Pilgrims' Patter
The Forum => The B-Ark => Topic started by: AJHallgarth on June 20, 2011, 03:29:55 PM
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Our new signing...
20 year old right back from Nottingham Forest.
http://www.thebenchfootball.com/#/jordan-fairclough-blog/4545993436
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Can't say i can remember him being at Corby last season, but after giving his blog a quick glance he does sound the type who has a point to prove and wants to get as high as he can, hopefully hes not one of those 'Big-Time Charlie' type who have the skill but don't use it enough and look like they CBA, but as alot on here have said we'd rather have young up and coming players than, old journeymen looking for their last good £
hopefully hes a good signing and i'll give him as good chance as anyone to impress me like i do anyone else to pull on the Amber and Black shirt
Onwards and Upwards !
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A bit underwhelmed with that tbh.
Think he was part of the influx of players that saw Corby plummet down the table once their money man died and the players on big bucks left.
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Cullys better :o
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Not particularly excited but I doubt JL/LC would've made this swap if they weren't pretty confident Fairclough is a more solid full back, especially given retaining Cully would've also kept more of that core squad/team spirit together.
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Reading all his blogs as well as looking at his youtube video, he looks pretty decent. I'm sure he's better than Cully, has a point to prove, and seems to really want to play professional football again. Sounds good to me.
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Let him play before anyone judges him, good signing IMO
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has he been to the ground?
or was he signed in Notts?
the photo on the O/S looks like its outside the City ground?
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Well here's his you tube link...no doubt only the best bits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCf6sQ5bNuk
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has he been to the ground?
or was he signed in Notts?
the photo on the O/S looks like its outside the City ground?
correct, going by his blog, it seems he lives in West Bridgford, just near the City Ground.
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
gotta start somewhere i suppose..
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Not impressed by this at all. Hope hes a good player but again doesnt seem proven or played first team at a club for six months or longer before being moved on!
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Agile ..but raw I think .. thats maybe the level of what we are getting for next term ..
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Oh, don't you just love negativity?!
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Well lets face it Hurst and Scott gave chances to ex Rotherham academy kids and they did OK at this level. Only time will tell...early days yet.
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Exactly. You have to remember the difference in level between Forest and County and ourselves... we're not going to be getting their best youngsters are we? And neither is anyone else in this league...
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We are on a tight budget so I suppost we have to cut our cloth to fit.
How many houses do you think DN and NK sold in the last year?
I think we missed our chance last year, now we have to make do until things pick up.
I say give them all a chance, the time to judge is surely is when we see them play.
Good luck Jordan and welcome to Boston United.
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Good signing good luck to Jordan at BUFC. Feel this is a positive signing..
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My first post was actually in jest and i hope he turns out to be a top player. I just hope we are not signing mates sons.We had young players on loan last season who were technically good but in my opinion fell short physically and mentally in a tough "mans " league. This season will be tougher in my opinion. Im a glass half full type but am starting to worry about next season and just hope we can sign Spencer again otherwise it may be an anticlimax to what was started two years ago
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
Crikey, there I was thinking we had moved on from the automatic negative thoughts!
Tell you what, prove me right please.
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We'll never move on from not giving people a chance. If he plays bad in his first game he'll be in trouble. And as for the proven players s&h bought in, well true but when they signed for ilkeston they where all risks and as i remember it was holdsworth who signed them in the first place
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I'll wait until conceding our first throw-in at our first pre-season game before criticising him
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I'll wait until conceding our first throw-in at our first pre-season game before criticising him
Long season ahead then with that view. What is the matter with you lot? :(
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Short memories some people. Cully is great on Twitter, rubbish on the football field.
Give the new boy a chance FFS ;)
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Short memories some people. cully is great on Twitter. 78 apps in two seasons,. not bad on the football field ;D
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
Crikey, there I was thinking we had moved on from the automatic negative thoughts!
Tell you what, prove me right please.
When I see something that makes me think we've made a signing that will enhance what we have already I'll be the first to praise for sure.....
Sadly I think we'll be waiting a long time.
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But how do we no that he isnt a good player till we see him i will be giving him my full suppot like all the other lads
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Posting negative comments isnt going to help the club
he seems an eager player who wants to work his way to pro football and he is young so has alot to learn. think of the positives rather than negatives
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Can't please some, when it was mentioned this signing today was well into his 30's it had grumble of "hes too old, lack of ambition blah blah blah"' now its a young who sounds to me is ambitous its "oh we're gonna get all the Forest and County accedemy rejects"
as i said can't please some
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How many houses do you think DN and NK sold in the last year?
More to the point, even if DN and NK had discovered a vast oil well on one of their plots, we don't want the playing budget to be subsidised by them because it'll do nothing to ensure long term sustainability of the club. Some investment to get us off the ground with the new ground will probably be needed though...
I don't think we'll be as good next season as we were last, and I'd bite your hand off the play offs right now - but that's because 10/11 was an exceptional season. It's ridiculous to get used to it or see it as the standard. Even with budgets far bigger than ours it's rare to get players as hungry, determined, committed and talented as Pearson and Church were, and losing both in one go is going to be very tough.
Hopefully we'll be able to supplement the squad with a couple of graduates from the youth team. If it's still being run at near-FL standards it is time it produced a few players good enough to play at the top end of BSN really, not that anyone really got a chance under Scott and Hurst.
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Just spent 9 minutes watching him on Youtube and he never scored a goal, plus his taste in music is crap. Must be a waste of money.
Or, perhaps as an alternative we could give the lad a chance and watch him for a game or two before passing an opinion on him and the integrity of Jason and Lee.
Ever onward and upward
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
Crikey, there I was thinking we had moved on from the automatic negative thoughts!
Tell you what, prove me right please.
When I see something that makes me think we've made a signing that will enhance what we have already I'll be the first to praise for sure.....
Sadly I think we'll be waiting a long time.
Okay. So why pronounce this 'I must me proved right' nonsense? Sadly, I think we'll be waiting a long time for you to change the same old attitude. noughtyforties talk to me!
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
Crikey, there I was thinking we had moved on from the automatic negative thoughts!
Tell you what, prove me right please.
When I see something that makes me think we've made a signing that will enhance what we have already I'll be the first to praise for sure.....
Sadly I think we'll be waiting a long time.
Or maybe you should wait until you see something that makes you think he won't be a good signing? First to praise, my arse...
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AGREE Pilgrim86 :)
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Well,IF Jordan pops on here to read this he will be thinking what the hell have I got myself into??
Give him a chance and see what he can do for gods sake,he hasn't even kicked a ball for us yet he is being bracketed as useless and a panic buy by some :-X
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AGREE Crazy Neil :)
Let's be positive.
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I'll wait until conceding our first throw-in at our first pre-season game before criticising him
Long season ahead then with that view. What is the matter with you lot? :(
It was a joke by the way, but its probably true for some people
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Joke, oh yeah. ;D
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
Crikey, there I was thinking we had moved on from the automatic negative thoughts!
Tell you what, prove me right please.
When I see something that makes me think we've made a signing that will enhance what we have already I'll be the first to praise for sure.....
Sadly I think we'll be waiting a long time.
Okay. So why pronounce this 'I must me proved right' nonsense? Sadly, I think we'll be waiting a long time for you to change the same old attitude. noughtyforties talk to me!
Funny really, there's 3 or 4 other posters who express reservations but its only me taken to task........
While I'm a paying customer I'll express my opinion as I see fit. I think we, as the supporters who pay more than anyone in this league deserve better than the signings we've seen so far. I personally don't think its unreasonable to expect a play off spot as a minimum requirement given the recent record.
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
Crikey, there I was thinking we had moved on from the automatic negative thoughts!
Tell you what, prove me right please.
When I see something that makes me think we've made a signing that will enhance what we have already I'll be the first to praise for sure.....
Sadly I think we'll be waiting a long time.
Okay. So why pronounce this 'I must me proved right' nonsense? Sadly, I think we'll be waiting a long time for you to change the same old attitude. noughtyforties talk to me!
Funny really, there's 3 or 4 other posters who express reservations but its only me taken to task........
While I'm a paying customer I'll express my opinion as I see fit. I think we, as the supporters who pay more than anyone in this league deserve better than the signings we've seen so far. I personally don't think its unreasonable to expect a play off spot as a minimum requirement given the recent record.
I wouldn't expect a play-off spot, not because we've made a so called lazy signing in your eyes but because to lose Pearson and Church at this level then expect to replace them both in h e same summer is a big ask, hopefully we will repeat this season and end up being 'up their' but we'll have to wait and see give the new management at least enough time to show what they're made off, i remember S/H didn't win a home league game here until October ? so i'd say don't get on anbodys back too quick, because if you do you find yourself in the vicious circle of, fans their waiting for it to go wrong as a reason to moan, then players wondering why they bother and looking as if they give up after the slightest thing goes wrong against them = Booing from fans etc its one big vicous circle, as i've said previous on here i'd rather watch a side who play with passion struggle in any league than a side who is talented and only tunrs up when they feel the need to
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Sorry but I'm getting a bad feeling about next season........
Another 'lazy' signing IMO, I'm worried we're going to be filled up with cast offs from Forest's and County's academies. At least the lads who H&S brought in were proven in a very good Ilkeston side, it strikes me this kid is not in the same class.
Prove me wrong please
Crikey, there I was thinking we had moved on from the automatic negative thoughts!
Tell you what, prove me right please.
When I see something that makes me think we've made a signing that will enhance what we have already I'll be the first to praise for sure.....
Sadly I think we'll be waiting a long time.
Okay. So why pronounce this 'I must me proved right' nonsense? Sadly, I think we'll be waiting a long time for you to change the same old attitude. noughtyforties talk to me!
Funny really, there's 3 or 4 other posters who express reservations but its only me taken to task........
While I'm a paying customer I'll express my opinion as I see fit. I think we, as the supporters who pay more than anyone in this league deserve better than the signings we've seen so far. I personally don't think its unreasonable to expect a play off spot as a minimum requirement given the recent record.
How many times have you seen this lad play? :o
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Lets not sell ourselves short though, beating Halifax to the post would be great, but a playoff place again is our aim in the grand scheme of things.
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When Pearson signed he was a relative unknown from stamford, can't remembr that many people getting too excited when he first signed and look how he turned out. I've never understood how people can make judgements about players without ever having seen them play. With attitudes like that we are doomed to fail before we even start! Give the young lad a warm welcome and most importantly a CHANCE.
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This reminds me of when we released Steve Charles and the manager go slagged off for replacing him with a kid from UCL Stamford .. Dave Norris was the kid.
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Lets give him a chance you never know he might turn out better than pearson, now he is playing for a better club. :bunny :bunny :bunny :bunny
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One thing I will say about this at least it's opened up a bit of healthy debate on here which has been much lacking in the last few months.
Having had time to think about it, although I still have my reservations I'm going to reserve judgement until I've seen him play, let's look at a few of the positives:
1) Reading his blog he seems to have a good attitude.
2) Having seen his youtube montage (and yes it will be the best bits) he looks to have lots of pace something the whole of our defence was lacking last season.
3) He will learn an awful lot playing alongside Canners and Austin.
Negatives?
1) He was part of the mass of signings at Corby that saw them slide down the table, taking some heavy beatings in the process.
2) It is obvious he sees us as a stepping stone to getting back into the pro ranks, if he does prove to be a young emerging talent he'll be off within a season or 2.
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Yes he may only stay a couple of years, but if he does well we will be able to get a fee as he is under 24!
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He must be fairly good if Corby wanted to keep him and Forest kept him until he was 19 and played him in Carling Cup matches.
Did we have to pay money to Corby for him because of his age?
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2) It is obvious he sees us as a stepping stone to getting back into the pro ranks, if he does prove to be a young emerging talent he'll be off within a season or 2.
But wouldn't every young player at this level try and use their current clubs as stepping stones for pro clubs? Nothing wrong with having some ambition.
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Surely you want your young players to have that sort of hunger and ambition? I didn't see Corby play last season, so don't know what impact he had on their team - for all I know, he might have saved them from even bigger beatings.
I wonder if he's there as cover or if he will be the starting RB? I'd rather see Canners at full back than in the middle, but if the style of play they want has full backs bombing forward maybe we need someone quicker/fitter? Still plenty of time to sign some more defenders, but if our starting central defensive partnership is Canners/Austin, I'd be worried!
Never seen Jordan Fairclough play, but if he's half the player his dad was he will be alright - imho Chris was one of the best defenders to play for Forest in the last 30 years.
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Looking at the Utube again he does seem an enthusiastic character . . he could gee up the players if things weren't going well .
What we really need imho is a coach / player coach . . pref midfield . . to get the best out of any young prospect that may come our way .
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When Pearson signed he was a relative unknown from stamford, can't remembr that many people getting too excited when he first signed and look how he turned out. I've never understood how people can make judgements about players without ever having seen them play. With attitudes like that we are doomed to fail before we even start! Give the young lad a warm welcome and most importantly a CHANCE.
Well said Maxross, fully agree. :)
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according to some corby fans on the non-league forum, fairclough was a good player for them and wish they could have signed him for the coming season. he scored once against droylsden.
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When Pearson signed he was a relative unknown from stamford, can't remembr that many people getting too excited when he first signed and look how he turned out. I've never understood how people can make judgements about players without ever having seen them play. With attitudes like that we are doomed to fail before we even start! Give the young lad a warm welcome and most importantly a CHANCE.
Well said Maxross, fully agree. :)
Thats the whole point, totally agree. Lets just hope negative comments end ;D
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One thing i did notice watching the vid, he seems a strong lad who can certainly hold attackers at bay
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Hopes he's as good as his uncle! Super Sub David!
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Four pages of comments and he has not kicked a ball for us ....
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That's because we are a lod of match debaters,and bored.
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Hopes he's as good as his uncle! Super Sub David!
The "Ginger gene" hasn't made it down the family line then ;D ;D ;D
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I personally warned JF last night about the few moaners down Spayne Lane!Give him a chance!
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I personally warned JF last night about the few moaners down Spayne Lane!Give him a chance!
Abusing young full backs is the Spaynes speciality!
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More like the main stand in fact i move round the ground and they are in every stand
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I personally warned JF last night about the few moaners down Spayne Lane!Give him a chance!
Only a few mate, the biggest moaner was very subdued towards the end of the season ;)
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As the old song goes, 'i've been everywhere man' and they're all over the ground. They were in the FI stand sat not far off me, now i've moved to the Spain Lane side the buggers are there too! I did think about the Town End but i suffer from vertigo so that's out! ;)
What i'm waiting for is someone to put. I'm not going to go this season because the quality of players we're signing is not good enough.
check the grassy knoll and the chips and curry :bunny
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I've been following this post for a day or to now; interesting to see people's views (of which they are more than entitled to) on the lad. I welcome the move to be honest, young and determined. He must have some talent if Forest kept him until he was 19; looks like he got some pace too. I'm looking forward to seeing a few more signings in the coming weeks.
Up the Pilgrims!!!
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Looking forward to seeing the kid and until then, I'll pass no judgement.
What I will say is that we'll be extremely fortunate to emulate anything close to the last couple of seasons successes. We've been truely blessed with two fantastic seasons in a row. Now with half of that squad moving on, the budget shrinking, you have to be realistic in your expectations, regardless of our bigger fanbase and history. I'm not critercising any new future signings, but obviously with less money, it's inevitable that there could be less quality on the pitch and that will make for an average season/s. It may result in a season or two of players moving in and out until we reach the right combination of players and create an effective squad.
I think a lot of fans tend to forget what the owners are trying to achieve off the pitch. They are working hard to achieve financial stability and to make our club a profitable business, something the Gainboroughs of the footbaling world will never achieve. We should appreciate this incredibly important aim more than most fans, given our misfortunes under previous owners.
With a solid financial foundation and a new ground, we could well enjoy conference football soon. In the meantime, I believe us fans have to remain patient and keep supporting the club. Recently there's been plenty of smooth, lets hope we all stay for the rough as well.
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That's sorted then. Let's not run players down! Give them our support and encouragement. :)
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Funny how people can be tempted to berate new players! Then spend ages posting gracious comments on past players.
What's that about?
Good on the previous players, but lets embrace the new. :)