Do Morecambe need to spend in january?

[thegentlegiant]

it's all very well saying splash out on Connerton, where not made of Money and what little Money we've got id rather put towards signing Jevons & Panther on long term deals rather than wait till summer in a open auction



unless Morecambe did a swap player exchange or something with Aron Taylor, or Fraser McLachlan, Adams, McStay etc? for securing Connertons signature

Get rid of aaron taylor?? is this what you are saying, he is a very promising youngster and personally we should be keeping hold of players like taylor!

[RedRedWine1]

I'm a bit bemused by all the clambering for Connerton. If he wasn't a local lad I doubt we'd even be discussing him. Any money spent on his likes represents a massive gamble. He is playing well.....in the Unibond North, that's four levels below league two. That's a massive step, it won't be a case of bringing him in to score for fun. Duffy was a highly regarded prospect in the Conference North. During his brief stint with us he has not really lived up to the reputation which he arrived with.

Any surplus funds should be invested in keeping the likes of Jevons and Panther at the club.

Aaron is not ready for the first team yet, he needs to spend time somewhere where he can get games under his belt. That will be a couple of levels lower down the pyramid.

[darrenlock]

Redredwine.

Yes mate he would be going four leagues up ok that's a huge gamble but if you look at Jermain Beckford when he left the conference to go to Leeds that was two league's up playing for one of the biggest team in England even thou they are league1 no body can doubt that with 30,000 going every home match.
Also Charlton took a gamble with Stuart Flletword of Forest Green Rover's i think he scored like 30 goals before january and they took him on for 100.000 and he flop big time i think he is at Exeter now.
My point is just because of where the player play's unibond doesn't mean he could not have the talent to make the jump up and if he did move to Morecambe it's only 3-4 miles away from Lancaster.
And i'm sure Mark lillis likes the kid and will show him the ropes of league football good move i say only 15.000 a kid with talent and has a eye for goal.

[campdave]

I'm a great believer in that you have to speculate to accumulate. By signing someone like Jordan who is young, raw but obviously knows where the onion bag is , we would be investing in our future.

Remember we entered a bidding war for the lad who eventually signed for York and he hasn't exactly set the Blue Square of fire to date. Was it £45K we offered? Anything in the region of £15K for Jordan would seem like good business sence to me. Not a big fee by any means but with add ons should the guy move on, City would be well compensated. Also I can't see City holding back on a deal with us, despite the local rivalry, if they had assurances long term about additional payments and if it meant that a local lad could further his career at a League club.

Funny, "speculating to accumulate" wasn't your opinion when we were buying Duffy, nor did anyone say the same thing after the signings of Carr, McCann, O'Carroll and Parrish at the start of last season. But hindsight is always 20:20.

[Christies Child]

I'd hate for any young prospect in the North Lancs / Cumbria area to escape from our radar, as the future of any club lies (in my opinion) investing in youth.

As for Jordan, the ideal solution from my point of view is for him to join us in full time training and gradually be introduced into the first team as we secure a mid table position of safety. City in return would take Aaron on a permanent loan until the end of the season. This would give Aaron the games he desperately needs, toughen him up in a rather physical league and would save City having to look for a replacement.

Jordan would benefit from Mark's coaching and it would give us the opportunity to develop him for possible first team duty next season. Aaron would return to us for pre-season training , stronger, tougher and hopefully more equiped to challenge the other strikers on a regular basis.


My family are watching 'The Wizard of Oz'.....maybe I'm living in a make belief fantasy world as well!

[Christies Child]

Campdave....maybe one day you'll start a topic of your own rather than past cynical remarks about others.....we can but live in hope!

[campdave]

Campdave....maybe one day you'll start a topic of your own rather than past cynical remarks about others.....we can but live in hope!

What has the number of threads I start got to do with anything? You were openly doubtful about the Duffy signing, yet he's as much of an unproven gamble as this Connerton fellow. Only difference is, Duffy wasn't "discovered" by you.

[Christies Child]

Campdave....maybe one day you'll start a topic of your own rather than past cynical remarks about others.....we can but live in hope!

What has the number of threads I start got to do with anything? You were openly doubtful about the Duffy signing, yet he's as much of an unproven gamble as this Connerton fellow. Only difference is, Duffy wasn't "discovered" by you.

...and neither was Jordan Connerton for that matter.

As for 'your' threads...it would be a welcome change from the constant cynical comments at others that you seem to take great delight in!

[campdave]

As for 'your' threads...it would be a welcome change from the constant cynical comments at others that you seem to take great delight in!

I'll spare the board the inanity. One person posting their every waking thought is probably enough.

[ezz]

Are Christie's Child and Campdave the same person?
Does one of them get bored and made their opposite ego to argue against themselves?

Question is which is the original, CC or CD?

[shrimpnsave]

nah,its called goodwill to all mankind

[Christies Child]

Can't recall that being a question in 'Trivial Pursuits' last night...

[OvertheBar]

If we have the funds...buy. Clearly we need to buy better than we have and suitable for this level, but why not buy if we can afford it?

I like the current squad, it is well balanced and has lads who want to have a shot. Yet things change quickly when a few injuries pile up and suspensions take toll. So yep...buy...why not?

[darrenlock]

Danny Adams how comes he is over-weight if he is a professional footballer i watched him vs Screwsbury closly and boy did he look slow and please sammy mac don't start him tomorrow lol.
Taylor his young and i hope he starts to prove his critics wrong sounds to me like he need a break in football.

Im going 2-0 macclesfield or 0-0

[shrimpnsave]

Danny Adams how comes he is over-weight if he is a professional footballer i watched him vs Screwsbury closly and boy did he look slow and please sammy mac don't start him tomorrow lol.
Taylor his young and i hope he starts to prove his critics wrong sounds to me like he need a break in football.

Im going 2-0 macclesfield or 0-0

put adams in gooaal then and roach up front

[heysham_mfc]

to buy JC is a big gamble because no-one know if he is going to be able to cut it higher up and in full time football the best deal would be to get him for a couple of weeks and have him play for the reserves which will give us a better idea if he is up to it

[mrpotatohead]

I do not think lancaster will lend their goal machine,to anyone to possibly not cut the mustard, they will be happy for him to keep scoring, and improve their team, if he moves it will be for hard cash plus add ons

[campdave]

excited to see we now have dietry experts on sv.

[George Dawes]

excited to see we now have dietry experts on sv.

thank you!

if anybody here needs a diet program just PM me and let me know the type of job you and if your a vegetarian or not or have any food allergies, you need to eat to lose weight but it's important you eat the right foods

just PM


and exercise depends how much time you have available with work and family commitment's, unless your a professional footballer who's more time available compered to everyday people to devote there body's to being even fitter and trimmer than most people and not have any worries about being overweight

[Christies Child]

If we`er on about Connerton, ask yourself this, why did we miss him in the first place? Along with the handful of kids that are other clubs. I keep going on about these decent footballers going out of the district, why do we let it happen. Because we do not have a solid youth policy in place.

Again, I agree with you too, but different managers have different styles, preferences and priorities. I would like to see more focus on 'home grown' youth development but you can't argue that the existing policy isn't successful.[/quote]

We used to have a reputation for developing our own talent. Thommo, Hunter, Drummy and Wayne come readily to mind and interestingly ALL are now established league players.

Unfortunately nobody appears to be coming through hence why we have to buy or pick up released players from other clubs or loanees.

Accrington now seem to be developing their youth system and their current leading scorer Grant is a product of their youth development and is being looked at by numerous league scouts.

However as has been said one can't argue about the relative success of the current policy, but going forward..

[northstandshrimp2009]

How much Money has Sammy been given to spend?Ideally he should try and buy Jevons ,hes fitted in perfectly into our Squad and would like to stay with us.