by Tippy Tappy Football » Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:43 pm
I liked Rollin Menayese. He has plenty of potential if he works hard. He's tall, quick and athletic and likes to attack the ball. He's prepared to bring the ball forward out of defence. Has scored a couple of goals from set pieces. He's also still a novice as he has only played around 35 EFL games. He's not going to make it though if he annoys managers by turning up late for training (if true).
From Grimsby Telegraph
Grimsby Town have made their second signing of the January transfer window with a loan deal for Rollin Menayese from Mansfield Town until the end of the season. The central defender is Paul Hurst's latest piece of business following the arrival of Sam Habergham. Menayese, 23, has made 14 appearances so far for the Stags, scoring twice.
Hurst - who has an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of lower league players - watched a lot of football while he was out of work prior to becoming Grimsby Town manager again, and Menayese is one of those players who stood out during that time. "He's a player that I have been aware of for some time," Hurst told his club's official website. I have said that I had been watching games and he is someone that caught the eye while he has been at Mansfield. He has found himself out of the team there and available, so we have brought him here to add competition. On Saturday we were worrying about Mattie Pollock prior to the game and the obvious person to move would have been Elliott Hewitt, but we needed him in midfield as we only had two, so we need competition. He's probably a little different to Mattie and Luke at the back. He's quick and athletic and hopefully he brings that competition and he's keen to get involved."
Menayese added: "I think it's the right time for me because I really want to push myself, I want to keep on improving and hopefully we can get some wins. I have spoken to a few players about Paul Hurst - some of the boys at my club have worked with him and I spoke to Benno (Kyle Bennett) as well and he had good positive words to say, so I was very excited to come here".
Matty Pollock might be sold by Grimsby during the transfer window. Fenty could flog him and use the transfer fee to repay his £1.5 million loan.
