Strikers

[the grumpy old man]

Lopez will most likely be in the squad on Saturday as Diamond won't be able to play against Burton. Baby Bear is correct in that Wilder did say on Radio Northampton that Lopez was the best he could get at that time due to it being at the end of the season and teams not wanting to loan players out. He didn't sound particularly enthusiastic at the prospect of bringing him here and that has been reflected in the number of minutes he has played.

[everbrite]

Oh okay.  And how long do you think people with more than half a brain should give it? 

 

[Baby Bear]

Less.

[DrillingCobbler]

Haha, that's funny. I wonder why Wilder took him in that case.
Beds, you might be right about Sinclair.
We all have opinions Babybear. Why should yours be any more informed than mine?

It took me 2 minutes to work out that Lopez is possibly the worst striker I have EVER seen play for us in terms of ability. He was clueless. I said on the way back that we wouldn't be seeing him play for us again...so far I've been proved right.

Wilder took a punt and it didn't work out. Cant blame him for that...but now we've got Marquis back we might as well send him back. Far prefer to see Toney or Moyo come on when we become desperate.

[betamax toploader]

It took me 2 minutes to work out that Lopez is possibly the worst striker I have EVER seen play for us in terms of ability.

I have to confess, that I have not seen enough of Lopez to form an opinion, but worse than Baz Savage?

[GrangeParkCobbler]

It took me 2 minutes to work out that Lopez is possibly the worst striker I have EVER seen play for us in terms of ability. He was clueless. I said on the way back that we wouldn't be seeing him play for us again...so far I've been proved right.

Wilder took a punt and it didn't work out. Cant blame him for that...but now we've got Marquis back we might as well send him back. Far prefer to see Toney or Moyo come on when we become desperate.

With Diamond not playing against Burton this will open up the 5th loan spot in the squad, so we'll probably see Lopez back in. He's also been used more than Toney has under Wilder, so he'll probably be the "substitute of choice"......

[j20cobbler]

It took me 2 minutes to work out that Lopez is possibly the worst striker I have EVER seen play for us in terms of ability. He was clueless. I said on the way back that we wouldn't be seeing him play for us again...so far I've been proved right.

Wilder took a punt and it didn't work out. Cant blame him for that...but now we've got Marquis back we might as well send him back. Far prefer to see Toney or Moyo come on when we become desperate.

Drilling, I have to admit I'm very surprised by what you write because I find myself agreeing with a lot of your posts. However, I disagree with you on this one. I'm not saying he is the answer but in the fleeting time he's been on he's made some runs into the box that others didn't and I don't think he's a lightweight. The worst you've ever seen. Really?
Babybear, Paul Rogers committed the perfect foul at Anfield for us on the edge of the Liverpool box. It was absolutely vital he did so, killing a breakaway which Liverpool would almost certainly have scored from. Recognising this on Rogers part required him at least to have more than half a brain.
Wilder, like a lot on here didn't rate Hope, who scored on his debut for us and also for Bury, I'd say he may have got that one wrong.
I accept Wilder may not rate Lopez as our next 20 goal a man striker but If he really is a pile of s***e or just worse than Moyo/Toney, why waste money and a loaned space on him? That's not in desperation, that's just plain bad management.

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J20, are you really basing Rodgers solely on his ability to commit one foul? I would have liked to see more consistency myself. Which I did not see.

[everbrite]

............. Which I did not see.

 

[Wolvo]

Babybear, Paul Rogers committed the perfect foul at Anfield for us on the edge of the Liverpool box. It was absolutely vital he did so, killing a breakaway which Liverpool would almost certainly have scored from. Recognising this on Rogers part required him at least to have more than half a brain.

He is one of the worst football players I have seen in recent years. He may literally have half a brain.

[Dr Feelgood]

From what ive seen and heard sinclair couldn't hit a barn door. Maybe time to bench him and get someone that can find the net to start.
Saying that he'll probably get a hatrick against Burton now.

[j20cobbler]

J20, are you really basing Rodgers solely on his ability to commit one foul? I would have liked to see more consistency myself. Which I did not see.

No, it was in reply to the idea that anyone who disagrees with Babybear doesn't have a knowledge of football and is therefore half brained. Didn't you 'see what I did there'......?!
Before i started posting on here Kev A was running high in the Balding stakes. I thought he was extremely poor, extremely slow and not a footballer, and said so at the time. I also said Hope was the better of AK's two loan strikers at the time (German being the other).  The new manager agreed on that occasion and he left not long after.
Assuming CW is not half-brained the same question still applies, if he thought Lopez was poor/worse than what he had why take him and use up a loaned spot?
We've probably all played football at sometime to some level, and whilst all footballers don't make managers, it does allow us opinions.
And that's what i thought this board was about.

[John]

Assuming CW is not half-brained the same question still applies, if he thought Lopez was poor/worse than what he had why take him and use up a loaned spot?

Wasn't he signed at the last possible moment?

If so, that "spot" would have gone unused so of no use.

[DuncanSpeddingsLeftFoot]

With the stikers not scoring might we see some benefit from Carter being suspended....bear with me....Carter has been immense over the past month or two and WILL be missed but if it means Ian Morris plays alongside Ravenhill then we may see more intriciate through balls or balls in behind the defence for the strikers to latch on to?

All is not lost.

[j20cobbler]

With the stikers not scoring might we see some benefit from Carter being suspended....bear with me....Carter has been immense over the past month or two and WILL be missed but if it means Ian Morris plays alongside Ravenhill then we may see more intriciate through balls or balls in behind the defence for the strikers to latch on to?

All is not lost.

That's a cunning plan, and If it doesn't immediately work then we launch everthing into their box and have Diamond underneath it 

[j20cobbler]

I just remembered Diamond isn't available  it'll have to be Langemead then 

[threeinabed]

With the stikers not scoring might we see some benefit from Carter being suspended....bear with me....Carter has been immense over the past month or two and WILL be missed but if it means Ian Morris plays alongside Ravenhill then we may see more intriciate through balls or balls in behind the defence for the strikers to latch on to?

All is not lost.

ridiculous comment

[j20cobbler]

ridiculous comment

why's that then? I don't think so.

[DrillingCobbler]

Drilling, I have to admit I'm very surprised by what you write because I find myself agreeing with a lot of your posts. However, I disagree with you on this one. I'm not saying he is the answer but in the fleeting time he's been on he's made some runs into the box that others didn't and I don't think he's a lightweight. The worst you've ever seen. Really?
Babybear, Paul Rogers committed the perfect foul at Anfield for us on the edge of the Liverpool box. It was absolutely vital he did so, killing a breakaway which Liverpool would almost certainly have scored from. Recognising this on Rogers part required him at least to have more than half a brain.
Wilder, like a lot on here didn't rate Hope, who scored on his debut for us and also for Bury, I'd say he may have got that one wrong.
I accept Wilder may not rate Lopez as our next 20 goal a man striker but If he really is a pile of ****e or just worse than Moyo/Toney, why waste money and a loaned space on him? That's not in desperation, that's just plain bad management.

To be fair to Jennifer (who I believe is the better footballer within the family) I only saw her/him play against Wimbledon. When he was totally useless. Apparently...according to mates anyway...he looked quite good when he came on previously but I was on holiday so missed it. So yeah...my assessment was based on what I saw against the Wombles. And he was totally and utterly useless.

But I will give you one thing...he made plenty of runs and put in plenty of effort. But it wasn't matched with any level of ability and skill needed to compete at this level.

As for Paul Rogers...I liked him. Ive seen FAR FAR WORSE. Bit of a crazy horse and his technique was certainly unorthodox but he always did a job for us in my opinion! A bit like Pedj!

[The 12th Marquis of Sixfields]

But I will give you one thing...he made plenty of runs and put in plenty of effort.

But I'm being constantly told that all you fans want is "plenty of effort shown" and "100% commitment" or does this come with conditions now?