Town to Sign OIlie Palmer

Quoted from ginnywings

That's because Neilson thinks quickly and plays the ball to him at the right time. The others are too slow and by the time they pass Hannah is offside.

Hang on a minute, are we talking about the same player here?

Neilson tends to hold on to the ball much too much and invariably ends up trying to dribble across the field instead of laying off early passes. It's one of the main weaknesses in his game.

Hannah had a great original loan spell where he stuck the ball away practically every chance he got. Unfortunately, he's never looked like being anywhere near accurate since he signed permanently. As a lightweight sort of player without great pace or great skill, he's not going to be creating too much on his own so needs to be more clinical when the chances come his way. His scoring record over the past couple of seasons shows that this just hasn't been the case.

I can't fault his workrate as he absolutely runs his socks off, but personally, I think he's playing just a level too high. He'd probably score plenty in the Conference North/South which is where I expect he will end up playing.

Quoted from Maringer

I can't fault his workrate as he absolutely runs his socks off, but personally, I think he's playing just a level too high. He'd probably score plenty in the Conference North/South which is where I expect he will end up playing.

Like Cook, Southwell, Bogle and Nicky Walker?

Quoted from Maringer

Hang on a minute, are we talking about the same player here?

Neilson tends to hold on to the ball much too much and invariably ends up trying to dribble across the field instead of laying off early passes. It's one of the main weaknesses in his game.

Hannah had a great original loan spell where he stuck the ball away practically every chance he got. Unfortunately, he's never looked like being anywhere near accurate since he signed permanently. As a lightweight sort of player without great pace or great skill, he's not going to be creating too much on his own so needs to be more clinical when the chances come his way. His scoring record over the past couple of seasons shows that this just hasn't been the case.

I can't fault his workrate as he absolutely runs his socks off, but personally, I think he's playing just a level too high. He'd probably score plenty in the Conference North/South which is where I expect he will end up playing.

Ok then, when he does play a through ball, he gets it right more often than others as he did in his initial spell with Hannah. Lately though, he is disappearing up his own backside and going backwards as a lot of our players seem to do.

I still think we play the ball too slowly, to Hannah's detriment.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Like Cook, Southwell, Bogle and Nicky Walker?

Yes, yes, no and yes. Bogle will probably end up at Peterborough!

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Like Cook, Southwell, Bogle and Nicky Walker?

Well, yes.

Most of the teams in the Conference Premier are full-time, most of the teams on the Conference North and South aren't. There's a big difference between playing against full-time pros or not.

Hannah scored a lot of goals before at Buxton, but these were in the Northern Premier League Premier Division - this is two levels beneath us and I don't imagine that there will be any full-time pros at that level.

Quoted from ginnywings

I still think we play the ball too slowly, to Hannah's detriment.

I agree entirely with this point. Our central midfielders are lacking dynamism, to say the least. It's all well and good having flicks and tricks (lots of twists and turns from Clay and Brown, but they are invariably static when they receive the ball), but the first-time pass is often the better option. We don't have the players to do this often enough.

Quoted from SamTheMariner

Good, Hannah is sh!te.

What and the world class goal scorer isn't.

Give your head a wobble

Our midfield lacks creativity and you'd hope that player could play balls to the wings in space. MacKreth on the right Aza on the left. Neilson in behind Lenny with Pittman wide left. This would leave plenty of room for Aza with the full back so concerned about a narrow Pittman. They swing in crosses. Lenny, Disley and Palmer score a hat ful simple.

Quoted from ackomariner

Give your head a wobble

Probably my favourite Fishy saying.

Quoted from ackomariner

What and the world class goal scorer isn't.

Give your head a wobble

Yeah I need to change that. Put it on after the Torquay game.