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Post by rideintothesun on Jul 20, 2024 8:55:41 GMT
Tom Nichols - Total Career Stats: Age: 30, Played: 502, Goals: 118.. Clubs: Exeter City, Dorchester Town, Hereford, Bath City, Peterborough United, BRFC, Cheltenham Town, Crawley, Gillingham and Mansfield Town. At the end of the 2019–20 season, Nichols was released by Bristol Rovers. In an interview with Bristol Post in December 2020, Nichols stated that his time at Bristol Rovers "didn't go to plan", but that he does "look back with fondness". With us it was something like 4 goals from 94 league appearances. Using that as the basis, Nichols would have scored 12 in 282 games, had he played that many. Tillson, a CB, managed 11 in 252 actual games. Goalscoring is in the head, as Jason Roberts proved in his time with us. |
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 20, 2024 9:22:19 GMT
Don’t know much about him but I’ll have to trust those that do. Whatever the fee, the reputation or goals scored before it’s all about what he will do in the quarters.
Good luck Promise, try your best, give a 100% every time you play and the fans will love you. Be on 7/8 goals by the end of October will also help. 👍
And best to take what is said on the forums with a large pinch of salt! Those who’ve said we’ve paid too much will have probably forgotten we’ve sold two players recently for a total of about £1.2m+. If we invest player sales back into the team the owners are criticised, if we don’t the owners are……
UTG!
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Post by bluetornados on Jul 20, 2024 19:10:55 GMT
Tom Nichols - Total Career Stats: Age: 30, Played: 502, Goals: 118.. Clubs: Exeter City, Dorchester Town, Hereford, Bath City, Peterborough United, BRFC, Cheltenham Town, Crawley, Gillingham and Mansfield Town. At the end of the 2019–20 season, Nichols was released by Bristol Rovers. In an interview with Bristol Post in December 2020, Nichols stated that his time at Bristol Rovers "didn't go to plan", but that he does "look back with fondness". With us it was something like 4 goals from 94 league appearances. In total for BRFC it was played 119 and scoring 9 goals... i2-prod.bristolpost.co.uk/incoming/article206822.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200e/Nichols.jpg |
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Post by Mrs V Smegma on Jul 20, 2024 21:15:09 GMT
Hope he lives up to the hype and the fee. 24 goals in 120+ games is not prolific. Good to see Taylor being supported by the owners and us signing a new forward but still think we need a couple more attack minded players. Hope we are not putting everything on one spin of the roulette wheel and massively increasing our debt Doesn't need to be, Mrs Smegma. A scoring rate like that could easily be due to him not being an out-and-out striker or many appearances coming from the bench. The fee suggests that his all round game is what brought MT to the table. If you look at international scoring records, they are deeply misleading. A case in point: Rooney is our leading goalscorer but stunk out successive finals tournaments in an England shirt (laughably bad in Brazil 2014), filling his boots against the likes of Moldova and Liechtenstein in qualifiers. Also see Ibrahimović at club level. Hope you are right RITS and that he is more like Aaza than another Nathan Blissett. Successful teams usually have at least one 20+ goal striker and the best have 2 that hit or get near that mark. Martin might be one if he can replicate form from last year but that is not a given with him in the twilight of his career. Based on the one game I saw at Brisbane Road last season Sotiriou has potential to be another if fit. Still think we need more goals from forward positions. I’d like us to look at lower league players for gems of the Langstaff ilk. We should have players like Dylan Hart and Liam Lockett at Worcester City on our radar |
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Post by bluestar on Jul 22, 2024 7:52:59 GMT
Santorini looks hot the guy from Leyton Orient, can't wait.
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Post by baselswh on Jul 22, 2024 9:44:22 GMT
I think Promise is a bit like Devon White.A mass of bustling arms and legs,awkward,competitive and hopefully as effective as Devon was.
I think given the right service he can do well.
The only thing that concerns me,can he head the ball?
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Post by texasgas on Jul 22, 2024 12:27:38 GMT
I think Promise is a bit like Devon White.A mass of bustling arms and legs,awkward,competitive and hopefully as effective as Devon was. I think given the right service he can do well. The only thing that concerns me,can he head the ball? Time will tell. Personally I won’t be finding out tomorrow by streaming our friendly vs league two Bromley for £10!! |
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Post by rideintothesun on Jul 22, 2024 12:44:13 GMT
Santorini looks hot the guy from Leyton Orient, can't wait. Good to know. What's he like at football? |
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Post by rideintothesun on Jul 22, 2024 12:51:35 GMT
I think Promise is a bit like Devon White.A mass of bustling arms and legs,awkward,competitive and hopefully as effective as Devon was. I think given the right service he can do well. The only thing that concerns me,can he head the ball? It sounds like he can do more than Devon. If the purported transfer fee is correct, I would certainly hope so. We paid much less for Nathan Blissett who pretty much ticked each of these boxes. I'm slightly concerned that it sounds as if his performances against us had a strong influence on the decision to purchase, as this is very lazy and we have done this before (including Blissett) and it hasn't worked out. Devon, bless him, was very effective and well-suited to the team's approach but also a bit of a donkey and a very limited player. I'm also hoping that Omochere isn't anywhere near as raw as Devon was when he first joined the club. |
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Post by bluetornados on Jul 22, 2024 19:47:59 GMT
I think Promise is a bit like Devon White.A mass of bustling arms and legs,awkward,competitive and hopefully as effective as Devon was. I think given the right service he can do well. The only thing that concerns me,can he head the ball? Devon is now 60 years old and at the culmination of his professional career, he returned to his initial trade as an electrician and now runs his own company in Nottingham. Big Dev played in 240 games, scoring 60 goals from 1987-1992 for the mighty BRFC and at 6ft 3in he could definately head a ball... i2-prod.bristolpost.co.uk/incoming/article3989136.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200e/12154737_2011-03-03__mark_Bristol__mark_-_mark_Rover.jpg |
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Post by syg on Jul 25, 2024 9:40:00 GMT
I think Promise is a bit like Devon White.A mass of bustling arms and legs,awkward,competitive and hopefully as effective as Devon was. I think given the right service he can do well. The only thing that concerns me,can he head the ball? Devon is now 60 years old and at the culmination of his professional career, he returned to his initial trade as an electrician and now runs his own company in Nottingham. Big Dev played in 240 games, scoring 60 goals from 1987-1992 for the mighty BRFC and at 6ft 3in he could definately head a ball... i2-prod.bristolpost.co.uk/incoming/article3989136.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200e/12154737_2011-03-03__mark_Bristol__mark_-_mark_Rover.jpgI dont recall him being great in the air. That acolade falls to Gareth Taylor who was the best header of a ball ive ever seen. |
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Post by bluetornados on Jul 25, 2024 10:03:14 GMT
I dont recall him being great in the air. That acolade falls to Gareth Taylor who was the best header of a ball ive ever seen. The best header of a ball i have seen wearing the quarters was Archie Stephens, he jumped and seemed to stay there for so long.... |
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Post by Mrs V Smegma on Jul 25, 2024 15:18:49 GMT
I dont recall him being great in the air. That acolade falls to Gareth Taylor who was the best header of a ball ive ever seen. The best header of a ball i have seen wearing the quarters was Archie Stephens, he jumped and seemed to stay there for so long.... Archie was also good at heading twats like Steve Wignall |
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Post by rideintothesun on Jul 25, 2024 15:48:17 GMT
I dont recall him being great in the air. That acolade falls to Gareth Taylor who was the best header of a ball ive ever seen. The best header of a ball i have seen wearing the quarters was Archie Stephens, he jumped and seemed to stay there for so long.... As I recall, Taylor had a season (may have been the 94/95 third division play-off season) in which each of his goals was a header. Taylor was key to the John Ward team - people forget that we were a bit of a long ball outfit in Ward's first coming. Became a very decent championship striker with Sheff Utd and Burnley after a difficult time at Palace. Strange that he made the big move before Stewart - some Palace fans thought they got the two mixed up! |
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Post by a more piratey game on Aug 24, 2024 22:43:31 GMT
Some good insights from the other place I thought;
His hold-up play with his back to goal is generally looking better than his play when facing goal
Strikers need time to settle - Jason Roberts, King Rickie the fat midfielder, and the bloke who was originally known as Junior A-no- goals being examples
His partnership with Coldplay is hard to spot
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Aug 26, 2024 7:35:15 GMT
Some good insights from the other place I thought; His hold-up play with his back to goal is generally looking better than his play when facing goal Strikers need time to settle - Jason Roberts, King Rickie the fat midfielder, and the bloke who was originally known as Junior A-no- goals being examples His partnership with Coldplay is hard to spot Succinct post! As opposed to some of our more recent lone strikers such as Ellis, TN (!), James Daly, John Marquis that had varying effects at playing up front alone, I thought PO looks the part in bringing others into the match with his physicality and hold up play. Which we haven't had that outlet opportunity for some time. So I see it only as a matter of time before he forgets a partnership and understanding with players around him. Although....imo he needs to get closer to a strike partner, and we need to play at least 2 up front for that type of effectiveness. So it depends on the type of football MT wants to promote.. |
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Post by eppinggas on Aug 26, 2024 8:26:31 GMT
Some good insights from the other place I thought; His hold-up play with his back to goal is generally looking better than his play when facing goal Strikers need time to settle - Jason Roberts, King Rickie the fat midfielder, and the bloke who was originally known as Junior A-no- goals being examples His partnership with Coldplay is hard to spot Succinct post! As opposed to some of our more recent lone strikers such as Ellis, TN (!), James Daly, John Marquis that had varying effects at playing up front alone, I thought PO looks the part in bringing others into the match with his physicality and hold up play. Which we haven't had that outlet opportunity for some time. So I see it only as a matter of time before he forgets a partnership and understanding with players around him. Although....imo he needs to get closer to a strike partner, and we need to play at least 2 up front for that type of effectiveness. So it depends on the type of football MT wants to promote.. I presume "forges" rather than "forgets"...  |
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Post by rideintothesun on Aug 26, 2024 13:52:29 GMT
Some good insights from the other place I thought; His hold-up play with his back to goal is generally looking better than his play when facing goal Strikers need time to settle - Jason Roberts, King Rickie the fat midfielder, and the bloke who was originally known as Junior A-no- goals being examples His partnership with Coldplay is hard to spot Succinct post! As opposed to some of our more recent lone strikers such as Ellis, TN (!), James Daly, John Marquis that had varying effects at playing up front alone, I thought PO looks the part in bringing others into the match with his physicality and hold up play. Which we haven't had that outlet opportunity for some time. So I see it only as a matter of time before he forgets a partnership and understanding with players around him. Although....imo he needs to get closer to a strike partner, and we need to play at least 2 up front for that type of effectiveness. So it depends on the type of football MT wants to promote.. Interesting that people didn't comment more on just how poor Marquis' scoring rate with us was - 13 goals in 71 appearances. One goal every 5.5 games is wretched. Not many of those games were sub appearances either, as I recall. Most of them seemed to come against Charlton, for some reason. We caught him on the way down but I cannot see how he was ever a 2m striker.
Didn't help that he seemed to still have a very elevated opinion of himself. Recall him snapping at Coburn after he jumped on him after he scored against Charlton and thought he seemed a bit of a k*ob.
Ellis made a bad move to Ipswich, which hindered his development. I liked the player he had become by the time he left us, and I think if he stayed with us, he would be playing at a higher level than he is now.
With Agogo and Lambo, we all knew that they would eventually start scoring, as they had already shown what they were capable of. Roberts was more of a pleasant surprise, as he had nothing beforehand to suggest that he was playing well below his level.
Nothing to suggest that Tom Nicholls would flop as horribly as he did. But the fact that he originally didn't want to join the club should have rung alarm bells, along with the fact that Boro were willing to allow him to leave for a relatively low fee.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Aug 26, 2024 16:12:47 GMT
Succinct post! As opposed to some of our more recent lone strikers such as Ellis, TN (!), James Daly, John Marquis that had varying effects at playing up front alone, I thought PO looks the part in bringing others into the match with his physicality and hold up play. Which we haven't had that outlet opportunity for some time. So I see it only as a matter of time before he forgets a partnership and understanding with players around him. Although....imo he needs to get closer to a strike partner, and we need to play at least 2 up front for that type of effectiveness. So it depends on the type of football MT wants to promote.. I presume "forges" rather than "forgets"... Haha! Yep! Typo alert! |
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Post by a more piratey game on Sept 7, 2024 14:11:15 GMT
Is it pronounced ‘Omochair’ or ‘Omocherry’?
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