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He's bigged himself up a little bit there under false pretences.rickthediamond wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:12 pm The less said about today’s game the better. In other news, Alfie Taylor has said on our Facebook page that he was invited to training a few months back and then didn’t receive a call back. Call me deluded all you like but I would have him back every day of the week. You’re telling me he couldn’t do a better job than some of the players on our bench?
Cheers Rob, fair enough then. Appreciate you adding the context!rdusher wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:38 pmHe's bigged himself up a little bit there under false pretences.rickthediamond wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:12 pm The less said about today’s game the better. In other news, Alfie Taylor has said on our Facebook page that he was invited to training a few months back and then didn’t receive a call back. Call me deluded all you like but I would have him back every day of the week. You’re telling me he couldn’t do a better job than some of the players on our bench?
Alfie's a legend at AFCRD, no doubt, but he's been relentless in messaging Chris, Michael and me and Alex this season insisting he can still do a job for us.
Michael finally relented and invited him to training but feedback was that he was well off of where he needed to be.
He looked superb at Legends Day, but in fairness, he was trying much harder than anyone else, and playing against 50+ year old defenders. He was at R&H last season and below the level needed.
Love Alfie for what he did for us as a player, but he's done Michael a little bit dirty on his comments there IMO
I appreciate that there will be more the fans don’t know/see but surely Alfie has more to offer than some current players (particularly after today’s showing!!!)? Signing him could get a few extra fans through the door as well even if it’s only for our remaining games. We seem to have very limited attacking options currently and we know player recruitment is an issue at the moment. Why would we turn someone away who loves the club and wants to play for us?rdusher wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:38 pmHe's bigged himself up a little bit there under false pretences.rickthediamond wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:12 pm The less said about today’s game the better. In other news, Alfie Taylor has said on our Facebook page that he was invited to training a few months back and then didn’t receive a call back. Call me deluded all you like but I would have him back every day of the week. You’re telling me he couldn’t do a better job than some of the players on our bench?
Alfie's a legend at AFCRD, no doubt, but he's been relentless in messaging Chris, Michael and me and Alex this season insisting he can still do a job for us.
Michael finally relented and invited him to training but feedback was that he was well off of where he needed to be.
He looked superb at Legends Day, but in fairness, he was trying much harder than anyone else, and playing against 50+ year old defenders. He was at R&H last season and below the level needed.
Love Alfie for what he did for us as a player, but he's done Michael a little bit dirty on his comments there IMO
The best reply was from Zach Reynolds saying Ashton would have chucked in a red, exactly what he did when we were being beaten heavily by Bromsgrove. We're struggling with eleven, let alone playing with ten!rickthediamond wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:09 pm Also, with Harriman likely out for the rest of the season, we really need to bring in another CB!!! Purse & Wilson with Thomas for cover just isn’t going to cut it. Ashton has been replying to our tweets this evening, there’s another player I would have back immediately. We need somebody anyway that’s for sure.