Posts Tagged ‘Barry Conlon’

Reading the letters in the T&A sports section yesterday, I spotted a couple that criticised Stuart McCall for not playing a settled team every week. One of the letter writers went on to call on the manager to try using the players currently on the bench or in the reserves. He seemed not to realise [...]

According to the Grimsby Telegraph, Barry Conlon is expected to sign for Grimsby Town on loan. Meanwhile, City have signed a lookalike for Conlon from Accrington Stanley until the end of the season (see below for pic). Mullin is Stanley’s record goalscorer, albeit with a scoring rate not dissimilar to Conlon’s (about 1 in 3).

Conlon started up front, Thorne switched between centre-forward and left side of midfield and Boulding was the player alternating with Thorne in a fluid front line. Nicky Law performed well on the right-hand side, the normally reliable Luke O’Brien was caught out for one of the Barnet goals and there was a mix-up between TJ [...]

It was Daley and Conlon last year, and Conlon again this season. Who’s next? Thorne? McCall? Graeme Lee?
I can’t believe the boos that greeted Barry Conlon as he came off the bench last Saturday. They guy hadn’t even got on the pitch and people were booing him. It won’t help the player and it won’t [...]