Guest wilyfox Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 He was a strange buy. I, like most, anticipated a winger at the eleventh hour on deadline day - we got another holding-mid. Pretty inexplicable at the time, i thought, with Semedo doing so well and Hutch back fit. The argument in favour was that Melo may be a step up on either or both - well he can't get past them at the moment. The language thing...well, Gray said himself that football is a universal language. We can't withhold him until he has a masters degree in English language. Gabriel plays for Arsenal despite poor comms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Tell you,the man is totally inept.He spouts out I'll only sign players that are better than what we have and then bangs them on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl267 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Maybe we should get a song for him to the tune of Lionel Richie "Melo, is it me you're looking for" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eightace Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I watch match of the day and tbh I couldnt name half the player's from teams like stoke and swansea so not being a well known player isnt that surprising. Doesn't mean he's no good. Does seem odd though he's not been included.Especially as they seemed desperate to get the deal done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Maybe we should get a song for him to the tune of Lionel Richie "Melo, is it me you're looking for" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.. Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 and then bangs them on the bench. Except Melo only made the bench once? And hasn't even made the matchday squad since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Except Melo only made the bench once? And hasn't even made the matchday squad since.Which is all the more reason why he won't get any more money to bring in new players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corneliusreeve Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) He was a strange buy. I, like most, anticipated a winger at the eleventh hour on deadline day - we got another holding-mid. Pretty inexplicable at the time, i thought, with Semedo doing so well and Hutch back fit. The argument in favour was that Melo may be a step up on either or both - well he can't get past them at the moment. The language thing...well, Gray said himself that football is a universal language. We can't withhold him until he has a masters degree in English language. Gabriel plays for Arsenal despite poor comms. I have to agree that he was bought as an upgrade on what we already had and he became available and we had to act quickly, however, the fact that he can't even make the squad is has I said earlier, very strange. A passing comment I heard last night about his absence is that his wife came over from Portugal then promptly returned, I've no idea if there's any truth in that but you never know. Edited March 5, 2015 by Corneliusreeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowl Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Blue and White, I take it you aren't a great admirer of our current manager. The new owner has backed him and spoke favourably of his achievements. There's no reason to assume he won't be given funds to strengthen the team. Some of his signings seem to have come out OK, Westwood, Lees, resigned Loovens, Dielna (maybe), McGugan, May (work in progress), Keane, Hutch(injury prone but quality). There' are some good players in that list particularly for a manager shopping in the leftovers bin. Much better than the previous manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and white Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Blue and White, I take it you aren't a great admirer of our current manager. The new owner has backed him and spoke favourably of his achievements. There's no reason to assume he won't be given funds to strengthen the team. Some of his signings seem to have come out OK, Westwood, Lees, resigned Loovens, Dielna (maybe), McGugan, May (work in progress), Keane, Hutch(injury prone but quality). There' are some good players in that list particularly for a manager shopping in the leftovers bin. Much better than the previous manager. As a bloke I think he's great,as a coach he is awesome and is highly regarded,as a manager he is out of his depth and his CV shows it. The chairman in fairness to him doesn't know him from Adam,although if he is as ambitious ah he has he is can't be impressed with what he has seen so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazads Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Tell you,the man is totally inept.He spouts out I'll only sign players that are better than what we have and then bangs them on the bench.[/quote He's doing OK then to say he's inept and not had much to spend.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepcar_lights Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Language aside, if he's good enough then he's in the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 fairly obvious there's something wrong, it'll come out eventually but right now he looks like a waste of a transfer especially after the big build up and last second deadline signing can't remember did we spend a fee on him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corneliusreeve Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 fairly obvious there's something wrong, it'll come out eventually but right now he looks like a waste of a transfer especially after the big build up and last second deadline signing can't remember did we spend a fee on him? I think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 If he's been signed with a view to making an impact next season, then surely the best thing to do is to give him some games now seeing as we've got nothing to play for so that he can get a taste of the Championship. There's clearly more to it than footballing reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaskedowl Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I get the feeling that they genuinely thought they were signing the Brazilian Melo. We'll never see him in a Wednesday shirt again you're not serious are you? nah, you're just taking the pish right... yeah? what??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Remember how excited we all were when we made 4 signings on deadline day, only one doing anything is Mcgugan. Ones injured, one played a bit and then has been dropped to the bench and one cant settle. Not really improved us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Based on what exactly ? based on the fact he's barely featured whatsoever and I don't buy this "hasn't bedded in" bollarks, he's only kicking a football around ffs Hasn't affected Bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl in Manc Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 He's Portuguese, same as Semedo! So he could surely communicate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jaks6owl Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 we signed the wrong one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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