Best game finisher

[Boletus Edulis]

So, there are five or six minutes left in the game, and you are one goal up the manager decides to try and play out time. Who is your best game closer, the one who can legally kill time with the ball? Who is the best you have seen?

For us it is clearly Frank Nouble. He specialises in going to the opposition corner post with the ball and staying there as long as possible. I can’t remember which recent match it was but he spent over three minutes where he got the ball from a throw in, two or three oppo players tried to get the ball of him, he eventually tired of keeping them away and kick it at one of them and it promptly went off their leg for a throw. Rinse and repeat. I am sure he did it about six or seven times in a row. It must be extremely annoying, but in it’s own way it is a thing of beauty seeing him hold off several players by the corner flag.

 

[dannylad01]

When Shrewsbury finished 3rd in 2017/18, we had Lenell John-Lewis whos only role in the team (apart from the last minute opening day winner against Northampton) was to come on in the 85th minute and hold the ball up in the corner. He made 34 appearances in the league that season, every single one as a sub, and probably a maximum of half an hour. Shame he couldn't track Richard Wood of Rotherham on the play off final

 

[Marked Ox]

Recent years has to be Jamie Mackie. He'd manage the team, ball and the Ref.

 

[Boletus Edulis]

Frank will now be doing this task for Colchester, as he has gone back to Colchester on loan

 

[Bobbin']

 

[Boletus Edulis]

very impressive. Where Frank used size and muscle, there is skills displayed here.

 

[Claret Forever]

I wouldn't say it his main or only talent, but we definiltely made Akinfenwa sit at a corner flag for a couple of games, and he was somewhat difficult to dislodge once he got there.

 

[Boletus Edulis]

I wouldn't say it his main or only talent, but we definiltely made Akinfenwa sit at a corner flag for a couple of games, and he was somewhat difficult to dislodge once he got there.

yes I had assumed that he might have that ability.