Marcus Williams to sign...

By the end of the week.

A work colleague of mine who is an avid Scunny fan has informed me. I don't know who the hell he is, i've never seen him play but he's set to sign a 2 year deal by close of play tomorrow.

He's told me that he can play left back or centre back and has been a consistent player for the Iron.

Make of that what you will,

Poet.

 

oh dear.

The third player in recent years with the surname Williams to play at left back for us. And the other two weren't exactly great.

 

Read the reports about him I'm sure you'll be impressed.

 

FFS

(blagger)

 

Pessamist ...

Third time lucky you know!

Anyway I always thought that Tom Williams was an excellent signing ... (tumbleweed) ... honest ...

 

RE: oh dear.

i didnt think serena and venus did too bad for us

 

His profile - from their main site

<table cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="highlight">Name:</td> <td>Marcus Williams</td> </tr> <tr><td class="highlight">Nationality:</td> <td>English</td> </tr> <tr><td class="highlight">Date of Birth:</td> <td>08/04/1986</td> </tr> <tr><td class="highlight">Height:</td><td>5' 8&quot; (173cm)</td></tr><tr><td class="highlight">Weight:</td><td>10st 9lbs (67.64kg)</td></tr><tr><td class="highlight">Position: </td><td>Defender</td></tr></tbody></table>


One of the Iron's most consistent performers of the 2006/07 League One title-winning season was left-back Marcus Williams.

A prodigious left-sided talent, young Marcus has established himself as a key part of one of the greatest Scnuthorpe side's in history.

Williams is the first-choice left-back so far and has won rave reviews for his performances, with several scouts watching him in action and numerous higher-division clubs being linked with him.

The Doncaster-born player is also capable of playing in a left-wing position and has added to his growing reputation of being one of the division's most highly-rated young players.

His United debut came in the Third Division home game against Yeovil Town in March 2004, and he showed some neat touches in his brief substitute appearance that marked him down as one to watch for the future.

The young pacy left-sided player had impressed in Paul Wilson's youth team and always looked likely to earn a professional contract.

A few more substitute appearances followed before Williams really impressed in the 2004/05 pre-season. However, an injury put paid to his hopes of gaining and keeping the left-back slot, and the youngster had to watch as Lee Ridley took the position and held on to it for the majority of the subsequent promotion season.

As luck would have it, Ridley sustained a serious injury in the following pre-season when Williams was handed his first professional contract.

Then-boss Brian Laws, speaking in the run-up to the season, said prophetically: &quot;He has a lot to learn, but what better way is there for him to do that by playing first team football in League One?</p>

&quot;We know he has weaknesses and we know what they are, it is up to the opposition to work that out for themselves.</p>

&quot;He is going to be a very good player one day and I have every faith that he will not let us down.&quot;

Marcus got stuck in and soon became a regular fixture in the team for the following season - United's first in the third tier of English football for six years and was a key part of a Scnuthorpe side who finished in a highest club league position in 42 years.

Williams set his marker down and with a number of impressive performances, including a superb display in the thumping 4-1 win at Huddersfield that took United to the top of the league, he was the first choice left-back for the majority of the season.

Speaking after that particular game, former United boss Mark Lillis said about the prospect: &quot;He's got a cultured left foot, if he can get overlapping then he can go into the Premiership.</p>

&quot;He has that compusure to handle balls. In tight situations you look for players who can cope with it.&quot;

The Championship will bring an exciting new challenge for Marcus.</p>

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"He has that compusure to handle balls"

Not bad for the queers in town

 

"As luck would have it, Ridley sustained a serious injury in the following pre-season"

The lucky bugger.

 

can't complain with that at all

If he has been signed then maybe we can get on with signing a new first choice keeper.

 

"He has that compusure to ''handle balls''. In tight situations you look for players who can cope with it."

So he's a goalie then?

 

Or Kenneth nt

 

anyone got a link to a picture of him and i may recognise him from oakwell yesterday tea time....

 

if ya go on scnuthorpe website and click on his profile there's a few at the bottom of the page

 

good player marcus williams, hed improve the side anyway

 

good player marcus williams, hed improve the side anyway

 

3rd time lucky!!! lets give the lad a chance

....

 

is this williams bloke out of contract or summat,1 he will be playing in the same league as us next season 2 scnuthorpe have just raked in 2 million for bbilly sharp so why would they sell him to barnsley?

 

great - another small left back

5ft 8in - FFS

all decent teams know we are vulnerable at the back in the air so as Hudds did with us time and time again teams will play high diagonal balls towards our left back who will get beaten in the air everytime (N)

 

RE: great - another small left back

Bobby Hassell's only 5'10 and never struggle's in the air.