Ethel The Tree Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Another abreviated Loan Watch Jack Stobbs is still injured (according to FlashScore) so misses Livingston at home to Ross Co Liam Shaw plays no part in Chesterfield's visit to Torquay, I'm assuming that's down to the expiry of his one month loan Connor Kirby, his one match ban now served, can't play because having survived their latest winding-up threat and received an EFL point deduction Macclesfield have now fallen foul of SAG, so don't have a game Matt Penney is either still on the sidelines and/or back home for Christmas - but his side did manage to play a game without him ... 21 December St. Pauli 3-0 Arminia Bielefeld (att: 29,546) Despite ending their winless run last time out, Jos's side started this game occupying the relegation play-off spot Whereas Julian Borner's old mates arrived in Hamburg with a 4pt lead at the top of the division So there was only one possible outcome really 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 22nd December Heidenheim 3-1 VfL Osnabruck (att: 12,100) A first defeat in nine games marked JvA's 15th start for VfL and wrecked their hopes of going into the winter break 4th in the table That honour now goes to Heidenheim (p.16) who started the game 1pt above their visitors The stats suggest an even game but VfL had to play out the last 10mins with ten men and then conceded the third in the last minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Think it's safe to say Liam Shaw's loan spell at Chesterfield has now expired In summary, he made five appearances during the month Which comprised of four league (one cup) - three starts plus one (and one) as sub In total = P 3 +1(1) W 0 D 1 L 2 +1(1) So how do you rate the success of a loanee when the team are going through such a rough patch? He'll benefit from the experience, but after playing the first two games in their entirety, he was subbed off before an hour of the third and the following two sub appearances amounted to about five minutes in total So perhaps things could have worked out better He also picked up one booking but thankfully, no injuries 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grez Bez Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 It'll be good experience for him, bring around a senior squad at a good sized club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 4 hours ago, Ethel The Tree said: Think it's safe to say Liam Shaw's loan spell at Chesterfield has now expired In summary, he made five appearances during the month Which comprised of four league (one cup) - three starts plus one (and one) as sub In total = P 3 +1(1) W 0 D 1 L 2 +1(1) So how do you rate the success of a loanee when the team are going through such a rough patch? He'll benefit from the experience, but after playing the first two games in their entirety, he was subbed off before an hour of the third and the following two sub appearances amounted to about five minutes in total So perhaps things could have worked out better He also picked up one booking but thankfully, no injuries Limited time in a hard school like the conference will stand him good stead far more than playing in the dev league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 26th December Macclesfield 1-1 Grimsby (att: 1,991) A second half penalty looked like giving Macc their first win since mid-October Until Grimsby equalised with their first league goal since ... mid-October The draw was Macc's fifth on the bounce which, together with their six-point deduction, leaves them third bottom Connor Kirby watched it all unfold from the bench - as an unused sub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 29th December Forest Green 1-0 Macclesfield (att: 2,155) Connor Kirby was restored to the starting XI for this one Which, after recent suspension, bench duty and Macc's current predicament, was his first game for a month Match stats suggest Forest Green were good value for their win, even though they had to wait until the 75th minute for the goal The three points strengthen their position near the top of the league and highlight Macc's problems at the bottom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 I'll persist with Connor Kirby Watch for a while longer ... 1st January Port Vale 2-2 Macclesfield (att: 5,350) Two goals in a minute overturned the home side's half-time advantage But Vale found an equaliser five minutes later to spoil Macc's hopes of grabbing that much-needed win Still, another hard-earned point gained Connor's 24th appearance marked by yet another booking 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 21 minutes ago, Ethel The Tree said: I'll persist with Connor Kirby Watch for a while longer ... 1st January Port Vale 2-2 Macclesfield (att: 5,350) Two goals in a minute overturned the home side's half-time advantage But Vale found an equaliser five minutes later to spoil Macc's hopes of grabbing that much-needed win Still, another hard-earned point gained Connor's 24th appearance marked by yet another booking oops correction - make that his 25th appearance 20 starts plus five as sub (all competitions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 58 minutes ago, Ethel The Tree said: I'll persist with Connor Kirby Watch for a while longer ... 1st January Port Vale 2-2 Macclesfield (att: 5,350) Two goals in a minute overturned the home side's half-time advantage But Vale found an equaliser five minutes later to spoil Macc's hopes of grabbing that much-needed win Still, another hard-earned point gained Connor's 24th appearance marked by yet another booking Let's hope you can fill this thread out with some new ones in the next few weeks. .. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 22 minutes ago, torryowl said: Let's hope you can fill this thread out with some new ones in the next few weeks. .. . That is my hope too There are no updates filtering down from Scotland, that's for sure But if Matt Penney's loan gets cut short ... and/or Joost van Aken's move to Germany becomes permanent ...? I'm gonna start feeling like a stalker (again!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 4th January Macclesfield 1-0 Cambridge (att: 1,454) Another full 90mins for Connor Kirby to add to his tally And that vital first win in twelve for his side - an early goal deciding a tight affair They remain third bottom of League 2 but now have a 5pt cushion on the two sides below them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauchief Owl Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ethel The Tree said: 4th January Macclesfield 1-0 Cambridge (att: 1,454) Another full 90mins for Connor Kirby to add to his tally And that vital first win in twelve for his side - an early goal deciding a tight affair They remain third bottom of League 2 but now have a 5pt cushion on the two sides below them They may also be facing a four point deduction for not playing their recent fixture with Crewe. As you rightly say. a vital win today and Connor must be rated to get the full ninety minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 41 minutes ago, Beauchief Owl said: They may also be facing a four point deduction for not playing their recent fixture with Crewe. As you rightly say. a vital win today and Connor must be rated to get the full ninety minutes. There were rumours circulating the other week that a number of clubs were considering a move for Connor during this transfer window Which suggests his performances for Macclesfield have caught the eye of gossip-mongers, if no-one else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 I haven't spotted any official confirmation or anything ... But I'm guessing that Jack Stobbs' appearance as a 71st minute sub for our U23s yesterday means his loan spell at Livingston is now over So, a quick summary then: After a blistering start to his time up there - making his debut as a sub (Ross Co. away) and scoring a 'worldie' - things hardly got going for him He made two further appearances from the bench and his only start (his last time out) was Hamilton (a) at the end of September He'd also been an unused sub on four occasions during those early weeks before dropping off the radar A return to the bench for two more games late-October/early-November wasn't the comeback he might've hoped for There's no use speculating as to what went wrong, FlashScore listed him as being unavailable through injury so maybe that was the problem ... or plastic pitches, who knows? Either way, the loan may have provided good experience for Jack but it can hardly be considered successful Total 4 appearances (all in the SPL) P 1 +3 W +2 D 0 L 1 +1 scored: 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauchief Owl Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Ethel The Tree said: I haven't spotted any official confirmation or anything ... But I'm guessing that Jack Stobbs' appearance as a 71st minute sub for our U23s yesterday means his loan spell at Livingston is now over So, a quick summary then: After a blistering start to his time up there - making his debut as a sub (Ross Co. away) and scoring a 'worldie' - things hardly got going for him He made two further appearances from the bench and his only start (his last time out) was Hamilton (a) at the end of September He'd also been an unused sub on four occasions during those early weeks before dropping off the radar A return to the bench for two more games late-October/early-November wasn't the comeback he might've hoped for There's no use speculating as to what went wrong, FlashScore listed him as being unavailable through injury so maybe that was the problem ... or plastic pitches, who knows? Either way, the loan may have provided good experience for Jack but it can hardly be considered successful Total 4 appearances (all in the SPL) P 1 +3 W +2 D 0 L 1 +1 scored: 1 Give the lad credit he's been prepared to go on loan, but clearly he's not going to make it with us. I was surprised that he was able to get his present contract given his lack of progress over the previous years. Hope he can get himself a deal elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonLeon Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Players like Stobbs is where modern football gets it massively wrong. He’s had 5 years on good money but he’ll more than likely leave in the summer at 23 tumbling down the leagues on a fraction of that. Doesn’t really set players like that up well for the real world of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philb125 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Not sure if this is the right area, but any news on if we’re bringing Matt Penney back this window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 10 hours ago, NeonLeon said: Players like Stobbs is where modern football gets it massively wrong. He’s had 5 years on good money but he’ll more than likely leave in the summer at 23 tumbling down the leagues on a fraction of that. Doesn’t really set players like that up well for the real world of work. How much do you think he was earning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshallovercome Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, McRightSide said: How much do you think he was earning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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