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Proposition Joe wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:16 pm After Monday and today Brynn doesn't need to come back. Certain we can do better.

Jeanluc wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:58 pm Thought Ruel had a great game today – much better ball control, a couple of good half chances and a lovely goal. Candidate for MOTM. George also had a much better game – his new orange boots obviously didn’t come with a reverse gear so he could only really go forward which he did to good effect. And Jack Simpson reminded me of an early Declan Rice – liked the way he was giving orders to marshal the defence and make sure we didn’t leave any obvious gaps. Finally, well done to Zech Obiero. Not sure I’d have made him MOTM but a great prospect for the future.

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:44 pm

Jeanluc wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:58 pm Thought Ruel had a great game today – much better ball control, a couple of good half chances and a lovely goal. Candidate for MOTM. George also had a much better game – his new orange boots obviously didn’t come with a reverse gear so he could only really go forward which he did to good effect. And Jack Simpson reminded me of an early Declan Rice – liked the way he was giving orders to marshal the defence and make sure we didn’t leave any obvious gaps. Finally, well done to Zech Obiero. Not sure I’d have made him MOTM but a great prospect for the future.

Yet one or two boarders on here reckon we should release Ruel in the Summer . The thing is the lad puts the ball in the net .Yes , I was quite impressed with Simpson today . Whether or not we should have signed him is on the Jack Simpson thread but playing wise he looks like a good signing to me .

B.whitehouse+10more wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:19 pm Only 3 points behind the mighty Stevenage who some on here believed their player recruitment was so much better than ours

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:16 pm 2 former Man United players getting goals. Lovely to see Curtis Davies getting a good reception when he walked off too. Not seen that before for a local lad who has no connection to the club.

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:46 pm

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:44 pm

Jeanluc wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:58 pm Thought Ruel had a great game today – much better ball control, a couple of good half chances and a lovely goal. Candidate for MOTM. George also had a much better game – his new orange boots obviously didn’t come with a reverse gear so he could only really go forward which he did to good effect. And Jack Simpson reminded me of an early Declan Rice – liked the way he was giving orders to marshal the defence and make sure we didn’t leave any obvious gaps. Finally, well done to Zech Obiero. Not sure I’d have made him MOTM but a great prospect for the future.

Yet one or two boarders on here reckon we should release Ruel in the Summer . The thing is the lad puts the ball in the net .Yes , I was quite impressed with Simpson today . Whether or not we should have signed him is on the Jack Simpson thread but playing wise he looks like a good signing to me .

He scores great goals. Doesn’t make him a good player. Largely ineffective. Worth having in the squad.

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:46 pm

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:44 pm

Jeanluc wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:58 pm Thought Ruel had a great game today – much better ball control, a couple of good half chances and a lovely goal. Candidate for MOTM. George also had a much better game – his new orange boots obviously didn’t come with a reverse gear so he could only really go forward which he did to good effect. And Jack Simpson reminded me of an early Declan Rice – liked the way he was giving orders to marshal the defence and make sure we didn’t leave any obvious gaps. Finally, well done to Zech Obiero. Not sure I’d have made him MOTM but a great prospect for the future.

Yet one or two boarders on here reckon we should release Ruel in the Summer . The thing is the lad puts the ball in the net .Yes , I was quite impressed with Simpson today . Whether or not we should have signed him is on the Jack Simpson thread but playing wise he looks like a good signing to me .

He scores great goals. Doesn’t make him a good player. Largely ineffective. Worth having in the squad.

gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:00 pm

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:46 pm

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:44 pm

Yet one or two boarders on here reckon we should release Ruel in the Summer . The thing is the lad puts the ball in the net .Yes , I was quite impressed with Simpson today . Whether or not we should have signed him is on the Jack Simpson thread but playing wise he looks like a good signing to me .

He scores great goals. Doesn’t make him a good player. Largely ineffective. Worth having in the squad.

This, he misses the ones you'd expect to score and scores random ones out of nowhere. However he's not seen by RW as an out and out striker, nor better than the options we have out wide or CAM when all first choices are available. Comes down to whether Ruel is happy to be a squad player super sub or wants a starting role (and wage to match) elsewhere.

soloman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:37 pm

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:25 pm Again, we’re not offering much going forward . We look like we’re really missing Idris . Need to pull out all the stops in the Summer to bring him here on a permanent basis

Or perhaps someone similar and who might be able to score a few goals for us from mid field .

Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:07 pm It would be ridiculous to just let Sotiriou go.

gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:22 pm

Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:07 pm It would be ridiculous to just let Sotiriou go.

But... what if you could take Drinan, Pigott and Sotiriou's wage budget combined and get at least one Agyei-grade striker in return? That's the kind of tough decision for summer

Stan1972 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:00 am

gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:22 pm

Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:07 pm It would be ridiculous to just let Sotiriou go.

But... what if you could take Drinan, Pigott and Sotiriou's wage budget combined and get at least one Agyei-grade striker in return? That's the kind of tough decision for summer

Drinan - packet of peanuts
Piggot - pack of pork scratchings
Ruel - is not going anywhere

gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:22 pm

Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:07 pm It would be ridiculous to just let Sotiriou go.

But... what if you could take Drinan, Pigott and Sotiriou's wage budget combined and get at least one Agyei-grade striker in return? That's the kind of tough decision for summer

PKM wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:04 pm bbc site has Ruel down as 11 goals and 5 assists so far this season. That’s a very good return for his first ever season at this level. I hope we can re sign him, I think there’s further improvement to come from him.