Styche is our new striker!

[Darlo_CR]

Indeed, it was Nuneaton's decision to pursue Greg Mills that allowed Styche to sign a permanent Lambs deal, after representing us on loan in the 2015/15 season.

Commenting on the signing, Manager Andy Morrell said “I'm delighted Reece has agreed to stay on. He had interest from other clubs but he loves it at Tamworth and wanted to continue working with Mike (Fowler) and I.

This is from the Tamworth website when he signed for them. It certainly raises questions as to why he’d want to play for Wright again if he was overlooked previously.

[Allan Quatermain]

Indeed, it was Nuneaton's decision to pursue Greg Mills that allowed Styche to sign a permanent Lambs deal, after representing us on loan in the 2015/15 season.

Commenting on the signing, Manager Andy Morrell said “I'm delighted Reece has agreed to stay on. He had interest from other clubs but he loves it at Tamworth and wanted to continue working with Mike (Fowler) and I.

This is from the Tamworth website when he signed for them. It certainly raises questions as to why he’d want to play for Wright again if he was overlooked previously.

A bit of verbal badge-kissing there.

Footballers are no different to the rest of us - we may love doing what we're doing for our current employers but the thought of doing the same thing for more money for a different gaffer soon turns the head.

[Darlofan97]

Ball has re-signed for Barwell.

Got to be Styche we are in for.

[Spyman]

Ball has re-signed for Barwell.

Got to be Styche we are in for.

Why not Weir-Daley?

[shadwellman]

Would this be a cartwheel signing?

[The Golden Hairclip]

...or maybe both if Harvey Saunders is on his way to York?


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[Allan Quatermain]

...or maybe both if Harvey Saunders is on his way to York?


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Would Saunders really go to York where his progress is likely to be stalled by not getting much game time under MG? I suspect he'll have more of an opportunity under our current managers than down the road.

Unless there is a hefty pay rise in the offing.

[lo36789]

Just as long as we sign him before we parade him round in a Darlington scarf and bring SkySports cameras to our chairman's house to film him pulling up and hugging him...

[theoriginalfatcat]

...or maybe both if Harvey Saunders is on his way to York?


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Would Saunders really go to York where his progress is likely to be stalled by not getting much game time under MG? I suspect he'll have more of an opportunity under our current managers than down the road.

Unless there is a hefty pay rise in the offing.

Is this a whoosh moment ?

[QUAKERMAN2]

...or maybe both if Harvey Saunders is on his way to York?


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Where have you heard this, surely Gray has enough strikers?

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[The Golden Hairclip]

...or maybe both if Harvey Saunders is on his way to York?


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Where have you heard this, surely Gray has enough strikers?

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Mutterings on The Tin Shed Facebook page so could be / probably is rubbish. Thought it was worth mentioning though as someone else might confirm or deny. It wouldn't surprise me though. He's a decent prospect and York would offer him the experience of being a full-time pro.


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[LoidLucan]

To be fair to Gray, you can understand why he would want back-up... he currently only has SIX strikers on the books at York and, looking elsewhere in the squad, he's now down to just four keepers (with one of them out on loan). Wait until he really gets into his stride with his signings

[QUAKERMAN2]

To be fair to Gray, you can understand why he would want back-up... he currently only has SIX strikers on the books at York and, looking elsewhere in the squad, he's now down to just four keepers. Wait until he really gets into his stride with his signings

He's like a loose cannon with that budget, I honestly could not see an awful lot wrong with York when we played them, god knows what their budget is and gates are only around the 2400 mark.Surely they will go P/T if they fail to go up.

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[Darlo_Pete]

Plenty of clubs at our level are maintaining full-time players on lower gates than York are getting. You just need a rich benefactor.

[Big Tim]

...or maybe both if Harvey Saunders is on his way to York?


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Where have you heard this, surely Gray has enough strikers?

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Mutterings on The Tin Shed Facebook page so could be / probably is rubbish. Thought it was worth mentioning though as someone else might confirm or deny. It wouldn't surprise me though. He's a decent prospect and York would offer him the experience of being a full-time pro.


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The same person also reckoned Gray had part ownership of Saunders, which is of course complete bollocks.

[LoidLucan]

Plenty of clubs at our level are maintaining full-time players on lower gates than York are getting. You just need a rich benefactor.

Just look at Brackley. Not full-time but they have a large, well resourced squad that features a fair number of players that won the Conference North title with Solihull Moors in 2015-16. They didn't attract them with peanuts. Currently second top, unbeaten at home and only lost two all season and last night's crowd to watch another victory... 343. They have an extremely wealthy backer (who used to play for them and went to school in the town) who ploughs the cash in without any fuss or fanfares and doesn't want anything in return. If they were relying on gate money and fundraising, they'd be somewhere deep down in the Glue Leagues (or Southern equivalent).

[Spyman]

To be fair to Gray, you can understand why he would want back-up... he currently only has SIX strikers on the books at York and, looking elsewhere in the squad, he's now down to just four keepers. Wait until he really gets into his stride with his signings

He's like a loose cannon with that budget, I honestly could not see an awful lot wrong with York when we played them, god knows what their budget is and gates are only around the 2400 mark.Surely they will go P/T if they fail to go up.

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There didn't look a lot wrong with us against York either but look what has happened since then.

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[JamesDarlo]

To be fair to Gray, you can understand why he would want back-up... he currently only has SIX strikers on the books at York and, looking elsewhere in the squad, he's now down to just four keepers. Wait until he really gets into his stride with his signings

He's like a loose cannon with that budget, I honestly could not see an awful lot wrong with York when we played them, god knows what their budget is and gates are only around the 2400 mark.Surely they will go P/T if they fail to go up.

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There didn't look a lot wrong with us against York either but look what has happened since then.

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Were you watching the first half of that game?

[al_quaker]

Can't believe we haven't signed this mystical striker yet. Wright out

[QUAKERMAN2]

To be fair to Gray, you can understand why he would want back-up... he currently only has SIX strikers on the books at York and, looking elsewhere in the squad, he's now down to just four keepers. Wait until he really gets into his stride with his signings

He's like a loose cannon with that budget, I honestly could not see an awful lot wrong with York when we played them, god knows what their budget is and gates are only around the 2400 mark.Surely they will go P/T if they fail to go up.

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There didn't look a lot wrong with us against York either but look what has happened since then.

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They were all over us in the first half and looked a far better side than us and were very unlucky not to win by 3 or 4. Were you there by any chance Spyman?

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[My opinion]

Well, I was at that game and agree that they were the better side in the first half. But we were the better team in the 2nd half.
Don't really know how they were unlucky not to win by 3 or 4 though. Could say that we were unlucky not to score whith our two very good chances.

[Spyman]

To be fair to Gray, you can understand why he would want back-up... he currently only has SIX strikers on the books at York and, looking elsewhere in the squad, he's now down to just four keepers. Wait until he really gets into his stride with his signings

He's like a loose cannon with that budget, I honestly could not see an awful lot wrong with York when we played them, god knows what their budget is and gates are only around the 2400 mark.Surely they will go P/T if they fail to go up.

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There didn't look a lot wrong with us against York either but look what has happened since then.

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They were all over us in the first half and looked a far better side than us and were very unlucky not to win by 3 or 4. Were you there by any chance Spyman?

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And the Salford game?

What's your point? Everyone was very positive after our start to the season. Right or wrong?

In fact, you said the following after Salford:
"What a result that was, good on MG with his team selection and we still have Thommo, Burgess and possibly Feaney(Fewster) to come into the squad.Roll on Wednesday and a good crowd at BM."

So you thought the squad looked good at the start of the season. Just like York's maybe did?



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[quakermass]

Have to agree with Quakerman on this one. We came back into the game second half against York but first half they battered us and should have been 4-0 up if it wasn’t for some of the worst finishing I’ve seen in years. Time to focus on the positives now...the 3 signings TW has brought in all seem promising and IMO a couple of good forwards and there’s still time to turn this season around (with the right balance of players).


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[Spyman]

Have to agree with Quakerman on this one. We came back into the game second half against York but first half they battered us and should have been 4-0 up if it wasn’t for some of the worst finishing I’ve seen in years. Time to focus on the positives now...the 3 signings TW has brought in all seem promising and IMO a couple of good forwards and there’s still time to turn this season around (with the right balance of players).


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I don't disagree about the York game but I'm not talking about individual games - I'm just pointing out that we looked strong and everyone was positive after the first few games, so things can turn very quickly and maybe that happened at York too.

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[QUAKERMAN2]

Have to agree with Quakerman on this one. We came back into the game second half against York but first half they battered us and should have been 4-0 up if it wasn’t for some of the worst finishing I’ve seen in years. Time to focus on the positives now...the 3 signings TW has brought in all seem promising and IMO a couple of good forwards and there’s still time to turn this season around (with the right balance of players).


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I don't disagree about the York game but I'm not talking about individual games - I'm just pointing out that we looked strong and everyone was positive after the first few games, so things can turn very quickly and maybe that happened at York too.

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But my original point Spyman was why MG needs to make significant changes to that York side who looked good that night.IMO this is typical of Gray.

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[jjljks]

Can't believe we haven't signed this mystical striker yet. Wright out

Think I spotted him in the queue behind Paulo Mendez in Poundland yesterday.
Well I was on my way to Specsavers

[Darlo_Pete]

If there was nothing wrong with the York team that played us, why then did Mills get the sack? Football has a lot to do with confidence and momentum. York like us clearly lost it and you need to bring someone new in to restore your fortunes and hopefully regain confidence and momentum.

Against York we were almost overrun in the first half, with Bartlett stopping us being thumped. Rarely does a side maintain such an advantage for a full 90 minutes. So we came back and shaded the second half, but on the balance of play York probably deserved to get a narrow victory, purely based on their dominant first half display as the second half was not dominated by us to the same extent.

[Spyman]

Have to agree with Quakerman on this one. We came back into the game second half against York but first half they battered us and should have been 4-0 up if it wasn’t for some of the worst finishing I’ve seen in years. Time to focus on the positives now...the 3 signings TW has brought in all seem promising and IMO a couple of good forwards and there’s still time to turn this season around (with the right balance of players).


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I don't disagree about the York game but I'm not talking about individual games - I'm just pointing out that we looked strong and everyone was positive after the first few games, so things can turn very quickly and maybe that happened at York too.

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But my original point Spyman was why MG needs to make significant changes to that York side who looked good that night.IMO this is typical of Gray.

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I agree with you - I don't see why either.

I was pointing out that many (not necessarily you) have also suggested over the last couple of months that we needed significant changes, yet barring some injuries we've had the same squad that beat Salford, drew with that York squad, and finished in the playoffs last season.

Sometimes players need to find their way again and rebuild confidence. Gray has never had the patience (or perhaps the coaching ability) to follow that route.

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[theoriginalfatcat]

I was pointing out that many (not necessarily you) have also suggested over the last couple of months that we needed significant changes, yet barring some injuries we've had the same squad that beat Salford, drew with that York squad, and finished in the playoffs last season.

Sometimes players need to find their way again and rebuild confidence. Gray has never had the patience (or perhaps the coaching ability) to follow that route.

I wonder if Gray felt vulnerable without a financial war chest backing him up and couldn't be as 'in yer face' with the players as before?

Without a big squad and with limited finances he couldn't threaten players with losing their place in the team if they didn't (or couldn't) perform 100%.

Obviously players need a rest too.

[quaker4life]

Obviously players need a rest too.

They've had plenty of time off this season.

Chorley away, the second half at Blyth and at home to Brackley.