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Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Sorry but his goal was a belter. Right in the corner and moving all over the place so the keeper stood no chance. He’s plenty good enough to stay, hope he does.

Agree about the quality of his goal but his overall performance was, IMO, poor. He struggled to get the ball under control, is weak in the air and doesn’t have the required work rate and energy levels. We need much, much better.

Wilson has 7 goals in 26 games and only 12 of those games have been starts, it’s not a bad record. He’s strong and he can finish, but he too often goes missing completely in games.

He’s definitely worth having in the squad IMO because you’ll probably struggle to replace his attributes for somebody willing to come off the bench more often than not. However I reckon he’ll probably force a move himself.

Ainley showed immediately the difference that a proper footballer can make.

Swindon were pants but just having someone with that quicker thought process and ability to put it into action transformed that game.

Defence was and has been fine for weeks largely, thought Maher looked excellent considering he's missed so many games. Cannot believe the change in Mullarkey by stepping inside, thought he too was excellent again.

Wilson did well up top on his own. Don't get the criticism of him, if he was putting every chance away he's levels above us. He's a handful and they couldn't handle him second half. It's almost as if he needs to believe he can dominate teams before he goes onto do it. He gets that sorted and he's one of the top strikers in this league.

Lack of options dictated that 3-3-3-1 formation, which we struggled to adjust to early but second half the front 3 helped Thompson out a bit more and we bossed the middle of the park.

Bramwell looked an absolute unit when he came on. Seen him a few times now and he looks potentially a real player.

It's not over, but it is. excrement season, glad it's done. Big summer ahead.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Agree about the quality of his goal but his overall performance was, IMO, poor. He struggled to get the ball under control, is weak in the air and doesn’t have the required work rate and energy levels. We need much, much better.

Wilson suffered from what most strikers playing in poor teams suffer from- a lack of service. Not everyone needs to have a Danny Rose type workrate but yesterday (and the previous home game) most of his chances came from his own efforts. I really hope he stays. With the right support he's probably a 20 goal striker. The criticism of him on this thread reminds me of the similar stick one Danilo Orsi got last year. Remind me again how that turned out.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

But he didn’t save it did he? Striker scores from distance under no real pressure from defenders, right back takes quality pass, in on goal & slots home showing strikers how to score, well that’s how I saw it.

Wilson is the biggest flat track bully I’ve seen in a Town shirt for ages.

I like Wilson but in terms of bullying defenders, LJL was much much better at it. Wilson was playing against a 16 year old kid and didnt really get going until the second half.

Well one positive is we won one more home point than we did last season!

Not a season I will remember with any fondness.
I still can’t work out how in our early season game at Bradford we were in second place in the league at half time., but slumped so badly thereafter.

I remember Conte dominating and Clifton having a shocker. Good performances from Gnoha, Mullarkey and Rose…….

Hoping for a much higher level of consistency in 2024/25.

I thought Wilson was brilliant yesterday. Basically feeding on scraps all game and scored a superb goal but he’s obviously not happy here so he’ll go and probably do very well for someone down south . Swindon we’re garbage and most players looked to be at about 50% .

Quoted from pontoonlew

Wilson has 7 goals in 26 games and only 12 of those games have been starts, it’s not a bad record. He’s strong and he can finish, but he too often goes missing completely in games.

He’s definitely worth having in the squad IMO because you’ll probably struggle to replace his attributes for somebody willing to come off the bench more often than not. However I reckon he’ll probably force a move himself.

I’d keep him. He wants focusing, coaching and to work on his fitness but he’s got plenty of attributes. Get him clicking with a run of games, a better formation and partners closer to him and he is a genuine threat at this level. He had a really good game yesterday and his goal was a piece of technical quality.

Quoted from barralad

Wilson suffered from what most strikers playing in poor teams suffer from- a lack of service. Not everyone needs to have a Danny Rose type workrate but yesterday (and the previous home game) most of his chances came from his own efforts. I really hope he stays. With the right support he's probably a 20 goal striker. The criticism of him on this thread reminds me of the similar stick one Danilo Orsi got last year. Remind me again how that turned out.

Agree with you about workrate and I was one of a minority on here who rated Orsi and wanted him selected far more often last season. He had, what I believe Wilson doesn’t, and that’s a bit of composure when a chance comes along. Wilson always appears rushed to me and doesn’t get the ball under control quick enough.

Anyway a game of opinions and we’re going to find out what the management group thinks in a weeks time.