'Orns Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Next one from twitter - having a medical at our place apparently Striker I believe, can't say I know too much more, anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 The former Stockport, now Norwich player? Old and average, not someone I'd be delighted we'd signed. Wood and Pitman (and Sandaza..?) all better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II Wurzel II Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Wilbraham Not for me thanks.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcbs20 Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 He's a 6ft 3 Attacking midfielder/ Striker he's 32 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_BCFC Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 No thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 A bit left of field if true!? Remember the name briefly but not for years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betelgeuse Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 He's only ever done anything at league 1 and 2 level hasn't he? Surely there must be better options out there? I'd be looking at QPR as they seem to be wanting to get rid of a few fringe players, Agymang maybe???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcbs20 Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm hoping that they confused us and the sags (easy mistake to make) sounds like an ideal signing for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 It smacks of a pointless signing if true- any details of a fee, or is it loan/free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibs Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Big Strong Striker, currently at Norwich, they signed him this time last year didn't they? Would be surprised if this was true, we have just signed a striker of this type in Chris Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snufflelufagus Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Rule Number 1 on OTIB. Make sure you rubbish any player signing for us before you have actually seen him play for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Seems an odd signing then- he's 32 for a start, so presumably a short term deal. That said, always willing to give anyone a fair crack so hopefully he'll do the business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Rule Number 1 on OTIB. Make sure you rubbish any player signing for us before you have actually seen him play for us! I've seen him play enough, at both this level and below, to say that I believe he offers us less than Wood. I'm not rubbishing him, just stating that if we are to spend money (be that fees or wages) on a player of his type I personally would not choose him. Not saying his is awful or crap, just we have better, younger and (IMHO) more mobile and sharp option s already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kala Taro Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I've seen him play enough, at both this level and below, to say that I believe he offers us less than Wood. I'm not rubbishing him, just stating that if we are to spend money (be that fees or wages) on a player of his type I personally would not choose him. Not saying his is awful or crap, just we have better, younger and (IMHO) more mobile and sharp option s already. A semi perhaps? I agree though, he was decent at a lower level and has barely featured for Norwich in the Prem but... at 32 the suggested signing of him and Morris (33) feels fairly desperate. Of course if they were offered short deals and it meant that we stayed in the NPC then it would be a good investment, so as long as DM is convinced that's what we need then bring him/them in. I have doubts as to the veracity of this one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 A semi perhaps? I agree though, he was decent at a lower level and has barely featured for Norwich in the Prem but... at 32 the suggested signing of him and Morris (33) feels fairly desperate. Of course if they were offered short deals and it meant that we stayed in the NPC then it would be a good investment, so as long as DM is convinced that's what we need then bring him/them in. I have doubts as to the veracity of this one though. IMO We shouldn't be signing any players over 30 on permanent unless they're very, very short deals and we certainly shouldn't be paying a fee for them either because we'd then have to pay another fee to replace them when they retire. If these were short deals to help us stay up that's one thing but if they were 2-3 years I would be concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 A semi perhaps? I agree though, he was decent at a lower level and has barely featured for Norwich in the Prem but... at 32 the suggested signing of him and Morris (33) feels fairly desperate. Of course if they were offered short deals and it meant that we stayed in the NPC then it would be a good investment, so as long as DM is convinced that's what we need then bring him/them in. I have doubts as to the veracity of this one though. Nothing you've said is untrue and I adopt the 'In Del I Trust' defence if this does turn out to be true. I'd suggest Morris is less desperate as he has a long standing relationship with Del and Doc, and has openly spoken of his desire to coach, something he was enjoying and learning under them. Morris' contribution behind the scenes might be just as important in motivating and pushing on a team that sometimes seems to lack leadership. Plus, as his goal this weekend proves, Morris can still show some of the undoubted class his earlier career promised, and that is something that (as Hartley proves) doesn't leave you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kala Taro Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 IMO We shouldn't be signing any players over 30 on permanent unless they're very, very short deals and we certainly shouldn't be paying a fee for them either because we'd then have to pay another fee to replace them when they retire. If these were short deals to help us stay up that's one thing but if they were 2-3 years I would be concerned. I agree about the shortness of the deal, six months would be ample but I can't see a player doing that if they've already got longer deals at their present clubs. Unless of course the wages matched the time scale. I thought SL and CS (in particular) had stated that we would not be going down this route again? Or maybe I dreamt that. I'm guessing that DM would have to be seriously convincing to the Board for them to sanction either of these signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kala Taro Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Nothing you've said is untrue and I adopt the 'In Del I Trust' defence if this does turn out to be true. I'd suggest Morris is less desperate as he has a long standing relationship with Del and Doc, and has openly spoken of his desire to coach, something he was enjoying and learning under them. Morris' contribution behind the scenes might be just as important in motivating and pushing on a team that sometimes seems to lack leadership. Plus, as his goal this weekend proves, Morris can still show some of the undoubted class his earlier career promised, and that is something that (as Hartley proves) doesn't leave you. Yeah, I hadn't thought of the coaching angle regarding Morris, so that may well be a nod to the future. So a six month playing deal with a coaching role afterwards might be an option. I've got to be honest and say that I thought Morris had retired already before DM came here. Seems a long, long time ago when he was at Chelsea. He never did much for me (on a footballing basis) and I'm not convinced that being reasonable in the SPL with the occasional flash of class is any basis for signing him now. But, like I wrote already, if DM is convinced that's what we need then I'll buy into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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