Matt Green signs

I, personally, think Green is a good signing. It is also significant that when I mentioned a negative reaction to his signing I was berated and lo and behold some of those negative posters changed their opinion. The herding instinct is very strong on this site!

Quoted from nealeardleyscrossing

I am not sure it would work, he can get bullied quite easy by L2 defenders. Like I said I would have kept him for last season, as he can quite easily playing on the right.

Thanks for the reply, we tried it last season you see, as you probably know we were playing Thomas up on his own last season despite him not being a traditional target man. Actually he was decent at holding the ball and bringing others into play. More of a back to goal forward anyway though. I take it Green is not that type? He does not hold the ball up well etc?

Quoted from rancido

I, personally, think Green is a good signing. It is also significant that when I mentioned a negative reaction to his signing I was berated and lo and behold some of those negative posters changed their opinion. The herding instinct is very strong on this site!

don't get too up yourself rancido - i certainly didn't change my tune because of you; it was Nathan Arnold 'what done it' for me

What did Nathan Arnold say about Green?

Quoted from Ashby mariner

What did Nathan Arnold say about Green?

That he is a past it has been centre forward who will have no chance of attracting positive comments on the fishy!

I'm not Forza, I just don't get this criticising of new players who have yet to play a game yet for town. I could understand it if it was a "Lee Evans (?)" scenario, where a potential signing was an out and out toe-rag. But Green has done the business for a few seasons at this level and we really need to trust MJ in the choice of players he thinks he needs to progress us beyond this level. Black_and_white_bear posted a similarities post to mine yet wasn't quoted once! It doesn't bother me as I'm 71 years old and it's all water off a ducks back to me but I do get the impression that some posters get "shot down" straight away by certain members of the "Fishy Clique". Meanwhile I'm just happy getting drunk in Bulgaria and looking forward to another season watching my beloved Town, whoever they sign. Oh and when I get back on Sunday I will be straight into the club Monday to renew my St, and that has got fook all to do with new shirts, new signings, whatever floodlights are fitted or the colour of the refurbished khazi. I laugh at these posters whose allegiance depends on x, y, or z - Town fans, my arce!!!

Not sure if there's much in the James Hanson rumour, but he would be a good signing - and a good partner for Green - in a 4-4-2 (or whatever system we can play with two strikers).

A good friend of mine is a Bradford fan and he speaks very highly of Hanson as a person as well as a player. Not the most mobile now but has a good football brain, hangs in the air, makes life difficult for defenders and can make the ball stick up top.

Not a too dissimilar description to Andy Cook, really, except Hanson might be more realistic or affordable.

Quoted from RichMariner

Not sure if there's much in the James Hanson rumour, but he would be a good signing - and a good partner for Green - in a 4-4-2 (or whatever system we can play with two strikers).

A good friend of mine is a Bradford fan and he speaks very highly of Hanson as a person as well as a player. Not the most mobile now but has a good football brain, hangs in the air, makes life difficult for defenders and can make the ball stick up top.

Not a too dissimilar description to Andy Cook, really, except Hanson might be more realistic or affordable.

heard from 2 different people that hanson was at the club and seen in the club shop on Monday

Quoted from RichMariner

Not sure if there's much in the James Hanson rumour, but he would be a good signing - and a good partner for Green - in a 4-4-2 (or whatever system we can play with two strikers).

A good friend of mine is a Bradford fan and he speaks very highly of Hanson as a person as well as a player. Not the most mobile now but has a good football brain, hangs in the air, makes life difficult for defenders and can make the ball stick up top.

Not a too dissimilar description to Andy Cook, really, except Hanson might be more realistic or affordable.

Bradford City fan here.....

Hanson’s days are long gone. He suffers with injuries and quite frankly, he’s scored ten times in his last nearly 90 appearances.

When Sheff United came in for him a few seasons back, they offered us a deal worth just over £200k and we snapped their hands off.

We used to pay him circa £5k per week. Sheff Utd were paying him £8k per week; and even at Wimbledon he’s earning a decent wedge.

He’ll command at least £2.5k-£3k per week in L2, and I’m sure there are better options now at this level.

He also wouldn’t complement Matt Green, either.

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Goal! Lincoln City 2, Grimsby Town 0. Matt Green (Lincoln City) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Elliott Whitehouse.

From BBC match report 17/03/2018

Could do with a bit of this for us. Geen goal, Whitehouse assist.