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As it's turn out your bang on, but when you look at all the players we brought in this season as a club we've wasted a lot of money.
Most have had their chance to show what their all about unfortunately most have not been impressive enough to be a regular bench warmer, especially as we brought Gent in and Hodges with his lower league knowledge it's been a bit of a disaster.

 

Forget Wright. What is wrong with weak minded City fans unable to move forward!

Wright did well for us but dropped us. He had a choice and made it. Well done to him.

We need players that really want to be here and fight for the shirt. Sick of Smallwood retirement signings also.

 

Now give him some bloody help Hughes, don't leave him stranded up front ......

 

Always a negative with you...

 

Great news to start the day off with

Andy Cook is proven to get goals in this division. One of the things I will applaud Hughes for is he's managed to get the best out of cook. Prior to this season, Cook was merely a goal poacher. Since Hughes came in last year, Cook's all round game has improved drastically. His ability to hold the ball up, bring others in to play an the variety of goals he's scored this season means he would of been a very hard man to replace had he gone elsewhere.

Yes, it is a 3 year contract, an preferably, it would of made sense for the club to limit the contract duration to 2, but in League Two, an even the leagues above, as long as a player maintains their fitness levels, they can easily play till their late 30s. Examples Such as Ian Henderson, Billy Sharp, Paddy Madden, Matt Smith have all done the business, even with age being against them

Hopefully we can push on now an sign some players to compliment Cook so he doesn't have to carry us again next season

 

I wish people would stop saying Cook is 33 years old.

He is 32 years old. His date of birth is 18th October 1990 !!!!

 

Còok has been phenomenal this season but whether he stays or not I think realistically he's unlikely to hit the same heights next year.
We need a different system which has to start with a midfield overhaul.

 

I think Cook will still be here next season he is not getting any younger. He is at a club where he has had his best season and liked by fans. I think he will stay

 

That part of the field has been problematic all season. Losing Osadebe early on and Walker for a long period saw us play Chapman away from his preferred position and i'm sure Hughes won't have expected Periera to be the flop he turned out to be. Wright was arguably the success of the wide players, even including Banks, although Hughes did drop him for a few games. Losing him was a blow that wasn't overcome, Nevers coming in didn't work to address it and Jake Young never convinced he was worthy of the role despite a couple of notable goals.
Chapman picking up the injury did indeed concide with our form failing badly, don't think we hardly created a chance for Andy Cook, and when he is the reason you are anywhere near the playoffs that pretty much spells the end of your season. With the left side being a concern, Hughes's default was to go for in various games a three of Alex Gilliead, Adam Clayton and Richie Smallwood. What you can take from that is it wasn't the players bottled the playoffs, they never really stood a chance. Why? Because the manager simply refused to line up with the tools available to potentially give them that chance.
Always said, any manager worth their salt should be able to nulify us if he does his homework. Fair play to PaulSimpson, he did just that.
No excuses next season Mark. You don't get us that promotion, we look elsewhere.

 

You are deluded to think players sign so they can fight for a shirt they really have no affinity to. It's called money that they sign for. We need quality players like Wright in the team regardless of whether they love/like the club or not. Which is probably not in 99% of cases.

Every new signing says the same thing about coming here. Big fans base etc etc but has that altered our league position? No!

Get your head out of the sand and smell the coffee. We need proper quality in the squad even if that means trimming it down by 2 or 3 players.

 

Something we have to change next season is our reliance on goals from one player

 

Super news. Its a long deal for a 32 year old but he has earned it this year.

Im assuming his deal is bigger than his last one but his weekly may have reduced. More over a longer period.

 

If we can add the lad from Crewe it would be some forward pairing. (Or a 3 if we continue with the current shape).

 

Needs goal scoring midfielder now.
Someone like Jonny Williams from Swindon ??

 

No doubt it’s a good deal for him giving him a bit of security. But in my opinion it’s a good one for the club as well the money is spread over time without breaking next seasons budget

 

Great news, he's fully earned this contract and even if he doesn't replicate this season's form, he will always be a reliable goalscorer at this level.

I'm not concerned about the length either. Yes, he's 32 but his game has never been about pace (he doesn't really have any) but more his finishing and absolute power in the box. If anything, that has improved since he arrived at the club.

 

He is going to become 2nd behind Sir Bobby to cult centre forward status in my lifetime I reckon at the club