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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 29, 2015 16:17:49 GMT
There are loads of either/or's Paul and Crouch or Joselu is one of them, presumably he'll do it on his merits. I realise that Sidwell wasn't a bells or whistles new signing but he came in as a top pro and one who Hughes had a previous relationship with and he missed out on a fair few match day squads last year. I think he will be more ruthless with his signings than you might expect. The advantage Walters gives a manager by being on the bench is his flexibility which in turn spells danger for Odemwingie. My guess is that if we receive a bid of any value for Walters he'll be off but if he stays he will feature in the matchday squad more often than not. That's a fair comment mate but you would think questions will start to get asked if the likes of Bardsley (almost certainly will do), Ireland, Joselu and Affelay start regularly missing out on the match day squad, in order to accommodate players that were signed by the previous manager. Yeah, not every player will take it as stoically as Sidwell (who admitted he was surprised at how good the players at the club were) did, that's for sure.
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Post by wembley4372 on Jul 29, 2015 16:26:40 GMT
I can't see how we can leave him out against the bin-dippers, if only for the piss them off factor.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jul 29, 2015 18:31:10 GMT
In that case you're an idiot. Nah I'm not actually, more than entitled to my opinion thank you very much. My opinion is that he has been a useful signing and those uses will not be as effective from this season onwards. The fact somebody is willing to pay money for him at his age means yes, I would snap there hands off for it - instead of signing him on another contract and paying him wages when I think is more than likely he will eventually not be used as much as he has been. Also, presuming we sign a right winger, I would rather have Peter Odemwingie in the squad as cover across the frontline than Walters. He is quicker, a better finisher, a more classier footballer and I think he works very hard, an attribute I believe is overplayed with Walters. Also, I prefer singing Odemwingie's song than the rather drab one we sing to Jon, maybe that's just me being silly though. Somebody needs to to go and I would like it to be Walters and as previously mentioned the financial aspect of any possible transfer considering these circumstances is the reason I chose those words, not because I am an idiot. So you'd rather our second highest scorer to go over someone else, also we need a player with a bit of punch, that's happy to get in others faces, we're slowly losing those which is fine as you don't need many but to get rid of all of them would be a mistake. The song we sing doesn't factor into it for me.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Jul 29, 2015 18:32:30 GMT
For some reason I seem to think Hughes is going to try and find a formation whereby both Diouf and Joselu start and Diouf on the right but not wide right. Johnson is a very attacking right back and I can see Diouf, Bojan and Joselu being quite fluid as our top three. Not sure how Hughes is going to do it but I don't think SJW will be starting as many games as he'd want this next season. I think if that was the case we would have seen it more than once already, I've not seen all the preseason games but from what I've read, heard, watched it hasn't been a massive change to the norm.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 29, 2015 21:19:10 GMT
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Jul 29, 2015 21:28:39 GMT
Would be a big mistake imo to get rid of either player at this time.We need to keep a core of players that give us something else apart from the flair we now have in abundance.Also the lack of height in our squad is now concerning for me so Crouch going would make our set plays at both ends even worse.
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Post by pottermost on Jul 29, 2015 21:37:21 GMT
Pulis on Rickie Lambert... “He didn’t play last year so it’s like bringing a brand new car out of the garage if we did sign him. “Just putting a bit of petrol in it and letting it run.” The mans a genius.
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