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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Darlo_CR » Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:05 am

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.

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Allan Quatermain » Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:15 am

Darlo_CR wrote:
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.

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Darlofan97 » Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:40 am

Ball has re-signed for Barwell.

Got to be Styche we are in for.

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Spyman » Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:53 pm

Darlofan97 wrote:Ball has re-signed for Barwell.

Got to be Styche we are in for.
Why not Weir-Daley?
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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by shadwellman » Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:19 pm

Would this be a cartwheel signing?

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by The Golden Hairclip » Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:23 pm

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


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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Allan Quatermain » Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:34 pm

The Golden Hairclip wrote:...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.
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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by lo36789 » Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:43 pm

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...

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by theoriginalfatcat » Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:10 pm

Allan Quatermain wrote:
The Golden Hairclip wrote:...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.
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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by QUAKERMAN2 » Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:43 pm

The Golden Hairclip wrote:...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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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by The Golden Hairclip » Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:48 pm

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The Golden Hairclip wrote:...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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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by LoidLucan » Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:01 pm

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 :shock:
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Post by QUAKERMAN2 » Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:22 pm

LoidLucan wrote: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 :shock:
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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Post by Darlo_Pete » Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:25 pm

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

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Big Tim » Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:31 pm

The Golden Hairclip wrote:
QUAKERMAN2 wrote:
The Golden Hairclip wrote:...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.

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by LoidLucan » Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:59 pm

Darlo_Pete wrote: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).

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Spyman » Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:44 pm

QUAKERMAN2 wrote:
LoidLucan wrote: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 :shock:
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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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by JamesDarlo » Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:12 pm

Spyman wrote:
QUAKERMAN2 wrote:
LoidLucan wrote: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 :shock:
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?

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by al_quaker » Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:33 pm

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

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by QUAKERMAN2 » Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:06 pm

Spyman wrote:
QUAKERMAN2 wrote:
LoidLucan wrote: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 :shock:
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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Post by My opinion » Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:36 pm

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.

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Spyman » Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:42 pm

QUAKERMAN2 wrote:
Spyman wrote:
QUAKERMAN2 wrote:
LoidLucan wrote: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 :shock:
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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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by quakermass » Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:40 am

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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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Spyman » Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:18 am

quakermass wrote: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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On Sunday April 29, 2012 at 10:25 pm, Darlo Cockney wrote:Sadly some people have nothing better to do that invent rumours.

We will be playing at the arena again next season - fact.

Quakerz - if you actually attended games and spoke to people you might actually find our facts, rather than spreading s*** on this board.

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by QUAKERMAN2 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:37 am

Spyman wrote:
quakermass wrote: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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Post by jjljks » Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:50 am

al_quaker wrote: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 :ugeek:

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Post by Darlo_Pete » Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:50 am

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.

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by Spyman » Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:54 am

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quakermass wrote: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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We will be playing at the arena again next season - fact.

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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by theoriginalfatcat » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:54 am

Spyman wrote: 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.
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Re: Styche is our new striker!

Post by quaker4life » Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:30 pm

theoriginalfatcat wrote:
Spyman wrote:
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.
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