Busta Nut Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Trialist has scored v Gretna. 0-6 tae us. I didn't even know this was scheduled. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 That's it done. Finished 7-0. Hylton, Johnson x3, Tait, Maguire, Trialist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Who was the trialist? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 33 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said: Who was the trialist? I wondered if it was Cole pre-registration being completed - no idea though..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Swello said: I wondered if it was Cole pre-registration being completed - no idea though..... Nah, Cole was listed as one of the subs. Looking at photos on IG from the game I'm guessing it was our #12. Edited July 2, 2019 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Just had a look on Well Fans II (I know) and folk are saying it's Jonathan Benteke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Saw some guy on twitter who was at the game saying it was Jonathan Benteke. Apparently scored an overhead kick and got an assist. Edit : there’s the goal. Sign him up! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 According to club employees - he wasn’t in Belfast last week so no guarantee it was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) Aye. I had seen the Benteke thing mentioned on Twitter largely off the photo below that was circulating (and appeared on this thread the other week). The reports I've seen tonight on Twitter dot come seem to be making the assumption it's the same guy. This is actual Jonathan Benteke... Edit: It appears Fortuna Sittard confirmed yesterday that Jonathan Benteke is on trial with them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edited July 2, 2019 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Flow on twitter also saying ‘it’s not who people are naming/speculating’. God knows who it is then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, dezz said: Flow on twitter also saying ‘it’s not who people are naming/speculating’. God knows who it is then. So not Elliot Frear then 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: So not Elliot Frear then Aye, the overhead kick made me realise it wasn't Frear too. He could never do that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I'd doubted it'd be Benteke anyway tbh, given Long, Cole, Johnson and Scott are all ostensibly centre forwards too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermarv Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I don’t want Frear back. Sign the trialist he played decent last night and that’s us attacking wise sorted. Turn our attentions more to a defensive minded player, CB or defensive mid to challenge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casagolda Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 Problem Robinson has is he had four wingers last season and lost all four of them this summer. Which was a bit of a disaster tbh for a team that lines up with two wingers every week. The lack of any decent wide men in the 20’s just compounds this. Apparently the likes of Polworth and Scott have had to play out wide during pre-season as result. if it is indeed true I imagine it’s because Robinson will see him as a cheap squad filler. While Frear has probably went looking and realised he wasn’t going to get a better gig elsewhere. As an aside, did anyone actually see the trialist play last night? Or are people genuinely just wanting to sign him on the back of one- albeit excellent- goal against some non league outfit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 26 minutes ago, Casagolda said: Or are people genuinely just wanting to sign him on the back of one- albeit excellent- goal against some non league outfit. Are you new here? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil86 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 last two overhead kicks I remember certainly were, Higdon against Hibs and Kallum Higginbotham also against hibs, maybe even the same season.....anyone recall anymore since them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 10 minutes ago, Casagolda said: Problem Robinson has is he had four wingers last season and lost all four of them this summer. Which was a bit of a disaster tbh for a team that lines up with two wingers every week. The lack of any decent wide men in the 20’s just compounds this. Apparently the likes of Polworth and Scott have had to play out wide during pre-season as result. if it is indeed true I imagine it’s because Robinson will see him as a cheap squad filler. While Frear has probably went looking and realised he wasn’t going to get a better gig elsewhere. As an aside, did anyone actually see the trialist play last night? Or are people genuinely just wanting to sign him on the back of one- albeit excellent- goal against some non league outfit. Pretty much. As it stands Hylton is our only obvious wide player. It'd be remiss to ignore the fact that Cole can play wide but it's surely no coincidence that the bulk of his goals at other clubs seem to have come when he's been used as a centre forward. Even if we were to sign the trialist then we're still 2 wingers short. One guaranteed starter and one for cover. I'm sure we're hanging around for Gboly but given he's under contract at Forest and will presumably be on more money than we can pay there's no guarantee we get him. I'm fairly ambivalent about Frear largely because as has been regularly noted on here Robinson seems to have a type and Frear isn't it. Having said that there have been games where he's dug us out a hole and while our transfer strategy seems to have been about recruiting 'forwards' having an out and out winger as an option on the bench is probably a decent thing to have. Cards fully on the table, I didn't see the trialist so I've no idea whether he was any good or not but thinking about a comment @Swello made yesterday evening I did wonder if he's a genuine trialist or if he's someone we've signed but just haven't registered/announced yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebonce Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Stating the obvious: Polworth would be wasted on the wing. He has a peach of a cross on him but he's not going to run at a full-back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casagolda Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 54 minutes ago, thisGRAEME said: Are you new here? No, however I was curious if there was actually somebody there that might have been able to enlighten us as to whether he genuinely looked decent or just happened to score an absolute worldie. 51 minutes ago, capt_oats said: Cards fully on the table, I didn't see the trialist so I've no idea whether he was any good or not but thinking about a comment @Swello made yesterday evening I did wonder if he's a genuine trialist or if he's someone we've signed but just haven't registered/announced yet. We’re not usually particularly secretive about trialists are we? Pretty sure Kipre, Dembele and the striker boy were all well documented to be on trial a few summers ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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