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Post by thebet365 on Aug 20, 2024 15:49:43 GMT
I don't think you have even looked at his injury record????? We have signed many, many players with much worse injury records than his. With that mentality you would rarely sign anybody. He had one big injury when he was 18. Apart from that up until last season he had missed a total of 42 days through injury over 9 seasons. Is that really a bad injury record? I must be missing something here!!! Some bizarre comments on this thread with absolutely no evidence of fact checking. Competitive games played below (League and Cup) Just cannot see how this is in anyway a poor injury record!!! 16/17 - 47 17/18 - 34 18/19 - seems to have spent the season in Southampton Reserves in PL? Was injured for 5 weeks apparently. 19/20 - 44 20/21 - 39 21/22 - 39 22/23 - 39 23/24 - 27 how many of them games did he start ?? According to whoscored he's got 195 starts in 290 appearances in his career. |
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Post by thornestein on Aug 20, 2024 15:54:33 GMT
how many of them games did he start ?? According to whoscored he's got 195 starts in 290 appearances in his career. so a lot of sub starts , coming back from injury ? |
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Post by march4 on Aug 20, 2024 16:05:47 GMT
Can we send this guy back and ask for a refund?
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Post by boskampsflaps on Aug 20, 2024 16:06:12 GMT
According to whoscored he's got 195 starts in 290 appearances in his career. so a lot of sub starts , coming back from injury ? Getting it guessed much 😂 |
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Aug 20, 2024 16:08:21 GMT
Can we send this guy back and ask for a refund? Return within a month. Consumer rights?😉 |
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Post by baconburger on Aug 20, 2024 16:10:47 GMT
Can we send this guy back and ask for a refund? No but they might pretend to give us £2.5M for Baker to soothe our wounds. Only catch is we have to take yet another deep lying midfielder to add to the 36 (or is it 37 has the Jap signed yet?) we already have, to get it. Always a bloody catch. |
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 20, 2024 16:19:04 GMT
how many of them games did he start ?? According to whoscored he's got 195 starts in 290 appearances in his career. That could be because he's not been deemed good enough, not because he wasn't fit? Southampton hardly played him though he was there for a season. |
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Post by AlliG on Aug 20, 2024 16:34:51 GMT
According to whoscored he's got 195 starts in 290 appearances in his career. That could be because he's not been deemed good enough, not because he wasn't fit? Southampton hardly played him though he was there for a season. Or maybe just having a pulse isn't good enough to get you a nailed on starting role at Blackburn, whereas...............  |
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Post by callas12 on Aug 20, 2024 16:38:07 GMT
Can we send this guy back and ask for a refund? Cardiff would be cheeky enough to try! |
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Post by baconburger on Aug 20, 2024 17:48:09 GMT
Can we send this guy back and ask for a refund? Cardiff would be cheeky enough to try! Should have used PayPal. If it doesn't get delivered they give you your money back. |
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Post by stokesaint1 on Aug 20, 2024 18:54:44 GMT
The guy must be laughing his socks off. Known bad injury record but gets a three year lucrative contract from a leading charitable institution. Enda Stevens and Gallagher just typify the desperation and bad decision making at this club. How many other clubs were queuing for their signatures and, in Gallagher's case willing to pay a significant fee for the privilege? Rhetorical question by the way.
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Post by 1948fitch on Aug 20, 2024 19:19:59 GMT
The guy must be laughing his socks off. Known bad injury record but gets a three year lucrative contract from a leading charitable institution. Enda Stevens and Gallagher just typify the desperation and bad decision making at this club. How many other clubs were queuing for their signatures and, in Gallagher's case willing to pay a significant fee for the privilege? Rhetorical question by the way. don't forget Pearson, topped up with bans to boot |
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Post by LGH87 on Aug 21, 2024 7:55:16 GMT
The guy must be laughing his socks off. Known bad injury record but gets a three year lucrative contract from a leading charitable institution. Enda Stevens and Gallagher just typify the desperation and bad decision making at this club. How many other clubs were queuing for their signatures and, in Gallagher's case willing to pay a significant fee for the privilege? Rhetorical question by the way. don't forget Pearson, topped up with bans to boot Very good chance those 3 are our top earners or close to. |
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Post by nott1 on Aug 21, 2024 8:00:39 GMT
The guy must be laughing his socks off. Known bad injury record but gets a three year lucrative contract from a leading charitable institution. Enda Stevens and Gallagher just typify the desperation and bad decision making at this club. How many other clubs were queuing for their signatures and, in Gallagher's case willing to pay a significant fee for the privilege? Rhetorical question by the way. Also remains to be seen if he is any good! |
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Post by werrington on Aug 21, 2024 8:04:06 GMT
Stoke fans laying in to a player who’s only just signed ….whod of thought it
We have of course been here many times before and as usual they cover it with. “ I hope I’m proved wrong of course”
It’s always best to give people a chance first
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 21, 2024 8:14:47 GMT
Stoke fans laying in to a player who’s only just signed ….whod of thought it We have of course been here many times before and as usual they cover it with. “ I hope I’m proved wrong of course” It’s always best to give people a chance first Its very very sad and the poor bloke has only played 29 minutes for us as well🤷♂️ |
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Post by staffordstokiemad1 on Aug 21, 2024 8:19:00 GMT
37 pages of bashing a new signing who hasn’t even started a league game. Bloody fantastic.
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Post by baconburger on Aug 21, 2024 8:20:32 GMT
Stoke fans laying in to a player who’s only just signed ….whod of thought it We have of course been here many times before and as usual they cover it with. “ I hope I’m proved wrong of course” It’s always best to give people a chance first Fancy people being annoyed about signing a player out for months after something akin to walking to the newsagents to fetch a paper. He literally just broke down, not sprinting, not under challenge, not in some freak accident. Yeah it’s pretty fucking annoying and how a medical failed to detect such a weakness god only knows. There wasn’t an event, we bought damaged goods. |
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Post by werrington on Aug 21, 2024 8:24:35 GMT
Stoke fans laying in to a player who’s only just signed ….whod of thought it We have of course been here many times before and as usual they cover it with. “ I hope I’m proved wrong of course” It’s always best to give people a chance first Fancy people being annoyed about signing a player out for months after something akin to walking to the newsagents to fetch a paper. He literally just broke down, not sprinting, not under challenge, not in some freak accident. Yeah it’s pretty fucking annoying and how a medical failed to detect such a weakness god only knows. There wasn’t an event, we bought damaged goods. A medical doesn’t pick up the chance of a calf strain ffs |
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Post by nottsover60 on Aug 21, 2024 8:26:30 GMT
Stoke fans laying in to a player who’s only just signed ….whod of thought it We have of course been here many times before and as usual they cover it with. “ I hope I’m proved wrong of course” It’s always best to give people a chance first Fancy people being annoyed about signing a player out for months after something akin to walking to the newsagents to fetch a paper. He literally just broke down, not sprinting, not under challenge, not in some freak accident. Yeah it’s pretty fucking annoying and how a medical failed to detect such a weakness god only knows. There wasn’t an event, we bought damaged goods. Didn't Rory Delap break his leg on his debut? Fancy the medical not picking up that one! Still at least Coates saw past the injury and his faith paid off with one of our biggest cult heroes. And before you say you can't predict a broken leg, most of the people giving hatred at the moment would have been asking why we had given Rory a contract because you never properly come back from an injury like that. And I'm not sure you can predict a muscle strain. |
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Post by LGH87 on Aug 21, 2024 8:32:28 GMT
Fancy people being annoyed about signing a player out for months after something akin to walking to the newsagents to fetch a paper. He literally just broke down, not sprinting, not under challenge, not in some freak accident. Yeah it’s pretty fucking annoying and how a medical failed to detect such a weakness god only knows. There wasn’t an event, we bought damaged goods. A medical doesn’t pick up the chance of a calf strain ffs When it's the exact same injury that kept him out for months last season, surely people are right to question it? Especially after the Blackburn journo pretty much said this would happen  It took all of 29 minutes for him to break down again. |
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Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Aug 21, 2024 8:42:38 GMT
A medical doesn’t pick up the chance of a calf strain ffs When it's the exact same injury that kept him out for months last season, surely people are right to question it? Especially after the Blackburn journo pretty much said this would happen It took all of 29 minutes for him to break down again. What about training sessions and sprints before the first game? You're still going down the same road of hanging him out to dry...and the management team. You're conflating your argument to prove your point. Let's get him back and see what he offers over the course of the season. |
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Post by LGH87 on Aug 21, 2024 8:49:38 GMT
When it's the exact same injury that kept him out for months last season, surely people are right to question it? Especially after the Blackburn journo pretty much said this would happen It took all of 29 minutes for him to break down again. What about training sessions and sprints before the first game? You're still going down the same road of hanging him out to dry...and the management team. You're conflating your argument to prove your point. Let's get him back and see what he offers over the course of the season. Over the course of the season? He's likely already out for at least a quarter of it, if not longer. Blackburn said "a couple of weeks" in September last season, he didn't get fit until January. Like I said previously in this thread, I'll have a wager with anyone that he doesn't play more than 50% of the league games. |
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Post by baconburger on Aug 21, 2024 8:50:30 GMT
Fancy people being annoyed about signing a player out for months after something akin to walking to the newsagents to fetch a paper. He literally just broke down, not sprinting, not under challenge, not in some freak accident. Yeah it’s pretty fucking annoying and how a medical failed to detect such a weakness god only knows. There wasn’t an event, we bought damaged goods. Didn't Rory Delap break his leg on his debut? Fancy the medical not picking up that one! Still at least Coates saw past the injury and his faith paid off with one of our biggest cult heroes. And before you say you can't predict a broken leg, most of the people giving hatred at the moment would have been asking why we had given Rory a contract because you never properly come back from an injury like that. And I'm not sure you can predict a muscle strain. Yes this club has some of the strangest cult hero’s imaginable. A jobbing midfielder who happened to be able to throw a football long and flat. Point is he didn’t bring the broken leg into the club Gallagher obviously did bring that calf weakness into the club and yes a previous injury that isn’t properly healed can be detected and an everyday muscle strain shouldn’t take months to heal there is obviously an underlying problem. Neither have I seen any hatred just questioning the decision to buy a low scoring striker with a poor recent injury record especially from my point of view when a younger, fitter, faster, more combative forward with a better recent goal scoring record moved for an affordable fee within a few days (BTA). I’m convinced Gallagher has attributes that will prove to be useful but think the signing was ill judged considering a comparison of what was available and the fact that we had the money for something better as proved by spending it on something we weren’t desperate for shortly after(Lawal). These decisions are on JW and LD who seem to be struggling badly to build anything like a coherent squad. |
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Post by WorkingclassHero on Aug 21, 2024 9:10:02 GMT
What about training sessions and sprints before the first game? You're still going down the same road of hanging him out to dry...and the management team. You're conflating your argument to prove your point. Let's get him back and see what he offers over the course of the season. Over the course of the season? He's likely already out for at least a quarter of it, if not longer. Blackburn said "a couple of weeks" in September last season, he didn't get fit until January. Like I said previously in this thread, I'll have a wager with anyone that he doesn't play more than 50% of the league games. Completely agree be very surprised we get 15 games from him. I really hope it is not a case of nicking a contract |
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Post by sticky on Aug 21, 2024 9:10:41 GMT
How longs he likely to be out for?
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Post by LGH87 on Aug 21, 2024 9:16:46 GMT
Didn't Rory Delap break his leg on his debut? Fancy the medical not picking up that one! Still at least Coates saw past the injury and his faith paid off with one of our biggest cult heroes. And before you say you can't predict a broken leg, most of the people giving hatred at the moment would have been asking why we had given Rory a contract because you never properly come back from an injury like that. And I'm not sure you can predict a muscle strain. Yes this club has some of the strangest cult hero’s imaginable. A jobbing midfielder who happened to be able to throw a football long and flat. Point is he didn’t bring the broken leg into the club Gallagher obviously did bring that calf weakness into the club and yes a previous injury that isn’t properly healed can be detected and an everyday muscle strain shouldn’t take months to heal there is obviously an underlying problem. Neither have I seen any hatred just questioning the decision to buy a low scoring striker with a poor recent injury record especially from my point of view when a younger, fitter, faster, more combative forward with a better recent goal scoring record moved for an affordable fee within a few days (BTA). I’m convinced Gallagher has attributes that will prove to be useful but think the signing was ill judged considering a comparison of what was available and the fact that we had the money for something better as proved by spending it on something we weren’t desperate for shortly after(Lawal). These decisions are on JW and LD who seem to be struggling badly to build anything like a coherent squad. Your last sentence is quite telling and has been an issue at the club since the last two years of Sparky's reign. No matter who is in charge, we just can't ever seem to recruit a balanced and effective squad. How can so many people, keep getting it so badly wrong? |
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Post by LGH87 on Aug 21, 2024 9:17:33 GMT
How longs he likely to be out for? Alan Nixon has said 2 months I believe but last season he was out for 4 months with it. |
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Post by sticky on Aug 21, 2024 9:25:39 GMT
How longs he likely to be out for? Alan Nixon has said 2 months I believe but last season he was out for 4 months with it. Jesus😱 |
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Post by Gods on Aug 21, 2024 10:04:38 GMT
How longs he likely to be out for? I think I heard 'November' which I take to be in the new year! He'll need to do another pre-season won't he? |
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