Shane McFaul agrees to sign for the Albion

[Nicky Rust]

Yes thanks. Whilst your patronising manner annoys beyond belief I do agree that some experience wouldn't go amiss in the current squad, but it has to be the right player. Hopefully Wendy and Dick are still working on that.



So you're arguing that we should be signing players on a free on the day when we just signed a player on a free? A good point well made! Unfortunately, teams don't give proven 20 goal a season strikers away. Clubs gamble on players like Sharpe and every now an then it works out big time. Who is to say that that won't be the case with McFaul?

If you knew anthing about football the players i have mentioned have all had a good standard of football to show on their cv,Sam Oji was once an Aesenal youth proguct bought by Birmingham nad now at Orient for a fee!, Gillespie was a youth Product at Liverpool where as we get frr transfers from the like of Braintree an a University!! So i'm sorry but i win my case!....But it dosent mean McFaul wont make it but its just not what has delivered the good in the past e.g all our recent signings!!. I am excited about seeing him like any Albion fan! abd hope all the best but you know yourself if Cheltenham can find premiership rejects for free, so can we!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Skaville]

If you knew anthing about football the players i have mentioned have all had a good standard of football to show on their cv,Sam Oji was once an Aesenal youth proguct bought by Birmingham nad now at Orient for a fee!, Gillespie was a youth Product at Liverpool where as we get frr transfers from the like of Braintree an a University!! So i'm sorry but i win my case!....But it dosent mean McFaul wont make it but its just not what has delivered the good in the past e.g all our recent signings!!. I am excited about seeing him like any Albion fan! abd hope all the best but you know yourself if Cheltenham can find premiership rejects for free, so can we!!!!!!!!!!!

Nicky Rust was ex Arsenal, so I'll rest mine

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Isn't Doug Loft ex-Chelsea?

 

[Skaville]

Isn't Doug Loft ex-Chelsea?

As is Leon "Division 2" Knight.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

As is Leon "Division 2" Knight.

Ah yes, that little turncoat. The examples given are not that great. Gillespie joined Cheltenham from Bristol City, so presumably he was settled in that area. I don't think we would have been able to compete with City for his signature. This Oji chap, is he any good? His stats would suggest that he has only made 8 starts in his whole career.

There are bound to be a few players that slip our net, but we are competing with a large amount of clubs and each transfer will depend on various circumstances i.e. Location etc. For every success story, there are also many bitter failures.

I remember we tried desperately to sign a Sidwell on a free from Arsenal. Whatever happened to him?

 

[Skaville]

Ashley Neal served his apprenticeship at Liverpool. He is exactly the type of player we need

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Weren't the Fox brothers ex-Galactico's?

 

[Skaville]

Look where being on Liverpool's books has taken him:

http://www.givemefootball.com/display.cfm?article=5228&type=2

"I was looking through a North West jobs paper and I came across an advert for courses to become a driving instructor. I had always liked cars and, like many footballers, cars were part of my life. I decided to have a go at it."

 

[Skaville]

Matthew Wicks was at Arsenal and Man Utd and was still shit, as was Joe O'Cearuill and Graham Barrett. Then you have Stefan Gislasson...

 

[Domsdad]

Shane McFaul signs.

I think its magic. We wanted Paul McShane back. Now it sounds like we got him backwards.

 

[Domsdad]

Warren Aspinall - what a LEGEND. The only man fatter than me to play for the albion. Superb stuff. "

You are correct that the man is a LEGEND.

The original star of the "leave our grandad alone" chant

 

[chez]

Matthew Wicks was at Arsenal and Man Utd and was still shit, as was Joe O'Cearuill and Graham Barrett. Then you have Stefan Gislasson...

Matty Wicks was a great player for us. Lost his way when he left unfortunately though.

 

[Brian Fantana]

As has been mentioned. Ex-premiership doesnt mean shit all. A player is signed on ability not reputation. McFaul is an Under 21 international and must have shown some ability to get to that stage. He has been on trial with us and must have shown something in training to warrant this move. Being ex-prem isnt everything. This signing might turn out to be a shrewd one. The player wont be coming with lofty ideas of his own ability which being at a Prem club might have given him. I always got the impression that Leon Knight's main problem was that he still thought he should be in the Chelski team. Anyway, lets give the lad a chance.

 

[Hannibal smith]

sounds like you werent listening to the phone-in after the Mansfield game !

You keep banging on about the phone in. I personally would rather cut off my toes, fry them up and eat a toe sandwich in crusty, mouldy bread than listen to the demented and delusional that phone in to Harty's or any other phone in for that matter.

text in if you've ever eaten food

 

[Caveman]

Sounds very mediocre, and certainly nothing to get excited about. However, I think it's only fair to wait until February 1st before I go MENTAL at Knight and Wilkins.

Thats good of you. We'll be REALLY interested to hear that then.

 

[Caveman]

No, you clown, you miss my point. I'm obviously not going to make a point of "going mental" on February 1st. What I mean is that while this signing on its own isn't exactly inspirational, I think it's only fair that we give the club the whole of January before making a judgment. It doesn't really matter WHEN we sign the players, so I'll give it until the end of the month before I make my decision on whether the club have done well, and I hope most people will do the same.

Even if we don't sign anyone else, I wont be on the clubs back.