Joe Bunney

Quoted from forza ivano

looking at the videos i thought we'd signed a peter Crouch type centre forward rather than a left back!
looks like he could help out up front plus as a monkhouse type winger.
do wonder whether Hurst might play him, Mayonaise and 1 of Pollock or Waterfall?

He has played as a striker, also left wing and left back.

He scored 19 goals in 26 games for Northwich Victoria early in his career.

Quoted from forza ivano

that wasn't very successful staurday though, was it?

The result no, the performance was and will lead to victories in the near future. Don’t be hoodwinked by the two mistakes.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

If he does not work out, there are 50 similar replacements in the field opposite our house. 😉😁

Some fcuking big rabbits up your way 😁

Quoted from ClarkyGTFC

Glad to see Hursty hopping to make new signings

Now let "bounce" back hahaha

Quoted from chipsandgravy

Yes he has but understandable that he is a little rusty after being out for so long. Will be a great asset when proper match fit!

It will be due to confidence aswell

Looking at the videos of Bunney, he looks to be a bit of marauding left-back/wing-back.  If going with 3 at the back, it wouldn't surprise me if it's Habergham who's the one who goes into defence and Bunney as the wing-back.

I think Habergham looks tidy and decent enough, but hasn't quite got the fitness yet to be up and down that flank effectively.  

Pollock, as the left sided centre-back, is carrying an injury and looks bang out of form so needs a break in my eyes.  Either that or Idehen comes back into the fold.

He'll be a decent shout for goalscorer betting as I'm guessing he will be going up for corners and free kicks.

Quoted from Marinerdan

He'll be a decent shout for goalscorer betting as I'm guessing he will be going up for corners and free kicks.

This is a good point.

If Bunney is going to be playing he adds to some real height and aerial power in the team. We really need to make the most of it and get the set piece delivery bang on. If we start to become more solid defensively, it could be the odd goal from a set piece that makes the difference at the other end.

We could have Waterfall, Pollock, Bunney, Menayese, and two from Hanson/LJL/Payne all in the box. That should be a real problem for teams if the delivery is decent.

Quoted from Tommy

This is a good point.

If Bunney is going to be playing he adds to some real height and aerial power in the team. We really need to make the most of it and get the set piece delivery bang on. If we start to become more solid defensively, it could be the odd goal from a set piece that makes the difference at the other end.

We could have Waterfall, Pollock, Bunney, Menayese, and two from Hanson/LJL/Payne all in the box. That should be a real problem for teams if the delivery is decent.

I was right with you, feeling proper optimistic .......until the last 5 words  

Quoted from moosey_club

I was right with you, feeling proper optimistic .......until the last 5 words  

You would hope that of the virtually new team we've brought in, someone must be capable of delivering a decent set-piece.  We were told that Habergham had a wand of a left-foot, which I've in all honesty not seen yet.  Similar to when Williams arrived with the billing of having good delivery.

Rose can deliver a decent ball but his good deliveries are usually followed by 3 or 4 of those awful floated efforts that are bread and butter for 'keepers.

Bunney is currently 28/1 for first/last goal with Bet365 and 11/1 for anytime.  His Wiki page shows that he scored for fun at Lancaster, Kendal and Northwich Victoria and then averaged one every 7 or 8 games at Rochdale.  But then doesn't look to have scored in 40 or so games in the last 3 years.  Of course that's not knowing where he's played in any of those games.

Also noted that Waterfall and Menayese are both 40/1 for first/last goal and 16/1 any time.  With the extra height in the team it may well create a bit more freedom for players at set-pieces, again this is on a hope, with better deliveries.    Our current top scorer, Mattie Pollock, is 25's for first/last and 10's anytime.


In comparison Matt Green is 7's and 12/5 respectively.