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blumooncrab wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:52 am should it not be David Dunn fronting up and welcoming his players ?

RedWeb wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:56 am

blumooncrab wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:52 am should it not be David Dunn fronting up and welcoming his players ?

Agree with that.

blumooncrab wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:52 am All in all, I think the club has done well so far. Perhaps we need some calming words of explanation about strategy from Paul Hornby?

Ok, but should it not be David Dunn fronting up and welcoming his players ?

blumooncrab wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:52 am All in all, I think the club has done well so far. Perhaps we need some calming words of explanation about strategy from Paul Hornby?

Ok, but should it not be David Dunn fronting up and welcoming his players ?

Jim wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:05 am

None of the signings will be players that Dunn knows (I assume) so, as he has only been with us a couple of weeks, were they perhaps on a list before he came?

Walneywanderer1979 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:51 pm Let's give the lads a chance Jones has good league football pedigree James is still young and has potential and beading was a regular is Scottish championship level not too bad of signings players come and go and if Rooney didn't fancy league 2 and stockpot were offering him more money and closer to home you can't blame him thanks for what you did for us John and we move on plenty more signings to come yet it's all about needing a decent size squad to compete at league 2 level so let's see who else we bring in it's not all doom and gloom

Jim wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:26 am The club wanted to create excitement by drip feeding the news on Twitter, which is fair enough. Unfortunately, the first news was Rooney leaving. Perhaps that big 'downer' influenced the less than enthusiastic reaction from some people to the signings.

Firstly, Rooney was a highly influential player last season. However, as far as I know, he hadn't exactly been star man in much of the previous 10 years of his career, so perhaps we have got a good deal. Perhaps he was a one-season wonder, and it is suggested that he didn't want to play in L2 anyway. It will be interesting to see if he is a star man at Stockport, won't it?

Re the signings, I am not sure about James, will have to see how he performs. Jones is obviously a very experienced player, apparently much admired by Carlisle fans, and he should be very influential for us. Beadling also looks very promising: his promo inevitably shows his best play, but an endorsement from Kenny Lowe is reassuring. All in all, I think the club has done well so far. Perhaps we need some calming words of explanation about strategy from Paul Hornby?

Oh, and we do need to strengthen central defence, so I am looking forward to some more signings in that area!

NORTHERNSOUL wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:10 am

Jim wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:26 am The club wanted to create excitement by drip feeding the news on Twitter, which is fair enough. Unfortunately, the first news was Rooney leaving. Perhaps that big 'downer' influenced the less than enthusiastic reaction from some people to the signings.

Firstly, Rooney was a highly influential player last season. However, as far as I know, he hadn't exactly been star man in much of the previous 10 years of his career, so perhaps we have got a good deal. Perhaps he was a one-season wonder, and it is suggested that he didn't want to play in L2 anyway. It will be interesting to see if he is a star man at Stockport, won't it?

Re the signings, I am not sure about James, will have to see how he performs. Jones is obviously a very experienced player, apparently much admired by Carlisle fans, and he should be very influential for us. Beadling also looks very promising: his promo inevitably shows his best play, but an endorsement from Kenny Lowe is reassuring. All in all, I think the club has done well so far. Perhaps we need some calming words of explanation about strategy from Paul Hornby?

Oh, and we do need to strengthen central defence, so I am looking forward to some more signings in that area!

You may remember I recommended Mike Jones as a good target for you on the day he was not offered a new contract at Carlisle.

He lives very close to Hopwood and is obviously used to the trip up the M6 so that shouldn't be a problem given that he won't be making it half as often.

But a big plus that I would hope Dunn will tap into is he.s a very well-liked bloke who has a massive amount of mates/contacts in the game and its virtually impossible to find anyone with a bad word to say against him.

K52 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:58 pm

NORTHERNSOUL wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:10 am

You may remember I recommended Mike Jones as a good target for you on the day he was not offered a new contract at Carlisle.

He lives very close to Hopwood and is obviously used to the trip up the M6 so that shouldn't be a problem given that he won't be making it half as often.

But a big plus that I would hope Dunn will tap into is he.s a very well-liked bloke who has a massive amount of mates/contacts in the game and its virtually impossible to find anyone with a bad word to say against him.

Carlisle fan in peace here - thought I’d have a look at what you made of the Jones signing.

Couple of things:
Jones was let go because our manager thought it unacceptable to ask him to do take two pay cuts in as many years. (Long story cut short, he was on one of Keith Curles ridicolous bonus contracts). Otherwise Jones would of still been at Carlisle, a L2 club who gets a player of Jones ability and personal traits should consider it a coup.

He doesn’t live in Hopwood, moved to Sheffield last year.

From what I seen of the way you played last year rooney would of struggled in L2, no doubt theirs a great player in him, but very few teams manage to include a player like him in the middle of the park (often get shoved out wide). Got to compare him to the players who play that role in L2 like Sarcevic and he’s not even on the same page.

mightywhite wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:11 pm

K52 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:58 pm

Carlisle fan in peace here - thought I’d have a look at what you made of the Jones signing.

Couple of things:
Jones was let go because our manager thought it unacceptable to ask him to do take two pay cuts in as many years. (Long story cut short, he was on one of Keith Curles ridicolous bonus contracts). Otherwise Jones would of still been at Carlisle, a L2 club who gets a player of Jones ability and personal traits should consider it a coup.

He doesn’t live in Hopwood, moved to Sheffield last year.

From what I seen of the way you played last year rooney would of struggled in L2, no doubt theirs a great player in him, but very few teams manage to include a player like him in the middle of the park (often get shoved out wide). Got to compare him to the players who play that role in L2 like Sarcevic and he’s not even on the same page.

This is the most sense I’ve read on this forum in months and it’s from a Carlisle fan..thanks for the contribution. I think he is exactly what we need.

Wintergreen wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:45 am can’t wait to see what DD can do with them.