So...Balanta

[hammer]

hope his posse dont lead him astray!

[NorwegianRanger]

He's scored in friendlies, on loan, in the youth, in the reserves....

Question:

Would you prefer him over Di Carmine? or over Helguson?

Seems a better option that what we tried last year

Are you sure DiCarmine is still with the Rīs? Canīt find him on the squad homepage/players profiles on the offish anymore...

[ScottJones]

sdc has left. i was just comparing what we put out last year

[Yousef]

Sam I agree with you sort off, but probably he will probably prove himself this season.

[NorwegianRanger]

sdc has left. i was just comparing what we put out last year

thank god :victory:

[Robsondinho]

To be fair to the boy.....he went on loan and done the business for Wycombe. Everytime he has played for us he dont look out of place. Played today bagged a brace...his done everything asked of him so far so why not give him a shot?? If he dont play in the CCC he will never have the experiance will he?

[Yousef]

Chris doesn't that mean team tactics did not help him? Probably Magilton will make a good one this time.

[Robsondinho]

Hope so mate about time we had a star come through the ranks.

[qblockoompah]

i say give him a chance, and an actual chance. about time we gave our own boys a chance. him,hogan n connolly are 3 very bright talents, keep them, get em on long contracts and give em the chance to shine. think balanta could turn out to be a gem. no, not because of a friendly, but because of what i personally have seen of him, always looks very comfortable and composed on the ball, technically very gifted IMHO.

[Robsondinho]

i say give him a chance, and an actual chance. about time we gave our own boys a chance. him,hogan n connolly are 3 very bright talents, keep them, get em on long contracts and give em the chance to shine. think balanta could turn out to be a gem. no, not because of a friendly, but because of what i personally have seen of him, always looks very comfortable and composed on the ball, technically very gifted IMHO.

Amen to that my freind!!

[stainrodisalegend]

the only real question about him is whether he is strong enough yet. I don't know the answer, just asking the question. He cd be brilliant; equally some horrible lump of a championship centre half with six broken noses cd sort him out in two minutes. Jim and John will be making their assessments, but I repeat the question, who does he play instead of?

[ScottJones]

the only real question about him is whether he is strong enough yet. I don't know the answer, just asking the question. He cd be brilliant; equally some horrible lump of a championship centre half with six broken noses cd sort him out in two minutes. Jim and John will be making their assessments, but I repeat the question, who does he play instead of?

i'd pick him over all of our strikers to be honest.

[stainrodisalegend]

Scott mate, I don't say that judgement is wrong. Lets face it, most fans on here tend to stick up for this striker or that striker while knowing in their hearts that all our forward line is at best so so (with the possible exception of Vine, but he's not an out and out striker). There is an argument to throw the bright young prospect into the fire and see if he shines. But does a team serious about promotion - facing a growing list of clubs that have some quite impressive fire power - rely on a kid whose only proven success is a handful of goals in the 4th tier? In a way I agree with you - better to go down all guns blazing - but I can't hide from you that I feel v disillusioned the club don't seem to be in any hurry to sign a proven, established striker who it can be really confident will score goals.

[ScottJones]

Know where you're coming from fella and cant disagree with that. I think the issue is we haev too many strikers on our books and may need to offload them before we can buy?

[Robsondinho]

If they play him up top I think they would need to play a bigger man (Target man if we have 1) so he can latch on to flicks, and feed off the dirty work the other man puts in. What I have seen of him I believe he could do well.