Loan Report

I confess that that this post is not about our players on loan but two of our ex-players who met in opposition a few hours ago.
I was at the Walsall v MK Dons game, which was dire for much of the game. There was a great deal of hoofing going on, Aiden Flint being one of the worst offenders - and who came away with the Man of the Match Award in a 0-2 defeat against the so-called 'Dons' featuring Curtis Nelson.
The game was riddled with endless fouls and the ball was hoofed out of play ad infinitum.

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

I confess that that this post is not about our players on loan but two of our ex-players who met in opposition a few hours ago.
I was at the Walsall v MK Dons game, which was dire for much of the game. There was a great deal of hoofing going on, Aiden Flint being one of the worst offenders - and who came away with the Man of the Match Award in a 0-2 defeat against the so-called 'Dons' featuring Curtis Nelson.
The game was riddled with endless fouls and the ball was hoofed out of play ad infinitum.

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Callum Paterson is injured, he'd have livened it up for you. Albert Adomah came on for Walsall. I never knew his middle name was Danquah, that's excellent.

It's funny you've turned up here, you might be interested in this. I mentioned in the Academy thread that our striker, Luke Pearce, has joined IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish League on loan. It's on the Aland Islands, ever been there? It must be remote if you haven't.

Someone went to a Mariehamn game and wrote this report. I've no idea why Luke Pearce has gone there but, by the look of it, the ground has a Leckwith Stadium vibe with a running track and just one stand so he should feel at home when he's playing.

https://www.groundhopping.se/IFKMari...%20half%2Dtime.

Was hoping Luke would come back to Sligo because God Knows the Bit of Red need a striker so. His mammy is a Sligo girl too. I watched him play the last days he was here on LOITV . He looked a mile better than most of the players there. Ollie Denham still with them and playing well enough but slowly coming down in standard. At least The Showgrounds have 2 stands on the sides , but you can get a grand salad burger and a cup of tea on the car park end.

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Originally Posted by Loramski

Callum Paterson is injured, he'd have livened it up for you. Albert Adomah came on for Walsall. I never knew his middle name was Danquah, that's excellent.

It's funny you've turned up here, you might be interested in this. I mentioned in the Academy thread that our striker, Luke Pearce, has joined IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish League on loan. It's on the Aland Islands, ever been there? It must be remote if you haven't.

Someone went to a Mariehamn game and wrote this report. I've no idea why Luke Pearce has gone there but, by the look of it, the ground has a Leckwith Stadium vibe with a running track and just one stand so he should feel at home when he's playing.

https://www.groundhopping.se/IFKMari...%20half%2Dtime.

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Adomah looked good when he came on.
As for the Åland Islands I can't say that I knew where they were before I used Google a few minutes ago.
By the way, Iike Accrington Stanley that I visited earlier in the season, Walsall had more conducive areas for fans to have a drink in than is the case at the CCS. The warehouse-like structure about 50 yards from the stadium itself was only spoiled by a deafening 'karaoke-type' singer whose volume was absolutely deafening and who was swanning around as if she owned the place whilst being more of a major irritant.
(Draught ale would have been appreciated as well).
It was curious to see a modern ground (built in 1990) with supports obstructing the view for spectators though.

An amazing finish to Yeovil's game with Sutton tonight. Dakarai Mafico and Troy Perrett were brought on at 1-1 with half an hour to go but Sutton soon scored and held a 2-1 lead going into injury time. Yeovil equalised in the 93rd minute and then were given a penalty soon after. They'd missed one earlier in the game and with the regular taker off there may have been some debate about who would take it. Troy Perrett takes them for our u-21s but it was given to the last sub, Brett McGiven, who buried it for a crucial win that takes Yeovil eight points clear of the relegation zone. With a winnable FA Trophy quarter-final coming up on Saturday things are looking up for them after a poor recent run.

A new manager at Eastleigh but no pitch time for Luey Giles as they also won their game in injury-time. They beat Truro 2-1, with Luke Jephcott getting Truro's goal.

No squad place for Michael Reindorf at Tamworth last night, or Will Spiers for Merthyr (I assume he's injured) but Jake Dennis made some good saves as Merthyr beat the bottom club, Leamington, 2-1 in a game that ended with a mass brawl in front of the dug-outs.

Luke Pearce will have to wait for his debut for IFK Mariehamn as their League Cup game with FC Lahti was moved to next week. If anyone's planning to go out and watch Mariehamn play then it might be worth knowing that, although they play in the Finnish league and the Aland Islands are under Finnish sovereignty, the local language is Swedish. If you use a Finnish phrase book you'll get some funny looks and might get called a rovhatt (that's Swedish for arse hat).

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Adomah looked good when he came on.
As for the Åland Islands I can't say that I knew where they were before I used Google a few minutes ago.
By the way, Iike Accrington Stanley that I visited earlier in the season, Walsall had more conducive areas for fans to have a drink in than is the case at the CCS. The warehouse-like structure about 50 yards from the stadium itself was only spoiled by a deafening 'karaoke-type' singer whose volume was absolutely deafening and who was swanning around as if she owned the place whilst being more of a major irritant.
(Draught ale would have been appreciated as well).
It was curious to see a modern ground (built in 1990) with supports obstructing the view for spectators though.

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I've also been on Google - surprised to see that the Aland islands only have a population of 30,000. That would be like if Pontypridd became autonymous.

There's a saying that it's better to have bad news that's true than good news we made up. Hopefully that's right, this thread is doomed otherwise.

Yeovil threw away the chance of Cup glory this afternoon by getting beaten on penalties by Southport in the quarter finals of the FA Trophy. They were 1-0 up with two minutes of normal time left but were inviting pressure and the equaliser felt inevitable. Dakarai Mafico started further forward today, he was subbed for Troy Perrett just after the hour mark, and picked up a yellow card for preventing a quick free kick. Nothing against Mafico, of course, but good. It annoys me when players do that and it should be a sin-bin offence, except football hasn't got that. Personally, I'd bring in a rule where the player has to suck the referee's socks as a punishment, that would soon stop it.

Not much else happening. No pitch time for Luey Giles or Michael Reindorf, no squad place for Tanatswa Nyakuhwa or Will Spiers. Kion Etete got on for St Mirren, in the fifth minute of injury time, but Jesper Daland was suspended and Roko Simic's Karlsruher don't play till tomorrow.

Jake Dennis made some good saves for Merthyr but they lost at home, Luke Armstrong's Penybont didn't have a game and Ewan Griffiths' Cardiff Met had their game called off last night because of a floodlight failure. Come on guys, there's a hockey pitch on campus. Use your imaginations.

Luke Pearce is up and running at IFK Mariehamn as they drew 1-1 at home to IK Sleipner in a friendly. You were probably all following the game this afternoon so I won't bore you with every detail but Pearce came on at half time, had one header saved, a shot blocked and set up a chance for the winner in injury time but that was also blocked. Mariehamn used 19 players and there was a crowd of 173 so, by my reckoning, the entire local population either played or watched.

These loan reports are a joy to read, Loramski.

Intelligent, informed and always witty.

Thanks - and keep them going.

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Originally Posted by jon1959

These loan reports are a joy to read, Loramski.

Intelligent, informed and always witty.

Thanks - and keep them going.

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I agree 👍

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Originally Posted by jon1959

These loan reports are a joy to read, Loramski.

Intelligent, informed and always witty.

Thanks - and keep them going.

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Yes, they always brighten up my day. :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by jon1959

These loan reports are a joy to read, Loramski.

Intelligent, informed and always witty.

Thanks - and keep them going.

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Same. Very much appreciated.

Fantastic stuff Loramski.

Thanks all.

Just to round off the weekend's action, Roko Simic started for Karlsruher today as they won 3-1 away from home. I saw some rumours recently that he was going to be frozen out there because Karlsruher didn't want to trigger an obligation to buy once he reached a certain number of appearances but that's two starts in a row for him now.

Not a great season for him there, only nine starts (with ten sub appearances) and three goals but he hasn't been out of the match day squad all season so it hasn't been a total washout either.

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Originally Posted by jon1959

These loan reports are a joy to read, Loramski.

Intelligent, informed and always witty.

Thanks - and keep them going.

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I have a feeling that Mr Loramski has been involved in journalism at some stage of his career, so good and witty are his posts. If not, it's never to late. I'd love to see him writing for Fails Online, he would bring the football reporting up a notch or twenty, and actually make it worthwhile reading.

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Originally Posted by Loramski

Thanks all.

Just to round off the weekend's action, Roko Simic started for Karlsruher today as they won 3-1 away from home. I saw some rumours recently that he was going to be frozen out there because Karlsruher didn't want to trigger an obligation to buy once he reached a certain number of appearances but that's two starts in a row for him now.

Not a great season for him there, only nine starts (with ten sub appearances) and three goals but he hasn't been out of the match day squad all season so it hasn't been a total washout either.

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I wonder what the obligation to buy level is as surely having played in 19 games would meet that requirement
Next quesion - does daaland have anything similiar?

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Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird

Same. Very much appreciated.

Fantastic stuff Loramski.

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Yes same from me too, very witty and informative, much appreciated

Taken from Twitter, so don't take as gospel...
Karlsruher are obliged to sign Simic if he plays 45 mins in 20 games.

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Originally Posted by Barry Murphy Island

Taken from Twitter, so don't take as gospel...
Karlsruher are obliged to sign Simic if he plays 45 mins in 20 games.

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Thanks for this. Like you say, it's hard to know what to believe on Twitter (surely rooftop pools can't be that unsafe?) but deals like this do exist so it's possible I guess.

When I saw it, one guy said Simic was close to triggering the deal. He's only played 45 minutes ten times so is nowhere near, maybe he'd seen the 20 appearances thing and thought that was all that was needed (he's up to 19 now).

Have you seen anything similar for Daland? He's played 45 minutes sixteen times but the only thing I've seen suggested about him is that there's an option to buy rather than an obligation.

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Originally Posted by jon1959

These loan reports are a joy to read, Loramski.

Intelligent, informed and always witty.

Thanks - and keep them going.

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Always look out for these, it’s good to see how our loan players are doing
BTW, what was the story behind Spiers going and coming back from Eastleigh?

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Originally Posted by olderblue

Always look out for these, it’s good to see how our loan players are doing
BTW, what was the story behind Spiers going and coming back from Eastleigh?

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That's a good question, I've no idea what happened there. He was getting starts at Eastleigh too, played 90 minutes in his last game but then we recalled him and loaned him back to Merthyr. It backfired a bit because he hasn't played for weeks now, presumably he's injured.

Dakarai Mafico and Troy Perrett helped Yeovil to a dominant 2-0 win over Tamworth last night. Both started and Perrett was only subbed in the last minute to allow a youngster to make his debut.

Mafico came third in February's player of the month at Yeovil. He seems to have gone from Bagan to Wintle to Robertson in his time there, fairly seamlessly too. Good luck asking him to be Salech though.

Michael Reindorf came on for Tamworth in that game, Kion Etete came on in the 90th minute for St Mirren at Dundee United and Luey Giles got a full game for Eastleigh as they lost their semi-final of the Hampshire Cup to Basingstoke.

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Originally Posted by Loramski

That's a good question, I've no idea what happened there. He was getting starts at Eastleigh too, played 90 minutes in his last game but then we recalled him and loaned him back to Merthyr. It backfired a bit because he hasn't played for weeks now, presumably he's injured.

Dakarai Mafico and Troy Perrett helped Yeovil to a dominant 2-0 win over Tamworth last night. Both started and Perrett was only subbed in the last minute to allow a youngster to make his debut.

Mafico came third in February's player of the month at Yeovil. He seems to have gone from Bagan to Wintle to Robertson in his time there, fairly seamlessly too. Good luck asking him to be Salech though.

Michael Reindorf came on for Tamworth in that game, Kion Etete came on in the 90th minute for St Mirren at Dundee United and Luey Giles got a full game for Eastleigh as they lost their semi-final of the Hampshire Cup to Basingstoke.

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Mafico and Perrett seem to be doing well with this loan, hopefully they can kick on and get an EFL move next season

I remember one of those social media posts the club did and they asked the players who was the next youngster to make their debut/most gifted or something along those lines and 90% said Perrett, hopefully that's the case and we can have another academy player in the squad! Certainly saves us money!

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Originally Posted by City123

Mafico and Perrett seem to be doing well with this loan, hopefully they can kick on and get an EFL move next season

I remember one of those social media posts the club did and they asked the players who was the next youngster to make their debut/most gifted or something along those lines and 90% said Perrett, hopefully that's the case and we can have another academy player in the squad! Certainly saves us money!

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Of course. He disappointed me a bit earlier this season, there wasn't enough drive and energy from him and BBM didn't seem that interested, even when Rubin got injured.

Maybe there was a fitness issue and he was conserving his energy through games when I saw him? He seems to be doing well enough at Yeovil but not making the full 90 minutes, last night was encouraging in that regard.

One odd thing is his lack of goals so far. He scored regularly here but is struggling to find the net now. He took a touch last night and missed out when a first time shot was on. He was a reliable penalty taker here but isn't stepping up now, even in the shoot-out the other day (Mafico took one in an earlier round). Probably just a confidence thing, hopefully one goal will lead to more.

2 goals for Luke Pearce today as IFK Mariehamn beat FC Lahti (yes, that FC Lahti) in a League Cup group game.

I think that puts him second in the goalscorers chart for loaned out players this season, one behind Roko Simic. I used to need an abacus to keep up when Velikonja was out on loan, those were the days.

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Originally Posted by Loramski

2 goals for Luke Pearce today as IFK Mariehamn beat FC Lahti (yes, that FC Lahti) in a League Cup group game.

I think that puts him second in the goalscorers chart for loaned out players this season, one behind Roko Simic. I used to need an abacus to keep up when Velikonja was out on loan, those were the days.

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He has one of his goals up on Insta. Well taken.

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Originally Posted by Razor Lad

He has one of his goals up on Insta. Well taken.

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I'll look out for a highlights package, if they do one, and put it on here.

I didn't realise Darren Purse had played for Mariehamn in 2013 and was the one encouraging Pearce to make the move.

https://youtu.be/EldZ_yFOtuA?si=zB0juRbaSBHv0RH2

Pearce is number 11 for Mariehamn (in green).