[azul]

Goku, on 11 January 2016 - 05:45 PM, said:

If he's on more than 300 per week he's overpaid

Just wait to Danny gets him under his wings, I'm positively salivating at the thought

[DIFH]

azul, on 11 January 2016 - 05:55 PM, said:

Just wait to Danny gets him under his wings, I'm positively salivating at the thought

[Goku]

azul, on 11 January 2016 - 05:55 PM, said:

Just wait to Danny gets him under his wings, I'm positively salivating at the thought

If he can work on his first touch, heading direction, jumping, pace, acceleration, vision, passing, technique, shooting, anticipation, off the ball movement, work rate, positioning and composure we'll have a player on our hands

[Spire-Heights]

Armand to score Sat against Wigan, mark my words.

[spireitetoo]

Goku, on 11 January 2016 - 06:14 PM, said:

If he can work on his first touch, heading direction, jumping, pace, acceleration, vision, passing, technique, shooting, anticipation, off the ball movement, work rate, positioning and composure we'll have a player on our hands

Theres a little room for improvement then ..

..lol

[spireitetoo]

......damn phone!!

This post has been edited by spireitetoo: 11 January 2016 - 06:48 PM

[moondog]

If he's not sold before then I'd expect him to be on the bench on Saturday to keep up his apparent sale value more than anything else

[Middle East]

azul, on 11 January 2016 - 05:55 PM, said:

Just wait to Danny gets him under his wings, I'm positively salivating at the thought

Couldn't agree more! A season under Danny and he will be worth at least a million....

This post has been edited by Middle East: 11 January 2016 - 07:22 PM

[Nitrous Oxide]

Perhaps prospective buyers have asked he's brought back before he's injured playing.

[Westbars Spireite]

moondog, on 11 January 2016 - 07:15 PM, said:

If he's not sold before then I'd expect him to be on the bench on Saturday to keep up his apparent sale value more than anything else

He's no worse than Mani, surely.

[moondog]

Westbars Spireite, on 11 January 2016 - 08:42 PM, said:

He's no worse than Mani, surely.

Agree, I'd expect him to take Mani's place on the bench

[azul]

moondog, on 11 January 2016 - 08:45 PM, said:

Agree, I'd expect him to take Mani's place on the bench

Tempted to make the trip to Wigan now, can see him getting a late winner coming on as sub, it's in the stars

[Bonnyman]

azul, on 11 January 2016 - 08:50 PM, said:

Tempted to make the trip to Wigan now, can see him getting a late winner coming on as sub, it's in the stars

Im not sure what accent Danny has but its going to be strange for armband having to adjust to another one ,especially after scouser and Neanderthal.

[Tha Knows...]

Bonnyman, on 11 January 2016 - 09:03 PM, said:

Im not sure what accent Danny has but its going to be strange for armband having to adjust to another one ,especially after scouser and Neanderthal.

He's from the Wigan area. Met a Chesterfield lass while playing for us, settled down and stayed here ever since but retains a lancashire accent

[Snowflake McBedwetter]

Still not sure about Armand. There have been fleeting moments when i've thought he looked like he had real potential. I'd be interested to see him get an appearance or two under DW as I've always thought he needed confidence more than anything.

[Sammy Spireite]

Nitrous Oxide, on 11 January 2016 - 08:26 PM, said:

Perhaps prospective buyers have asked he's brought back before he's injured playing.

His 93 days were up yesterday I think.

[dtp]

Goku, on 11 January 2016 - 06:14 PM, said:

If he can work on his first touch, heading direction, jumping, pace, acceleration, vision, passing, technique, shooting, anticipation, off the ball movement, work rate, positioning and composure we'll have a player on our hands

He's averaged nearly one in every two appearances whilst at Stevenage so room for improvement there then.

[dtp]

KevinArnottsGoldenBoot, on 11 January 2016 - 09:36 PM, said:

Still not sure about Armand. There have been fleeting moments when i've thought he looked like he had real potential. I'd be interested to see him get an appearance or two under DW as I've always thought he needed confidence more than anything.

If nothing else he will strengthen the bench as, in my opinion, he is closer to the first team than Manni.

Manni now needs games, he's not going to get them with us, so perhaps a loan spell at somewhere like Stevenage might bring him on.

Meanwhile, if an acceptable offer does come in for Armand then it would make sense to sell so that Danny can possibly bring in another defender.

[lindave]

goals on loan is a decent return in a struggling team. He's a frustrating player to watch, shows some signs of brilliance then in some games he's looked like a schoolboy lost.However, his commitment has always been there and maybe under Danny's guidance he could eventually come good.Whatever happens good luck to him.

[BlueDay]

lindave, on 12 January 2016 - 06:38 PM, said:

goals on loan is a decent return in a struggling team. He's a frustrating player to watch, shows some signs of brilliance then in some games he's looked like a schoolboy lost.However, his commitment has always been there and maybe under Danny's guidance he could eventually come good.Whatever happens good luck to him.

A good call.

Armand always strikes me as somebody who didn't play much football when he was younger (see his awareness, movement & anticipation) and that's why he always does better when he is getting more regular game time (i.e. away from us).

For all the knocking, then there are many periods of time whilst I've been following town that he would have been a good and long-term player for us. However, our aspirations (should that be expectations!) are quite high at the moment and indeed we've moved on a lot even from when Armand joined us early 2013 when we were mid-table basement division.

I can't speak for everybody but I think we see ourselves as top-half Division 1 and pushing on from there, once Danny has taken care of the Deano aftermath then we should be back to top-half Division 1!