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Hope it’s some incomings. This week was pretty dull tbh
6 weeks to go. I think ideally NC will want the majority of the squad in for season start.

I’d say bare minimum we need another keeper, 2 centre mid (one needs to be left sided), another attacking right back too.

My main concern would be the centre of defence. I’d argue we currently don’t have anyone good enough (Ekpitata might turn out ok but is untried at this level) for a team looking to be in the promotion scrap. I’m sure this will be sorted and ASAP.
 
Ekpiteta should be a good signing, although I believe some of their fans said he will perform better with an experienced defender along side him for guidance.

with that in mind, permanently we need;

a centre midfielder
An experienced centre back
A keeper (2nd choice and cup)

On loan;

A back up centre back, rotating into the squad when needed.
Centre midfielder to provide depth.
Maybe a right back

(Hopefully the loans will come from the premier league or championship u23 sides)
 
I don't think he gets up this early.
It might be couple of hours yet before he start tweeting.
 
Not sure if we need another striker having lost Hardie and Weston, if something happens to Yates we would be short of options, don’t like the idea of pushing a player like Fonz up front.
 
Someone want to go out and get a Sun to see or we all waiting for him to Tweet?

(I’m not near anywhere I can get a copy!)
 
Hope it works out well for the lad. Will get to play in front of 50k+ at celtic and rangers.

Goes against the grain but I thought he was good enough for this league, and was in the team when we looked our best in the first 8 or 10 games last season. Needed a ball-playing centre half next to him.

He started getting pelters when he was asked to bomb up the wing when grayson started accommodating heneghan. Almost asked to be a tricky winger, weirdly enough he wasn't.
 
I don’t think anyone’s said he isn’t good enough for this league. He‘s proved that he can defend it the issue is around his ability to play with the ball at his feet and the style we’re wanting to implement.
 
Thornilley is left sided. He hasn’t really featured yet, apart from the odd debacle such as at Wycombe, where he was basically sold short all night by Heneghan.
 
I don’t think anyone’s said he isn’t good enough for this league. He‘s proved that he can defend it the issue is around his ability to play with the ball at his feet and the style we’re wanting to implement.
Not sure, I've read plenty of disparaging remarks on this board about him.

Also a bit of a fallacy to think we need a team of beckenbauers to play out from the back. If your full backs and one centre half is comfortable on the ball that is more than enough.
 
Hope it works out well for the lad. Will get to play in front of 50k+ at celtic and rangers.

Goes against the grain but I thought he was good enough for this league, and was in the team when we looked our best in the first 8 or 10 games last season. Needed a ball-playing centre half next to him.

He started getting pelters when he was asked to bomb up the wing when grayson started accommodating heneghan. Almost asked to be a tricky winger, weirdly enough he wasn't.
Good final point. Playing on the right side of a back three just never was his position. I hate to say it but it was so blatantly obvious yet Grayson couldn't see it.
 
Might have to move some players on don t want to fall foul of the fair pay rules for wages according to
Wikipedia we already have 27 players.
 
I'm happy with this.
Moving on yet another player who was more than likely surplus to requirements so NC gets the chance to bring in someone else he wants.
Edwards was a bog standard, ten a penny League One centre half, I'd like to think we can bring in better than him.
Another player in his early twenties with potential to improve and sell on for a big fee please 👍
 
Don't forget about Madine.
I am expecting Madine to have a good season, but doubt he can be expected to play every week. I also understand Anderson can play up front but like the Fonz they are not out and out strikers, so I still think if something happens to Yates our options are limited ( Madine plus either Nutall or a makeshift striker). I doubt we will play a lone striker so I still think we need another to replace Haride and Weston either whom could have given the manger options to consider.
 
Not sure, I've read plenty of disparaging remarks on this board about him.

Also a bit of a fallacy to think we need a team of beckenbauers to play out from the back. If your full backs and one centre half is comfortable on the ball that is more than enough.

Agree with everything you say and I actually don't think his distribution was *that bad*

He's a league one player, not VVD and I thought as a centre half he read the game well (he had to as he has no pace at all) and looked decent at the centre of the three.

He's not a player to build a championship winning campaign in the league above around but actually, I thought he did fine in his rightful position and despite him looking horribly uncomfortable on the right, I don't remember him doing anything other than manfully doing his best there.

He's experienced enough to keep it simple and play within his limits.
 
I am expecting Madine to have a good season, but doubt he can be expected to play every week. I also understand Anderson can play up front but like the Fonz they are not out and out strikers, so I still think if something happens to Yates our options are limited ( Madine plus either Nutall or a makeshift striker). I doubt we will play a lone striker so I still think we need another to replace Haride and Weston either whom could have given the manger options to consider.
Admire your confidence but I have my doubts. Movement and pace aren't his greatest strengths and if Critchley wants to play that way I only see Madine being an impact player from the bench ifwe are perhaps chasing the game.
 
Question is, how much will we get for him? Surely our lack of players in that position means around 100k plus?
 
Agree with everything you say and I actually don't think his distribution was *that bad*

He's a league one player, not VVD and I thought as a centre half he read the game well (he had to as he has no pace at all) and looked decent at the centre of the three.

He's not a player to build a championship winning campaign in the league above around but actually, I thought he did fine in his rightful position and despite him looking horribly uncomfortable on the right, I don't remember him doing anything other than manfully doing his best there.

He's experienced enough to keep it simple and play within his limits.
Yep agree again. It's just a case of how Critchley wants to play it. I'd certainly want another centre half in if it's just a two and if it's a three he has to be the middle one. But overall I think he'll either be gone or at best a sub for us.
 
I am expecting Madine to have a good season, but doubt he can be expected to play every week. I also understand Anderson can play up front but like the Fonz they are not out and out strikers, so I still think if something happens to Yates our options are limited ( Madine plus either Nutall or a makeshift striker). I doubt we will play a lone striker so I still think we need another to replace Haride and Weston either whom could have given the manger options to consider.

It troubles me slightly that if Madine is on the money we think he is, he comes with caveats like 'he can't play every week'

I'm not disagreeing and I stuck up for him at back end of last season but he does seem a big wage for a player who probably isn't a starter week in and out for a variety of reasons.

I see him as insurance. Critchball not working. ** it to Big Gaz instead.

I think it's very important to have a plan B.
 
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I am expecting Madine to have a good season, but doubt he can be expected to play every week. I also understand Anderson can play up front but like the Fonz they are not out and out strikers, so I still think if something happens to Yates our options are limited ( Madine plus either Nutall or a makeshift striker). I doubt we will play a lone striker so I still think we need another to replace Haride and Weston either whom could have given the manger options to consider.
Madine will bag a handful in this division
 
Admire your confidence but I have my doubts. Movement and pace aren't his greatest strengths and if Critchley wants to play that way I only see Madine being an impact player from the bench ifwe are perhaps chasing the game.
You could well be right, but going back to my original point if Yates is out for some time and as you say Madine is just an impact player coming off the bench then our options are very limited Nuttal to lead the line supported by a makeshift striker such as Fonz or Anderson. I cannot see that getting us anywhere enough goals to chase a top 6 place, so I think at least one of loans should be a young forward.
 
Said from the start we needed 3. With big Marv on board we need another 2
Don't forget Thorniley mate, came with a good rep from MASSIVE fans, according to Scrafton he had some bad luck with injuries etc last year, I'd still say we need 2 tbh but he could be like a new signing himself.

We've got a few like that tbh, Thorniley, Grant, Madine.......none of them were fit last year Imo
 
Don't forget Thorniley mate, came with a good rep from MASSIVE fans, according to Scrafton he had some bad luck with injuries etc last year, I'd still say we need 2 tbh but he could be like a new signing himself.

We've got a few like that tbh, Thorniley, Grant, Madine.......none of them were fit last year Imo
Agree, as you say what we need we may already have. Just not had the chance to see the best of them for one reason or another.
 
I wonder whether Kaikai could be the man up front. He’s got pace and skill and can finish.
Plus our loan signing might this season be a young striker?
 
I wonder whether Kaikai could be the man up front. He’s got pace and skill and can finish.
Plus our loan signing might this season be a young striker?
I think our main system it'll be 1 central striker (Yates) with a 2 of Sarkic, Anderson, Hamilton, KaiKai etc playing wide of him, and a no,10 just behind.......
 
I think our main system it'll be 1 central striker (Yates) with a 2 of Sarkic, Anderson, Hamilton, KaiKai etc playing wide of him, and a no,10 just behind.......

Hamilton prefers to be more central so would be shocked to see him as that number 10 type
 
The club has a squad of 27 players according to wikipedia a lot of whom we have never seen play
how can we say the club needs more players?
 
We've got gaps, but there's no doubt we've got more skill and pace than we had and I'm excited to see how it all works on the pitch in reality.

I'd agree with the above that the one *absolute must* as a perm (or a long term loan with a view to perm) is really good central defender with experience.

I think everywhere else we can loan or we might have a player who will surprise us but we need that one player.
 
The club has a squad of 27 players according to wikipedia a lot of whom we have never seen play
how can we say the club needs more players?
Because it's not a case of counting numbers is it? We'll move players on and get better ones in. We're short in midfield and at centre back and I'd be looking for another keeper.
 
The club has a squad of 27 players according to wikipedia a lot of whom we have never seen play
how can we say the club needs more players?

I'd guess Yussuf, Devitt, Shaw and Bange will be offered loans, either to get them out of the way or to give them experience of competition which takes us down to 23. Rob Edwards is off probably so that's 22.

Then you've Garrity, Antwi and Sims who have almost no experience of pro football at first team level.

That's now 19 what you'd call 'established' players.

Whether Garrity can step up to offer something really interests me. Critch put him on the bench in his last game above more established players suggesting he liked what he'd seen.
 
I'd guess Yussuf, Devitt, Shaw and Bange will be offered loans, either to get them out of the way or to give them experience of competition which takes us down to 23. Rob Edwards is off probably so that's 22.

Then you've Garrity, Antwi and Sims who have almost no experience of pro football at first team level.

That's now 19 what you'd call 'established' players.

Whether Garrity can step up to offer something really interests me. Critch put him on the bench in his last game above more established players suggesting he liked what he'd seen.
Bange is on a 1 year youth extension following an injury hit season. No need for him to go out on loan.
 
Bange is on a 1 year youth extension following an injury hit season. No need for him to go out on loan.

Fair do's. On that basis he shouldn't really be considered as part of the 'first team squad' either I guess and thus the real number of actual potential first teamers is still at a lower level than it looks.
 
It's RYAN Edwards, TD53. 😉

We don't want a hattrick of Rob Edwards. One of them was bad enough and I didn't think the other was too great either.
 
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