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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2017 0:20:35 GMT
Unbelievably fantastic signings.
leadbitter
mansell
lines
monkhouse
taylor
bodin
gaffney
sinclair
easter
These are the hardcore of signings that along with the players dc shrewdly retained after the relegation that made the miracle of league 1 football come true so soon after the disaster of relegation.
Its just my personal list of course others may add or subtract players of course.
Since we got back into league 1 the obvious failure of tom nichols[so far] stands out though i would say its partly offset by sercombe and the lumley/sweeney loans last january.
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Post by rambo on Dec 4, 2017 9:18:32 GMT
MY assessment on scale Poor, OK, Good, Excellent and promising when they are development signings Strikes me as a mixed bag, some shockers, some Ok other good and a couple of Excellents. Puddy - Poor Slocombe - OK Smith - OK Andre - Promising Leadbitter - Good Trotman - OK J Clarke - OK/ Good Hartley - OK Harris - Poor Burn - 50k - Poor Partington - 85k - Good Broadbent - Promising Menayese - Promising Mansell - Good Gosling - OK Lines - Good Monkhouse - Good Sinclair - Good Balanta - Poor Bell-Baggie - Poor Montano - OK Bodin - Excellent Lawrence - Poor Moore - Poor Sercombe - 150 - Good Taylor - Excellent White - Poor Easter - Good Blissett - 80k - Poor Gaffney - 60k - Good Fallon - Poor Nichols - 350k - Have to wait and see but Poor at present Some incredibly harsh ratings in there. Balanta and Gosling helped get us out of the conference and Gosling played in that final game in league 2 and helped set up the winning goal. I also find it hard to not rate Sinclair Lines Mansell Monkhouse anything short of excellent for what they did in the conference season and league 2 (those that were there). If we'd signed them as league 1 players then yeah I'd agree but they were excellent signings for the double promotion. |
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Post by peterparker on Dec 4, 2017 9:40:41 GMT
MY assessment on scale Poor, OK, Good, Excellent and promising when they are development signings Strikes me as a mixed bag, some shockers, some Ok other good and a couple of Excellents. Puddy - Poor Slocombe - OK Smith - OK Andre - Promising Leadbitter - Good Trotman - OK J Clarke - OK/ Good Hartley - OK Harris - Poor Burn - 50k - Poor Partington - 85k - Good Broadbent - Promising Menayese - Promising Mansell - Good Gosling - OK Lines - Good Monkhouse - Good Sinclair - Good Balanta - Poor Bell-Baggie - Poor Montano - OK Bodin - Excellent Lawrence - Poor Moore - Poor Sercombe - 150 - Good Taylor - Excellent White - Poor Easter - Good Blissett - 80k - Poor Gaffney - 60k - Good Fallon - Poor Nichols - 350k - Have to wait and see but Poor at present Bell-Baggie and Fallon though, can you call them poor signings as they didn't do anything. They were brought in as cover for the rest of the squad should we have needed somebody at the end of the season when pushing for promotion |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Dec 4, 2017 9:42:40 GMT
Surely what prompted the OP was the discussion on another thread was that recruitment was DCs weakest attribute.
No one (other than the 2 usual suspects) was saying anything negative about the players or their achievements for us. Obviously they all played their part in our success.
I still maintain that DCs man management, tactics, game management, motivation and squad management in terms of who to let go and when are stronger than his transfer dealings which in my opinion are on a par with most other managers.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 4, 2017 10:42:19 GMT
Surely what prompted the OP was the discussion on another thread was that recruitment was DCs weakest attribute. No one (other than the 2 usual suspects) was saying anything negative about the players or their achievements for us. Obviously they all played their part in our success. I still maintain that DCs man management, tactics, game management, motivation and squad management in terms of who to let go and when are stronger than his transfer dealings which in my opinion are on a par with most other managers. It would be interesting to know the set up of our club is compared to others when it comes to recruiting players, it seems ours is basically DC gives a list to SH and it's look of the draw who he signs from the list. Do other Div 1 club's have chief scouts and a big scouting network backed up by a recruitment team? |
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Post by tommym9 on Dec 4, 2017 13:52:03 GMT
That's certainly opened my eyes to DCs transfer dealings. I too had thought recruitment wasn't his strongest suit, but looking at that he's not done too badly.
I think the Nichols signing has come under lots of scrutiny because of the size of the fee involved. For the money fans were expecting someone to hit the ground running.
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Post by paulpirate on Dec 4, 2017 13:54:21 GMT
For 300k I was expecting messi 😂
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Dec 4, 2017 14:48:44 GMT
That's certainly opened my eyes to DCs transfer dealings. I too had thought recruitment wasn't his strongest suit, but looking at that he's not done too badly. I think the Nichols signing has come under lots of scrutiny because of the size of the fee involved. For the money fans were expecting someone to hit the ground running. I'd settle for hitting the target occasionally. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2017 20:25:49 GMT
Whether a fan thinks a player looks good on the pitch is irrelevant . Its what that player contributes to the squad 7 days a week.
All the players that helped contribute to the conference promotion season.....were therefore good signings.
All the players that contributed to the league two promotion season.....were therefore good signings.
All the players that contributed to the highest league position in 17 years...were therefore good signings.
The only players that have to prove themselves are the one that have joined this season....if the club finishes 11th or above then they were good signings.
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Post by socrates on Dec 4, 2017 20:38:00 GMT
Whether a fan thinks a player looks good on the pitch is irrelevant . Its what that player contributes to the squad 7 days a week. All the players that helped contribute to the conference promotion season.....were therefore good signings. All the players that contributed to the league two promotion season.....were therefore good signings. All the players that contributed to the highest league position in 17 years...were therefore good signings. The only players that have to prove themselves are the one that have joined this season....if the club finishes 11th or above then they were good signings. Yeah I agree, it’s all about the squad and if the squad is successful then the players in it have done well. Bodin and Taylor aside we could say that none of them have been incredible signings but we have done incredibly well these last 3 years with all of those players, not just Taylor and Bodin. |
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