Chez Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Don't get me wrong I'm glad to see that we are signing players, but I thought we had plenty of cover at L/B and L/M? Are our existing options (Molyneux, Mills etc.) really that bad? Surely it's Centre Backs that we need? A strong midfielder and a proven goalscorer would also be good additions, but I'm sure that will happen. Strange that Mills was our best player on Saturday (when moved to left back) and the first signing is a leftback. What next a new keeper? Mind you if every position is going to be strengthened then there won't be complaints from me. I'd like us to add further height at right back especially if Perry is going to play a lot of games.
sussexsaint Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Good solid defender that will do for a start - keep em coming
Katalinic Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Strange that Mills was our best player on Saturday (when moved to left back) and the first signing is a leftback. What next a new keeper? Mind you if every position is going to be strengthened then there won't be complaints from me. I'd like us to add further height at right back especially if Perry is going to play a lot of games. Centre Back worries me - Perry doesn't really have the height and I would see him more as a reserve CB this season - Lancashire I don't think is up to the job to be honest. This only leaves Wayne Thomas who looked good on Saturday, but is he staying? I could see us needing 3 or 4 new players in the heart of defence.
Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Centre Back worries me - Perry doesn't really have the height and I would see him more as a reserve CB this season - Lancashire I don't think is up to the job to be honest. This only leaves Wayne Thomas who looked good on Saturday, but is he staying? I could see us needing 3 or 4 new players in the heart of defence. Yep, Totally agree with you on that one. How old is Perry? Murty doesn't exactly inspire confidence either.
Katalinic Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Yep, Totally agree with you on that one. How is Perry these days? Murty doesn't exactly inspire confidence either. I thought Murty looked ok on Saturday considering he is not fully fit - read the game well and has a much better positional sense than Lloyd James (that will come with experience/decent coaching) - this got him out of jail a couple of times when his lack of pace was evident. If we sign Murty, which I hope that we do, then I would say between them we will have RB covered.
Chez Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Yep, Totally agree with you on that one. How old is Perry? Murty doesn't exactly inspire confidence either. he was 36 in April. I ahev been sayign it for a long time now that his lack of height and pace cause us problems. His positonal play and comittment is first class but you can see by he number of desperate stretches he makes how his sharpness has gone. I just wonder how he will fare in League 1 - hopefully he will shine.
saint1977 Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 he was 36 in April. I ahev been sayign it for a long time now that his lack of height and pace cause us problems. His positonal play and comittment is first class but you can see by he number of desperate stretches he makes how his sharpness has gone. I just wonder how he will fare in League 1 - hopefully he will shine. If Fortune hasn't signed for anybody he might be the next signing. Perry is good cover but not 46 games a season. Thomas will be quality at this level and looks settled again, hope he doesn't get any more penalty decisions like Saturday's against him.
Charlie Wayman Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Bit worrying that apparently Brighton had him on trial last week, so it seems they didn't want him... Quite! I've never heard of him either and admit my first reaction was "Here we go again with a whole string of no-names and no hopers coming in to fatten the payroll". At least St Albans Reserves wasn't on his CV. Sorry, not impressed at all. Try harder
Eastcowzer Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Great signing for us - just what we need and AP really seems to have sussed the squad pretty quickly. Next! Sign Graeme Murty
sussexsaint Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 . Sorry, not impressed at all. Try harder Have you read the quotes from the fans who have actually seen himplay on the other thread? We are bottom of L1 you know
dune Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 From reading the thoughts of Reading fans he seems a very good signing for a club in our position. There's a real buzz building around the club now which is fantastic.
Arizona Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Strange that Mills was our best player on Saturday (when moved to left back) and the first signing is a leftback. What next a new keeper? Mind you if every position is going to be strengthened then there won't be complaints from me. I'd like us to add further height at right back especially if Perry is going to play a lot of games. But we did need another left back. I don't care if Mills is the next Roberto Carlos, if he gets a groin strain in the first 10 mins against Millwall (remember Claus at Derby 3 years ago) we need a suitable replacement. Molyneux is not suitable. Don't care what order they come in TBH, as long as they get here. Two centre halves and a midfielder in every possition is a must IMO.
maddog Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 He was excellent at Brighton, think its a case of a player in a big money move who lost his way a bit. I know it wasnt millions but for a league 1 player at the time it was quite big money. If he gets back to the form and potential he had at Brighton he is an excellent signing for us.
Cabrone Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Ipswich supporting friend has just sent me a text to say that when he's interested he's a good player. When he can't be arsed (which is quite often by all accounts) he is shocking! Sounds like what we've already got :\ From what I've read so far about AP if he isn't consistently 'interested' then he's not going to last too long here. That said I guess AP thinks he can consistently bring out his good side in which case we may have a decent player on our hands.
Katalinic Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Quite! I've never heard of him either and admit my first reaction was "Here we go again with a whole string of no-names and no hopers coming in to fatten the payroll". At least St Albans Reserves wasn't on his CV. Sorry, not impressed at all. Try harder He's a former England U-21 international so probably best not to let your lack of football knowledge cloud your judgement.
Minty Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Quite! I've never heard of him either and admit my first reaction was "Here we go again with a whole string of no-names and no hopers coming in to fatten the payroll". At least St Albans Reserves wasn't on his CV. Sorry, not impressed at all. Try harder We're in League 1. I would imagine quite a lot of potential signings will be players we've not heard of, so I doubt you'll be impressed by many of them at all. Right now, until proven otherwise, I have total faith in Pardew, so I'll trust his judgement and ability to get the best out of the players he picks/signs.
Give it to Ron Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Quite! I've never heard of him either and admit my first reaction was "Here we go again with a whole string of no-names and no hopers coming in to fatten the payroll". At least St Albans Reserves wasn't on his CV. Sorry, not impressed at all. Try harder Oh Ok I will boo him then....you obviously know better than Pardew.
rooney Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Kevin Davis was poor with Blackburn and us seconed time around and look what has happened since. We must not boadly judge this lad before we have seen him for goodness sake. AP knows what he is doing.
sotonjoe Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 A Reading supporting mate just said... Really rated him, I wanted us to sign him up, but Rodgers wanted som Chelski youngster as cover instead! He played very well in all the games I saw him in. He'll ben an excellent signing in League One, I'm sure of it.
martel Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Good solid defender that will do for a start - keep em coming Starting at the back has to be the best policy, stop leaking goals and you are halfway their; if you remember that is exactly what Hoddle did with us when he started, then sequentially move up through midfield and strikers.
Atticus Finch of Maycomb Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Would rather Sarah Harding. from jurassic park?
Badger Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Centre Back worries me - Perry doesn't really have the height and I would see him more as a reserve CB this season - Lancashire I don't think is up to the job to be honest. This only leaves Wayne Thomas who looked good on Saturday, but is he staying? I could see us needing 3 or 4 new players in the heart of defence. Ditto.We are too reliant on ageing or injury prone players in that department for my liking.Same might be said for RB as well if Murty signs. Volz and Whitbread could be the answer but not sure if we could attract either.
samoakley Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 AP has anoyed me signing him we dont need LBs specialy ones who are awful going by recent form i rember in the championship season he spent with leeds my mate said he was there worse player and in league one he said he was better but nothing special and perfered there youth LB to him. Mills would be better there imo maybe harding will play LM with the other at LB i rember harding was wanted by big clubs in the prem when he was 19/20 and doing well at brighton so hopefully he can find that form again if not then very poor signing.
skintsaint Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Strange that Mills was our best player on Saturday (when moved to left back) and the first signing is a leftback. I read somewhere Harding can play anywhere down the left hand side so maybe might push on a bit at times.
NickG Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 AP has anoyed me signing him we dont need LBs specialy ones who are awful going by recent form i rember in the championship season he spent with leeds my mate said he was there worse player and in league one he said he was better but nothing special and perfered there youth LB to him. Mills would be better there imo maybe harding will play LM with the other at LB i rember harding was wanted by big clubs in the prem when he was 19/20 and doing well at brighton so hopefully he can find that form again if not then very poor signing. So our new manager has annoyed you by signing a player you haven't seen play? Why was your leeds mate giving you regular updates on the form of their left back? Sounds like excuse for a moan to me
samoakley Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 So our new manager has annoyed you by signing a player you haven't seen play? Why was your leeds mate giving you regular updates on the form of their left back? Sounds like excuse for a moan to me Im anoyed AP didnt sign a player in a postion where we are weaker like CB AP i still rate and have faith in just i have friends who are ITFC season ticket holders who said he was hit and miss mainly miss and when he plays bad hes the worse player on the pitch and a friend who went to leeds games saying he was awfull i have seen him play wen leeds played us and he was awfull i swear it was him in the game we lost 4-3 at LB and he was ripped apart like Wright was for us at RB of course i wont judge him untill he has played a few games but my inital reaction is of disapointment if he proves me wrong il be the 1st to say sorry on this message board and to the player himself if he read my comments and is anoyed by them.
LGTL Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Im anoyed AP didnt sign a player in a postion where we are weaker like CB AP i still rate and have faith in just i have friends who are ITFC season ticket holders who said he was hit and miss mainly miss and when he plays bad hes the worse player on the pitch and a friend who went to leeds games saying he was awfull i have seen him play wen leeds played us and he was awfull i swear it was him in the game we lost 4-3 at LB and he was ripped apart like Wright was for us at RB of course i wont judge him untill he has played a few games but my inital reaction is of disapointment if he proves me wrong il be the 1st to say sorry on this message board and to the player himself if he read my comments and is anoyed by them. Longest sentence ever?
skintsaint Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 and to the player himself if he read my comments and is anoyed by them. first thing players do is sign upto this forum From what I can tell he didnt play for Leeds in Div1 so not sure what they really know. I take heart from Reading fans as they saw him last season play.
NickG Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 also samoakley - AP has said first of few - he has not said this is instead of CB.
saint stu 20 Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Im anoyed AP didnt sign a player in a postion where we are weaker like CB AP i still rate and have faith in just i have friends who are ITFC season ticket holders who said he was hit and miss mainly miss and when he plays bad hes the worse player on the pitch and a friend who went to leeds games saying he was awfull i have seen him play wen leeds played us and he was awfull i swear it was him in the game we lost 4-3 at LB and he was ripped apart like Wright was for us at RB of course i wont judge him untill he has played a few games but my inital reaction is of disapointment if he proves me wrong il be the 1st to say sorry on this message board and to the player himself if he read my comments and is anoyed by them. i just text my mate whose a leeds fan who replied: thats a cracking signing, you lucky b******s!
S-Clarke Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 It's a massive coup IMO. A player who can easily step up to the championship when we get promoted, the teams that have gone up to the championship and adjusted quickly.. have been able to play the core of the team and did well in league 1.(Swansea/Bristol city) this was the comment from Coppell towards the end of last season... “He is still contracted to Ipswich, but I spoke with Dan before the end of the season. He did ever so well when he played and we’ll see how things go.” obviously as Coppell left, that put end to that move....but he did play v well at the top end of the championship.
Mr Saints Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 If he can keep the ball within 15 yards with his first touch, he is better than Moleyneux.
St Will Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Im anoyed AP didnt sign a player in a postion where we are weaker like CB AP i still rate and have faith in just i have friends who are ITFC season ticket holders who said he was hit and miss mainly miss and when he plays bad hes the worse player on the pitch and a friend who went to leeds games saying he was awfull i have seen him play wen leeds played us and he was awfull i swear it was him in the game we lost 4-3 at LB and he was ripped apart like Wright was for us at RB of course i wont judge him untill he has played a few games but my inital reaction is of disapointment if he proves me wrong il be the 1st to say sorry on this message board and to the player himself if he read my comments and is anoyed by them. good grief I hope you're 9 years old.......if not, you should be ashamed of yourself.
DirkThunder Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 i just text my mate whose a leeds fan who replied: thats a cracking signing, you lucky b******s! I saw him last season in the Southend vs Stockport game - looked a good player defensively until he got sent off for a shocking challenge in the second half. Think he took some of the Southend set pieces as well.
Rusaldo Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 after mills performance at left mid on saturday we could be looking at a pretty exciting left side of the team. that is aslong as mills is played in lm obviously.
VectisSaint Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Im anoyed AP didnt sign a player in a postion where we are weaker like CB Never quite understand this logic, expect manager to sign players in the order they are needed. We need a complete squad overhaul, with exception of GK, the order they come in is not important. It was clearly one that could be sorted quickly. It doesn't mean AP doesn't think we need other positions as well. Not responding to this poster directly here, but one or two need to remember also that we are currently bottom of Division 3. I know little about Harding, but if some say he is good at times, at others not, then at least that is a step up on some of the ones we have at the moment who are cack every week. Sometimes a player needs a certain type of manager, some will not respond to Roy Keane's bully-boy tactics, but may respond to someone like AP. Lets not pass judgement, to me this seems like a decent signing and has strengthened what is a desparately thin squad.
paulwantsapint Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Mills & Harding lb & lm away from home means that 1 flank should be solid not to sure if either are attack minded but could be a Bridge Marsden partnership where 1 goes forward 1 drops back
Paul Chuckle Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Does anyone know if Dean Bowditch is still available after being released by Ipswich? He's another who ha lost his way but IMO could be a very decent player. Remeber Joe Royle comparing him to MLT in his earlier career!
Arizona Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Mills & Harding lb & lm away from home means that 1 flank should be solid not to sure if either are attack minded but could be a Bridge Marsden partnership where 1 goes forward 1 drops back Personally I'd be happy if neither played LM next season and both were going at it tooth and nail for the same possition. Just like the good old days when we actualyl had cover in each spot. One of the things I hated most about last season was players just being in the side by default. Players like Lancashire and Wotton, who didn't earn a spot on merit, more over the was nobody else to fill the gap.
suewhistle Posted 21 July, 2009 Posted 21 July, 2009 Samoakley... This is a fullstop . This is a comma , This is a semi-colon ; Please, could you ask your teachers how to use them as your posts are really difficult to read. Ask them about sentences and paragraphs as well, now I come to think of it.
Smirking_Saint Posted 22 July, 2009 Posted 22 July, 2009 Talking to a mate that is a Reading season ticket holder and asking what he is like, he replied. 'yeah, solid player, didn't think he would drop to league 1 but a great free signing' So hopefully the sort of player we need
trousers Posted 22 July, 2009 Posted 22 July, 2009 Samoakley... This is a fullstop . This is a comma , This is a semi-colon ; Please, could you ask your teachers how to use them as your posts are really difficult to read. Ask them about sentences and paragraphs as well, now I come to think of it. I'm not so sure that teachers are the best port of call for such learning as I thought 'new' Labour had ditched good old fashioned teaching techniques like grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc?
Bailey Posted 23 July, 2009 Posted 23 July, 2009 Good signing. Have always rated this lad and suggested we take a look at him in the past. He's still realtively young, got a point to prove and looking to kickstart his career. Slightly surprised to see him drop to League One in all honesty. Lets hope he turns out to be the first of many new signings!
Arizona Posted 23 July, 2009 Posted 23 July, 2009 Would rather Sarah Harding. We should sign: http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=41618 http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=48346 http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=41568 http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=38649
explorer saint Posted 23 July, 2009 Posted 23 July, 2009 AP has anoyed me signing him we dont need LBs specialy ones who are awful going by recent form i rember in the championship season he spent with leeds my mate said he was there worse player and in league one he said he was better but nothing special and perfered there youth LB to him. Mills would be better there imo maybe harding will play LM with the other at LB i rember harding was wanted by big clubs in the prem when he was 19/20 and doing well at brighton so hopefully he can find that form again if not then very poor signing. Tool
suewhistle Posted 23 July, 2009 Posted 23 July, 2009 I'm not so sure that teachers are the best port of call for such learning as I thought 'new' Labour had ditched good old fashioned teaching techniques like grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc? Nah mate, it's the soddin' parents who won't let you criticse their darlin' offspring, and they tend to be Tory supporting Daily Mail readers. As it happens, I was lucky as a teacher as I taught ESOL (English as a Second or Other Language).. My students may have struggled, but they did try...
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