EmersonsRed Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Easily our best player so far this season (for me) and the only player I believe we have that could step into the Premier League tomorrow and not look out of place. Worth noting he absolutely blossomed under Lee Johnson at Oldham, who in fact made him captain at Oldham aged 24. If LJ can get even more out of an ever improving Korey Smith we may have a seriously, seriously talented midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I had forgotten LJ made Korey his captain. We did a swap plus cash deal for him didn't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpaul Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 5 minutes ago, EmersonsRed said: Easily our best player so far this season (for me) and the only player I believe we have that could step into the Premier League tomorrow and not look out of place. Worth noting he absolutely blossomed under Lee Johnson at Oldham, who in fact made him captain at Oldham aged 24. If LJ can get even more out of an ever improving Korey Smith we may have a seriously, seriously talented midfielder. No doubt I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, but didn't Lee Johnson actually sign Korey Smith whist at Oldham? Now, if he can just find another couple of diamonds....................................................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsRed Posted February 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 1 minute ago, Southport Red said: I had forgotten LJ made Korey his captain. We did a swap plus cash deal for him didn't we? Not sure on the deal - I remember LJ being gutted he left though and Korey was very complimentary of him as a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Think he was 22 when made captain. Swap was with Liam Kelly who is now their best player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 think the first thing he'll do is make korey captain, he deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordie Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 And didn't he say that if he wanted to leave Oldham City was a great club to go to, maybe he had it all planned!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 34 minutes ago, OldlandReddies said: think the first thing he'll do is make korey captain, he deserves it. It was ridiculous that it was ever Wilbraham to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 1 hour ago, OldlandReddies said: think the first thing he'll do is make korey captain, he deserves it. He is in all but name anyway - best man for the job IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im_over_ere Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Strange to think that Wilbraham is older than his new coach and still playing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gas8er Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I don't agree, at the time Wilbs was an experienced player , been there seen it done it etc, and we needed someone to pull a very young team together, which he has done and galvanised the squad, the fact that Cotts flogged him week in week out (when he was brought in to be an impact sub) only serves to prove what commitment he has and therefore makes him the ideal candidate for captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Looks like KS went to Oldham on loan 3 days before LJ became manager....but LJ managed him and then certainly signed his permanently when Norwich let him go. He then gave him his head as captain. So there is gonna be a good bond between the two. Gets a better appointment minute by minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 1 minute ago, Davefevs said: He then gave him his head as captain. So there is gonna be a good bond between the two. Come again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 3 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Come again? He may have done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 7 hours ago, gas8er said: I don't agree, at the time Wilbs was an experienced player , been there seen it done it etc, and we needed someone to pull a very young team together, which he has done and galvanised the squad, the fact that Cotts flogged him week in week out (when he was brought in to be an impact sub) only serves to prove what commitment he has and therefore makes him the ideal candidate for captain. Absolutely true and I would like him to be club captain a la Carey as he deserves it but with him inevitably getting less and less game time, Korey should be the man on the pitch. I honestly can`t remember what used to happen when LC was club captain on the rare occasions he played, did he automatically become the on-field captain or did whoever normally had that job (Sam Baldock?), keep it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am the mole Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 We still got to be the only country that thinks captaining the side is important! Everyone should be a leader on the pitch, captains shouldn't have to galvanise the rest of the team and pull them together they're professionals who have been playing football since the were kids and should know what to do! In Italy it usually goes to the player with the most caps and is not really seen as to being that important, whereas we give to the player with the highest media standing (Not always but defiantly more recently we have) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 8 hours ago, Fordy62 said: Come again? And a nice slice of cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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