JMD

Not all players can reach thr standard of fitness reguired to play league football
He has the skill but not the work rate to do that so he will play non league and be successful at that level.

I wish him well and hope he helps Chris Hargreaves keep his job

Quoted from grimsby pete

Not all players can reach thr standard of fitness reguired to play league football
He has the skill but not the work rate to do that so he will play non league and be successful at that level.

I wish him well and hope he helps Chris Hargreaves keep his job

Chris Hargreaves was sacked Pete, the wonderful Mark Cooper is in charge now.

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How can you say he couldn’t be arsed? You don’t know that for sure. It’s hard to get truly match fit if you’re not playing matches.
Surely you can see the difference  between a fit and naturally fast player and a technically gifted show pony, I like JMD, however, he is just not naturally fit or fast enough to make a difference in league 2. PH knows the score with fitness and pace, as he was an ever present and had a good turn of foot( similar to Our Macca). I wish him well but he does not offer enough going backwards.

Last goal in non-league and first goal in the EFL.  When he came on the pitch, I always felt we could score. Good luck to him.

He’s a funny one that’s for sure. He scored and set up some key goals for us last year but for whatever reason, it just hasn’t worked out for him.

He’ll forever be in towns folklore…

No doubt was a good impact player but always seemed to be blowing out of his backside after 10 mins , for me was one of them players that never looked fit enough to be a modern day winger , having said all of that i always fancied us to nick a goal or two when he was on the field good luck jmd

[quote=40]You saw on Saturday why he’s not playing. Kiernan chased back half the length of the pitch to make a great tackle in the right back position, something JMD is not capable of for whatever reason. That’s why Hurst plays him ahead of Drew.[

I noticed that on Saturday when Tranmere had that chance on the break at the near post it was Kiernan who got really close to their play so that he fluffed it.

JMD just looks like he's not an athlete as well as a footballer, these days you need to be both, what I would say though is if he's going down a league he's better than Yeovil. Also what's going on with the deal one minute he's signing permanently in January the next Town are denying it.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

There in lies the problem Coddy...Hurst has said on many occasions he needs to up his energy/fitness levels yet he were are sending him out loan...
Also let's not forget the cloud he came to us under, having his contract at Woking cancelled stating "mental issues" then 2 days ricks up at GTFC...
Will always be grateful for the goal that got us out the tinpot league but somewhere there's a problem with JMD.

I agree Northbank. I think his departure is mostly about his off field problems.given that hes been here over a year I think it's fair to surmise he hasn't been able to overcome his issues

Very skilful player but not athletic enough for modern day league football. Convinced PH reasoned we’d be in the conference this year when he signed him
Wish him well

He made vital contributions to the play off campaign. In the Notts County match both of our goals came from deliveries into the box by him. The equalizer was a particularly difficult ball to execute due to the position it was taken from: i.e. difficult to clear the first defender and still get it into the danger zone. Very well judged chip.

Of course his goal in the final will always be remembered, but it's worth noting how little time he was actually on the pitch in those two matches, and the impact he made.

He clearly doesn't fit in with Hurst's plans, but I really hope he does well at Yeoville. He was a key member of the squad that achieved Mission Impossible 2022.

All the best to him.