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According to that wiki page he is our No10. So is Vernam on his way out?
He's injured til new year at least, which is why Hurst has signed him.
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pontoonlew |
September 11, 2023, 6:23pm |
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Ainley could turn out to be a good signing or as bad as Crewe fans claim him to be.
One things for sure though, we should probably stop using the one example we have in Jon Nolan as some kind of benchmark of how we think a player who’s clearly lost his way might do under Hurst.
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mariner91 |
September 11, 2023, 6:24pm |
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Ainley could turn out to be a good signing or as bad as Crewe fans claim him to be.
One things for sure though, we should probably stop using the one example we have in Jon Nolan as some kind of benchmark of how we think a player who’s clearly lost his way might do under Hurst.
Wouldn't McAtee be a fairly good recent example?
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Oly1987 |
September 12, 2023, 10:20am |
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Ainley could turn out to be a good signing or as bad as Crewe fans claim him to be.
One things for sure though, we should probably stop using the one example we have in Jon Nolan as some kind of benchmark of how we think a player who’s clearly lost his way might do under Hurst.
Or Fox, Crocombe, McAtee, and by his early showing this season Eisa?
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pontoonlew |
September 12, 2023, 11:20am |
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Or Fox, Crocombe, McAtee, and by his early showing this season Eisa?
I don’t think any of them came with bad reviews on their footballing ability though did they? It’s a bit of a myth McAtee came with scathing reviews on his footballing abilities as well. I can’t remember a single bad word said about Crocombe or Fox & Eisa came with reviews that he was constantly injured, which he was. Maybe Mani can count to a degree but he was largely poor when given enough time on the pitch, he cropped up with a couple of cult hero goals instead. I know it’s not popular to read too much into bad reviews from fans but they often prove to be not too far off the mark, the good news is, I very rarely see them about many of our signings these days.
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diehardmariner |
September 12, 2023, 11:57am |
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I don’t think any of them came with bad reviews on their footballing ability though did they? It’s a bit of a myth McAtee came with scathing reviews on his footballing abilities as well.
I can’t remember a single bad word said about Crocombe or Fox & Eisa came with reviews that he was constantly injured, which he was.
Maybe Mani can count to a degree but he was largely poor when given enough time on the pitch, he cropped up with a couple of cult hero goals instead.
I know it’s not popular to read too much into bad reviews from fans but they often prove to be not too far off the mark, the good news is, I very rarely see them about many of our signings these days.
Bloody hell, that's harsh on Mani! I agree he's one who came here with poor reviews from previous clubs and went against the grain of them. But he only started 3 games here (Yeovil, Kings Lynn and Eastleigh). In fact they were the only 90 minute games where he got more than 25 minutes. He scored against Yeovil and bagged a hat-trick against Eastleigh. Kings Lynn he was as wasteful as everyone else on the day, I'm still amazed that we didn't get done by a smash-and-grab equaliser that about 4 of the away fans would have managed to see from the 2inch vantage point behind the goal. I also agree on the Jon Nolan point, even though it was the first thought I had in mind when looking at Ainley. Creative midfielder, mixed reviews, a bit of a raised question mark about his aptitude rather than ability. We probably do need to find a better and more relevant example. But it's just such a good one to reel out when Hurst signs a player who he thinks he will get the best out of, even when all of us supporters know far better. Bit like how every left back will always get compared to either Conor Townsend (if on loan) or Danny Andrew, more so if injury history and a striker dropping down a level will get the Amond treatment, heightened to the ninth degree if they've spent any time in League One playing on the right wing.
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Looking at the photo of Callum at first I thought he was over six foot tall. Then I realised he was stood next to Hursty.
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Posted yesterday. Could be in the mix now for getting minutes in Tweet 1770850355477393723 will appear here...
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Posted yesterday. Could be in the mix now for getting minutes in Tweet 1770850355477393723 will appear here...
Clearly had a tough time, would be a massive achievement & boost for him.
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