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Looks good on paper, will reserve judgment until I see him play a few.
This is the thing with Emma Raducanu and clay surfaces. However, this Fox guy needs to do it on grass to be fair. |
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Looks a very good signing...Grimsby fans pretty much universally praising him & gutted he's leaving. Managing to offload Paul Lewis & replacing him with this fella could prove to be a very shrewd move... Good start  Fox is a defensive midfielder and doesn’t score many whereas the only thing Lewis did was occasionally pop up with a goal - I don’t think he can be considered a like for like replacement. More like a replacement for McWilliams but I can’t see anyone coming up with £250k for him so they might end up playing together. |
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Well done, a good signing. He was the man of the match in the play off final v Solihull - according to BT anyway,
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Well done, a good signing. He was the man of the match in the play off final v Solihull - according to BT anyway,
Ben Tozer has played behind many a midfielder so we have to accept his judgement. |
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No Doggy Poo it was not a negative comment but a true stated reaction of Grimsby fans on their forum and the stats provided came from one of their posters who was about the only one who was not upset that he was leaving. Anyway welcome Ben.
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Looks good on paper, will reserve judgment until I see him play a few.
And then he'll be sh*t... |
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Egg on faces time for some If McWilliams does stay, it's a very conservative midfield 3 though, Lewis, McWilliams, Fox. That said, I always forget we took a punt on Flores who was supposed to be the creative spark of our team last year, so I don't doubt we'll also be looking for someone in the middle with some attacking intent as well. If it was Fox and Jones coming in, I would say that it seemed like good recruitment on the face of it. Edit: Also again, not a hint of this happening before it signed. A very tight ship. EricSabin said:
What’s he like Mariners?
Box to box, energy for days and days and days. He'll run his arse into the ground. Worked better in a 4-4-2 than he did with anything that used 3 CMs. Tidy on the ball, breaks up play, can pick a pass. Just very solid and seldom makes mistakes. Maybe not just a limited DM though. |
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the grumpy old man
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Lewis has gone, Sowerby is still here though.
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Will he be our fox in the hole?
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Welly Cobb
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Lewis has gone, Sowerby is still here though.
Whoops, you are right, I was thinking of Sowerby there, obviously wouldn't describe Lewis as a defensive minded midfielder. |
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I can't say I know anything about this guy but the reaction of the fans of a player's previous team is often a good barometer, and on that basis he sounds like a very good addition.
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I can't say I know anything about this guy but the reaction of the fans of a player's previous team is often a good barometer, and on that basis he sounds like a very good addition.
Works both ways , Walsall fans said Roberts was s***, we have a good record of turning players into s*** though  |
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I can't say I know anything about this guy but the reaction of the fans of a player's previous team is often a good barometer, and on that basis he sounds like a very good addition.
11 pages so far on their forum. Although, some of their fans estimates on his wages are wildly out. Maybe, it is as the Hamster said Grimsby is another dump. Hello to all Grimsby fans reading this. https://forum.thefishy.co.uk/Blah.pl?m-1655465164/ |
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Paul Hurst: "We offered Ben a good contract to stay at the football club however, he has chosen to leave and take up another option on significantly better terms...
That surely can’t be true can it? I didn’t think we had a pot to p1ss in! |
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No Doggy Poo it was not a negative comment but a true stated reaction of Grimsby fans on their forum and the stats provided came from one of their posters who was about the only one who was not upset that he was leaving. Anyway welcome Ben.
So a positive response may have been…. Only one of their fans is sad to see him go! |
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Paul Hurst must be devastated, fancy losing a player to a Club with a p1ss poor budget, and one who season ticket holders are not renewing because of lack of signings, how can he hold his face up in public ever again. |
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Just been reading some of the comments the Grimsby fans have o this. Some interesting comments t about step backward to smaller club to side ways move. The most interesting is apparently according to rumours some of them hears were paying him something between 5k -7.5k a week. Surely not??. If we had that kinda money what must we have offered Horsfall, Robbie and Shane?
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I read that too. 7.5k a fecking week. Do me a favour! I'd be surprised if he's on half that.
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"Fox is the first player through the gates at Sixfields this summer and will bolster Brady’s options in central midfield following the loss of Paul Lewis and the ongoing uncertainty over Shaun McWilliams, who remains in contract negotiations with the club."
I'm sure he's still on his way out but hearing there's a negotiation at least is positive.
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