Reece Hall-Johnson

Looked promising playing in defensive role in reserves v Notts County at Ilkeston. Good pace and stood up to experienced and physical opposition. Clifton also has gained in strength and plays box to box reliably.
Kevin Nolan and staff shouting instructions from high in a stand, emphasising pressing role for his attack and avoidance of giving away cheap free kicks to his defence. Cardwell and DJ impressed too. Our coaches' style was much quieter but not necessarily poorer for that.
Clements looked off the pace but played some excellent passes when in space.  

Had looked forward to the promised highlights as the camera position was high and weather glorious. Perhaps we have decided not to advertise the talents of our trialists? Understandable perhaps, but many fans will have little to go on to assess our signed players.
Meanwhile, we can watch Scarborough and Solihull Moors.

Quoted from Skrill

Could be exactly what we need, more pace on the wings.

Really?

Bolly and DJ are not getting a start and fit right into what you just said

Welcome aboard.UTM

Welcome.

Its good that the new lad knows Kelly, DJ and Killip in addition to Wilko from his Norwich days.

He will have someone to chat to on the bench!

Is that the 33rd member of the first team squad? We have two competent right backs already at the club, we need either competition or a replacement for our left back who is struggling. Another bizarre decision from the manager in my opinion.

Another Wilko signing, hope it's better than the 2 or 3 others we've signed upto now...

Welcome young man,

I welcome the player to the club and hope he's a success. Really, I do. Of course I do.

But excuse me if I think he'll just become yet another member of a squad who probably won't make more than a dozen appearances this season (possibly all from the bench).

An eye for next season, yes, possibly. I can agree with that.

However, Bignot signed a shed load of players while we already had a shed load of players under contract - with an eye for this season - and it's for this 'over-signing', we're led to believe, that he was given the old heave-ho.

And the dire football didn't help his cause, of course.

Now, is it fair to say that Slade is just doing exactly the same thing? Signing a shed load of players to replace another batch of players that haven't even started their careers at Grimsby yet?

And the football's dire.

Bignot was termed 'clueless' because he was young. Watching this Slade side is just like watching Bignot's side, except with more journeymen.

Fenty sanctioned all those Bignot signings. He's sanctioning loads more under Slade. Fans often wonder where that Bogle money went. We spunked it on all those players you don't remember from last season, and you won't remember half of these next season either.

I wish I could believe we're building for the future, but I just don't see it. Our entire back four could retire this summer.

No wonder none of us feel like there's a connection between the players and fans any more. I don't know who's coming, going or already been here for a year and haven't noticed them.

Welcome RH-J - suspect this might be for a different system???