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Post by pottersrule on Dec 21, 2009 20:50:24 GMT
When do their loan spells finish?I can see the deals being extended myself.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Dec 21, 2009 20:59:36 GMT
I can see Dicko signing for Barnsley in January. Not sure if TP will want Shotton back to have a look at him - we have so many centre backs he'll probably extend the loan. Certainly Barnsley want to keep both players.
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Post by knowles on Dec 21, 2009 21:04:56 GMT
Shotton, by the way, has just received his fifth booking of the season so will miss the Boxing Day clash against Preston.
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Post by pottersrule on Dec 21, 2009 21:11:05 GMT
Are they both due back in january?
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 21, 2009 21:12:58 GMT
After Boxing Day I think.
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Post by PenkhullStokie on Dec 21, 2009 21:55:37 GMT
If Shottons loan isn't being extending then he might as well come back to Stoke if he's suspended for the boxing day game.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 21, 2009 22:16:04 GMT
Maybe he just wants to go the game?  He was there last season. I was sat opposite him in the top tier. |
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Post by mikeyb99 on Dec 22, 2009 11:06:10 GMT
I'd have them both back, make Shotton my third-choice stand-in centre-back behind Abdy and Ryan, and Dicko my fist-choice left-back (presuming we don't sign one in the January window!) Won't happen though!  |
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Post by Bamford on Dec 22, 2009 11:14:07 GMT
I'd have them both back, make Shotton my third-choice stand-in centre-back behind Abdy and Ryan Shotton in front of huth and higgi?  |
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Post by Inverness Stokie on Dec 22, 2009 11:14:28 GMT
I'd have them both back, make Shotton my third-choice stand-in centre-back behind Abdy and Ryan, and Dicko my fist-choice left-back (presuming we don't sign one in the January window!) Won't happen though! You don't rate Robert Huth then ??? Or..... Higgy and Danny Collins. ??? I think Abdy has gone off the boil since last season and isn't performing up to standards, I would personally play him from the bench *hides under bed*.  |
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Post by mikeyb99 on Dec 22, 2009 11:17:08 GMT
Nope, I don't rate Huth at all, and Higgy is an honest pro - but neither are Premiership standard, whereas Shotton might be given sufficient opportunity!
Nether Collins nor Higgy are the answer at full-back IMO.
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Post by droz on Dec 22, 2009 11:24:32 GMT
Nope, I don't rate Huth at all, and Higgy is an honest pro - but neither are Premiership standard, whereas Shotton might be given sufficient opportunity! Nether Collins nor Higgy are the answer at full-back IMO. Huth not Premiership standard? Huth is an excellent defender, my only concern is that it would be very difficult for him to break our central defensive pairing - and he hasn't done a dreadful job out of position at right back. Higgy is decent enough cover for the three of them. Collins is doing an adequate job at left back, if unspectacular. |
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Dec 22, 2009 11:41:14 GMT
I'd have them both back, make Shotton my third-choice stand-in centre-back behind Abdy and Ryan, and Dicko my fist-choice left-back (presuming we don't sign one in the January window!) Won't happen though! You don't rate Robert Huth then ??? Or..... Higgy and Danny Collins. ??? I think Abdy has gone off the boil since last season and isn't performing up to standards, I would personally play him from the bench *hides under bed*. Abdy Knows where you live.... ;D |
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Post by ti on Dec 22, 2009 11:41:22 GMT
im a big fan of huth and ideally at the moment i'd play him and ryan
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Post by Norfolkstokie in manchester on Dec 22, 2009 12:55:54 GMT
I wouldn't mind Dicko being given a chance in the first team here. He's only 21 isn't he and better than Wilko was at that age. Its not like we have a surplus of decent left backs after all.
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Post by sufolkstokie on Dec 22, 2009 13:16:05 GMT
The problem with Dicko at the moment is curbing his sometimes reckless tackling. He may get away with it a bit more in the Championship, but in the Prem the prima donna wingers would fall over everytime he came close and he would easily get a red card or two
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Post by mikeyb99 on Dec 22, 2009 13:59:40 GMT
The problem with Dicko at the moment is curbing his sometimes reckless tackling. He may get away with it a bit more in the Championship, but in the Prem the prima donna wingers would fall over everytime he came close and he would easily get a red card or two While I generally agree, the same could very well have been said about Wilko. With a run of games I'm sure Dicko could prove just as successful as his doppelgänger Wilko  |
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Post by sufolkstokie on Dec 22, 2009 14:23:43 GMT
The problem with Dicko at the moment is curbing his sometimes reckless tackling. He may get away with it a bit more in the Championship, but in the Prem the prima donna wingers would fall over everytime he came close and he would easily get a red card or two While I generally agree, the same could very well have been said about Wilko. With a run of games I'm sure Dicko could prove just as successful as his doppelgänger Wilko True - wasnt it only a couple of years ago we thought Dicko was just edging Wilko in potential? |
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Post by stokecity4eva on Dec 22, 2009 18:36:43 GMT
wilkos 25 (26 in march) and dickos only 22 (23 in march) wilko has only just about established himself in the first team if i was tony id let dicko go out on loan again for the rest of season and probably next season give him some prem experience
but if barnsley were to offer anywhere in the region of 1-1.5 mill i can see tony letting him go
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He was there last season. I was sat opposite him in the top tier.
