All this talk about who we should sign, until we sign a professional recruitment team to replace the present one I think it will be a case of rinse and repeat
We need to unearth a Wright-Phillips to get us promoted. I’d say the chances are slim.
That was a unique situation - Plymouth on the brink of admin I think, and BWP had just gone through a couple of injuries so there were concerns over his fitness too. Made him attainable for where we were at the time.
He had also never scored goals before that. Struggled at Man City (completely different club then) and hardly set the world on fire at Southampton. I think they brought him with the money from Coca Cola because a fan won a competition.
Be interesting to see if Holden goes back to his preferred 352 for the new season
Football should be flexible when it comes to formations and always keep the opposition guessing. Play 3-5-2 or 4-3-3 or whatever works best depending on availability of players. I still think Leaburn and Kanu can work in a two as Daniel game progresses and he gets use to men football. You still wouldn't play the same formation every week. Plus we need a new striker/forward who can play central or wide similar to Taylor and Grant who kept moving their markers about.
JJ was the 3-5-2 man which was successful initially but other coaches could counter it after several games.
100% you need to be adaptable but I think it's unrealistic to think we will have a squad big enough to easily switch between both.
If you have the right players you should be able to do it without any personal changes.
We need to unearth a Wright-Phillips to get us promoted. I’d say the chances are slim.
That was a unique situation - Plymouth on the brink of admin I think, and BWP had just gone through a couple of injuries so there were concerns over his fitness too. Made him attainable for where we were at the time.
He had also never scored goals before that. Struggled at Man City (completely different club then) and hardly set the world on fire at Southampton. I think they brought him with the money from Coca Cola because a fan won a competition.
He had been playing his football at PL and Championship level until that 2010-11 season, when we signed him in the Jan window.
That half season in L1 with Plymouth he had 13 goals in 17 league games.
So has Olamide Shodipo. Could maybe be worth a look. Had a good loan at Oxford in 20/21 but seems to have tailed off a bit since then with loans at Lincoln and the massives.
We need to unearth a Wright-Phillips to get us promoted. I’d say the chances are slim.
That was a unique situation - Plymouth on the brink of admin I think, and BWP had just gone through a couple of injuries so there were concerns over his fitness too. Made him attainable for where we were at the time.
He had also never scored goals before that. Struggled at Man City (completely different club then) and hardly set the world on fire at Southampton. I think they brought him with the money from Coca Cola because a fan won a competition.
He had been playing his football at PL and Championship level until that 2010-11 season, when we signed him in the Jan window.
That half season in L1 with Plymouth he had 13 goals in 17 league games.
We need to unearth a Wright-Phillips to get us promoted. I’d say the chances are slim.
That was a unique situation - Plymouth on the brink of admin I think, and BWP had just gone through a couple of injuries so there were concerns over his fitness too. Made him attainable for where we were at the time.
He had also never scored goals before that. Struggled at Man City (completely different club then) and hardly set the world on fire at Southampton. I think they brought him with the money from Coca Cola because a fan won a competition.
He had been playing his football at PL and Championship level until that 2010-11 season, when we signed him in the Jan window.
That half season in L1 with Plymouth he had 13 goals in 17 league games.
That May article sounds like 2+2=5 Local lad, knows the keeper coach and was asked about it post match. Week later cobble a story together saying we’re interested.
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That half season in L1 with Plymouth he had 13 goals in 17 league games.
Guess some would say that's what we need....
...a good clear out !
Would be a bit of a coup even if the Ajose comparisons would be drawn.
Local lad, knows the keeper coach and was asked about it post match. Week later cobble a story together saying we’re interested.