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Whalley Red · 21-07-2005, 13:28

Latham has been by far the best trialist so far IMO. Alex Hay looks an intelligent player, linking up well with Mullin and some good off-the-ball movement on Tuesday, but I'd need to see more of him against Conference-standard defences to see if he could become a first-team player. The rest have been unimpressive, even Matty O'Neill.

I think we already have a first-choice keeper in Danny. I think he's improved a lot over the past year. Any changes in the first-choice goalkeeper will have to be done very quickly as the defence needs time to gel together before the season starts.

BTW I think Anthony Barry looks a very good prospect - he just needs to grow a bit! At the moment, he is more of a little terrier in midfield and will probably pick up a lot of bookings playing like that. If he can become a little bigger and stronger, I think he'll become a decent ball-winner in the central midfield and one to take over from Brannan.

21-07-2005, 13:28	#7
Whalley Red Full Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 669 Liked: 82 times Rep Power: 1653	Re: New Trialists Latham has been by far the best trialist so far IMO. Alex Hay looks an intelligent player, linking up well with Mullin and some good off-the-ball movement on Tuesday, but I'd need to see more of him against Conference-standard defences to see if he could become a first-team player. The rest have been unimpressive, even Matty O'Neill. I think we already have a first-choice keeper in Danny. I think he's improved a lot over the past year. Any changes in the first-choice goalkeeper will have to be done very quickly as the defence needs time to gel together before the season starts. BTW I think Anthony Barry looks a very good prospect - he just needs to grow a bit! At the moment, he is more of a little terrier in midfield and will probably pick up a lot of bookings playing like that. If he can become a little bigger and stronger, I think he'll become a decent ball-winner in the central midfield and one to take over from Brannan. Last edited by Whalley Red; 21-07-2005 at 13:30.