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Post by nickhtafc82 on Sept 3, 2024 18:25:51 GMT 1
I've been saying this, but now Paterson said it WAS in his groin, but the scan showed nothing significant, so i dunno, what can they actually do? Apparently the issue is now elsewhere 🙄 Let's hope it's not a knee cyst, as we know those things can go on and on and on and on... Poor old Pritchard 🙄 Stewie had a cyst issue on his leg I think, (if I remember rightly...) caused him problems. I remember as a kid driving up for the match and headline in the examiner was Stewart was back essentially.
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Post by htfc63 on Sept 3, 2024 20:48:14 GMT 1
The three players I hoped we would replace this year were Hogg, Ward and Pearson as they offer little to us being a mobile and effective unit . Hogg actually slows down the pace of our game and is always likely to give away stupid fouls. Pearson has no pace and cannot pass a ball. Ward runs around aimlessly offering little goal threat Anyway I am watching our woeful display at Doncaster and could probably add to that list but I live in hope.
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Post by digs on Sept 5, 2024 8:35:04 GMT 1
Which players have we actually signed that we would think are too good for league one, like proven mid table type championship players?
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Post by stevehtfc on Sept 5, 2024 9:42:39 GMT 1
Which players have we actually signed that we would think are too good for league one, like proven mid table type championship players? Sorenson
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Post by goodbet on Sept 5, 2024 9:57:24 GMT 1
The three players I hoped we would replace this year were Hogg, Ward and Pearson as they offer little to us being a mobile and effective unit . Hogg actually slows down the pace of our game and is always likely to give away stupid fouls. Pearson has no pace and cannot pass a ball. Ward runs around aimlessly offering little goal threat Anyway I am watching our woeful display at Doncaster and could probably add to that list but I live in hope. We will get the chance to do a Rotherham next year when we have a lot of players coming to the end of their contracts. It will be interesting to see if we can find enough players to fill all those positions because we will not be offering many, if any, a new contract. A few people said that they would not swap any of the players Rotherham brought in for the ones we did. It will be interesting to compare were they are at the end of the season.
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Post by nickhtafc82 on Sept 5, 2024 10:21:37 GMT 1
Which players have we actually signed that we would think are too good for league one, like proven mid table type championship players? Sorensen Kane Miller
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Post by ram on Sept 5, 2024 10:40:43 GMT 1
The three players I hoped we would replace this year were Hogg, Ward and Pearson as they offer little to us being a mobile and effective unit . Hogg actually slows down the pace of our game and is always likely to give away stupid fouls. Pearson has no pace and cannot pass a ball. Ward runs around aimlessly offering little goal threat Anyway I am watching our woeful display at Doncaster and could probably add to that list but I live in hope. We will get the chance to do a Rotherham next year when we have a lot of players coming to the end of their contracts. It will be interesting to see if we can find enough players to fill all those positions because we will not be offering many, if any, a new contract. A few people said that they would not swap any of the players Rotherham brought in for the ones we did. It will be interesting to compare were they are at the end of the season. From a "position of strength" in Div.4
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Post by digs on Sept 5, 2024 12:25:46 GMT 1
Which players have we actually signed that we would think are too good for league one, like proven mid table type championship players? Sorensen Kane Miller Kane played in a playoff campaign for Barnsley,that's the nearest any have of the proven mid table championship tag
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Post by ColchTerrier on Sept 5, 2024 14:11:52 GMT 1
Are we dipping into the free player market then? Some decent strikers available that will make a difference….
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 5, 2024 14:20:43 GMT 1
Are we dipping into the free player market then? Some decent strikers available that will make a difference…. the problem is, we have cf's there just injury prone .
Nagle will tell you , that we have cf's , but as we all know and he knows there injury prone. Its a bit of hiding behind the obvious.
we have a few cf's , that its like having a car without an engine in the garage, yes we have a cf, but you can't play him. Like i say a car without an engine is pointless also...
I don't think for a second if Spencer hadn't got injured, that Nigel would have come in, Duff would have being made to make do.
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Post by Big Ern on Sept 5, 2024 15:14:14 GMT 1
I want to know the truth behind what's happening with Bojan. For some reason I don't believe that he has been injured this long.
Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist but I don't believe the reason he was left out of the Austria trip was through injury given he played a friendly and scored a hat trick when we got back.
He is never really mentioned unless prompted, we had him, Ward and Healey pre season yet were still looking to bring in 2 strikers. Something smells fishy about it all to me.
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Post by nickhtafc82 on Sept 5, 2024 17:49:42 GMT 1
Are we dipping into the free player market then? Some decent strikers available that will make a difference…. the problem is, we have cf's there just injury prone .
Nagle will tell you , that we have cf's , but as we all know and he knows there injury prone. Its a bit of hiding behind the obvious.
we have a few cf's , that its like having a car without an engine in the garage, yes we have a cf, but you can't play him. Like i say a car without an engine is pointless also...
I don't think for a second if Spencer hadn't got injured, that Nigel would have come in, Duff would have being made to make do.
I "think" Lonwijk was always on the cards (probably post Balker injury) and we were just waiting on Wolves.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 5, 2024 18:15:57 GMT 1
the problem is, we have cf's there just injury prone .
Nagle will tell you , that we have cf's , but as we all know and he knows there injury prone. Its a bit of hiding behind the obvious.
we have a few cf's , that its like having a car without an engine in the garage, yes we have a cf, but you can't play him. Like i say a car without an engine is pointless also...
I don't think for a second if Spencer hadn't got injured, that Nigel would have come in, Duff would have being made to make do.
I "think" Lonwijk was always on the cards (probably post Balker injury) and we were just waiting on Wolves. Nigel said in his interview, that the town move came around very quick mate. He said he had only just heard about it the last 24/48 hours- i think the spencer injury forced our hand. As before Spencer's injury, we would have had Ruffels,Turton and Pearson.
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Post by iangreaves on Sept 5, 2024 18:25:23 GMT 1
I want to know the truth behind what's happening with Bojan. For some reason I don't believe that he has been injured this long. Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist but I don't believe the reason he was left out of the Austria trip was through injury given he played a friendly and scored a hat trick when we got back. He is never really mentioned unless prompted, we had him, Ward and Healey pre season yet were still looking to bring in 2 strikers. Something smells fishy about it all to me. It does seem odd. No mention at all when he was left out of the Austria trip.
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Post by nickhtafc82 on Sept 5, 2024 18:28:27 GMT 1
I "think" Lonwijk was always on the cards (probably post Balker injury) and we were just waiting on Wolves. Nigel said in his interview, that the town move came around very quick mate. He said he had only just heard about it the last 24/48 hours- i think the spencer injury forced our hand. As before Spencer's injury, we would have had Ruffels,Turton and Pearson. Either Cartwright or Duff said (i can't remember which, i think Cartwright) he'd been on our radar a long time, suggesting we had to be patient. Maybe the Spencer injury forced the issue, but we'd been watching / after Lonwijk (if you believe or management).
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 5, 2024 18:51:33 GMT 1
Nigel said in his interview, that the town move came around very quick mate. He said he had only just heard about it the last 24/48 hours- i think the spencer injury forced our hand. As before Spencer's injury, we would have had Ruffels,Turton and Pearson. Either Cartwright or Duff said (i can't remember which, i think Cartwright) he'd been on our radar a long time, suggesting we had to be patient. Maybe the Spencer injury forced the issue, but we'd been watching / after Lonwijk (if you believe or management). i could be wrong mate, but i think your getting the nigel and Hodge move mixed up with this . Both good players and happy to have them both mind.
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Post by nickhtafc82 on Sept 5, 2024 19:13:22 GMT 1
Either Cartwright or Duff said (i can't remember which, i think Cartwright) he'd been on our radar a long time, suggesting we had to be patient. Maybe the Spencer injury forced the issue, but we'd been watching / after Lonwijk (if you believe or management). i could be wrong mate, but i think your getting the nigel and Hodge move mixed up with this . Both good players and happy to have them both mind. Could well be, they normally always start out with "we've been aware of him for some time" 😂
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Post by teesdaleterrier on Sept 5, 2024 22:54:38 GMT 1
Are we dipping into the free player market then? Some decent strikers available that will make a difference…. If we haven't got one in before the season gets going again after the international break then I despair
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Post by callum9061 on Sept 6, 2024 0:27:51 GMT 1
Are we dipping into the free player market then? Some decent strikers available that will make a difference…. If we haven't got one in before the season gets going again after the international break then I despair Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting is on a free pretty sure Cartwright has signed him before haha
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Post by Wingman on Sept 6, 2024 8:30:54 GMT 1
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Post by runner76 on Sept 6, 2024 8:42:13 GMT 1
Thread unpinned as the window is now closed. I can see this thread doing a Bryan Adam’s Everything I Do and staying in the top 10 for a fair amount of time……
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Post by Wingman on Sept 6, 2024 11:51:23 GMT 1
Thread unpinned as the window is now closed. I can see this thread doing a Bryan Adam’s Everything I Do and staying in the top 10 for a fair amount of time…… The similarities are also that we're all bloody sick of it by now too!
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Post by rothwellterrier on Sept 7, 2024 13:58:06 GMT 1
Thread unpinned as the window is now closed. Closed you said
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Post by Wingman on Sept 7, 2024 14:38:50 GMT 1
Thread unpinned as the window is now closed. Closed you said That’s some drop down. Might be his level?
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Post by FloridaTerrier on Sept 7, 2024 14:45:06 GMT 1
Closed you said That’s some drop down. Might be his level? If he doesn't perform there, that will be his level unfortunately. I'm surprised he didn't go to a L2 team this season, not to knock him which I think is there or there abouts the level he should be at to perform at an adequate level.
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Post by Terriersmad on Sept 7, 2024 14:46:38 GMT 1
From a Championship loan 2 years ago to non-league is quite a drop. I’d have said he’s too technically good for that level. His big problem is that he’s lost all his confidence. He was decent in the play-off season alongside O’Brien (probably the key words).
Hope he does well. If he rebuilds a bit of confidence there’s a good professional in there, if not for us.
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Post by rougeboy31 on Sept 7, 2024 15:52:39 GMT 1
From a Championship loan 2 years ago to non-league is quite a drop. I’d have said he’s too technically good for that level. His big problem is that he’s lost all his confidence. He was decent in the play-off season alongside O’Brien (probably the key words). Hope he does well. If he rebuilds a bit of confidence there’s a good professional in there, if not for us. One of them players who just sort of floated around the game doing nothing. Didn’t really do anything bad but didn’t do anything good either
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Post by stevehtfc on Sept 7, 2024 16:31:19 GMT 1
Closed you said That’s some drop down. Might be his level? Give him some credit. League 2 at least. Cartwright sending him to dundalks not helped his career
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Post by goodbet on Sept 7, 2024 17:45:21 GMT 1
Closed you said That’s some drop down. Might be his level? Window closed so I guess he could not go to a League team.
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Post by BLUE&WHITE on Sept 8, 2024 15:18:32 GMT 1
Peterborough just signed a forward.
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