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If there is interest (as Cox alluded to in August) then take whatever they are offering – he’s in the bracket of thinking he’s better than the club he’s playing for, looks like he can’t be arsed anymore
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Loft would struggle to get in a Brigg Town eleven let alone another league side.
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Loft is exactly the player he was when he arrived. Cox had many faults but perhaps the biggest fault of all was not one player is any better than they were when they arrived at the club.
O’Malley and Watson have improved but I think that was despite Cox rather than because of him.
Loft is half a good centre forward. He has pace and is prepared to make a nuisance of himself. What he could not do (and still cant do) is get the ball under control, bring a midfielder or wide player into the game and get moving into the danger area for the return ball.
Will Hill be able to turn him into a proper centre forward? If he listens and works then I suspect he could. Then he really will be too good for bottome of League 2.
Hill has already made progress in 2 weeks turning Hippolyte into someone that could be a footballer which never looked possible while Cox was here.
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Loft’s finishing is awful for the most part and his first touch is dog mess. If a team is interested i’d either flog him or do some kind of player exchange.
I’m sure Loft said not long back that he didn’t really see a future here and that other teams were interested, which is all well and good but he still needs to improve to further impress them, surely ?
In regards to Hippolyte he was playing fairly well in CM under Cox. I think he looks not bad in CM but is absolutely dreadful out wide, which is ironic because he came as a winger.
Scrimshaw is another one in the Loft category, runs his nads off but at time the quality just isn’t there. Scrimshaw reminds me of Chris Dagnall.
Only problem is Jarvis is worse then Loft. O’Neil is even worse than Jarvis. Turan is even worse than O’Neil and then you have Jessop who looked nowhere near being ready when he played under Cox.
I know this is complete craziness but I suppose Beestin could play CF with Wilson next to him ?. Beestin can finish but he can’t even get in at CM so I doubt that would ever be a viable option.
Apart from that though, not really much we can do. Green can’t play up top as he looks lost.
This is why we’re rock bottom ladies and gents. I would say this collection of strikers we have ” I use that term extremely loosely ” is the poorest since I’ve been watching.
I can remember many bad strikers we’ve had on the books but we’ve never had a big collection of them before.
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WG- you could’ve stopped at ‘Green can’t play…’
Valid point about strikers a hotchpotch of dross
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I always feel a 50-50 mix of both when I go.
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Cox had many faults but perhaps the biggest fault of all was not one player is any better than they were when they arrived at the club.
O’Malley and Watson have improved but I think that was despite Cox rather than because of him
Not sure you can have it both ways – either players improved under Cox or they didn’t?
I’m glad that Hippolyte is getting a bit of praise on here, I think he’s done quite well this season in central midfield, particularly running beyond the strikers. He won that penalty at Mansfield, should have won another v. Donny in the cup, set up Scrimshaw beautifully for that goal against Crawley and is scoring penalties. He may not be brilliant but it’s not a bad return given the rest of the team.
Definitely masochism alcazar but I am determined to go the full 90 minutes plus tonight for a change.
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His head is in the lofty heights of thinking he is a good footballer.
That may be true. But is he a good professional footballer?
Does his return of 2 goals suggest his talents lie elsewhere? Does he create, does he finish?
Does his name, nay will his name appear up there with Torpey, Green, Lumby, kilmore, Gayle, Flounders, Daws, Sharp, Keogh, Hooper, Cowling, Cammack.
Will it ###k
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Don’t forget Gandhi aka, Martin Carruthers. In his time here he was quality and Hayes.
Loft was absolutely dreadful tonight. The service at times was shocking but I’m not entirely sure his heart is in it anymore. Loft looked disappointed to come off but he needs to realise that he has to give more then not on the pitch for Hill to keep him on it.
Scrimshaw has his obvious limitations but he made the difference tonight. I’d start him and keep Jarvis up there. Jarvis is poor as well but least he puts the effort in.
Perry needs to start as well as an attacking midfielder so he can feed whoever is upfront. I do think there is definitely a player in there, he just needs games.
Pugh needs to stay in CM for his energy and Beestin did alright but he needs to get his fitness up though.
What worries me most is the 2 CB’S. Taft has been poor since he signed his perm deal. Onariase is a bit dodgy at times and Davies when he was playing was slow and ponderous.
Taft and Onariase at times tonight were all over the place. Taft had an absolute shocker. I hope O’Malley is back soon as well because he’s certainly better than Thompson.
If Taft keeps these performances going, he would be a likely candidate to move on in Jan if anybody wanted him. Taft looked a right player when he was on loan but since he’s got his contract he’s been subpar at best.
LOft can’t be expecting to move anywhere upwards, have a moneybags NL team identified him as the man to fire them into the EFL or does he have an exceptional agent?
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He’s always been shit. Can’t control a football, can’t finish, can’t pass. The odd occasion he does bring it under control he either tries taking on the world, trips over his own feet or plays the completely wrong pass! I’d rather Jarvis and Scrimshaw started.
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Loft needs a lot “and I mean a lot” of work but I still think there’s a player in there somewhere. Loft last season was good at times but I suspect his agent has been in his ear about a club who’s interested because this version of Loft is way worse than the one who showed promise last season.
This version is a million miles away. Would Jessop be any worse than either Jarvis or this version of Loft ?
I know this is off topic but there has been a few suggestions as to why Wilson hasn’t been getting a look in. A few have been suggesting that a club/clubs have shown interest and he’s due to move on come the January window.
Now, if this is true it would make sense. It appears it maybe almost identical to the Joey Dawson situation.
We were crap last season and Dawson was tearing it up in reserves/youth and never got a look in and then moved on.
Same about to happen again ?
There were rumours from early on this season that teams were looking at him. I wouldn’t be surprised either, you can tell he’s a good player from watching the youths as he’s usually that much better than all the other players on the pitch.
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If the above theory is true, then why isn’t Wilson playing to up his value if he’s good.
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If the club sell on Wilson eithout the fans ever getting to see him feature, that is truly shameful.
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If there is interest (as Cox alluded to in August) then take whatever they are offering – he’s in the bracket of thinking he’s better than the club he’s playing for, looks like he can’t be arsed anymore
I think if it’s anything more than a couple of out of date hot dogs covered in mould and fluff, we should definitely snap their hands off!
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“excel” not a word that should be associated with a player who struggles to control or pass the ball.
I agree with Alcy about Wilson – we need to see him play before he leaves. Keegan played 120 games before he left at 20.
How can the club (chairman) not give a player a game because he might get injured?
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