Rockford's Love Child
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- Joined
- 15 Mar 2010
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- Player
- Jason Koumas / John Morrissey
- Manager
- John King
There are strong rumours circulating that Mangan will return in January, which would be no great surprise given Micky's comments at the recent Q&A.
I think centre forward is certainly a position where we need to strengthen. At the beginning of the season I thought we were well covered in this area, but Norwood's recent injury and suspension has made me reconsider. Darren Stephenson is still very raw and is not ready to start games regularly; despite his goals at Solihull, Kirby is never going to be good enough to play regularly; and Connor Jennings is more of a creative, number ten player than a striker, and Micky has already said that is the position where he will be used when he is fit. All of which leaves us a bit light up front, and it was noticeable in the Barrow and North Ferriby games (when Norwood was absent) that Cook got no support whatsoever from his strike partner.
As a result, I think signing Mangan is a good idea. The only worry I have regards his temperament, particularly if he does not start games regularly. However, we know that Brabin's man-management skills were awful and Mangan seems to have a rapport with Mellon, so perhaps there would not be an issue.
I think centre forward is certainly a position where we need to strengthen. At the beginning of the season I thought we were well covered in this area, but Norwood's recent injury and suspension has made me reconsider. Darren Stephenson is still very raw and is not ready to start games regularly; despite his goals at Solihull, Kirby is never going to be good enough to play regularly; and Connor Jennings is more of a creative, number ten player than a striker, and Micky has already said that is the position where he will be used when he is fit. All of which leaves us a bit light up front, and it was noticeable in the Barrow and North Ferriby games (when Norwood was absent) that Cook got no support whatsoever from his strike partner.
As a result, I think signing Mangan is a good idea. The only worry I have regards his temperament, particularly if he does not start games regularly. However, we know that Brabin's man-management skills were awful and Mangan seems to have a rapport with Mellon, so perhaps there would not be an issue.