cheshireblue Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 See he's making himself at home - he's already bagged the treatment table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Got a work mate who's relatively in the know at Vale (sits in the box, gets to chat to players and directors and the like... think he's still a bit scared of Lee Sinnott though! ). He says Whitaker's creative but a bit lightweight. Some Vale fans got a bit frustrated cos he wasn't one to go flying into tackles or run about too much (which worries me a bit knowing what some of our boneheads are like). Played most of last season on the left but isn't really a winger. My mate reckons his best position is behind the front two where his creativity can hurt teams the most, but he needs someone else (i.e. Allott and Eardley) to do the heavy duty stuff behind him. I see this signing as another important piece in the jigsaw. Our biggest problem last season wasn't so much the quality of our best eleven but our lack of squad depth to cover for injuries. Whitaker may not make our first eleven straight away, but we're going to need players of his quality to come in at some point in the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 He says Whitaker's creative but a bit lightweight. Some Vale fans got a bit frustrated cos he wasn't one to go flying into tackles or run about too much (which worries me a bit knowing what some of our boneheads are like). Played most of last season on the left but isn't really a winger. My mate reckons his best position is behind the front two where his creativity can hurt teams the most, but he needs someone else (i.e. Allott and Eardley) to do the heavy duty stuff behind him. From what I have seen of him that's a fair assessment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Does this signing end the specualtion about the experienced midfield general or even the slight possibility that he will now arrive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca_is_GOD2 Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Wasteful signing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Wasteful signing!! Why?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Wasteful signing!! I take that your lack of reasons mean that you haven't actually got a basis to substantiate this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Why?! Because we've signed him instead of hanging fire and waiting for Yantorno to agree. Shez out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markoasis Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Because we've signed him instead of hanging fire and waiting for Yantorno to agree. Shez out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I'm personally quite happy with this signing, i think its a very sensible one - he appears; from the the 1 game i've seen him play in & the info coming from the Vale boards, to be the type of midfielder we have been lacking - good passer / weighs in with goals / 2 footed / versitile. As said earlier in the thread - i'm liking the look of the midfield; competition for places / versitility & it appears we now have a plan b & c.....changes to the teams mid game & the possibility to change formations & personel are now possible it would seem LB needed and then i'm a very happy boy - feeling very positive for this season!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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