welshgaz Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 We are going to start the season without replacing Clarke, aren't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 18-19 Slovakian Premier League 1st Tier 4 goals 5 start, 17 games. Finished 2nd bottom. 17-18 French Nat 2 4th Tier 11 goals 12 starts 19 games. Fimished 7th 16-17 French Nat 3 5th tier 1 goal 1 start 3 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Problem with all these foreign players is, we haven't a clue who they are or what they are like. We have no affinity with them at all. They will all take time to adapt to L2, especially n the depth of winter, and hey will also have to adapt to a different culture in England. Both will be very difficult for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankies6 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Could go either way. Either be world beaters or duck eggs....will reserve judgement for now o think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latics22 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 I'm still awaiting for the "100 %" better budget to be spent ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robboman Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 minute ago, latics22 said: I'm still awaiting for the "100 %" better budget to be spent ... probably been used to fill the gap from the lack of season ticket sales... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 30 minutes ago, welshgaz said: We are going to start the season without replacing Clarke, aren't we? The Lemsagam's have made it clear - as far as I see it - that Sefil is Clarke's replacement. Tis he who MoLo wanted Scholes to play & drop Clarke for shouting at his #FrenchLads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejh45 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, al_bro said: Problem with all these foreign players is, we haven't a clue who they are or what they are like. We have no affinity with them at all. They will all take time to adapt to L2, especially n the depth of winter, and hey will also have to adapt to a different culture in England. Both will be very difficult for them. Not sure that is a fair argument. We've had crap players we'd heard of turning up and enhanced their reputation of being crap: O'Grady, Coke, Banks.'s signings. And we've had players turning up with a "good"-ish reputation and still turned out to be crap: Dunn, Ruddy, Benyu, Pringle, McEleney, Cassidy. Let's give these foreign lads a bit of leeway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, al_bro said: Problem with all these foreign players is, we haven't a clue who they are or what they are like. We have no affinity with them at all. They will all take time to adapt to L2, especially n the depth of winter, and hey will also have to adapt to a different culture in England. Both will be very difficult for them. They have seemed to take almost a season to get used to L2 don't they. As Harry says you wouldn't mind one ot two, but they seem to be the nucleus of the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 minute ago, mikejh45 said: Not sure that is a fair argument. We've had crap players we'd heard of turning up and enhanced their reputation of being crap: O'Grady, Coke, Banks.'s signings. And we've had players turning up with a "good"-ish reputation and still turned out to be crap: Dunn, Ruddy, Benyu, Pringle, McEleney, Cassidy. Let's give these foreign lads a bit of leeway. It's clearly not all foreign lads, plenty are in the leagues above, it's the calibre that we are signing with increased regularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Foreign policy works so well that no other club at our level tries to copy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, mikejh45 said: Not sure that is a fair argument. We've had crap players we'd heard of turning up and enhanced their reputation of being crap: O'Grady, Coke, Banks.'s signings. And we've had players turning up with a "good"-ish reputation and still turned out to be crap: Dunn, Ruddy, Benyu, Pringle, McEleney, Cassidy. Let's give these foreign lads a bit of leeway. Ridiculous logic. Our greatest ever 100 players, you might get 2-3 foreigners in there tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laticsrblue Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 32 minutes ago, al_bro said: Problem with all these foreign players is, we haven't a clue who they are or what they are like. We have no affinity with them at all. They will all take time to adapt to L2, especially n the depth of winter, and hey will also have to adapt to a different culture in England. Both will be very difficult for them. No problem - our head coach and his assistant will be able to tell them all they need to know about L2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latics22 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Its obvious to anyone that vera isnt up to it, throw in a load of other unknowns and you have a recipe for disaster. Swapping a leader like Clarke with years of experience in higher leagues with selfie is a ridiculous risk. I cant believe that ml or AL actually believe this could ever be successful? If so what are their intentions, the whole situation is bizarre! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Some fucking hotel bill to put this lot up and feed them, I'm presuming none live local? Maybe that explains the increase in budget. As for the standard of these players I keep hearing the tripe about AL + ML using their contacts and them unearthing a gem, well AL and probably more pertinently ML have been involved for two years now starting off with Placide etc... has any of them players gone for a single penny or commanded any sort of transfer fee? I can't think of one so where the fuck is this valuable knowledge and know how then, unfortunately we are all in with the clowns players this season and we have to hope a squad of mainly foreign misfits somehow have enough to keep us in League 2 this season. JOY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejh45 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 19 minutes ago, deyres42 said: Ridiculous logic. Our greatest ever 100 players, you might get 2-3 foreigners in there tops. Ridiculous argument also......total up the number of players who've played for this club and I reckon 2 to 3% came from continental Europe and beyond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejh45 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 21 minutes ago, latics22 said: Its obvious to anyone that vera isnt up to it, throw in a load of other unknowns and you have a recipe for disaster. Swapping a leader like Clarke with years of experience in higher leagues with selfie is a ridiculous risk. I cant believe that ml or AL actually believe this could ever be successful? If so what are their intentions, the whole situation is bizarre! Who is Selfie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Just now, mikejh45 said: Who is Selfie? Latics22 is our new centre half!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorvik_latic Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 minute ago, kowenicki said: Latics22 is our new centre half!! Might be better than Sefil who Ashton didn’t even want to keep on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laticsmarra Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 hour ago, OAFC1984 said: The two keepers seem solid enough but they will need to be the way our defence is shaping up Problem is we will only be able to play one of them.I suppose when ML blames first choice for conceding too many,a good no 2 can be thrown into the lions den. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, mikejh45 said: Ridiculous argument also......total up the number of players who've played for this club and I reckon 2 to 3% came from continental Europe and beyond. Think the clowns would gain more respect if they just said they haven't got a pot to piss in so we are going to have to blood the youth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejh45 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, deyres42 said: Think the clowns would gain more respect if they just said they haven't got a pot to piss in so we are going to have to blood the youth. Hmmm….Who said "You don't win anything with kids"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFC1984 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, mikejh45 said: Hmmm….Who said "You don't win anything with kids"? Some Scouser talking about infinitely more talented kids than ours EDIT - He was of course Scottish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 minute ago, mikejh45 said: Hmmm….Who said "You don't win anything with kids"? We won't be winning anything in the near future so I'd rather see a team of lads with some semblance of affinity to the club donning the shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Once the transfer window closes we are stuck with what we have, good enough or not. There must be plenty of loans still to come in, lets hope a CB is one of them, and not a young lad from a Prem or Championship club who has yet to play league football.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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