mcmigo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Westwood - free transfer Hutchinson - free transfer Lees - free transfer. Good work Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Have you only just realised this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 His transfer dealings were nothing short of miraculous. Nice to see someone giving him the recognition he deserves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 But yes I thought Stuart Gray did a very commendable job on limited resources. Nice bloke too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanye West Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Kieran Lee - free transfer Good work Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Also made Kieron Lee a first team player when he was a reserve under Dave Jones Also kept on Loovens. Think his biggest error on player recruitment was Stevie May who didn't live up to the hype but overall was well in credit with transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfoster Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Yes, made some excellent transfers in BUT also thought Maghoma was a better player than Antonio, who he really didn't rate at all. Neither did he see the potential in Benik Afobe. And he thought Stevie May was a good way to spend our entire transfer budget at the time. So, like ALL managers, there's a few clangers in there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beloved_aunt Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Pretty sure we paid an "undisclosed fee" for Lees but whatever the case he had a great eye for a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 We should get him back as the main man when it comes to transfers. Spot a player or 2 for CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 minute ago, WalthamOwl said: We should get him back as the main man when it comes to transfers. Spot a player or 2 for CC May, Bus, Dielna, Melo, Taylor-Fletcher, Hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) The first time he had a bit of money in January he wasted it. You can sort of understand why Chansiri didn't want to trust him with a war chest. The thing Gray deserve's most credit for is sorting out our solid backline and getting us defensively sound. Coz let's face it we were unless in attack under him. The four strikers mentioned above kind of makes my point. Edited December 15, 2016 by pazowl55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David1867 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 8 minutes ago, pazowl55 said: The first time he had a bit of money in January he wasted it. You can sort of understand why Chansiri didn't want to trust him with a war chest. The thing Gray deserve's most credit for is sorting out our solid backline and getting us defensively sound. Coz let's face it we were unless in attack under him. The four strikers mentioned above kind of makes my point. Imagine how he feels about Carlos then. Stuart Gray blew £750k, Carlos has blown more than 4 times that on one player alone, who can't get in the side ahead of semedo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debram Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, mcmigo said: Westwood - free transfer Hutchinson - free transfer Lees - free transfer. Good work Stu. get him on the payroll as chief scout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offalyowl Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I really rate stu and did a great job for us, it's a pity he not involved wit the club in some way because I'd love to see him back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 The saviour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls about that Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Surprised he is not the Rotherham or Chesterfield manager by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 4 minutes ago, owls about that said: Surprised he is not the Rotherham or Chesterfield manager by now. The fact he hasn't managed anyone since managing us says it all. He's a very good defensive coach, not a manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthowl Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Interesting points here. One the one hand, Westwood, Lees and Hutchinson for free, whilst on the other hand, even a few grand for May, Bus, Dielna, Melo (I'm ignoring the loans) was a waste. When we were trawling around the free transfer market and scraping the barrel it was inevitable that we would get as many duds as successes. So three big successes out of seven (or however many it is) strikes me as very good business. However, my point is that perhaps we shouldn't be so dismissive of the club for wasting money on wages for the likes of Dielna, Melo, and even McGugan and Lachman. Had we taken a view that we can't risk employing another "failure", then we wouldn't have taken the risk of bringing in Lees, Westwood and Hutch either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, dfoster said: Yes, made some excellent transfers in BUT also thought Maghoma was a better player than Antonio, who he really didn't rate at all. Neither did he see the potential in Benik Afobe. And he thought Stevie May was a good way to spend our entire transfer budget at the time. So, like ALL managers, there's a few clangers in there as well. Did he really think Maghoma was better? Dont remember that . Also virtually everyone though Afobe was useless even though it was obvious he was a step up on what we had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaminowl Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, Southie_Owl said: He's a very good defensive coach, not a manager, as such. Finished it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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