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Jarmo.Is.God
October 6, 2021, 8:16am

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10 games, and wondered which player has surprised you the most?

Waterfall & Clifton deserved to be mentioned.
Waterfall was 3rd choice IMO, Behind Longe-King & Pearson (Before Towler arrived)
Now he's first choice - Just shows what confidence can do! buzzing for him.

Mcatee is rightly being mentioned a lot, and he's great for this level!

But for me, Taylor has shocked me big time.
Expected LJL to be first choice, as in his own right, he's a good, solid non-league player.
Taylor could comfortably play league 2 still IMO.
He's always played league 1/2, and it shows.

Oh, and hes scored 5 in 9 starts, not bad for a 'target man'
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October 6, 2021, 8:18am

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10 games in and we have two players on 5 goals each.

So at that rate we have two 20 goals a season strikers at the club already.
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McAtee for me... before the season started, we were informed that he is lazy.*

*Proof you should never trust anybody from Scunthorpe!
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October 6, 2021, 8:33am
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Quoted from thefish
McAtee for me... before the season started, we were informed that he is lazy.*

*Proof you should never trust anybody from Scunthorpe!


That’s exactly what a scunny fan told me . Said he was garbage and lazy .
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Waterfall, unrecognisable from the player he was under Runaway....... great to see and a testimony to his character as a person and a pro.


"Crombie you would have got to that if you weren't such a fat ba%$@rd" - George Kerr, inspiration from the dug out 70s style  
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Waterfall.

Before the season started I would not have been sad to see him go.

Now the guy is an absolute colossus at the back  and a real goal threat from set pieces at the other end.

Very impressed with how he has turned it around.  
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I think the turnaround in fortunes for Waterfall needs acknowledging. Many of us thought Hurst got it wrong keeping him around and I don't think he was first choice coming into the season.

Longe-King got injured and Pearson had to go deliver a baby so he took his chance.

McAtee is an important player that makes us tick. It was noticeable how much we missed him when he was on the bench for the Eastleigh game.

Crookes has quietly gone about his business and I was very impressed with Sears on Saturday. Efete has looked good too.

Sousa has surprised me. Very direct and makes you wonder why he was playing for Tadcaster and Darlington a year ago.
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Waterfall probably, had a bit of a shocker last season and most would have imagined he'd be gone by the start of this season. Heard he was good in the dressing room which is probably why he played regularly under Holloway and Hurst even when having several bad games. Has turned it around this season being a solid rock at the back and a threat from set pieces while being a leader on and off the pitch.

Seems to have benefitted from playing in a new look defence with different kinds of defenders. He was paired with Pollock several times last season and they seemed too similar with the same weaknesses.

McAtee I didn't expect to be as much of a key player as he's becoming to our attack, wasn't exactly getting rave reviews at Scunthorpe and didn't look a star player on paper but he's come in and played his socks off. Hurst, the team and the club just seem to be the perfect combination at the right time to bring out his best.
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Quoted from jamesgtfc
I think the turnaround in fortunes for Waterfall needs acknowledging. Many of us thought Hurst got it wrong keeping him around and I don't think he was first choice coming into the season.

Longe-King got injured and Pearson had to go deliver a baby so he took his chance.

McAtee is an important player that makes us tick. It was noticeable how much we missed him when he was on the bench for the Eastleigh game.

Crookes has quietly gone about his business and I was very impressed with Sears on Saturday. Efete has looked good too.

Sousa has surprised me. Very direct and makes you wonder why he was playing for Tadcaster and Darlington a year ago.


What’s surprised me about Soussa is his willingness to work really hard without the ball, something this side is beginning to do incredibly well.


"Crombie you would have got to that if you weren't such a fat ba%$@rd" - George Kerr, inspiration from the dug out 70s style  
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Quoted from HertsGTFC
Waterfall, unrecognisable from the player he was under Runaway....... great to see and a testimony to his character as a person and a pro.


I did say Waterfall would come good at this level, he was a superb leader throughout the season when we won it under the Cowley’s.





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