Matt Hamshaw is one of three or four reported targets from relegated Mansfield. A pacey right winger, Hamshaw signed for the Stags in 2006 from Stockport County, having spent only one season at Edgley Park after signing from his first club, Sheffield Wednesday.
A local lad, Hamshaw had signed professional terms for Wednesday in 1998, and in 7 years with the club made only 74 league appearances, 39 of them coming from the bench.
His one season at Stockport saw him make 39 league appearances, and despite being captain for the season engineered a move back to a local team, Mansfield.
He has enjoyed two relatively successful seasons, making 85 league appearances.
Hamshaw has never really struggled with serious injury problems, and at the age of 25 should soon be entering his prime as a footballer.
This would mean he would not come cheap, as usually we sign players at the start or end of their career, but just like Danny Schofield, signing Hamshaw would be a real signal of intent. However, with N’Guessan, King, Warlow and Lenny on the books, do we really need to be looking at another winger, alongside Danny Schofield? In my opinion, King and John-Lewis may well end up operating as strikers, and Warlow as a left back. This leaves only N’Guessan to fill both wing roles, so perhaps signing both Schofield and Hamshaw would not be too much at all.
Overall, I cannot see us signing both of them, if either of them at all. Out of the two, I would rather see Hamshaw, but if signing either of these two means we cant afford a quality defender or two then I would ignore them completely.
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Thursday, 8 May 2008
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Danny Schofield Profiled
With Danny Schofield being mentioned once again, it’s probably worth a look at the career of this 27 year old midfielder.
Schofield has played his career predominantly as a winger, although he started as a striker. He can play on either flank, and some sources say he is one of the most talented players to never have played above League One.
He was signed in 1998 from Brodsworth Welfare for a nominal fee of £2k. He made his debut at the end of the 1998-99 season, playing the full game against a Crewe team containing Seth Johnson and Danny Murphy!
The next season he made four appearances, two of them coming in cup competitions, and it appeared that Schofield was about to break into the first team.
Despite this, he didn’t make any progress the next season, once again playing just the one match, this time in a bad tempered 3-0 defeat to promotion bound Fulham.
2001/2002 proved to be the big breakthrough season for Schofield, playing 40 league games and scoring 8 goals in the process.
The next season was another backwards step for Schofield, this time playing only 30 matches and scoring just 2 goals.
2003/2004 was more successful for Schofield, playing 41 games and once again scoring 8 goals.
2004/2005 Schofield made 12 of his 33 appearances from the bench, and scored 5 goals in the season.
Perhaps Schofield’s most successful season was 2005/2006, where he played 41 games and scored 9 goals, helping Huddersfield finish 4th in League One.
In 2006/2007 he once again featured heavily from the bench, making 10 of his 35 appearance as a substitute, scoring 5 goals.
In this, his last year at the Galpharm Stadium Schofield made just 25 league appearances, scoring only 2 goals in the process.
The Chances of us Signing Schofield?
I don’t really see that this is a realistic prospect. Unless he really wants to come and work with Peter Jackson, it will be very difficult for us to fight off competition from “bigger” clubs such as Yeovil, Bradford, Chesterfield and Rotherham. However, if Jacko really does have a big war chest and we are going to show ambition then this is just the sort of signing we need to make.
Schofield has played his career predominantly as a winger, although he started as a striker. He can play on either flank, and some sources say he is one of the most talented players to never have played above League One.
He was signed in 1998 from Brodsworth Welfare for a nominal fee of £2k. He made his debut at the end of the 1998-99 season, playing the full game against a Crewe team containing Seth Johnson and Danny Murphy!
The next season he made four appearances, two of them coming in cup competitions, and it appeared that Schofield was about to break into the first team.
Despite this, he didn’t make any progress the next season, once again playing just the one match, this time in a bad tempered 3-0 defeat to promotion bound Fulham.
2001/2002 proved to be the big breakthrough season for Schofield, playing 40 league games and scoring 8 goals in the process.
The next season was another backwards step for Schofield, this time playing only 30 matches and scoring just 2 goals.
2003/2004 was more successful for Schofield, playing 41 games and once again scoring 8 goals.
2004/2005 Schofield made 12 of his 33 appearances from the bench, and scored 5 goals in the season.
Perhaps Schofield’s most successful season was 2005/2006, where he played 41 games and scored 9 goals, helping Huddersfield finish 4th in League One.
In 2006/2007 he once again featured heavily from the bench, making 10 of his 35 appearance as a substitute, scoring 5 goals.
In this, his last year at the Galpharm Stadium Schofield made just 25 league appearances, scoring only 2 goals in the process.
The Chances of us Signing Schofield?
I don’t really see that this is a realistic prospect. Unless he really wants to come and work with Peter Jackson, it will be very difficult for us to fight off competition from “bigger” clubs such as Yeovil, Bradford, Chesterfield and Rotherham. However, if Jacko really does have a big war chest and we are going to show ambition then this is just the sort of signing we need to make.
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