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  1. Bigrod

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    I thought it was Menston/Guiseley but the rest l agree. :thumbup:
     
    #62 Bigrod, Feb 1, 2019
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  2. Utters0

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    I just don’t see what he brings to the party. In his last spell he took 6 games to get going, had a couple of decent games then got injured again. We can’t afford that.

    Add to that he’s not that creative and his finishing is questionable I’m struggling to find any positives.
     
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  3. Ricc

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    Clarke has exactly the right attitude you want, he absolutely loves it here, and he has talent. it's an excellent addition.
     
    #86 Ricc, Feb 1, 2019
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    Think that's a bit unfair as he does have the quality, we've seen this during his time with us.

    His goalscoring isn't that bad, he was a 1 in 4 for us and he's not an out and out striker. His record is comparable to that of Jack Payne and David Ball.
     
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    #89 marshy77, Feb 1, 2019
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  5. borderlescott

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    People whinging that he isn’t a target man. Yes, it might have been nice to have that option but when you are looking at 2m losses you can’t have everything.

    We beat Oxford 2-0 without a target man.

    We beat Walsall 4-0 without a target man.

    We beat Scunthorpe 2-0 without a target man.

    We beat Rochdale 4-0 at their place without a target man.

    We beat Accrington 3-0 without a target man.

    We beat Shrewsbury 4-3 without a target man.

    A target man wouldn’t have helped us win at Luton, Barnsley or Sunderland.

    We can beat lower ranked teams but just can’t ruffle the big teams - completely understandable.

    Clarke will fit in well with clever players like O’Brien, Payne, Ball and Doyle and will enable us to mix things up. We aren’t managed by Phil Parkinson anymore and a target man isn’t prerequisite for us to stay up this year.
     
    #90 borderlescott, Feb 1, 2019
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  6. Petrov

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    I'm sure I've read somewhere that he isn't owed anything because he has already taken out way over what he put in. Wish I could remember where I've seen that....
     
    #101 Petrov, Feb 1, 2019
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  7. Botswana Bantam

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    I'm not criticising the quality of the player but I am criticising the type of player or perhaps the position they play in.

    Openly stating we need another striker and a winger and coming back with two kind of midfielders is a little bit odd.

    If he'd brought in some terrible winger and striker at least he would have stuck with what he'd said he planned to do!
     
    #103 Botswana Bantam, Feb 1, 2019
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    All very true. The recruitment of Clarke and Butterfield is very good, but as you say, no real chance to mix it up. If PlanA isn’t working, all we can do is bring in more PlanA.

    The one thing I don’t like is Hopkin’s comment to Parker, where he claims it is the fans that wanted a targetman. Yes, some of us did say we needed one, BUT Hopkin himself said he would like one and a winger too. When he didn’t manage it, he then goes on the defensive and suggests he doesn’t need one and that’s how he’s picked teams before. Forgetting that it was HIS desire to bring in those types of player.

    As yesterday proved, lots of good crosses into the box, but nobody good enough in the air to win them. There must have been 6-7 times yesterday when Tim Steer and John Dreyer said crosses were just too high for Doyle or that they had brushed off his head.

    Although not a great player, I still don’t get why we turned down a chance for Sammon whilst saying yes to Clarke
     
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    #111 BoingBoing, Feb 3, 2019
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    24 goals in 100 games is that good for his position? just feel he's a waste of as wage as he doesn't improve on the midfield and he's too lightweight to play Doyle's role. Just totally underwhelmed and think his wage could've been used in a more pressing position.
     
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    #128 The Granby Mullet, Feb 5, 2019
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  10. Stafford Bantam

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    I think we are doing quite well in terms of loan strikers; lone strikers on the other hand..............;)
     
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    #140 Stafford Bantam, Feb 5, 2019
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    I know our tactics suggest we need one, but our recruitment suggests otherwise!! I have no idea what our plan is anymore.
     
    #153 Onside, Feb 11, 2019
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  12. borderlescott

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    if you key in from matchday 20 to current it shows City have the 10th best form in the division....

    https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/league-one/formtabelle/wettbewerb/GB3?saison_id=2018&min=20&max=33

    ....thats 19 points from 13 games since Edin left... 1.46 PPG (and that is without a target man as Bruenker doesn't count he was so bad).

    We've 14 games left. Extrapolating it projects we may get another 20 pts, putting us on 52 pts.

    Whether that is good enough to secure survival who knows. It won't work out so black and white and games we expect to win we'll inevitably lose, and vice versa.

    But a lack of a target man won't be the reason why we go down if we do drop....it is the destruction Edin caused during his reign in the opening months of the season. Him signing players on ridiculous contracts before we had a manager appointed. Him insisting on appointing a coach, so he could interfere, rather than a conventional manager, him delaying appointing a coach, the lack of a proper pre-season due to poor planning, starting the season with an unfit squad etc.
     
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    In my opinion, It wasn't great, mainly due to the upward trajectory.
     
    #159 TallinnBantam, Feb 12, 2019
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    Well if he is cover then I can live with that.
     
    #14 Onside, Jan 31, 2019
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  15. Ricc

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    Me too mate!
     
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    Atleast we can fill the match day 16 man squad now without relatively untried youngsters and tbh if we are committing to playing football not hoofball he could be a better type of player than a target man
     
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    Especially one on one with a keeper.
     
    #27 Captain Black Adder, Jan 31, 2019
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    Something different? To what Ball and Payne deliver? He’s the exact opposite of “offering something different”...!
     
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  19. Bigrod

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    I think the game has moved on from the ‘big target’ man and out and out wingers. Having players with good ball control and speed of thought/movement, seems the way forward.

    Pitch sizes vary. For instance Scotland is 74 yards; Oakwell 75; The Valley 73; Accrington 72, Stadium of Light 75; Fratton park 73, whereas valley parade is relatively narrow at 70 yards.

    Given the ability of players to cover short distances far quicker than even 20 years ago, then Valley Parade is not a pitch which leads itself to wingers. A five in midfield nullifys them! So better to have skilful players who can cope with the constrained space of our pitch.

    Welcome back Billy, hope you stay fit and can work hard on your 30 yard sprints.
     
    #32 Bigrod, Jan 31, 2019
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    Happy with today's work.
    Welcome home billy
     
    #33 shoatsy, Jan 31, 2019
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