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From kempston . Anyone know anything about this lad? An attacking MD . He must have talent if peaks has brought him in

Anyone who saw what he did to Blaize and Westy when we played them will know what he is capable of!!

bozzer wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:39 pm Anyone who saw what he did to Blaize and Westy when we played them will know what he is capable of!!

Okaaaay take it he’s has something then lol

I'm glad we're going down the route of bringing in the better players from lower tiers rather than going for ex-conference players. Must be better for the wage bill and we won't see as much of the complacency!

ParcelFace wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:38 am I'm glad we're going down the route of bringing in the better players from lower tiers rather than going for ex-conference players. Must be better for the wage bill and we won't see as much of the complacency!

That's a good point. Looking through our squad, do we have any player that has joined us from a higher level club?

sussexdiamond wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:15 am

ParcelFace wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:38 am I'm glad we're going down the route of bringing in the better players from lower tiers rather than going for ex-conference players. Must be better for the wage bill and we won't see as much of the complacency!

That's a good point. Looking through our squad, do we have any player that has joined us from a higher level club?

Dolman dropped from step 3 I think to join us

diamondsteve wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:41 am Dolman dropped from step 3 I think to join us

Daventry Town were Step 4 at the time but they had a very good side and played Chesterfield in the FA Cup.

Jack Westbrook dropped 1 level to join us when he left Banbury last season. The only other example I can quickly think of.

There are a lot of good players out there in the lower leagues but not every manager wants to or is able to risk giving them a chance, in our case we are safe, doing better than anyone would have expected before the league kicked off and are able to give players a chance to play without too much pressure on the results so they can show what they can do. Welcome to Ben!

another Ben! Other first names are available. Seriously - looks like a good signing, particularly with Dolman and Ashton out injured.