Omar Bogle (again)

Quoted from jamesgtfc

He seems to go to pieces mentally when he has to train full time.

He'd have been ace for us in some previous seasons then.

Lots of rumours went around re attitude/drinking etc when he was at P Fale. Don't think he would be a Hurst type at all

Quoted from fishboyUTM

You do make a very good point. And we are playing Weymouth on Saturday. Our reserves should be enough to despatch them.

Are you being sarcastic? If not have you learned nothing following Town?!

Miller apparently has three drink drive offences and more clubs than Jack Nicklaus
Forget him.

Retro reference, fair play

Bogle did well playing for us.  He was well-liked.  These factors might count in our favour as he considers his options.

When have we ever signed a 'proven' striker who then goes on to score at the same rate for us (in recent times)?

It's barely ever happened.

The likes of Connell and Amond were great for us, but had no real history of being prolific. Even someone like Reddy didn't have a 'proven' track record although his potential was obvious (and he did well for us when he wasn't on the treatment table).

Gary Jones... never prolific as a striker, played a lot in centre midfield before he joined us, which skewed his stats. Danny North did okay for a short while, as a product of our youth team, but hardly prolific.

I guess that leaves us with the likes of Bogle and Hearn — both had scored a shed load for their teams in the league below; Hearn arrived and basically continued that form. Bogle was slower to adapt but really did hit some form in the end.

If we're to sign a number 9 then clearly it's going to be a player who doesn't have a 'proven' record behind him because all those strikers have already been snapped up. And I doubt Hurst will take a punt on a younger, lower-division striker for this particular occasion (again, they've either been signed or will be inexperienced).

It's a real shame LJL and Taylor are crocked. Taylor has a half-decent record and LJL in his prime was good at this level.

Perhaps a loan move is the way forward. Get someone who feels frozen out but wants to play until our two are back fit. Maybe Bogle can turn out a few times for us, like Oster did in 2002/3, and put himself back in the shop window for January.

Quoted from RichMariner

When have we ever signed a 'proven' striker who then goes on to score at the same rate for us (in recent times)?

It's barely ever happened.

The likes of Connell and Amond were great for us, but had no real history of being prolific. Even someone like Reddy didn't have a 'proven' track record although his potential was obvious (and he did well for us when he wasn't on the treatment table).

Gary Jones... never prolific as a striker, played a lot in centre midfield before he joined us, which skewed his stats. Danny North did okay for a short while, as a product of our youth team, but hardly prolific.

I guess that leaves us with the likes of Bogle and Hearn — both had scored a shed load for their teams in the league below; Hearn arrived and basically continued that form. Bogle was slower to adapt but really did hit some form in the end.

If we're to sign a number 9 then clearly it's going to be a player who doesn't have a 'proven' record behind him because all those strikers have already been snapped up. And I doubt Hurst will take a punt on a younger, lower-division striker for this particular occasion (again, they've either been signed or will be inexperienced).

It's a real shame LJL and Taylor are crocked. Taylor has a half-decent record and LJL in his prime was good at this level.

Perhaps a loan move is the way forward. Get someone who feels frozen out but wants to play until our two are back fit. Maybe Bogle can turn out a few times for us, like Oster did in 2002/3, and put himself back in the shop window for January.

I think I'm right in saying that it took Liam Hearn until his 10th game for us before he scored his first goal.

Quoted from Les Brechin

I think I'm right in saying that it took Liam Hearn until his 10th game for us before he scored his first goal.

You are correct Les, I believe it was Kettering away, as I was at that game, we won 2-1 I think

You're right. Hearn didn't score in his first 10 (or his last 6) meaning his 27 league goals came in a run of 26 games (including 3 hat-tricks - v Barrow, Stockport and Bath).

Not sure there's anyone in the modern era who, at least in an isolated run of 20+ games, had a scoring rate of more than 1 goal per game for Town.