Bloxwich Owl Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Preston have today confirmed that striker Connor Wikcham has left the club after the expiration of his short-term contract. North End took Wickham on trial back in August after the experienced striker was released by Crystal Palace. After impressing in training, Wickham was given a short-term deal at North End, joining on September 13th on a deal until January 13th. We have now hit that date and Preston have confirmed that Wickham has gone, so how did it come to this point? Wickham managed just two appearances for Preston’s first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 How did it come to this point? Let me guess. He was injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonLeon Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Snapped his hamstring 10mins into his first start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Bloxwich Owl said: Preston have today confirmed that striker Connor Wikcham has left the club after the expiration of his short-term contract. North End took Wickham on trial back in August after the experienced striker was released by Crystal Palace. After impressing in training, Wickham was given a short-term deal at North End, joining on September 13th on a deal until January 13th. We have now hit that date and Preston have confirmed that Wickham has gone, so how did it come to this point? Wickham managed just two appearances for Preston’s first team. Another player with potential stealing a living without ever fulfilling any potential. The next club he goes to need to be a pay as you play - I bet he stays for then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglejay Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, room0035 said: Another player with potential stealing a living without ever fulfilling any potential. The next club he goes to need to be a pay as you play - I bet he stays for then. Bit harsh to accuse him of stealing a living IMO. Any club signing Wickham with his injury track record, should know exactly what they're getting. The real shame is that when fit, he's a really good Championship/lower Premier League player. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Ridiculous we are two weeks into the transfer window and haven't signed a desperately needed CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulOwl Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Hard to believe he's still only 28... seems to have been around longer than that... huge potential early on but injuries have no doubt held him back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Junglejay said: Bit harsh to accuse him of stealing a living IMO. Any club signing Wickham with his injury track record, should know exactly what they're getting. The real shame is that when fit, he's a really good Championship/lower Premier League player. He's not been match fit since about 2014. After leaving Sunderland he has managed 77 appearance in 8 seasons and 30 of those were 3 loans while with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, Junglejay said: Bit harsh to accuse him of stealing a living IMO. Any club signing Wickham with his injury track record, should know exactly what they're getting. The real shame is that when fit, he's a really good Championship/lower Premier League player. Exactly. It's not as if he's choosing to get injured, is it? He'll be more frustrated then anyone with the way his career's panned out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulOwl Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, HopefulOwl said: Hard to believe he's still only 28... seems to have been around longer than that... huge potential early on but injuries have no doubt held him back... Conor Wickham i mean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewswfc Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: Exactly. It's not as if he's choosing to get injured, is it? He'll be more frustrated then anyone with the way his career's panned out. Not done to bad out of it though. He'll retire soon and never have to work again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, modboy said: Ridiculous we are two weeks into the transfer window and haven't signed a desperately needed CB It takes quite a while to sift through 200 recommendations and find the worst/most useless one to sign. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tewkesbury Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just now, shezzas left peg said: It takes quite a while to sift through 200 recommendations and find the worst/most useless one to sign. We're just waiting for the other teams to do the medicals. Then we'll have a shorter list to pick from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83owl Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Bloxwich Owl said: Preston have today confirmed that striker Connor Wikcham has left the club after the expiration of his short-term contract. North End took Wickham on trial back in August after the experienced striker was released by Crystal Palace. After impressing in training, Wickham was given a short-term deal at North End, joining on September 13th on a deal until January 13th. We have now hit that date and Preston have confirmed that Wickham has gone, so how did it come to this point? Wickham managed just two appearances for Preston’s first team. Decent 10 years ago. Now useless and absolutely shot to bits. Perfect for us get him signed up Moore. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83owl Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 17 minutes ago, modboy said: Ridiculous we are two weeks into the transfer window and haven't signed a desperately needed CB It Takes time to find one with a broken leg or whose knees have gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Feel for Wickham. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Bloxwich Owl said: Preston have today confirmed that striker Connor Wikcham has left the club after the expiration of his short-term contract. North End took Wickham on trial back in August after the experienced striker was released by Crystal Palace. After impressing in training, Wickham was given a short-term deal at North End, joining on September 13th on a deal until January 13th. We have now hit that date and Preston have confirmed that Wickham has gone, so how did it come to this point? Wickham managed just two appearances for Preston’s first team. We all know what is coming next … 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: Exactly. It's not as if he's choosing to get injured, is it? He'll be more frustrated then anyone with the way his career's panned out. If you ask most physiotherapists most normal injuries happen becouse your not at a peak level of fitness. So very much an overweight looking Wickham that we signed on loan the other year I'm not surprised. It also adds weight to the post Carlos holiday camp injury crisis we had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, Drewswfc said: Not done to bad out of it though. He'll retire soon and never have to work again. I'm sure he'd rather have had a career actually playing the game, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, shezzas left peg said: If you ask most physiotherapists most normal injuries happen becouse your not at a peak level of fitness. So very much an overweight looking Wickham that we signed on loan the other year I'm not surprised. It also adds weight to the post Carlos holiday camp injury crisis we had. Wickham overweight. Bloke keeps himself in tip top condition. He’s just been very unlucky with injuries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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