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You know sometimes after watching a player you just know they are on a different level to the rest of the team. I think we have a real star on our hands here

I thought we had a number of players that looked well above L2 level, tbh.

Totally agree, he made League 2 look like a walk in the park.

Great start, but let's let him play a few games - Dom Thompson last season was magnificent on debut but reverted to the mean of the side very quickly.

I thought he was our MOM, closely followed by Grant and McKirdy. Looked solid defensively and made some really well timed tackles and was threatening going forward. He looked completely assured and like he’d played regular men’s football.

Have they said anything about him coming off? It’d be just our luck for him to get an injury that would keep him out for a while

Might you have forgotten anything that could interfere with that comparison?

Like this, you mean

Hardly surprising when we had Sheridan managing.  There’s no place in football for managers like Sheridan he destroyed every players ability and confidence during his reign.  Under a better manager I think we would have seen the best of him

Under a better manager we would have still been in League 2 and not been relegated  :badmood:

He's young and raw so will make mistakes and have poor games but he did look the part yesterday

Good start.
Long may it continue. Rather than be a one off

He had a great debut, and looks to be an outstanding talent, for such a young man, after the euphoria of yesterday, i think he will get better game on game. He was often open but wasn’t used, and the snappy one two’s didn’t always work. This will improve via the training ground. A real one to watch though and many thanks to Aston Villa, for lending us their player.

I agree Dean, sometimes you can see in a player they are going to be class, Davis, Given, Carrick and Milner come to mind.

You can see that KKH has everything, he can tackle he reads the game well and gets into great positions defensively and attacking, he looked a constant threat down the wing and as I said at HT he looked likely to get a goal or an assist, which he did with the penalty.

Also the way he ghosted in at the far post for the cross despite carrying an injury and winning the header against a bigger defender was great to see.

I think the lad will go far and we are so lucky to have got him for a year.

Also I thought Critchlow looked very decent as well when he came on for him, big, fast, good in the ainr and can dribble a bit too.

I think it could be quite important we are challenging in January to keep him, if we are struggling I can see Villa recalling him and sending him to a league 1 club.

don't fall in love with a loan player
don't fall in love with a loan player
don't fall in love with a loan player
don't fall in love with a loan player
don't fall in love with a loan player
don't fall in love with a loan player





too late.

He was very impressive yesterday for sure.

Also a special mention to Ben Garner as many were underwhelmed when he was first appointed me included but he's quietly gone about his business along with Ben Chorley and brought in some decent players in a short space of time. He also sounded very impressive in his post match interview yesterday and clearly has a vision to move the club forward.

Don't worry, it's not love. You've just got a loaner-boner.

If you’re not married with kids, that’s a glimpse into the future.

I think he is poor.
Can’t run, can’t defend, can’t do anything.

If I were Villa I would give him away to us ;)

WTF are you on about Duke? Were you not watching the game?....oh right....yeah...he's rubbish...not even L2 standard, let alone PL ;)

This time next year he'll be playing at Supermarine.

If he's lucky.  Villa should pay us to take him off their hands.

Player exchange they can have Paul Rideout and reluctantly we can take him in return.
We can also recommend a superb tactical manager if they are looking.
John Sheridan will take them on a journey.

A new owner-loaner-boner.

He looked very good today, sending off was a shame

You can see he's definitely got that bit of class about him, good range of passing, got into good attacking positions, but I think he made the wrong choice every time he got into the Carlisle box (second half certainly). The sending off was a bit 'stupid boy', but he'll learn.

He might have a future in football.

phenomenal player. we will remember this time with us in years to come. Whilst brilliant going forward he has been equally as good defending with his reading and pace.

whilst some say he will learn from the red, the ref really did not need to do that in the last seconds and it's a disgrace that you still can't appeal yellows that result in a red as his 1st yellow wasn't justified. clearly obstructed and booked for diving

The ref had no choice - last seconds or not, it was a stupid lunge and a deserved second yellow after the simulation in the first half.

you think it was simulation? 😳 Running full pelt at the full back and got past him time and time again all match.

(Disclaimer* I will add that I haven't seen it back but looked like the defender stopped him dead in his tracks)

Yep - I was in the lower section of the DR near the bank and called it as soon as he went down. The lack of complaint from both player and teammates was also telling.

I was also in lower DR near the bank. 100% dive, sorry. And whilst I'm obviously not pleased with KKH getting a red, a little part of me was pleased to see the yellow. The diving at the Euros really pissed me off. If Refs are going to stamp it out then this sort of thing needs to happen. Just a shame it was one of ours!

The thing about simulation is that it is still inconsistent. The Carlisle player fouled by KKH for his second yellow made a miraculous recovery once the card came out.

I think the second yellow was harsh, the first not at all.

thankfully only a 1 game ban

There were 2 or 3 times on Saturday where I thought that the Carlisle player had either been shot or was having a near death experience only for them to miraculous recover. I fucking hate that shithousery (though I wish Town were better at it sometimes  :D)

In div 4 you have to do whatever you can to win.

There was planty of shithousery from us against Scunny - we ain't bad at it..

Grant is a Grand Master