Longacre_red Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Best move for both parties as it stands. Good luck to him i liike Pitman. I would of liked to see Marc Pugh come here on loan. He's already said he wont be signing a new contract end of the season. Exchange deal in Jan perhaps?! Marc Pugh signed a new contract today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_bristol Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I thought I read he was still in Del's plans a while back. If he is and Stead leaves at the end of the season I don't see his time here as finished (unless his contract is up). Taylor, Davies, Baldock and Pitman next season is a possibilty and he could stay on loan until we get an injury or stop scoring All the best tho Mr Pitman hope to see you back here scoring some day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboBCFC Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 But yeah, potential to score a very large number of goals but just never going to get a game under Del so best move for all concerned. Wish him the best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 One of the most natural finishers you'll ever see in a City shirt. Best of luck to him, he'll easily get 20+ in L1. It wouldn't surprise me if he's playing Championship football whilst we're in L1 next year either. Totally agree. Most natural goal scorer since super Bob IMO. Good luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Always on the cards but good luck to him! Hope he starts rattling in the goals! It's a shame really, you can't sign a striker with his finishing ability and not add players who can provide him with the service. I've always said, a Brett Pitman in a side of Tinnion, Bell, Murray and co would be a 20 goal a season man year in year out for this club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JammyOne Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Good move. Will save a bit of money on wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcityman Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Sure in a team that plays to his strengths he will come good, hopefully if we let him go in January we get a half decent fee and also insist on a sizeable sell on fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 A. You forgot transfer fee but B. he won't be on 15k a week. Waste of money and overrated on here though Overrated? He's very much underrated by many on here. Good move for him, all the best Brett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 From the opening day of the season when firstly Albert started ahead of him up front and it then took McInnes until stoppage time to bring him on when we needed a goal it was fairly obvious that it would be best for everyone if he moved on ASAP. Then within four days we signed Davied and Baldock to really hammer it home! Best of luck to him and I hope he does well. Feel we may look back and wonder why we treated him so poorly in a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Best of luck to him and I hope he does well. Feel we may look back and wonder why we treated him so poorly in a few years. Wouldn't be the first though would it... This club is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 We get rid of an average fringe player and the club is a joke ? Until the club gets rid of the less than average fringe players we still have and then stops signing more fringe players who don't even get a look in, then i'm afraid the answer is yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 He's like Marmite. In the wilderness, comes off the bench, scores, plays the following week & goes missing. In the wilderness, comes off the bench, scores, plays the following week & goes missing. In the wilderness, comes off the bench, scores, plays the following week & goes missing. Sound familiar? Sound like a broken record? Yes he will score goals Yes he's been given numerous chances Yes on numerous occasions he has failed to deliver Yes the Championship is more demanding Yes we all want him to be successful Yes he will score a hat full in the less demanding League 1 And (sadly) Yes that will be for a different club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 £60k transfer fee according to the local Bournemouth paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 But I thought he was easily capable of 20 goals at C'ship level so why's he going back to League One?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Well, good luck to the lad, case of his face not fitting (or rather his style) A pure finisher without doubt, but perhaps that's not what we needed. Personally, I think with the right players around him he could score bundles - but you'd have to make the bullets for him to shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 But I thought he was easily capable of 20 goals at C'ship level so why's he going back to League One?? Well, he scored 13 in 21 starts at this level in a team that created very few chances so yes, 20 championship goals is very likely within his capabilities. As for his overall ratio of 1 in 4 quoted above, he's only actually made 36 starts for City in two and a half seasons, but when he's started regularly his goal scoring record compares with the best. I'm sure he's pulled on the Red shirt for the last time, but it will be very interesting to see how his career progresses in the next year or two. My bet is he'll be at Championship level, whatever his options right now after having his career progress thwarted at Ashton Gate through little fault of his own. From what I've seen of both players I can see him scoring more at Championship level ( under a manager who believes in him, and plays him) than Baldock, though hopefully from City's point of view there is more to Baldock than we've seen so far and he proves me wrong. Anyway all BCFC fans should wish Pitman well - he's scored some great goals for City and done nothing to deserve the spiteful comments of numerous posters on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunningdalered Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Not sure if he had an attitude problem which kept him from the first team, but Baldock and Davies are better anyway. Best of luck to him. This. Baldock and Davies, the two players with whom Brett is competing for a place, each bring more to this team than Brett - simple. If Del hadn't signed these two, quality, strikers then maybe letting Brett go would be foolhardy, but he did, so we should be satisfied with that shouldn't we? I bet that if Bournemouth were offered Baldock, Davies or Pitman on loan, Brett would have been 3rd choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Its been pretty clear that McInnes has never rated Pitman. He's not been a regular starter under Del and has barely featured this season.The writing was on the wall for Pitman when Baldock and Davies joined City He'll be gone in January. Its a shame imo that we didn't get to see the best of Pitman.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Believesham Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Is it possible that to get around the FFP wage cap in League one: Bournemouth offer city a fee for the loan whihc equates to over 70% of his wages for the loan period, and pay 30% of his wages, thus spending (assuming he's on £9k p/w) £3k p/w on his 'wages' but paying £9-10k? There will be ways around the FFP that clubs will find. If you build strong enough squads, and are a massive gambler, a manager could build a squad sticking two fingers up to FFP and not need to sign anyone during a transfer embargo and still succeed. Also, good luck to Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 You didn't answer my question Nogbad - why if 20 goals is well within his capabilities is he going back to League One? I can't be arsed to check the records but seldom does a striker at this level score more than 20 goals. Brett would be in an elite group of players and would be much more sought after than merely attracting the interest of his former club, playing at a lower level, wouldn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinnock Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 One of the most natural finishers you'll ever see in a City shirt. Best of luck to him, he'll easily get 20+ in L1. It wouldn't surprise me if he's playing Championship football whilst we're in L1 next year either. Spot on. We didn't have the supply that he needed... As soon as Eddie Howe went back to start the Bournemouth Revolution (how many straight wins now?!) Pitman was heading there imo.. That's probably why he never signed him at Burnley. Best of luck to the lad, out to prove a point now! - Cheeky punt at Bournemouth's top scorer, with 18+? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Didn't he turn down Blackpool for us? I'd imagine he's on £10kp/w plus He'll be on ridiculous wages like all of them, however just because he chose City over Blackpool doesn't necessarily mean City offered him more money. Ironically he no doubt thought he would start more games here by being higher up the pecking order as opposed to PL Blackpool where there would be a number of strikers in front of him. Perhaps he realised he was going to be very well paid wherever he went and actually wanted to play football, prove himself in the Championship, and only then look to make the move up, either with City via promotion or by means of an inevitable transfer if he scored well. As I say the irony of all this is he probably chose City in order to play regular football at a higher level and progress his career gradually. After being consigned to the bench so often, and latterly left out of the squad all together, he'll be very relieved to return to a club where he is appreciated and a manager who clearly has faith in his ability. If he signs permanently there, it'll be interesting to see where he goes the next time bigger clubs come calling for him at Bournemouth, as they surely will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinnock Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Well, he scored 13 in 21 starts at this level in a team that created very few chances so yes, 20 championship goals is very likely within his capabilities. As for his overall ratio of 1 in 4 quoted above, he's only actually made 36 starts for City in two and a half seasons, but when he's started regularly his goal scoring record compares with the best. I'm sure he's pulled on the Red shirt for the last time Anyway all BCFC fans should wish Pitman well - he's scored some great goals for City and done nothing to deserve the spiteful comments of numerous posters on here. Agree, agree completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinnock Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 ...I thought he did choose City over Blackpool down partly because of the lower wage offered by them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Believesham Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Some players like being a big fish in a small pond rather than the other way around. Hope the loan works out for him! That was said about Dimitar Berbatov ... I can see similarities and look how Berba's performing at Fulham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_bristol Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Shame he's gone, we'll need him next season if we go down. I don't expect any of the other strikers to hang about if the worst happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 You didn't answer my question Nogbad - why if 20 goals is well within his capabilities is he going back to League One? I can't be arsed to check the records but seldom does a striker at this level score more than 20 goals. Brett would be in an elite group of players and would be much more sought after than merely attracting the interest of his former club, playing at a lower level, wouldn't he? I think I did - scoring 13 in just 21 starts clearly shows that 20 is easily within his reach. You say not many get 20 - you're right - but how many get 13 when starting less than half the games? I've said many times before he's the best instinctive finisher I've seen at AG since Bob Taylor. He hasn't had the benefit of many tap ins from the meagre chance producing City team he's played in, many of his goals have been memorable efforts. He's not sought after at the moment because his career has obviously stalled at AG through lack of starts over the past 18 months. He's something of a forgotten man but high scorers at any level very quickly rebuild their reputation, and get noticed, and if he starts scoring regularly for Bournemouth (almost certain) bigger clubs will very soon show interest again. You've no doubt seen the great goals he's scored for City - why do you think he couldn't score 20+ in a chance creating team if he played regularly and his confidence was up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 People saying Baldock better player, but he's got the same problem as pitman he's not been given the service. Baldock seems to be going the same way as pitman sitting on the bench in a team not creating chances and only playing 1 striker. We need to sign a midfield that creates chances for our forwards and not forwards when we've got no creativity in midfield. If you think of pitmans wages over last 2 years plus his fee and what we've spent on Baldock and his wages we've must of wasted £4 million. Even last season when we had chance to play him we signed chris wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Not sure if he had an attitude problem which kept him from the first team, but Baldock and Davies are better anyway. Best of luck to him. Such a sweeping statement and for City's sake I hope you're right! Davies is an interesting player - scores good quality goals, seems to have a big heart and puts his head in where it hurts.Looks a great signing and we can only hope his injury record improves at AG. Baldock better than Pitman? Well, we certainly hope so but absolutely no proof either in his career pre City or from what we've seen so far in a City shirt. He certainly has limitations and weak areas to his game and whether he can go on to justify his fee by being a heavy scorer for City is very much open to question. It very much depends on City's midfield drastically improving the service to the strikers - something Pitman would no doubt have greatly benefited from too. Baldock has everything to prove imo, and as he has basically replaced Pitman there will inevitably be comparisons between the two going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Pitman can finish that's all there is to his game He has a poor work ethic no pace can't head does not track back and doesn't work for the team That's why he hasn't featured Baldock is twice the player he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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