Betfair Bozo
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- Jul 24, 2007
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Ward for 400k represents very good business for Palace. Can cover a variety of positions too. With that in mind I am slightly surprised we were not interested.
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Joel ward
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I think having Gardner, McShane, Jedinak, KG and Williams missing for our last 8 games had a big impact on our final position. We played a left back at CB, no defensive mids and a lot of youngsters and ultimately paid the price position wise.
I find it pretty odd that some people are considering us one of the favourites to go down, we're only a couple of key additions away from being able to challenge for the top six IMO and the Clyne money will give us a chance hopefully.
Aren't Garvan and O'Keefe defensive midfielders?
Agree that you shouldn't be in amongst the favourites to go down
Have you seen Garvan tackle? I certainly haven't! O'Keefe is going to be a decent player but it wouldn't be fair to rely on a 20yr old to do a resounding job at DMF just yet. His passing can be atrocious but we really missed Jedinak.
I think replacing Clyne should be the least of our worries. Right backs generally aren't the most difficult to replace and by all accounts Ward is a very good replacement. With the other 2 million or so I hope we sign a bloody striker as we've lost Calvin Andrew.
How will you ever replace Calvin Andrew, where are the goals going to come from now?!
Don't think I've ever seen Garvan play actually, just thought when we were close to signing him he was talked about as a defensive midfielder!
Tell me about it, we'll miss his goal next season.
Garvan sits defensively and has excellent vision but is too slow and goes missing in away games. I expect he'd actually excel at Brighton though as he's not the finished article.
Barn Door Billy
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Saw a great quote from a Leeds fan (who was annoyed at ward choosing palace over them) "why would he want to go to palace? Selhurst park has so little atmosphere they use it to train astronauts!" 
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Danny Simpson has had an outstanding season for Newcastle.
CliveWalkerWingWizard
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Business is being done elsewhere but not a sniff here - not sure that this is good news, especially with the likes of Mattock out of contract, surely this is a deal that could have been done quickly ?
- Jul 7, 2003
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Ward...meh. Average player in a poor team. The only reason anyone's heard of him is that he's about the only player in the past ten years that Pompey have actually produced themselves, hence their fans were more supportive of him and backed him to succeed. They felt he was one of them. I'm not saying he's a dud, just that he's nothing to write home about. He'd be a sort of Ian Chapman figure: never going to be a great player but tries hard and is locally born & bred so always had the supporters on his side, whatever he did on the pitch.
Your post shows your ignorance of the situation, go ahead with your bet and back your delusional comments.
You're the only person so far who thinks so.
Congratulations on Ward. Now, in your opinion, do you think you'll start this season with Cylne, Zaha, Speroni, Ambrose, and Parr? I can't see you keeping all of them..
Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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Solid player, decent signing at the price. Deffinitely better value than the £7million for Rodriquez! And the £25billion for Zaha.
Do you write any posts without using a variation of the word deluded? It's rather dull
BobbySmith
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Spoke to someone at Pompey today and he said he was a good player, but a bad attitude, he thinks he is the bees knees apparently, so sounds like a room mate for Murray ?
Clyne is as good as gone, but Ward is the replacement probably. He is unlikely to be as good as Clyne but in this league you don't need an amazing right back, you just need a solid, decent one. Zaha will stay or go for silly money as we don't have to sell him. Speroni will stay. Ambrose may go but he will probably stay. Parr will stay.
Glenn-Murray
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- Jun 24, 2011
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Joel Ward - head sponsor of "Christian Faith and Football" - thinks he's the bees knees? I've heard the complete opposite. All of the comments on all of the articles I've seen from Pompey fans are gutted that he's leaving, they see him as a club hero and say he's got a fantastic attitude.
Glenn-Murray
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- Jun 24, 2011
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We only signed Parr last season and he has got our POTY award, he has settled in brilliantly. Clyne will definitely go. Zaha will probably stay, if he doesn't we get a massive fee to spend on a few new signings. Ambrose has publicly asked for a new contract. Speroni has signed a new 3 year contract and has been at Palace for 10 years now - he loves the club and the club loves him.
I think we'll keep all of them except Clyne who has already gone - he just has to decide between Newcastle or Man United now.