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Two year deal according to Sky Sports. First time in years we've lost a number of players upwards?

Robin wrote:Two year deal according to Sky Sports. First time in years we've lost a number of players upwards?

then one can assume we underachieved or were mismanaged?

Robin wrote:Two year deal according to Sky Sports. First time in years we've lost a number of players upwards?

Certainly the most in a season, though last year of course we had Mo to Vale and Pack to City last summer (Hector going as well, though on loan).

Then a steady trickle in recent seasons with Thomas and Summers.

Most over rated player to ever play for CTFC

Good riddence

Will quickly get found out I expect, lack of crossing ability will flare up even more in League 1.

Horteng wrote:Most over rated player to ever play for CTFC

Good riddence

Blimey Horteng you don't give up do you, even when he has gone. The only worry is who will become your scapegoat next season.

Well Scotty has gone to the equivalent of league one, Jermane has gone to Gills, Ash has gone to Shrewsbury who the bookies believe are more likely to go up than us. Only Sido has gone down and that is to one of the relegation favourites.

I've said all season we had the individual talent but they were poorly managed.

Robin wrote:Well Scotty has gone to the equivalent of league one, Jermane has gone to Gills, Ash has gone to Shrewsbury who the bookies believe are more likely to go up than us. Only Sido has gone down and that is to one of the relegation favourites.

I've said all season we had the individual talent but they were poorly managed.

So two to a higher division this year, same as last year. And not much money to show for it. At least Gilly and ODJ we got money for - Thomas and Summers gone for free as have the recent departures.

Gillingham LOL ... It will go tits up

Good luck to McG. I personally thought Mo was more of a threat and he's struggled to make an impact at L1.
More interested in this who are wanting to commit to Cheltenham Town

Interesting move, closer to London . I hope they are not relying on him to feed Akinfenwa & co, definitely over-rated but the pace in L1 may suit him more.

CTFC03 wrote:Interesting move, closer to London . I hope they are not relying on him to feed Akinfenwa & co, definitely over-rated but the pace in L1 may suit him more.

Akinfenwa is a free agent: no club.

To be fair to Jermaine he had flashes of brilliance, against Wimbledon away he was excellent...but I doubt he will start at all for Gillingham

Good luck, Jermaine. We don't appreciate flair players here; only plodders.

Jermaine is ten times the player Mo will ever be however if he could cross he would be in the Championship. Let´s see how well hés coached and managed next season.

He try's when he wants, he try's when he waaants, jermaine mcglashan, he try's when want!! You lazy b#!#%#d!

Robin wrote:Jermaine is ten times the player Mo will ever be however if he could cross he would be in the Championship. Let´s see how well hés coached and managed next season.

Although I do think McG is the better player, the stats show Mo was much more effective in terms of goals and assists so I think you have been a bit harsh in your assessment.

I watched Mo more than you and yes he scored more but i was clear laegue two was the pinnacle. jeramine just had more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill.

Robin wrote:I watched Mo more than you and yes he scored more but i was clear laegue two was the pinnacle. jeramine just had more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill.

Have you been on the pop Robin? Unusually badly typed post for you.

Jermaine may well have had 'more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill' as you put it but none of those things count for anything without an end product. Mo scored more and had more assists. The facts don't lie.

Mo is a vastly better header of the ball, too.

Sprout Picker wrote:

Robin wrote:I watched Mo more than you and yes he scored more but i was clear laegue two was the pinnacle. jeramine just had more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill.

Have you been on the pop Robin? Unusually badly typed post for you.

Jermaine may well have had 'more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill' as you put it but none of those things count for anything without an end product. Mo scored more and had more assists. The facts don't lie.

Mo is a vastly better header of the ball, too.

I have said it before and I will say it again

Who won the corner - often McGlashan.
When the corner was taken where was McGlashan - on the half way line as the last man defender because of his speed
So where was Mo in the box- who took the corner Jones.
Where did Jones put it - on Mos head.
McGlashan was never going to head a goal from the half way line. So while the statistics support what you say the facts give a different story. The facts tell you that unless you see the match played and understand what is being presented .

OK which is the better goal scorer Brown or Deering, how many assists did each have

McGlashan was put on the half way line because he could ( when interested ) defend
I think I saw Mo defend once but cant be sure

Mo and McGlashan were like chalk and cheese, so let get another one trick pony in who can cross the ball

Robin wrote:I watched Mo more than you and yes he scored more but i was clear laegue two was the pinnacle. jeramine just had more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill.

Most of which usally took him over the byline with no end product.

Mo was ten time the threat McGlashan ever was

Threatened to keep on running

Forest Gump eat your heart out
Run Mo Run

51/84 wrote:McGlashan was never going to head a goal from the half way line. So while the statistics support what you say the facts give a different story.

So, like I said, Mo is quite clearly the better header of a ball. If Jermaine was any good, he'd be in the 6 yard box.

51/84 wrote:The facts tell you that unless you see the match played and understand what is being presented .

Trust me, I saw both of them play tens of times.

51/84 wrote:OK which is the better goal scorer Brown or Deering, how many assists did each have

Assuming that is a question but I have no idea how that is relevant to the discussion here.

51/84 wrote:Mo and McGlashan were like chalk and cheese, so let get another one trick pony in who can cross the ball

I'd love a one-trick pony who could cross the ball (like a Lee Williams), sadly Jermaine was an expensive acquisition who offered little end product. Don't get me wrong, I liked him but he didn't deliver anywhere near enough.

Robin wrote:I watched Mo more than you and yes he scored more but i was clear laegue two was the pinnacle. jeramine just had more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill.

Note I said I also agreed McG was better so calm down! Talk about starting an argument where there is none.

As a test of your expert knowledge - how many times do you think I watched Mo in 2011-12 season?

Sprout Picker wrote:

Robin wrote:I watched Mo more than you and yes he scored more but i was clear laegue two was the pinnacle. jeramine just had more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill.

Have you been on the pop Robin? Unusually badly typed post for you.

Jermaine may well have had 'more in terms dribbbling , pace and skill' as you put it but none of those things count for anything without an end product. Mo scored more and had more assists. The facts don't lie.

Mo is a vastly better header of the ball, too.

Yes had a few beers watching the Froch fight then afterwards had a quick look on here

Horteng wrote:Mo was ten time the threat McGlashan ever was

Disagree entirely Horteng. Mo was a poor player, had poor control of the ball and no awareness however he had pace, strength and could head the ball - I always had the impression he thought he was better than he was too.

Jermaine (this season apart), worked extremely hard and was often double marked because teams were scared of him, he was quite possibly the fastest player I've seen for CTFC and if his crossing was better he would be higher than league one right now.

So shall we just agree that McGlashan is the better technical footballer who excites yet lacks some end product. Mo is not as good technically but has ability for end product and scores some important goals. Either way you look at it both are inconsistent which is why they will both most likely ever be lower league players!!

SP the point is statistics tell one story
Scotty didnt score any but would have a few assists
Sammy didnt score any and had few assists
so based on those you would not know who was the keeper or the CM
so the stats that prove mo scored goals from corners and free kicks while McGlashan didnt only tells part of the story

Jermaine decision making was poor as was Mo but apart from a race McGlashan wins in my view

Anyway with our 2 new fullbacks he neither will worry us

At this level it's all about having a go. Both Mo and McG at their best would have a go to get past the man and deliver something. Maybe only worked 2 times out of 10, but that's still 2 goals scored that wouldn't have been otherwise.

This season whoever is on the wings, lets support and encourage them to have a go and give them the confidence to try and make something happen. Even if they run the ball out of play I'd rather see them try some flair again a minute later rather than a square ball to a CM to lob forward.

Good luck to him. He was one of the few to entertain me and my mates over the last two seasons. I am sure he will do well. Will we replace with better ? I have doubts but hope I am wrong.. The club has disintegrated- only 1 left from Wembley playoffs.

Weren't Gillingham the team that he chose us over when he signed? At that point, most agreed that we were a more attractive proposition.

51/84 wrote:SP the point is statistics tell one story
Scotty didnt score any but would have a few assists
Sammy didnt score any and had few assists
so based on those you would not know who was the keeper or the CM
so the stats that prove mo scored goals from corners and free kicks while McGlashan didnt only tells part of the story

Jermaine decision making was poor as was Mo but apart from a race McGlashan wins in my view

Anyway with our 2 new fullbacks he neither will worry us

I'd know who the keeper was without the need for any stats - he's the one in the different shirt, wearing gloves and (hopefully) placed somewhere near the goal we are defending.

Statistics only ever tell part of the story, I agree entirely, but the game is about scoring goals and the facts are that Mo played his part in more goals than Jermaine, end of.

You can run fast and skin the full back over and over again, win endless corners etc but if nothing comes of it, it counts for absolutely nothing.

As I said before, I liked McGlashan - he generally worked hard and had moments of great skill and could be entertaining to watch but considering what we paid for him we didn't really get as much back as I feel we should have.

We got Mo on a free, but Jermaine cost around 60k, which one was better value?

little mo wrote:We got Mo on a free, but Jermaine cost around 60k, which one was better value?

McGlashan scored two goals that got us to Wembley.

Mo missed a handful of chances at Wembley.