George Alexander

[Thor]

Mungo has just posted this on the nice board.

Will join from Millwall as soon as they have signed their own new striker. They only have 3 on their books, two are playing and one on the bench.

So I suppose it might not happen. Ross did mention it in his most recent interview.

In all honesty I can't really see the point of an 18 year old who has never played a game coming in.

We've got our own Sotiriou and the way Ross plays with one up top I can't see him getting a sniff if he has to displace Wilkinson, Angol, Harrold and Sotiriou.

- what’s people’s thoughts on this? Surely we need two playing together in tandem as we continually leave the one isolated. Is an inexperienced 18 year old going to answer more questions asked of him on his own over an experienced player who is trying but being asked to do the graft without too much support?

[kokomO]

Which to me is yet more evidence that the money's run out...

[gshaw]

That then blows the argument about not playing Ogie out the water if we sign someone else's youth player when we need experienced pros. Would be another typical Ling signing.

[kokomO]

Isnt that Gary's boy ??? To be fair Gaz could probably still do a better job up top than the current lot. Certainly knew where the goal was

[tuffers#1]

Be a good move .
His dad knows Orient Well.

If he scores goals like his old man id be happy enough.

[Lucky7]

Somebody posts something on another board
It must be true
Jeez

[tuffers#1]

Tuff

A player with a connection of a father to Lofc aint any use whatsoever

His father ain't going be kicking the ball and add any value

It's how good is the player not what father he has

I take it you never saw Maradonnas dad play then eh ?

[Disoriented]

Be a good move .
His dad knows Orient Well.

If he scores goals like his old man id be happy enough.

So because his daddy is Orient connected, that makes it a ‘good move’.

Now, where have I heard that before.

[tuffers#1]

Be a good move .
His dad knows Orient Well.

If he scores goals like his old man id be happy enough.

So because his daddy is Orient connected, that makes it a ‘good move’.

Now, where have I heard that before.

No its because he is a Championship youngster.
Not a league 2 youngster .

Unlike Marsh who is a midfielder & some of them get away with being slight .

Forwards.need to have a bit of something good about them & be able
to put the ball in the back of the net.

I doubt Millwall would have had him 12 years if they didnt think be could cut it .

[tuffers#1]

Why are they letting him go tuff

If its a loan deal , perhaps to get some game time

[RedDwarf 1881]

Mungo has just posted this on the nice board.

Will join from Millwall as soon as they have signed their own new striker. They only have 3 on their books, two are playing and one on the bench.

So I suppose it might not happen. Ross did mention it in his most recent interview.

In all honesty I can't really see the point of an 18 year old who has never played a game coming in.

We've got our own Sotiriou and the way Ross plays with one up top I can't see him getting a sniff if he has to displace Wilkinson, Angol, Harrold and Sotiriou.

- what’s people’s thoughts on this? Surely we need two playing together in tandem as we continually leave the one isolated. Is an inexperienced 18 year old going to answer more questions asked of him on his own over an experienced player who is trying but being asked to do the graft without too much support?

Of course we need two playing up front. What’s the point of bringing in another striker and only playing a lone striker up front. Ross should be blaming his own negative tactics for our lack of goals. Our defence makes one mistake and it’s game over

[tuffers#1]

Mungo has just posted this on the nice board.

Will join from Millwall as soon as they have signed their own new striker. They only have 3 on their books, two are playing and one on the bench.

So I suppose it might not happen. Ross did mention it in his most recent interview.

In all honesty I can't really see the point of an 18 year old who has never played a game coming in.

We've got our own Sotiriou and the way Ross plays with one up top I can't see him getting a sniff if he has to displace Wilkinson, Angol, Harrold and Sotiriou.

- what’s people’s thoughts on this? Surely we need two playing together in tandem as we continually leave the one isolated. Is an inexperienced 18 year old going to answer more questions asked of him on his own over an experienced player who is trying but being asked to do the graft without too much support?

Of course we need two playing up front. What’s the point of bringing in another striker and only playing a lone striker up front. Ross should be blaming his own negative tactics for our lack of goals. Our defence makes one mistake and it’s game over

We have scored as many goals as Forest Green Rovers & there 2 points out of a play off place.

We need to stop conceding goals.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Imagine being Ruel Sotiriou, working your nads off, going out on loan back to non-league to get some games (and goals), coming back and still not being used, finally getting 90 minutes at left f*cking midfield, scoring goals still, then hearing about this.

It has to be bullshit. If it's genuine, we are more clueless than I could possibly imagine. The only thing that makes me believe it could be true is it's a relative of one of Lingy's mates so would fit.

[RedDwarf 1881]

Imagine being Ruel Sotiriou, working your nads off, going out on loan back to non-league to get some games (and goals), coming back and still not being used, finally getting 90 minutes at left f*cking midfield, scoring goals still, then hearing about this.

It has to be bullshit. If it's genuine, we are more clueless than I could possibly imagine. The only thing that makes me believe it could be true is it's a relative of one of Lingy's mates so would fit.

This post is bang on the nail .

[Thor]

Mungo has just posted this on the nice board.

Will join from Millwall as soon as they have signed their own new striker. They only have 3 on their books, two are playing and one on the bench.

So I suppose it might not happen. Ross did mention it in his most recent interview.

In all honesty I can't really see the point of an 18 year old who has never played a game coming in.

We've got our own Sotiriou and the way Ross plays with one up top I can't see him getting a sniff if he has to displace Wilkinson, Angol, Harrold and Sotiriou.

- what’s people’s thoughts on this? Surely we need two playing together in tandem as we continually leave the one isolated. Is an inexperienced 18 year old going to answer more questions asked of him on his own over an experienced player who is trying but being asked to do the graft without too much support?

Of course we need two playing up front. What’s the point of bringing in another striker and only playing a lone striker up front. Ross should be blaming his own negative tactics for our lack of goals. Our defence makes one mistake and it’s game over

We have scored as many goals as Forest Green Rovers & there 2 points out of a play off place.

We need to stop conceding goals.

The midfield needs reenforcing and until we do that we are in the do do.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Cisse is presumably the answer.......

He was way off the pace yesterday, understandably, and arguably to blame for their goal. We need him to get up to speed pretty damn sharpish.

Also worth noting that after going a goal down, we went to a sort of 4.4.2. with Wright and Cisse in the middle and couldn't get the ball back off of them....

[eagwgw]

Bit harsh to blame him.

Lack of any closing down when the corner is cleared or Coulson not winning the ball back in, could be blamed.
Sargeant also could be partially at fault, don't think his positioning was slightly off and had drifted a step too far to the right. But we should have been behind at that point anyway.

Thing is with Cisse, a lot of his highlights show a player who can burst forward with the ball at pace from deeper positions and pass it around, that is certainly what we need, but that is only half the story, we also need a player who has the work-rate to win the ball back in the first place. On his (admittedly limited) highlights, I am pretty sure that he has the first, not entirely sure of the second. If he hasn't got the second then it is useless playing with Wright, because all he does is jog around.

The midfield thing is a blind spot really. Sentimentality won Clay player of the year, because he suffered stick in the first season, and going off that, he surely couldn't be bad. But just look at it this way; Bonne and Koroma ended up in the Championship this season. Marvin and Happe with linked with bigger clubs as well. Was there any interest in Clay even from a League 2 side? I doubt it. There were better players in the National League that season. Although Clay won the accolade, the real important cog in the midfield overall last year was Jobi.

I have the uneasy feeling Wright is another blind spot. Pretty much since the Fletcher thing he has been useless (his last goals from open play were the 3-3 v Port Vale), but he is undroppable, maybe because as Justin's last signing he is seen as part of the legacy. He could do with a spell out of the side. If we go 4-4-2 I reckon Cisse and Clay have to be the two in midfield because of the lack of work-rate on the wings.

[Cheshunto]

Mungo has just posted this on the nice board.

Will join from Millwall as soon as they have signed their own new striker. They only have 3 on their books, two are playing and one on the bench.

So I suppose it might not happen. Ross did mention it in his most recent interview.

In all honesty I can't really see the point of an 18 year old who has never played a game coming in.

We've got our own Sotiriou and the way Ross plays with one up top I can't see him getting a sniff if he has to displace Wilkinson, Angol, Harrold and Sotiriou.

- what’s people’s thoughts on this? Surely we need two playing together in tandem as we continually leave the one isolated. Is an inexperienced 18 year old going to answer more questions asked of him on his own over an experienced player who is trying but being asked to do the graft without too much support?

Of course we need two playing up front. What’s the point of bringing in another striker and only playing a lone striker up front. Ross should be blaming his own negative tactics for our lack of goals. Our defence makes one mistake and it’s game over

We have scored as many goals as Forest Green Rovers & there 2 points out of a play off place.

We need to stop conceding goals.

We haven’t scored from open play for almost 360 mins ( Sotoriou v Newport )
Even One Goal would give us a chance but negative tactics are costing us.

[Smendrick Feaselberg]

Which to me is yet more evidence that the money's run out...

If the money has "run out" (whatever that means) then we'd go with just what we have for the rest of the season.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Bit harsh to blame him.

Lack of any closing down when the corner is cleared or Coulson not winning the ball back in, could be blamed.
Sargeant also could be partially at fault, don't think his positioning was slightly off and had drifted a step too far to the right. But we should have been behind at that point anyway.

Thing is with Cisse, a lot of his highlights show a player who can burst forward with the ball at pace from deeper positions and pass it around, that is certainly what we need, but that is only half the story, we also need a player who has the work-rate to win the ball back in the first place. On his (admittedly limited) highlights, I am pretty sure that he has the first, not entirely sure of the second. If he hasn't got the second then it is useless playing with Wright, because all he does is jog around.

The midfield thing is a blind spot really. Sentimentality won Clay player of the year, because he suffered stick in the first season, and going off that, he surely couldn't be bad. But just look at it this way; Bonne and Koroma ended up in the Championship this season. Marvin and Happe with linked with bigger clubs as well. Was there any interest in Clay even from a League 2 side? I doubt it. There were better players in the National League that season. Although Clay won the accolade, the real important cog in the midfield overall last year was Jobi.

I have the uneasy feeling Wright is another blind spot. Pretty much since the Fletcher thing he has been useless (his last goals from open play were the 3-3 v Port Vale), but he is undroppable, maybe because as Justin's last signing he is seen as part of the legacy. He could do with a spell out of the side. If we go 4-4-2 I reckon Cisse and Clay have to be the two in midfield because of the lack of work-rate on the wings.

Bit harsh, maybe. Especially as he’d only been on the pitch a few moments. And there were other contributing factors, of course. But if that had been Ebou Adams there, that shot doesn’t go past him.

I think Ross knows we have to go to 4-4-2 and Cisse is going to allow us to do that. But I guarantee he plays Wright alongside him, which is definitely the wrong call.

Personally, I’d give Hector the chance.

[tuffers#1]

Of course we need two playing up front. What’s the point of bringing in another striker and only playing a lone striker up front. Ross should be blaming his own negative tactics for our lack of goals. Our defence makes one mistake and it’s game over

We have scored as many goals as Forest Green Rovers & there 2 points out of a play off place.

We need to stop conceding goals.

We haven’t scored from open play for almost 360 mins ( Sotoriou v Newport )
Even One Goal would give us a chance but negative tactics are costing us.

Are. goals from open play worth more than ones that arent ?

Ludicrous statement.

[MrB]

More chance of Jean Alexander

[Howling Mad Murdock]

Which to me is yet more evidence that the money's run out...

If the money has "run out" (whatever that means) then we'd go with just what we have for the rest of the season.

I think it means we have no money.

[Cheshunto]

We have scored as many goals as Forest Green Rovers & there 2 points out of a play off place.

We need to stop conceding goals.

We haven’t scored from open play for almost 360 mins ( Sotoriou v Newport )
Even One Goal would give us a chance but negative tactics are costing us.

Are. goals from open play worth more than ones that arent ?

Ludicrous statement.

Only thing that’s Ludicrous is that you can’t seem to understand the point that we are being set up so negatively that we haven’t scored a goal, apart from the penalty last week for nearly FOUR games. It’s no wonder that we’re struggling so badly.
To set up at home against a team as poor as Grimsby with just One up front is also Ludicrous

[RedDwarf 1881]

I think this rumour is obviously rubbish . It doesn't make any sense to bring in an 18 striker with no league experience behind him when we already have somebody good and experienced in Sotiriou . Sotiriou is currently not getting any game time so an inexperienced George Alexander would have no chance . It would be a complete waste of money and a signing . We need new players who can come in and make a difference . Stevenage sign Jake Cassidy and he scores on his debut . That's the type of impact we need