York City recall Jonathan Smith from Luton Town loan spell (From York Press)
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York City recall Jonathan Smith from Luton Town loan spell
2:37pm Tuesday 11th December 2012 in Sport
YORK City today recalled midfielder Jonathan Smith from his loan spell with Luton Town.
The 26-year-old, who scored in the Hatters' 3-0 win over Alfreton in Blue Square Bet Premier last weekend, will be available for Saturday's home clash with Bristol Rovers in npower League Two.
Smith rejoined City in the summer after a protracted move from Swindon Town, but he fell out of favour in the weeks before moving to Kenilworth Road.
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rogue84
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2:44pm Tue 11 Dec 12
cityforthepremier
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3:01pm Tue 11 Dec 12
quakerwood
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3:07pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Head of Bomber Command
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3:07pm Tue 11 Dec 12
ian923
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3:11pm Tue 11 Dec 12
ian923
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3:12pm Tue 11 Dec 12
TerryYork
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3:22pm Tue 11 Dec 12
I mean, would you?
"I love playing in front of the 100 away supporters we take to most games more than 20 miles away, and losing to villages I've never heard of."
OLD - HEAD
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3:26pm Tue 11 Dec 12
cityforthepremier
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3:43pm Tue 11 Dec 12
PhilipInYork
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3:52pm Tue 11 Dec 12
TOMCODYYCFC2469
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4:24pm Tue 11 Dec 12
hope he hits top form on saturday
welcome back.
bill bailey
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4:36pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Who knows this could be the turning point the life of SMITH and CITY,forget
Luton ,and dont believe all you read,
down Luton way,just remember this would any city supporter like to be
watching BSP,football now ? they are,
Support your team and shout out loud
saturday. MERRY CHRISTMAS..
THETELLEROFTALES
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4:44pm Tue 11 Dec 12
You must try and understand the animosity felt by many York fans to the Luton supporters. Having sharp coins whizzing past your face is an experience few will forget especially as there were many children in the York end.
On a lighter note, many in York were delighted when Smith returned to the fold. Effort and desire to win when on the field was often lacking from someone who had done well at Swindon.
Bit of an enigma really.
Will Luton get promotion this year?
It's very much in the balance but I don't think your gate figures will hold up too long if the Conference becomes your second home.
RooBeck
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5:02pm Tue 11 Dec 12
flair28
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5:49pm Tue 11 Dec 12
THETELLEROFTALES wrote:I appreciate animosity towards Luton if we were playing you or if there were Luton fans on here stoking the fire but its simply a story about a player come back to York! Just think there must be better things to talk about amongst fellow York fans than slagging off Luton. And the racist undertones are nothing to do with Luton the club, he's just being a moron!
Hello flair28. You must try and understand the animosity felt by many York fans to the Luton supporters. Having sharp coins whizzing past your face is an experience few will forget especially as there were many children in the York end. On a lighter note, many in York were delighted when Smith returned to the fold. Effort and desire to win when on the field was often lacking from someone who had done well at Swindon. Bit of an enigma really. Will Luton get promotion this year? It's very much in the balance but I don't think your gate figures will hold up too long if the Conference becomes your second home.
Will we get promoted? The league this season is awful so it's our best chance yet but I'm not confident from what I've seen so far. But, if we're playing badly and we're still up there, it could bode well. We have the best striker in the Conference by a mile in Andre Gray so fingers crossed. As for crowds, I've been expecting them to drop each season but season tickets went UP this year, so who knows. Seems like you boys will do Ok but not sure about the play-offs this season. Consolidate this year then see what happens next, I guess?
uhtred
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5:54pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Is this in fact a change of tactic by GM, a realisation that the passing game needs to be supplemented by blood, sweat and tears.
I fear though that such a change, although a sensible one, in itself will not be enough until we get a bigger front man to win headers and turn chances into goals.
eborexile
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6:10pm Tue 11 Dec 12
I'm sure a lot of us continue to look with interest at the results in BSP -probably because we still know more about the teams down there. If we keep our collective nerve I don't think we will be travelling back to some of old haunts. Luton do have one of the best strikers in Gray and one man may just tip the balance. However I think flair is right we don't need to be obsessed with the Hatters any more. At least not until and unless we're in the same division.
For us -we're all hoping we'll click into form but last season we also had periods where fluidity was lacking. The same negative prejudices were being expressed about players but we came good. I'm not saying coming good will lead to the same ultimate result this term but we are on a learning curve. Part of that learning curve will be to assess whether players have further potential for improvement. I'm sure some will have better second halves to the season others will be moved on sooner or later.
It will be interesting to see whether Gateshead's new boss will want to extend Bullock's loan or whether he too will be returning. Hopefully both with points to prove.
goreds
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7:33pm Tue 11 Dec 12
I've nothing against Luton - feela bit sorry for them even - its Leeds I don't like.
Good luck to JS - a fresh start for him and City !
bill bailey
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9:24pm Tue 11 Dec 12
goreds wrote:Sorry you think parents reflect the ugly side of football,do you think it might be people like you making comments like that,that harms the grass roots of the game, I watch it every Sunday reporting on Rufforth under 10s. never seen anything but sportsmanship with the boys the coaches and parents ,its always a pleasure to sit in the freezing cold or sunny mornings and watch the play their hearts out. YOU SHOULD TRY
Football forums and parents at junior football - the ugly side of the game ?
I've nothing against Luton - feela bit sorry for them even - its Leeds I don't like.
Good luck to JS - a fresh start for him and City !
IT SOMETIME,,MERRY CHRISTMAS
henleazeyorkie
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9:29pm Tue 11 Dec 12
bill bailey wrote:I think generally that's right Bill re parents, but there are exceptions which is a sad example to the kids
goreds wrote:Sorry you think parents reflect the ugly side of football,do you think it might be people like you making comments like that,that harms the grass roots of the game, I watch it every Sunday reporting on Rufforth under 10s. never seen anything but sportsmanship with the boys the coaches and parents ,its always a pleasure to sit in the freezing cold or sunny mornings and watch the play their hearts out. YOU SHOULD TRY
Football forums and parents at junior football - the ugly side of the game ?
I've nothing against Luton - feela bit sorry for them even - its Leeds I don't like.
Good luck to JS - a fresh start for him and City !
IT SOMETIME,,MERRY CHRISTMAS
Incidentally, could have sworn Duffy posted earlier. A shrinking thread methinks
Some old bloke
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9:16am Wed 12 Dec 12
It sounds as if Smith has been making a solid contribution down there and hopefully he will carry that on for City on Saturday, assuming he's selected. It comes down to his mental attitude - if he really wants to play for us I think it could be a successful return. I just hope our fans react positively to him and give him that chance to redeem himself.
Sir Alex
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10:29am Wed 12 Dec 12
Next - big centre forward and a commanding centre half. We need more muscle otherwise we'll be nowhere near play offs.
How are the mini season ticket sales going compared with previous years?
Phil, Leeds
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10:59am Wed 12 Dec 12
Watching Bradford last night it was great to see a big centre forward with a skilful co-striker playing off him and how effective that is for them. Remembering the days when City used that method and it was often successful. I'm getting sick of our 451 formation at home - time for a change.
rick the artist
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12:57pm Wed 12 Dec 12
for seven years!
Tug job
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1:38pm Wed 12 Dec 12
rick the artist wrote:Worked for Stevenage, Crawley and Fl££twood though!
Yeh - lets return to the big boot - look how successful it was in the Conference for seven years!
arsene.about.york
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4:37pm Wed 12 Dec 12
rick the artist wrote:ok let's just carry on playing this tippy, tappy stuff that has brought Arsenal so much success over the last seven seasons and again last night. We do need a bigger, more physical player than Walker in attack and a commanding centre back. Roll on January.
Yeh - lets return to the big boot - look how successful it was in the Conference
for seven years!
YorkCityLuke
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3:54pm Thu 13 Dec 12
arsene.about.york wrote:We need a bit of both styles really. After seeing the best of the 'tippy tappy' style played last season (and occasionally this season), I never want to see another hoofball York City team again - but there are probably certain teams a more direct and physical approach would work better against.
rick the artist wrote:ok let's just carry on playing this tippy, tappy stuff that has brought Arsenal so much success over the last seven seasons and again last night. We do need a bigger, more physical player than Walker in attack and a commanding centre back. Roll on January.
Yeh - lets return to the big boot - look how successful it was in the Conference
for seven years!
arsene.about.york
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7:08pm Thu 13 Dec 12
tips says...
2:41pm Tue 11 Dec 12