basement for other clubs cast offs and rejects rather than targetting proven league one players. No doubt confirmation of our status as one of league one's strugglers. Bond seems to have prioritised adding to his own back up staff rather than the playing side and the ridiculous injuries saga gets worse. I fear the worst and we seem to be placing undue reliance on Humphrys after his heroic exploits last season.
Oh you kidding goodship couldn’t get anywhere near what turner was on
Your wrong but il let you off ?We had to pay a fee to get him.
Turners wage in the budget would have been spent on that.
Pre season games do tend to feel a little odd on the most part and this was no exception. There just seemed to be an underlying lack of confidence from several on display and everything seemed to be at half pace. It was noticeable that Bond wanted us to play out from the back and I think there were only one, maybe two big kick outs down the middle from Bishop. If we're going to play that style in the league then we're all going to go a little greyer, as I'm not sure we have the personnel at the back to get away with it. Certainly Bishop had a couple of scary moments because of it.
Just a few musings:
Bwomono - It's fairly obvious how far he's come since the turn of the year. He looks much more of a player now than he did six/seven months ago.
Ralph - He didn't really get forward as much as I expected, but he's got a lot of pace and he should add a real new dimension to us this year. He made a couple of good tackles on the recovery and he was surprisingly good in the air.
Lennon - At 50 grand he's an incredibly expensive piece of Bone China.
Milligan - You could just tell that he's bit better than what we already had in the squad. If we can keep him fit then he should be a real lynchpin of the side. He kept it simple, he got around the middle of the pitch and he brought a calmness to things.
Hutchinson - He gave the ball away a little too much, but that probably came because he had the confidence to get on the ball time and time again. He's definitely come on since his introduction to first team football and hopefully he'll keep on progressing.
Buckley-Ricketts - I'd definitely take another look at him, but at the same time you have to think - is he really going to change? Within the first five minutes he won two or three free kicks with some quick feet. He clearly would give us something that we've been lacking for a while, but is Bond the man to sort him out? Today he had flashes of good, mixed with bits of indifferent and bits of laziness. He seemed to drift around rather than heading out to the touchline and I expected him to take on his man a bit more, but there was always the expectation there when he got the ball that he might do something.
Kelman - I thought he struggled to be fair. He's got a decent build to be a regular league player, but he seems to lack a yard of pace. He's in need of a loan spell somewhere once Cox is fit.
Goodship - He dropped deeper a little more often than I expected or would like, but his goal showed what a natural goalscorer he is. As soon as Mantom put him through you just knew he'd score. I'm fairly excited to see what he can do in the league as I fully expect chances to fall his way.
Mukena - He looked cool and calm, but I'm not sure such a young and inexperienced centre half is what we need?
Taylor - He looked so far out of his depth I'd be staggered if he gets anywhere near the first team for a long while.
Blackman - Going forward he actually did pretty well. He wasn't tested defensively too often, but are we really going to sign him??? It'd be a surprise if we did.
Mohammed - He looked like that sort of trialist that will never get a deal to be fair.
We’ve got Andre Blackman on trial a player who didn’t even have a side last year. 5th highest wage bill last year, clear as day that is being cut this seasonWho says we have no money? Apparently we had 5th biggest budget last season
The player himself says that he is similar to Raheem Sterling, is that fair?Just a few musings:
Buckley-Ricketts - I'd definitely take another look at him, but at the same time you have to think - is he really going to change? Within the first five minutes he won two or three free kicks with some quick feet. He clearly would give us something that we've been lacking for a while, but is Bond the man to sort him out? Today he had flashes of good, mixed with bits of indifferent and bits of laziness. He seemed to drift around rather than heading out to the touchline and I expected him to take on his man a bit more, but there was always the expectation there when he got the ball that he might do something.