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Basil wrote:I'm not sure why but I think we may have seen the last of Tommy Berwick. We've got Tom Lorraine, Scotty, Dom Lawless and Courtney, do we really need a 5th striker????

Tommy's been away on holiday, but should be playing tonight, along with a few other first team regulars who were missing yesterday (Quiche and Brad to name two).

corby diamond wrote:

Basil wrote:I'm not sure why but I think we may have seen the last of Tommy Berwick. We've got Tom Lorraine, Scotty, Dom Lawless and Courtney, do we really need a 5th striker????

Wouldn't be a bad thing.. He has never established himself, and caused more frustration than anything else.. Overhyped in my opinion.. Proven goal scorer?? He ain't shown it yet. Others may think different but just don't think he deserved the shirt as much as he did last season :?

No, he didn't at all justify his regular starting place towards the end of last season, he did show glimpses of quality and did a few good things, but for someone who has scored bags of goals previously, 2 goals in 18 matches (and those 2 goals came when we were 4/5-0 up of course) is poor. However, he does at least have the right attitude and always put in the effort, so I think he at least deserves to be given another chance, just perhaps not as many as he was given last season.

Though I have a feeling with the current choice of strikers we have, he may struggle to hold down a regular first team place, but difficult to say what the regular partnership (assuming we still go for 2 up front) is going to be, think it'll be Tom Lorraine and someone else.