January signing number four
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Still strange that he's played 25 games for them this season, so pretty much all of them, and they've let him go on loan. Assume Exeter have signed, or will be signing, someone they see as better. Glad we're not getting someone that's been sat on the bench all season, though.
He can't be that bad on the ball if he's played the best part of 85 starts in the last two-and-a-half seasons for a team that has got into the play-off final twice, surely. But then winning the ball and laying it off is all we need.
Only posting what I've been told - I honestly don't recall seeing him play, so he's never stood out:
from another forum wrote:Heard this last week. Personally, and this isn’t sour grapes, I really don’t rate him.
He’s played as a CDM for us and while he’s decent at winning the ball and being a bit of a disruptor type player, he offers nothing else. He has the passing ability of a National League South player and his general composure and awareness is poor. If you play him with creative players he can do a job but he’s not really L2 level imo.
I guess we’d only let him go if we had a replacement lined up so could be someone coming in for us if Tillson goes.
I agree with Robin though, he sounds exactly the sort of player we need.From Twitter wrote:Probably the worst footballer with the ball at his feet! Will break up play and no nonsense but apart from that is pretty meh. Will do well with you though!
Love the comment from another fan that he is rubbish but will do well for us! Got to give the lad a run of games to prove himself, we don't have a long term commitment if he fails to impress and yet if he does we can likely sign him permanently so suits everyone.
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It appears he dropped down the pecking order at Exeter and probably wasn’t in the manager’s plans. His contract is up at the end of this season so he has a point to prove and the prospect of a contract perhaps at Cheltenham if he does well - or as a minimum - puts himself in the shop window for other prospective clubs to offer him a deal for next season, so I expect him to really put a shift in for us. It’s interesting therefore what Duff was saying last weekend: “plates were spinning and movement is expected this week enabling some players to be released from clubs when they get the targets in that they want”. I suspect that meant Jordan Tillson was made available by Exeter as they will be signing a defensive midfielder who’d been on their radar.
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Sometimes the ones we expect least from (judging by fans comments from other clubs) turn out to be the best signings....Flinders etc