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Post by Tinpot on Oct 16, 2022 17:38:16 GMT 1
Yeah. TBF I see both of them as "next season at the earliest" to make anything other than a very minor impact here. I've been wrong before though. I think Simpson could easily make an impact this season if we continue to play with 2 strikers. He has the physique and has scored goals in the EFL, admittedly in League Two. I also think Harratt is the most natural finisher of our 3 strikers currently out on loan in the EFL and the one most likely to make a difference were we to recall him. Although I'm not sure any of them are ready for the Championship yet. That last line is the bit for me. None of them are ready yet. If Simpson was ready to make an impact in the 2nd tier, Ipswich would have played him in the 3rd tier. He seems to have enormous potential, but being sent to the stiffs in the 2nd half of last season, followed by injury this time around means his development will have stalled. The odd substitute appearance here and there this season? Maybe. I can see him being a useful wild card option against a tired defence now and again. But a strong impact this season looks unlikely, and even next season seems overoptimistic for him to be a major player
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Post by joburgjon on Oct 16, 2022 17:41:50 GMT 1
Phillips has been to Walsall and Exeter, did nothing and got dropped at both, now at the team bottom of L1 on 8 points. Harratt can’t get in the Bradford squad in L2. That’s it, let’s be nice a positive about our young strikers. In terms of Phillips, last seasons loans were all about seeing if he could play back to back games in a full season of professional football. This was an important test for him, mainly due to the horror injury he had as a kid which kept him out for 2 and a half years. He did it without issues. He also played a lot of matches out wide rather than down the middle. This season is about playing back to back matches, playing as the main striker. With Morcambe bottom they’re probably not creating lots of chances for him, but he’s still scoring. So last seasons loan was a success and so far this seasons loan is a success Kian Harratt is still only 20. City’s 3 main strikers are late 20’s and early 30’s. He was never gonna walk into the team or even match day squad. And I think they only play 1 up top.
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Post by crux on Oct 16, 2022 17:50:54 GMT 1
I think Simpson could easily make an impact this season if we continue to play with 2 strikers. He has the physique and has scored goals in the EFL, admittedly in League Two. I also think Harratt is the most natural finisher of our 3 strikers currently out on loan in the EFL and the one most likely to make a difference were we to recall him. Although I'm not sure any of them are ready for the Championship yet. That last line is the bit for me. None of them are ready yet. If Simpson was ready to make an impact in the 2nd tier, Ipswich would have played him in the 3rd tier. He seems to have enormous potential, but being sent to the stiffs in the 2nd half of last season, followed by injury this time around means his development will have stalled. The odd substitute appearance here and there this season? Maybe. I can see him being a useful wild card option against a tired defence now and again. But a strong impact this season looks unlikely, and even next season seems overoptimistic for him to be a major player I wouldn't read anything into Simpson being 'sent to the stiffs', other than he wouldn't sign a new contract and Ipswich were trying to force his hand. He's a lot more experienced than our current 3rd choice striker. Also, if we're going to be playing 2 strikers, I'd expect another arrival in January, possibly a loan replacing Mbete especially if Pearson is close to full fitness.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 16, 2022 17:52:50 GMT 1
Phillips has been to Walsall and Exeter, did nothing and got dropped at both, now at the team bottom of L1 on 8 points. Harratt can’t get in the Bradford squad in L2. That’s it, let’s be nice a positive about our young strikers. In terms of Phillips, last seasons loans were all about seeing if he could play back to back games in a full season of professional football. This was an important test for him, mainly due to the horror injury he had as a kid which kept him out for 2 and a half years. He did it without issues. He also played a lot of matches out wide rather than down the middle. This season is about playing back to back matches, playing as the main striker. With Morcambe bottom they’re probably not creating lots of chances for him, but he’s still scoring. So last seasons loan was a success and so far this seasons loan is a success Kian Harratt is still only 20. City’s 3 main strikers are late 20’s and early 30’s. He was never gonna walk into the team or even match day squad. And I think they only play 1 up top. Not trying to be too negative, but if our hopes rest on the likes of them it shows how desperate we are. Ward and Rhodes are proven at this level, Simpson smashed it on loan at Swindon. Those two are a long way off the level required at the moment.
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Oct 16, 2022 19:10:18 GMT 1
Phillips seems to be doing well in L1 for Morecambe I can see him coming back in Jan and pushing for a place I recon High will come back in Jan as he’s not getting much game time at Rotherham. Same with Harratt It’ll be interesting to see what they do with Chrichlow. Regular 90 mins for Bradford, will they leave him, move him or recall him to challenge for a place in the squad? I’d personally leave him at Bradford for the full season, see if he can get 40 or so games People saying we need a striker, but by January Simpson will be back from injury and we might feel that Phillips is ready to challenge for a first team place. We have several problems with MF wanting to play up top with Rhodes & Ward: 1) there has not been a single glimpse of them forming a decent partnership so far, I can't even recall a single pass between the 2 2) we have no back up for a plan B, no other credible striker to bring on. Ondo has had 2 cameos but I doubt he's touched the ball yet 3) how long before one/both get injured? History says probably not too long
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Post by Tinpot on Oct 16, 2022 19:50:09 GMT 1
Phillips has been to Walsall and Exeter, did nothing and got dropped at both, now at the team bottom of L1 on 8 points. Harratt can’t get in the Bradford squad in L2. That’s it, let’s be nice a positive about our young strikers. In terms of Phillips, last seasons loans were all about seeing if he could play back to back games in a full season of professional football. This was an important test for him, mainly due to the horror injury he had as a kid which kept him out for 2 and a half years. He did it without issues. He also played a lot of matches out wide rather than down the middle. This season is about playing back to back matches, playing as the main striker. With Morcambe bottom they’re probably not creating lots of chances for him, but he’s still scoring. So last seasons loan was a success and so far this seasons loan is a success Kian Harratt is still only 20. City’s 3 main strikers are late 20’s and early 30’s. He was never gonna walk into the team or even match day squad. And I think they only play 1 up top. 1 up top who is banging goals in for fun.
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Post by Porrohman on Oct 22, 2022 20:25:09 GMT 1
Keiran Phillips scored the winner for Morecombe v Barnsley. Matty Daly scored for Harrogate from a rebound after Danny Grant hit the post.
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Post by harris on Oct 22, 2022 21:27:01 GMT 1
Keiran Phillips scored the winner for Morecombe v Barnsley. Matty Daly scored for Harrogate from a rebound after Danny Grant hit the post. Goals were next to each other on the Soccer Saturday vidiprinter too
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Oct 24, 2022 16:43:49 GMT 1
Jaheim Headley & Romoney Critchlow are in the League 2 team of the week.
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Post by bobrobterrier on Oct 25, 2022 21:52:36 GMT 1
Watched Harrogate tonight. They are god awful. We ought to find a better outfit to ship our youngsters out to. Route one, attacking players forced to feed off scraps. Tbh our lads looked the most dangerous. The rest were poison.
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Post by Tinpot on Oct 29, 2022 23:03:18 GMT 1
Hudlin vs Daly, Headley and Grant.
No Austerfield. Not sure why.
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Post by Porrohman on Oct 30, 2022 11:26:33 GMT 1
Hudlin vs Daly, Headley and Grant. No Austerfield. Not sure why. I presume he's injured, he doesn't seem to have been involved for a while now.
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Post by Tinpot on Dec 22, 2022 16:00:52 GMT 1
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Post by Porrohman on Dec 26, 2022 17:36:33 GMT 1
No Danny Grant for Harrogate Hudlin sent off for Wimbledon
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Post by Essex Terrier on Dec 26, 2022 18:51:27 GMT 1
No Danny Grant for Harrogate Hudlin sent off for Wimbledon Bench for Austerfield v Grimsby, who had Sean fecking Scannell on the bench. Makes you think?😳
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Post by Metch on Dec 26, 2022 18:59:13 GMT 1
Grant, High and Reg not involved today, on their way back? Going out again elsewhere maybe?
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Post by Porrohman on Dec 26, 2022 20:30:54 GMT 1
He doesn't appear to be very popular
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Post by Porrohman on Dec 29, 2022 17:45:02 GMT 1
Hudlins red card rescinded, much to the chagrin of lots of wombles
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Post by Bilo the Bantam on Dec 30, 2022 0:13:03 GMT 1
Headley played well tonight.
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Post by Tinpot on Dec 30, 2022 18:42:08 GMT 1
Must admit, whenever I've seen Jaheim Headley I've been underwhelmed. One that I saw and never really expected to see him ply his trade above National League level, at best.
So, when seeing him sign for a 4th tier side on loan I was surprised. Seeing him getting rave reviews there surprised me more. Not least because they haven't been palmed off with our dross. Diarra primarily, but Grant is one that many of us have high hopes for too. Plus Josh Austerfield and Matty Daly are players I rated more highly than Headley.
Sometimes there's a youngster you have high hopes for and they don't - for one reason or another - don't go onto fulfil the potential you thought they had.
Every so often though, there's one that proves you wrong the other way. Hopefully Jaheim Headley can be the next one.
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Post by Headless Chicken on Dec 30, 2022 20:44:54 GMT 1
Headley played well tonight. When I saw him, he looked fast and powerful. Didn't watch him close enough to say much more. What would you say were his obvious strengths and weaknesses?
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Post by Tinpot on Dec 30, 2022 20:58:53 GMT 1
Headley played well tonight. How did Austerfield look? Did Headley's injury look serious?
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Post by Bilo the Bantam on Dec 30, 2022 22:04:11 GMT 1
I’d like to have seen him up against one of our wingers but we put a midfielder on the right, presumably to nullify Headley’s threat going forward. He’s got great pace and strength and was their biggest danger going forward. The little he had to do defensively, he seemed to tidy up well.
Andy Cook (stupidly) caught him late on and he tried to continue but eventually went off, I’d guess it’s not a serious injury.
I was focusing more on us but Austerfield (Harratt’s best mate) looked comfortable on the ball and played it around nicely, similar to Daly.
It’s not a very good Harrogate team this season, wouldn’t surprise me if Town sent these players elsewhere in January.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jan 1, 2023 15:25:54 GMT 1
I’ve got an appointment with the opticians in a few days but I won’t need new glasses to spot Kyle Hudlin today, starting for AFCW at Sutton United. Expect a first-hand report on him this evening sometime.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jan 1, 2023 19:21:32 GMT 1
Back home from the SU v AFCW game to a house full. Hoped everyone would have buggered off, but ‘fraid not. Right Kyle Hudlin.
As they lined up before kick off I nearly mistook him for the Sutton United mascot, Jenny the Giraffe.
It was probably the best game I’ve been to all season and SU thoroughly deserved the narrow win 2-1.
Hudlin forced an excellent save from a downward header when he was under pressure from a couple of defenders midway through the second half, soon after Sutton’s winner, and then caused a scramble in the box soon after, but those were his highlights. Considering his height advantage he didn’t seem particularly strong in the air and AFCW didn’t really use him as a target man. I don’t think he touched the ball with his feet until 30m in when he did well to nick the ball when chasing back.
Based on today he didn’t look any better than other L2 strikers I’ve seen this season, certainly not as good as Andy Cook at Bradford or Smith at Salford, for example.
He remains a very strange signing by Town, in my opinion. I don’t think he’ll make it in the Championship, nor in L1 either, and I can’t see how Town can expect to make any money out of him at all.
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Post by goodbet on Jan 1, 2023 21:04:53 GMT 1
Back home from the SU v AFCW game to a house full. Hoped everyone would have buggered off, but ‘fraid not. Right Kyle Hudlin. As they lined up before kick off I nearly mistook him for the Sutton United mascot, Jenny the Giraffe. It was probably the best game I’ve been to all season and SU thoroughly deserved the narrow win 2-1. Hudlin forced an excellent save from a downward header when he was under pressure from a couple of defenders midway through the second half, soon after Sutton’s winner, and then caused a scramble in the box soon after, but those were his highlights. Considering his height advantage he didn’t seem particularly strong in the air and AFCW didn’t really use him as a target man. I don’t think he touched the ball with his feet until 30m in when he did well to nick the ball when chasing back. Based on today he didn’t look any better than other L2 strikers I’ve seen this season, certainly not as good as Andy Cook at Bradford or Smith at Salford, for example. He remains a very strange signing by Town, in my opinion. I don’t think he’ll make it in the Championship, nor in L1 either, and I can’t see how Town can expect to make any money out of him at all. Town apparently need bargain basement miracles because we can't afford the quality to keep us in the championship. You don't get bigger a hope and pray signing than Hudlin
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Post by uw2ba on Jan 11, 2023 19:11:11 GMT 1
As per the official site. We decided to bring high back whilst koroma and Edmonds green were sent back by Portsmouth and Wigan.
At least we have some squad depth now, although I can't help but think the club might be in serious financial trouble and we are going to offload a few of our experienced players
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Post by rockwall on Jan 11, 2023 19:16:01 GMT 1
As per the official site. We decided to bring high back whilst koroma and Edmonds green were sent back by Portsmouth and Wigan. At least we have some squad depth now, although I can't help but think the club might be in serious financial trouble and we are going to offload a few of our experienced players Squad depth means nothing when the depth just isn't good enough!
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Post by townarentbest on Jan 11, 2023 19:18:13 GMT 1
We decided to bring high back whilst koroma and Edmonds green were sent back by Portsmouth and Wigan. At least we have some squad depth now Yes, worth repeating that Bromby has said that all three will remain with Town for the rest of the season rather than going out on loan (even the two that we didn't recall, they were just thrown at us!) + Admin, should this really be merged, they aren't "loaned out players"
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Post by ben1987 on Jan 11, 2023 19:19:15 GMT 1
Just shows how bad our summer business really was.
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