Safeway said:Well I just read the article twice and didn't spot any positives. Brittain looked ALRIGHT at Worthing, and other newbie has just been released by f***ing FALKIRK.
Stinkers Bridge said:Are there any pubs in Colchester?
Safeway said:Well I just read the article twice and didn't spot any positives. Brittain looked ALRIGHT at Worthing, and other newbie has just been released by f***ing FALKIRK.
Dies Irae said:Is anyone else 100% convinced Henderson will start as MM went out of his way to persuade DK to buy him, even though Kuips was known to be back fit
garry nelsons left foot said:Can someone cut and paste the story. i dont have seagullsworld...
McGhee Gets Second Look
By Paul Camillin
Newcastle United winger Martin Brittain is back on trial with Albion and will play in tonight's penultimate first-team pre-season warm up with Colchester United at Layer Road (kick-off 7.45pm).
Since playing in Albion's first pre-season fixture at Worthing, Brittain had been on trial with Championship Hull City. However Tigers' boss Phil Parkinson - although impressed - opted not to sign the right winger, feeling he had adequate cover in that area of his team.
Hull's loss could prove Albion's gain, as Mark McGhee said, "I've spoken to Phil Parkinson about how they found Martin; everything was very positive about that. They have decided not to sign him for all sorts of reasons which are their business but which I know of and satisfy me."
Brittain will start on the right wing this evening, with Alex Frutos will operate on the left wing. Alex Revell has shaken off a minor knock to partner Jake Robinson in attack.
Adam Hinshelwood and Gary Hart also return from injury, but Kerry Mayo, Guy Butters, Joel Lynch and Doug Loft all remain sidelined and face a race against time to be fit for the start of the season.
Daniel McBreen
Daniel McBreen: on trial with Albion since Monday
Former Falkirk striker Daniel McBreen - released by the SPL side at the end of last season - is also part of the scaled-down Albion squad that travels to Essex.
The 29-year-old forward has been on trial with Albion since they returned from France at the weekend. The Burnley-born Scotsman scored 21 goals in 62 appearances during a two-year spell with the Bairns.
Meanwhile McGhee has told Wayne Henderson and Michel Kuipers he is yet to decide which goalkeeper will begin the season as his first-choice stopper.
Henderson took over the squad number one shirt prior to pre-season, but with Kuipers now very much back in the fold, McGhee admits the decision will not be easy. McGhee said, "It will be a tough one to make, there's no doubt about it.
"They both have different strengths, they have both worked very, very hard over the pre-season. They have worked well with each other as well as by themselves."
Albion: (4-4-2) Henderson, Hart, El-Abd, Hinshelwood, Rents; Brittain, Carpenter, Hammond, Frutos; Robinson, Revell. Subs: Kuipers (GK), Reid, Cox, Kazim-Richards, Elphick, McBreen.
Dies Irae said:Is anyone else 100% convinced Henderson will start as MM went out of his way to persuade DK to buy him, even though Kuips was known to be back fit