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Breaking News Harrold to Wycombe

I would rather Revell had gone than Harrold. The bloke wasn't given a chance by a lot of fans although he would happily sweat blood for the cause. I've never seen Grant, Moussa or Scannel have a better game.
 
If you took the time to actually study Harrolds efforts on the pitch (eg by reviewing Blues World highlights) you would find that Harrold's skill and contribution were in fact considerable. He was highly rated by his fellow players.

So would you put him in ahead of Barnard, Furlong, Walker, Revell, and hopefully Freedman?

Yep, even Revell!

To put it another way, he is probably earning enough to make a real difference to sufc's books, if the cost wasn't there. If we were to be taken over by the arabs / russians etc, I'd love to employ every bloke who's ever kicked a ball in priory park. But as a club with limited resources, you have to be choosy, and cannot carry anybody on the payroll.
 
I don't agree. At the start of last season he was awesome. Okay, he didn't score but he was playing a pivotal role. I'm sure the goals would've come if not for the boo-boys. A local lad too - best of luck, Matty.
At the start of last season he played quite well, awesome is just laughable though.
 
I would have liked to see him alongside Barny. I would certainly play him ahead of Revell and Furlong and although Walker is pacy and looks the part he very rarely does anything.
 
Good luck to Matty. The guy always gave 100% whenever he played for us - unlike many who have turned out for Southend over the years.

Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see him bang in the goals and be a success at Wycombe npw.
 
I would rather Revell had gone than Harrold. The bloke wasn't given a chance by a lot of fans although he would happily sweat blood for the cause. I've never seen Grant, Moussa or Scannel have a better game.

I think you may very well have answered the actual reason why Tilly signed Revell. Lets face it, they are both very similar players. Every manager likes a big target man who can do that job for a team or change the dimension of the way the team plays. The fact that Harrold wasn't given a chance by (the majority) of fans after about 2 games meant it was inevitably never going to work out for him here. Lets just hope Revs is given a fairer shot but I fear that some may have already made their own judgement on that.

As a matter of opinion, I don't see Revs (nor did I see Harrold) as a starting striker. Like I said, I see players of this stlye having a greater influence coming on and changing a game when its not working out... but im not the manager.

Good luck to you Matty.
 
for the harrold love-in...

"I've seen Matt play a lot of times for Southend and I really like him," Taylor told the club's official website.

"He's got a lot of quality and he's got all the things you want from a big striker, so I'm really pleased to have signed him.

(from sky sports)
 
At the start of last season he played quite well, awesome is just laughable though.

Just being generous in a gentlemanly spirit upon the lad's departure. Perhaps a tad exaggerated but he did have one game (can't remember which it was) where he was MOTM in my book. Laughable, you think? 'Awesome', 'quite good', etc. - they're all relative concepts, aren't they? I thought he was awesome in that match in a 3rd division context. Clearly, in comparison to Maradona, say, to describe him as 'quite good' would also be laughable.
 
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for the harrold love-in...

"I've seen Matt play a lot of times for Southend and I really like him," Taylor told the club's official website.

"He's got a lot of quality and he's got all the things you want from a big striker, so I'm really pleased to have signed him.

(from sky sports)



can actually see harrold doing alright at league 2 level , always scored pre season and in the rezzies so good move for him .
 
Want to wish Matt all the best, thou he didn't get the goals I thought his workrate was excellent but once the majority of the crowd turned on him he needed to move on.

Shame if he could have notched a few goals he'll have been a hero, as it was he became hated and never recovered.
 
I saw him play excellently against Yeovil. And there's no doubt that he had abilities which were not recognised by the vast majority on here.

However, it was never going to work out for him, so it's best for all that he has moved on. Best of luck, Matty H.

Matt
 
I think you may very well have answered the actual reason why Tilly signed Revell. Lets face it, they are both very similar players. Every manager likes a big target man who can do that job for a team or change the dimension of the way the team plays. The fact that Harrold wasn't given a chance by (the majority) of fans after about 2 games meant it was inevitably never going to work out for him here. Lets just hope Revs is given a fairer shot but I fear that some may have already made their own judgement on that.

As a matter of opinion, I don't see Revs (nor did I see Harrold) as a starting striker. Like I said, I see players of this stlye having a greater influence coming on and changing a game when its not working out... but im not the manager.

Good luck to you Matty.

Two games is generous, they were abusing the signing within 2 minutes of it being announced. He is far from the worst forward to have played for us in recent seasons and I think Wycombe will do fairly well this season. They've now got 3 former Southend boo-boys in Leon Johnson, Lewis Hunt and now Harrold but I think all three are decent players capable of playing league one let alone league two.
 
Inevitable I suppose. Turning point was Luton away last year - abused in the warm up, confidence clearly shot and then missed a penalty. The concern now is who the witch-hunters move onto next...
 

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