Signings !!!

Are we going to sign a striker this week ??? Any options out there ??

Omar Bogle  

Another ex Town striker, not Bogle, is a far more likely arrival I'm afraid

Quoted from forza ivano

Another ex Town striker, not Bogle, is a far more likely arrival I'm afraid

Amond by any chance ?

Shaun Tuton?

Anybody reckon Chadwick in with a good shout to come ?

Shop I reckon

Well we need 5/6 signings.  I hope to god Hurst can find them

Quoted from Hurstomariner

Amond by any chance ?

unfortunately not.


1 thing that needs repeating is that it doesn't matter who we sign as a centre forward they are going to have a very tough time because we don't get the ball to them enough, let alone create chances for them

Quoted from forza ivano

Another ex Town striker, not Bogle, is a far more likely arrival I'm afraid

Step forward Richard Brodie😉

Jamie Proctor has gone back to Rotherham after a spell at Newport.

He has played under Hurst before and Rotherham manager is Hurst's best mate by all accounts.

His career has waned slightly over the last few years but he has previously done quite well in league 1 and league 2 and he is 28 so it's unlike he's in his 30s.

Anthony Straker

We will almost certainly see a new striker or two this coming week. The quality of said striker/s is open to conjecture. We may get somebody good who had to lower his sights a little as the window closure gets closer, or we may have to take what's available given that anybody even slightly competent will probably be an improvement. Hurst will be working his way down his list until we land someone.

Possibly a young player on the verges at a higher league club, like a Chadwick, or someone older on the fringes of another side looking to get out for games, or move on. Maybe even a free agent, though they would have to be fit and ready to go.

Either way, I expect we will have someone new up front against Stevenage, hopefully Barrow.

If not, we will be relying on what we have and that doesn't bear contemplation.

Quoted from Davec

Jamie Proctor has gone back to Rotherham after a spell at Newport.

He has played under Hurst before and Rotherham manager is Hurst's best mate by all accounts.

His career has waned slightly over the last few years but he has previously done quite well in league 1 and league 2 and he is 28 so it's unlike he's in his 30s.

Hurst was asked about him and said that proctor wasn't the type of forward he needed. I don't really know Proctor's style ,but others might be able to give you a better insight

Ginny - you have a P.M.

Quoted from Davec

Jamie Proctor has gone back to Rotherham after a spell at Newport.

He has played under Hurst before and Rotherham manager is Hurst's best mate by all accounts.

His career has waned slightly over the last few years but he has previously done quite well in league 1 and league 2 and he is 28 so it's unlike he's in his 30s.

Decent shout, but he is more of a forward than a goalscorer, if you see what I mean. Would need someone more prolific alongside him.

Don't think he'd bring us anything Hanson can't provide, if he stays fit of course.

I think there may be a few released this coming week to give them a chance to pick up another team. Free agents can still be acquired after the window of course.

Hoban! 😂😂 😉

Duffy.

Quoted from forza ivano

Hurst was asked about him and said that proctor wasn't the type of forward he needed. I don't really know Proctor's style ,but others might be able to give you a better insight

Ginny - you have a P.M.

Didn't know PH had said that. Chimes with my thoughts on him. He isn't an out and out goalscorer.

Quoted from Tinymariner

Hoban! 😂😂 😉

To old  .

What's Sam Jones doing nowadays?

Plenty of decent strikers out there without a club:

Kyle Lafferty
Anthony stokes
Kaylen hinds

To name but a few

Well the only ex-GTFC striker who is on fire is Louis Robles........sorry if you've just had a little bit of sick come up.

Last season he scored 11 in 23 matches for Bala Town and this season he has scored 7 goals in 7 games for TNS

Been as I’m bored and everybody is dragging up former town strikers the one I do think could help is Ollie Palmer. Appreciate he’s now at Wimbledon & unlikely to ever turn up here again but thought I would join in as sure as hell don’t have a clue who else we should be signing only that he needs to be very good!!

If we could manage it, and think its realistic, Podge and The Shop,  I'd take it and would stand a chance of survival if Lennells injuries are behind him.

Well we need 5/6 signings.  I hope to god Hurst can find them[/quote]

I hope Hurst can find god - we need him

Definitely not the shop

Quoted from Norseman

Definitely not the shop

you sure????

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Step forward Richard Brodie😉

If we were to sign him or any other has-been ex player I would order another "Hurst Out" banner.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Plenty of decent strikers out there without a club:

Kyle Lafferty
Anthony stokes
Kaylen hinds

To name but a few

Hinds is a strange one. Went to Wolfsburg for 2 million quid from Arsenal as a teenager. Played one game in 2 years, was loaned out to a club in the lower German leagues but was sacked for not turning up to training for several weeks. Ended up at Watford and lasted a year before being released in August and doesn't appear to have found a club. One of the promising England youth squad who had scouts from all over Europe watching them. Seems to be another waste of talent.

Don't think there is much chance with the other 2 you mention.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Plenty of decent strikers out there without a club:

Kyle Lafferty
Anthony stokes
Kaylen hinds

To name but a few

If they are decent strikers why haven't they got a club?

Quoted from DB

If they are decent strikers why haven't they got a club?

Very true ! Or maybe too greedy when it comes to salary discussions .

Quoted from DB

If they are decent strikers why haven't they got a club?

Stokes looks like a real problem child, doesnt turn up for training. leaves the country for weeks on end and generally looks like a real attitude problem.

Lafferty probably past it now and was released at minor level.

The other lad totaly non proven really, we have some of them already.

I like the shop alot, but Hanson is level's above him.

LJL would be brought in as cover for Hanson, as they do a 'similar' role, but other than that, he's not going to solve many of the issues we face

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

I like the shop alot, but Hanson is level's above him.

LJL would be brought in as cover for Hanson, as they do a 'similar' role, but other than that, he's not going to solve many of the issues we face

If The Shop can still hold the ball up and keep it in the opposition final third, stopping the ball coming back at our defence, I’d say that’ll go a long way to shoring up our defensive problems!

Quoted from Hurstomariner

Very true ! Or maybe too greedy when it comes to salary discussions .

Well, they definitely won't be coming here then.

The excuse of ‘we can’t find anybody’ will wear thin around Wednesday this week so we’d better hope Hursts phone is glued to his head and the club shop source some top quality pens in the next couple of days.

Is anything happening today? We really need some signings in ASAP, ideally before tomorrow's game

Stefan Payne. Supposedly

Quoted from Davec

Jamie Proctor has gone back to Rotherham after a spell at Newport.

He has played under Hurst before and Rotherham manager is Hurst's best mate by all accounts.

His career has waned slightly over the last few years but he has previously done quite well in league 1 and league 2 and he is 28 so it's unlike he's in his 30s.

If he's 28 it is, indeed, very unlike he's in his 30s.

Should have used May’s money to bride the opposition

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EFL Hub do occasionally get a few right.

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Golly, this Twitter account is the worst I've even seen, never gets anything right and just spouts boll@x most of the time.

Scott Vernon is clearly the answer.

All jokes aside he was a far more inteligent player than most we have now, bringing others in, and has scored a few at clee, better than Green thats for sure  

IMHO I think we need a player to control the midfield and communicate to defence/attack. As much as I respect macca, I don’t honestly think he is the right man to be captain. Who is? God only knows. But the lack of giving a 5hit is starting to become apparent. It was imperative we didn’t lose last Saturday, but we did. Now tomorrow is massive, even at this stage of the season.

Stefan Payne Did well with Hurst in Shrewsbury https://upthemariners.co.uk/2021/01/25/⚡-hurst-planning-payne-remedy-for-town/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Quoted from forza ivano

you sure????

Absolutely

Alex Rodman only scores spectacular goals from 30 yards.  We would not cope with all the new, sudden excitement. (And goals).    

Rodman, Payne, Bogle, sign them all I say!

Can you imagine having those three lining up for us.

Well, I can dream.

Can someone remind me, does Rodman played on the left or the right?

Quoted from RonMariner

Can someone remind me, does Rodman played on the left or the right?

Either.

Quoted from FrazerGTFC

Stefan Payne Did well with Hurst in Shrewsbury https://upthemariners.co.uk/2021/01/25/⚡-hurst-planning-payne-remedy-for-town/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Been out for a long time at current club Tranmere. No where near match fit apparently. Not what we need right now i believe!

As much as we desperately need forwards I think we're also crying out for a hard nut in the middle of the park who will intimidate the opposition and put the fear of God into our players, so they give nothing less than 100%, every game.

Pains me to say it but other than Waterfall and Pollock we're a team of pussays and weak as kitten's pish.

If - and it's a big if - we can find such a player, I'd give him the captain's armband in a heartbeat.

Oh, that's good. Him on the left, Morais on the right. That would definitely help.

Quoted from Norseman

Definitely not the shop

you were saying Norseman??

think you might need to find another sauce/source/sorss !  

Have we signed LJL then?

Hurst always has an eye for a non-league player in any playing position. Hurst signed that winger Abo Eisa for both Shrewsbury and Scunthorpe who nailed two past us on Saturday.

One striker that seems to shine over the last 3-seasons so far is that Kabongo Tshimanga at Boreham Wood, he's only 23-years-old, out of contract in a few months. 26 goals in 53 appearances at Boreham Wood in National League, before that at National North scored 24 in 42 appearances with Oxford City, Tshimanga has scored 9 in 19 games this season so far.  The next Omar Bogle? Maybe even better potential?

https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=78913

Is it 5pm on Friday the signing time for the player to be available for Saturday, like to think that basically gives us 2 days before Stevenage, also hop3 it’s someone who can step straight in, we don’t have the time to wait while they get match fit.

Quoted from Gaffer58

Is it 5pm on Friday the signing time for the player to be available for Saturday, like to think that basically gives us 2 days before Stevenage, also hop3 it’s someone who can step straight in, we don’t have the time to wait while they get match fit.

Midday on the day before the fixture I believe. So Friday for Saturday's game.

Didn't that chap Greg who was on trial with us, sign for Southend an hour before we kicked off and two before he scored against us

Quoted from forza ivano

you were saying Norseman??

think you might need to find another sauce/source/sorss !  

No i knew he would come. I was saying i defo dont want him

Quoted from Incognito

Midday on the day before the fixture I believe. So Friday for Saturday's game.

Wouldn’t be too sure of that, Luke Spokes has played loads of games for us and there’s still no official confirmation that he’s signed

Haha, got to love Cod Almighty....

Quoted from Cod Almighty - Posted: 27 January 2021

"Strong rumours abound that Paul Hurst is after Hereford's main strikerman, who goes by the name of Lennell John Lewis. You know, like the shop. Imagine the fun if he came here! We could call him "The Shop" and have tee-shirts made and that sort of stuff. Sources close to the club describe him as a hard-working striker, good at holding the ball up, but perhaps not the most composed in front of goal. Rumours also abound that a tricky winger called Alex Rodman might be on Hurst's radar, and also a big centre-forward called Omar Bogle. I'm also hearing whispers about a winger called Mike Brolly, who takes a good corner, and a goalkeeper called Nigel Batch who looks like he is being eaten by his own beard. Nothing solid yet. We will have to wait and see."

http://www.codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=7812

What happened with that guy who was training with us, was it Giles Coke?  Haven't heard anymore about him.

Quoted from 123614

What happened with that guy who was training with us, was it Giles Coke?  Haven't heard anymore about him.

He’s probably back at Hereford

Quoted from 123614

What happened with that guy who was training with us, was it Giles Coke?  Haven't heard anymore about him.

signed for Stevenage

Quoted from FrazerGTFC

He’s probably back at Hereford

But that's what I'm saying, we don't know, no info coming out about him and he was training with us for a fair amount of time.

Quoted from 123614

But that's what I'm saying, we don't know, no info coming out about him and he was training with us for a fair amount of time.

He's training with us and being assessed with the view to signing or not. We know that because PH said so in last weeks press interview. There's nothing more to know at this stage.

Thank you.

No signings today.

Time is running out. Let's hope we see some movement tomorrow.

Quoted from RonMariner

No signings today.

Time is running out. Let's hope we see some movement tomorrow.

With the NL looking as if it will be suspended the only movement I can see is Phil and Fenty shredding the cheque book.

Quoted from DB

With the NL looking as if it will be suspended the only movement I can see is Phil and Fenty shredding the cheque book.

Have we not upgraded to debit cards yet ,, silly me  this is grimsby  av got my coat on ready  

Quoted from denni266

Have we not upgraded to debit cards yet ,, silly me  this is grimsby  av got my coat on ready  

I don't know if hearsay is right but the cheque book number never got passed cheque 16, 1 per year. And what about 10 bob notes in the safe!

Newport sign striker on 18 month deal from League 1 Plymouth.

Must be nice to be in the position to do that.

Quoted from 123614

What happened with that guy who was training with us, was it Giles Coke?  Haven't heard anymore about him.

I have been told our interest is waning , after starting off the week full of energy and fizz after a couple of days he went a bit flat....

Thanks for that.

Quoted from ginnywings

Newport sign striker on 18 month deal from League 1 Plymouth.

Must be nice to be in the position to do that.

Wonder if that means Podge is surplus to requirements?

Asking for a friend.

Quoted from RonMariner

Wonder if that means Podge is surplus to requirements?

Asking for a friend.

Doubt it. Brought in 2 forwards, including Windsor but 2 of their loanee forwards have gone back to their clubs.

Amond has been starting for Newport recently.

Quoted from ginnywings

Doubt it. Brought in 2 forwards, including Windsor but 2 of their loanee forwards have gone back to their clubs.

Interesting that a team at the top of the division are happy to have Windsor but Hollow Words sent him back and when asked why, refused to give any explanation whatsoever.

What was the guy on?

Quoted from DB

I don't know if hearsay is right but the cheque book number never got passed cheque 16, 1 per year. And what about 10 bob notes in the safe!

Knowing Town’s penny wise pound poor approach under Fenty, it wouldn’t surprise me if we had ten-bob notes or at least out of date fivers and tenners in the safe.

“It’s no good putting them in the bank Steve, interest rates are shocking and we’ll only get charged for using their services. Stick em in the safe and they’ll come in handy gor those hairs on the back if the neck signings.”

Hope to Christ that we see some activity on the signings front today.

Not seen the people who know Harry Clifton's grandad throwing out names so not very likely. Dunno if Hurst will confirm anything today or just confirm that stuff like LJL is dead in the water by now.

Could they be waiting to find out if National league and or Hereford season over before signing more?

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Could they be waiting to find out if National league and or Hereford season over before signing more?

More likely PH is exploring other options first.

PH said he’s hopeful of getting a signing in today, but time’s against them.

PH said nothings happend with LJL So I doubt he’s coming