We Have Been Trying To Sign Ryan Harley From Exeter

[Safe.]

He was quality yesterday, I'd definitely want him in our squad if we could get him for 300 k.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

This may well be the truth. We had enquired after Harley in case we didn't land Noone. Exeter are keen to sell, as they don't want to lose him for nothing, so now that we have Noone and may no longer be interested, they go public with this story to encourage other offers...

This sounds plausible.

 

[227 BHA]

Funny how most of the signings or offers we make never get mentioned on here until they are announced by the clubs involved. It's almost as if those 'in the know' on NSC don't have a clue...

Exactly. And lets be grateful Dick Knight isn't handling negotiations any more cos he did nothing but spout off about who he wanted to sign and then go and not actually sign them!

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

He's a left midfielder mainly so maybe a second option if we didn't get Noone?

This would certainly make sense. He is a very good player, scored a lot of goals this year and is probably Exeter’s best player. That said, now we have Noone, I really cannot see where he would fit in. The article does say “over the last month”, i.e. pre finalisation of the Noone deal, although the Albion seemed to be quite confident it would go through.

He is doing great at Exeter so why join us when there is already so much competition in midfield, especially if Gus still wants Lua Lua back for “3-4 years”?

Player profile: Exeter City | Team | Player Profiles | Ryan Harley

Exeweb: Harley... Is he going? - Page 7 - exeweb.com forums

 

[imissworthing2]

Maybe we're all looking abit to short sighted myself included, He's a championship quality player and the more of them in our squad the better, especially if for about 250-300k.

 

[JBizzleBeard]

BBC Sport - Football - Exeter reject Brighton bid for playmaker Ryan Harley

 

[ironacton]

watched the game with an Exeter fan, he rates harley but says he goes missing for large chunks of games, not better than what weve got on my one viewing

 

[Albion 4ever]

Might be useful to have another wide player if Gus wants us to change shape and be more flexible. Maybe Noone, Bennett & Harley in behind a central striker with two holding midfielders?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Did he play at the Withdean fixure? Granted most Exeter players were absent without leave that day.

 

[seagull_special]

a key to our chances of promotion lie in having a large enough squad, 2 or 3 injuries or suspensions and we could find ourselves on the slide. He looks like a quality player and Andrew Crofts is an example of a player who made the step up to the championship and a lot of people on nsc doubted that. it also looks like Exeter are inviting offers for him.

 

[murraymint]

According to the exeter forum/paper there is interest from several championship clubs including Norwich and QPR

 

[Turkey]

If we could get him he would be an excellent addition to our squad. A creative centre mid, can use both feet, would fit right in.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

This may well be the truth. We had enquired after Harley in case we didn't land Noone. Exeter are keen to sell, as they don't want to lose him for nothing, so now that we have Noone and may no longer be interested, they go public with this story to encourage other offers...

Sounds right. We would have more than one iron in the fire. If Noone hadn't come off, we'd expect the management to have had other options sounded out. Now Exeter leveraging the interest to generate some wedge for a player who will walk in the Summer.

 

[Turkey]

I agree that Exeter are trying to get other offers to come in but I think Noone and Harley are quite different players so landing Noone doesnt mean we don't want Harley.

 

[BrickTamland]

I didn't realise he was 25! I was under the impression he was a young lad from the info i was given. He looked okay like a pop at goal and looked creative but i dont think he is that different to what we have got. Wouldn't complain if we signed him but wouldn't mind if we missed out either.

 

[TrueFan]

Might be useful to have another wide player if Gus wants us to change shape and be more flexible. Maybe Noone, Bennett & Harley in behind a central striker with two holding midfielders?

Yeah, I think that would be great.

 

[BrickTamland]

Not sure if it is true or not but this came up on Exeweb (their forum) Harley talking terms with QPR and city reject Norwich bid - exeweb.com forums

 

[Blackadder]

Probably won't come to us but if he did I would welcome it. Assuming you can afford it, you can't have too many good players in competiton for places.

Go back a few months when people were bemoaning how threadbare our Subs Bench was. We need a bench, where any player could walk in to most other teams in our league. We are nearly there but not yet.

 

[severnside gull]

He would provide competition for Sparrow and Dicker and is good enough (IMO) to play in the Championship.
Would certainly be a good squad addition. A very different type of player to Noone - more of a playmaker I think

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Gus will have a big list of potential signings , the good thing is we don't know who they are until they have signed so we can't rip them to pieces on NSC even before they have put on the blue and white stripes.