Cassidy, your post doesn’t make sense. The same goode goes to Northampton. Their manager/coaching staff have complete faith in him, play him week and in week out, he leads said team to promotion..he then goes for a reported 1 million quid + add ons to a top end championship club on a 4yr contract.
Nothing wrong with the players ability, that’s purely a complete lack of man management on our side.
You could tell he had ability. Most on here said he was rubbish and was glad to see him go.
I always said we should have played him instead of McArdle. Goode had pace, decent passer and was always decent in the air. All he needed was somebody at GP to have faith in him and play him.
Similar thing happened with Godden. No doubt we should have signed him up on a lengthy contract and loaned him out to get games.
We really need to stop doing this. Hopefully with Cox and Lillis here now we won’t do such stupid things.
Didn’t Neil say the other day 2 or 3 players had got injuries but none were serious.
Cox gave another statement today post match. Those two definitely have calf injuries and won’t be fit for the next two matches. Cox stated he has to “careful with them”….in other words, wrap them up in cotton wool.
Clarke will be playing catch up yet again due to being out pre season. Hardly ideal, especially as he has a shocking injury record and he just happens to be club captain.
Fingers crossed after this injury he remains fit an raring to go for rest of the season.
An experienced Gk and a dominating CM player would do nicely. Matt did say on twitter a few days back that we were/are in for another CB so like all you lot, not really sure what’s going on.
Don’t know weather it is the same Luton fan,that WG knows,there can’t be that many in scunny,but when I spoke to my Luton fan mate,he really rates Jarvis,says not really given s chance,big awkward,and 2 good feet,just saying.
I was told something similar to what you have been told. Biglefttoe is going primarily on his stats, which i admit hardly set the world alight but he’s supposed to have good ability.
I know Luton Fans thought he was a good enough player but because they had the options they had at the time, he just didn’t get enough chances.
Fingers crossed he fits in the squad/team and is hungry for another chance in the football league. He’s supposed to be a mobile targetman who’s technically pretty good…from what I was told he’s got the ability to play this level and has some quality but according to the Luton fan I was talking to just needs a fair chance to prove his worth and bed himself down.
I wouldn’t be automatically have him pencilled in as an u23 player from the off. If has the ability he’s supposed to have and feels settled here with games under his belt, you just never know…may be a dark horse.
As said above though, even if he scores say 7-10 goals and creates space for Van Veen, I’d be happy with that.
I appreciate that we are supposed to give young keepers time, but not sure young Collins looked like he even has potential to progress. Need a keeper desperately.
He needs loaning out or kept in u23’s….he’s no where near being even classed as a viable back up option !
Big left toe, I’d keep an eye on Jarvis. I suspect he may make more of an impact than what you’re suggesting. A luton fan on twitter said that during his time there, even in his limited game time that he thought he looked a really capable player.
It was only down to Hylton , Lee and others being in such good form that he didn’t get more game time…he scored a few in the cups and according to that fan, he thinks he’ll easily score at this level given game time.
I know youtube clips are not exactly reliable but he looks a pretty tidy player….we needed a targetman as well, he’s different to all the others we’ve got.
In regards to players going out. I think Colclough will go. Dales may stay due to probably not being on a hefty contract and he’s fairly versatile.
Olomola’s an interesting one though…will this season be his season?.
Also that young Collins in goal looked terrible going by the clips of today’s game. Cox needs to work his magic and talk Swann around into getting one ASAP.
August 15, 2020 at 3:21 pm
in reply to: Lillis#193375
I wouldn’t call thinking defenders are possibly injured due to not featuring a conspiracy theory. As you say though Northumb, maybe he wanted to look more at the midfield.
It could even be the fact he’s looking to field a totally different team in another friendly we have organised in the coming days.
Shame we have to guess on that front due to there not being any bloody information about upcoming friendly matches.
He’s not too bad but he’s not a no 1 GK, he’s provide back up but that’s about it. I hope Cox talks Swann into signing an experienced, more reliable GK.
August 13, 2020 at 7:56 pm
in reply to: Lillis#193326
I bet we’ll probably ship Olomola out and get another striker in who’s seen as a reliable goal scorer. Now, whether whoever it is is or not is another matter entirely.
Be interesting to see who it is though.
August 13, 2020 at 7:19 pm
in reply to: Lillis#193320
Notts county fans are off the impression Cox will go back to County for Mitch Rose, 26yr old CM player. Cox and the other management there really rate him.
I’m not sure if he lives up this end but he used to play for the cods.
I agree with others though on the GK front. We need an experienced, solid one badly.
Cassidy we employed a shit ton of staff to qualify for the next youth category with designs on moving up to the championship, while that’s well and truly fell down the wayside, we unfortunately are still carrying those staff.
To say we’re over staffed is an understatement. I’ve said it on many occasions. To be honest, it needs well and truly cutting back.
By all means if we get to that positions again and we need to take into consideration upscaling again, great but we don’t need all of them at this moment in time.
Big question is though how much it would cost to restructure the staff to a league 2 sized structure. Yes, they will all obviously need paying and will drain the club but it’s finding the money upfront to pay them off which I fear may be the issue.
If you look at the squad, it’s fairly strong in all areas besides the GK position. If we sign an experienced, solid GK, it will do us the world of good.
I don’t think Swann will want to though. Swann was asked if he thought we needed an experienced gk on Hullberside a while back and he didn’t sound too keen.
If he bites the bullet and signs a really good, commanding and experienced Gk…we’ll be in quite a handy position in terms of squad strength.
Cm was worrying we slightly but an energetic box to box left footed CM player is just what we needed. It would be a great shame if he didn’t sign a keeper because we’re pretty much covered in all other areas.
We need a bit more experience too so would be ideal from that standpoint as well.
High turn over of managers
Managers seemingly don’t even have control on what players arrive
Contract fiasco which just about pissed off the whole squad a few seasons ago
The long running Swann stand off with the council, mud slung back and forth
Signing players last minute before the deadline, seemingly very little planning and not far off going down
If it’s not been a shambles, it must be awfully close.
Dont recognize “this club as been a shambles for some time” one relegation and a mediocre season last year, Hurst had started to get us in the right direction but that doesnt make us a shambles.
Blimey, you must be one of lives eternal optimists.
Northumbiron, slightly concerned ?. This crap has been going on for ages…it’s the norm.
This clubs been a shambles for some time. Swann and co have had their hands in transfer dealings now for some time. I knew the writing was on the wall after McCall spilled the beans that time in his last interview with Hullberside.
The days of being concerned should be long gone. Most people have become desensitised with all the bullshit.
