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« Reply #62506 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 15:44:29 » |
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You would hope so but with 4 goals last season for Mansfield Tshimanga needs 1 goal in 24 to match that.
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« Reply #62507 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 15:49:07 » |
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Remember Parkins record before signing here.
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« Reply #62508 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 16:05:28 » |
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Worth a good look at.
Compare the players that we have between say 8 weeks of the Holloway coaching methods and almost all have benefitted from his approach. Players are playing better than they did under any of the prior managers.
So...if Nichols is a player receptive to what Holloway wants, I would suggest his stats will improve beyond what we currently see. If he gels with Smith and can stay on his feet longer than Tschimanga (and we can offload him/send him back) then that might just be enough of a difference to turn the odd draw into a win, and the odd defeat into a draw, plus inject yet more positivity into the squad further improving their mindsets and confidence.
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« Reply #62509 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 16:15:30 » |
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Yeah, so much better we’re still 3rd bottom.
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« Reply #62510 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 16:17:38 » |
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Usually i would agree but we are talking about a 31 year old here
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« Reply #62511 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 16:28:34 » |
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4 in 40 for Northampton. Their fans were laughing when we signed him. Needless to say, we had the last laugh.
When he was scoring every game in pre season i thought something must be up. I maintain I started Super Sammy Parkin as a chant unless someone else independently thought of it pre Sporting Gijon at home (which i think he scored in as well) |
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« Reply #62512 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 16:49:26 » |
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4 in 40 for Northampton. Their fans were laughing when we signed him. Needless to say, we had the last laugh.
Parkin was a young lad. Nichols is a 31 year old journeyman. Bit of a difference there. Not saying he won’t score but this is a typical bland Clem signing that sums up his ownership of the club. |
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« Reply #62513 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 16:53:35 » |
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So...if Nichols is a player receptive to what Holloway wants, I would suggest his stats will improve beyond what we currently see.
I highly doubt this signing has anything to do with Holloway. This is like his third year linked with the club and he’s been on trial here before. |
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« Reply #62514 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 16:58:44 » |
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Parkin was a young lad. Nichols is a 31 year old journeyman. Bit of a difference there. Not saying he won’t score but this is a typical bland Clem signing that sums up his ownership of the club.
Just have to hope he's the next (non) ginger Pele if comes. Unlikely, but not impossible I suppose. Like everyone, he'll be judged on what he does. |
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« Reply #62515 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 20:44:15 » |
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It's about who, if anyone, he replaces. Marginal gains may be enough.
Nothing in the stats to get excited about at all. But we are skint and the third worst team in the EFL. Expectations are too high.
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« Reply #62516 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 20:52:56 » |
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Just have to hope he's the next (non) ginger Pele if comes. Unlikely, but not impossible I suppose.
Like everyone, he'll be judged on what he does.
If we can sign someone as good as Michael Doughty next, that might help |
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« Reply #62517 on: Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 20:54:07 » |
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link up play might be key.
Some pace might be good though.
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« Reply #62518 on: Thursday, January 9, 2025, 09:09:03 » |
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Nichols cannot be any worse than Drinan. And lord help us if he is.
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« Reply #62519 on: Thursday, January 9, 2025, 09:33:25 » |
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Ian Holloway on George Cox:
It does change things. It is what that does for Billy too. With the intensity of these games it changes the dynamic as Billy can cover for Delaney. He is young and he might get injured or have a dip. He has been sensational so far. I have always done it with less players but the odd utility one here and there. I was never anywhere with two for each position and some spare after that. I haven't known that. I know that massive clubs can do that but I have been 22 or 24. I always used to save 25% for emergencies but the only thing I had left was out of work people who couldn't get a club. Wimbledon did that well and one of them rang me but we couldn't get one out. That was Sam Hutchinson. So we came close to signing an injury prone 35 year old but couldnt get one out Christ alive |
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