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forza ivano
June 26, 2019, 12:13pm

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Awful last season when playing right back, but when played every game at CM in their playoff season supposedly one of their best players. So hopefully he will be utilised as a box to box with Hess and offer competition to Clifton.


http://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=38201687&highlight=elliott+hewitt

thread on him here from late 2017
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Lets just hope Jolley does not see him as a RB then!

We do need more cover in midfield though, not sure about the young pros but I make that 4 centre mids if he signs? Hess, Clifton, Whitehouse and possibly Hewitt, probably need 1 more for cover if we are playing 3 in the middle.

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Have to say I was impressed with Sowunmi in the game at BP last season. We hit the ball high and launched long throw ins towards the box and he effortlessly headed clear without moving.

If we sign Hewitt and Sowunmi, we would certainly be an aerial threat. Last season we were small so we had an obvious weakness to exploit. The teams with the least weaknesses do better so I am happy to see this weakness being addressed.
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Another Notts fan's take on Hewitt...

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Most of our fans will hammer Hewitt, but they’re wrong basically. Unless you play him at right back, he is admittedly an absolutely awful right back.

In central midfield though he’s a good League Two player. Works hard, quick, tall, covers loads of ground, bit of an all rounder. As long as you play him in central midfield with someone who can cover his weaknesses (not great positionally or at passing), he’s a good player.

He played centre back in the odd emergency and there was some talk that Nolan saw that as a viable position for him long term, but I’m not sure that he’s positionally good enough.

Imagine he could do a job on the wing, but his versatility is both a strength and a curse. His best spell at Notts was easily the few months where he started every game in central midfield and wasn’t constantly shifted around to fill gaps
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June 26, 2019, 12:37pm
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Elliot Hewitt described by a county pal of mine as awful awful player. He would drive him up to Grimsby himself but he can’t drive!🤥


I would rather trust MJ's judgement, than 'some random geezer' who is a Notts Co fan.


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June 26, 2019, 12:38pm
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I believe Sowunmi is signing. Waiting for his contract to end on the 30th before anything is announced.

Hewitt and Sowunmi also followed on each other on Twitter quite recently.


"IT'S BOGLE! AGAIN!"
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If Hewitt and Sowunmi were to sign then we would have added some much needed physicality, both speed and strength, to the team. It's been years since we were really a physical match for the opposition and I can't count the amount of games where we've looked less athletic than the opposition so I'm really pleased this seems to be being addressed.

We still need a midfielder who has an eye for a pass in my opinion because the 4 we have (if Hewitt signs) are all hard workers but none of them are particularly brilliant technically. Unless we're perhaps looking at getting our creativity from players like Ogbu and trying to be difficult to beat in the middle of the park. The post above talking about not having weaknesses was spot on, the teams that have done well in L2 recently haven't generally been loads better in most aspects of the game but have had few weaknesses. Look at Lincoln, not particularly impressive in either game against us but also made very, very few mistakes and there was no obvious area of the game in which they struggled.


Looking forward to a brighter future now Fenty has gone.
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I would rather trust MJ's judgement, than 'some random geezer' who is a Notts Co fan.




If you look back on our signings over the last 5 years generally if fans from other clubs speak negatively about a player they are usually right but not one fan it's if it's a general consensus.
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Nolan was gash apparently.
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The team/squad looks to be shaping up nicely.

Re "ET" comment.  Rather than "coming home", didn't he "go home"?
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