rambunctious Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 As you say, we need "journeymen" who know the league and are proven in it to an extent. We can't take a punt on English non-league players every time. Exactly. For every Louis Moult there is a Wes Fletcher, a Ryan Bowman and a Jacob Blyth. Higdon and Sutton were 'journeymen' when they joined, but both scored a fantastic number of goals for us in their spells. If Fisher does half as well as them he'll have done not bad! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Fisher scored 8 goals in 1029 minutes of football. Bowman had 11 starts, 13 subs appearances and managed 2. Blyth seems to be a permacrock and has yet to manage a goal. It's been fairly well documented that Fisher dropped out the ICT side because of a dispute with Foran. On that basis alone Fisher's an upgrade on 2 of the 3 first team forwards at the club. Unless for some reason goals he scored against us don't count, in which case he still managed to double Bowman's tally for the season. Is he an "exciting" signing, no...probably not but I don't really see anyone claiming that he is or was meant to be. Last season we had folk banging on about our transfer targets being sourced from non-league in England and how we didn't recruit from Scotland. Now we've signed a player who scored goals in the actual league we're in and was a transfer target for at least one of our direct rivals and yet somehow we've got people moaning about that. The absolute state of some folk btw. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Welome to the world of forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellowell Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Looks like our new keeper going to be Trevor Carson from Hartlepool .He is Northern Irish surprisingly and has been player of year in recent years for them and also Cambridge in the past .Might only be a rumour but seems a very strong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellowell Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Sorry won player of year at Cheltenham not Cambridge although only 6 feet which is not the biggest for a keeper has been around international squads so Robinson probably knows him from younger days . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinnae-punt-it Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Sorry won player of year at Cheltenham not Cambridge although only 6 feet which is not the biggest for a keeper has been around international squads so Robinson probably knows him from younger days . https://youtu.be/5oE4o4SCKjA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermarv Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Looks like our new keeper going to be Trevor Carson from Hartlepool .He is Northern Irish surprisingly and has been player of year in recent years for them and also Cambridge in the past .Might only be a rumour but seems a very strong 1Where'd the rumour come from and Hartlepool got relegated did they not, he might be decent right enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last post by: Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Where'd the rumour come from and Hartlepool got relegated did they not, he might be decent right enough There might be some truth in it. He's recently started following the Scottish Sun and Conor Ripley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 There might be some truth in it. He's recently started following the Scottish Sun and Conor Ripley Surprised those were the ones you clocked and not that he recently followed the official MFC twitter as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinnae-punt-it Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Surprised those were the ones you clocked and not that he recently followed the official MFC twitter as well. Also recently started following Gael Bigirimana too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 He looks the part, however, I never like to judge players on one sided You Tube montages. I would much prefer to see a mix of errors and good saves to get a more balanced viewpoint. Even the legendary goal machine looked good on You Tube. Seeing players weaknesses can be just as important as their strengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 only 6 feet which is not the biggest for a keeper Poor guy's going to be doomed to eternal criticism if he does sign then... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinnae-punt-it Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 It is also worth remembering that we will be signing 2 first team goalies this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellowell Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Nope will be judged on performances not height Andy Goram was not above 6 feet and look how he turned out for us ,I was just commenting that wasnt that tall in keeper terms. If he comes out and catches a couple like we seen in the clips then I will be happy enough I have not said all keepers need to be over 6 feet it just helps but can still be a good keeper . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Nope will be judged on performances not height Andy Goram was not above 6 feet and look how he turned out for us ,I was just commenting that wasnt that tall in keeper terms. If he comes out and catches a couple like we seen in the clips then I will be happy enough I have not said all keepers need to be over 6 feet it just helps but can still be a good keeper . Scott Fox is 6ft and Tomas Cerny is 6ft 1, however I fear the memories of Lee Hollis (6ft) and midget Dan are still fresh in people's minds. For what it's worth, having a browse through Hartlepool's quite convoluted fan forum it seems he's well thought of there. It's worth noting that he was out for the 2nd half of the season with a shoulder injury. He only came back for the last 2 games of their season. He's still under contract and he's someone they thought they'd be able to sell on for profit however their relegation seems to have resulted in something of a fire sale. There's a reasonable amount of seethe at them "only" getting £200k for Nathan Thomas (cue hearty laughter from members of this board) and that they should be looking for £150k for Carson (which clearly won't happen). There are a couple of comments like: "Losing Carson and Amond would kill any hope I have for bouncing straight back up." and that he's one of the few in their squad that they'd keep on post-relegation. It seems that he's one of the (admittedly few) assets in their team. Overall that probably gives you a more rounded view than a YouTube montage (as impressive as some of those saves are). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellowell Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 According to transfer market he's out of contract on 30th June this year although not sure how reliable that is . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 According to transfer market he's out of contract on 30th June this year although not sure how reliable that is . It's not reliable. He signed a new "long term" deal last year https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/2016/april/carson-signs-long-term-pools-deal/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 It is also worth remembering that we will be signing 2 first team goalies this summer. And one of them might just be Conor ripley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellowell Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 If looking for 6 figures then dont see us being in that kind of market unless he has relegation clause in it where can leave for free if go out of league . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 If looking for 6 figures then dont see us being in that kind of market unless he has relegation clause in it where can leave for free if go out of league . No, their fans think he's worth 6 figures (and many fans are utterly delusional about value). I'd imagine that after their relegation they'll be looking at some sort of mutual release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Glad he's not the wee ginger boy in the Hartlepool video as I thought 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgey Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 And one of them might just be Conor ripley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Stu Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Nope will be judged on performances not height Andy Goram was not above 6 feet and look how he turned out for us ,I was just commenting that wasnt that tall in keeper terms. If he comes out and catches a couple like we seen in the clips then I will be happy enough I have not said all keepers need to be over 6 feet it just helps but can still be a good keeper . No, I wasn't suggesting that you were criticising his height. Like capt_oats, I'm simply recalling the obsession people had with "Midget" Dan's height and expecting a similar response again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... fizoxy Posted June 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Ripley has a year left on his 'boro contract, so would have to be a loan unless we're spending money. I dont think there's anything in it other than Robbo signing him for oldham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 'WellCobra Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Boro have plans for Ripley this season unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 5 yr Andy_P locked this topic Prev 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Next Page 45 of 230 This topic is now closed to further replies. Share More sharing options... Followers 8
Stu Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Nope will be judged on performances not height Andy Goram was not above 6 feet and look how he turned out for us ,I was just commenting that wasnt that tall in keeper terms. If he comes out and catches a couple like we seen in the clips then I will be happy enough I have not said all keepers need to be over 6 feet it just helps but can still be a good keeper . No, I wasn't suggesting that you were criticising his height. Like capt_oats, I'm simply recalling the obsession people had with "Midget" Dan's height and expecting a similar response again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted June 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Ripley has a year left on his 'boro contract, so would have to be a loan unless we're spending money. I dont think there's anything in it other than Robbo signing him for oldham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellCobra Posted June 4, 2017 Report Share Posted June 4, 2017 Boro have plans for Ripley this season unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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