Player Contracts

If you watched Chelsea last night you would see how awful Reece James was he couldn't chest a football (without it going of of play) such a poor touches from someone on huge wages.

Quoted from Meza

If you watched Chelsea last night you would see how awful Reece James was he couldn't chest a football (without it going of of play) such a poor touches from someone on huge wages.

Don't worry - PH will have taken note, and I feel sure we won't see him at BP anytime soon.  

If we are going for continuity - retain /aspire to keep
Crocombe
Batersbey
Efete& Emmanuel
Amos/Glennon
Smith/Waterfall
Maher/Ball playing CB
Cropper

Clifton/Khan
Green/Holahan
Khouri/High quality Midfield player
Hunt / 1 quality wide midfield player

Taylor /orsi
Lloyd
2 decent new ones up top

+ 2 or 3 better QUALITY loans signings .

Release
Morris
Scannell
+anyone else i have missed

Crocombe needs competition to keep him sharp.

Barrow showed last night how an accurate long pass to a speedy winger who could trap the ball, then turn and run at pace, can be highly productive.

Passing to their keeper or out for throw ins is less than useful.

However - damn good shot stopper in most instances.

We need to sign players for next season who look comfortable on the ball, can pass accurately with good pace, and preferably finds a player in our own colours.

Other teams seem to be able to find players of this ilk at Div 2 level, whereas our passing, especially from the new"play out from the back" system is slow and sloppy , with poor control leading to tackles flying in.

Can we sign this type of player to improve the squad?

A Taylor replacement, a new Fox, or another Souza , (with end product ) would all be potential fan favourites !

Come on down, Head of Recruitment, time to shine !!

Quoted from Meza

If you watched Chelsea last night you would see how awful Reece James was he couldn't chest a football (without it going of of play) such a poor touches from someone on huge wages.

Why are you watching Chelsea when town are playing?

Ryan. Bennett only signed for Cambridge  until the end of the season.

Worth a punt as he said wages would not be a problem.

At the very least he would get our  defence organised.

Quoted from Roast Em Bobby

I'm not arguing a team can’t accommodate someone capable of passing the ball who isn’t 6’3” and 15st. But if the only thing that a player can do that is useful to the team is pass the ball well, but not win many challenges and a header or two and doesn't have a great engine and work ethic then a team hoping to push for promotion cannot afford to carry such a player. When he plays all these great passes, he will still be passing to players without such good technically ability who will commonly cede possession, and at that point he becomes more or less useless as he can't hardly offer much at all to the team when we're out of possession.

Perhaps ask Mr Hurst how and why Hunt got a three year contract? And regards the engine and work ethic comment, please give us some evidence that he lacks either or both.

I'm glad its not just me that doesn't get the Hunt love in, after the first dozen or so games of last season he was in and out of the team and when Ben Fox, the type of midfielder i think we've really missed, got into his stride i didn't hear too many calling for Hunt's return. If we'd had signed him this season on a one year deal without seeing him before i don't think too many would be disappointed to see him leave.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Perhaps ask Mr Hurst how and why Hunt got a three year contract? And regards the engine and work ethic comment, please give us some evidence that he lacks either or both.

I think the amount of game time he's been given this season is the evidence. I also seem to remember him being taken off at half-time when he did get a rare start due to being completely anonymous.

I can't find much in the way of concrete stats other than this - https://www.whoscored.com/Players/361753/Show/Alex-Hunt - nothing there to give a compelling case for him either.

As I've said earlier in the thread, I was a massive fan of him, I was buzzing when we signed him, and I really hope he has a good career - but I've seen nothing at all to convince me that he can be a key player in a League 2 team wanting to push for promotion. I hope I'm wrong.

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Don't worry - PH will have taken note, and I feel sure we won't see him at BP anytime soon.  

Haha I cant even recall why I posted that its not even town related.....honestly you hit 50 and your mind turns to sh*t haha