Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Another player that l fear we may never see play for the first team again, certainly not to the level that he was once capable anyway. I hope l'm wrong.
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Another player that l fear we may never see play for the first team again, certainly not to the level that he was once capable anyway. I hope l'm wrong.
I checked, and AK was indeed in Austria for pre-season.
GP told Naylor:
"... there are things that are sometimes out of my control and I have to respect that. But he’s been great to work with and he’s done his best every day."
“From my perspective, I just work with the players we have and try to help them get better.”
Doesn't sound like GP made a big decision about AK.
All the evidence about the club's current setup suggests that the coach has a relatively minor role in transfers, I think?
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Indeed, and that is largely the way of things in the modern game.
Graham Potter is Head Coach, not Manager.
DA explained it in one of those online fan forums last year. GP gives them a list of positions & attributes he wants to bring into the squad, the recruitment team give him a list of players and then they together choose from that list. Sometimes they are able to get their targets, sometimes not.
When it comes to selling players I would imagine GP got even less to say about it if there is a good bid on the table (like in the case of Knockaert).
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are Llama and ballback match fit..? for a 90 minute stint ....i doubt it
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
The fee we received from Fulham for Knockaert, about £15m l believe, was far too good for almost any side to turn down l wouid think.
Plus of course it was largely money wasted from Fulham's perspective, he didn't contribute an swful lot in their promotion push, and as soon as they reached the Premier League he was farmed out on loan. Somethingoif a recurring theme for the player unfortunately, electric in the Championship, mediocre in the Premier League.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Nope, Welbeck is the perennial sicknote, and Lallana could be heading for early retirement. I can see the wisdom in signing them, after all neither cost a transfer fee, but they were gambles that l fear will end up biting us on the bum.
Weststander
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I was anti Andone returning, only due to the ending in summer 2019.
I’ve changed my mind, now I’d love him to gain full fitness and be given a fair crack in the first 11.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Next season now l fancy, if we don't release him in the summer, or loan him out of course.
Our only glimmer of hope up front and you try to crush it. I think you are wrong too
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Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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I think there's a reasonable chance he will get some game time in our last 3 games.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
I hope that l am.
Lenny Rider
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For me the AK challenge against Bournemouth was enough to remove him from the club, and that went around the globe on TV.
OzMike
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He won't feature for us again, ever.
Get the wrong side of GP once and it's 'coitins'.
Get the wrong side of GP once and it's 'coitins'.
blue-shifted
Banned
Why should someone be removed from a club for one challenge? Especially if that person has been an unbelievable player for us
OzMike
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I think it could have been the No Dickhead Rule, just as with Andone.
Behind the scenes stuff.
blue-shifted
Banned
I just find it a little sad that we're talking about one of our best players ever, without which there's no way we would have been promoted into this league, who delivered goals, assists, skill and some of the most wonderful moments we'll ever have supporting this team and all anyone on here can say about him is that they would have shipped him out because he got sent off, or because he was a dickhead
nwgull
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Still my favourite player of the Amex era. The most depressed I've ever been after a football match was the Sheffield Wednesday away play off when he'd been carried off early in the 2nd half, and I was convinced that he was too good for another season of Championship football with us.
Getting a couple of red cards in 3.5 seasons with us isn't the worst disciplinary record at all. Ashley Barnes got 2 in 3 games in 12/13 at a time when Ulloa was the only other fit striker!