Clifford Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Bar his immense chest trap skills is there anything else the former Wycombe reserve brings to the team? I've never seen a 'striker' so uninterested in trying to score. Appalling again tonight in the areas that matter. Cannot see how we can start a man who offers no threat when we score so little. The midfield didn't do too badly tonight with Gardner and Byrne creating but he was still invisible in and around their box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I just posted exactly the same on another thread, he couldn't get past Gunning tonight - and at 72yo I reckon I'm quicker than him. He cannot start on Saturday and two new striker signings are a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsLegend Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Yep. Think I agree with this one. Can be the best in the world at holding the ball up but its pretty pointless in a team like this and if you do nothing with the ball afterwards. Besides, he spends half of some games whinging at the referee and sulking when it doesn't go his way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Anybody still think we've signed a Championship striker then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemboy Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 He holds the ball up well but is a bit of a one trick pony for a striker.Just wish he could find the net for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowl Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I wonder if he was our 5th penalty taker?? I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayItLivo Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 He's always been shit. It's just taken a season and a half for people to realise it. I wish it was him that got released and not Glackin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisbrogan Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I know it's no biggie but it'd have been nice if he could have backed himself to score a penalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjagger Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Only way he can be in the team is if we have lots of runners from midfield which we do not have so doomed to fail would not be in my team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I reckon this is Ollie Banks's favourite OWTB thread ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, HarryBosch said: I reckon this is Ollie Banks's favourite OWTB thread ....... Banks far better than this fraud tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-latic Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Baffles me how people thought we would actually score goals this season when we're starting up top with a man who has 4 in 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshawlatic Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 20 minutes ago, PlayItLivo said: He's always been shit. It's just taken a season and a half for people to realise it. I wish it was him that got released and not Glackin Holloway isn't great and absolutely zero goal threat but Glackin looked a complete fish out of water in his first team appearances last season - jumping for a ball 3 feet behind him was cringeworthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-latic Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Just googled it and it's even worse 9 goals in 107 career appearances.... I genuinely believe there's several people who post on here who would score more than that. The aim of a football match is to win, to win you have to score goals. We just about coped last season because our defence was immense and we had Ripley, but this season we need to score some bloody goals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 It's not just Holloway, we seem to have a penchant for shot shy ineffective players who are also weak with no real desire to make something happen. Half that squad are stealing a living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magister Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 24 minutes ago, PlayItLivo said: He's always been shit. It's just taken a season and a half for people to realise it. I wish it was him that got released and not Glackin Some people did not take a season and a half to realise it ...but they lust got dog's abuse for mentioning it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) Talk of him being a fraud is well off the mark however there does become a point when a striker has to score goals. As terrible a side as we are, which is likely to effect a target man more than anybody else, you still feel like if he was fed chances the goals return would be very poor. For a cultured player who can play with the ball on the floor he should be so much more composed in front of goal. Time to take him out of the side, I agree. We've also been too reliant on his aerial abilities. This season has been an exhibition of hoofball so far. Byrne should counterbalance that, and you also feel the exclusion of Holloway would discourage it as well. Unfortunately a replacement isn't obvious with the start Duffus has made. It's a lot of pressure on Davies to be the man having not scored regular goals for donkeys. Edited August 29, 2017 by NewBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 1 hour ago, mickjagger said: Only way he can be in the team is if we have lots of runners from midfield which we do not have so doomed to fail would not be in my team. Precisely. He should be used to press the defence back and create space and chances for 3 midfielders to run into. He'd probably score a few himself with that. With Byrne and Gardner in we could do with more of a Curtis Maine to run through onto passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Holloway was a good striker for us when we we had the players around him that clicked, the ball would always stick up top for us with him and Main and they'd both work there socks off, Holloway would lay it onto someone else i.e. Palmer who would create for us further up the pitch it seems Holloway has been found out now, referees have also stopped giving him free kicks, he's never scored goals shame really it's not working out at the minute because he can be a decent player at his best. It just seems he's fighting a losing battle with no support coming from his teammates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngen Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 The first time I've seen him actually look mobile was the move for the goal at Blackpool Saturday. Found himself in acres just by playing along the line instead of standing waiting for it to hit his chest, which he got bullied for most of the game. He still missed the chance mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Perimeter West Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Didn't we pay 100k for this goal machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 We could play Clarke or Gerrard up front and they'd do as good a job as Holloway. Warren Feeney II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 From my observations watching him last night I'd say he won't play on Saturday due to an injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I'll give him an assist at Blackpool. Getting on yo the ball over the top might be a strength. Maybe we should play him in more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 15 minutes ago, opinions4u said: I'll give him an assist at Blackpool. Getting on yo the ball over the top might be a strength. Maybe we should play him in more often. Hard to play him in when he's hiding on the half way line. Chest trap, iffy pass, stand still / drift wide. He never lays off and goes towards the goal. Puts all the pressure on his partner to get the goals. Why isn't Tope playing? Is he injured? Looked a real goal threat last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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