A team built around Hanson

Build a team without Hanson. He has missed more game than he has played this season.  If he is fit and playing then this can be plan B.

Remember when the vast majority of Fishy users didn’t think we needed a striker because we’d signed loads from Non League and still had Matt Green.

Fond memories

Quoted from Tommy

Holloway hasn't built a team around Hanson. Hanson was already at the club, and we can't realistically afford another player of Hanson's quality and skill-set (but fitter) while Hanson and his no doubt substantial wage are still on the books.

Think some people are over-reacting to this comment anyway. I don't think he's said/meant that we're not winning because we miss Hanson. I think he just means we miss him, which we clearly do.

Regarding the comments about Billy Clarke, I agree, and think the closest we have to that now is George Williams.

Good shout on Williams.  Definitely the one with the most natural craft in his game.  In terms of someone told hold it up, I'd be tempted to use Scannell for that. On a few occasions when I've seen him with his back to goal, he's managed to get in front of the defender whilst making the ball stick and bring others into play.  

You lose Venham and Clarke, and then go shopping in Poundland, what do people expect.

Its not as if Holloway has been around the game for years is it......

Its a Dog's Dinner, and its been served up by a total clown.

I think those being quick to have a pop at the plan of building around Hanson should check back and note that he made over 30 appearances last season, (and also the season before that too)  hardly the stats of an old croc.
Unfortunately it seems the disrupted pattern of football, life in general and the pre-season shambles has left its mark on him and perhaps the injuries will now start to snowball as his body starts to compensate/ over compensate for what would maybe have just been niggles when he was younger.  
He certainly doesnt appear fit and match sharp in the glimpses so far and this latest injury will set him back even more when/if he returns.

The problem I think we have now is I’m not sure plying with Hanson is any help. As already stated, we revert to type and sling it long. Not an issue if you’re defensively relatively good and someone can play off Hanson. We don’t have that though.

We lost good players for varying reasons and have brought in, in some instances lesser quality players to replace them.

Holloway has been with us since January now, whether out of context or not, surely he figured Hanson’s game time would slowly ebb away? My own view is we don’t play much better with Hanson in the side, but I recognise he’s probably the only striker we have that does look like scoring a goal.

I think our issues this season run deeper than an old centre forward who’s often injured. We all know those issues. Some relate to the manager, some are off the pitch issues in some aspects and some are players may be being a a bit short still...

Hanson & Gibson may prove a decent combination if they get a run of games together and have some quality balls played forward and not 50 yard hoofs. I know Ollie’s intentions are to play through the team but it seems the players struggle to deliver this over 90 minutes but confidence is the key to get the system to work and confidence comes through scoring goals using that style.

Catch 22 as don’t score we revert back to longer balls to Hanson, without Hanson ball doesn’t stick up front so gets continually played backwards and sideways in the wrong area of the pitch. Maybe Hanson with Gibson or even Windsor over a 5 game period may lead to the change we all want, a few goals and a few wins.

I cannot see this working, look at his League stats.  From Season 2016/17 to date he has only played 47 league games and only scored 10 goals.

Maybe another Hanson was beyond our present budget, but presumably, the combined wages of some of the squad members would amount to a figure enough to sign such a person? Given that we have far more players than we actually need IMHO then it is arguable that we could have signed a second Hanson.

A second Hanson would have cost a small fortune.

With a Hanson and a Green in the building, it doesn't leave a lot of room for moving about really.  Of those players we've brought in permanently, I can only imagine it's Rose, Williams and Scannell who command a decent wage.  More than likely they've been offset by the departures of Hessenthaler, Vernam and Clarke respectively.  Possibly Moshni is on a decent whack but considering his last club was in the Greek Second Division a year ago, maybe not.  Either way, Harry Davis left and I imagine some of that wage went there.

The other signings are either raw talent (Gibson, Jackson and Sisay coming in for the same wages we were paying for Cardwell and Rose) or loan players, who we're probably pay sod all for.    

Yeah we've got a large squad but it's quite clearly put together on the cheap and goodwill from other clubs in the case of loan signings and having a minimal impact on the overall budget.  I don't think there's any room for bringing a second Hanson in unless we offload one or both of him and Green, which is incredibly unlikely.