Confimred - Jack Marriott

[Stranded]

At 30, Jack Marriott really wouldn’t be a great piece of business for £500k and whatever wages he’d be on.

What’s happened to us signing younger League One standard players with potential to develop?

At the very least a Sam Smith-style signing where he still have three or so years at their peak left in them and some potential resale value.

The key to building a squad is not signing just players who are young and may attract a decent sell on value - you need to add to that with the odd player who will do a job now and will have little to no sell on value - I'm not saying Marriott is the right signing (if it happens) but spending money on an experienced player in a position of need makes sense.

We may "lose" 500k on him but if he helps a player elsewhere shine i.e. then that may raise their market value by double or triple what we paid for them, it makes sense.

hark at Peter Risdale over here

Mr Risdale please.

[Sutekh]

The key to building a squad is not signing just players who are young and may attract a decent sell on value - you need to add to that with the odd player who will do a job now and will have little to no sell on value - I'm not saying Marriott is the right signing (if it happens) but spending money on an experienced player in a position of need makes sense.

We may "lose" 500k on him but if he helps a player elsewhere shine i.e. then that may raise their market value by double or triple what we paid for them, it makes sense.

hark at Peter Risdale over here

Mr Risdale please.

Mr Peter Ridsdale to you.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Noel saying a couple of deals have been agreed "to a certain extent" but nothing before tomorrow.

Brogue & ITK's any ideas?

[Brogue]

Noel saying a couple of deals have been agreed "to a certain extent" but nothing before tomorrow.

Brogue & ITK's any ideas?

still nothing on my side. Twitter is awash with Marriott talk so he's the most likely i guess. As soon as i get any news i will update.

[linkenholtroyal]

Most Wrexham outlets seem to think we are the favourite for Marriott. Think this may end up being the senior striker.

[Hound]

I mean it may work a bit but my expectations of what he could bring would be pretty low. Never really rated him and just seems to have bounced around teams in the lower divs without huge success in recent years

[Snowflake Royal]

At this point, I don’t really care how good they are, as long as they're affordable and mean we can field a substitute striker or replace MOM if he gets injured/needs a break or plays shit for a prolonged run.

Can you harry defenders? Yep, tick, you're good enough.

[South Coast Royal]

I mean it may work a bit but my expectations of what he could bring would be pretty low. Never really rated him and just seems to have bounced around teams in the lower divs without huge success in recent years

I feel the same about the player and he is yet another shorty.

Wareham never filled me with confidence nor did Simon Cox or Vydra etc., all too small to play as the solo target man and presumably we should be looking at bigger and stronger rather than smaller and quick.
Marriot is not very big.

[West F]

£500k is not little.

Couhing steadying himself on the furniture at Dedwood HQ.

[Hound]

I mean it may work a bit but my expectations of what he could bring would be pretty low. Never really rated him and just seems to have bounced around teams in the lower divs without huge success in recent years

I feel the same about the player and he is yet another shorty.

Wareham never filled me with confidence nor did Simon Cox or Vydra etc., all too small to play as the solo target man and presumably we should be looking at bigger and stronger rather than smaller and quick.
Marriot is not very big.

Yeah tbh I’d rather us go for someone 6 inches taller and more physical. Why Aneke despite a not especially impressive recent record made some sense

[West F]

I mean it may work a bit but my expectations of what he could bring would be pretty low. Never really rated him and just seems to have bounced around teams in the lower divs without huge success in recent years

I feel the same about the player and he is yet another shorty.

Wareham never filled me with confidence nor did Simon Cox or Vydra etc., all too small to play as the solo target man and presumably we should be looking at bigger and stronger rather than smaller and quick.
Marriot is not very big.

Yeah tbh I’d rather us go for someone 6 inches taller and more physical. Why Aneke despite a not especially impressive recent record made some sense

Stick Burns up top, such as we have at kitchen sink time. To be fair to him, he was a handful.

[South Coast Royal]

I feel the same about the player and he is yet another shorty.

Wareham never filled me with confidence nor did Simon Cox or Vydra etc., all too small to play as the solo target man and presumably we should be looking at bigger and stronger rather than smaller and quick.
Marriot is not very big.

Yeah tbh I’d rather us go for someone 6 inches taller and more physical. Why Aneke despite a not especially impressive recent record made some sense

Stick Burns up top, such as we have at kitchen sink time. To be fair to him, he was a handful.

There are only 3 good instances that I can remember of defenders moving successfully to a centre-forward position:-
Malcolm MacDonald
Warhurst
Chris Sutton.

The position is so different, not least because of the extra running involved and the change usually only happens out of desperation for just a few minutes in a game.
In recent times Man Utd have pushed Maguire forward but only because it is a club that doesn't have the money to buy a striker to sit on the bench.

We await the arrival of the much needed target man.

[South Coast Royal]

Yeah tbh I’d rather us go for someone 6 inches taller and more physical. Why Aneke despite a not especially impressive recent record made some sense

Stick Burns up top, such as we have at kitchen sink time. To be fair to him, he was a handful.

I'll post assuming that your suggestion wasn't just tongue-in-cheek.

There are only 3 good instances that I can remember of defenders moving successfully to a centre-forward position:-
Malcolm MacDonald
Warhurst
Chris Sutton.

The position is so different, not least because of the extra running and dexterity involved and the change usually only happens out of desperation for just a few minutes in a game.
In recent times Man Utd have pushed Maguire forward but only because it is a club that doesn't have the money to buy a striker to sit on the bench.

We await the arrival of the much needed target man.

Apologies for the repetition-I'm back here after a long lay-off and may not have reached full posting fitness yet.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Sounds like Marriot is happening. Not what we need imo, but feels like we've reached the "any striker will do" stage now though. Very much Sam Baldock vibes for me.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Supposedly having a medical this afternoon - Marriott that is

[West F]

Stick Burns up top, such as we have at kitchen sink time. To be fair to him, he was a handful.

I'll post assuming that your suggestion wasn't just tongue-in-cheek.

There are only 3 good instances that I can remember of defenders moving successfully to a centre-forward position:-
Malcolm MacDonald
Warhurst
Chris Sutton.

The position is so different, not least because of the extra running and dexterity involved and the change usually only happens out of desperation for just a few minutes in a game.
In recent times Man Utd have pushed Maguire forward but only because it is a club that doesn't have the money to buy a striker to sit on the bench.

We await the arrival of the much needed target man.

Apologies for the repetition-I'm back here after a long lay-off and may not have reached full posting fitness yet.

It ok. Just have increasing minutes at the end of each thread for a bit.

[West F]

Sounds like Marriot is happening. Not what we need imo, but feels like we've reached the "any striker will do" stage now though. Very much Sam Baldock vibes for me.

Last chicken in Lidl. Hopefully just a loan.

[linkenholtroyal]

Sounds like Marriot is happening. Not what we need imo, but feels like we've reached the "any striker will do" stage now though. Very much Sam Baldock vibes for me.

Last chicken in Lidl. Hopefully just a loan.

Now I would take Ollie Palmer on loan as well and there’s your striker options sorted. Strong target man, striker to run at defences in Marriott and MOM for……. Not quite sure what yer but will get back to you.

[Sutekh]

Sounds like Marriot is happening. Not what we need imo, but feels like we've reached the "any striker will do" stage now though. Very much Sam Baldock vibes for me.

Last chicken in Lidl. Hopefully just a loan.

Now I would take Ollie Palmer on loan as well and there’s your striker options sorted. Strong target man, striker to run at defences in Marriott and MOM for……. Not quite sure what yer but will get back to you.

Yes please! Palmer’s current deal runs until next summer, a loan with an option to take on a free too - works for me.

[West F]

Last chicken in Lidl. Hopefully just a loan.

Now I would take Ollie Palmer on loan as well and there’s your striker options sorted. Strong target man, striker to run at defences in Marriott and MOM for……. Not quite sure what yer but will get back to you.

Yes please! Palmer’s current deal runs until next summer, a loan with an option to take on a free too - works for me.

He is 33, has scored 10 goals at this level and below in his last 66 matches.

In the words of Theodin, “How did it come to this?”