New players summary

[goderz3]

A quick summary of the new players in after pre season and first game.
Josh Hare, we know quit a bit about Josh from last time and is a very steady player at right back. I thought he had done really well in the friendly's but seemed to lack urgency and his delivery was poor 7.5/10
Michael Kelly, He's done ok and has been steady in his performance pre season, I would like to see him overlap more but I guess he's playing it safe a the moment and I don't think he is that quick. 7.5/10
Jake Hesketh, this is a strange one,the jury's out on him. The games I've seen him play in he looks lost and doesn't seem to gel with other players. Good energy and fight with some glimpses of good skills. 7/10
Joe Low, very disappointed with this one considering he's come from a championship side. I know he's only had two games but in both games I've seen him get turned several times and for a lad of his size was being out jumped. Let's hope he has more to offer because he did have a late start to preseason .6/10
Tom Whelan, this is our best singing for me. A perfect replacement for Jack. He plays slightly higher up the pitch than Jack , a very creative player with vision to pick out a pass. Also like Jake can take free kicks and corners. 8/10
Christian Maghoma, only two games for him and it looked like two different players in each game. In the Brentford game he looked relaxed and in control but in the Wrexham game look nervous and unsure. Let's hope he can show he's real talent on match days, I think he can be a very good player. 7/10
Harry Pritchard, hard working player that never gives up and can deliver a good cross.l need to see more of him. 7.5/10
Danny Whitehall, it's the first time I've seen Danny on Saterday. A difficult game to come into but looks big and strong with no fear.7.5/10
I know it's early days and would be interested in others thoughts.

[unknownquantity]

Personally as I said on another thread I am reluctant to comment on individual players at this stage. I think a lot of people would have said that when they first saw them play that they thought Ryan Cresswell and Reda Johnson were good signings, but may have a different view on that now.

I think football is generally a team game and for centre backs it is important to have two who work well together. An ideal combination would be to have one who has a strong physical presence and the other who reads the game well. Often if you have get two players who lack pace or two players who are quiet together it does not work even if on an individual level the players are of a fairly good quality,

The ability to score goals has been talked about many times including by myself. I often refer our first season in the National League when we scored 87 league goals. In that campaign we had three forwards who managed a double figure total of goals and had a midfield that collectively scored more than 25 goals. Whether our current squad can match that or even get to close matching that I will leave for other people to decide.

[sotonspitfire]

Having seen a decent amount of Hesketh with saints and knowing people who have worked with him, he should have the abilities to be the best player in this division. Saw few glimpses Saturday.
I thought Low was absolutely terrible, poor positioning, slow. Hopefully Broadbent I'd an upgrade.
Whelan looked very tidy.