Boreham Shrimper
President
As I'm at uni in Exeter at the moment and my housemate comes from Barnet, we decided to go to Exeter v Barnet this afternoon. Although I'd rather have been at Roots Hall to see us pick up a valuable 3 points, I was looking forward to the chance to see Paul Furlong in action (along with two ex-shrimpers, Tommy Black and Nicky Nicolau).
I like Furlong as a professional and he has clearly had a very successful career. However, despite his goal this afternoon, which was very well taken, I really don't think he has what it takes to play League 1 football anymore. It was good to see that he has got himself fit again but unfortunately, he just seems to be way off the pace. Until his goal towards the end of the first half, he'd probably made more fouls than he had touched the ball and while you could see that he commands great respect from his team mates because of his experience, he unfortunately does not seem to find himself in the right places anymore, at least not at League 1 level. If Furlong is our answer as some people were suggesting this week (more in desperation than actually believing it I think), then what is the question? I wouldn't be surprised to see him going to Barnet permanently though.
Tommy Black unfortunately does not even look comfortable at League 2 level and still seems to be carrying a few excess pounds. It's sad because he's clearly nice guy but I'm not sure he'll be playing League football for too much longer. :(
Nicolau did OK as far as I could see and to be honest I barely noticed him. He still looks orange though :D
I like Furlong as a professional and he has clearly had a very successful career. However, despite his goal this afternoon, which was very well taken, I really don't think he has what it takes to play League 1 football anymore. It was good to see that he has got himself fit again but unfortunately, he just seems to be way off the pace. Until his goal towards the end of the first half, he'd probably made more fouls than he had touched the ball and while you could see that he commands great respect from his team mates because of his experience, he unfortunately does not seem to find himself in the right places anymore, at least not at League 1 level. If Furlong is our answer as some people were suggesting this week (more in desperation than actually believing it I think), then what is the question? I wouldn't be surprised to see him going to Barnet permanently though.
Tommy Black unfortunately does not even look comfortable at League 2 level and still seems to be carrying a few excess pounds. It's sad because he's clearly nice guy but I'm not sure he'll be playing League football for too much longer. :(
Nicolau did OK as far as I could see and to be honest I barely noticed him. He still looks orange though :D
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