Luongo

[marconi]

20 minutes ago, Lawrie Madden said:

Now that spelling of thing you've come up with is a thing to behold and i'm having trouble unseeing it now

Now that spelling of I’m you’ve come up with is a thing to behold, and I’m having trouble unseeing it.

[Elvin Parsnip]

Seems we have learnt our lesson with older injury prone players or more likely Darren has took control of signings and can easily spot when players are too much of a risk to offer big contracts too being an ex player himself. Good to see. 

[Lionel Fessi]

When fit he was a class above in this league let’s not kid ourselves here. I’m sure there will be plenty of Championship clubs who will look to bring him in, even as a squad player still lots to give for 25-30 games a season. He along with most of our midfield are good enough to get into a mid table Championship side.

 

I think he turns 30 this season, probably wants one more 2/3 year deal on a decent wage whilst he’s still good enough. Sad to see him go but given our position and his injury record not worth the risk, especially given the number of good options we now have in the middle.

[steelerian]

Class player. 

[Mighty Quinn]

1 hour ago, mrbluesky said:

I think you need to think about what you post.

 

Thinking about it,thinking is a thing you maybe you shouldn’t think about thinking about, what do you think about my thinking? Do you think I’m over thinking things?

That makes perfect sense to me I'm dyslexia 

[The coach]

42 minutes ago, Mighty Quinn said:

That makes perfect sense to me I'm dyslexia 

The old man next door to me is dyslexic...he goes out everyday wearing his cat flap

[Mighty Quinn]

6 minutes ago, The coach said:

The old man next door to me is dyslexic...he goes out everyday wearing his cat flap

That's KO with me..

[reggae]

Very good player. 

Very high standards and well liked in dressing room. 

 

Strange decision to not agree his terms. But life goes on 

[Marro]

Shame to see Massimo leave. When fit he was a decent player at this level but spent a long time injured for us.  
 

I actually think Massimo may look back in a few years and regret not signing on for us again.  The Club is moving in the right direction and offering contracts on what they believe the players to be worth rather than being held to ransom / paying over the odds.  If that is down to DC then well done.

[JackSWFC]

6 hours ago, reggae said:

Very good player. 

Very high standards and well liked in dressing room. 

 

Strange decision to not agree his terms. But life goes on 

Why, what here his terms?

[Holmowl]

11 hours ago, The coach said:

The old man next door to me is dyslexic...he goes out everyday wearing his cat flap

I know a dyslexic agnostic. Can’t decide whether there’s a dog.

[owlprince]

He was a good player for us on his day. Thought he looked tired towards the end of the season. Honestly disappointed that he’s gone but we have already bought in some one with better fitness and athleticism in his position.
 

 

[fudge27]

10 hours ago, reggae said:

Very good player. 

Very high standards and well liked in dressing room. 

 

Strange decision to not agree his terms. But life goes on 

50 games in 3 years. Not that strange 

[SiJ]

How is it "strange" for us not to agree terms? 

 

So we just offer players whatever they want with little regard for their age, average output and the financial situation the club finds itself in? 

 

Nonsense. 

[SiJ]

I like Mass a lot btw, but still. 

 

 

[DaveClark]

Had he stayed, I didn't hold much hopes of him being fit for too much of the season anyway.

 

Undoubtedly a class player,  but doesn't cut the mustard on two counts of what I think Wednesday should be pursuing.

 

1) Up and coming with potential

2) Able to play almost a full season and contribute significantly

 

In my eyes, we cannot and should not invest in any player who doesn''t fit one or both of those criteria, it's just not something we can afford to do now.

 

 

 

 

[fpowl]

4 minutes ago, DaveClark said:

Had he stayed, I didn't hold much hopes of him being fit for too much of the season anyway.

 

Undoubtedly a class player,  but doesn't cut the mustard on two counts of what I think Wednesday should be pursuing.

 

1) Up and coming with potential

2) Able to play almost a full season and contribute significantly

 

In my eyes, we cannot and should not invest in any player who doesn''t fit one or both of those criteria, it's just not something we can afford to do now.

 

 

 

 

What’s the point in developing up and coming potential if you’re going to drop them when they are performing at a high standard and in their prime 

 

what I mean is why do you need an up and coming potential when luongo was class for us 

 

I understand concerns from injuries but you can only ask a player to regain fitness and return to form 

 

luongo did that, we’ve lost a player in my opinion who we are going to struggle to replace 

[Mick70]

The upturn in out form coincided with him returning to the team? He was a big point in us getting to play offs and will be hard to replace with the amount of tackles and interseptions he made . However he probably wanted a lot more than we were willing to go to and his injury record with us wasn’t great . 

[Tommy Crawshaw]

3 minutes ago, Mick70 said:

The upturn in out form coincided with him returning to the team? He was a big point in us getting to play offs and will be hard to replace with the amount of tackles and interseptions he made . However he probably wanted a lot more than we were willing to go to and his injury record with us wasn’t great . 

 

This......

 

55 points in the 25 games he played in, 30 points in the 21 he didn't play in. 

[Teddy Nickelarse]

10 minutes ago, fpowl said:

What’s the point in developing up and coming potential if you’re going to drop them when they are performing at a high standard and in their prime 

 

what I mean is why do you need an up and coming potential when luongo was class for us 

 

I understand concerns from injuries but you can only ask a player to regain fitness and return to form 

 

luongo did that, we’ve lost a player in my opinion who we are going to struggle to replace 

Possibly  but given that he's been a 23/24 games a season man since he joined us our contract offer would likely, and certainly  should, have reflected that. We'd need to recruit a capable understudy for the half a season that he's generally been absent...... and that's without even factoring in the potential world cup absence.

Good player but not one to break the bank for IMO.