Alhagi Touray Sisay

Very unlucky own goal iirc which would’ve gone in anyway and 6 good games after before being unluckily released

Memories, eh  

I made that up ..

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

I wouldn’t put Paul Warhurst in that category. He did well for Town whatever position he played in a dire team

Too much was expected from him. He was a class player in his earlier career as an attacking full back and as a striker, but if I remember correctly he had a bad injury and was never the same when he tried to come back.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Too much was expected from him. He was a class player in his earlier career as an attacking full back and as a striker, but if I remember correctly he had a bad injury and was never the same when he tried to come back.

I remember him as a CB that was move up top and then started banging them in, which made him a bit famous.

We do need to be careful about how excited we get at signing a lot of unproven players. We say the ‘up and coming’ model works but there are a lot more bad examples than there are good. For every Omar Bogle there’s 10 Louis Robles.

Don’t put too much pressure on them, they’ll need patience and full backing from the fans. They’re not all going to work out, but if one of them does then bingo.

I’d certainly like to see us mix it up with some proven players, George Williams is a great example of this, 24 years old but a fantastic pedigree.

I’ve no doubt Holloway will get the very best out of whoever comes in though.

Quoted from moosey_club

Having been operating at that level before he came here so picked players he knew first hand as such as he had come across them.  

Lets face it, these signings are driven by budget, we have to shop cheap which means shopping lower down the League, some may work, some may not, some may not even get a chance if a couple of the strikers hit it off early then the others may not even get a look in.

I do wonder if the club may also secretly be looking to off load Hanson as no doubt he will be a top earner, ramping up in the striking department with lower price players makes me wonder.

Yes we are operating within a budget, which means we can continiue to operate as a football club.  Someone recently said that Lincoln's playing budget was around 4.5 million who are in league 1. It would be impossible for most teams in in league 2 to go out and purchase a 20+ goal scorer under 30 year from a club above league 2, without breaking the bank.
Shop cheap (how do you know) or smart, some of these players had opportunities to sign for other clubs, but choose Grimsby to work with Mr Holloway and his coaching team. Mr Holloway mentioned that he was following the Brentford model, finding players, working with them, improving them , making them sellable assets, so that the club can move forward, to me be thats smart.
I am only guessing that Hanson, is important part of cake recipe to Mr Holloway as a senior pro, to suggest we are trying to get rid of Hanson because he is a high earner, is silly. Hanson is under contract, so would cost to offload.
When making a cake, some ingredients cost more than some other, its the bend, that's counts to final outcome.
The only have to look at yesterdays game between Barcelona and Bayen. Barcelona's team full of stars costing a fortune, but the wrong side 30, made to look like a National League side, by a dynamic Bayen side, a blend of  youth and experience in the right areas.
Yes Bayen, could have been 3-1 down, but they back themselves to out score the opponents.
The day have gone, when we set up for a 1-0 win, they going to be goals in our games.  Plaice Promotion will be looking down on the pitch, rather than looking out to sea, good job, they is less to see these days out on the Humber.

Exciting times ahead, bring it on.
UTMM

Quoted from The Yard Dog

The only have to look at yesterdays game between Barcelona and Bayen. Barcelona's team full of stars costing a fortune, but the wrong side 30, made to look like a National League side, by a dynamic Bayen side, a blend of  youth and experience in the right areas.

We'll be fine when we play Barca then (Jackson 3 (1 pen) Sisay, Gibson, Hanson, Green, 1 og)

I think they’re exciting signings.

Realistically, Williams is as good of a replacement for Vernam as we could have hoped for, and has the potential to be a really important player.

After that, we only lost Akheem Rose and Cardwell from our attacking options, and with no disrespect to them, they hardly made an impact. So if anything we’ve gained an extra attacking option, and if you had offered if you offered me a choice of getting 3 promising non league players in in exchange for rose and cards at the end of last season, i definitely would have taken it.

Plus, with the low wages they’re inevitably be on, it only takes one to be a success for it to have been worthwhile.

We lost Cook too