Holroyd

[el_goodo_cufc]

Ahoyhoy,

CUFC fan here. He's been with you for a wee while now, I see he's started a few games & is regularly coming on but has yet to score. Wondering what your opinions of him are?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Plenty of promise. I like him. Also, he has a TINY head.

 

[Mellotron]

Looks promising. Has a good touch and will mature into a striker who will hold his own at this level, in my completely unqualified opinion. Has surprised some by appearing to be ahead of Forster in the pecking order currently.

Ability wise - not yet as good as Forster or Murray. Looks like he will be better than Dickinson or Davies.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

He look 11 years old.

 

[sam86]

Ahh, Cambridge United. Not Colchester United. That explains it!

 

[Easy 10]

He's still a bit raw, but he's pacey, works hard, has a decent touch and looks like he could develop into a decent striker at this level. I like him.
Got a face like a smacked arse though.

 

[The Large One]

Lays off sitters to his co-striker who then fucks them up.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Needs to learn when to release the ball. Won;t beat players as easily as he did at a lower level, so needs to have an impact and then pass.

 

[BensGrandad]

A striker is supposed and expected to score goals so as yet he has failed to live up to expectation and in fact hasnt looked like getting anywhere near to the goal but it is early days and he is raw so give him the benefit of the doubt. He doesnt appear to be operating in unison with our other strikers as yet. Whether he will make it or not only time will tell.

If he doesnt look like scoring a goal very soon he will have NSC on his back that is most certain.

 

[BensGrandad]

Lays off sitters to his co-striker who then fucks them up.

I must have missed those sitters as I can only remember 1 chance that he has presented to another striker.

 

[gruntage]

Ahh, Cambridge United. Not Colchester United. That explains it!

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Oscar]

He has lovely rosy cheeks.

 

[Husty]

Decent player, but hasnt ever looked like scoring, already seems to have turned into a winger in many respects, replaced lua lua a couple of times

 

[el_goodo_cufc]

Cheers for the replies.

Glad to see you're all fairly encouraged by him at the moment, good to see the lad has support. We, as fans, all felt he had the quality & ability to make it in League 1, so it's nice to hear y'all making similar noises too, though it's early days obviously.

With regards to his goalscoring, he took a while to settle in when he first joined us & that was even though he was technically dropping a level (we signed him from Chester, then in League 2), so I'm not overly surprised that he's taking time to adjust, especially with the leap in standard taken into account too. He's wasted on the wing (in my opinion, anyway), he can do a job there but you'll get the best out of him by allowing him to play off the last man, running onto through balls & ones over the top. He's turned into a bit of a poacher too since he first came to us - has a habit of being in the right place in the box for a tap in. He does massively rely on service though, as became painfully apparent when we embarked on our awful, awful run. He's not going to change a game all by himself. I do feel however, that given time he'll turn out to be a decent player for you. Shame you took him when you did though, being in a relegation scrap ourselves we could've done with him until the summer.

He does indeed have a tiny head, lovely rosy-red cheeks & looks about 12, you're quite right. And we're the true CUFC, thankyou Good luck for the rest of the season, being Brighton-based myself, I always keep an eye out for your results

 

[LABHA]

May find his feet next season a bit more,but if we were to get promotion, ( and im not saying we will) he dont look good enough atm for Champioship level,but who knows after a bit of confidence,( a goal or 2).

 

[PHCgull]

being Brighton-based myself, I always keep an eye out for your results

Why dont you head down to the Stadio Delle Withdean on saturday and see for yourself?

 

[Martinf]

If he starts to score we could call him the baby-faced assassin?

 

[BUTTERBALL]

I think he is going to be a very good player for us. He has great pace, a good touch and a willing attitide. Plenty to look forward to with Mr Holroyd.

 

[JonathanLivingstonSeagull]

think he looks promising

looking forward to his first goal or six

 

[Husty]

think he looks promising

looking forward to his first goal or six

Could be a long time in coming