Breaking News Sam Dalby signs

[Andyhsufc]

Good signing I would say - 21 years old and I think he could work well with Rhys. Not fussed about goalscoring record - he is probably another 6/7 years off his peak (possibly longer than that if a Corr-type player) and should improve each year. Still need another striker I feel but a good move forward.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Looks like a great signing, potentially. Definitely adds something different to the front line - and on paper exactly what we need. Could be a big player for us this year.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I’m looking forward to this signing, could be a right bargain, got the right build for this league and will cause many a problem for defences.

Once every 14 games by the sound of it.

 

[Petejames]

Stockport and Woking are laughing there heads off at us!!! Prove them wrong hopefully

 

[blues exile]

Reality check. We are in no position to sign an in his prime proven goal scorer, which is what we really need. Hence we sign old timers past their best or take a chance on rejected youngsters who have failed to live up to their early promise. It's the best we can do because of years of decline and mismanagement. We can't compete with Stockport, Wrexham or even Chesterfield, Torquay, Notts County and othe ex EFL clubs in the transfer market.

 

[ChicagoShrimper]

Excellent signing, welcome to SUFC Sam.

 

[RHB]

Stockport and Woking are laughing there heads off at us!!! Prove them wrong hopefully

Why do you think they are laughing?

 

[Petejames]

Why do you think they are laughing?

Because he was hopeless for Woking last season might have something to do with it

 

[Strykr]

Welcome sam, fire us back into the league and make yourself an SUFC legend!

 

[Medway Blue]

Exactly this. Players find the right club and it all falls in place for them

100%. A certain Lee Barnard is a great case-in-point. Look at his record before he joined us.



People seem to forget that loans aren't always beneficial for a young player. It can take a permanent move for first team football for them to settle and find their feet.

 

[kentblues]

I get what you're saying but have people really been that negative?

Just take a look at the posts prior to when I posted...

 

[kentblues]

Reality check. We are in no position to sign an in his prime proven goal scorer, which is what we really need. Hence we sign old timers past their best or take a chance on rejected youngsters who have failed to live up to their early promise. It's the best we can do because of years of decline and mismanagement. We can't compete with Stockport, Wrexham or even Chesterfield, Torquay, Notts County and othe ex EFL clubs in the transfer market.

Indeed, hopefully we get a balance between the two which is what I think we are getting

 

[RobM]

Leon Constantine had a poor record before joining us!

 

[Southend schoolboy]

Excellent signing, exciting young prospect

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

I would say that 15 in 19 in Watford's Under 23s isn't too shabby! Shows there is a foundation of talent there. Interesting comments here from an Orient support from the Football Forum, The Terminator said:

"I’ll never forget when our old idiot owners back in 2016 basically made our management play Dalby when he was just 16 years old. For a kid of that age, he had talent but it was clearly too early for him. He scored on his debut and IMO he was forced to play from that moment onwards, he showed the odd bit of talent but it was a good example of not putting youngsters in too early.

A shame not to see him press on, I always thought with a bit of time he’d do well enough in the game."

Well he is only 21 with football league experience. If he is going to be paired with Murphy and that is the plan (?), then he is the "large" in a classic little and large combo. The classic Toshack and Keegan Combo of the 70s didn't see Tosh heading the goal scoring charts, nor did another classic target man, Joe Jordan and the same goes for our own Barry Corr, but they all did enough to prove a handful for defences and created chances for others, chipping in with respectable tallies. If Sam can follow in that trend, I won't be disappointed, but give him a chance first and don't forget, PB got a good goal scoring performance coupled with BBBC's other undoubted qualities.

We could have a late developing gem here!!

 

[RHB]

Because he was hopeless for Woking last season might have something to do with it

Ah, right. Did you see him play often last season?

 

[Petejames]

Ah, right. Did you see him play often last season?

No but they did ??

 

[Strykr]

So much of it is how he forms a relationship with the players around him, morale, winning mentality etc. Plenty of strikers have muffed it for us and gone on to bigger and better things.

Lets not judge yet.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

Good signing. I like his profile and PB reckons he is like a young Barry Corr, which can't be bad.

SOLD!

 

[Whispering Bob]

His Uncle just texted me the good news. Cast your mind back a few years ago, SZ was raving about a tall blonde Orient forward who destroyed us in the FA Youth Cup at the Hall.