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Andy Williams: Yeovil to sign Swindon striker on loan
     

Swindon striker Andy Williams is set to rejoin Yeovil Town on a season-long loan, 14 months after leaving Huish Park.
     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23803693
     

#JedOut  :headhurts:

'Striker' is pushing it a bit. I'd have gone with 'Forward'.

my thoughts exactly.

another big earner off the wages to bring someone new in? I know he's a tryer but he's hardly prolific 

Quality. Been a complete waste of space for months.

I totally agree he's shite but getting rid of him with no replacement is stupid as fuck..

Well with Ranger there we've got the same number of strikers we started the season with. Think it's safe to assume there'll be at least one forward signed before the end of the month as well.

I agree in principle but imo he's been that off the pace that I don't think we'll miss his presence at all. Storey despite being far from a finished article looked better in that position even if it was only against Ciren - he still had a more productive game. Then we've got Ranger who did more in 10 minutes than Willo has done in months. We are light in numbers but I don't think we're any worse off.

If being short for one game enables us to get in a striker more suitable for the role for the whole season then so be it.

Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if we got somebody in today as they probably have some players lined up. One out, one in.

I thought Ranger was Collins' replacement?

Collins left before the season started, I'm just going off the squad we've put out these first 4 games. Not disagreeing with you Williams leaving makes us look lacking up front, but we've coped with 2 senior strikers so far, sure another week or so won't doom us to relegation by Christmas.

A good player with confidence shot to bits, when the team aren't playing very well he's the main focus from our fans for some stick. Watch him score a load of goals for Yeovil now, I hope he does.

I liked Williams and he took a lot of unfair stick. He's been totally isolated this season up front.

That cunt Di Canio ruined him by bringing him from injury way to soon.

Still a fan of Williams, he's a wide forward and being played out of position. Shame the fans couldn't see that.

His finishing was as bad as Sabin.

Have we Hijacked the deal for Willian ?

Once Williams scored, and it took a while.  For a month maybe two he looked a player.  Quick, good ability to turn defenders and when he got injured felt we missed what he gave us.  But hes never been that player again for us.

Has become the nearly man.  He nearly scores.  he nearly gets on the end of a pass.  He nearly wins a header, oh hang on no he never even nearly won a header.

Is all down to who comes in.  If we bring in someone who can play with his back to goal, can hold it up and link play that is a hell of an improvement on what willo was giving us.  Good luck to him.  Over to Super Cooper with his replacement.  Hopefully today.

The Yeovil fans I know poo-pooed the suggestion he might be going back. They don't want him.

He'll go and score 20 goals now, and keep the fuckers up. Benefit of that of course is that we will either get a confident player back or a decent transfer fee. Hopefully. Possibly. Probably not. But let's cling to that hope!

A little unfair to judge him this season as it does sound like (I haven't been to any games yet) he struggled in the formation and was getting frustrated, but even last season towards the end of the season he was about as useful as a one legged man in an arse kicking competition in front of goal.

Nah not having that, which is a reflection on Sabin rather than Williams

Swindon isn't the team for Williams, no doubt he will find his form elsewhere, but it's best he goes all round to be fair

BBC now tweeting its a done deal - 1 year loan completed

Is he out of contract at the end of the season? so even if he does find some form we won't get a fee for him.

  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Jesus - Thisis gone into meltdown on this one again !!!

Yesterday the majority on there were saying "good let him go" - now he's gone its a completely different story !!

Don't be mean.

I don't think people are bothered that Williams has gone, more that there doesn't appear to be a replacement for him before tomorrow.

Sabin wasted fewer chances amd won us more penalties.

Cannot make up my mind if this is a good or bad move for us. He obviously has ability but being an out and out lone striker is not one of them and he looked far better playing alongside Collins/Adam Rooney/Storey. Having said that his first touch was variable to say the least and his form after his layoff last season was never the same. As said elsewhere he will probably score loads of goals for Yeovil and perhaps that is who he only really wanted to play for.

We are going to need a replacement very quick as any further injuries to our already thin on the ground forward line could be a real problem. Trust our board have this in hand!

 :hmmm:

Everyone is forgetting Kayden Smith...

I think he's injured.

and shit

and Jackson.

Im sure jed power and cooper have somone lined up and will be unveiled later in the friday press confrence they want promotion dont you  know.

Don't recall this massive panic up the first 3 weeks of the season. We signed one striker a week ago, moved one on today. What's the difference?

The one we've signed isn't fit and could be going to prison?

The majority of times ive seen williams I ahve been less then impressed, he gave up against Brentford in the play offs, if the bloke isnt happy here this is what happens, lack lustre performances!

One out,one in.Hopefully we reveal a striker later today.Hopefully one who can trap the ball and does not have a grass fetish

What time is the cut off for signing a player that can be involved tomorrow?

I hope we sign someone but don’t announce it till he is in the starting line up, I miss those days!
I remember when we signed George Ndah and not knowing anything about it till he was in the team.

I thought it was 12 lunchtime today?..... Could be wrong.

That's as may be but we need a striker in the formation we play and he ain't it and we need him gone to get one. I'm also not overly convinced that he'd set the world alight in his 'natural' position.

Given Yeovil's budget, I hope they're picking up his full wages.   

I remember at one time last year we had Andy Williams, Paul Benson, Adam Rooney, Chris Martin, James Collins and Miles Storey competing for a starting place up front, and many of us still thought we were short of a good striker!

Now we have just Miles Storey, (who can't play up front on his own), and a convicted criminal on trial for rape.

We're a probable injury and a probable conviction away from having no forwards at all.

Which makes the decision of letting Benson go look even more stupid,especially as we are still paying him.

No league 1 club was interested in Benson. No league 2 club was interested in Benson. Why would we want to keep Benson? We'll get another striker in.

Yep...you sound just like Jed....they are not interested because of his big wages....and for your info about 5 clubs are sniffing but dont want to pay his rather large salary.

So if we are paying it....fucking play him,its not rocket science surely to play one of your biggest earners if you have a minimum strikeforce.

Unless the cost issue isn't his weekly salary but bonuses derived from appearances and/or goals.

Benson isn't the answer IMO and I can't imagine that his exclusion since last November has been entirely due to financial reasons

Dont agree.

But lets leave it at that.

Not saying he is the full answer...just bemused how a top earner at the club,well erm isn't earning it.

Benson was always a short term option, it was obvious when we signed him, as pointed out here.

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=46233.0

In fact, he got us 11 goals, unfortunately we haven't quite managed to move him in although he did spend a lot of last season on loan.

End product let Williams down but he was capable of streching defences.

Re Benson, crocked= no chance of getting shot, fit = always a chance someone will take him. Simple as that.

Which 5 clubs? If we need to reduce costs and if playing Benson actually increases our spend, how do you suggest we move forward? Benson is at best an impact sub. We need someone who can start and finish games. Why is it that difficult to grasp? In order to get players in, we need to get players out. The days of shit loads of bit part, high earners has gone.

Clubs supposedly interested:

Shrewsbury
Bradford City
Plymouth
Luton Town

The ginger one speaks the troot!

Willo better off fucking off and good luck to him but to leave us with Scorey Storey and 'needs another four games before I start him Ranger' is fucking stupid.

And only onemade a bid

The thread is a perfect example as to why STFC cannot afford to sign confidence players.  A good majority of our fans wait for an opportunity to get on a players back..  from that point on there is no way back..

Unless you start like Charlie Austin you are fucked, unless you happen to be £500k man JanAF, then you get given an extra half a season.

IMO, Collins and Williams were more than average strikers when they came to us.  A mixture of Manager and fan base ruined them.  Agree they both needed to move on, but the mong base, including plenty on here haven't helped.

Quick enough to complain about players and more than quick enough to moan when we have no players, or sign a accused rapist.

Personally think that Collins and  Williams were the best 2 strikers we have had here since Cox/Paynter, shame we didn't see enough of them together.

Can never understand what "fans" hope to achieve by abusing players, whether in the stands or on a forum.  Constructive criticism fair enough, "he's shit" when for half a season he was the only real player we had, is like punching yourself in the face IMO.

Love this! :nod:

But Williams was shit though

Williams would be a better player played in position....

Williams is better with help up front to flick it on and play him in behind.

Williams is better as a proper 'number 10' with a proper 'number 9' to play alongside him.......

Williams needs a guy to play off, he always tried and was often played out of position.

I wish him well.

I'm just gutted we have have limited striking options to select in a game which we need to win.

Reap what you sow and all that. I am sure that there are mongs that are hoping we lose. I'm not one of them but if we lose today expect a biblical meltdown.

C'mon boys....smash them Pikeys!

Sounds so simple when you put it like that

It is.....easy!  ;)

I'm certainly not going to blame the fans for their dip in form.
Our fans even hated Paynter, most people thought he was rubbish. He was good for us over all 3 seasons.

Collins and Williams were Di Canio players bought in by Di Canio to fit Di Canio's formation and football. Di Canio is also a great motivator of people. He was capable of taking less that brilliant players but getting them fitter, stronger and confident which dragged them up a notch.

Does Williams suite our current formation, not at all....Colins would have though.

Will Williams be a big loss, nope....we needed at least 2 strikers before he went. Storey and Ranger will not get us enough goals.

I think you're being too generous. I remember a significant chunk of our "support" that gave Jan dogs abuse that first season, even though he looked like the classiest player in a town shirt pretty much every time he took to the pitch, even during that long goal drought.

I can even remember one moany old twat stood behind me on the bank loudly informing Jan that he should try to learn all he could from the recently signed Keith Scott, as "that's what a real centre forward looks like"! ::)