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PhilGull wrote: Because the manager felt a defensive central midfielder was more important than a striker?
It does make you wonder just how knackered Danny Racchi is...

Can't remember Harrad playing as a striker when he was with us? Didn't he play on the wing for Wrexham against us?

Yet to play a game this season, so even worse than Lathrope. He's commentating on our game tomorrow, so will probably give an update then, but even when physically fit he's still not match fit. With Richards, Young, Ward and Chaney we probably have other priorities as well.

dannyrvtufc4life wrote:It does make you wonder why we signed Damon with his obvious injury problems when Shaun Harrad wanted to stay.

Because the manager felt a defensive central midfielder was more important than a striker?
It does make you wonder just how knackered Danny Racchi is...

It does make you wonder why we signed Damon with his obvious injury problems when Shaun Harrad wanted to stay.

It will come as a surprise to one or two who post on here, but most fans (even those who post on Forums) are not total idiots. I log into the Aldershot Forum from time to time (cos I'm an old git and got nothing better to do) and when Lathrope signed for us, one of their Forum members who in my opinion posts sesnsibly wrote something on the lines of 'Damon is carrying a long-term injury but he could be okay if the injury is managed carefully'. Obviously, the club would have known this when Damon signed. He's probably on a low-cost contract because of his injury so it was a calculated gamble that hasn't paid off.

I was a great fan of Lathrope when he was playing in Martin Ling's side, but I think we've all seen that he isn't the same player now as he was then - sadly for Damon.

forevertufc wrote:Yeah, why did our professional manager and his medical team not listen to some chaps on the Internet?



In this case, some chaps from the internet called it right, truly worrying when Shots fans seem to know more about a players than our medical team, mind you, I suppose it's not the first time our club signed a dud against medical advice now, is it.

Mo Camara...cough, splutter, cough.

O'Neill Donaldson. Signed by Wes Saunders.

Of course not Matthew. But we're talking about a player who spent much of last season and part of the season before injured with, what, no, a groin problem, no one needed to look at a fans forum to find that out.

Alarm bells should have been ringing here, we constantly complain about having no money, but committed a small slice of our meagre budget on a player, any number of both Aldershot and Torquay fans predicted wouldn't last the season, sadly they were right.

As I say Dave, a broken watch is right twice a day.

Remember when the Internet identified the Boston bombers? I don't know why the FBI didn't simply visit Reddit instead of, you know, investigating.

There was a bloke on here not a week ago telling us that Kieffer Moore was shit. I'll bet you're glad Nico didn't act on that advice.

Imagine the scenario, for a sec. We're in a fans forum and the question comes from the floor, "Kev, tell us about your recruitment policy at the club" and Nico replies, "I spend 20 minutes in June looking on forums and Twitter and sign whoever Spazbot99 and ShotsFanInExile reckon is any good. I had an option on a bloke, but @Pieandchips said on Twitter that he was shit, so I binned him off."

Come on, really?

Matt.

Yeah, why did our professional manager and his medical team not listen to some chaps on the Internet?



In this case, some chaps from the internet called it right, truly worrying when Shots fans seem to know more about a players than our medical team, mind you, I suppose it's not the first time our club signed a dud against medical advice now, is it.

Mo Camara...cough, splutter, cough.

Yeah, why did our professional manager and his medical team not listen to some chaps on the Internet?

A broken watch is right twice a day.

Matt.

Only a fool would offer him a contract with his past injury record....................oh hang on......

Very disappointed but like several others and half of the Aldershot fanbase, not surprised.

forevertufc wrote:Well shock and horror, didn't see this coming. It was all over shotstalk back in the summer, think a fair few of their fans predicted he wouldn't last long.

He was out for most of last season as well. Sadly for Damon, I suspect his career as a professional footballer may be over.

Well shock and horror, didn't see this coming. It was all over shotstalk back in the summer, think a fair few of their fans predicted he wouldn't last long.

Should never had taken him. Shots fans had been saying that he had a long term problem. Did we not check his Medical records??

Perhaps Matt could use his crowd funder to pay off Lathropes contract so we can swap him for Raachi...