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Post by lastminutewinner on Feb 22, 2024 15:20:41 GMT
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Post by Gastafari on Feb 22, 2024 15:32:13 GMT
Why did we release Christian Lee? It says he scored 7 in 9 and then dropped in to non league? I think he only scored 1 goal for us. Against the Sh*t! |
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Post by kentgas on Feb 22, 2024 16:08:32 GMT
Back to topic. Jones and Gordon need to be give a season. We have invested in both. Both are capable of being squad players. Let's give them a chance to prove they can be more, or they move on. Same with Greenslade. |
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Post by nailseamark on Feb 22, 2024 16:13:16 GMT
Why did we release Christian Lee? It says he scored 7 in 9 and then dropped in to non league? I think he only scored 1 goal for us. Against the Sh*t! This is why I shouldn’t use Wikipedia for research! Although everywhere I’ve looked says he scored two goals for us. So against City wasnt his only goal! |
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Post by Gastafari on Feb 22, 2024 16:20:08 GMT
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Post by lastminutewinner on Feb 22, 2024 16:49:55 GMT
Yeah no way are we letting him go if he had 7 goals in 9, that's practically Hinton territory
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 24, 2024 8:15:22 GMT
Back to topic. Jones and Gordon need to be give a season. We have invested in both. Both are capable of being squad players. Let's give them a chance to prove they can be more, or they move on. Gordon needs to be bombed out. Not good enough. |
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Post by percy on Feb 24, 2024 8:37:39 GMT
Back to topic. Jones and Gordon need to be give a season. We have invested in both. Both are capable of being squad players. Let's give them a chance to prove they can be more, or they move on. Gordon needs to be bombed out. Not good enough. Disagree. But some fans love to scream “get rid” and wonder why we are always rebuilding. |
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Post by mftc on Feb 24, 2024 9:11:29 GMT
Agree with keeping Gordon.
Still a young pup, probably not on that much money. Still learning and more importantly will start to become more experienced and stronger in the next few years. Will be a decent squad player next season.
Remember he was playing B side (relatively youth team stuff two years ago).
Flash at 25 will be a different player to Flash at 22. To put in perspective, what is he one or two years older than Jones?
A good winger/wide man to pass to in front of him could be the making of him. (Just think of how many assists he would get if all he had to do was pass to EA and let him do the rest?
This season he looks up and sees maybe 2 or 3 blue shirts in front of him marked by 6 opponents. He may go back too much but ball retention must be very high. If the midfield don't show, (other than square or behind) it would be difficult for any full back.
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Post by eric on Feb 24, 2024 9:15:30 GMT
Agree with keeping Gordon. Still a young pup, probably not on that much money. Still learning and more importantly will start to become more experienced and stronger in the next few years. Will be a decent squad player next season. Remember he was playing B side (relatively youth team stuff two years ago). Flash at 25 will be a different player to Flash at 22. To put in perspective, what is he one or two years older than Jones? A good winger/wide man to pass to in front of him could be the making of him. (Just think of how many assists he would get if all he had to do was pass to EA and let him do the rest? This season he looks up and sees maybe 2 or 3 blue shirts in front of him marked by 6 opponents. He may go back too much but ball retention must be very high. If the midfield don't show, (other than square or behind) it would be difficult for any full back. I think he’s a tidy player with potential. Needs to work on his attacking play - plays too safe too often but that is an issue with the whole team at times with poor movement off the ball and players ‘hiding’. We should look to bring in a new LB and keep either Gordon or Jones as back up and development. |
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Post by percy on Feb 24, 2024 9:32:59 GMT
Agree with keeping Gordon. Still a young pup, probably not on that much money. Still learning and more importantly will start to become more experienced and stronger in the next few years. Will be a decent squad player next season. Remember he was playing B side (relatively youth team stuff two years ago). Flash at 25 will be a different player to Flash at 22. To put in perspective, what is he one or two years older than Jones? A good winger/wide man to pass to in front of him could be the making of him. (Just think of how many assists he would get if all he had to do was pass to EA and let him do the rest? This season he looks up and sees maybe 2 or 3 blue shirts in front of him marked by 6 opponents. He may go back too much but ball retention must be very high. If the midfield don't show, (other than square or behind) it would be difficult for any full back. I think he’s a tidy player with potential. Needs to work on his attacking play - plays too safe too often but that is an issue with the whole team at times with poor movement off the ball and players ‘hiding’. We should look to bring in a new LB and keep either Gordon or Jones as back up and development. Yeah and he appears to be a well liked member of the squad and has been pretty good injury wise. Not sure it’s either or yet. Wasn’t Jones playing in the middle last season? Be gutted if either ended up making it somewhere else after we did all the prep work! |
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Post by eric on Feb 24, 2024 9:40:58 GMT
I think he’s a tidy player with potential. Needs to work on his attacking play - plays too safe too often but that is an issue with the whole team at times with poor movement off the ball and players ‘hiding’. We should look to bring in a new LB and keep either Gordon or Jones as back up and development. Yeah and he appears to be a well liked member of the squad and has been pretty good injury wise. Not sure it’s either or yet. Wasn’t Jones playing in the middle last season? Be gutted if either ended up making it somewhere else after we did all the prep work! I reckon it’s make or break for Jones’ career at the moment. If we offered him another 12 month extension and he did well on loan in the fifth tier between Aug and Dec he has a chance. To get that extension he’s going to have to be pretty special in training over the next few months as MT doesn’t appear sold on him at the moment. I had high hopes for Jones but his loan with Bromley was clearly a huge disappointment and he must be miles away from threatening the first XI in league one. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Feb 24, 2024 10:12:45 GMT
Can Jones still play for us if Bromley are paying his wages?
If so I think they should see what he is like in our first team with better players around him, nothing really to lose at the moment
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Post by phillistine on Feb 24, 2024 10:18:04 GMT
I really dont understand the anti Gordon lobby as i have always thought that he is quite a good player. He rarely gives the ball away and ok he can play too safe but that is inevitable when a player is lacking confidence and not getting regularl game time. The only area that i would work on is his finishing because he does get into good positions but never looks like he is going to get a shot away
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Post by pirate on Feb 24, 2024 10:21:12 GMT
Can Jones still play for us if Bromley are paying his wages? If so I think they should see what he is like in our first team with better players around him, nothing really to lose at the moment He's registered with Bromley until the end of the season which makes him ineligible for us. This is detrimental to a young player at a crucial stage of his career, how can that be right!?!? It's a farcical situation and surely the rules need amending. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Feb 24, 2024 10:23:03 GMT
I really dont understand the anti Gordon lobby as i have always thought that he is quite a good player. He rarely gives the ball away and ok he can play too safe but that is inevitable when a player is lacking confidence and not getting regularl game time. The only area that i would work on is his finishing because he does get into good positions but never looks like he is going to get a shot away Its his defending that worries me, he gets knocked off the ball too easily and never seems to put a tackle in, meaning either the right winger either puts over a cross or goes straight past him. |
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Post by eric on Feb 24, 2024 10:32:18 GMT
I really dont understand the anti Gordon lobby as i have always thought that he is quite a good player. He rarely gives the ball away and ok he can play too safe but that is inevitable when a player is lacking confidence and not getting regularl game time. The only area that i would work on is his finishing because he does get into good positions but never looks like he is going to get a shot away Lee Brown would have been a great Mentor for Flash. Perhaps he should watch a ton of his videos over the summer and also spend hours and hours working on crossing the ball - he doesn’t need a trick or turn of speed just being able to whip a ball in from anywhere in the final third. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Feb 24, 2024 10:36:30 GMT
Can Jones still play for us if Bromley are paying his wages? If so I think they should see what he is like in our first team with better players around him, nothing really to lose at the moment He's registered with Bromley until the end of the season which makes him ineligible for us. This is detrimental to a young player at a crucial stage of his career, how can that be right!?!? It's a farcical situation and surely the rules need amending. Bad situation for the lad. He has looked decent every time i've seen him including when he scored against Taylors Exeter side away. Not sure what happened at Bromley but as I said some young players come on leaps and bounds with better players around them. Guess we'll have to just wait and see him bite us on the arse in the future, as DC might say. |
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Post by mftc on Feb 24, 2024 10:40:38 GMT
I really dont understand the anti Gordon lobby as i have always thought that he is quite a good player. He rarely gives the ball away and ok he can play too safe but that is inevitable when a player is lacking confidence and not getting regularl game time. The only area that i would work on is his finishing because he does get into good positions but never looks like he is going to get a shot away Its his defending that worries me, he gets knocked off the ball too easily and never seems to put a tackle in, meaning either the right winger either puts over a cross or goes straight past him. Like I said he is young. Experience, plus the old steak and guinness diet over the summer while labouring at a building site would do him wonders. The old ways are sometimes the best. Problem is when I tried to build myself up as a stick thin whippersnapper on the wing, I had too much guinness, too many chips and too many curries! How to make a flying winger into a fat lazy full back! |
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Post by mftc on Feb 24, 2024 19:25:56 GMT
Thought Flash played well today. Not the best opposition but assisted Sinclair by creating space, and put in some decent crosses.
Very composed of the ball.
I don't know if anyone has ball retention stats but he must be in our top 5.
Hopefully with time, he can only get better and stronger.
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