ulysses Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 minute ago, billyg said: I was hoping Emmanuel Dennis on loan ! Looked him up, and this from a recent article...so doubt it unfortunately! Quote Manu Lonjon reports that Inter Milan and newly-promoted Premier League side Leeds United are in active discussions with 22-year-old Nigerian and Club Brugge attacker Emmanuel Dennis. Gianluca di Marzio separately claims that Atalanta, Arsenal and Dortmund are all also monitoring the 1997-born striker, who scored 6 goals in 23 appearances in 2019/20 for his Belgian side. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, billyg said: Jack's played 150 first team games for us , he's 24 years old. Over the years guys like McQueen , Reid and Mark Fulton were instantly identified as players who would play successfully at a high level. Jack , for me, has only ever been a stop gap centre back when we haven't had anyone else to play there. As I say, I don't see him being a top defender, but for those who aren't their best years come in mid to late 20s when they have been a regular first team player for several seasons. Not that I disagree with your appraisal, btw. I think the last genuinely good young defender we had was Broadfoot who seemed to waltz through games. Maybe I'm missing out on someone here, all of our recent good young talent seems to have been in the midfield. 1 minute ago, billyg said: I was hoping Emmanuel Dennis on loan ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulysses Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 21 minutes ago, ulysses said: Taking a massive punt but maybe this guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Dennis Right, it's definitely this guy I think. Div saying the player was involved in a match only two weeks ago. Dennis played 45 minutes in the play-off final for Notts County. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 53 minutes ago, ulysses said: Taking a massive punt but maybe this guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Dennis Goalscoring record isn't too bad - nearly a goal every other team for a relegated side a few years ago is a pretty good return. Not quite as prolific since then, and a lot of his good years were in non-league, but not as bad as I was expecting when I clicked the link 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Just now, Stu said: Goalscoring record isn't too bad - nearly a goal every other team for a relegated side a few years ago is a pretty good return. Not quite as prolific since then, and a lot of his good years were in non-league, but not as bad as I was expecting when I clicked the link Scoring record was deceptively strong last season. He started 18 games and 14 sub appearances and scored 13 goals. He was actually averaging a goal every 110 mins or so on the park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Stu said: Goalscoring record isn't too bad - nearly a goal every other team for a relegated side a few years ago is a pretty good return. Not quite as prolific since then, and a lot of his good years were in non-league, but not as bad as I was expecting when I clicked the link Yeah, he had some season - 21 goals (19 league) for relegated Chesterfield in 17/18 and, like you said, has struggled a bit since then (edit: saw DJC's post, so maybe it's been ok). I'm not blown away, but we know how tough the market is. We need the back-up/support/competition for JOb and Mor-I-as, so keen to see what he can do. Looking at Twitter, plenty of NCFC fans seem to want him still, albeit that's not a great level. Edited August 19, 2020 by Coventry Saint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Div Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Always going to be an element of being underwhelmed after we were linked with the PSV boy, but we've had far more hits than misses with recruitment under Goody so hopefully this one turns out as well as Sam Foley did. I think we were all collectively meh" when Foley signed on a free having been released by Northampton and he ended up walking away with every player of the year award going. Judge every player on what he does in the stripes and not what he's done elsewhere. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Ultimately if he scores, or helps Obika score then fans will be happy no matter what the lad's past is. You never know he might be what is needed to unlock Morias. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Dennis is a solid League 2 stiker, asked my AFC Wimbledon supporting brother in law who follows the English lower leagues. He thinks he'd do a decent job up here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Div said: Always going to be an element of being underwhelmed after we were linked with the PSV boy, but we've had far more hits than misses with recruitment under Goody so hopefully this one turns out as well as Sam Foley did. I think we were all collectively meh" when Foley signed on a free having been released by Northampton and he ended up walking away with every player of the year award going. Judge every player on what he does in the stripes and not what he's done elsewhere. I can think of two folk in particular who collectively didn't only 'meh' but go 'WTF' at signing a 32 year old winger we had no knowledge of. Lesson learnt! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: Scoring record was deceptively strong last season. He started 18 games and 14 sub appearances and scored 13 goals. He was actually averaging a goal every 110 mins or so on the park. I only saw the Wiki stats, hadn't realised it was as good as that. He appears to have a similar background to Morias but a much better strike rate. The fact he was involved in the play-offs a few weeks back should also mean he's not too far behind in fitness. Edited August 19, 2020 by Stu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, Ric said: Morias. 6 minutes ago, Stu said: Morias. Greenies for correct spelling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 14 minutes ago, Stu said: I only saw the Wiki stats, hadn't realised it was as good as that. He appears to have a similar background to Morias but a much better strike rate. The fact he was involved in the play-offs a few weeks back should also mean he's not too far behind in fitness. Yeah, actually 14 goals in 1594 minutes, so one every 114 mins. Not bad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said: Greenies for correct spelling. I saw you being very specific about it earlier! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW saint Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 2 year deal for Dennis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Official Twitter: Official Website: https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/3745-kristian-dennis-will-beinthatnumber 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Possibly been noticed if we were keeping tabs on Mitch Rose last season ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Billy Jean King said: Possibly been noticed if we were keeping tabs on Mitch Rose last season ? County fans certainly seem to think more of him than they did of Rose, that's for sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Nice to hear Paul McGinn putting a word in for us, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Lots of fans of former clubs praising him on Twitter. This is becoming a bit of a recurring theme for our signings now. Hopefully it's a good sign. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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