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Post by happyclapper52 on Jan 25, 2024 19:43:19 GMT
Looks as though Oldham about to offload him.
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Post by agl on Jan 25, 2024 19:47:30 GMT
Looks as though Oldham about to offload him. Just brought in another shipment of new players, so not surprising. Think he has one goal in the FA Trophy and not even on the bench now. Never been given a chance.
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Post by yoshimitsu on Jan 25, 2024 19:53:19 GMT
Am sure he’ll get snapped up by someone.
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Post by Suomen Sininen on Jan 25, 2024 23:28:32 GMT
Am sure he’ll get snapped up by someone. Oldham fans think Fylde have come in for him, as their building a strong NLN squad for next season.
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Post by Moltisanti on Jan 26, 2024 4:13:05 GMT
Am sure he’ll get snapped up by someone. Oldham fans think Fylde have come in for him, as their building a strong NLN squad for next season. Not the brightest bunch are they.
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Post by weststander on Jan 26, 2024 6:56:09 GMT
Terrible decision to go there. The grass is always greener. Hope his agent is happy with his great move.
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Post by Lobster on Jan 26, 2024 7:50:38 GMT
Terrible decision to go there. The grass is always greener. Hope his agent is happy with his great move. His agent certainly hasn't helped him with that clearly ghost-written piece about how he was "done" with the NL North. He's probably going to have to swallow his pride on that. Footballers need to learn not to trust their agents. I get that they probably need some help with negotiating contracts so agents are a necessary evil in that regard, but if you start letting them do PR and media stunt on your behalf I think it's only going to end badly. They're not interested in your career or welfare. They just want to facilitate transfers and take their cut. That said, I think most of us thought Oldham was a decent move for him, and were almost thankful to see him leave for a bigger club than us rather than someone like Fylde or Gloucester.
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Post by Si on Jan 26, 2024 8:39:29 GMT
Terrible decision to go there. The grass is always greener. Hope his agent is happy with his great move. His agent certainly hasn't helped him with that clearly ghost-written piece about how he was "done" with the NL North. He's probably going to have to swallow his pride on that. Footballers need to learn not to trust their agents. I get that they probably need some help with negotiating contracts so agents are a necessary evil in that regard, but if you start letting them do PR and media stunt on your behalf I think it's only going to end badly. They're not interested in your career or welfare. They just want to facilitate transfers and take their cut. That said, I think most of us thought Oldham was a decent move for him, and were almost thankful to see him leave for a bigger club than us rather than someone like Fylde or Gloucester. Decent move in terms of location and finance. But never thought it would be good in terms of playing football - they already had a few strikers on the books and had a massive turnover of players on a regular basis. He isn't the type of striker who can come off the bench for 10 mins and make an impact, he needs regular games from the start to get into his groove, and needs patience from a manager who will persist with him if he's had a few games without scoring.
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Post by Anders on Jan 26, 2024 12:17:52 GMT
Fylde would be a surprise, different management team but he had an unhappy spell there before, remember his Dad slagging them off every five minutes on twitter as well.
Agree with Si that it was a good move when it came to finance and location if that’s what you want, but the last kind of manager Willoughby needed was a kid in a sweet shop sort like Unsworth. Been on the back foot there right from the off and never got going. Personally was never 100% convinced he would hit the heights in the league above either as don’t think he has the pace. Could still be useful for the right club though.
If Radcliffe are in this division next season and have the money then that wouldn’t surprise me.
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Post by weareblues on Jan 26, 2024 13:26:05 GMT
Why do people seem to think we can afford willoughby ?
Pointless talking about it he left get over it.
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Post by eddiebishopsquiff on Jan 26, 2024 14:07:40 GMT
As long as we can keep Caton & Peers fit for the rest of the season(big ask i suppose), do we really need someone who's barely played all season and might struggle match fitness?
Think Caton and Peers are more than capable of firing us into the play offs
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Post by agl on Jan 26, 2024 14:08:51 GMT
Why do people seem to think we can afford willoughby ? Pointless talking about it he left get over it. Er, if you read all the posts not one suggests bringing him back. Merely discussing a former, very popular player, who appears to be on the move. Someone at the bottom end of NL might take a punt but apart from his time at us he hasn't scored goals at NLN or above where ever he's been.
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Post by superhans on Jan 26, 2024 15:26:01 GMT
As long as we can keep Caton & Peers fit for the rest of the season(big ask i suppose), do we really need someone who's barely played all season and might struggle match fitness? Think Caton and Peers are more than capable of firing us into the play offs Yeah agree, Caton and Peers are a different profile to Kurt I think their physicality and pace allow us to play different ways. As great as a poacher Kurt is because of his height and slight lack of pace you have to build the whole team around him. Great striker for this level though definitely and I’m sure he realised his mistake pretty soon after joining Oldham when they signed Norwood about a week after he’d signed. No doubt he scores against us next season anyway 😂
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Post by leedsutd234 on Jan 26, 2024 15:54:08 GMT
Why do people seem to think we can afford willoughby ? Pointless talking about it he left get over it. Er, if you read all the posts not one suggests bringing him back. Merely discussing a former, very popular player, who appears to be on the move. Someone at the bottom end of NL might take a punt but apart from his time at us he hasn't scored goals at NLN or above where ever he's been. I thought that too?
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Post by agl on Jan 26, 2024 15:56:37 GMT
As long as we can keep Caton & Peers fit for the rest of the season(big ask i suppose), do we really need someone who's barely played all season and might struggle match fitness? Think Caton and Peers are more than capable of firing us into the play offs Yeah agree, Caton and Peers are a different profile to Kurt I think their physicality and pace allow us to play different ways. As great as a poacher Kurt is because of his height and slight lack of pace you have to build the whole team around him. Great striker for this level though definitely and I’m sure he realised his mistake pretty soon after joining Oldham when they signed Norwood about a week after he’d signed. No doubt he scores against us next season anyway 😂 If Caton can just get a run of games I think there's the makings of a really good player there.
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Post by highpeakblue on Jan 26, 2024 16:07:23 GMT
As long as we can keep Caton & Peers fit for the rest of the season(big ask i suppose), do we really need someone who's barely played all season and might struggle match fitness? Think Caton and Peers are more than capable of firing us into the play offs Yeah agree, Caton and Peers are a different profile to Kurt I think their physicality and pace allow us to play different ways. As great as a poacher Kurt is because of his height and slight lack of pace you have to build the whole team around him. Great striker for this level though definitely and I’m sure he realised his mistake pretty soon after joining Oldham when they signed Norwood about a week after he’d signed. No doubt he scores against us next season anyway 😂 I agree with this. Peers and Caton give you so much more than just goals when they are on the pitch. I reckon as a partnership they will shine and also bring others in. Kurt is a goalscorer, but when it doesn't happen he looks lost.
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Post by boughtonblue on Jan 26, 2024 21:32:07 GMT
He is a grafter with a physical presence. He benefited from being our number 1 striker. A good finisher, him with either Caton or peers would be the best front line in this division
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Jan 27, 2024 11:10:13 GMT
Yeah agree, Caton and Peers are a different profile to Kurt I think their physicality and pace allow us to play different ways. As great as a poacher Kurt is because of his height and slight lack of pace you have to build the whole team around him. Great striker for this level though definitely and I’m sure he realised his mistake pretty soon after joining Oldham when they signed Norwood about a week after he’d signed. No doubt he scores against us next season anyway 😂 I agree with this. Peers and Caton give you so much more than just goals when they are on the pitch. I reckon as a partnership they will shine and also bring others in. Kurt is a goalscorer, but when it doesn't happen he looks lost. This. Great player, proper finisher but Peers is so much a better all round team player.
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Post by Rimmer on Jan 27, 2024 11:39:54 GMT
I think that he be a useful addition to help with our campaign to stay in the play-off positions and hopefully he would be good for the National league next year Ok he’s out of favour at Oldham in terms of their promotion challenge back to the football league but I think he would be good for us in that league alongside Peers and Caton
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Post by southernblue on Jan 27, 2024 13:37:05 GMT
Why do people seem to think we can afford willoughby ? Pointless talking about it he left get over it. Nobody suggested that, Fylde were mentioned, but nobody at the time you posted had suggested he comes back to us. Just a few people interested in what's happening with one of our previous players, as I am. Nothing wrong with that.
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Post by Lon on Jan 27, 2024 20:15:07 GMT
I’m just waiting for the Matty Waters thread now he’s scored a last min winner for Marine… 🥱
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Post by blue4life on Feb 1, 2024 13:02:33 GMT
Oldham have signed yet another striker. If were really serious about promotion this season spend some cash and try and get him back.
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Feb 1, 2024 13:33:26 GMT
Oldham have signed yet another striker. If were really serious about promotion this season spend some cash and try and get him back. As Cal says on the latest podcast, we are in a position to move on an experienced striker. I interpreted that as financially. If Willoughby is happy to sit and take the money then I'm sure the search has moved on.
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Post by MPW on Feb 1, 2024 19:51:27 GMT
I think us and Kurt were a good fit for each other last season. Cal always said that Kurt saw it as a chance to get his career back on track if he did well with us. We were never going to be able to compete financially with the likes of Oldham, but I do think he made the wrong choice to go there under Unsworth, but at least he was making the squad most weeks, whereas he now seems out of the picture altogether.
It was a similar scenario with Alabi, but he seemed quite happy to be a backup player for Tranmere and Orient and still ended up with two promotions on his CV. 🤷🏻♂️
I think any club in our league would be delighted to have Kurt in their squad and I’d be happy for him back.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 1, 2024 20:03:56 GMT
Apparently he’s going to Ayr United on loan.
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Post by avfo on Feb 1, 2024 22:19:09 GMT
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Post by borussiachester on Feb 1, 2024 23:13:05 GMT
I make him, weirdly, the third member of last season’s side to have also played for Ayr - Alex Kenyon was there before he joined us, and they’ve also signed Harry McHugh (anyone remember him?) today.
Their squad must be one of the strangest in British football at the moment - some massive names for that level like Jamie Murphy and Aiden flipping McGeady, mixed in with a bunch of English former non-league players (including their first-choice goalkeeper, who they got from Warrington), plus a centre-half who’s just been playing for Zambia in the AFCON… all under the canny management of Scott Brown!
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Post by moldcestrian on Feb 2, 2024 9:04:50 GMT
He played one season for us.
Why are we continuing to obsess over him and his career.
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Post by agl on Feb 2, 2024 10:03:04 GMT
He played one season for us. Why are we continuing to obsess over him and his career. No one is "obsessing" as far as I can see. As has already been pointed out, just keeping an eye on one of our former players who did very well for us and has gone on to play at a higher level. I for one am always interested to keep up with their careers and hadn't spotted this, so grateful to the poster. Same goes for the likes of Sarcevic, Goodwin etc.
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Post by highpeakblue on Feb 2, 2024 12:15:34 GMT
He played one season for us. Why are we continuing to obsess over him and his career. No one is "obsessing" as far as I can see. As has already been pointed out, just keeping an eye on one of our former players who did very well for us and has gone on to play at a higher level. I for one am always interested to keep up with their careers and hadn't spotted this, so grateful to the poster. Same goes for the likes of Sarcevic, Goodwin etc. Or gone on to not play at a higher level, in Willoughbys case.
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