LJL has signed

Quoted from mariner91

Give over, you reckon someone who's bang in form or not had injury problems would be looking to drop down to the foot of L2 to a club with the well publicised problems that we've had? Good strikers are always hard to come by and any of them who have other options right now will probably not come to us because who is going to want a relegation to non-league on their CV? Not to mention we create virtually nothing and have one of the lowest "Goals For" columns in the FL. Not to mention we're in the middle of a national lockdown due to a global pandemic so location is more of a factor than normal. Who'd want to move to a club potentially a long way from their family when they won't be able to travel much and see them, which isn't scoring very many, has a distinct possibility of being relegated out of the FL and has a reputation for treating players like dirt? Hardly an attractive proposition.

It's not saying that we will never sign a good player again. Once the stench of the current regime is gone and if we maintain our league status then of course we should be looking for better players than Lennie ideally. But right now the choice is almost certainly limited to players who are either inexperienced, out of form or not fully fit. We've already got three inexperienced players who will probably contribute very little between them and it's often difficult to judge whether a youngster will have the guts for a relegation scrap. We've got two expensive has-beens although Hanson if he maintains some sort of fitness will give us something at least but Green is beyond useless. And we've signed Payne who is a very good player but is coming back from injury problems. If he stays fit then he's a fantastic addition but there is a risk he might not. Clearly Hurst has decided to go with a player he knows and trusts, who will do a job and make a nuisance of himself. Is he brilliant? No. Will he miss some sitters? Probably. But we know what we'll get out of him and he's better than all but one of the options we currently have and is likely less of a gamble than some of the other options Hurst had.

Quoted from essexexile

Just need Rodman now to complete the trio

Quoted from essexexile

Just need Rodman now to complete the trio

Quoted from ska face

My overriding memory of LJL is him being positioned at the front post when defending every corner and invariably getting a decent clearance in. We know how Hurst likes to set up, in being hard to beat and the forwards contributing to that, so finding a striker in decent form and telling them one of their main jobs will be to defend isn’t a particularly easy sell.

If we’ve got another outlet up top alongside him, Payne or Hanson, I reckon we’ll do alright and he’ll come into his own.