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Post by GeneralFaye on Feb 22, 2020 12:25:53 GMT
Can't be any worse than Batth. He's a complete donkey and scares me half to death.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2020 12:29:05 GMT
If Collins was untried, I could understand why people have reservations like some had a year ago. But he's shown he can stand up to what gets thrown at him, he's solid in the tackle, and plays well with his feet. He's not afraid to order older players about as he's a natural when it comes to organising the defence. He hasn't let us down in the appearences he's made. Unlike some others I can think of. Re Chester, not good enough for the Prem isn't the same as not being good enough for us in the Champ, only last season he was a regular in a promotion winning side, I'll be honest though, I don't think he likes playing on the left side, he seems a bit uncomfortable at times. Does he strike you as a promotion chasing defender in red and white stripes? I think he's past it for whatever reason.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Feb 22, 2020 12:40:55 GMT
Re Chester, not good enough for the Prem isn't the same as not being good enough for us in the Champ, only last season he was a regular in a promotion winning side, I'll be honest though, I don't think he likes playing on the left side, he seems a bit uncomfortable at times. Does he strike you as a promotion chasing defender in red and white stripes? I think he's past it for whatever reason. He had a good first game, an okayish second and an awful third, he strikes me as a player that has only played three games, you could be right but I think you're jumping the gun a little. Edit, I'd play him with Lindsay.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2020 13:43:02 GMT
Does he strike you as a promotion chasing defender in red and white stripes? I think he's past it for whatever reason. He had a good first game, an okayish second and an awful third, he strikes me as a player that has only played three games, you could be right but I think you're jumping the gun a little. Edit, I'd play him with Lindsay. Pergaps he's good for chasing promotion but bad for fighting relegation. On another note how many times was he watched before we took him.
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Post by lordb on Feb 22, 2020 13:48:03 GMT
He had a good first game, an okayish second and an awful third, he strikes me as a player that has only played three games, you could be right but I think you're jumping the gun a little. Edit, I'd play him with Lindsay. Pergaps he's good for chasing promotion but bad for fighting relegation. On another note how many times was he watched before we took him. He's a well established player, scouting him not really necessary at this stage of his career. Checking out his fitness and desire to play (which given Euro's coming up is surely a given) was far more important.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2020 13:55:35 GMT
Pergaps he's good for chasing promotion but bad for fighting relegation. On another note how many times was he watched before we took him. He's a well established player, scouting him not really necessary at this stage of his career. Checking out his fitness and desire to play (which given Euro's coming up is surely a given) was far more important. So his desire to play is more important than his ability to do so. Whoever checked his fitness didn't do a good job.
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Post by lordb on Feb 22, 2020 13:58:13 GMT
He's a well established player, scouting him not really necessary at this stage of his career. Checking out his fitness and desire to play (which given Euro's coming up is surely a given) was far more important. So his desire to play is more important than his ability to do so. Whoever checked his fitness didn't do a good job. Of course it's not more important,what a stupid thing to say . His ability is well known, proven player at Premier League, Championship and International level. We didn't need to scout him to see if he's any good orbit, we already know.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2020 14:12:09 GMT
So his desire to play is more important than his ability to do so. Whoever checked his fitness didn't do a good job. Of course it's not more important,what a stupid thing to say . His ability is well known, proven player at Premier League, Championship and International level. We didn't need to scout him to see if he's any good orbit, we already know. Or, we don't know. He's being picked on past perrformances for another club (and country), not on what he's shown for us in our last two games.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 22, 2020 14:29:29 GMT
I suspect Chester's match fitness is the problem. He looked fine in his first game for us and leggy ever since. Hopefully MON has seen enough on the training pitch to feel he is gaining fitness under a regime which (unlike the first half of the season) now includes training and regular first team games.
I don't really have a problem with MON giving Chester another chance to prove himself. But if he has another poor game I'd expect to see Collins subbed on today and Lindsey added to the squad for the next game.
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Post by medwaypotter on Feb 22, 2020 14:53:40 GMT
I suspect Chester's match fitness is the problem. He looked fine in his first game for us and leggy ever since. Hopefully MON has seen enough on the training pitch to feel he is gaining fitness under a regime which (unlike the first half of the season) now includes training and regular first team games. I don't really have a problem with MON giving Chester another chance to prove himself. But if he has another poor game I'd expect to see Collins subbed on today and Lindsey added to the squad for the next game. lindsey is injured
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Post by davejohnno1 on Feb 22, 2020 17:12:10 GMT
Very assured cameo again. Cousins also did a good job as sub also.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Feb 22, 2020 17:13:22 GMT
Very assured cameo again. Cousins also did a good job as sub also. Can’t see how Chester in current form starts ahead of Collins tbh.
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Post by liathroid on Feb 22, 2020 17:14:47 GMT
Collins looks very good when he comes on as sub ,shuts up shop
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Post by strettonstokie on Feb 22, 2020 17:20:44 GMT
Natural leader and so calm, play him next to shawcross when he's back or alongside Chester he's a better playing now than batth
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Post by davejohnno1 on Feb 22, 2020 17:25:13 GMT
Very assured cameo again. Cousins also did a good job as sub also. Can’t see how Chester in current form starts ahead of Collins tbh. Chester was excellent today.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Feb 22, 2020 17:38:37 GMT
Can’t see how Chester in current form starts ahead of Collins tbh. Chester was excellent today. Was just reasonably solid for me today after a couple of poor games, for me a loan we didn’t need.
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Post by christhepotter on Feb 22, 2020 17:44:28 GMT
Can’t see how Chester in current form starts ahead of Collins tbh. Chester was excellent today. He wasn’t excellent but had a decent game , it’s Batth who worries me , nowhere near good enough in games , what is Collins doing wrong in training to be behind him 🤷♂️
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Post by boskampsflaps on Feb 22, 2020 17:45:10 GMT
He had a good first game, an okayish second and an awful third, he strikes me as a player that has only played three games, you could be right but I think you're jumping the gun a little. Edit, I'd play him with Lindsay. Pergaps he's good for chasing promotion but bad for fighting relegation. On another note how many times was he watched before we took him. Probably quite a bit given we've wanted him for some time. Had a good game today apart from his one mistake.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2020 19:07:29 GMT
Pergaps he's good for chasing promotion but bad for fighting relegation. On another note how many times was he watched before we took him. Probably quite a bit given we've wanted him for some time. Had a good game today apart from his one mistake. You could say Collins had an, uhm, proportionally better game...
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Post by boskampsflaps on Feb 22, 2020 22:20:04 GMT
Probably quite a bit given we've wanted him for some time. Had a good game today apart from his one mistake. You could say Collins had an, uhm, proportionally better game... He also did well when he came on, aggressive in the header which was good, I never said he was shit, just not ready. Again, saying he had a better game is pushing it a little
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2020 11:11:00 GMT
Can’t see how Chester in current form starts ahead of Collins tbh. Chester was excellent today. I thought he was the worst defender on show
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Post by robwahlmann on Feb 23, 2020 11:18:50 GMT
Chester was excellent today. I thought he was the worst defender on show I agree, not a bad game, but the other 3 were better in my opinion as well. Batth stood out and won every header he went for, simply superb!
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Post by neddy on Feb 23, 2020 11:22:41 GMT
I thought he was the worst defender on show I agree, not a bad game, but the other 3 were better in my opinion as well. Batth stood out and won every header he went for, simply superb! [/quote That’s Batths game kick it, head it repeat!
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Post by lordb on Feb 23, 2020 13:17:08 GMT
Can’t see how Chester in current form starts ahead of Collins tbh. Chester was excellent today. He made a gaff first half which another day costs us, overall though he had a very good game. So in four games he's had two 8/10 performances, a 7/10 and one 5/10. Let's see how he gets on till season end. Could be a good signing in the summer.
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Post by liathroid on Mar 1, 2020 15:55:17 GMT
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Post by biglad180 on Mar 1, 2020 18:05:06 GMT
todays prices £30 million starting price.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 18:12:31 GMT
Sitting in Man Utd's bench earning mega money or sat on our bench. Such a tough question.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 1, 2020 18:17:54 GMT
I really do fear if we’ve missed the boat with him.
I said at the start of the season that we needed to play him to progress and we did. I have no idea why he’d stay if the interest is genuine. We’ve done nothing but stall his career.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 18:19:47 GMT
Don't Man Utd know that James Chester is available on a free?
Better defender apparently...
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 1, 2020 18:58:14 GMT
He needs to play regularly next season for us, going to United will only halt his career.
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