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those days are over Lucy ! ;-) Fortress Plainmoor returns ! In Cox we trust ! :whistle:

Good luck to him. Get your bets on for him to score against us

Has just signed for Chester

[quote="Sunnysideup"]Camb, wtf has it got to do with Buckle? Lathrope was used as a holding midfielder by Ling, sat behind Mansell and OKane. You know, once he decided that a 2 man midfield was inviting too much pressure on the defence ? Yes, the wide players should be aware of their defensive duties. We just havnt had one that seems capable of tracking back as he should, since Zebs and Wayne.[/quote]

Sorry, wrong manager. I'm still right though.

heh My Peugeot Boxer (8 years) old flew through its MOT as well yesterday HAPPY DAYS ;-)

[quote="Southampton Gull"]I thought he showed signs of being a really exciting player. Unfortunately he proved to be as reliable as a truck bought by Forevertufc ;-)[/quote]

:rofl: Got the engine rebuilt trade and moved it on to a new home, serves me right for buying Ford Ranger, there's an old saying, bag of nails two bits of board, knock um together and you've got a Ford. :)

Got a poor mans Vito now, Peugeot Expert, still never took a spanner to it and it flew through it's MOT today, so feel better now. :nod:

I thought he showed signs of being a really exciting player. Unfortunately he proved to be as reliable as a truck bought by Forevertufc ;-)

I thought Chapell was a decent player, looking forward to seeing whether he shines under new management or goes backwards.

Yes it does say a lot. Chris Hargreaves forked JC off out of the team and replaced him with a bunch of his own players who couldn't score 5 goals between them.

Top scorer with 5 goals says it all

[quote="Southampton Gull"]
Poor attempt at trying to blame Mr Hargreaves, David.

D-, must try harder ;-)[/quote]

I'm here for the purposes of creating debate David, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I will try harder. :)

Player doesn't get picked regularly, plays poorly when given a chance and gets shipped out then said player takes a dig at ex-manager. Nothing new there and says more about the inadequecies of Jordan Chapell than it does about Hargreaves.

Poor attempt at trying to blame Mr Hargreaves, David.

D-, must try harder ;-)

Nothing new; sour grapes happens regularly in football.

Didn't Chapell's five goals all come at the very start of the season? He had an excellent month and then declined - even before Hargreaves was appointed manager. I think it was Cameron who replaced him in the team and to be fair, he was one of our best performers under Hargreaves last season. Seems to me that Chapell didn't want to fight for his place in the team and got the hump. Average player for this level in my opinion. Not quick enough over a long distance and poor end product. He has a good first touch and will chip in with a few goals but he wasn't consistent enough to command a regular place in the team.

Jordan Chapell speaks to the Grimsby press; http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Grimsby-Town-Welling-Jordan-Chappel-keen-make/story-26238901-detail/story.html

[b]"The new manager changed things up and took me out of the team, which was obviously a big shock to me because I'd gone from top-scorer and playing week-in, week-out, to being taken straight out of the team.
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[b]"Things at Torquay started to go slowly downhill and as that happened, more and more focus was put on the FA Trophy and the importance of getting to Wembley.
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[b]"It's been in the back of my mind for the last year or so – Torquay is a long way from home,"
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For the full story click the link. I think this certainly shows personal frustrations that built up inside Jordan Chapell after Chris Hargreaves took over, I think JC stops short in this interview of slamming our current boss, but read this as a dig at CH.

Yes JC does admit to homesickness, but what is the cause, no player is guaranteed a starting place, but to go into the half way point of last season as top goal scorer on 5 , to be frozen out of the squad instantly by the new boss, then to end the season still as top goal scorer on 5 is a damning indictment indeed.

Had he (JC) been managed better, would homesickness been such a big issue ?