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Is the next signing ? Free agent looks like a good poacher in the 6 yard box
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Raiding the Swedish League again.
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Remember being after him before, allegedly, looked a handful. MJ did say that we'd come close to a big signing not long after, which may have been him. Wonder if the potential new structure at the club will enable such signings.
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Done deal. Signing today (Tuesday)
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Done deal. Signing today (Tuesday)
Where have you heard this? Seems like it would be a good signing at this level |
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Where have you heard this? Seems like it would be a good signing at this level
He hasn't, just another chancer that has read something on here and taken a punt on it on the off chance it comes off so he can claim he was told by his source #itk. The Fishy is full of them at the minute. |
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He hasn't, just another chancer that had read something on here and taken a punt on it on the off chance it comes off so he can claim he was told by his source #itk. The Fishy is full of them at the minute.
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Done deal. Signing today (Tuesday)
Please can you post a picture of Fenty from your seat so we can see how much you know. |
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According to Wiki he plays scrabble which may help town improve their spelling when making PR announcements, see Bigdog’s comments on takeover thread 😄😄, but on a more serious note if another striker is coming in what is the plan for Cardwell in particular?
Really looks like he needs a long term loan ideally with a National League team and perhaps Akheem doing something similar.
Look forward to hearing how things develop
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Well im K102 bout 40 from JF and one of those pathetic in the know twitter accounts linked us to him so i think im a reliable source😉
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Done deal. Signing today (Tuesday)
Copied off the upthemariners website |
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Please can you post a picture of Fenty from your seat so we can see how much you know.
I'll give you that one, no I'm good friends with someone who works at the club, but I don't claim to be #ITK - was only told yesterday about him! |
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Well im K102 bout 40 from JF and one of those pathetic in the know twitter accounts linked us to him so i think im a reliable source😉
As a 10 year old I was very much in the know as Huxford used to sit in front of me in the Main Stand. Always remember him standing up in front of me and the Main Stand faithful shouting "sit down we can't see" and I kid you not, his words were "I can do what I want around here." |
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I don't know how easy it is to look good in this league, but he's doing it...
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I don't know how easy it is to look good in this league, but he's doing it...
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IF he does sign, and I've not heard anything at all on this one, where does that leave our other strikers?
Rose
Cardwell
Cook
Vernam
Green & Hanson signed aswell…. not sure if any of the youth players that have been given a pro are strikers
Loan rose out?
Release Cardwell?
Keep Cook and have 4 strikers and use Vernam as a left winger?
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IF he does sign, and I've not heard anything at all on this one, where does that leave our other strikers?
Rose
Cardwell
Cook
Vernam
Green & Hanson signed aswell…. not sure if any of the youth players that have been given a pro are strikers
Loan rose out?
Release Cardwell?
Keep Cook and have 4 strikers and use Vernam as a left winger?
I'm hoping Vernam will be used as a winger as he's always looked better out wide than upfront, and swap him with Wright when tired. Believe Rose should be loaned out as he has a lot of learning yet, and Cardwell, well... |
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Highlight reels only show good moments but conversely 'balls up's' reels could be produced for anybody I guess.
With a little (lot of? 😉) work one could possibly muster up a Martin Butler for GTFC highlight reel, so gotta be careful thinking someone a superstar from these sort of clips. But he does look strong and powerful do that's good, we've lacked presence. With the other two new recruits we could have that in abundance this coming campaign - should help the likes of Akheem and even Vernam greatly.
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His passing looks good too (from The video Jarmo eventually posted)
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was told last night that he's signing today. Apparently he can also play wide?
the other good thing is that his name scans Omar's song perfectly
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Our friend Jostein on twitter put a good post about Ogbu:
Fans gonna love him, exciting player to watch. Shot Sirius up in the Allsvenskan for the first time in 42 years. Then 7 goals in 28 matches in the top flight for a struggling team in 2018.
Lot of pace. Winger or striker.
Moses gonna split the North Sea this time.
A guy called Daniel who I believe is a sports journalist over that way put:
Ogbu had a great season in 2017 before breaking his leg. 2018 was okay with the whole team struggling. He had a hard time this year in Saudi Arabia, but should fit better in England. I expect the deal to be done today.
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Seems encouraging. Jostein doesn't normally associate himself with anything that hasn't got any credibility to it.
Can't imagine we're signing him as a striker. The signing of Hanson suggest we're going to play with width to get balls into him, play to his strengths. If this lad can play on the wing I imagine that's where he's operate. Either that or it's going to be 3 up top.
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Seems encouraging. Jostein doesn't normally associate himself with anything that hasn't got any credibility to it.
Can't imagine we're signing him as a striker. The signing of Hanson suggest we're going to play with width to get balls into him, play to his strengths. If this lad can play on the wing I imagine that's where he's operate. Either that or it's going to be 3 up top.
Would love it if Jolley was really bold and went with a front three, Vernam at the top of a midfield triangle behind them.
Front 3: Green Hanson Ogbu Vernam behind them Wright and Cook on bench as other attacking options... All of a sudden, we can positive options. Just need that creative midfielder |
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If this is true it would seem to me that Jolley has recognised that pace is what was lacking last season and has certainly addressed it for the coming season.
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Front 3:
Green Hanson Ogbu
Vernam behind them
Wright and Cook on bench as other attacking options...
All of a sudden, we can positive options.
Just need that creative midfielder
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Embleton still being mentioned...
Can you imagine... His last game was 0-0 draw at home to Northampton, after that we picked up 8 points out of possible 24 - scoring 4 goals I'm not saying he is a miracle worker, but he wasn't far off! |
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Me and Dad were saying all last season we were missing a player like him, someone who creates chances just by being in the right places in the box a real poacher. If he does sign I could see Rose and Cardwell being loaned out.
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Ogbu from what we've seen on Youtube and what knowledgeable people like Jostein have said, seems to have pace and a bit of directness which we missed. We were lacking pace in most departments last year and now with Green and hopefully Ogbu we're a bit quicker than we were and hopefully won't be so easy to defend against. We actually now have some decent attacking options in Green, Hanson, Vernam, Cook and hopefully Ogbu. With the players like Wright and Rose to compliment them should they be needed. Not sure where Cardwell will feature though.
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Rose looked very raw end of last season. Give him a year out somewhere like harry and Max wright have done
Didn't he have half a season at Boston? |
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Embleton still being mentioned...
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Didn't he have half a season at Boston?
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Didn't he have half a season at Boston?
He was there just over a month but I got told towards the end of last season that his agent was touting his name around for loans every couple of weeks. |
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As a 10 year old I was very much in the know as Huxford used to sit in front of me in the Main Stand.
Always remember him standing up in front of me and the Main Stand faithful shouting "sit down we can't see" and I kid you not, his words were "I can do what I want around here."
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Rose looked very raw end of last season. Give him a year out somewhere like harry and Max wright have done
The problem with that is he'll be out of contract at the end of this season, so he'd just be free to leave and go where he wants. If he has a good loan spell somewhere, he'll have options and they'll all advise him to NOT sign an extension with us. He'd go out on loan and we'd never see him again, which can work one of two ways - and we all know which way that would be; he'd come back to haunt us! |
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I agree with Robocod. I suspect he was the ‘big signing’ that we just missed out on last season. I researched him on YouTube at the time, and he looked excellent - creative as well as being a goal scorer. What struck me most though was his character. A real leader, and seemed to be loved by his team mates. If he comes to Town, I hope my impressions prove to be correct. He could tick all the boxes, and have a big impact.
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Thought he only had just over a month
You could be right, felt like half a season with everyone begging MJ to bring him back |
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Yep, still not signed a contract with Sunderland and expires on the 30th.. what a piece of business that would be.
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Is he a winger or a striker?
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Here's hoping we can get a creative midfielder in now to supply Green, Hanson and Ogbu with the chances.
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Is he a winger or a striker?
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Does that make him a stringer? Or a wingker? |
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What the hell system is MJ looking at?
433?
4231?
442?
Some very decent L2 players will be/could be on the bench
Whatever formation it will be a front six
Hanson
Green
Ogbu
Vernam
Cook
Whitehouse
Hess
Clifton
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Strong bench!
Surely Cardwell and Rose will be season-long loans??
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Really pleased with the signing, but a 1-year deal? OK, if he doesn't take to English football then we're not tied in, but if he DOES have the impact we're all hoping, we'll probably lose him for nothing. Here's hoping there is some sort of 'option' in his contract; Fenty is usually quite canny with stuff like that.......
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Really happy with this. He'll be parting the defences in league 2 with waves and waves of attacking football
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Really pleased with the signing, but a 1-year deal? OK, if he doesn't take to English football then we're not tied in, but if he DOES have the impact we're all hoping, we'll probably lose him for nothing. Here's hoping there is some sort of 'option' in his contract; Fenty is usually quite canny with stuff like that.......
Club usually are quite up front when we've got options. The one-year-deal caught my eye too. I'm guessing it's more about that the player may have aspirations higher than League Two and wants to go up the levels with or without us. Goes against everything Jolley has done with his business since getting here but I've no issue with players using us a stepping stone. If they end up in demand it means they're doing something right. |
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Club usually are quite up front when we've got options.
The one-year-deal caught my eye too. I'm guessing it's more about that the player may have aspirations higher than League Two and wants to go up the levels with or without us.
Goes against everything Jolley has done with his business since getting here but I've no issue with players using us a stepping stone. If they end up in demand it means they're doing something right.
Saudi Arabia to Cleethorpes is a leap of faith for anyone. Also, he's not played too many games in the last 4 years and has had a broken leg. Caution on both sides is not such a bad thing. |
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Never mind Thomas and his daft salute...can't wait to see Moses do his Robbie Keanesque goal celebration at the park!!..
Reckon the one year deal could be that MJ sees this signing as more of a gamble than Hanson/Green imho...
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Club usually are quite up front when we've got options.
The one-year-deal caught my eye too. I'm guessing it's more about that the player may have aspirations higher than League Two and wants to go up the levels with or without us.
Goes against everything Jolley has done with his business since getting here but I've no issue with players using us a stepping stone. If they end up in demand it means they're doing something right.
Just put on the other Ogbu thread(mods need to mergr both) that I think MJ sees Moses as a bit more of a gamble due to the level he has been playing at in comparison to Hanson/Green thus a one year deal is less risky.. Wonder though if MJ has any regrets giving Cardwell a new 3 year deal, honestly think he could be released if a conference/league 2 club come in for him... |
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Exciting to think we could could have Ogbu Hanson and Vernam as a front 3
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Maybe a one year deal gives Rose more time to develop.
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Front 3:
Green Hanson Ogbu
Vernam behind them
Wright and Cook on bench as other attacking options...
All of a sudden, we can positive options.
Just need that creative midfielder
I think too much emphasis is being placed on exactly what roles our strikers/forwards will have. MJ will have a definite idea of how he wants to set up and I think we may be surprised by how he utilises some players. It strikes me as strange that he would retain some players and then put them out on loan because he has signed someone else. |
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Saudi Arabia to Cleethorpes is a leap of faith for anyone. Also, he's not played too many games in the last 4 years and has had a broken leg. Caution on both sides is not such a bad thing.
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Any chance of getting Gabriel Jesus, Tammy Abraham and Harry Cain to keep the bible theme going?
I hope so Les because we’d make a right Prophet from them lot |
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Maybe a one year deal gives Rose more time to develop.
Rose needs to have a good preseason, fitness wise , and kept a close eye on. His leg muscles tighten rather too quickly if he spends too long on the bench or if he has to chase hoof ball. His pace is mainly over 20 yds not 40. If he can continue to diversify his game and build minutes gradually he has great potential. I fear that Boston or similar will use him one dimensionally for his pace alone and ruin his hamstrings for good. Cardwell needs regular games for fitness, goals and the elusive mean streak. Early loan. |
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No one has been Abel to come up with any more biblical names.
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No one has been Abel to come up with any more biblical names.
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He'll be " feeding the 5 thousand " with his goals.
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That'd be Testament to Jolley's faith in them.
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An interesting clip below. Could make for a lively dressing room!😉 https://youtu.be/gN_on_ltmGQ
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well having had a look at that showreel ...( i know that isnt always a wise thing to do ) he does at least look up and pick out a fellow player when he gets to a crossing position.....glimpses of good finishes with either foot.....following up gambling on loose balls......looked strong and positive in posession......
if only the picking out a player when he crosses part of the above is all he actually delivers when he gets here that will be a first for many a season and something that Hanson in particular would relish i think.
Three attacking options out of three signings....looks like somebody has got the message of where we were light last season.
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Some people need to keep taking the Tablets.
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Signing Moses, I Cain see what you're Abel to do, Mr Jolley !
Cain we Prophet from your wisdom ??
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I wonder if he'll request to wear the "iconic" number 90 shirt as he wears in his showreel?
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to the fish chant
ogBU ogBU
Only problem with that is Ogbu has too many syllables 😄 |
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He looks like a really decent player who not only can score but create for others too. Wonder if we will be looking to play him in an Embleton behind the front 2 role. Given the freedom to cause nuisance, over lap and create goals for Hanson and Green too.
Looks to have a decent cross, has vision, looks a threat in the air at set pieces and with a decent amount of skill and pace.
Really happy with this addition and with 3/4 more decent signings we could be the surprise package this season.
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The team could be coming out to the sound of Genesis. 👂👂👂
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An interesting clip below. Could make for a lively dressing room!😉 https://youtu.be/gN_on_ltmGQ
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Or the player we signed by mistake. Serge Makafo.
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Chima Chima Chima Chima!
Or as the press listed him the day after we played Tranmere, C. O’Corrie.
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Looks to have power, pace, ball control, finishing and good distribution.
Ogbu, Hanson and Green! Can't remember when we last had three strikers of this quality in the same squad!
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Sorry but this takeover has to have something to do with these 3 signings..... We would normally be extremely lucky to even get 1 of them, but to arguably have 3 of the best strikers in the league? We must be having some form of transfer kitty increase with this takeover...
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Sorry but this takeover has to have something to do with these 3 signings..... We would normally be extremely lucky to even get 1 of them, but to arguably have 3 of the best strikers in the league? We must be having some form of transfer kitty increase with this takeover...
No way is Fenty sanctioning budget breaking signings that he will have to cover the cost of later (if it falls through). There's the FFP rules, where we can only spend 55% of income, after that it has to be made up of donations, not loans. We already had arguably one of the best strikers in the league in Thomas, Welsh was highly paid. Woolford and Collins won't have been cheap. We've probably released a good portion of our higher earners, so Jolley has more flexibility to push the boat out. He's already shown last year that he is trying to assemble a smaller squad with more quality than lots of average players like the previous few managers have, not all of it paid off but I have faith in this approach. |
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Or the player we signed by mistake. Serge Makafo.
Funnily enough, I was speaking to someone recently who worked for the club at the time, who shared the full story behind the Makofo debacle. This, supposedly, is how it went down. Apparently at the time, Town weren’t even sending a scout to watch every opponent due to massive budgetary restrictions following relegation from the league, instead relying on video alone for many games. As luck would have it though our next two opponents, Crawley and Kettering happened to be playing each other on a Tuesday evening and so the decision was made to send someone to the game. Back in 2010 it wasn’t mandatory for conference clubs to employ squad numbers (and therefore names on shirts) and Kettering, one of the smaller clubs in the division, were still using the traditional 1 - 11 system for each match. This led to a minor error being made on the teamsheet, with Makofo being attributed the number 9 shirt which in fact was being worn by Jean Paul Marna. As it would play out, Marna ran Crawley ragged that night, scoring a goal in the process. Confusion was then compounded by the fact that upon scoring, the Crawley PA announcer (equipped with the erroneous teamsheet) attributed the goal to Makofo. The scouting report returned to Town with Makofo being given rave reviews on the back of Marna’s performance. Since Kettering were struggling financially at the time, it was decided that we should make a cheeky offer in the hope of luring Kettering’s star man on the cheap. A deal was quickly concluded, and Makofo was quite literally dropped off to sign as Kettering arrived for the game at Blundell Park a few days later. It was only at this point, as it dawned on the scout who had attended the Crawley game that the player we had supposedly signed was still on the pitch wearing a Kettering shirt, that it came to light that a terrible mistake had been made - we’d awarded a lucrative 3 year deal to completely the wrong man. The rest is history. Dark, dark days. |
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He must be left up when opponents have a corner, great outlet. Don't like all this every man back. No wonder Macca can't get to the ball from corners 19-20 players in area.
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Funnily enough, I was speaking to someone recently who worked for the club at the time, who shared the full story behind the Makofo debacle. This, supposedly, is how it went down.
Apparently at the time, Town weren’t even sending a scout to watch every opponent due to massive budgetary restrictions following relegation from the league, instead relying on video alone for many games. As luck would have it though our next two opponents, Crawley and Kettering happened to be playing each other on a Tuesday evening and so the decision was made to send someone to the game.
Back in 2010 it wasn’t mandatory for conference clubs to employ squad numbers (and therefore names on shirts) and Kettering, one of the smaller clubs in the division, were still using the traditional 1 - 11 system for each match.
This led to a minor error being made on the teamsheet, with Makofo being attributed the number 9 shirt which in fact was being worn by Jean Paul Marna. As it would play out, Marna ran Crawley ragged that night, scoring a goal in the process. Confusion was then compounded by the fact that upon scoring, the Crawley PA announcer (equipped with the erroneous teamsheet) attributed the goal to Makofo.
The scouting report returned to Town with Makofo being given rave reviews on the back of Marna’s performance. Since Kettering were struggling financially at the time, it was decided that we should make a cheeky offer in the hope of luring Kettering’s star man on the cheap. A deal was quickly concluded, and Makofo was quite literally dropped off to sign as Kettering arrived for the game at Blundell Park a few days later.
It was only at this point, as it dawned on the scout who had attended the Crawley game that the player we had supposedly signed was still on the pitch wearing a Kettering shirt, that it came to light that a terrible mistake had been made - we’d awarded a lucrative 3 year deal to completely the wrong man. The rest is history.
Dark, dark days.
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Funnily enough, I was speaking to someone recently who worked for the club at the time, who shared the full story behind the Makofo debacle. This, supposedly, is how it went down.
Apparently at the time, Town weren’t even sending a scout to watch every opponent due to massive budgetary restrictions following relegation from the league, instead relying on video alone for many games. As luck would have it though our next two opponents, Crawley and Kettering happened to be playing each other on a Tuesday evening and so the decision was made to send someone to the game.
Back in 2010 it wasn’t mandatory for conference clubs to employ squad numbers (and therefore names on shirts) and Kettering, one of the smaller clubs in the division, were still using the traditional 1 - 11 system for each match.
This led to a minor error being made on the teamsheet, with Makofo being attributed the number 9 shirt which in fact was being worn by Jean Paul Marna. As it would play out, Marna ran Crawley ragged that night, scoring a goal in the process. Confusion was then compounded by the fact that upon scoring, the Crawley PA announcer (equipped with the erroneous teamsheet) attributed the goal to Makofo.
The scouting report returned to Town with Makofo being given rave reviews on the back of Marna’s performance. Since Kettering were struggling financially at the time, it was decided that we should make a cheeky offer in the hope of luring Kettering’s star man on the cheap. A deal was quickly concluded, and Makofo was quite literally dropped off to sign as Kettering arrived for the game at Blundell Park a few days later.
It was only at this point, as it dawned on the scout who had attended the Crawley game that the player we had supposedly signed was still on the pitch wearing a Kettering shirt, that it came to light that a terrible mistake had been made - we’d awarded a lucrative 3 year deal to completely the wrong man. The rest is history.
Dark, dark days.
Amazing We can laugh at it now... but that's incredible |
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Funnily enough, I was speaking to someone recently who worked for the club at the time, who shared the full story behind the Makofo debacle. This, supposedly, is how it went down.
Apparently at the time, Town weren’t even sending a scout to watch every opponent due to massive budgetary restrictions following relegation from the league, instead relying on video alone for many games. As luck would have it though our next two opponents, Crawley and Kettering happened to be playing each other on a Tuesday evening and so the decision was made to send someone to the game.
Back in 2010 it wasn’t mandatory for conference clubs to employ squad numbers (and therefore names on shirts) and Kettering, one of the smaller clubs in the division, were still using the traditional 1 - 11 system for each match.
This led to a minor error being made on the teamsheet, with Makofo being attributed the number 9 shirt which in fact was being worn by Jean Paul Marna. As it would play out, Marna ran Crawley ragged that night, scoring a goal in the process. Confusion was then compounded by the fact that upon scoring, the Crawley PA announcer (equipped with the erroneous teamsheet) attributed the goal to Makofo.
The scouting report returned to Town with Makofo being given rave reviews on the back of Marna’s performance. Since Kettering were struggling financially at the time, it was decided that we should make a cheeky offer in the hope of luring Kettering’s star man on the cheap. A deal was quickly concluded, and Makofo was quite literally dropped off to sign as Kettering arrived for the game at Blundell Park a few days later.
It was only at this point, as it dawned on the scout who had attended the Crawley game that the player we had supposedly signed was still on the pitch wearing a Kettering shirt, that it came to light that a terrible mistake had been made - we’d awarded a lucrative 3 year deal to completely the wrong man. The rest is history.
Dark, dark days.
Heard the same and reports were we were signing a 6ft 3in striker not a 5ft 10in. And Charles Ademeno wow Evans did a good job on us. |
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Well Marna didn't tear up any trees after that debacle so it might be a case that we got hit by the wrong bullet rather than missing one altogether.
Maybe I was in the minority but I didn't think Serge was that bad. He wasn't great and his control was a bit dicey but he at least gave us some pace, which we had absolutely none of. A bit of a low-rate Tom Bolarinwa
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am not saying that it's gonna work but, just found myself singing 'we've got Moses ogbu' to whole of the moon by the waterboys!
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Sorry but this takeover has to have something to do with these 3 signings..... We would normally be extremely lucky to even get 1 of them, but to arguably have 3 of the best strikers in the league? We must be having some form of transfer kitty increase with this takeover...
I’m really pleased they’ve signed and think they are an improvement on what we had. Are they really 3 of the best strikers in this league? Ogbu is a complete unknown to English football and the other two are both proven at the level although questions about fitness and remaining ability are probably justified. If we play to their strengths they can surely be useful but let’s not get carried away. I can’t imagine we faced huge competition from clubs at this level to get them. You only need to look at the striking options of some of the division’s other clubs to see where money is being spent. |
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I’m really pleased they’ve signed and think they are an improvement on what we had. Are they really 3 of the best strikers in this league? Ogbu is a complete unknown to English football and the other two are both proven at the level although questions about fitness and remaining ability are probably justified. If we play to their strengths they can surely be useful but let’s not get carried away. I can’t imagine we faced huge competition from clubs at this level to get them.
You only need to look at the striking options of some of the division’s other clubs to see where money is being spent.
On paper look like a good trio, as for other teams, until they start playing, no really knows, whether their money has been spent wisely. You only have look at Notts County, last season. I bet the Newport fans were not sure about Matt when he signed last season, looking at his record with us, look at the season he had for them. It's down to manager to get the best of the players, not necessarily the most expensive players, score the most goals. PSG trying to off load the Brazilian diver, what a waste off money he was. |
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As much as you all slate Makofo, you'll never be able to take away his vintage pre-season of 2011/12.
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Talking to a Vale mate about him last night he was very impressed and doesn't fancy going up against him. Hopefully that fear is well founded.
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Well Marna didn't tear up any trees after that debacle so it might be a case that we got hit by the wrong bullet rather than missing one altogether.
Maybe I was in the minority but I didn't think Serge was that bad. He wasn't great and his control was a bit dicey but he at least gave us some pace, which we had absolutely none of. A bit of a low-rate Tom Bolarinwa
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He was shite and if what was suggested about his signing was true then the manager that signed him should never be allowed to manage a professional football team again.
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You call it "penny pinching", the more sensible amongst us call it "living within your means". There's a big difference between the two statements.
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Isn't the issue more the penny pinching that meant we were relying on a half-arsed scouting system rather than the manager at the time?
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You call it "penny pinching", the more sensible amongst us call it "living within your means". There's a big difference between the two statements.
Nah.. living within your means by just cutting costs gets you nowhere. Sensible investment into scouting systems can reap massive rewards. There are plenty of clubs who do so. Additional investment which brings sustainable growth is much more worthy and viable than just cut, cut, cut. There is helluva lot of validity in the term speculate to accumulate.. if executed properly with well thought out costed medium and long term planning.. |
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So you would like to spend what we haven't got in the hope that we are promoted. Villa, Bolton, Leeds etc have done that and ended up in the third tier of the league and massively in dept. The only reason they survive is because they are too big a club. We wouldn't be so lucky.
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Guys (or girls or whatever gender you see yourself as).
This thread is about a new signing. It’s good news as far as I see it.
Let’s not get sidetracked.
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An interesting aside here. Playing Football Manager 19, managing Grimsby (of course!), and I have just 'got' Moses Ogbu to play for the Mariners.
Now I'm not sure how accurate this researcher is but FM19 had Moses on £47k per week, £25k after tax, he also had a loyalty bonus of £325,000, appearance fee of £9.5k and a Goal Bonus of 7k. He had a promotion wage rise of 25%, relegation wage drop of 25% and a seasonal landmark goal bonus for 20 goals of £130k.
As I said, not sure if the figures are right, but his last club was in Qatar!!
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You call it "penny pinching", the more sensible amongst us call it "living within your means". There's a big difference between the two statements.
Sorry, but it's far from sensible for a professional outfit to be relying on videos for scouting (a rare treat of two upcoming opponents playing each other the exception, as in this case) and for quite clearly tight financial constraints reducing us to making scatter gun speculative bids for skint clubs on the off-chance that they'll accept, based on single displays (or not as was the case here). The whole Serge signing was a farce, an absolute farce. But this wasn't a case that the manager at the time just decided to spunk a big transfer fee up the wall for the sake of it. There was no scouting system in place of any real note. With incredibly limited resources available to him (casting my memory back this was around the time when we employed Steve Croudson as goalkeeping coach, back-up goalkeeper, kit-man, god knows what else), we were always running the risk of something like this happening. |
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So you would like to spend what we haven't got in the hope that we are promoted. Villa, Bolton, Leeds etc have done that and ended up in the third tier of the league and massively in dept. The only reason they survive is because they are too big a club. We wouldn't be so lucky.
A remotely moderate scouting system is a bit different from throwing money at a promotion push. I don't think any of the clubs you list there fell into financial trouble because of their backroom set-up. When we went into the Conference I'm pretty sure there was something about the board supporting an investment in the infrastructure of the club to the tune of £1million on various bits and bobs. The idea was that we would make sure the failings of the previous two/three seasons were never repeated and that we had what was required (off the field). This quite clearly never happened. A proper scouting system would have made sure we never signed Serge Makafo, we would never have been scrambling round for rough diamonds because the scout (who was no doubt doing a favour or a one-off job for us) would have been able to go back a few times to assess his findings. You get out what you put in. Clubs who invest time, money and dedication to a supporting infrastructure get the benefits. We invested nothing and we got absolutely what we deserved. Even under Hurst the lack of investment was obvious, to the point that he wasn't shy about speaking up about it when he left. |
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I actually had the opportunity to speak to Paul Hurst when we got back into the league during pre season. I asked him about our scouting network and he said that coming back to the league meant we could afford to hire a full time scout and a new system for scouting teams which allowed for more comprehensive coverage of team plays, statistical data etc.He also mentioned that when we were in non league we had to rely on video footage to scout teams which was difficult as not all teams could afford to record footage.
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An interesting aside here. Playing Football Manager 19, managing Grimsby (of course!), and I have just 'got' Moses Ogbu to play for the Mariners.
Now I'm not sure how accurate this researcher is but FM19 had Moses on £47k per week, £25k after tax, he also had a loyalty bonus of £325,000, appearance fee of £9.5k and a Goal Bonus of 7k. He had a promotion wage rise of 25%, relegation wage drop of 25% and a seasonal landmark goal bonus for 20 goals of £130k.
As I said, not sure if the figures are right, but his last club was in Qatar!!
Maybe that's why we have only given him a one year deal. Seriously that is way out I saw on one site he was on 1200 euro,s plus I am sure we will have an option on a second year. |
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Happy enough with three of the signings so far but very concerned about this one, I just hope he's not expensive.
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Happy enough with three of the signings so far but very concerned about this one, I just hope he's not expensive.
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What are you "very concerned" about Ipswin? or is it just your natural pessimism kicking in randomly?
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What are you "very concerned" about Ipswin? or is it just your natural pessimism kicking in randomly?
I think it’s more him looking for his usual bites. I struggle to understand why people still fall for a pretty boring routine. But they still do !!! |
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What are you "very concerned" about Ipswin? or is it just your natural pessimism kicking in randomly?
Because we know intercourse all about him other than a few seasons in the Swedish league at various levels, a detail-free period in Qatar and a short video. Other signings of, on the face of it, very similar players which soon went mammaries up have already been mentioned somewhere in this thread |
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Of the new signings, I'd guess that Ogbu is the biggest gamble. Has the potential to be a revelation but could just as easily be a real flop whether due to injury or difficulty in adapting to the English game.
The other three look more 'Steady Eddie' types to me which is what you would expect given their pedigree and experience. Nothing wrong with that, however.
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This is a guy who captained a team in the Swedish premier though, not a Louis Soares
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I think it’s more him looking for his usual bites.
I struggle to understand why people still fall for a pretty boring routine. But they still do !!!
And I don't understand why every twit is creaming their jeans about a Swedish lower league player no fornicator has even heard of. We over react every time someone walks into Blundell Park and poses for a naff photo in the main stand with a Town shirt on saying how pleased they are to be coming to GTFC. I simply said I was not confident or excited about Ogbu signing - that's allowed isn't it? |
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And I don't understand why every twit is creaming their jeans about a Swedish lower league player no fornicator has even heard of. We over react every time someone walks into Blundell Park and poses for a naff photo in the main stand with a Town shirt on saying how pleased they are to be coming to GTFC.
I simply said I was not confident or excited about Ogbu signing - that's allowed isn't it?
Maybe it is time you found a hobby you actually enjoy? I don't think you get anything positive out of following Town. |
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And I don't understand why every twit is creaming their jeans about a Swedish lower league player no fornicator has even heard of. We over react every time someone walks into Blundell Park and poses for a naff photo in the main stand with a Town shirt on saying how pleased they are to be coming to GTFC.
I simply said I was not confident or excited about Ogbu signing - that's allowed isn't it?
I thought for his last 3 years in Sweden he played in the top flight and also captained his team in the last season there. |
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Wouldn't Jolley have seen him and known about him whilst he was in Sweden?
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Of the new signings, I'd guess that Ogbu is the biggest gamble. Has the potential to be a revelation but could just as easily be a real flop whether due to injury or difficulty in adapting to the English game.
The other three look more 'Steady Eddie' types to me which is what you would expect given their pedigree and experience. Nothing wrong with that, however.
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I thought for his last 3 years in Sweden he played in the top flight and also captained his team in the last season there.
3 seasons in the 3rd tier, 2 in the second tier and last 2 in the top tier |
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Who knows how he will fare, I think the unknown factor makes it an exciting prospect, more exciting than signing someone unknown from say Stevenage anyways 😊
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And I don't understand why every twit is creaming their jeans about a Swedish lower league player no fornicator has even heard of. We over react every time someone walks into Blundell Park and poses for a naff photo in the main stand with a Town shirt on saying how pleased they are to be coming to GTFC.
I simply said I was not confident or excited about Ogbu signing - that's allowed isn't it?
Id be of the same opinion, so few of our signings since returning to the League, have actually delivered. The list is endless in terms of failures. Jolly has brought in 1 or 2 players who have been value Hess and Ohman spring to mind... It will all come out in the wash.....of the new bunch Hanson has done it at this level, and I have high expectations for him. |
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3 seasons in the 3rd tier, 2 in the second tier and last 2 in the top tier
so what you have identified is we have signed him at the peak of his career, a player on the rise.......good work there, very positive. |
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Picking up Swedish League players is not really a done thing and a risk as although they might seem ideal, one can never know for sure if they'll make the changeover. Agree with 'Swin's point but one to live in hope rather than pessimism 😂
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