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grimsby pete
January 6, 2015, 12:16pm

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Did anybody see the Wimbledon game last night,

Akinfenwa looked if he was 20 stone but he put himself about and scared the shite out of Liverpool,

Just proves what you can do if you put the effort in,

Quick reactions to score a goal also.


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Scored from close range but didnt look very effective to me. Slow and gave away countless free kicks.

Plus he's a wimp!
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Scored from close range but didnt look very effective to me. Slow and gave away countless free kicks.

Plus he's a wimp!


Really? He might not be quick but he terrified the Liverpool central defenders and some of his hold up play was at least as good as the prem players at the other end. Together with Tubbs  he makes a pretty good strike force I reckon.


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Imagine if we could get him, he would be lethal in this league imo.


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January 6, 2015, 12:48pm
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I wasn't terribly impressed with him. Liverpool seemed terrified of corners and packed penalty areas generally more than him alone, short of prodding the ball over the line and some hold up play he didn't look overly dangerous. Thought the Yeovil forwards looked livelier against Man Utd earlier.


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I wasn't terribly impressed with him. Liverpool seemed terrified of corners and packed penalty areas generally more than him alone, short of prodding the ball over the line and some hold up play he didn't look overly dangerous. Thought the Yeovil forwards looked livelier against Man Utd earlier.


It's all about blending a team though isn't it? Yes he lumbers about and no is is never going to chase down a defender in the corner or outpace anyone to a through ball, but they had other players to do that. When the ball needed holding up though he was your man, allowing others to get with him.

Town have a player who can do that as well. The difference is that we don't have pacy wingers who can cross a ball and we don't have midfielders with the pace and stamina to make runs past the front two. When you do that you can play a goalscorer like Tubbs (Hannah?) and not need to worry about offsides.


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January 6, 2015, 1:05pm

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booked
10 fouls
scored a goal after some great defending and even better goalkeeping
slow
cant play football
apart from that he was excrement


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It's all about blending a team though isn't it? Yes he lumbers about and no is is never going to chase down a defender in the corner or outpace anyone to a through ball, but they had other players to do that. When the ball needed holding up though he was your man, allowing others to get with him.

Town have a player who can do that as well. The difference is that we don't have pacy wingers who can cross a ball and we don't have midfielders with the pace and stamina to make runs past the front two. When you do that you can play a goalscorer like Tubbs (Hannah?) and not need to worry about offsides.


Agree about the wingers and the whole build-up but Akinfenwa just didn't do much for me. Thought he looked too large to do anything but knock people over, but he didn't seem to do that. I remember him being a better, sharper player a coupe of years back though.


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January 6, 2015, 1:34pm

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I wonder if he's believing his own hype a bit too much and putting muscle on up top for the sake of it. All the Beast Mode and strongest player in the world stuff etc.


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January 6, 2015, 1:34pm
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An unfit version of Lenny ?
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He gave everything OK it wasn't much but he still gave it
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January 6, 2015, 1:41pm
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He's certainly graceful when answering questions from the press. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJirxV0Azqw If only all footballers could answers questions like he did last night.


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January 6, 2015, 1:52pm

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Sixteen stone footballer is silly, all the great players throughout time are all small and light ie, Messi, Maradona, Finney, Mathews, Aguarier, Greaves, Best Boylen and many many more
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Akinfenwa is a bit of a cult hero judging by my lad's comments about previous Wimbledon games. And why not.

Mind you his belly is bigger than mine so there's hope for me yet!


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January 6, 2015, 2:34pm

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Sixteen stone footballer is silly, all the great players throughout time are all small and light ie, Messi, Maradona, Finney, Mathews, Aguarier, Greaves, Best Boylen and many many more


Relevant comparisons to a 4th division player!


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Relevant comparisons to a 4th division player!


you know it makes sense Rodders
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January 6, 2015, 3:36pm

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I seem to recall him turning us down years ago and opting for Northampton


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I think Akinfenwa has probably gone a bit too far now. He was absolutely dripping with sweat with just 5 minutes gone last night and had very little in the way of mobility. I remember him playing us back in our League days and looking very useful as a player - he was merely massive back then instead of ridiculously big.
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Quoted from TAGG
booked
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scored a goal after some great defending and even better goalkeeping
slow
cant play football
apart from that he was excrement


pretty much what i saw, only reason he got any attention from the media is because he is a side show attraction, certainly not down to ability, would cringe having to watch him every week.


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pretty much what i saw, only reason he got any attention from the media is because he is a side show attraction, certainly not down to ability, would cringe having to watch him every week.


I'd go by the opinions of the Wimbledon supporters not by the noise created by the media circus (which is all the BBC football coverage is these days). From what I gather, they're happy to have him.


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I'd go by the opinions of the Wimbledon supporters not by the noise created by the media circus (which is all the BBC football coverage is these days). From what I gather, they're happy to have him.


i will go with my own eyes, the guy wasnt mobile in any way shape or form, constantly pushed and barged people around giving away constant free kicks disrupting his own teams momentum, had little influence in open play, couldnt sustain anything like a sprint for more than ten yards....
now Tubbs has left them he is left as their main striker, wonder how happy their fans will be in a few weeks time with him.  


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Perhaps Matt Tubbs is on his way to BP??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30699732
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Quoted from BIGChris
Perhaps Matt Tubbs is on his way to BP??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30699732


I heard Portsmouth or Bristol City.

Hope it's us but I doubt it.
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I heard Portsmouth or Bristol City.

Hope it's us but I doubt it.


Me too
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Seem to remember Tubbs pretty much counting out any move up North. Ever.

How's Bogle doing?


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Seem to remember Tubbs pretty much counting out any move up North. Ever.

How's Bogle doing?


Before or after he signed for Rotherham?
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I heard Portsmouth or Bristol City.

Hope it's us but I doubt it.


Surely we can compete with tinpot shite like that?  


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Better start feeding JL lots of Cheese Burgers.............


If the football is bad you can always watch the gulls.
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Before or after he signed for Rotherham?


Before. Unless it's an admin-manipulating, high wage paying League club.


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A big unit but not very mobile looked really out of condition to me the amount of sweat was a dead giveaway. Seen some large rugby players who are a lot fitter than him. 16 stone not ideally suited to play footy even at non league level.
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He came on for Northampton in the cup game here last season.

Looked very slow & cumbersome,  rubbish.
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He came on for Northampton in the cup game here last season.

Looked very slow & cumbersome,  rubbish.


That must've been someone else as he was at Gillingham last season!


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He came on for Northampton in the cup game here last season.

Looked very slow & cumbersome,  rubbish.


Think that was Clive Platt
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Akinfenwa was playing for Gillingham last season so it's a pretty good bet he didn't play against us!  
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