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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by Robwez10 » Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:14 pm

Have we wrote Billy Waters off already? Scored 20 goals or something last season. He knows where the back of the net is

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by russell_anderson » Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:25 pm

Robwez10 wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:14 pm Have we wrote Billy Waters off already? Scored 20 goals or something last season. He knows where the back of the net is
I haven't but he's only been at 2 clubs where he's had a good goalscoring record and last season was his best (almost a goal every 3 games) but at National League level.

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by saltcellar » Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:36 pm

russell_anderson wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:25 pm
Robwez10 wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:14 pm Have we wrote Billy Waters off already? Scored 20 goals or something last season. He knows where the back of the net is
I haven't but he's only been at 2 clubs where he's had a good goalscoring record and last season was his best (almost a goal every 3 games) but at National League level.
A similar record to Scott Quigley then Russell.

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by Suffolk Blue » Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:38 pm

Waters is a self- proclaimed ‘fox in the box”. He won’t deliver from booming long balls and arcing crosses. He’ll be effective at playing off a CF or from set pieces where there’s crowding in the box.

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by popular side » Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:59 pm

Billy Waters does have some nice touches when on the ball he has played at league 2 level before without success and dropped down to National League and yes he can score goals at that level but its a gamble to say he will score say score 10+ goals at league 2 level i hope he does it would be great but i have my doubts sadly i just hope i am proved wrong and i have to eat my scarf :scarf:

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by chipmunx » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:04 pm

popular side wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:59 pm Billy Waters does have some nice touches when on the ball he has played at league 2 level before without success and dropped down to National League and yes he can score goals at that level but its a gamble to say he will score say score 10+ goals at league 2 level i hope he does it would be great but i have my doubts sadly i just hope i am proved wrong and i have to eat my scarf :scarf:
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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by blumooncrab » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:06 pm

Suffolk Blue wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:38 pm Waters is a self- proclaimed ‘fox in the box”. He won’t deliver from booming long balls and arcing crosses. He’ll be effective at playing off a CF or from set pieces where there’s crowding in the box.
Interstate point , because notably last night wide balls into the box , of which there were plenty last season, were very few and far between. No Hutton. No Brough. No Kay. It’s also how Gordon got most of his (8?) goals last year.

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by HenneysKnee » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:09 pm

Robwez10 wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:14 pm Have we wrote Billy Waters off already? Scored 20 goals or something last season. He knows where the back of the net is
Absolutely not no; but we do need another goalscorer as well imho. We all know what Bennett is, we’ll have no issues with his work rate but as we saw with Gordon last year you need more than that to have a comfortable season

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by blue nige » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:31 pm

Mark Johnson wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:25 pm I would be happy with Holloway. Great at bringing others in to the game and does a lot of the dirty work up there battling with big defenders. Get him signed.
But he doesn't score goals so how will that solve our problems?

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by Jim » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:51 pm

blue nige wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:31 pm
Mark Johnson wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:25 pm I would be happy with Holloway. Great at bringing others in to the game and does a lot of the dirty work up there battling with big defenders. Get him signed.
But he doesn't score goals so how will that solve our problems?
We need someone to hold the ball and bring the ‘fox’ into play. We need cover for Bennett in that role. Holloway would provide that if Bennett is absent.

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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by Van Der Nipper » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:53 pm

I honestly can't believe we are still talking about Holloway,this forum never fails to amaze me.
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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by Jonty » Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:56 pm

Van Der Nipper wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:53 pm I honestly can't believe we are still talking about Holloway,this forum never fails to amaze me.
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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by Jonty » Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:03 pm

blumooncrab wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:06 pm
Suffolk Blue wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:38 pm Waters is a self- proclaimed ‘fox in the box”. He won’t deliver from booming long balls and arcing crosses. He’ll be effective at playing off a CF or from set pieces where there’s crowding in the box.
Interstate point , because notably last night wide balls into the box , of which there were plenty last season, were very few and far between. No Hutton. No Brough. No Kay. It’s also how Gordon got most of his (8?) goals last year.
Observed. Fewer deliveries from either side.
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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by blue nige » Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:12 pm

Jim wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:51 pm
blue nige wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:31 pm

But he doesn't score goals so how will that solve our problems?
We need someone to hold the ball and bring the ‘fox’ into play. We need cover for Bennett in that role. Holloway would provide that if Bennett is absent.
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Re: Fleetwood game

Post by Hitthebar22 » Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:43 pm

Van Der Nipper wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:53 pm I honestly can't believe we are still talking about Holloway,this forum never fails to amaze me.
There are many references on here to a "proven" striker being required, almost as though a player like that can bought from the supermarket. Any consistent goal scorers are like gold dust in the transfer market, they get poached to go up a league or two, or sideways for big money, and they command big fees. To fill the (apparent) void for us they need to be 1.available for transfer 2.affordable 3.want to play for Barrow (ambition/geography/style of play). 4.be unsettled where they currently play, and want to move. Rhetorically, who is available to come in if any of those 4 factors are realistic? It's naïve to think that it's easy to get this mythical "proven" goal scorer. My only answer is drop the overused "proven" word (unless we were to be unbelievably lucky), and go with someone who Wild thinks can fit in and has the potential to do a job.

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