Transfer Gossip

[paulhanley]

I would be surprised if Arfield started many games. He's therefore not the full time "midfield bastard" many of us are on about. 

It would be great to have his experience in the last 20-25 mins of games especially when we need to tighten things up when ahead. 

I can see why folk are saying he's there to make up for the loss of experience with Jerome leaving the squad. In terms of being worldly wise though (and purely in terms of midfield) he's perhaps a belated replacement for Kieran Lee. 

[Dr. Feelgood]

Right .... so who's next ?

[Rizlar]

10 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Right .... so who's next ?

Don’t think it’s Harry Kite he’s off to Bristol Rovers according to latest rumour.

[gonzo]

11 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Don’t think it’s Harry Kite he’s off to Bristol Rovers according to latest rumour.

That's blown the wind right out of my sails.

[Johnnyrotten]

1 hour ago, paulhanley said:

I would be surprised if Arfield started many games. He's therefore not the full time "midfield bastard" many of us are on about. 

It would be great to have his experience in the last 20-25 mins of games especially when we need to tighten things up when ahead. 

I can see why folk are saying he's there to make up for the loss of experience with Jerome leaving the squad. In terms of being worldly wise though (and purely in terms of midfield) he's perhaps a belated replacement for Kieran Lee. 

I totally get your point re last 20 odd minutes, and Jerome played that role well on a few occasions last season, but I can hardly think of any game we failed to win when ahead in the 2nd half.

Our main problem is breaking down opponents when we are losing, especially away.  The emphasis has to be on not going behind in the first place as well as having a bit more about us to equalise when necessary.  I know this is easier said that done!  But I feel like Arfield's influence would be relatively minimal if it was mainly as a sub coming on when the result is all but decided.

[Johnnyrotten]

35 minutes ago, gonzo said:

That's blown the wind right out of my sails.

We're all here for you, to get you through this disappointment.  Time is a great healer, we can do this.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

3 hours ago, passmosster said:

We'll still get rolled by the rough teams like Wigan with the current squad.

We've brought in a number of new lads; until they've played a bit, how can we assess their input and effect on the squad and performances?

Plus more irons in the fire according to Evatt.

[FrancisFogarty]

7 hours ago, gonzo said:

That's blown the wind right out of my sails.

That's life. One day you're flying high, next you're spiralling down to land in a mess of tissue paper and garden cane.

[Burndens Bogs]

On 13/07/2024 at 15:20, thebells said:

It’s true, but what’s the relevance of this to Aaron Morley?

Err, he’s just bought a house in Lostock?

800k to 400k in the blink of an eye.

[L/H White]

6 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

We've brought in a number of new lads; until they've played a bit, how can we assess their input and effect on the squad and performances?

Plus more irons in the fire according to Evatt.

Because we always bottle it against Wigan 

[tomski]

I hate Evatt

[Tonge moor green jacket]

7 hours ago, L/H White said:

Because we always bottle it against Wigan 

Nowt to do with the squad then?

[Big E]

9 hours ago, tomski said:

I hate Evatt

Get off the fence 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

20 minutes ago, Big E said:

Get off the fence 

Haha.

Not his favourite, fair enough, though I wonder if the post was a little sponsored by various alcoholic drinks manufacturers 😀 

 

[tomski]

3 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Haha.

Not his favourite, fair enough, though I wonder if the post was a little sponsored by various alcoholic drinks manufacturers 😀 

 

Yes but still feel the same now. It’s depressing to be concentrating solely on Bolton again

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 minute ago, tomski said:

Yes but still feel the same now. It’s depressing to be concentrating solely on Bolton again

I'm trying not to get particularly invested in it all at this point.

Worrying about signings, what other teams are doing etc is just going to fuck the head up.

Nowt we can do.

Time to enjoy the cricket! 😬🤣

[frank_spencer]

2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I'm trying not to get particularly invested in it all at this point.

Worrying about signings, what other teams are doing etc is just going to fuck the head up.

Nowt we can do.

Time to enjoy the cricket! 😬🤣

There's always the running and chucking from Paris to watch on the beeb too.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, frank_spencer said:

There's always the running and chucking from Paris to watch on the beeb too.

Aye.

Like watching some of the less common sports.

[Wanderlust]

Don't worry - Armstrong will be arriving soon and maybe the Nigerian from Hungary.

[FrancisFogarty]

1 hour ago, Wanderlust said:

Don't worry - Armstrong will be arriving soon and maybe the Nigerian from Hungary.

Hungarian Nigerian or Nigerian Hungarian?

[Traf]

29 minutes ago, FrancisFogarty said:

Hungarian Nigerian or Nigerian Hungarian?

Knowing our luck, it'll be a hungry Ethiopian.

[jmjhb]

10 minutes ago, Traf said:

Knowing our luck, it'll be a hungry Ethiopian.

At least he can run fast

[Traf]

2 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

At least he can run fast

He'll also be injured.

[Marc505]

I bet we don't.

[Cheese]

1 minute ago, Marc505 said:

I bet we don't.

Not a chance.