Ben Abbey

[Fleetbabe]

Yeah, but he had a trial at Yeovil according to Macca, (who still speaks to him a lot) and turned them down (too quiet see)... what does that SAY to you?

[Gordon T]

Says to me that He didn't want to play at Yeovil? Anyway so what if they did, does not mean he was good enough.

Take the example of Akpo sodje at huddersfield. although to be fair to sodje he has not really been able to get in to their squad.

Why didn't andy offer him a contract?

[chilled out entertainer]

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but in my opinion Ben was just not good enough for conference football with either his ability or attitude

i think i understood this quite well actually?

[Stu B]

Mullets are the ultimate hair cut.

Bussiness up front,party out back.

[chilled out entertainer]

could think of another word other than party.

[FleetFanatic]

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Mullets are the ultimate hair cut.
Bussiness up front,party out back.

Time you got a different haircut, me thinks.....

[Stu B]

Or i could move to Germany <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

For the record i don't have a mullet..!

[jc]

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Take the example of Akpo sodje at huddersfield. although to be fair to sodje he has not really been able to get in to their squad.

Just as an aside, I saw on Ceefax this morning that Akpo has secured a deal with Huddersfield until the end of the season.

I'll go now... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Fleetbabe]

The fact is, Yeovil liked Ben Walshe, but he turned down a contract with them, not the other way round. He felt that it was too out of the way and too quiet, so he didn't sign the contract.

He also had a trial with another large club up north, but I'm not sure where.

[John@TheFleet]

I reckon Andy knew Jacko was on his way back long before the end of last season so made room for him by giving Ben the old heave-ho.

[chilled out entertainer]

well that was stupid, jacko is a has been, walshe was one for the future. i hope that was not the reason.

[jc]

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jacko is a has been

Blasphemy!

[fat fleet bloke]

sorry about this but.....squawkident what are you talking about. its comments like that about our players that make me sick!!!!!

[meldrew]

The team is a better balanced unit when Jacko is playing on the left with Skins behind him.Obviously he has been hampered with the shin splints for a while and looked a bit slow recently,but give the boy a chance to get fit and he will show you what playing for the Fleet means to him.Until then,don`t criticise!

[chilled out entertainer]

im not saying it doesn't mean anything to him, i am sure it does. He HAS played some awesome football in the name of the fleet, but it was all in the past. We should look to the future, and be bringing in young players, not old fans favourites.

[GaryFB]

Just checked the squad pages on Whitebucket and there are 12 players younger than Jacko and eight older. Just because Jacko has been around for a long time doesn't mean he hasn't got a good few years left in him yet.

 

Oh and going back to the original topic I would rather have seen Ben Abbey stay with us this season. However the nearest I'll ever get to managing the Fleet is in FM 2005!!!

[jc]

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im not saying it doesn't mean anything to him, i am sure it does. He HAS played some awesome football in the name of the fleet, but it was all in the past. We should look to the future, and be bringing in young players, not old fans favourites.

Well, I'm glad you've tempered your comments a little now, but you have to admit that describing one of our longest-serving players ever as a 'has-been' was inevitably going to come across as somewhat harsh.

Admittedly, as I think Jimmy said a few days ago, it is a little naive to see Jacko as the potential saviour when he returns, but nonetheless I, like most other fans I'm sure, will judge Jacko's performances objectively when he returns from his injury. And as Gary points out, he's not really that old. By your logic, signing a 33-year-old this week to play in central defence must be a backward step too... <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[chilled out entertainer]

not really seeing as we have no defenders. we have enough midfielders. so many that surey was on the bench. if only we could have defenders of that quality on the bench then we would be right up the table.

[Stu B]

I'd say up fronts our real concern at the moment..

[Guest]

I still think Louie Evans could have been an excellent player for the Fleet, given time.I remember his goal against Halifax last year and then all of a sudden Andy ships him out on loan. A good player and a good lad, anyone know where Louie is playing now.