Cheltenham

I wonder how toxic this forum would if we were all Cheltenham fans. Played 11 games with one point on the board and a total of ZERO goals scored.

Don't know what the actual record is for going so many games on the trot without scoring but they must be getting close to it.

Is George Lloyd injured?

Think they equalled the record at 10 games? Well into record breaking now, every minute they currently play while goalless is setting a new record.
Not to put pressure on them, like.

Quoted from SpiritOf98

Think they equalled the record at 10 games? Well into record breaking now, every minute they currently play while goalless is setting a new record.
Not to put pressure on them, like.

Thought I remebered Hartlepool going about 15 games without scoring a few years back, might be wrong though.

You'd think the ball would bounce in off a defender's backside or something similarly ridiculous after that many games.

If we had gone on a similar run, there would be nothing left of the Fishy but a smoking server and dozens of posters left with PTSD.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Thought I remebered Hartlepool going about 15 games without scoring a few years back, might be wrong though.

Equalled the record with their last defeat, their 11th game
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66920545#

You're right, sort of, 11 games was set by Coventry City in 1919/20 and matched by Hartlepool United in 92/93

12th game up next though, eek.

Quoted from AncientExiledMariner

Is George Lloyd injured?

Yes, ankle injury.

Honest question - if regaining full fitness by January, would George Lloyd make a good signing to challenge the current forwards?

IMHO, he brought urgency and speed of movement up front, and scored enough goals to warrant making a move for him.

I think that he could dovetail well with those already here.

To be fair to them, they have scored one this season in the EFL Trophy…

An own goal that Bristol Rovers knocked in for them!

Quoted from acko338

Honest question - if regaining full fitness by January, would George Lloyd make a good signing to challenge the current forwards?

IMHO, he brought urgency and speed of movement up front, and scored enough goals to warrant making a move for him.

I think that he could dovetail well with those already here.

I'd have him in for pyke personally

Quoted from Ash brown

I'd have him in for pyke personally

Most definitely.

Some players have a languid running style but beat players, create chances and score goals.

From what I've seen so far, Pyke just has a languid running style.

Quoted from Maringer

Most definitely.

Some players have a languid running style but beat players, create chances and score goals.

From what I've seen so far, Pyke just has a languid running style.

I’m very much hoping we’ve not seen the best of Pyke yet. It was by no means a unanimous view, but some Shrews fans were disappointed to see him go. He’s played 70 odd times for a League One side over the course of the past two seasons so basic logic would suggests he has some talent at this level.

Can’t really dispute that we haven’t seen it yet, however.

Oddly enough, one of our customers, a Wrexham fan, spoke highly of him before the season began as well.

I've seen him do OK-ish for a couple of spells in games, but I really don't get why Hurst signed him to be a striker. He doesn't look to have a clue how to lead the line and isn't taking the right positions in the box to nick goals from a loose ball. I can forgive him this to some degree as I understand he's been mostly played as a wide player during his career so far, but he hasn't looked to be putting in enough effort most of the time.

One of the oddest Hurst signings I can remember, truth be told.

Quoted from Maringer

Oddly enough, one of our customers, a Wrexham fan, spoke highly of him before the season began as well.

I've seen him do OK-ish for a couple of spells in games, but I really don't get why Hurst signed him to be a striker. He doesn't look to have a clue how to lead the line and isn't taking the right positions in the box to nick goals from a loose ball. I can forgive him this to some degree as I understand he's been mostly played as a wide player during his career so far, but he hasn't looked to be putting in enough effort most of the time.

One of the oddest Hurst signings I can remember, truth be told.

I raise you this fella.

Quoted from Maringer

Most definitely.

Some players have a languid running style but beat players, create chances and score goals.

From what I've seen so far, Pyke just has a languid running style.

The most charitable verdict I can think of is 'unconvincing'.

Quoted from Poojah

I raise you this fella.

Hamish Watson?

Utterly bizarre in how we applied for international clearance for someone to then use them little.  Impossible to say if he was any good because we saw so little of him.  What I would say is that in his last appearance, he managed to cause more panic in the Bristol Rovers backline in his little cameo spell than the rest of the side did in the whole game.

Soon as Ollie Palmer came in he had no chance as that 'big man' option up top.

Quoted from Maringer

Oddly enough, one of our customers, a Wrexham fan, spoke highly of him before the season began as well.

I've seen him do OK-ish for a couple of spells in games, but I really don't get why Hurst signed him to be a striker. He doesn't look to have a clue how to lead the line and isn't taking the right positions in the box to nick goals from a loose ball. I can forgive him this to some degree as I understand he's been mostly played as a wide player during his career so far, but he hasn't looked to be putting in enough effort most of the time.

One of the oddest Hurst signings I can remember, truth be told.

Pyke looked lost when we were on the attack against Crawley, or like a rabbit in the headlights when presented with that one on one, no surprise he didn't score. The contrast with Wilson when he has had half a chance is stark.

I will say that the moment we got a decent pull back against crawley he looked ok, won the header, didn't score (and off side anyway) but better than the rest of his front play. Unfortunately this is not the type of balls we are likely to be getting in to him at all. He's not a natural striker tha much is obvious, but what he does offer is perhaps not suited to what we are likely to present him.

Looks to me that we have had the striker we've all been craving for all along in Wilson. He's just been injured and we haven't seen him yet. I would like to see him and Rose play together as I think they are both good finishers.

Quoted from mimma

Looks to me that we have had the striker we've all been craving for all along in Wilson. He's just been injured and we haven't seen him yet. I would like to see him and Rose play together as I think they are both good finishers.

Weird isn’t it. A few of our fans bang on about clinical strikers, we win a game because our strikers were clinical and get in the right position and all we talk about is how Barrow should’ve battered us, not the fact the clinical strikers we’ve craved are at the club…

Ironically, Barrow, for all their chances, weren’t clinical…one stat matters in football…

Talking of Cheltenham, we all know that if they were to play us during their goalless run it would come to an end.it’s just how we do things.

Imagine the celebrations if they score tomorrow … pitch invasion would be excusable 💪💪

They are playing Derby so I don’t fancy their chances.

They scored

Pleased for the Cheltenham fans really. It's a nightmare watching your team week in, week out when they're rubbish and you know the outcome is inevitable. Like life on a hamsters wheel - not unknown to town fans!

Lloyd plays for Cheltenham. Do some expect a club who can barely score to let a player go out on loan who performed really well in the league below last year?

We are not entitled to him. He came to us to get games and get performing. Now he has, we are no longer needed.

It could easily work the other way though.  New manager in there now and by the time Lloyd gets back to fitness he could have lined up two or three strikers for the transfer window.

Darrell Clarke has actually signed Lloyd before, two years ago on loan at Port Vale.  Injury cut a season long loan short but he was sparingly used until the injury anyway.  Clarke spoke highly of him before the loan but the actual spell, which was at League Two level, might have changed his mind and even more so about at a higher level.