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Post by slomasscfc on Mar 13, 2023 11:13:54 GMT
If we don't go up this year I'd expect Stott to go hard again and wouldn't be surprised if none of the aforementioned are kept on for next year as be plenty of out of contract players we can go for better than the above Only ones I'd consider keeping Ben os worth keeping sure we be looking for a longer term solution there but seen off all contenders to his throne so far and won't get better backup or have a problem with him as number one either Johnson did well Saturday but overall won't be kept on Hussey has served us reasonably well but we won't be pinning our hopes on a 35yr old its position I'd expect a marquee signing in summer for and maybe Pye to comeback as backup Byrne may be worth another year still at decent age and be relatively low risk although I don't want to turn this into a transfer thread I think going for will Boyle from Huddersfield (he's got one year left on his Huddersfield contract in summer) and having pye as back up would be very good for us. I think pye is at a stage now where he can be back up and if the first choice gets injured then pye can get valuable minutes and be the first player to come from the academy to be slowly integrated into the team since festus Arthur. Admittedly they did both start in Rochdale u18 Festus started out with Oldham I think
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 13, 2023 11:21:50 GMT
although I don't want to turn this into a transfer thread I think going for will Boyle from Huddersfield (he's got one year left on his Huddersfield contract in summer) and having pye as back up would be very good for us. I think pye is at a stage now where he can be back up and if the first choice gets injured then pye can get valuable minutes and be the first player to come from the academy to be slowly integrated into the team since festus Arthur. Admittedly they did both start in Rochdale u18 Festus started out with Oldham I think Oldham/Rochdale same thing
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Post by wnm on Mar 13, 2023 13:12:05 GMT
Is Bardsley still injured? Not been seen since the Wallsall Cup game. yeah knee injury and I think he's taken a long holiday going off pictures but they may be old pics Had surgery this week.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 13, 2023 13:14:03 GMT
Bumping this to merge the contract threads.
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Post by philtheglass on Mar 13, 2023 13:23:54 GMT
Not being funny, but when did anyone actually see Ethan Pye play ? He might be performing ok in a struggling Gateshead side, but we've already seen plenty of examples of players who've struggled with the gulf between the NL & EFL2, so i wouldn't be too confident that he can make the jump
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Post by HTC on Mar 13, 2023 13:28:14 GMT
Not being funny, but when did anyone actually see Ethan Pye play ? He might be performing ok in a struggling Gateshead side, but we've already seen plenty of examples of players who've struggled with the gulf between the NL & EFL2, so i wouldn't be too confident that he can make the jump played against Bolton in the cup last year (away game) and another game or two around the same time.
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Post by gibbo on Mar 13, 2023 13:31:10 GMT
Not being funny, but when did anyone actually see Ethan Pye play ? He might be performing ok in a struggling Gateshead side, but we've already seen plenty of examples of players who've struggled with the gulf between the NL & EFL2, so i wouldn't be too confident that he can make the jump He started 2 away games last season I believe? Sure some have seen them. Also looked composed in the cameo at Bolton. Played every round of the Cheshire Senior Cup - I saw a few of those and liked what I saw (admittedly it's a lower standard). Not going to be a much bigger sample size for a young player at this point. (same with Cody)
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Post by Ngard on Mar 13, 2023 13:43:29 GMT
Not being funny, but when did anyone actually see Ethan Pye play ? He might be performing ok in a struggling Gateshead side, but we've already seen plenty of examples of players who've struggled with the gulf between the NL & EFL2, so i wouldn't be too confident that he can make the jump And equally seen one player make the jump from an even lower level and look like one of the best wide centre backs in the division.
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Post by suedehead on Mar 13, 2023 13:44:22 GMT
Not being funny, but when did anyone actually see Ethan Pye play ? He might be performing ok in a struggling Gateshead side, but we've already seen plenty of examples of players who've struggled with the gulf between the NL & EFL2, so i wouldn't be too confident that he can make the jump As others have said, he came on at Bolton and played at Dover. I defo haven't seen enough to say he's good enough or not but if he's doing well at Gateshead then good on him. I'm sure we're keeping close tabs on him.
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Post by m14hatter on Mar 13, 2023 13:49:47 GMT
Also started at Weymouth away from memory and did an alright job then.
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Post by houldsworthhatter on Mar 13, 2023 14:08:29 GMT
Also started at Weymouth away from memory and did an alright job then. He did. Crankshaw debut and he scored the winner as well. Edit: For clarity, Cranky scored the winner.
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 13, 2023 14:17:23 GMT
Not being funny, but when did anyone actually see Ethan Pye play ? He might be performing ok in a struggling Gateshead side, but we've already seen plenty of examples of players who've struggled with the gulf between the NL & EFL2, so i wouldn't be too confident that he can make the jump As others have said, he came on at Bolton and played at Dover. I defo haven't seen enough to say he's good enough or not but if he's doing well at Gateshead then good on him. I'm sure we're keeping close tabs on him. I think that's a good point in the fact non of us have seen any of our young players at a good level for long enough. But if we aren't willing to atleast give them a chance then what's the point it having young players. They are young and so we need to slowly integrate them into our matchday squad and 11s. We aren't just gonna chuck them straight in. Out of our academy/young players, pye and Cody Johnson are the two best ones probably. But with pye having more experience as he was on loan last season too. Cody Johnson is probably a few years away. Unless next season we send pye out on loan to a top national league side then to develop then he's never gonna develop into one of our main players. I don't know if that whole post make sense but I don't know how else to explain it.
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Post by philtheglass on Mar 13, 2023 14:19:06 GMT
Cheshire Senior cup...Dover...Weymouth...half an hour against Bolton nearly 18 months ago.....its not exactly proof that he can do it in the EFL is it ?
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Post by houldsworthhatter on Mar 13, 2023 14:20:39 GMT
Cheshire Senior cup...Dover...Weymouth...half an hour against Bolton nearly 18 months ago.....its not exactly proof that he can do it in the EFL is it ? Yeh we should drop Horsfall immediately and recall him……. He’s highly rated in the game by people in the know and professional. That’s good enough for me for now.
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 13, 2023 14:23:47 GMT
Cheshire Senior cup...Dover...Weymouth...half an hour against Bolton nearly 18 months ago.....its not exactly proof that he can do it in the EFL is it ? true, but what can he do to get that proof Same goes with Cody Johnson.
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