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Post by medog on Feb 22, 2004 19:06:02 GMT
Rumoured to be staying at the Holiday Inn and rumoured to be signing. Anyone know?
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Post by Hooky on Feb 22, 2004 19:08:28 GMT
I know the man to ask !!!
goes by the name of Alton Cowboy on the old MB
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Post by stokermint on Feb 22, 2004 19:43:00 GMT
Isn't Matt Elliot and ancient defender like Taggart from Leicster (s/p ). Will do me fine! ;D
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Post by neutron on Feb 22, 2004 20:00:58 GMT
I think he would be a brilliant player, ive always thought of him as a quality centre back, wherever or not we get him is a totally different story.
Maybe Gerry has "bigged us up" to all at Leicester?
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Post by stokermint on Feb 22, 2004 20:05:27 GMT
Pulis should be primeminister! He must talk more bollocks to new signings than anyone. How did John Halls think a move to Stoke was good for his career!
Matt Elliot would be yet another player who we would find virtually impossible to get if we didn't have Pulis.
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Post by Hooky on Feb 22, 2004 20:07:07 GMT
Pulis should be primeminister! He must talk more bollocks to new signings than anyone. How did John Halls think a move to Stoke was good for his career!. STOP RUNNING US DOWN. its gotta be better then being 4th/5th choice at The Arse
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Post by stokermint on Feb 22, 2004 20:11:56 GMT
*cringes in fear of Ilford's wrath
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Post by lurcherthelurker on Feb 22, 2004 20:19:19 GMT
Rex Wrote
And Steve no longer works at the holiday Inn either so i was told by one of the hotel attendants yesterday.
Some people really should try and keep up with the gossip ;D
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Post by markscfc72 on Feb 22, 2004 22:19:23 GMT
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Post by neutron on Feb 23, 2004 0:26:28 GMT
The plot thickens. I would be very happy if Elliot signed, the point I made about Crossley on another thread is that players at that kind of age surely want to end their careers playing regular football instead of dwindling their last few seasons on the bench or playing in an empty stadium in a reserve match. If Pulis gets Crossley and/or Elliot then its another fantasic coup from Triffic!
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Post by adesgonnagetyer on Feb 23, 2004 12:44:14 GMT
I think he'd be a dubious buy for us.Obviously, he was an awesome player 4 or 5 years ago, but time moves on.
First reaction is to remember him in his O'Neill prime, and rush in,thinking he fits the bill perfectly, but there aren't many centre-halves who can operate successfully at his age against young forwards, regardless of the experience and nous they build up.
36 years old this year,fading fast....and on huge,huge money.
I know Division 1 is totally different to the Premiership,and he may walk it for all I know, but I'm not sure the relatively massive outlay on wages would be worth the 1 and a bit seasons(if that) we'd get out of him, before we'd have to start looking to replace him again?.
Look at this opinion from a Leicester fanzine......
Had a terrible season, considering he’s club captain he acted like a proper bell on Saturday against brum and deserves all he gets the clumsy git. I thought he was seriously poor when we were last in the premiership and 2 years on he isn’t any better just a lot older and more richer! Peter Taylor, who has got to be on par with Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden for crimes caused managed to offer Elliott a 5 year deal when he was 32, which means Elliott is still picking up £32k a week for another 18 months. I hope Elliott gets his form back, but all good things come to an end and perhaps he should hang his boots up.
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Feb 23, 2004 12:49:45 GMT
The same could probabley be said for Gerry Taggert at Premiership level and look what a difference he made to us.
The gap between Division One and The Premiership is absolutly huge, probabley wider than a lot of us think. Look at Ade in The Premiership and look how he's playing for us. There are plenty more comparisons I just can't be arsed to think at the moment.
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Post by dude on Feb 23, 2004 13:03:19 GMT
Agree RRP....a player can make a HUGE impact stepping down to Div 1 level as Gerry did. Matt Elliot would be a tremendous signing, I remember similar being posted when we first signed Crossley. Elliot is a leader and a great presence in both boxes. We did try to get him in the Summer as well i seem to recall.
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Post by adesgonnagetyer on Feb 23, 2004 13:09:44 GMT
I largely agree with you.
Gerry's only 33 though.You've obviously got to factor in the huge chasm between the 2 leagues, but good strikers are still good strikers - and there are a few of 'em about in Division One.
Elliott would doubtless bring a hell of a lot to the dressing room, and you couldn't get more of a leader-type than him(or Taggart),and I think we tried really hard to sign him in the summer before we got Williams.
I just worry when defenders get over the 35 mark.They start to go off badly,they don't seem half as dominant as they did, and can quickly become a slow liability?.
It's happened to Paul Williams at just 33.The Soton fans had a lot of time for him, and 18 months ago he was doing a decent job in The Prem, and he appears to have suddenly lost it?.
I just hope that TP's desire for a commanding figure at the heart of the defence isn't clouding his thinking?
There aren't many grizzled old Elliott/Keown/Taggart-like veterans about, but you've got to know when they're about to turn into yesterday's men.
I'll back TP's judgement though - he hasn't made too many mistakes this year.
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Post by stonetezza on Feb 23, 2004 16:19:55 GMT
Sorry only just read this. Does ME play for Leicester or Inter Milan. ?????
Why on earth does a bloke need an overnight stay from Leicester. So he can have a night on the piss ??? That'll impress the new manager!!
And haven't we got anywhere better than the Holiday Inn to impress potential new signings.
The word bollox springs to mind
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Post by clintonbaptiste on Feb 23, 2004 17:40:11 GMT
Just spoke to a fella up my street,and he mentioned the possible signing of Elliott,but also that West Ham were interested in Ed De Goey in exchange for a young keeper of theirs,the only one I can think of is the highly rated Bywater (if hes still there),sounds bad business on West Ham's part and smells like utter bullshite,but thee costna bate er rumour
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