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Post by bluebry on Jul 1, 2024 13:12:29 GMT
I'm happy enough with the signing but it begs the question how Kelly and/or Armstrong are going to fit into the side with him. They have similar attributes (albeit Wyke is a cut above) and none of them is blessed with great pace. As we've seen with England in the Euro's, a successful team needs variety to provide balance to a side. Simmo needs to turn his attention to adding pace and creativity to the squad. Hopefully this will happen soon. That’s a challenge Simmo & coaching team should welcome trying to figure out how to accommodate these 3. Back in promotion season Simmo would often start garner & Gordon then bring on Dennis & Edmo. Think simmo will bring in a 4th striker to supplement these 3. JK Gordon would have been a good fit. Young live wire etc. A couple of things wrong with that statement, Gordon had signed for Colchester and Cambridge fans thought he was absolute garbage when he played for them last season
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Post by bstandbob on Jul 1, 2024 13:13:09 GMT
I'm happy enough with the signing but it begs the question how Kelly and/or Armstrong are going to fit into the side with him. They have similar attributes (albeit Wyke is a cut above) and none of them is blessed with great pace. As we've seen with England in the Euro's, a successful team needs variety to provide balance to a side. Simmo needs to turn his attention to adding pace and creativity to the squad. Hopefully this will happen soon. Absolutely we need some pace and creativity but if we are going to be genuine promotion candidates we need options to get goals. Last season Wrexham had Mullen, Palmer, Fletcher and Marriott all of which I would class as CFs.
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Post by munchymagic on Jul 1, 2024 13:14:52 GMT
That’s a challenge Simmo & coaching team should welcome trying to figure out how to accommodate these 3. Back in promotion season Simmo would often start garner & Gordon then bring on Dennis & Edmo. Think simmo will bring in a 4th striker to supplement these 3. JK Gordon would have been a good fit. Young live wire etc.  A couple of things wrong with that statement, Gordon had signed for Colchester and Cambridge fans thought he was absolute garbage when he played for them last season Gutted we didn't get Gordon as he was ace for us in the playoffs.
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Post by blue22 on Jul 1, 2024 13:18:55 GMT
Nixon gone and Charlie back all in the same day is something else, this is a marquee signing, I hope the fans come out in their numbers to show their support for owners that are going fullsteam ahead to take CUFC to another level and hopefully the Championship sometime in the future. From the previous owners, we have now moved into a different universe and the investment now being pumped into all areas of the club is just fantastic. For the first time in a long time we have much to be optimistic about. If people ignore the thread spoiler on all things negative, then he cannot respond and saves us wading through pages of crap.
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Post by localcumbrian on Jul 1, 2024 13:19:30 GMT
unfortunately that doesn't work when people quote the fool and you still get to read his utter drivel. Tbh the more he comes out with this shit the more people will eventually just think he is a **** and **** him off for good. Most people do know he's a troll and just scroll past it, but because of people like yourself and a few others including the site owner who continually fall for his bait, he won't go away until he's largely ignored. Trolls thrive on attention, take that away from them and they lose their impact.
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Post by frankclarkestash on Jul 1, 2024 13:20:34 GMT
 A couple of things wrong with that statement, Gordon had signed for Colchester and Cambridge fans thought he was absolute garbage when he played for them last season Gutted we didn't get Gordon as he was ace for us in the playoffs. Didn’t want to come back here last season so no big deal. Sliding doors and all that. Bet he’s regretting it now
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Post by ragingblue on Jul 1, 2024 13:26:02 GMT
If you’d told us 18-24 months ago we’d be starting League 2 with Charlie Wyke and Luke Armstrong up top we’d have bitten your hand off.
The club is going in the right direction, exciting times.
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Post by ragingblue on Jul 1, 2024 13:26:58 GMT
 A couple of things wrong with that statement, Gordon had signed for Colchester and Cambridge fans thought he was absolute garbage when he played for them last season Gutted we didn't get Gordon as he was ace for us in the playoffs. We can do much better than JK Gordon now
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Post by luaphal on Jul 1, 2024 13:28:28 GMT
Would like to see a smaller quicker striker up front someone who could feed off the likes of Wyke. Plus a couple of wide players with pace to provide the ammo.
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Post by vallery on Jul 1, 2024 13:36:00 GMT
I'm happy enough with the signing but it begs the question how Kelly and/or Armstrong are going to fit into the side with him. They have similar attributes (albeit Wyke is a cut above) and none of them is blessed with great pace. As we've seen with England in the Euro's, a successful team needs variety to provide balance to a side. Simmo needs to turn his attention to adding pace and creativity to the squad. Hopefully this will happen soon. Absolutely we need some pace and creativity but if we are going to be genuine promotion candidates we need options to get goals. Last season Wrexham had Mullen, Palmer, Fletcher and Marriott all of which I would class as CFs. With the number of subs you are allowed to make these days it really is a squad game more than ever. Two from the 3 centre forwards already mentioned plus another signing (or Butterworth depending on what position Simpson sees him as) is pretty strong. We already have 6 central midfielders (albeit a tad on the defensive side), 5 central defenders, 2 left back/wing back. Just that number 2 shirt needs filling and the squad should get us through the season. Then any additional signings would only be made if they were significant upgrades on what we have.
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Post by thesilentone on Jul 1, 2024 13:36:05 GMT
When all you've ever hoped for is the failure of CUFC, it must be both hard to keep up, and depressing for piggy with all the positive things happening at the Club, god, even Mullen's starting to sound optimistic.
So, be gentle with piggy, he's going through a bad time.
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Post by zebby on Jul 1, 2024 14:11:20 GMT
Didn't realise you could block people thanks for the tip .. should make things more enjoyable on here for me
Superb signing in many ways could attract other players scores goals great attitude and presence Wouldn't be surprised if we scored bagfuls from set pieces next year so important at this level especially Wyke, Hayden, Armstrong,Kelly gives us great presence defending and attacking set pieces
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Post by crunchblue on Jul 1, 2024 14:20:51 GMT
I don’t agree that they are all too similar.
I see Wyke as a similar type to Kelly, although Wyke is much better. But Armstrong seems more of a runner who’ll get in behind and whilst he’s not lightning quick I wouldn’t say he’s slow. I like the look of a Wyke Armstrong front two in the system we play, but it’s massively important that our wing backs supply them.
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Post by munchymagic on Jul 1, 2024 15:03:26 GMT
Gutted we didn't get Gordon as he was ace for us in the playoffs. We can do much better than JK Gordon now I would say that he is exactly the sort of player we should have been looking at, low risk ex academy signing and has already shone for us in League Two and we would hopefully look to improve him. I think that he will have a long decent career
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Post by bstandbob on Jul 1, 2024 15:21:01 GMT
We can do much better than JK Gordon now I would say that he is exactly the sort of player we should have been looking at, low risk ex academy signing and has already shone for us in League Two and we would hopefully look to improve him. I think that he will have a long decent career I agree Munch, not someone to hang your promotion hopes on, but as someone to come in, develop as a player and impact games when legs are tired he would have been ideal. Pretty sure there will be other ex PL academy graduates with similar attributes who we can bring in to give alternative options though.
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