Gone_Shrimping wrote:Bare bum wrote:
If he reproduces the form of early last season than great....
His form when he came back from injury was superb and vital in our 25 points from 14 games run.
I am wondering what the season holds for Andrew Tutte
We collected 25 points from our final 15 games - a great return that saved the clubs bacon. IMO, it is no coincidence that this run coincided with the arrival of Aaron Collins (I remember seeing him being shown around the ground before the Bury FC game wondering who he was) and Richie Bennett to provide much needed goals to our attack. IMO, this had little to do with the return of Andy Fleming, who started just 6 of those 15 games (W2 D3 L1) that you are referring to.
Sorry to pick you up on this, but I get pretty fed up with the fanfare Flemmo gets sometimes - because I think we have built him up into something that he isn't, and this is just another example of overstating his worth to the team.
I have nothing against Andy personally, he is a decent footballer - but other decent footballers we have/have had are/were not afforded the same immunity from criticism like Andy is - and I'm not sure why? For a creative midfield player, his goals and assist record is not what you'd expect from an experienced player at this level and from somebody who is so highly thought of (Played 263, scored 19, assists 14* over 9 seasons).
We've been seriously lacking goals from the middle of the park since Stew Drummond retired (he'd always chip in with half a dozen) - hopefully if Tutte can stay fit he can help out in this area, but we need more from Flemmo also.
*not sure assists stats have always been accurately kept - I hope that this is seriously understated, because that stat is terrible.