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Well, I remember us signing Ollie Palmer on loan from Mansfield in the January of the 14/15 season. He joined Lenny up top and we had a great end to the season.
Perhaps Lenny was a little more mobile back then, but he's never been blessed with pace. Doubt Palmer was ever that fast either. But the two of them worked their backsides off. They made the ball stick in the final third and they bullied the opposing centre backs (who we know can be absolute brutes at this level).
Yet I don't remember anyone claiming we played long ball at that time, with two big strikers up top. We didn't play like Barcelona either, but now, as it was then, football under Hurst was a mix. His teams are capable of passing it about but also not afraid to go more direct.
The important thing is that we have options. Two big lads up front doesn't concern me. We've got pace out wide, and a bit of skill through the likes of McAtee and potentially Burgess.
Palmer only scored 2 in 21 games for Mansfield in the first half of that season, by the way. He then scored 8 in 16 for us.
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We have two Lenny type players. Lenny and Taylor Why would we want another???
Taylor is not an LJL-style player. LJL was always about busting a gut, putting himself around and doing his best to disrupt the opposition defence with his pace and running. It's why he's no longer as effective as he doesn't have the pace or stamina following many injuries since his last spell (plus a bit of ageing thrown in). Taylor is a classical target man who uses intelligent movement, positioning and nous to hold up the ball and link up play with his teammates. And very good at it he is as well. He's never relied on being quick to do his job, so if he has lost half a yard of pace, it's not so important. This Abrahams lad might be able to provide the pace and bustle that LJL once could. If there's one thing 5th tier defenders hate, it is pace. Most defenders do, for that matter, as there aren't many Des Walker/Kyle Walker types around who are quick enough to nullify the fastest attacker.
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Perhaps Lenny was a little more mobile back then, but he's never been blessed with pace. Doubt Palmer was ever that fast either. But the two of them worked their backsides off. They made the ball stick in the final third and they bullied the opposing centre backs (who we know can be absolute brutes at this level).
You remember LJL differently to me. He was quick - not amazingly so, but definitely quicker than most of the central defenders and full-backs he faced. He also used to absolutely run himself into the ground every game. It's why, despite his lack of goalscoring prowess, he's spent most of his career playing in the Football League.
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Taylor is not an LJL-style player. LJL was always about busting a gut, putting himself around and doing his best to disrupt the opposition defence with his pace and running. It's why he's no longer as effective as he doesn't have the pace or stamina following many injuries since his last spell (plus a bit of ageing thrown in). Taylor is a classical target man who uses intelligent movement, positioning and nous to hold up the ball and link up play with his teammates. And very good at it he is as well. He's never relied on being quick to do his job, so if he has lost half a yard of pace, it's not so important.
This Abrahams lad might be able to provide the pace and bustle that LJL once could. If there's one thing 5th tier defenders hate, it is pace. Most defenders do, for that matter, as there aren't many Des Walker/Kyle Walker types around who are quick enough to nullify the fastest attacker.
Absolutely bang on. Taylor is more of a Gary Jones than a Lenny if anything.
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We have two Lenny type players. Lenny and Taylor Why would we want another???
I wouldn’t put Taylor anywhere near the same type of player as Lenny.
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We have two Lenny type players. Lenny and Taylor Why would we want another???
Never in a million years would I have thought that these two players were similar in any way.
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Never in a million years would I have thought that these two players were similar in any way.
I know we all have opinions but this and the Efete comment amaze me!
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Not your input arry, the original one.
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I think we'll be looking to someone with some physicality who can provide proper competition to Taylor or have an impact off the bench or replace him if he's injured. We'renot going to play McAtee behind Taylor and another striker are we? Seems unlikely and think Abraham at 6' 1"and pacy would fit the bill.
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