Views from the Sieve

Maghoma in at centre back from Aldershot... Let's hope we can get a full and for season out of him. Looks like another decent pick up for this league...

Does this mean Phipps may be moving on though??

I do hope not but have heard Ryan Hill is going to sign for Aldershot which is very bad news.

Hill wants more money, last season he was poor for me.

len wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 3:40 pm I do hope not but have heard Ryan Hill is going to sign for Aldershot which is very bad news.

No argument if he stays in the division, but certainly didn't set the world alight in the second half of last season... Thought he and Pereira would have kept us up on their own with the way they looked a year earlier.

Good luck to him and anyone else moving on, as long as we know soon and can plan accordingly... Any internal news on Lawless?

Listening to Christian Maghoma interview he comes across as a very confident guy who has worked with the manager previously and would not be surprised if he was to captain the team this season.

With Rees, Pereira and now Hill possibly going that’s more than 25 goals scored last season. We now need some new signings up front to replace these players.

Agree entirely with those last points, Len....Maghoma clear leader material....some scoring forwards required...I was struck watching the Boreham Wood/Torquay play off highlights how neat all the play was up until when the penalty area was reached where finishing was poor.

Apparently Maghoma is around 6ft 3.
I'm amazed we signed a tall defender.

Auntie Merge wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:19 pm Apparently Maghoma is around 6ft 3.
I'm amazed we signed a tall defender.

The announcement states he's 6'5".

steeevooo wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:49 pm

Auntie Merge wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:19 pm Apparently Maghoma is around 6ft 3.
I'm amazed we signed a tall defender.

The announcement states he's 6'5".

On Wikipedia he is only 6ft 1ins so I think perhaps he should be measured again to sort this out!

If it works out he is only 5ft8ins surely we have a good case to reduce his wages.

len wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:41 pm

steeevooo wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:49 pm

Auntie Merge wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:19 pm Apparently Maghoma is around 6ft 3.
I'm amazed we signed a tall defender.

The announcement states he's 6'5".

On Wikipedia he is only 6ft 1ins so I think perhaps he should be measured again to sort this out!

That’s why i used ‘around 6ft 3’ especially as other football sites have him listed as 6ft 3.

Anyway; he is tall!!!

len wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:41 pm

steeevooo wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:49 pm

Auntie Merge wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:19 pm Apparently Maghoma is around 6ft 3.
I'm amazed we signed a tall defender.

The announcement states he's 6'5".

On Wikipedia he is only 6ft 1ins so I think perhaps he should be measured again to sort this out!

Flat feet, football shoes, and high heels is the logical answer.

We have now signed Donovan Wilson a forward who has played a number of games in league 2. Time will tell but the quality of players Lee Bradbury has signed appears to show an ambition to get out of this division which is very encouraging.

Quality players are Donovan and Maghoma but there is a reason they’re dropping to our level very injury prone both of them, add Lawless to that and you’re looking at a squad with 3 players that don’t play much football.