T Corcoran
Well-Known Member
I like Lewis but he can be very inconsistent. I think he only had a few good games for us last season but hopefully he can get a good run of games and chip in with some goals and assists
I think this is the key. There's not too much doubt about his technical quality; he's also one of those lads who would have been told "sorry son, you're too small" 30 or 40 years ago, but that's not such an obstacle these days.The times Lewis did play last season he looked desperately short on self belief.
I think this is the key. There's not too much doubt about his technical quality; he's also one of those lads who would have been told "sorry son, you're too small" 30 or 40 years ago, but that's not such an obstacle these days.
There were a couple of games shortly before he went out on loan when he was very close to grabbing that elusive goal that might have boosted his confidence and self belief, but just didn't quite have the luck or composure at the crucial moment.
The manager clearly has faith in him as a raw young player to offer him another season within a restricted budget and that's good enough for me right now.
No 1pm daily announcement of a new signing so far today.
He scored some nice goals at Carshalton and thats part of the reason why I am still quite high (perhaps overly) on him. Hoping he can hit the ground running when their new season kicks off. Would be interested to know how long he's with them for.
I have (rather sadly) placed the goals in the spoiler below. You get the feeling that he might have missed some of those in a Dulwich shirt earlier that season.
Think that's a salient point. If we don't have much cash can we afford to be paying guys to be out on loan?
Most loans involve the club taking the player paying all or most of the player's wages.
You should have chinned him, like Cloughie did to Roy Keane.Thanks for the info Liam - my only experience of this stuff is getting sacked on Football Manager after David Ijaha led a players strike against me...
Whilst we don't yet have enough confirmed signings I feel those we do have look reliable. I'm sure the picture will become clearer once the friendlies get underway and at least we don't seem to have committed to handing contracts to a load of misfits like last year!
Updated
Confirmed:
Aaron Barnes
Jesse Debrah (Millwall)
Jordan Higgs (Bromley)
David Kuagica
Danny Mills
Jeffrey Monakana
Quade Taylor
Michael Timlin (Stevenage Borough)
Lewis White
Unconfirmed:
Diogo Barbosa
Tom Chambers
Charlie Grainger
Maliq Morris
Shamir Mullings
Jamie Splatt
Loans expired:
Reise Allassani
Departures:
Lionel Ainsworth (Welling United)
Ben Chapman (Ebbsfleet United)
Nyren Clunis (Carshalton Athletic)
Jack Connors
Preston Edwards (Brentwood Town)
Connor Hunte
David Ijaha
Dylan Kearney (Hayes & Yeading)
Marvin McCoy
Kieran Monlouis
Richard Orlu
Christian Smith
Nathan Smith (Welling United)
Aryan Tajbakhsh
Dominic Vose
I think he tweeted that he had left and has been playing elsewhere, but I might be misremembering.
Tajbakhsh wasn't on the departures list, was he?
Maliq Morris played in the Spurs friendly.
Various players have posted Twitter messages announcing their own departure, which have been linked on here, and a couple have been reported as playing for other clubs.Half those players werent on the departures list.
Ok half is an exaggeration but Ainsworth, N.Smith werent.
Does anyone know who played in goal on Saturday?
Shilton?I can't give too much away other than that his name rhymed with Will Philson.
Various players have posted Twitter messages announcing their own departure, which have been linked on here, and a couple have been reported as playing for other clubs.
The team that played against Spurs hasn't been publicised, other than the Spurs report naming Monakana as our goalscorer, so I've no idea who played on Saturday.
I'm just collating what's in the public domain as accurately as I can.
Good effort.Seeing as the club aren't going the A. Trialist route with pre-season line ups, looks like these are some of the new (and less new) players turning out at VCD Athletic:
Fairly Confident:
Patrick Ohman - Goalkeeper - was at Carshalton Athletic and Hendon last year, Chelmsford City before then, as well as Hungerford Town
Aaron Simpson - Defender - a couple of Aaron Simpson's out there, but as he's playing at full back likely to have been with Dover Athletic last season, has also played for Maidstone and Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tobi Coker - Midfield - looks like he was at Braintree Town last season, AFC Hornchurch before that as well as Barnet
Dean Ager - Winger - left Colchester United's academy at the end of last season
Korey Henry - Forward - Korrey Henry who was at Welling United last season, has played previously for Bromley, Braintree Town and Yeovil Town
Guessing a Bit:
Brandon Chambers - could be Brandon Young-Chambers, a full back who played for Romford Town and Chipstead on loan from Bromley last year
Andrew Ajiwole - could be Andrew Ijiwole, who finished his scholarship with Huddersfield Town at the end of last season, in which case he's a winger
Anderson Pinto - possibly Anderson Pinto Nogueira who's seemingly had a career - Walton & Hersham, Hendon, Royston Town amongst others
No Clue:
Marco - I'm imagining a mercurial Brazilian playmaker
Pablo Gonzalez - don't think he's a 35 year old Argentinian striker who's played in Italy for most of his career, but nothing else to go on
Those Who Have Served:
Sanchez Ming - could the bright lights of Dartford not have been enough for Sanchez after all?
Diogo Barbosa - returning after his handful of appearances at the end of last season