Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... 10:55 - Jun 30 with 9985 views | Kieran_Knows | |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 10:57 - Jun 30 with 6804 views | SomethingBlue | He's never really done it for me although — assuming we want two strikers — I wonder if he'd be the Hirst alternative. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:00 - Jun 30 with 6723 views | TRUE_BLUE123 | Had a decent little spell for half a season with Forest, but aside from that never been one that has overly impressed me. But attribute wise, he is 6 foot 3, mobile. Very similar to Hirst tbh. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:01 - Jun 30 with 6690 views | LankHenners | Did wonder if we'd be interested in him, though would imagine he's more a potential to look at if other deals (Simms) don't come off. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:02 - Jun 30 with 6657 views | ArnieM | He seemed credible until he mentioned Colby Bishop interest cooling. Utter tosh… |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:03 - Jun 30 with 6662 views | RegencyBlue |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:00 - Jun 30 by TRUE_BLUE123 | Had a decent little spell for half a season with Forest, but aside from that never been one that has overly impressed me. But attribute wise, he is 6 foot 3, mobile. Very similar to Hirst tbh. |
It’s gone very quiet on the Hirst front, which could be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it! |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:12 - Jun 30 with 6489 views | Simonds92 | Stats wise, very underwhelming. I've only seen him a limited amount of time, but he seems like a target man who is not very quick in behind, which doesn't seem to suit our system either. |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:12 - Jun 30 with 6484 views | portmanking |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 10:57 - Jun 30 by SomethingBlue | He's never really done it for me although — assuming we want two strikers — I wonder if he'd be the Hirst alternative. |
7 in 17 in the Champ for Forest? Appreciate he's not probably a PL striker, but I think we could do a lot worse if we're being priced out for Hirst. |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:15 - Jun 30 with 6405 views | Swansea_Blue | Highly rated by Cooper from his time through the England age group ranks. Not really hit his potential yet, but still young. Interesting. I've not been overly impressed from what I've seen but trust KM's judgement if there's genuine interest. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:18 - Jun 30 with 6359 views | geg1992 | This would be a bit underwhelming at fist glance. However, I trust KMck judgement if true! |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:18 - Jun 30 with 6355 views | JDB23 | I liked the look of him during Forest’s promotion season, won’t get you 20 goals but plays the lone striker role well from what I can remember. Could be a nice addition to the squad depending on the fee, good age to improve also. |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:20 - Jun 30 with 6306 views | Swansea_Blue |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:18 - Jun 30 by JDB23 | I liked the look of him during Forest’s promotion season, won’t get you 20 goals but plays the lone striker role well from what I can remember. Could be a nice addition to the squad depending on the fee, good age to improve also. |
Yes, he fits the mould of the type of player we need in that role. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:21 - Jun 30 with 6297 views | SomethingBlue |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:12 - Jun 30 by portmanking | 7 in 17 in the Champ for Forest? Appreciate he's not probably a PL striker, but I think we could do a lot worse if we're being priced out for Hirst. |
I'd be happy enough if he was one of two coming in, but if we're as serious as we appear to be then he's not our lead No9 in my view. Willing to be proved very wrong! |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:22 - Jun 30 with 6265 views | tractorboy1978 |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:12 - Jun 30 by Simonds92 | Stats wise, very underwhelming. I've only seen him a limited amount of time, but he seems like a target man who is not very quick in behind, which doesn't seem to suit our system either. |
Not blisteringly quick but not slow. Him, Hirst and Simms are all very similar types of player with very similar attributes. If we land two of those I will be very happy! |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:25 - Jun 30 with 6208 views | portmanking |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:21 - Jun 30 by SomethingBlue | I'd be happy enough if he was one of two coming in, but if we're as serious as we appear to be then he's not our lead No9 in my view. Willing to be proved very wrong! |
I don't think we're going to sign a 'lead no. 9'. Personally, I think we will sign two 9s that can rotate and play depending on the blocks of opposition defences. Surridge + one other would be decent as a newly promoted Champ team IMO. The way our team is built, we don't need a flashy 9, just a competent one to work the backline, retain possession and have the vision to combine with the 2x 10s. Surridge is currently a PL striker. I don't think there's been any newly promoted clubs from League 1 do much better on the ambition front. |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:27 - Jun 30 with 6179 views | portmanking |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:22 - Jun 30 by tractorboy1978 | Not blisteringly quick but not slow. Him, Hirst and Simms are all very similar types of player with very similar attributes. If we land two of those I will be very happy! |
I would say Hirst and Surridge have similar attributes. Simms is much more of an out-and-out target man. He's much slower than the other two, but arguably more clinical in front of goal. Surridge/Hirst + Simms would futureproof our front line for the next few seasons. |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:27 - Jun 30 with 6167 views | SomethingBlue |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:25 - Jun 30 by portmanking | I don't think we're going to sign a 'lead no. 9'. Personally, I think we will sign two 9s that can rotate and play depending on the blocks of opposition defences. Surridge + one other would be decent as a newly promoted Champ team IMO. The way our team is built, we don't need a flashy 9, just a competent one to work the backline, retain possession and have the vision to combine with the 2x 10s. Surridge is currently a PL striker. I don't think there's been any newly promoted clubs from League 1 do much better on the ambition front. |
All fair points. Whether Surridge can do all those things to the level we want is another question, I've just never really seen it myself with him but more than one manager has been happy to pay very good money for him so there's clearly something to work with. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:28 - Jun 30 with 6145 views | JDB23 |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:21 - Jun 30 by SomethingBlue | I'd be happy enough if he was one of two coming in, but if we're as serious as we appear to be then he's not our lead No9 in my view. Willing to be proved very wrong! |
Yes, it’s got mirrors of Ladapo last summer. More than happy for him to come in but not to be our sole point of reliance for the No9 role. |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:29 - Jun 30 with 6140 views | Kieran_Knows |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:27 - Jun 30 by SomethingBlue | All fair points. Whether Surridge can do all those things to the level we want is another question, I've just never really seen it myself with him but more than one manager has been happy to pay very good money for him so there's clearly something to work with. |
IIRC, Surridge has played out wide and behind the striker as well at both Bournemouth and Forest. So whilst he might be seen as a number 9 option, he could fit in elsewhere within our system if needed. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:39 - Jun 30 with 5913 views | le2blue | I wonder if this is the equivalent of the Jason Knight story to help push things along on Simms / Hirst... |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 12:08 - Jun 30 with 5545 views | chicoazul |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:21 - Jun 30 by SomethingBlue | I'd be happy enough if he was one of two coming in, but if we're as serious as we appear to be then he's not our lead No9 in my view. Willing to be proved very wrong! |
I’d hope this is a bargaining chip to get Hirst. Hopefully he and I dunno, Simms will be the duo. Both players will play every game it’s just that one will play 60 and the other 30 mins. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 12:13 - Jun 30 with 5487 views | CityBlue | The attention on Surridge would suggest that either Hirst or JJ are now not an option. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 12:23 - Jun 30 with 5352 views | ArchiRob |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 12:08 - Jun 30 by chicoazul | I’d hope this is a bargaining chip to get Hirst. Hopefully he and I dunno, Simms will be the duo. Both players will play every game it’s just that one will play 60 and the other 30 mins. |
I suspect there are a number of enquiries progressing Ashton is shrewd and plays his cards close to his chest and goes for value. May turn up something left field. |  |
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Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 13:34 - Jun 30 with 4864 views | PhilTWTD | I'm not convinced by this. I asked about him earlier in the summer and was told he wasn't on the list. That could have changed, of course, but would assume there would have been a few other names on the list and we're unlikely to have exhausted that by this point. Also it mentions Colby Bishop and that was played down as well. |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 13:44 - Jun 30 with 4735 views | Asa |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:12 - Jun 30 by portmanking | 7 in 17 in the Champ for Forest? Appreciate he's not probably a PL striker, but I think we could do a lot worse if we're being priced out for Hirst. |
Seen Surridge probably 10 times on TV and he's either been excellent or anonymous. I guess the fact is that 7 goals in 17 before the Premier League last season is basically the exact same strike rate as Ellis Simms over his last half a season at our level. Hirst scored 6 or 7 in about 20 odd games I think in League One and I'd love to sign him permanently. So Simms or Surridge (all three at similar young ages of 22-25) have done what Hirst did but in the division above. If McKenna rates Surridge then that's good enough for me. As Phil has played it down somewhat then may well be nothing in it, but given Forest paid £2m, he's done well but not progressed, it seems the sort of signing we'd make. Value for money, potential, young, proven over a small sample but not so much money it's a massive gamble. Would do for me. |  | |  |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... (n/t) on 15:02 - Jun 30 with 4378 views | Naylorsrightboot |
Sam Surridge - Nottingham Forest... on 11:22 - Jun 30 by tractorboy1978 | Not blisteringly quick but not slow. Him, Hirst and Simms are all very similar types of player with very similar attributes. If we land two of those I will be very happy! |
Simms is nothing like Hirst. He won’t run all day, he hasn’t the engine. He is more an out and out striker. This guy is very underwhelming if true though. [Post edited 30 Jun 2023 15:04]
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