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Matt Godden signs on a two year contract
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Chunes said:I'd never heard of him before he was announced as a rumour. No idea how he'll turn out. I'll do my best not to constantly compare him to Alfie May.
Hope he's more of a Deon Burton and less of a Chris Gunter.
I agree Chunes.
We don't want a right back replacing Alfie May 😬
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soapboxsam said:Chunes said:I'd never heard of him before he was announced as a rumour. No idea how he'll turn out. I'll do my best not to constantly compare him to Alfie May.
Hope he's more of a Deon Burton and less of a Chris Gunter.
I agree Chunes.
We don't want a right back replacing Alfie May 😬0 -
Nice quote25
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Braziliance said:Callumcafc said:
No turn of pace, no strength, no hold up play, no passing ability and doesn't bury most of his chances by the sounds of things.
We are basically hanging on to the hope that as it's a level down, he should be fine. Can't think of many examples where that has worked in our favour, but can think of a few where it hasn't.
Based on the comments he doesn't sound like he will suit a Nathan Jones system at all, and my early concern that he's probably too old seems to be the case.
When you sign a player, you want the majority of fans a bit annoyed and confused why he's been sold. It's never good when you start reading 'reckon he could do a job' when we already had a bloke doing THE job.
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fenaddick said:Nice quote
Mmmm, wasn't that similar to what Alfie said when he joined us, let's hope he stays a bit longer than one year as well...🙄
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Good 'un!0
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fenaddick said:Nice quote
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YannTheMann said:fenaddick said:Nice quote1
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I liked May, but clearly the jury was out as far as Jones was concerned.
So we move on, with what I call 'sceptical optimism'. But maybe, just maybe, Jones feels that Godden will help Leaburn, Kanu (and perhaps Mbick, Casey and AN Other) more than May could .. not because Alfie wasn't a team player, more about style and formation.0 - Sponsored links:
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CoveredEndAndy said:Braziliance said:Callumcafc said:
No turn of pace, no strength, no hold up play, no passing ability and doesn't bury most of his chances by the sounds of things.
We are basically hanging on to the hope that as it's a level down, he should be fine. Can't think of many examples where that has worked in our favour, but can think of a few where it hasn't.
Based on the comments he doesn't sound like he will suit a Nathan Jones system at all, and my early concern that he's probably too old seems to be the case.
When you sign a player, you want the majority of fans a bit annoyed and confused why he's been sold. It's never good when you start reading 'reckon he could do a job' when we already had a bloke doing THE job.
Hope their comments are wrong.
Dobson was coming in with pretty much no expectations as he wasn't really replacing any player we had just sold, and he had age on his side to improve, with a West Ham background. Godden doesn't have time to settle and he will have to hit the ground running to replace a ready made top striker.
It's not even remotely the same situation tbh. Of course I understand your point to take opposition fans views with a pinch of salt.0 -
I've always liked Godden as a player, so I'm happy with this signing. Shame it's under these circumstances but he'll bag some goals for us I think.6
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One of my all time favourite shirts.
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Braziliance said:CoveredEndAndy said:Braziliance said:Callumcafc said:
No turn of pace, no strength, no hold up play, no passing ability and doesn't bury most of his chances by the sounds of things.
We are basically hanging on to the hope that as it's a level down, he should be fine. Can't think of many examples where that has worked in our favour, but can think of a few where it hasn't.
Based on the comments he doesn't sound like he will suit a Nathan Jones system at all, and my early concern that he's probably too old seems to be the case.
When you sign a player, you want the majority of fans a bit annoyed and confused why he's been sold. It's never good when you start reading 'reckon he could do a job' when we already had a bloke doing THE job.
Hope their comments are wrong.
Dobson was coming in with pretty much no expectations as he wasn't really replacing any player we had just sold, and he had age on his side to improve, with a West Ham background. Godden doesn't have time to settle and he will have to hit the ground running to replace a ready made top striker.
It's not even remotely the same situation tbh. Of course I understand your point to take opposition fans views with a pinch of salt.
Jones seems to be wanting a system where two or three players score 10-15 goals each rather than one scores 20+ and the next top scorer has about 5. So on that basis (and depending on who, if anyone, else we sign up front) I am hopeful that Godden will do a job.
Short version, Godden is not automatically a failed May replacement if he doesn't score 25 goals next year.8 -
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AllHailTheHen said:One of my all time favourite shirts.9
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Do our current sponsors not mind us parading our old sponsors with these new signings?
and I miss working for the Woolwich, bloody Barclays!0 -
About £400,000 including add ons, probably if we get promoted0
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Hal1x said:Do our current sponsors not mind us parading our old sponsors with these new signings?
and I miss working for the Woolwich, bloody Barclays!0 -
Welcome Matty......you have big boots to fill !!
Just hope the 33 year old legs can do the job. I do expect him to score a few but not 20+ like Alfie. 12-15 is my guess as long as he stays fit & plays the majority of games
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YannTheMann said:Hal1x said:Do our current sponsors not mind us parading our old sponsors with these new signings?
and I miss working for the Woolwich, bloody Barclays!0 -
We’ve replaced a striker who had been round the houses in non league before coming into the pro league late, with a player who’s done exactly the same.Let’s hope for the same outcome.Welcome Matty, let’s hope Godden’s a good un0
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Good signing IMO, all the best and hopefully it goes really well MG.0
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DubaiCAFC said:AllHailTheHen said:One of my all time favourite shirts.5
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I bet Castore are enjoying new signings in retro shirts 😂4
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Added a spoiler to avoid cluttering the thread, but having a read through, there are a fair amount of comments implying he is past it.
A handful of comments about his brace against Oxford which isn't much to go off as everyone is capable of a great game here and there.
It just doesn't scream to me of a fanbase truly bothered about a player leaving, more so the sentimental value because they associate him with a promotion season. I've seen our fans and myself do the same when a player leaves, I genuinely can't think of one time where we have bought an older player recently, and their fans say 'should do a job', except maybe Pratley?
I really hope it works out, but this does not resonate with our alleged transfer strategy.4 -
Just hope that no-one quotes your spoiler @Braziliance...🙄1