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[Albion] Matt O Riley [26/08/24 - sings on a 5-year deal]
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Not many Rodris about. Every team would love to be able to play with a single pivot but it takes a beast of a player
Underwhelmed.
Very interested in the above as well.
Rodri is double the size of WBG, can score goals and tackle whilst having the same passing ability. That’s why Rodri is world class and WBG will always have to fit in to a certain system rather than being brilliant in any team he plays for.
WBG was one of our best players last year in a system that sort of suited him (he could have done with an enforcer alongside him). This year? I can’t see it but thought he did well at the weekend once we’d got the goals we needed.
- Nov 15, 2006
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This thread is moving into politics style territory, WBG fans and WBG needs improving on posters. I reckon not a single person on whatever side is going to change their mind.
Big WBG fan here, don’t waste your time trying to convince me that he needs replacing
I accept FH may be in the “get rid“ camp, hopefully not
Big WBG fan here, don’t waste your time trying to convince me that he needs replacing
I accept FH may be in the “get rid“ camp, hopefully not
Change at Barnham
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For anyone who missed it, as posted by Couldn't Be Hyypia two weeks ago.....
I think WBG has been one of the first names on the team sheet but that was with a much weaker midfield options but he has not let us down however I tend to agree that rarely was he bossing the midfield and his shooting although better than my own was woeful
May well be.This thread is moving into politics style territory, WBG fans and WBG needs improving on posters. I reckon not a single person on whatever side is going to change their mind.
Big WBG fan here, don’t waste your time trying to convince me that he needs replacing
I accept FH may be in the “get rid“ camp, hopefully not
Don’t particularly rate, but struggling to see if O’Riley is an improvement
Weststander
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Also, the Celtic stats were largely against inferior opposition to that faced by Gilmour.
Baldseagull
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I think this is it, Gilmour is great in a limited role, he isn't an all rounder, that can impose himself on any game.
O Riley is the player I think Moder could be, but isn't yet. Maybe good for Moder to go the other way, to replace O Riley, Celtic could well bring him on.
Green Cross Code Man
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Therein lies the problem. Unless we buy a proven player from the PL (unlikely) or La Liga or to a lesser extent the Bundesliga or Ligue 1, there will always have to be a greater leap of faith. The data is presumably all we have, unless Tony Bloom has another unseen angle!
S'hampton Seagull
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Fairly relaxed on this one. If we get him then great, but also happy if WBG stays as he's never let us down and is a decent player in his own right.
- Jun 27, 2012
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The best player in a Premier League match i watched yesterday was a young England midfielder who , until he was signed, spent most of last season playing football in the Championship and on the losing side v. the likes of Plymouth, Coventry and Huddersfield.
So all the pearl clutching cos we're after a young midfielder who has been playing and doing well against the likes of Ross County , Kilmarnock and St Mirren doesn't really stand up.
So all the pearl clutching cos we're after a young midfielder who has been playing and doing well against the likes of Ross County , Kilmarnock and St Mirren doesn't really stand up.
- Jun 27, 2012
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So should we make a bid for Will Hughes ? - he's a proven centre midfielder for a top 10 PL side ?
Green Cross Code Man
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Too, um too palacey?
May well do over a course of a season.
Last decent player to come south, VVD?
Any more recent, maybe McGinn? If you like cloggers.
PS - I’d fancy Coventry to beat a lot of the SPL teams
martin tyler
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- Jan 25, 2013
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And I suppose that is what I’m saying. Billy is great at what he does. In a double pivot next to a real unit he offers a lot. This season in a single pivot I’m not sure myself where he fits in although like you thought he played well when it came down to it over the weekend. Rodri is the complete CM can do all jobs and tbh there isn’t many players like him if any about at the moment.
severnside gull
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If knowing where the goal is can be considered an upgrade then he probably qualifies
severnside gull
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…….true for the first 65 years of my life
