basegreenowl Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) Ron Atkinson gave chances to older players. Trevor Francis, Viv Anderson etc. It worked for him. Think he signed Lawrie Cunningham and Peter Barnes late in the day for a club. Think one senior player won't rock the boat. Downing has always had quality. Could sign some young guy from oversees and could be like Abdi. If short term and cheap with ability to still change games why not? We have to be careful with the funds too. Edited May 29, 2019 by basegreenowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcx666 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 If Jos had wanted Downing everyone would be wanting his head for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Everyone’s been begging for pace, Downing was slow when he was 21. He’s past it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 37 minutes ago, marcx666 said: If Jos had wanted Downing everyone would be wanting his head for it. If Jo’s has wanted anyone they’d have wanted his head. Shame he didn’t sign downing last summer. We might have got poo a bit quicker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 It's always better to have one or two old heads in the squad, I think this is what Leeds had missing towards end of season. Villa had Whelan, West Brom had Barry, Derby had Keogh. These might have not been playing every game but they're good for dressing room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwokenGiant Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, Rogers said: Everyone’s been begging for pace, Downing was slow when he was 21. He’s past it He's more of a Wallace type player though, can beat a man without pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, bradowl said: It's always better to have one or two old heads in the squad, I think this is what Leeds had missing towards end of season. Villa had Whelan, West Brom had Barry, Derby had Keogh. These might have not been playing every game but they're good for dressing room. We have old heads already, dont need anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hooper Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Signing for Blackburn anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, billyblack said: We have old heads already, dont need anymore. This, do people realise, we only have FOUR outfield players under the age of 25 in our whole squad. Iorfa, Thorniley, Baker and Penney. It’s younger legs we need, in all areas, aside from, maybe centre back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 1 hour ago, gurujuan said: Err perhaps that’s why I said rumoured? We also have plenty of experience in the squad, it’s younger legs we need, something that DC seems to agree on What experience do we have though? Westwood not signed yet. Experienced pros in Boyd, Jones and Hooper left us. Lees experienced but can't play alongside an inexperienced guy. Main reason cos he isn't good enough as a leader/trainer. A few youngsters guys is what we need of course and we all agree, but we need experience to carry us through. Bruce will know that more than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just now, Birley Owl 1867 said: What experience do we have though? Westwood not signed yet. Experienced pros in Boyd, Jones and Hooper left us. Lees experienced but can't play alongside an inexperienced guy. Main reason cos he isn't good enough as a leader/trainer. A few youngsters guys is what we need of course and we all agree, but we need experience to carry us through. Bruce will know that more than most. See above 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just now, gurujuan said: See above Players over 25 aren't old Count it to 30 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauchief Owl Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just now, Mr Hooper said: Signing for Blackburn anyway. Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, Mr Hooper said: Signing for Blackburn anyway. Perhaps we should go for someone like Barry or Whelan then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Birley Owl 1867 said: Players over 25 aren't old Count it to 30 instead. Nobody is saying they are old, hopefully most of those are gone. 25 is generally classed as experienced though, and clearly we need younger players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Uniform Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, Birley Owl 1867 said: What experience do we have though? Westwood not signed yet. Experienced pros in Boyd, Jones and Hooper left us. Lees experienced but can't play alongside an inexperienced guy. Main reason cos he isn't good enough as a leader/trainer. A few youngsters guys is what we need of course and we all agree, but we need experience to carry us through. Bruce will know that more than most. Technically Westwood has signed. Just not a new contract, just we have used the one year extension option in his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 1 minute ago, gurujuan said: Nobody is saying they are old, hopefully most of those are gone. 25 is generally classed as experienced though, and clearly we need younger players Thing is we shouldn't just sign young players cos we need them, or ignore older players. We need to sign quality players, regardless of age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just now, No Uniform said: Technically Westwood has signed. Just not a new contract, just we have used the one year extension option in his contract. No announcement of that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, Birley Owl 1867 said: No announcement of that yet. Probably because Westwood is trying to negotiate a two year contract with the club and we have been listening to him. We will announce that we have taken up the option of a 1 year extension with him if all that falls through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Everyone’s been begging for pace, Downing was slow when he was 21. He’s past it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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