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Post by lagwafis on Sept 4, 2023 16:08:05 GMT
Clark and Enda Stevens do seem to know each other from their time playing for the Republic of Ireland (Clark actually mentioned him by name in his interview after signing for Sheffield United last summer)
Given the situation we're in you could see Neil getting some background on him from one of his more senior players.
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Post by spitthedog on Sept 4, 2023 16:12:57 GMT
I think he is ok but noticed just over 250 games in his career spanning 14 seasons. That's not a huge amount is it? Is that because he has always played at the top level where it is tougher to get starts?
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Post by s7oke on Sept 4, 2023 16:13:12 GMT
It’s Ramos I tell thee 😁😁😂
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Sept 4, 2023 16:22:05 GMT
Makes sense to me. Decent career, experienced.
But worrying we didn’t get the position sorted over the summer. But then life is never that straightforward
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Post by Championship Potter on Sept 4, 2023 16:28:44 GMT
Makes sense to me. Decent career, experienced. But worrying we didn’t get the position sorted over the summer. But then life is never that straightforward To be fair, 4th choice centre back at a Championship club is pretty unglamorous, so you have to be a realistic about the type of player we can recruit for that role. You’d imagine his minutes will be pretty limited unless we have an injury crisis / regularly move to a back 5.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Sept 4, 2023 16:41:07 GMT
Oh yes I did 😉 apparently we thought it was done on deadline day
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Post by spitthedog on Sept 4, 2023 16:44:40 GMT
Oh yes I did 😉 apparently we thought it was done on deadline day why would it need to be done on deadline day? he's a free agent.
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Post by yellowsnowman on Sept 4, 2023 16:49:33 GMT
Oh dear
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Post by wrexhamstokie90 on Sept 4, 2023 16:50:12 GMT
The fact we need sign Clarke is shocking if left sided centre was so important should of been done straight away our defence isn’t good enough
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Post by svengaliinplatforms on Sept 4, 2023 16:51:22 GMT
The fact we need sign Clarke is shocking if left sided centre was so important should of been done straight away our defence isn’t good enough You can't just 'make' players sign for you.
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Post by wrexhamstokie90 on Sept 4, 2023 16:52:43 GMT
The fact we need sign Clarke is shocking if left sided centre was so important should of been done straight away our defence isn’t good enough You can't just 'make' players sign for you. Not if you don’t offer buy them they don’t
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Post by gcamoutsideboot on Sept 4, 2023 16:54:21 GMT
You can't just 'make' players sign for you. Not if you don’t offer buy them they don’t the one we wanted signed for Swansea...
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Post by wrexhamstokie90 on Sept 4, 2023 16:55:23 GMT
Not if you don’t offer buy them they don’t the one we wanted signed for Swansea... A unproven kid you mean we need long time option
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Post by Stokester on Sept 4, 2023 16:55:44 GMT
Wonder if there’s any way at all we’d also go for Tuanzebe?
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Post by svengaliinplatforms on Sept 4, 2023 17:07:50 GMT
You can't just 'make' players sign for you. Not if you don’t offer buy them they don’t Who did we make offers for?
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Post by Gary Hackett on Sept 4, 2023 17:54:09 GMT
Makes sense to me. Decent career, experienced. But worrying we didn’t get the position sorted over the summer. But then life is never that straightforward To be fair, 4th choice centre back at a Championship club is pretty unglamorous, so you have to be a realistic about the type of player we can recruit for that role. You’d imagine his minutes will be pretty limited unless we have an injury crisis / regularly move to a back 5. We need a 1st / 2nd choice centre back never mind a 4th.
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Post by cobhamstokey on Sept 4, 2023 17:56:43 GMT
I saw Ryan Bertrand in Cobham this morning didn’t look like he was on his way to training. Good player.
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Post by stokest5 on Sept 4, 2023 18:00:57 GMT
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Post by Championship Potter on Sept 4, 2023 18:26:05 GMT
To be fair, 4th choice centre back at a Championship club is pretty unglamorous, so you have to be a realistic about the type of player we can recruit for that role. You’d imagine his minutes will be pretty limited unless we have an injury crisis / regularly move to a back 5. We need a 1st / 2nd choice centre back never mind a 4th. If that’s the case we’ve messed up as Wilmott and McNally will expect to be starting every week (and really should be given what we’re paying them). Think there are bigger problems in the squad personally e.g. a striker that can lead the line, left back, defensive mid rotation/competition for Pearson.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Sept 4, 2023 18:37:28 GMT
Oh yes I did 😉 apparently we thought it was done on deadline day why would it need to be done on deadline day? he's a free agent. It didn't need to be unless they wanted him n the match day squad but thry definitely thought ir was done however to be fair it might have been and they jsut chose to announce later .
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Post by stormin on Sept 4, 2023 19:16:22 GMT
Surely it is a no brainer, Tuanzebe is a class player and even if only played half the games he would be miles better than some pension seeker.
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Post by Simon Drainrod on Sept 4, 2023 19:22:27 GMT
Surely it is a no brainer, Tuanzebe is a class player and even if only played half the games he would be miles better than some pension seeker. He's played 62 games since 2016 and 14 in the last 3. He is high class but half our games would be a freak.
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Post by neddy on Sept 4, 2023 19:26:38 GMT
Surely it is a no brainer, Tuanzebe is a class player and even if only played half the games he would be miles better than some pension seeker. He's played 62 games since 2016 and 14 in the last 3. He is high class but half our games would be a freak. He’s also apparently has got a back injury at the moment.
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Post by lilleshallstokie on Sept 4, 2023 19:27:01 GMT
Phil Jones - perfect for us, if we can afford / persuade him…
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Post by vidigal7 on Sept 4, 2023 19:30:35 GMT
Surely it is a no brainer, Tuanzebe is a class player and even if only played half the games he would be miles better than some pension seeker. I'm sure we'd sign him if the deal was right, it's obviously not. Good luck to him it must be a wounder but we are not a charity, we need players to play
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Post by chell_rosey on Sept 4, 2023 21:42:56 GMT
Phil Jones - perfect for us, if we can afford / persuade him… At least as injury prone as Tuanzebe, apparently.
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Post by nigerianstokie on Sept 5, 2023 8:09:49 GMT
Who’ll be the first to call him Clarke? Or Kieran?
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Post by Caddick988 on Sept 5, 2023 8:13:38 GMT
Not if you don’t offer buy them they don’t Who did we make offers for? I think it looks as though we really wanted to get Bashir Humphreys in from Chelsea who plays LCB but he went to Swansea over us.
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Post by FullerMagic on Sept 5, 2023 17:49:00 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g6z7lt33:30 Nixon on Radio Stoke suggesting in passing "there's a vacancy, who knows, maybe even 2?" for free agents. Claimed, pre-Clark "who they've been talking to for quite a while and has been top of Stoke's list, on and off, for a couple of weeks. There had been others - Batth was getting a mention and I think they explored Ayala, who I understand would be pretty expensive in terms of wages"
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Post by Stokester on Sept 5, 2023 18:03:35 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_stokeat 18:33 Nixon on Radio Stoke suggesting in passing "there's a vacancy, who knows, maybe even 2?" for free agents. Claimed, pre-Clark "who they've been talking to for quite a while and has been top of Stoke's list, on and off, for a couple of weeks. There had been others - Batth was getting a mention and I think they explored Ayala, who I understand would be pretty expensive in terms of wages" Think if Ayala’s wages are an issue then Tuanzebe’s would definitely be sadly beyond us.
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