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Woking fans not happy, at all - https://www.cardsboard.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11302It’s a strange squad looking at it through Hurst’s previous spell here. He used to build teams of hard working, gritty players that just lacked a bit of quality. We now seem to have a squad blessed with some very good technical players, but lack maybe the work rate in some cases and the ability or willingness to really dig in and grind results out. I like the look of him & I’m looking forward to seeing him play, especially with the likes of McAtee, Taylor, Hunt & Bell.
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| November 29, 2021, 8:24pm |
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Intriguing one this. On the surface, apparently couldn’t cut it at Woking and they were happy enough to release him from his contract, but if you look beyond that there are signs of a very decent player there. He scored 15 in 46 for Dagenham as a teenager back in 16/17, not sure in what position, but that’s reasonable evidence that he can score goals at this level. He’s played nearly 70 games in League Two over the course of the last 2 seasons (one of which was curtailed), scoring 10, and the season before that he won the National League with Orient, scoring 3 goals in 12 games following a decent spell at Wrexham earlier that season. I think his unsuccessful stint at Woking possibly places a bit of a negative slant on his record, but if we’d have signed him in the summer (as we apparently tried) I think we’d all have been very happy with him. Looks a tricky, technical player with a bit of end product. If he can re-find his form and reduce our profligacy from wide positions and / or serve as a viable alternative when McAtee is unavailable or not quite firing then this looks to be quite an astute signing. Fingers crossed he turns out more Jon Nolan than Christian Jolley. https://youtu.be/RfNHJ5ut9mohttps://youtu.be/lR2N-7NRHOo
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| November 29, 2021, 8:50pm |
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Perhaps there was a language barrier with the Woking management…
“So gaffer, how do you think I’ve done so far?”. “Wey bonnie lad, ah think you’ve been purely belta, an you’re playin deed wey an' hev scored sum class gerls fo' wor. If yee gan keep that up fo' the next couple iv games it’ll be me roond in the boozah cum saturda neet. Neeo gan an' practice yor cornaz”. “Erm…ok. I think I’d like to leave please”. |
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I demand a 33% share of Poojah’s gold stars for my assist (awaits masses of red crosses…)
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| Maringer |
| November 29, 2021, 9:30pm |
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For a left-sided player, he looks to have a pretty good shot with his right foot and he's scored a few with it in those highlights. That's always helpful as it keeps the defenders guessing rather than trying to stop you turning inside (if he's playing from the right), all the time.
I didn't realise we were looking for a longer-term signing, thought it would just be until the end of the season, so Hurst obviously thinks he's got potential for us.
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| November 29, 2021, 9:33pm |
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You can’t have 33% of 5 gold stars. Sorry.
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A big plus for me is this releases Harry as mentioned above. Harry needs to be our midfield enforcer now - breaking up opposition possession, winning loose ball in the middle third and getting the ball to Hunt, McAtee and the wide players.
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| November 29, 2021, 9:42pm |
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A big plus for me is this releases Harry as mentioned above. Harry needs to be our midfield enforcer now - breaking up opposition possession, winning loose ball in the middle third and getting the ball to Hunt, McAtee and the wide players.
I think it also means we won’t see Ben Fox playing the 10 role again as well. I think there’s a great player in Fox, but he’s just not that sort of player. |
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A big plus for me is this releases Harry as mentioned above. Harry needs to be our midfield enforcer now - breaking up opposition possession, winning loose ball in the middle third and getting the ball to Hunt, McAtee and the wide players.
You mean do the Coke role but actually play the ball forward!... Hurst knew we weren't getting decent balls into the box and with Bell and now JMD he's potentially rectified that problem... For as much as I love Sousa his end product, be it a cross or shot, just isn't good enough. Looking forward to seeing this lad play, roll on Saturday..UTM.. |
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| jamesgtfc |
| November 29, 2021, 10:39pm |
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I can understand why Woking fans are concerned. We would be equally concerned if something similar happened to Sousa for example. Hurst is generally a decent judge of character and we know that he speaks to others about players. He trusts Pearson who he's played with previously so I'm sure a conversation will have been had there.
He's had a lot of clubs but most of them were loan moves whilst at Brighton. Since then he's had a solid 18 months at Orient followed by a loan at Crawley before Woking. By all accounts, Hurst was just a couple of days too late reaching out to him in the summer. Everyone makes a hasty decision they later regret from time to time but Hurst is a good judge of character and this should give us plenty of competition in the wide areas as well as cover for McAtee.
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