Player targets

i was totalling things up and got to the figure of 8-12 signings being required. going to be a busy summer

Quoted from Mariner_09

Think we need better than Jackson, his goal scoring record is hardly prolific. It isn't even up for discussion that we need a prolific goalscorer, hoping Jolley can uncover a gem.

Every pre-season since we were relegated I have hoped to see that one signing that will make the hairs on the back of you neck stand up as someone once said. But clearly Fenty is never going to shell out the sort of cash and wages needed to attract that kind of player to Cleethorpes and I’ve given up on that.

So far the response of recent managers here has been to sign what they could get which has invariably been strikers who need shares in Specsavers. The only exception was the good fortune of getting Amond on the cusp of his glory season which some strikers experience and Bogle who the fans bought with OP. Otherwise it is the likes of Matt and Jackson. Super Hooper could come good but he needs the weight removing, someone else to score as well, and perhaps keep him out wide for the space.

So I think now that our best bet for central strikers is for us to try youth with Rose eventually, and in the meantime with some unknowns that the manager has come across on his travels.

The other reason it is so hard for fans to pick targets just now is that we don’t know how the manager wants his team to play. An educated guess would be that he won’t want a Matt Rhead up front and we won’t be lumping it too often from the back. Other than that it is wait and see and maybe we will get a clue from the people he does sign.

From what I saw (and the little I remember!) of Rose in Disley's testimonial, he looked to have a good bit of potential. Very quick and looked relatively strong on the ball as well. To have persevered so long in trying to get him a work permit under 3 managers now, you'd think he shows enough in training to indicate he could be pretty useful.

Just before the FIFA World Cup starts the Conifa World World Cup sponsored by Paddy Power is being held in London.
They mentioned in conversation that there was a number of scouts from lower league clubs for all over Europe attending to find that rough diamond.

Tom Hopper and Andrew Crofts released by Scunny would be very good signings imo

Tom hooper ticks all the boxes for me. Young, athletic striker and obviously already in the area. Steve Evans was very keen to take him to mansfield last summer. Scored 9 goals for Scunny this year , including one against us in the checkatrade. Scunny fans certainly rate him and disappointed he’s gone

Hopper will probably get a L1 club then. Crofts has got an appalling injury record and at 33 that isn't going to improve. If we're only going to have a squad of 20-21 players then we can't afford to carry players who are injured half the time.

Hopper's showreel's a bit more interesting than that bloke from Hull's

We need a Gary Jones style and Podge Amond style striker this summer. What a partnership they'd have been!

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