Fans Forum Part Three

Towards the end of last night's fans forum Gary Peters was asked to explain why David Cornell, the sub goalkeeper, was not on the bench.

"We had a spell when David was playing brilliantly," he said.

"Then we went through a spell where he had a really terrible time. From the Yeovil game when he let a terrible one in at the near post and lost a bit of confidence.

"Then Burton when he had two balls that went through him. When we showed them to him he said 'I'm embarrassed, my mum could have saved them'.

"He had a terrible drop in confidence. He wasn't playing well and that co-insidered with the time that Adam Bartlett was coming back.

"We probably brought Adam back a week or two too early but Adam is a good player and he's here next season because he is on a two year contract.

"I can't do anything about the people who has got two year contracts, we work with them and a lot of them are probably people we would keep. Bartlett certainly.

"Can we afford the expense of having Adam sitting on the bench with Dave Cornell, both keepers that want to be playing first team football.

"Cornell wasn't in the team. He was ill. We don't know what he has got but he's back at Swansea. Now on the first of January they are allowed to recall him if they want and I think that is what they will do because he's not in our team.

"Now Dan Hanford is a young keeper showing a lot of promise and he's doing it for next to nothing. He was at Swansea and was let go. We might have a really good keeper for next season.

"So it's better for us to let Cornell go back if he wants to and it saves us all the money we would have to pay for Cornell."

A supporter asked if Peters had thought about playing Ryan Green in mid-field.

"I know a lot of people who write on the Bulls News or Bulls Banter come up with ideas and that one I looked at. I like to know what is going on, what people feel. And I thought that's not a bad idea.

"Ryan is a good defender, he reads games but he had a doubt about it so you can't put him there."

Anothe point Peters made was that there are not many Hereford players who talk in the game.

"We haven't got many talkers in the side. Stef Stam talks, Towner talks, Del talks. Other than that they are a very quiet squad of players.

"To get the best possible team work and ethics you need people who give information all around the place and we don't get enough of that."

Finally Tom Barkhuizen and his loan spell.

"Now I can't take any credit for him because Jamie got him here.

"He's done tremendous for the club. He's on £150 a week. It's not as if lads like that are breaking the club.

"Tom wants to stay. Blackpool love what has happened to him so far.

"So the only reason I can see Tom going back is if someone phones Blackpool from a higher division or a better position geography-wise to say it might help him if he steps up a gear.

"But Tom wants to stay here. He loves the place and he loves the chance he's had.

"Tom probably won't go back but if he does go back we've got Joe Colbeck to play in that position and it would give James McQuilken a chance.

"In January Richard Peniket will be able to play for us. He's on loan and I think Fulham will let us keep him for the season. He's finisher.

"Once he is fit we've definitely got a goal threat."

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