Arnold

All these injuries over the last number of years is it all bad luck or bad judgement in some cases  Colgan,Peacock, Ademeno, Hearn, Butler,  Rankin and now Arnold

If John Fenty came out and said here is £200,000 for a striker or two,

Would you trust Hurst to spend the money wisely ?

Quoted from grimsby pete

If John Fenty came out and said here is £200,000 for a striker or two,

Would you trust Hurst to spend the money wisely ?

Well he's plucked magnay, toto, brown, clay and mackreth so on that basis yes

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

Well he's plucked magnay, toto, brown, clay and mackreth so on that basis yes

Considering Toto and Mackreth's performances so far this season then for me that would be a no.

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

Well he's plucked magnay, toto, brown, clay and mackreth so on that basis yes

Clay cost next to nothing. How much is Arnold costing us anyway?

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Clay cost next to nothing. How much is Arnold costing us anyway?

Even better then, I don't know about Arnold but I can't imagine it'd be a massive sum.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Considering Toto and Mackreth's performances so far this season then for me that would be a no.

That's your opinion, I think they've been good through the majority of the games, I can only pick the first half of Tuesdays game for mackreth playing bad myself.

Mackreth did much better in the last 20 minutes or so on Tuesday when he actually started running with the ball and taking on their defence for pace. The question I'd like to know is why didn't he attempt this sooner? If you're a smallish but nippy winger, you aren't going to achieve much unless you are actually attacking the opposition defence and he has seemed much too reticent to do this at times this season. Can't have helped that Parslow was bloody useless the other night though.

Quoted from Maringer

Mackreth did much better in the last 20 minutes or so on Tuesday when he actually started running with the ball and taking on their defence for pace. The question I'd like to know is why didn't he attempt this sooner? If you're a smallish but nippy winger, you aren't going to achieve much unless you are actually attacking the opposition defence and he has seemed much too reticent to do this at times this season. Can't have helped that Parslow was bloody useless the other night though.

Its a matter of opinion I know but Parslow never stood out as having a poor game Tuesday,  regarding that the attack and midfield never turned up on the night puttig extra pressure on our defence,  certainly can`t make him a scapegoat for that match he`s a steady Eddy IMO.

For a small and nippy winger read Dave Gilbert not very fast but tricky and used the ball well in the last third, something that Nielson could work on if coached right, you never saw Diddy try to beat six players before crossing the ball two was enough LOL

I was extremely disappointed with Parslow on Tuesday. OK, defensively he wasn't too bad, but most of their threat came down our right side and his distribution was just shocking at times, something which really surprised me as I thought he looked very capable on Saturday.

I don't think Mackreth has a fraction of the skill of Gilbert so not perhaps the best comparison. I'd also have to say that you seem to remember Diddy Dave a little bit differently to me as I recall he'd never beat one man before crossing the ball if the chance to try and beat two or three was available! Regardless, Neilson isn't really a winger per se as he rarely gets down the line. I do wish he would mix his game up a little and cut inside less often because he really does telegraph what he's going to do a lot of the time, especially when things aren't going his way.

My advice to Neilson would be mix it up a bit more - let the ball do the work more often and pass teammates rather than just trying to dribble all the time.

Mackreth needs to trust his pace and try to get in behind the opposition full-back, something he rarely seems to do for some reason.