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All of those, agreed, apart from Kuffour. Improved out of all recognition since he left us - would definitely break my 'never go back' rule to sign him, especially in the formation we have been using in recent months.

just leave it!! players rarely excel on their returns to any club and especially so at our beloved little side, so no thanks to sills, benyon, carayol, kuffour etc etc!

Nothing to see here - please move on and look to the future.

Three goals in 50 appearances since leaving TUFC tells you everything you need to know.

Not up to league football any more, but a legend around Plainmoor for getting us out of the BSP.

royalgull wrote:Alan Julian released, our good mate. Maybe time to sign him as he's been worth 4 or 5 goals a season for the last couple of years.

The way we lump the ball high towards Zeb on occassion tells me we could use a big lad up front. The only Gritts appearance I saw this season was as sub against Chesterfield but his touch was awful and he won nothing in the air, if that was how he played the rest of the time I'm surprised he wasn't used even more sparingly.

Didn't see much of Sills in the league, but I seem to remember his goals record not being great. At BSP level he was superb for us, expect he could do a job for someone down there. Will always remember him fondly.

Alan Julian released, our good mate. Maybe time to sign him as he's been worth 4 or 5 goals a season for the last couple of years.

He could provide us with something different up top as a sub should we need to bring on a target man to get crosses into. Would be better than relying on branston and the other defenders at set pieces as a last resort.

Well he didnt really perform last time he was here in league 2. (except for a couple of important goals against notts county on sky!)

Fonda wrote:Tim Sills will always be a legend at this club, and rightly so. He was fantastic in the BSP, and scored the goal that ultimately regained our League status.

. A succession of League managers can not be wrong. He's had plenty of opportunities now. He'll be an excellent signing for a BSP club this summer.

Sillsy would be a good acquisition should we lose the play offs and stay in league 2 as he deffo is not league 1 quality. disagree though that he cannot do a job for us at league 2 level.

what sills did in his relatively short time at the club, will remain in the record books, and the memories forever. and we thank you for that Sillsy.

what he does well, he does very well, but simply wasn't good enough, or versatile enough for league2. he needed more to his game, more pace, as better defenders work his game out pretty quickly, and generally shut him out of the game easily. that's not meant as a criticism, just an honest assessment.

not only did he do a great job for us, but he's a really nice guy to boot, so i hope he finds a (BSP) club soon, and helps them in the way he helped us.

If we're going to move forward then we can't look back. Tim did an amazing job for us to get us back in the league but he's shown time and time again that he can't quite make that step up.
I'd much rather have the good memories than have him back and become disillusioned.

Marvin Morgan would do for me too, I remember us being linked with him back in his Woking days, did well for Aldershot and would definitely be that something different.

Tim Sills .....Thanks for the memories..........

Agreed!

I do think every squad at this level does need a target man they can turn to when other plans don't work but i think Buckle is trying to move away from that style of play, as Gritton was the last traditional centre-forward we had at the club, and he was only sparsely used in games. I think Buckle wants his teams to be known for their style of football but personally, i don't think that this should be done to the extent of not at least have the option of a more direct gameplan from the bench. But who am i to disagree with the mighty Buckle who got us into the playoffs!