Fibonacci91 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Forgive any ignorance, is he still at Port Vale, or injured? Im disappointed to see he has not progressed and has even been over taken by other youth team players who are now getting a chance in our first team. Is that we have needed cover in those other areas and as an attacking midfielder we haven't needed Stobbs, or is it just that he's not really done it over hte past 12 months. Was sure he was going to be a player at one point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Didn't he get a bad injury? Not really kicked on. Struggled at Port Vale, couldn't make their bench on ocassions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy365owl Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Hes back at the club i belive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Fibonacci91 said: Forgive any ignorance, is he still at Port Vale, or injured? Im disappointed to see he has not progressed and has even been over taken by other youth team players who are now getting a chance in our first team. Is that we have needed cover in those other areas and as an attacking midfielder we haven't needed Stobbs, or is it just that he's not really done it over hte past 12 months. Was sure he was going to be a player at one point! He appeared in the cup for Port Vale so on returning he was cup tied but could play in either the Sheff Utd game or the Cardiff game, as Wallace is on the pitch and Boyd on the bench it would be a bit over kill to have 2 right wingers on the bench, when we are not even playing a formation with wingers but full backs. So unless Jos revert to his usual 4-2-3-1 then it is unlikely he will get a lot of game time. The one i don't understand is why Wallace keeps getting played he add nothing to the team and is being played as a central midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 We recalled him to play in the FA cup game at Carlise only to learn that he was cup tied... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morepork Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, ramone said: We recalled him to play in the FA cup game at Carlise only to learn that he was cup tied... On a positive note, at least we remembered where he was.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fibonacci91 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 35 minutes ago, Morepork said: On a positive note, at least we remembered where he was.... So he was re-called with the intention of being played at least. 20 now. Needs to make his breakthrough if he's going to. One of the U23 star players in winning league last year. Captain as well i thought? Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Fibonacci91 said: So he was re-called with the intention of being played at least. 20 now. Needs to make his breakthrough if he's going to. One of the U23 star players in winning league last year. Captain as well i thought? Strange. Shame we didn't do what Liverpool have done and install clauses that he needed to play x amount of games or Port Vale pay a fine to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) He has no luck. Was on the verge of a break through a few years ago but suffered a bad injury. His loan spell was a bit of a disaster, from what I read in the Loan Watch thread. Didn't Port Vale go through several Managers and are struggling at the bottom. Then he comes back to this injury crisis, which has given the young lads a chance, but now we've changed to a 5 3 2 and don't play a Right Winger. Edited January 24, 2018 by Donny.Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 He was the brightest academy spark in 2014, when our academy was pretty poor. We've moved on from that now, Stobbs isn't the shining light anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fibonacci91 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Birley Owl 1867 said: He was the brightest academy spark in 2014, when our academy was pretty poor. We've moved on from that now, Stobbs isn't the shining light anymore. Thought he shone pretty bright last year in the title winning side. Didnt he captain the U23s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteOwl91 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, Fibonacci91 said: Thought he shone pretty bright last year in the title winning side. Didnt he captain the U23s? Captain isn't always the best player though and the step up is huge to first team football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Think he came on as a sub for the u23's yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeshater Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Any of the above regularly watch u23s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 58 minutes ago, Donny.Owl said: Then he comes back to this injury crisis, which has given the young lads a chance, but now we've changed to a 5 3 2 and don't play a Right Winger. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etchesketch Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Can't even get in U23s now. Was sub yesterday and there were no overage players in the team taking his place. I think he will get released in the summer when his contract is up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etchesketch Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Fibonacci91 said: So he was re-called with the intention of being played at least. 20 now. Needs to make his breakthrough if he's going to. One of the U23 star players in winning league last year. Captain as well i thought? Strange. He's a year or two older than the likes of Penney, Kirby, Clarke, Waldock, Lonchar. Fear his time here will be up in the summer. Needed a good loan spell at Port Vale like Clare did at Gillingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 3 hours ago, ramone said: We recalled him to play in the FA cup game at Carlise only to learn that he was cup tied... He only came on after 93 minutes of the first round tie! So he only featured for about 2 minutes of the entire FA Cup and probably didn't even touch the ball! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel The Tree Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 20 minutes ago, Etchesketch said: He's a year or two older than the likes of Penney, Kirby, Clarke, Waldock, Lonchar. Fear his time here will be up in the summer. Needed a good loan spell at Port Vale like Clare did at Gillingham. He needs to go out on loan again IMO If there aren't any League 2 sides willing to play him regularly, then we should find a club in the National League who will He needs those 15-20 games of senior competition that he didn't get at Port Vale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauchief Owl Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 If he couldn't get in a League Two team that was struggling, and indeed often failed to make the bench, then he is unlikely to get near our first team to play in the Championship. Another loan deal would perhaps be best if his contract is indeed up in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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