The Squad for 2017/18

[Boz]

Talk of Rovers bringing in Fylde reserve keeper Rhys Taylor...

 

[Boz]

Ollie Banks apparently recalled by Oldham.

 

[drwhoman]

Shame to lose Banks but Hughes is decent and Ollie is probably be relieved that he will no longer have his ear bent by Andy Cook!

 

[Boz]

Hughes is much slower than Banks and while I dislike the monopolising of set pieces by one player, Ollie offers more variety at corners and free-kicks.

Wonder if this means Oldham have got an offer for Banks from elsewhere. They don't seem short of midfielders.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

A massive loss. Banks is our most creative player and Hughes won't replace him. We have lost probably our two most creative players in banks and dmh. Interesting to see how we respond to this.

 

[Sparky]

Can't compare Hughes with banks as the latter is miles better. Losing Scottie and now this is a massive blow.

 

[Sparky]

An opportunity for Harris to come back in perhaps but a massive loss.

Not exactly linked but you do wonder if we weren't paying wages on the likes of Alabi, waring, and Wallace we'd have more money in the pot.

Banks contract is up apparently at the end of the season so the Latics may want to cash in before then.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

At least Cook, Norwood and Jennings are now confident and scoring goals, which they were not in the early weeks of the season. Plus we still have Norburn's creativity and Clarke has given us an extra dimension with his pace.

All is not lost, but our poor recruitment in the summer has come back to bite us again.

 

[frenchrover]

If Banks is leaving then this a significant setback. I honestly believe he has been more influential than DMH in the transformation we have seen in the side in recent weeks. As to likely replacements from within the current squad, I think I would opt for Harris for the extra bite he brings to the midfield and trust that Norburn can add to the loss of creativity brought about by Banks leaving. Another possibility might be the recall of Kirby in an attacking midfield role.

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

I am sure we could get Banks if he wanted to join us and we had the money for his wages and a small fee. So maybe he's had a better offer or we can't afford him. However, don't give up hope yet. Sometimes players return to their clubs from loan only to be transferred back soon after. I seem to remember that's what happened with Ridehalgh.

 

[Ian]

I hope you're right BBTC! Like you say RLC, it'll be interesting to see what MM does now, as I suppose we knew this time would come. Not that we might have much choice, but if we revert back to the likes of Kirby, we are taking a step back as we've been here many times before. Kirby isn't a player that will improve the squad.

 

[Boz]

I don’t see Kirby as a central midfield player, but think he’d do a better job than Cole wide right or could fill a back-up striker role, so a useful squad player to have.

Mitch Duggan might be another option, it was reported here that he played very well the one time he was deployed in a central midfield role this season. Don’t know if over his hamstring injury.

 

[Boz]

Devarn Green loaned to Warrington. Has made little impact here so far, but we paid for him, can't help wonder why we didn't get Jordan Archer from Stourbridge instead.

 

[Sparky]

Archer has fallen out of favour at Chester and looked out of his depth. I guess we've signed potential when u think of Green and Rokka, but I'd rather we concentrated on putting everything into the first team squad.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Archer has not even been getting in the chester team recently. No official confirmation that banks has gone, so are we sure he actually has ?

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Now just seen his tweet where he confirms he has gone. I would start with Harris.

 

[Boz]

Banks tweet didn’t seem to hint at any return, so maybe something else lined up.

Archer has been injured lately. Scored on debut for Chester and could he have been any worse than Green, who looks underwhelming?

 

[Sparky]

Rhys Taylor confirmed as signing on loan until the end of the season. Good experience although couldn't get in fyldes team.

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

Rhys Taylor confirmed as signing on loan until the end of the season. Good experience although couldn't get in fyldes team.

Gutted for Luke Pilling. Says something that MM thinks Fylde's reserve keeper is better than ours.

 

[Mal]

He did have a chance to impress at Solihull as far as I recall. Wasn't at the game so no idea how well he played.