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« Reply #120 on: November 14, 2023, 10:05:58 am »

I can only think of Jamie Forrester 'stepping up'...

I still don't consider Sam to be a striker though...

Please advise your definition of a striker as after his strikers goal last Saturday it seemed to be a good example?
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« Reply #121 on: November 14, 2023, 10:32:55 am »

Please advise your definition of a striker as after his strikers goal last Saturday it seemed to be a good example?
Nippy, agile, leading from the front, goal poachers...e.g. Danny Hylton or Tyreece Simpson.  Wink
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« Reply #122 on: November 14, 2023, 10:55:54 am »

Please advise your definition of a striker as after his strikers goal last Saturday it seemed to be a good example?

I think the Hoskins we've got now would have been scoring even more if he was paired with Bayo as a front two.
If he had discovered this form earlier he was capable of being a potent centre forward. He could have been our little Tony Cottee, although I doubt we'd still be seeing him in a Cobblers shirt.
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« Reply #123 on: November 14, 2023, 11:52:26 am »

Please advise your definition of a striker as after his strikers goal last Saturday it seemed to be a good example?

Think we've had this debate a fair bit recently! Id class him as a versatile attacking player who can play in a variety of positions.

We've got 4 strikers as far as I see it. Bowie, Appere, Hylton and Simpson.

Whether they are individually good at their jobs is I guess subjective!

My definition of a striker is someone who predominantly plays down the middle of the pitch in the final third whose job is primarily too score goals. Maybe that's a bit 'old school' but hey ho!

Regardless of what I think though, he is without question our best finisher and also (as proven over a number of years) the best player at getting in the right positions.

I think wide in a front3 suits him best. In my opinon, only Appere is decent at playing down the middle. Bowie huffs and puffs a lot but 5 goals in nearly 18 months is not anywhere near a good enough return for your main target man.

If fit, Id select Hoskins/Appere/Pinnock as our front 3 every single game. With a view too bringing Bowie on. Then in January looking to bring in another centre forward so we could mix things up and play a capable front2 pairing if needed/planB.

Id send Simpson back to Huddersfield and try and cut a deal with Hylton. And yeah...this is me playing football manager. Im not saying its easy to do this stuff in the real world!

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« Reply #124 on: November 14, 2023, 12:55:44 pm »

Think we've had this debate a fair bit recently! Id class him as a versatile attacking player who can play in a variety of positions.

We've got 4 strikers as far as I see it. Bowie, Appere, Hylton and Simpson.

Whether they are individually good at their jobs is I guess subjective!

My definition of a striker is someone who predominantly plays down the middle of the pitch in the final third whose job is primarily too score goals. Maybe that's a bit 'old school' but hey ho!

Regardless of what I think though, he is without question our best finisher and also (as proven over a number of years) the best player at getting in the right positions.

I think wide in a front3 suits him best. In my opinon, only Appere is decent at playing down the middle. Bowie huffs and puffs a lot but 5 goals in nearly 18 months is not anywhere near a good enough return for your main target man.

If fit, Id select Hoskins/Appere/Pinnock as our front 3 every single game. With a view too bringing Bowie on. Then in January looking to bring in another centre forward so we could mix things up and play a capable front2 pairing if needed/planB.

Id send Simpson back to Huddersfield and try and cut a deal with Hylton. And yeah...this is me playing football manager. Im not saying its easy to do this stuff in the real world!


Thanks for your opinion on a striker, it is appreciated! Have highlighted your definition; for me many of his goals have come in the final third at a 45° angle from centre of the goal? Need somebody on here to post the areas he was positioned with all 9 goals!
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« Reply #125 on: November 14, 2023, 19:52:21 pm »

Again going to say it. Surprised at the stick Brady getting.

Back Brady.

Felt we deserved to off beaten Orient, deserved something at Shrewsbury and BR. And if that of happened. Comfortable in top half. 😁

Back Brady. 😁
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« Reply #126 on: November 25, 2023, 16:29:21 pm »

Now that's starting to look better.



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« Reply #127 on: November 28, 2023, 20:52:22 pm »

Brady getting into calmer waters now.

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« Reply #128 on: November 28, 2023, 21:13:26 pm »

You forget how good the majority of the Wilson 2000-01 season was. Losing 10 places in the last 9 games.
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« Reply #129 on: December 02, 2023, 16:21:52 pm »

Slight setback for Brady today, he gets caught by John Gorman. Strangely Gorman was sacked three games after the point because of a poor start. This feels anything but that at the moment.




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« Reply #130 on: December 02, 2023, 21:32:52 pm »

Slight setback for Brady today, he gets caught by John Gorman. Strangely Gorman was sacked three games after the point because of a poor start. This feels anything but that at the moment.




The bar is rather lower for Brady than it was for Gorman or Page.
Mind you wasn't the sacking of Gorman more of a case of releasing him considering his personal issues?
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« Reply #131 on: December 03, 2023, 06:52:21 am »

The bar is rather lower for Brady than it was for Gorman or Page.
Mind you wasn't the sacking of Gorman more of a case of releasing him considering his personal issues?

His mind certainly wasn't on the job, I think his wife had died. I thought we were a tad hasty, though he was replaced by Stuart Gray, possibly our most underrated manager.
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« Reply #132 on: December 09, 2023, 16:04:25 pm »

20 games gone and Brady after 4 wins in 5 has is comfortably midtable.

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« Reply #133 on: December 09, 2023, 19:48:07 pm »

20 games gone and Brady after 4 wins in 5 has is comfortably midtable.



In game 19 Bowen was down as finished 8th and on 26pts, in game 20 Bowen is down as finished 18th with 29pts
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« Reply #134 on: December 09, 2023, 21:43:40 pm »

In game 19 Bowen was down as finished 8th and on 26pts, in game 20 Bowen is down as finished 18th with 29pts

Yeah sorry, was in a rush. The positions dont move automatically like the rest of the table.
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« Reply #135 on: December 10, 2023, 10:27:13 am »

Yeah sorry, was in a rush. The positions dont move automatically like the rest of the table.


Thanks ; please consider correcting Table 20 for future reference! At the behest of the Bowen family!
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« Reply #136 on: December 10, 2023, 10:49:26 am »

Thanks ; please consider correcting Table 20 for future reference! At the behest of the Bowen family!


Done.
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« Reply #137 on: December 10, 2023, 13:20:50 pm »

Done.

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« Reply #138 on: December 16, 2023, 18:29:08 pm »

Brady remains middle of the pack.



This is the final table for Pat Crerand who was sacked at this point.
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« Reply #139 on: December 23, 2023, 16:13:47 pm »

22 games gone and isn't amazing how close this table is? It seems almost every manager has us round about this position at this time of year of our first season back in the third tier. To think Brady who it feels like it working wonders is only 5th best out of 8. That's amazing.

Anyway after losing Pat Crerand last week, this week its the turn of John Gorman to be shown the door. And then there were 7.

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