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Post by Northy on Jan 16, 2020 13:18:05 GMT
Someone who doesn't start regularly for a third division team, looks like he'd be free in the summer and we have our own young players who can play there. It seems a very odd one to prioritise to me. 45 games last season and 20+ so far this season hardly sounds like a fringe player at Blackpool, Sheikhy! Add to that 7 full caps for the NI senior International team, and you have a young player who will probably be keen to bust a gut for a manager he knows and who knows him. I'd rather have a young, hungry player prepared to but a gut for our manager than some of the players we have blown £millions on since relegation who look as if their best days are long behind them when you watch their displays on the pitch. He'll be cheap (which is good given our FFP situation) and hopefully his contract will reflect that fact that he has potential but is not yet the finished article. Compared to many of our signings in the past two years, this one appears to have fewer downsides than most. I realise you (like the rest of us) hanker for the days when we signed Bojan, Arnie and Shaqiri but you'll need to be patient before we sign that sort of player again! If sheiky won £99m on the lotter he'd complain it wasn't £100m
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Jan 16, 2020 13:18:12 GMT
I am guessing it will be Woods out and Thompson in. Straight swaps and they seem a similar type of player but probably theres a saving on wages on transfer fees.
I doubt this affects Joe Allen or Clucas going one bit.
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Post by jimmygscfc on Jan 16, 2020 13:20:54 GMT
He's energetic and has a good left foot. Could well be a canny signing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 13:22:23 GMT
45 games last season and 20+ so far this season hardly sounds like a fringe player at Blackpool, Sheikhy! Add to that 7 full caps for the NI senior International team, and you have a young player who will probably be keen to bust a gut for a manager he knows and who knows him. I'd rather have a young, hungry player prepared to but a gut for our manager than some of the players we have blown £millions on since relegation who look as if their best days are long behind them when you watch their displays on the pitch. He'll be cheap (which is good given our FFP situation) and hopefully his contract will reflect that fact that he has potential but is not yet the finished article. Compared to many of our signings in the past two years, this one appears to have fewer downsides than most. I realise you (like the rest of us) hanker for the days when we signed Bojan, Arnie and Shaqiri but you'll need to be patient before we sign that sort of player again! If sheiky won £99m on the lotter he'd complain it wasn't £100m To be fair, I'd be a bit pissed at that. Like when I did the Ride London last summer. I was targeting average 30kph, but was pissed off coz i did 31.9kph as it wasn't 32!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 13:54:31 GMT
Wonder if this would give them the funds to get Duffy in on loan, as Nixon has mentioned they want to? Would imagine so. From the videos his style of football looks like a more forward thinking and aggressive version of Joe Allen; but with less technical ability. This could very well be Joe Allen's replacement either now or in the summer. If he's got less technical ability than Allen he's in the wrong sport
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jan 16, 2020 14:11:50 GMT
Someone who doesn't start regularly for a third division team, looks like he'd be free in the summer and we have our own young players who can play there. It seems a very odd one to prioritise to me. 45 games last season and 20+ so far this season hardly sounds like a fringe player at Blackpool, Sheikhy! Add to that 7 full caps for the NI senior International team, and you have a young player who will probably be keen to bust a gut for a manager he knows and who knows him. I'd rather have a young, hungry player prepared to bust a gut for our manager than some of the players we have blown £millions on since relegation who look as if their best days are long behind them when you watch their displays on the pitch. He'll be cheap (which is good given our FFP situation) and hopefully his contract will reflect that fact that he has potential but is not yet the finished article. Compared to many of our signings in the past two years, this one appears to have fewer downsides than most. I realise you (like the rest of us) hanker for the days when we signed Bojan, Arnie and Shaqiri but you'll need to be patient before we sign that sort of player again! I hear what you're saying but his whole profile doesn't sound to me like he's going to breeze in and start having a major impact. I think a lot of complacency has crept in regarding our current position and people just think we will edge away from it. I think we're still majorly in the shit and will undoubtedly end the window weaker than we started it which is playing with fire.
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Post by Gods on Jan 16, 2020 14:22:13 GMT
45 games last season and 20+ so far this season hardly sounds like a fringe player at Blackpool, Sheikhy! Add to that 7 full caps for the NI senior International team, and you have a young player who will probably be keen to bust a gut for a manager he knows and who knows him. I'd rather have a young, hungry player prepared to bust a gut for our manager than some of the players we have blown £millions on since relegation who look as if their best days are long behind them when you watch their displays on the pitch. He'll be cheap (which is good given our FFP situation) and hopefully his contract will reflect that fact that he has potential but is not yet the finished article. Compared to many of our signings in the past two years, this one appears to have fewer downsides than most. I realise you (like the rest of us) hanker for the days when we signed Bojan, Arnie and Shaqiri but you'll need to be patient before we sign that sort of player again! I hear what you're saying but his whole profile doesn't sound to me like he's going to breeze in and start having a major impact. I think a lot of complacency has crept in regarding our current position and people just think we will edge away from it. I think we're still majorly in the shit and will undoubtedly end the window weaker than we started it which is playing with fire. Strange isn't it, we're out of the bottom 3 by 1 point and it feels like folks have started kicking back for a long summer, WBA away up next, a look at the league table on Tuesday morning may focus a few minds
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Post by nonameface on Jan 16, 2020 14:37:07 GMT
Would imagine so. From the videos his style of football looks like a more forward thinking and aggressive version of Joe Allen; but with less technical ability. This could very well be Joe Allen's replacement either now or in the summer. If he's got less technical ability than Allen he's in the wrong sport 😂 One of the few things I'd give the hobbit credit for is his technical ability.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jan 16, 2020 14:38:48 GMT
I hear what you're saying but his whole profile doesn't sound to me like he's going to breeze in and start having a major impact. I think a lot of complacency has crept in regarding our current position and people just think we will edge away from it. I think we're still majorly in the shit and will undoubtedly end the window weaker than we started it which is playing with fire. Strange isn't it, we're out of the bottom 3 by 1 point and it feels like folks have started kicking back for a long summer, WBA away up next, a look at the league table on Tuesday morning may focus a few minds We've had a good run against the teams around us, but our record other than those games isn't any better really. Against non bottom 4, P8 W1 D2 L5 = 5 points at = 0.625 ppg equally alarming is we've only scored 6 goals in those fixtures and 3 came in one game. That's only 0.1 of a point higher than Jones. We're nowhere near being out of it like some people think we are because we've scored some goals against the shit sides around us. We don't play a bottom 5 side again for 8 games. We can't take just the 5 points from those games.
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Post by spitthedog on Jan 16, 2020 14:50:46 GMT
I hear what you're saying but his whole profile doesn't sound to me like he's going to breeze in and start having a major impact. I think a lot of complacency has crept in regarding our current position and people just think we will edge away from it. I think we're still majorly in the shit and will undoubtedly end the window weaker than we started it which is playing with fire. Strange isn't it, we're out of the bottom 3 by 1 point and it feels like folks have started kicking back for a long summer, WBA away up next, a look at the league table on Tuesday morning may focus a few minds Agreed, we are nowhere near safe, we are in a very precarious position. The teams below us look capable of picking up points (with the possible exception of Luton) and we are quite far off teams above us. Tough games coming up, still finding it difficult to find the net and if we do lose Campbell, we have lost our most natural finisher who is still young and relatively inexperienced anyway. Roll up the sleeves...big time!!!
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Post by apb1979 on Jan 16, 2020 14:53:44 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 16, 2020 15:04:36 GMT
www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-transfers-thompson-oneill-blackpool-3746054The 23 year-old Northern Ireland international has been advertised in some quarters as a winger, but at Stoke he would be seen as one of the midfield three in O'Neill's preferred 4-3-3 system. And being left-footed, that could bring him into competition with the likes of Sam Clucas. Stoke and Blackpool remain in talks over what is believed to be the finer points of the deal ahead of an anticipated announcement.
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Post by songthrush01 on Jan 16, 2020 15:35:11 GMT
Got to be earmarked as CM surely, watching them vids above to me he offers a few similarities of another player we had from blackpool, like a slimmer and more mobile version of Charlie adam to me. Likes a long pass, comfortable on the ball with vision, doesnt look like he hides either thats what i thought, a younger charlie adam.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Jan 16, 2020 15:38:36 GMT
Are the Sentinel confusing themselves?
On one article they say we are signing a winger and the very next article saying hes a central midfielder in a 4-3-3.
Have they noticed we have started playing 4-2-3-1 in the last couple of games and that looks to continue?
Catch up Sentnull
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Post by palerider on Jan 16, 2020 16:30:18 GMT
Jury’s out for me ,doesn’t hold down a regular start for Blackpool so cant see him Coming here and making an instant impact which is what we are desperate for
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Post by heworksardtho on Jan 16, 2020 16:36:58 GMT
File under Ince , woods , Hogan , Cousins etc etc 😎 Which file would that be? The should never be no where near a Stoke City starting 11 file 😎
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Post by LankyPotter on Jan 16, 2020 16:40:07 GMT
Which file would that be? The should never be no where near a Stoke City starting 11 file 😎 Be honest you were frothing at the mouth when we signed ince, behave. You have absolutely no idea what the lad is like so wind your neck in
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Post by BuzzB on Jan 16, 2020 17:01:37 GMT
Jury’s out for me ,doesn’t hold down a regular start for Blackpool so cant see him Coming here and making an instant impact which is what we are desperate for More than a regular, see below copied from Lakelands’ post 45 games last season and 20+ so far this season hardly sounds like a fringe player at Blackpool, Sheikhy! Add to that 7 full caps for the NI senior International team, and you have a young player who will probably be keen to bust a gut for a manager he knows and who knows him. I'd rather have a young, hungry player prepared to bust a gut for our manager than some of the players we have blown £millions on since relegation who look as if their best days are long behind them when you watch their displays on the pitch. He'll be cheap (which is good given our FFP situation) and hopefully his contract will reflect that fact that he has potential but is not yet the finished article.
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Post by heworksardtho on Jan 16, 2020 17:16:14 GMT
The should never be no where near a Stoke City starting 11 file 😎 Be honest you were frothing at the mouth when we signed ince, behave. You have absolutely no idea what the lad is like so wind your neck in That’s an early April fool isn’t it , are you the oatcake police where no one but you can have an opinion, your precious really
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Post by Goonie on Jan 16, 2020 17:24:39 GMT
Would imagine so. From the videos his style of football looks like a more forward thinking and aggressive version of Joe Allen; but with less technical ability. This could very well be Joe Allen's replacement either now or in the summer. If he's got less technical ability than Allen he's in the wrong sport That made me chuckle However if you focus on our former status and signings we were chasing/captured, this is a quite depressing signing Hey ho - fighting for our survival in the second tier with FFP looming is our current lot
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Post by Gary Hackett on Jan 16, 2020 17:54:50 GMT
He's a central midfielder.
Joe Allen replacement.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 16, 2020 18:09:28 GMT
He's a central midfielder. Joe Allen replacement. Irrespective of an Allen departure though, Gary, we have lost Etebo, Ndiaye (and apparently Woods) - so we do probably need another body regardless?
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Post by gingerninja on Jan 16, 2020 18:29:37 GMT
Would Sorenson be able to step up if Woods were to leave?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 18:33:32 GMT
Would Sorenson be able to step up if Woods were to leave? I'll stick my neck out and say he couldn't do any worse.....
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Post by heworksardtho on Jan 16, 2020 18:33:37 GMT
Would Sorenson be able to step up if Woods were to leave? He was great in goal and even at his age now I’d say yes he could 😎
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Jan 16, 2020 18:36:33 GMT
Jury’s out for me ,doesn’t hold down a regular start for Blackpool so cant see him Coming here and making an instant impact which is what we are desperate for Let's be clear - player for player we will be FAR WORSE after this transfer window than we were before. The only hope is that the inferior players we end up with are capable of becoming a more effective team - which will take time. The idea that we'll bring in a high quality impact player who will instantly turn us round is nonsense and simply isn't going to happen.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jan 16, 2020 18:37:58 GMT
Would Sorenson be able to step up if Woods were to leave? I would really like to see him given a chance. Thought he played ever so well in our last game in the PL.
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Post by wearepremierleague on Jan 16, 2020 18:42:38 GMT
He's a central midfielder. Joe Allen replacement. If so, you may aswell relegate us now
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Post by Pugsley on Jan 16, 2020 18:52:44 GMT
45 games last season and 20+ so far this season hardly sounds like a fringe player at Blackpool, Sheikhy! Add to that 7 full caps for the NI senior International team, and you have a young player who will probably be keen to bust a gut for a manager he knows and who knows him. I'd rather have a young, hungry player prepared to bust a gut for our manager than some of the players we have blown £millions on since relegation who look as if their best days are long behind them when you watch their displays on the pitch. He'll be cheap (which is good given our FFP situation) and hopefully his contract will reflect that fact that he has potential but is not yet the finished article. Compared to many of our signings in the past two years, this one appears to have fewer downsides than most. I realise you (like the rest of us) hanker for the days when we signed Bojan, Arnie and Shaqiri but you'll need to be patient before we sign that sort of player again! I hear what you're saying but his whole profile doesn't sound to me like he's going to breeze in and start having a major impact. I think a lot of complacency has crept in regarding our current position and people just think we will edge away from it. I think we're still majorly in the shit and will undoubtedly end the window weaker than we started it which is playing with fire. I can't believe for one minute the manager thinks that way. Doesn't strike me as that kind of bloke.
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Post by Gary Hackett on Jan 16, 2020 19:01:30 GMT
He's a central midfielder. Joe Allen replacement. Irrespective of an Allen departure though, Gary, we have lost Etebo, Ndiaye (and apparently Woods) - so we do probably need another body regardless? If Woods leaves then yes we do.
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