OwlBiSeeinThi Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, gurujuan said: I wholeheartedly agree, that a strong defensively minded midfielder is absolutely key. It’s unbelievable how much we missed Hutchinson, or a similar player, last season. We've missed that sort of player since the playoff final when the incumbent choked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IstillhateSteveBould Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, gurujuan said: You might be right, if Garner is a holding midfielder. To be honest, I didn’t think he was, but I might well be wrong. If he is, and we get him, then great, but we’ve seen, the midfield doesn’t function properly without that type of player Certainly I’d agree that central midfield appears to be the area where we have the most talent coming through our own system, so yes, we do need to keep a clear pathway Based on the clips I’ve seen, he reminds me of Hutchinson. Minus the silliness. Closes down aggressively, likes a sliding tackle and can play a bit. Of course there’s no guarantee he could do it at this level, but he looks decent and he’s a realistic target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Fletcher off to Stoke. Thats annoyed me a fair bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy365owl Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 If we have the money I'd be looking at someone like Ronan Curtis from Portsmouth scored 14 from out wide last season and can't see him being on massive wages at pompey Otasowie at wolves can play both center half /RB and holding midfielder and they have said he would be available for loan Try and get Murphy back on loan The lad from livingstone seems to be in decent form so he could be an option for a more mobile forward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouncing Owl Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 minute ago, FlyingOwl said: Fletcher off to Stoke. Thats annoyed me a fair bit. They have taken our 2 most consistent players off us from last season. They should improve next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 minute ago, FlyingOwl said: Fletcher off to Stoke. Thats annoyed me a fair bit. They offered better wages than Celtic, and play more of a Fletcher style game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Wonder who they'll offload, Vokes or Gregory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Just now, gurujuan said: They offered better wages than Celtic, and play more of a Fletcher style game Of course. I was just under the assumption that he turned down a deal here for better things. Stoke is a sideways move....but I assume he had a fair idea about our points deduction and jumped on that assumption. Id have been much less bitter if he’d ended up back in Scotland with Celtic or even with a bigger championship club. Stoke will do well this season if they can keep him fit and keep Fox playing with confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, westy365owl said: If we have the money I'd be looking at someone like Ronan Curtis from Portsmouth scored 14 from out wide last season and can't see him being on massive wages at pompey Otasowie at wolves can play both center half /RB and holding midfielder and they have said he would be available for loan Try and get Murphy back on loan The lad from livingstone seems to be in decent form so he could be an option for a more mobile forward No chance on Curtis. Murphy will be right at the peak of what we’ll be able to get id imagine, and that’ll only be because he clearly enjoyed his time here before so might be happy to ‘slum it’ somewhere with a points deduction as significant as ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 minute ago, wilyfox said: Wonder who they'll offload, Vokes or Gregory? As long as it's not to us, I dont care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcityowlsfan Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Fletcher will chase the money and go where he can get the best deal. Stoke still have parachute money so can afford his wages. I think we are trying to keep to a certain wage cap now and not create disharmony amongst the squad which we have seen happen before in the past when one or more players earn more than the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, FlyingOwl said: Of course. I was just under the assumption that he turned down a deal here for better things. Stoke is a sideways move....but I assume he had a fair idea about our points deduction and jumped on that assumption. Id have been much less bitter if he’d ended up back in Scotland with Celtic or even with a bigger championship club. Stoke will do well this season if they can keep him fit and keep Fox playing with confidence. All about the money, never been to Glasgow, but Stoke is a shithole and a bang average mid table team. Each to their own, but if someone offered me the opportunity in the twilight of my career to win (almost guaranteed) trophies, I'd take it, especially after trousering £30k pw (£6.2m) over the last 4 years alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Crawshaw Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, gurujuan said: They offered better wages than Celtic. That's what £78 million in parachute payments over the last 2 seasons allows you to do. Edited August 14, 2020 by Tommy Crawshaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 If he signs for Stoke will not have to move house or change family things. Makes a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andysowls Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 We need t’unearth a Kenwyne Jones-esque typa diamond from a Premiership club.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Joao's Tooth Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 24 minutes ago, FlyingOwl said: Fletcher off to Stoke. Thats annoyed me a fair bit. I'm a massive fan of Fletcher but he's 33 Years old, will be wanting a two year deal, on decent wages still, we can't justify that, it was the right time to part ways with him, take our recruitment in a different direction and use his wages more effectively... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Owls-Fan said: Yes I think we’ll only be looking to bring 1 or 2 players max. in for central midfield now. But I agree with you the forward line is a concern, the club will have a tough task bringing in players on a budget that will excite the fan base but we shall see what happens a concern is probably understated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 41 minutes ago, FlyingOwl said: Fletcher off to Stoke. Thats annoyed me a fair bit. he saw his contract out, what else does he need to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 minute ago, billyblack said: he saw his contract out, what else does he need to do Could have agreed to play the last 6 games. So too Fox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Beholder said: Could have agreed to play the last 6 games. So too Fox. could have, didnt have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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