JammyOne Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 How did he look today when he came on for Fontaine? Do you think we should at least offer him a contract for next year in League 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i hate you butler Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 looked class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Slow, weak and only 5'10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeade Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Absolutely no.....shocking player who cares nothing about this club. Hope he never plays again and makes Fonts look class!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 I thought he did nothing wrong today. Showed a willingness to get forward (good link up play with Maloney and Adomah), didn't panic on the ball and didn't hoof it diagonally 40 yards across field to anyone but a City player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i hate you butler Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Absolutely no.....shocking player who cares nothing about this club. Hope he never plays again and makes Fonts look class!!time for your medication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggythecity Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 looked good to me if he wants to stay next year will surely be offered a contract,if he had stayed fit would have been in since he came Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuber Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 I thought he did nothing wrong today. Showed a willingness to get forward (good link up play with Maloney and Adomah), didn't panic on the ball and didn't hoof it diagonally 40 yards across field to anyone but a City player! Agreed, and on a pay-as-you-play deal too, so would cost less than fonts as well, played the offside and was better positionally, and tracked the ball when played through to make sure they were so, unlike Liam 'Waving to the Assistant Referee's Face' Fontaine. Don't get me wrong, Fonts has looked better since SoD came in, but he's playing like he is as he's a liability without Carey bossing him about and telling him where to go all game (hence why I t'ink he played them onside a few times). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC101 Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thought he did well today. No non-sense defending, kept the ball on the ground. Stupid tackle for the penalty, no idea what he was doing there, but overall did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Did OK. There will probably be Championship clubs offering him a contract next season anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Absolutely no.....shocking player who cares nothing about this club. Hope he never plays again and makes Fonts look class!! And you know he does not care for the club how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Decent enough , doesn't look 100% fit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Absolutely no.....shocking player who cares nothing about this club. Hope he never plays again and makes Fonts look class!! He did seem genuinely gutted at the end. Probably cares more than given credit for. Same for a lot of the squad tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Awful and on a par with Fontaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Awful and on a par with Fontaine. Notice you said the same earlier, Super. Why do you say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Looked good to me, brought a mate who doesn't regularly watch City and noted how much better he was than Fontaine and asked why Bates hasn't been playing regularly. I'd offer him a deal for league 1 and judging by recent performances Nyatanga deserves another year on his contract too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Bates is and has been a complete waste for us. He should be looking at his ability to walk in later life. He has had 4 or 5 serious knee injuries, plus cruciate and mediate ligament injuries. His availabilty is poor and he hasnt done anything of note in a city shirt to warrant an extension. Long gone is the days of Paul McGrath, being able to play through the pain and not train. We dont have the budget either to carry someone, who is a ticking time bomb and should consider his life after football His injury situation is a relevant point, however he is a class player who would walk League One. If, and it is a big if, he is willing to accept a low basic salary which is significantly boosted if he is fit and playing in the first team then for me it would be a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Slow, weak and only 5'10 ...have we met before?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fka dagest Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I thought he was a marked improvement on Fontaine yesterday. Definitely has more composure and a touch of class. He got up and down the pitch well and stuck to his man. The challenge for the penalty was a mistake, but in general I thought he was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I thought he was a marked improvement on Fontaine yesterday. Definitely has more composure and a touch of class. He got up and down the pitch well and stuck to his man. The challenge for the penalty was a mistake, but in general I thought he was good. A piece of wood is a marked improvement on fontaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfctim Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Decent on the ball (didn't hoof it randomly like Fontaine) but didn't seem bothered yesterday, looked like he was just going through the motions. One time when Bolton countered he was the last man back but when they reached the area and both Cunningham and Maloney slid in to block, Bates was jogging back in the middle of our half. Judging from yesterday's performance, i'd say let him go in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Didn't he give away the pen? Average for me and with hus injury record, bye bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 He was alright, but he too seems to have been sucked into the Bristol City abyss. His head went down far too easily over little things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 He just never looks fit to me. He is just another defender we have signed who isn't better than what we already had. McManus, Foster, Keinan, M Wilson, D Wilson etc. If we are going in a different direction it's exactly the sort of signing we need to stay clear of. Yes I'm sure IF he could stay fit he would be a good league 1 defender, but we can't take that risk anymore. Is it not one if the reasons why we are where we are? Signing deadwood and making poor signing after poor signing? It needs to stop. SoD said as much himself and continues to reiterate this. I will be very surprised if he is kept on. If he is it will be for peanuts. It will be hard to attract players next season that fit the criteria but things have to change. The evidence would suggest he is not worth the gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I would not go near him if he was superb. The blokes history of injury is not worth the gamble with ffp next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetjef Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Call me old fashioned but it would be nice to have a couple of centrebacks who win everything in the air and are good in both boxes. Im not suggesting we sign a team of giants like Stoke or anything, but i just feel its a key position to have some height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corleone Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Bates will be at a bigger and better club than us next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Awful, so weak and afraid! a complete weed for a CB aswell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 No way would I keep him. Him, Carey and Nyatanga are all out of contract this summer and I expect them all to go, meaning we will be looking to bring in only one new CB, as unless we dip into non league/league two for signings I doubt we can afford two under FFP, as Fontaine and James Wilson will probably both still be with us for next season (who is realistically going to take either of them off our hands?). Therefore the player we sign will need to be aerially dominant and with a good availability record. Bates is neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 No way would I keep him. Him, Carey and Nyatanga are all out of contract this summer and I expect them all to go, meaning we will be looking to bring in only one new CB, as unless we dip into non league/league two for signings I doubt we can afford two under FFP, as Fontaine and James Wilson will probably both still be with us for next season (who is realistically going to take either of them off our hands?). Therefore the player we sign will need to be aerially dominant and with a good availability record. Bates is neither. Spot on. I was never a advocate of the big centre back myth in the champ. But Div 1 it will be a necessity. If we roll up with our current offerings we will be in trouble. That said if the defenders are good enough they should be able to drop off and pick off the 2nd ball. But our lot, well I certainly would not trust them to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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