Quote: fartown since 1961 "Gaskell, Ferguson Clough have done well, O'Brien and Mellor have great potential Mamo is potentially big star material, Turner is a class act and Wakeman is coming on leaps and bounds. Jordan Rankin has exceeded my expectations already
A lot of clubs have signed bigger names that haven't done as well.
I think Ricks signings Mamo, Wakeman, Turner, Rankin Ridyard on loan, O'Brien and Mellor have all improved what we had before so in this case we trust Rick as a big name doesn't always mean a big game.'"
Is "done well" good enough though? I don't think I can say Mamo is big star material as he hasn't really, IMO , been tested enough. Did our defence get any better with him organising it at the back? Don't think I could say so but we had so many swaps and changes it's hard to say what that was down to. O brien looks good- but I doubt it was really Rick who put that idea forward as he will have seen very little of him play as he'd only been in the country a short time - I suspect that was more down to Chris Thorman!