Striker search - part 7/10

Like others have said, I don't think it will be a top performing striker. I would love Umerah but think he will get a L1 move.
Might have to chance the arm of someone like Acquah or someone who hasn't been given the opportunities at another club. We will see if Hursty can pull a rabbit out of that never ending hat.

Kieran Phillips
* I think he's crocked

Little and large partnership with Nigel Quinn.

There’s no doubt that Taylor can still hack it at this level, it’s just how many games are you going to get out of him next season? For what it’s worth, I think it’s ok to have Taylor here next season as an option to help see out games or play the odd game when the main man is injured or suspended. But he’d have to be 4 of 4. I’d be wanting to sign Lloyd permanently, keep Taylor as a reserve and maybe let Orsi look for a new club. Then we need to sign 2 strikers on top of that.

Nicke Kabamba? 30 years old and flattered to deceive before this season but has bagged 19 in all comps this season for Barnet. Has been at Hartlepool, Nothampton, Kilmarnock, Colchester and Portsmouth before so he's ticked the unfashionable town, Northern town and seaside town boxes before.

Kabamba could be the out of the hat signing that very few have mentioned.

Again, as with others, the right build, decent age, has played further north previously, and hopefully one of those in the Head of Recruitment's sights.

Surely we will go looking earlier this year, while the publicity of the cup run is fresh in potential signings' minds???

Time for this researching Head to come to the fore and earn his crust, so that we do have an honest chance of going higher, and more consistent, next season.

Physicality and raw pace, combined with better passing. Ok, it's Div 2, so there will be mistakes made by those who would be playing higher if perfect players.

Reality - improve shots on target, don't dawdle at the back making silly mistakes, improve the passing accuracy - too many soft passes that are not reaching players, or not in front to run on at pace.

There's a lot that a full pre season could correct for next year.

We're still here in Div 2 this year, so let's aim for the play offs or above next year.

Thank you, Jason and Andrew, for putting pride back in the team for the town.

Well the stats for top scorers is on this forum.  My choices with an Asterix, ive added LG1 but no way any would come to us realistically.

LG1

Player                       Team                         Goals
Jonson Clarke-Harris     Peterborough                         22
Colby Bishop                  Portsmouth                      19
Conor Chaplin                  Ipswich                              16
David McGoldrick          Derby                           16
Dion Charles                  Bolton                              15
Aaron Collins                  Bristol Rovers                         15
Sam Nombe               Exeter                              15
Alfie May                       Cheltenham                      14
Ryan Hardie               Plymouth                              13

LG2

Player                       Team                               Goals
Andy Cook               Bradford                                     22
Sam Hoskins               Northampton                             20
Kristian Dennis          Carlisle                                     17
Dan Agyei               Crewe                                  12
Josh Gordon               Barrow                                     12
Luke Armstrong          Harrogate Town                        12   *
Kyle Wootton                  Stockport                                     12
George Miller                  Doncaster                             11
Josh Umerah               Hartlepool                             11    * (knows Efete from time @wealdstone)

VNL

Player                             Team                               Goals
Macaulay Langstaff             Notts County                            40
Paul Mullin               Wrexham                                  31
Nicke Kabamba          Barnet                                 19    *
James McShane          Dorking Wanderers                       17    *
Rúben Rodrigues          Notts County                            17
Ollie Palmer                  Wrexham                                 16
Cedwyn Scott                  Notts County                            14

VNS

Player                             Team                                     Goals
Dominic Poleon             Ebbsfleet United                     32
Shaun Jeffers                     St Albans                              24
Muhammadu Faal             Havant and Waterlooville       20
Ollie Pearce                     Worthing                              19
Rakish Bingham             Ebbsfleet United                 16
Jordan Greenidge             Tonbridge Angels                 16
Josh Parker                     Oxford City                      15
Adebayo Azeez             Welling                              14

VNN

Player                       Team                           Goals
Connor Hall               Chorley                                 20
Kurt Willoughby          Chester                                 19
Nick Haughton          AFC Fylde                         18    *
Jacob Hazel               Darlington                         18
Mark Beck               Darlington                         15
Gold Omotayo                  Kings Lynn Town                    15
Tom Peers               Curzon Ashton                    15
Michael Coulson          Scarborough Athletic               14
Matt McClure                  Gloucester                         14
Scott Pollock                  Boston Utd                         14
Glen Taylor               Spennymoor Town                    14

I suspect that National League goals really shouldn't be considered as being on a par with League goals. The majority of the top goalscorers in the National League don't get anywhere near the same numbers when making the step up. Obviously, there are always the odd exceptions, but you don't get many Jamie Vardys around! Or Andre Grays.

Alan Connell scored more goals in that one season with us than the remainder of his career after he departed!

Quoted from Heswall Mariner

Non Starter I reckon - if he was homesick at Exeter he'd be positively bed-ridden up here.

The term would be "positively Butlered" up here 😂

I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to see Vernham back with us next season