Guest Bantry Banter Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Norwich want him to go on loan to a Championship side for the remainder of the season. Seems like a combative midfielder with an eye for goal, just what we need, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steveg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hardly a chance in hell on this for obvious reasons?! He's at Swindon on loan now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bantry Banter Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 What are the obvious reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bantry Banter Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Thompson has since extended his loan at The County Ground until January 5th 2016, but it is unclear whether or not he will remain in Wiltshire beyond the Winter Transfer Window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I know nothing about him, or if he'd be a good addition for us, but Norwich must be impressed at the amount of game time that Bennett has had here. That would surely stand us in with a good chance, IF we were to make an approach for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bantry Banter Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 20 minutes ago, steveg said: Hardly a chance in hell on this for obvious reasons?! He's at Swindon on loan now! Hello - what are the obvious reasons - please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steveg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Err!! I said he's at Swindon now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bantry Banter Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 1 minute ago, steveg said: Err!! I said he's at Swindon now? And how many days are there until his loan ends on Jan 6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steveg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Look he's a swindon lad and has a brother in the Swindon team? Would you join city ? Think there are bigger and better fish to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderup Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Was it Louis who celebrated when they 'won' the league or Nathan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bantry Banter Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 4 minutes ago, steveg said: Look he's a swindon lad and has a brother in the Swindon team? Would you join city ? Think there are bigger and better fish to look at. Dunno - he is with a Premiership club and can't get into the first team - given the chance to help a Championship team avoid relegation, he might be tempted. Surely all footballers don't subscribe to the "hate the local rivals" mantra - after all, it's their livelihood at stake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 54 minutes ago, steveg said: Hardly a chance in hell on this for obvious reasons?! He's at Swindon on loan now! Nathan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steveg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 25 minutes ago, Bantry Banter said: Dunno - he is with a Premiership club and can't get into the first team - given the chance to help a Championship team avoid relegation, he might be tempted. Surely all footballers don't subscribe to the "hate the local rivals" mantra - after all, it's their livelihood at stake. Do you know any footballers who would subscribe to a relegation scrap? I think they are few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Mao Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 12 minutes ago, steveg said: Do you know any footballers who would subscribe to a relegation scrap? I think they are few. get roy keane to dust off his boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cloud Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 6 hours ago, ciderup said: Was it Louis who celebrated when they 'won' the league or Nathan? that's what I thought, the guy that spent most of last season diving trying to get players sent off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aipearcey Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 7 hours ago, Bantry Banter said: What are the obvious reasons? Were you at Swindon away last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cider city red 81 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 8 hours ago, Bantry Banter said: Norwich want him to go on loan to a Championship side for the remainder of the season. Seems like a combative midfielder with an eye for goal, just what we need, perhaps? Ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Think we need a more experienced midfielder than him, plus we need to improve on what we currently have and he's not as good as either Smith or Pack, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 we need daley thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 7 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Think we need a more experienced midfielder than him, plus we need to improve on what we currently have and he's not as good as either Smith or Pack, IMO. Who would be your choice? Mine would be Steve Sidwell, apparently going to leave Stoke this window. Would be a fair bit of competition for him but if we can pull it off and somehow negotiate realistic wages/a loan deal he'd be my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 7 hours ago, steveg said: Do you know any footballers who would subscribe to a relegation scrap? I think they are few. In a higher division, playing with superior players in front of bigger crowds, in better stadiums, in higher profile fixtures? Plenty would. You could even argue that it's more interesting for a loan player to go to a club with something to fight for, rather than a side destined for mid table obscurity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 3 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: In a higher division, playing with superior players in front of bigger crowds, in better stadiums, in higher profile fixtures? Plenty would. You could even argue that it's more interesting for a loan player to go to a club with something to fight for, rather than a side destined for mid table obscurity. Certainly if I was a manager wanting my players to get experience of high pressure football then them going somewhere where there is something to fight for, at either end of the table, would indeed be preferable to mid table obscurity as you're going to learn a lot more about a player in those situations. Depends on the manager though I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 3 minutes ago, lenred said: Certainly if I was a manager wanting my players to get experience of high pressure football then them going somewhere where there is something to fight for, at either end of the table, would indeed be preferable to mid table obscurity as you're going to learn a lot more about a player in those situations. Depends on the manager though I guess. Indeed. It's also a nonsense to suggest that professional sportsmen - competitive by nature - would only want to join a team bimbling along nicely in mid table. Especially if it's a loan and there are no consequences for your career should relegation occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 3 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: Indeed. It's also a nonsense to suggest that professional sportsmen - competitive by nature - would only want to join a team bimbling along nicely in mid table. Especially if it's a loan and there are no consequences for your career should relegation occur. Players that would embrace the situation are exactly the kind of players we need IMO. We just need to find realistic options who will come here. Got to be out there though. Let's hope the homework has been done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Phantom Posted December 30, 2015 Admin Share Posted December 30, 2015 2 hours ago, Aipearcey said: Were you at Swindon away last season? Assume that you remember a certain player called Peter Beadle !?!?! His history was worse, and he came and did a job for us. Look at this way, he is a Swindon lad, Norwich want him to join a championship club - who is the nearest that would take him on? us or Reading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steveg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 15 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: Indeed. It's also a nonsense to suggest that professional sportsmen - competitive by nature - would only want to join a team bimbling along nicely in mid table. Especially if it's a loan and there are no consequences for your career should relegation occur. Let's just say I disagree with you?! £££&$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said: Who would be your choice? Mine would be Steve Sidwell, apparently going to leave Stoke this window. Would be a fair bit of competition for him but if we can pull it off and somehow negotiate realistic wages/a loan deal he'd be my choice. Seems an ideal candidate. I like Diagouraga of Brentford, wouldn't help our goal tally but would make us harder to score against, experienced Championship player and French, too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 1 hour ago, archie andrews said: we need daley thompson He'd probably get sent on for misbehaving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 2 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Seems an ideal candidate. I like Diagouraga of Brentford, wouldn't help our goal tally but would make us harder to score against, experienced Championship player and French, too.. I like him, good suggestion hadn't thought of him. Brentford will sell if we match their asking price too due to their model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 18 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Seems an ideal candidate. I like Diagouraga of Brentford, wouldn't help our goal tally but would make us harder to score against, experienced Championship player and French, too.. 16 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: I like him, good suggestion hadn't thought of him. Brentford will sell if we match their asking price too due to their model. I wasn't impressed with him against us, as I thought when we 11v11 he did nothing...in fact we were over-running them until Luke got red carded. When given time on the ball he looked decent, but whenever we closed him down with 10, his touch was suspect. It was the same with Blackburn's Hope Akpan...looked ordinary until Baker got sent off, then started spraying it around. Diagouraga would give us a bit of depth, but he's no Championship Patrick Vieira in my opinion. Got 18 months left on his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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