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MuddyWaters
December 14, 2021, 5:31pm
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Good though yeah?


Impressive work rate. Would like to have seen him playing closer to Taylor but we didn’t have enough of the ball so he was spending a lot of energy chasing lost causes.
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Knut Anders Fosters Voles
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Absolute load of shite. Hurst has had loads of time to sign somebody and there's not a nationwide shortage. I'd take the vast majority of those on that list over Essel and LJL on current form and I've been a huge LJL fan over the years. We came into the season ill prepared and it's either not enough money or Hurst's stubbornness to only sign the 'perfect' player that means we're short on quality up front.


Remember that LJL had similar scoring records to those NLN/NLS players when he was at Hereford.

Even if I accept your point that some of the players on those lists would be suitable, it’s still a pretty poor selection. I don’t understand your point there isn’t a shortage of good strikers available.

What’s the point in signing rubbish?
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Remember that LJL had similar scoring records to those NLN/NLS players when he was at Hereford.

Even if I accept your point that some of the players on those lists would be suitable, it’s still a pretty poor selection. I don’t understand your point there isn’t a shortage of good strikers available.

What’s the point in signing rubbish?


We signed 2 strikers from lower leagues with good records. Put 1 on a 3 year deal and the other on 2 years.....I rest my case there..
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Remember that LJL had similar scoring records to those NLN/NLS players when he was at Hereford.

Even if I accept your point that some of the players on those lists would be suitable, it’s still a pretty poor selection. I don’t understand your point there isn’t a shortage of good strikers available.

What’s the point in signing rubbish?


Padraig Amond wasn't a good striker when we signed him. There's loads of players out there that are capable but not performing and just need to find the right club, manager, style to make it click. One thing's for certain, by not signing anybody for a position that we were obviously short in, we've made it difficult for ourselves.
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December 14, 2021, 6:32pm
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We signed 2 strikers from lower leagues with good records. Put 1 on a 3 year deal and the other on 2 years.....I rest my case there..


Yes but Bogle and Hearn were on the up-curve in a similar way to Tshimanga. Most of those NLN/NLS players are either midfielders or have really poor scoring records in the NL and/or are in their late twenties.
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December 14, 2021, 6:36pm
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Padraig Amond wasn't a good striker when we signed him. There's loads of players out there that are capable but not performing and just need to find the right club, manager, style to make it click. One thing's for certain, by not signing anybody for a position that we were obviously short in, we've made it difficult for ourselves.


Alan Connell too.

I agree with you that Hurst is as stubborn as a post vindaloo skid mark stain but he will be well aware we desperately need a striker.
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Alan Connell too.

I agree with you that Hurst is as stubborn as a post vindaloo skid mark stain but he will be well aware we desperately need a striker.


And there in lies the debate, do we trust Hurst to sign the right player or do we play football manager and risk signing someone who once scored a hatful for Shitville Utd?...
I'm going for the latter, for as much as don't like Hursts tactics of late, one thing I do trust is his opinion of players
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It's perhaps not too surprising that there aren't too many young up and coming strikers really hitting form in the 6th tier. They've hardly played over the past couple of seasons, have they? Difficult for part-timers to keep up their fitness and develop when they can't train properly, matches are disrupted by Covid infections and lockdowns.
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December 14, 2021, 8:59pm
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Let’s give Bell some time and not rush to judgement. We have good (albeit out of confidence/form) players all over the park who can score and create goals. Bell looks sharp, quick, great touch, quick feet, can finish, works hard…..he could be a real find. Folk diving in and getting on the back of all those at the club giving their all are not being fair in my opinion. Only thing I won’t tolerate is a lack of effort/commitment and an obvious below par ability level. I think we have a great squad and manager. Fenty has gone (gotta get over that PenPenfras), and the new owners are invested and investing, the infrastructure is great, money is available, the fans are ace….it’ll come good. Everyone agrees that the current sequence of results is unacceptable and disappointing/infuriating but it can change in a moment.


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I don’t think Taylor or Bell were the problem on Saturday and thought both were ok at everything. We didn’t give either a single chance although Bell tried making a couple for himself.

We could have had Thsimanga upfront and we still wouldn’t have scored because we created nothing.
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