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Post by flea79 on Aug 4, 2021 9:34:20 GMT
if the choice is too pay him off or keep him i say keep him dont play him though, tell him to train alone at home if he wants but dont bother turning up too CW, that will stop him playing for his beloved Ireland and that will really hurt him I mean the £20k+ a week we'd still be paying him not to go to work would probably sugar the pill a bit in that scenario... if we pay him off by rights he can claim that 20k a week, at least this way if we were being vindictive we could get a bit of revenge on him
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Post by cobhamstokey on Aug 4, 2021 9:36:22 GMT
The scary thing is I don’t think he’s even in our top ten worst multi-million pound signings of the last five years. Berahino Imbula Wimmer Bauer N’diaye Vokes Etebo Woods Ince Afobe All contributed less. In hindsight I think the big error was offering him a four year contract. If it had been three it would have been: Mediocre first season, good second season, mediocre third season, released. As it is we’re stuck with an aging and expensive player who loves controversy and has no part in the manager’s plans stinking up the place for another year. I can't be doing with the cock but you can't really put him in that list, he's been ok when on the pitch. The issue was his fee and length of his contract and the fact Rowett thought he'd be the championship's Gareth Bale on the left wing. You can add Bauer to that list too. For all his faults McClean has been an ok buy. Always does his best unlike some of the names on the list. 6/10 for me.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Aug 4, 2021 9:41:37 GMT
I mean the £20k+ a week we'd still be paying him not to go to work would probably sugar the pill a bit in that scenario... if we pay him off by rights he can claim that 20k a week, at least this way if we were being vindictive we could get a bit of revenge on him Sounds healthy...
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Post by LGH87 on Aug 4, 2021 9:48:36 GMT
I can't be doing with the cock but you can't really put him in that list, he's been ok when on the pitch. The issue was his fee and length of his contract and the fact Rowett thought he'd be the championship's Gareth Bale on the left wing. You can add Bauer to that list too. For all his faults McClean has been an ok buy. Always does his best unlike some of the names on the list. 6/10 for me. He's been at fault for may a goal over the last few seasons, despite the notion of his "works hard" he's actually pretty shite defensively and has lost his man countless times which has led to goals and dangerous attacks. Going forwards I began to lose the will with how many times he either smashes his cross against the defender or over hits it for a throw in / goal kick. He had 1 ok spell during the relegation scrap but that was whilst the majority of the rest were shite. 4/10
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Post by FullerMagic on Aug 4, 2021 9:48:46 GMT
Can't find a source for this - but doesn't seem likely.
They'd riot if they signed him
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Post by chuckrocky on Aug 4, 2021 9:51:17 GMT
Can't find a source for this - but doesn't seem likely. They'd riot if they signed him I think he’s literally just using the Rowett link and throwing it out there Watching the Millwall fans implode if it happened would be a thing of beauty though.
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Post by potter25 on Aug 4, 2021 9:53:22 GMT
If ever a man was suited to a club..
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Post by Gob Bluth on Aug 4, 2021 9:56:12 GMT
Of the Rowett signings this was the one I was least excited by. Afobe and Ince made sense when you looked at their stats. Think it’ll be a loan at best for us as we look to move him on.
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Post by crouchbot on Aug 4, 2021 10:05:31 GMT
Can't find a source for this - but doesn't seem likely. They'd riot if they signed him I’ll bet you anything the ‘source’ was the post about Millwall on the previous page.
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Post by themistocles on Aug 4, 2021 10:05:59 GMT
Takes the piss really.
Rowett overpays massively and condemns us to a long life in the championship.
Then gets the players on loan for next to nothing- McLean, Woods, Afobe
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 10:24:35 GMT
We simply can’t afford him and Ince sitting in the stands until January so We either Move them on or reintegrate them both can contribute on the pitch so the Defining moment will be the end of August problem is Benji, we don`t want them and neither does anyone else. We as in who? He could have left plenty of times. Lots of clubs interested.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 10:44:37 GMT
Can't find a source for this - but doesn't seem likely. They'd riot if they signed him
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 10:49:47 GMT
Can't find a source for this - but doesn't seem likely. They'd riot if they signed him There's a name I haven't heard in a while.
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Post by Fred Merger on Aug 4, 2021 11:00:38 GMT
There's a name I haven't heard in a while. Well she's been dead for 5 years🤣
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Post by nottinghamstokie on Aug 4, 2021 11:05:07 GMT
You can add Bauer to that list too. For all his faults McClean has been an ok buy. Always does his best unlike some of the names on the list. 6/10 for me. He's been at fault for may a goal over the last few seasons, despite the notion of his "works hard" he's actually pretty shite defensively and has lost his man countless times which has led to goals and dangerous attacks. Going forwards I began to lose the will with how many times he either smashes his cross against the defender or over hits it for a throw in / goal kick. He had 1 ok spell during the relegation scrap but that was whilst the majority of the rest were shite. 4/10 He wasn't here in the relegation scrap Or do you mean the "almost relegated" scrap in 2020 ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 11:07:15 GMT
Was an ex Prem just relegated club very interested but he wasn't keen. Several clubs in The Championship and a big club in Scotland but as a few have said, no club wants him. Also a well known foreign club. Been mentioned on here recently
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Post by tommycarlsberg on Aug 4, 2021 11:08:17 GMT
Cilla used to get sweet F all right after some good earlier form but had a fine way of posting his crap that made him addictive round about this time of year.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 11:09:50 GMT
Can't find a source for this - but doesn't seem likely. They'd riot if they signed him Please be true.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 11:11:24 GMT
I think he was wrong to defy the manager last season but at the end of the day he's desperate to play for his country.
It's right to move him on but I don't get get vitriol towards him. He seems well meaning but misguided and tbh has always given his best on the pitch. People should lay off the abuse tbh
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Post by Goonie on Aug 4, 2021 11:17:08 GMT
Is he still battling Hans Gruber in Nakatomi Plaza? Yippee ki yay mofo
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 11:19:17 GMT
I think he was wrong to defy the manager last season but at the end of the day he's desperate to play for his country. It's right to move him on but I don't get get vitriol towards him. He seems well meaning but misguided and tbh has always given his best on the pitch. People should lay off the abuse tbh People are like sheep and join in the abuse. The fact they use the same terms, explains it all. I agree he was daft and went to play carrying an injury and made it worse by doing so. Been plenty of interest despite those who don't know claiming otherwise but thought he would stay and fight on but seems to be frozen out a bit too much. He could have declared himself injured when called up and didn't do so, as you say, can't blame him there as he wants to play for his country. He doesn't want to leave the area but think will happen as O'Neill not shifting on him.
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Post by AlbertTatlock on Aug 4, 2021 11:19:27 GMT
You're going to be disappointed - it isn't. Gouranga.
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Post by Goonie on Aug 4, 2021 11:19:51 GMT
Can't find a source for this - but doesn't seem likely. They'd riot if they signed him Cilla - one of the funniest poster monikers ever!
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Post by xchpotter on Aug 4, 2021 11:24:27 GMT
If ever a man was suited to a club.. Sadly there would have been many who thought exactly the same about us. The sooner this waste of space is no longer associated with Stoke City the better.
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Post by redwhite on Aug 4, 2021 11:27:12 GMT
Dreadful footballer. Signing him told you everything you needed to know about Rowett.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 11:32:32 GMT
Dreadful footballer. Signing him told you everything you needed to know about Rowett. Exhibit A
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Aug 4, 2021 11:32:44 GMT
A limited footballer yes, but a lot of people forget during our relegation survival season he was one of the few players that actually looked arsed about keeping us up.
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Post by fraybentos on Aug 4, 2021 11:33:06 GMT
I might throw a party this weekend
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Post by hyaduck on Aug 4, 2021 11:45:25 GMT
Milwall fans wouldn’t be happy with him signing, hope he does but can’t see it.
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Post by toppercorner on Aug 4, 2021 13:00:50 GMT
Please God, if you do exist, let Millwall sign MClean this coming season, so he can take the knee, at the Den, on Remembrance Sunday.
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