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Hunter has 43 goals in 246 appearances for Fleetwood and Salford, about a goal every 6 games.
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I must admit to not knowing much about him but I’ve always assumed that Hunter was half decent - having reading the Salford fans’ opinion on him and the way he never misses the first man with his set pieces makes me think otherwise.
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threeinabed
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I think we need a striker with a physical presence as opposing centre backs are having it far too easy at the moment. We could still play a 4231 with Hoskins, Appere and Pinnock behind the striker.
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guest3063
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One former goalkeeper has fixed himself up. Richard O'Donnell has signed for Rochdale.
David Cornell is still available though if Roberts does go as is expected.
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Manwork04
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One former goalkeeper has fixed himself up. Richard O'Donnell has signed for Rochdale.
David Cornell is still available though if Roberts does go as is expected.
Cornell is sh1t. |
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guest3063
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Cornell is sh1t.
 But better than Mitchell & Arnold. |
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cobbler151
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One former goalkeeper has fixed himself up. Richard O'Donnell has signed for Rochdale.
David Cornell is still available though if Roberts does go as is expected.
I'd rather Danny Rose back in goal, never want him near the club again. What is it anyway with our obsession with x-players, like there's not other fish in the sea. People keep bringing them up, like our little club couldn't possibly do any better than what we've had in the past. Reeks of small club mentality. |
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TheShoeArmy1897
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I think Ashley Hunter would be a decent signing. Good pedigree, similar style player to Sammy Hoskins maybe. Wide player/2nd striker.
Averages a goal or assist almost 1 in 3 games across League 1 and 2 which is decent for this level. Good age. Good strength in depth added if it happens
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guest3063
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I'd rather Danny Rose back in goal, never want him near the club again.
What is it anyway with our obsession with x-players, like there's not other fish in the sea.
People keep bringing them up, like our little club couldn't possibly do any better than what we've had in the past.
Reeks of small club mentality.
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Jonesy9
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I felt like we had some of our best performances when we switched to 5 3 2 / 5 4 1. With Magloire In at CB with Horsfall and Guthrie. With Magloire good with the ball and driving us forward through the middle, and giving Koiki and McGowern more licence on the wings.
I wonder whether we could find a solid CB (or two if Horsfall goes as is expected), and then maybe it’d give us another dimension.
Once Magloire got injured we didn’t really have an option to change formation (other than playing mills in a sort of CB position next to Koiki.
It’s interesting at this level as there are players that on paper/past form should be crap, but then come into their own at a new club (Roberts getting laughed out of Walsall and then being player of the season, in my opinion across the whole of the league).
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lordjord
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I felt like we had some of our best performances when we switched to 5 3 2 / 5 4 1. With Magloire In at CB with Horsfall and Guthrie. With Magloire good with the ball and driving us forward through the middle, and giving Koiki and McGowern more licence on the wings.
I wonder whether we could find a solid CB (or two if Horsfall goes as is expected), and then maybe it’d give us another dimension.
Once Magloire got injured we didn’t really have an option to change formation (other than playing mills in a sort of CB position next to Koiki.
It’s interesting at this level as there are players that on paper/past form should be crap, but then come into their own at a new club (Roberts getting laughed out of Walsall and then being player of the season, in my opinion across the whole of the league).
I thought Magloire was terrible on the ball, a bit like bambi on ice. Yes he has outstanding pace. But wouldnt want him to bring the ball out at all. |
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I thought Magloire was terrible on the ball, a bit like bambi on ice. Yes he has outstanding pace. But wouldnt want him to bring the ball out at all.
Really? He made several surging runs out of defence in his short time with us and I'm sure one of them led to a goal, didn't it? |
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lordjord
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Really? He made several surging runs out of defence in his short time with us and I'm sure one of them led to a goal, didn't it?
It may well have done, I cant recall and would like to check the numbers. But thats just my own personal memory of how he was on the ball. I seem to recall a distinct lack of ability on the ball, perhaps recent weeks have fried my brain! If he were to stay I would rather he be used a bit like Kyle Walker would be with England. Keep him deeper as a CB knowing his outstanding recovery pace can allow him to recover against through balls / over the top etc. |
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ntfclad
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Hearing Horsfall has Championship interest. Bristol City and Cardiff have held talks.
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TheShoeArmy1897
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Famous last words but Horsfall of the 3 out of contract is the one I feel ok about. Would obviously much prefer to keep him but even just last few years we've seen Pierre, Goode, Jones, Horsfall all establish themselves for us then get decent moves away and we've replaced them every time.
Roberts and McWilliams are much more rare players to find at that quality for this level.
That said, would love Fraser to sign an extension but if you get interest from those size clubs then I would not begrudge him going!
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Last year we were saying that we must keep Lloyd Jones but we have not missed him and I feel that Guthrie has been better than him. Would like Horsfall to stay although it appears he will be off but I think it is a position we would be able to fill with an adequate replacement.
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lordjord
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Cant begrudge Horsfall a chance at a championship side, although that is a serious step up. Would be interesting to see how he copes at that level as I would think hes more in the Lloyd Jones category of player rather than Goode who seemed to show that extra quality on the ball. Still, all the best to him!
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guest3481
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Famous last words but Horsfall of the 3 out of contract is the one I feel ok about. Would obviously much prefer to keep him but even just last few years we've seen Pierre, Goode, Jones, Horsfall all establish themselves for us then get decent moves away and we've replaced them every time.
Roberts and McWilliams are much more rare players to find at that quality for this level.
That said, would love Fraser to sign an extension but if you get interest from those size clubs then I would not begrudge him going!
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If you play 3 centre backs you should be more secure defensively but a lot of our wins would probably be 1-0 as you are adding another defender at the expense of an attacker. If McWilliams stays 4 of the 5 across midfield would be McGowan, Koiki, Sowerby and McWilliams and they scored a total of 4 goals last season so where are the goals coming from?.
Last season the 3 promoted clubs scored on average 10 more goals than we did and it is probably unlikely that we will score as many from the centre backs next season. That means we will need 2 20 goal a season strikers and when did we last have 1 of those?.
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