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Post by ChesterStokie on Aug 4, 2016 22:58:26 GMT
Tex was seen at Manchester Airport this afternoon. He was boarding a flight to Lisbon.
Presumably on his way out now we've signed Sweeney? Maybe exploring his options in a Portuguese speaking country?
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Post by thedeadlyshart on Aug 5, 2016 4:02:39 GMT
His would be transfer to Orlando was odd. Seemed like it was a done deal and then nothing.
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Post by nutterpotter on Aug 5, 2016 4:06:13 GMT
His would be transfer to Orlando was odd. Seemed like it was a done deal and then nothing. Read somewhere it collapsed due to fitness problems. Failed medical maybe? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2016 6:49:29 GMT
I have no idea what MH was thinking with this guy...
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Post by crapslinger on Aug 5, 2016 7:17:08 GMT
I have no idea what MH was thinking with this guy... He has problems with CB's. |
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 5, 2016 7:22:11 GMT
I can understand why he took the gamble as the money involved was relatively small. He was young, big and strong and also quite pacey. I guess they also hoped to make a footballer out of him, but Tex isn't and never will be a ball player of the highest level, unfortunately.  |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2016 7:27:47 GMT
He'd struggle in the Conference.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2016 8:07:32 GMT
I have no idea what MH was thinking with this guy... This, hes never even looked half good enough. |
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Post by crapslinger on Aug 5, 2016 9:44:20 GMT
I can understand why he took the gamble as the money involved was relatively small. He was young, big and strong and also quite pacey. I guess they also hoped to make a footballer out of him, but Tex isn't and never will be a ball player of the highest level, unfortunately. So far he has signed three CB's one released presumably on a free, one constantly injured the other far to slow, temperamental and error prone. |
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Post by jimmygscfc on Aug 5, 2016 10:08:29 GMT
I can understand why he took the gamble as the money involved was relatively small. He was young, big and strong and also quite pacey. I guess they also hoped to make a footballer out of him, but Tex isn't and never will be a ball player of the highest level, unfortunately. So far he has signed three CB's one released presumably on a free, one constantly injured the other far to slow, temperamental and error prone. Give it a rest. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Aug 5, 2016 10:20:16 GMT
With the money we drip in, there s no real problems with taking risks like this now and then (although this looks like a spectacularly bad bit of scouting)
Surely he realises now though that cheap risks are no longer good enough for this position. There is too much doubt around every centre half to continue pissing about.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2016 10:23:14 GMT
With the money we drip in, there s no real problems with taking risks like this now and then (although this looks like a spectacularly bad bit of scouting) Surely he realises now though that cheap risks are no longer good enough for this position. There is too much doubt around every centre half to continue pissing about. This just isn't about scouting though, he was here for a month/6 weeks on trial and we still took him!  |
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Post by crapslinger on Aug 5, 2016 11:28:03 GMT
With the money we drip in, there s no real problems with taking risks like this now and then (although this looks like a spectacularly bad bit of scouting) Surely he realises now though that cheap risks are no longer good enough for this position. There is too much doubt around every centre half to continue pissing about. This just isn't about scouting though, he was here for a month/6 weeks on trial and we still took him! We had another one on loan for 4months and still took him  |
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Post by slother on Aug 5, 2016 11:45:36 GMT
I have no idea what MH was thinking with this guy... He has problems with CB's. He did buy Vincent Kompany. |
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Post by bambered on Aug 5, 2016 11:50:19 GMT
Tex was seen at Manchester Airport this afternoon. He was boarding a flight to Lisbon. Presumably on his way out now we've signed Sweeney? Maybe exploring his options in a Portuguese speaking country? The Vale it is then. |
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Post by Do it for dobing on Aug 5, 2016 14:14:55 GMT
This just isn't about scouting though, he was here for a month/6 weeks on trial and we still took him! We had another one on loan for 4months and still took him New season upon us try not to be 100% negative open the curtains and let some sunlight in might cheer you up |
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Post by crapslinger on Aug 5, 2016 14:16:04 GMT
He has problems with CB's. He did buy Vincent Kompany. Not for us . |
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Post by ayem on Aug 5, 2016 14:43:39 GMT
Well good luck Tex.
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Post by Clem Fandango on Aug 5, 2016 14:53:18 GMT
He has problems with CB's. He did buy Vincent Kompany. Don't come here with facts Slother. Apparently Les wouldnt recognise a centre back if one slapped the beard off his face. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 5, 2016 15:21:51 GMT
He did buy Vincent Kompany. Don't come here with facts Slother. Apparently Les wouldnt recognise a centre back if one slapped the beard off his face. Didn't he play him in midfield? Nelsen is class. Samba always looked a donkey to me. |
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Post by jimmygscfc on Aug 5, 2016 15:38:25 GMT
Don't come here with facts Slother. Apparently Les wouldnt recognise a centre back if one slapped the beard off his face. Didn't he play him in midfield? Nelsen is class. Samba always looked a donkey to me. He was bought as a defensive midfield as far as I know. Samba probably had one very good season where he actually looked the part. |
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 5, 2016 16:01:57 GMT
I can understand why he took the gamble as the money involved was relatively small. He was young, big and strong and also quite pacey. I guess they also hoped to make a footballer out of him, but Tex isn't and never will be a ball player of the highest level, unfortunately. So far he has signed three CB's one released presumably on a free, one constantly injured the other far to slow, temperamental and error prone. ...and sold an outstanding central defender as well! Central defenders don't seem to be Sparky's strongest point, but everybody got some weaknesses. Must say I'm very impressed about Hughes' impact since his arrival at Stoke anyway!  |
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Post by ryan4england on Aug 5, 2016 16:22:24 GMT
I have no idea what MH was thinking with this guy... He has problems with CB's. it does look this way |
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Post by ryan4england on Aug 5, 2016 18:32:24 GMT
So far he has signed three CB's one released presumably on a free, one constantly injured the other far to slow, temperamental and error prone. ...and sold an outstanding central defender as well! Central defenders don't seem to be Sparky's strongest point, but everybody got some weaknesses. Must say I'm very impressed about Hughes' impact since his arrival at Stoke anyway! im still on the fence with hughes. hes changed the style, bought in some bargains but big money signings have it all to prove. We're not brilliant at rhe back or at scoring goals. I think this season will determine how well hes doing |
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 5, 2016 19:26:18 GMT
...and sold an outstanding central defender as well! Central defenders don't seem to be Sparky's strongest point, but everybody got some weaknesses. Must say I'm very impressed about Hughes' impact since his arrival at Stoke anyway! im still on the fence with hughes. hes changed the style, bought in some bargains but big money signings have it all to prove. We're not brilliant at rhe back or at scoring goals. I think this season will determine how well hes doing Still 3 x 9th are something to show for a manager at at a club like Stoke, how many times have we bettered that in modern history?  |
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Post by ryan4england on Aug 5, 2016 19:35:49 GMT
im still on the fence with hughes. hes changed the style, bought in some bargains but big money signings have it all to prove. We're not brilliant at rhe back or at scoring goals. I think this season will determine how well hes doing Still 3 x 9th are something to show for a manager at at a club like Stoke, how many times have we bettered that in modern history? know what your saying but arnautovic aside our most important players are pulis buys imo. Shawcross, butland, whelan, walters. Im sure joe allen will be good business though. Ill just be happier when we can defend and score goals. Not much for the tippy tappy slow build up play that often goes nowhere tbh, i dont think our team looks particuarly fit compared to some other teams either. Im hoping after this transfer window we can attack and defend like we mean it |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Aug 5, 2016 19:43:41 GMT
Still 3 x 9th are something to show for a manager at at a club like Stoke, how many times have we bettered that in modern history? know what your saying but arnautovic aside our most important players are pulis buys imo. Shawcross, butland, whelan, walters. Im sure joe allen will be good business though. Ill just be happier when we can defend and score goals. Not much for the tippy tappy slow build up play that often goes nowhere tbh, i dont think our team looks particuarly fit compared to some other teams either. Im hoping after this transfer window we can attack and defend like we mean it I agree re Ryan and Jack but not the other 2 great servants though they've been. We've moved on. There's a lot of quality in our squad now. |
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 5, 2016 19:44:43 GMT
Still 3 x 9th are something to show for a manager at at a club like Stoke, how many times have we bettered that in modern history? know what your saying but arnautovic aside our most important players are pulis buys imo. Shawcross, butland, whelan, walters. Im sure joe allen will be good business though. Ill just be happier when we can defend and score goals. Not much for the tippy tappy slow build up play that often goes nowhere tbh, i dont think our team looks particuarly fit compared to some other teams either. Im hoping after this transfer window we can attack and defend like we mean it I really agree to that we too often seem to be more than satisfied with playing the ball around with no attempts of penetration. On the other hand games at home against the Manchester clubs show what we can do when being more direct with our current team! I really think finding the balance is the big issue here! |
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Post by crapslinger on Aug 5, 2016 19:57:04 GMT
know what your saying but arnautovic aside our most important players are pulis buys imo. Shawcross, butland, whelan, walters. Im sure joe allen will be good business though. Ill just be happier when we can defend and score goals. Not much for the tippy tappy slow build up play that often goes nowhere tbh, i dont think our team looks particuarly fit compared to some other teams either. Im hoping after this transfer window we can attack and defend like we mean it I agree re Ryan and Jack but not the other 2 great servants though they've been. We've moved on. There's a lot of quality in our squad now. There are a lot of supposedly talented players in the squad, for me they have yet to show they have the bottle for this League, I thank god we moved Pulis out and at times the football we play is superb, however it does not happen often enough Hughes has had the backing we all called for from the club, has he spent the money wisely on two very expensive signings he bought in ?, Joselu is not an upgrade on an aging PC, the loan signing of MVG was a complete failure, don't even get me started on the situation we are in with CB's all self inflicted, we are yet to replace Zonz effectively and the GK situation Jack apart is not great as we saw last season. For me this will be a very important one for Hughes, the signings from last season and this have to gel from the off no more he needs time to settle, the players signed last season have had ample time to adapt to playing in the PL, no more we will improve in the second half of the season last season put that myth to bed well and truly.
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Post by crapslinger on Aug 5, 2016 20:00:36 GMT
know what your saying but arnautovic aside our most important players are pulis buys imo. Shawcross, butland, whelan, walters. Im sure joe allen will be good business though. Ill just be happier when we can defend and score goals. Not much for the tippy tappy slow build up play that often goes nowhere tbh, i dont think our team looks particuarly fit compared to some other teams either. Im hoping after this transfer window we can attack and defend like we mean it I really agree to that we too often seem to be more than satisfied with playing the ball around with no attempts of penetration. On the other hand games at home against the Manchester clubs show what we can do when being more direct with our current team! I really think finding the balance is the big issue here! Playing players in their preferred position might help, one thing we all despised Pulis for was for doing the same thing square pegs round holes etc. last season we saw the same from Hughes, I know we had injuries but we should have quality to cover adequately in the squad which is down to recruitment. |
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