[DIFH]

 sewey89, on 28 June 2025 - 05:16 PM, said:

So you could say that he’s put himself on trial?

Correct

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

 born in 1866, on 28 June 2025 - 04:21 PM, said:

Try rewording it like this.
He's been offered a contract by the club. He's in PC's plans for the season.
The contract is on the table but he wants to prove to himself he is cabable of fulfilling that contract before he signs it.

I don’t think the club would offer a contract to someone that has to prove his fitness.
I think it more likely that there is something there for him should he prove it in pre season.

[born in 1866]

 Ernie Ernie Ernie, on 29 June 2025 - 09:09 AM, said:

I don’t think the club would offer a contract to someone that has to prove his fitness.
I think it more likely that there is something there for him should he prove it in pre season.

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[tomjoad]

Think Ernie knows more than he tells mate.

[trickytrevsfanclub]

Don’t know why people are so keen to get rid of Madden. A fully fit Madden is a great player, last season was disrupted by injury and we haven’t seen the best of him yet.

[Maddog Tannen]

trickytrevsfanclub, on 29 June 2025 - 10:24 AM, said:

Don't know why people are so keen to get rid of Madden. A fully fit Madden is a great player, last season was disrupted by injury and we haven't seen the best of him yet.

Exactly Madden would walk into any league two side and several in league one. Sadly due to injury and i think him not really fitting into our system so far its not worked out but im more than happy for him to be here.

[PontePete]

 trickytrevsfanclub, on 29 June 2025 - 10:24 AM, said:

Don’t know why people are so keen to get rid of Madden. A fully fit Madden is a great player, last season was disrupted by injury and we haven’t seen the best of him yet.

Agree, a quality player doesn’t just lose it overnight. His goals per chances ratio would still have been pretty solid last season. It was the injury mostly, that screwed his season up.

[Blue5]

 Maddog Tannen, on 29 June 2025 - 11:17 AM, said:

i think him not really fitting into our system so far its not worked out but im more than happy for him to be here.

That's the conundrum for me. Even when fit, where does he feature in our system?

[lindo-spireite]

 trickytrevsfanclub, on 29 June 2025 - 10:24 AM, said:

Don’t know why people are so keen to get rid of Madden. A fully fit Madden is a great player, last season was disrupted by injury and we haven’t seen the best of him yet.

Think it’s to do with his injury record with us and he seemed to have a tiff with cook at the end of last season. I’d like to keep him if his relationship with cook can be mended. Him grigg and the potential arrival of Bonis looks a decent set of strikers.

[Brookie]

I think it’s safe to assume that the plan was for Madden to play behind Grigg and make late runs into the box and pick up scraps, something akin to Jay O’Shea.
Unfortunately due to the injury situation it never really got tested in matches and we don’t really know if it worked in training sessions.
I don’t know if there was a bust up with PC but I suspect it’s a case of 2 plus 2 but it’s understandable for Madden to get frustrated at the lack of playing time once fit.
There is a case for giving the ball another kick but equally you could accept that Madden doesn’t fit in with the team and it’s best to cut your losses

[stainlessstephen]

 trickytrevsfanclub, on 29 June 2025 - 10:24 AM, said:

Don’t know why people are so keen to get rid of Madden. A fully fit Madden is a great player, last season was disrupted by injury and we haven’t seen the best of him yet.

I still think he has something to offer to the team.

[hilly81]

Didn’t Madden get injured last preseason? Against Sheff United? Pretty bad calf injury if I remember correctly. From that moment on he was playing catch-up and he never quite caught up. Undoubtedly a quality player at this level and he did show his finishing prowess a few times last season. If he can get through preseason in good shape and stay fit there is no reason he can’t contribute this coming season.

[paulwardle]

Hi missed a couple of absolute sitters as well!

He’s past his sell by date IMO and seems to be struggling injury wise.

At his age he needs to be playing regularly and I’m not sure he’s going to get enough game time.

[lindave]

 Maddog Tannen, on 29 June 2025 - 11:17 AM, said:

Exactly Madden would walk into any league two side and several in league one. Sadly due to injury and i think him not really fitting into our system so far its not worked out but im more than happy for him to be here.

So Am I if he keeps fit.

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[RikShaw]

hilly81, on 29 June 2025 - 01:50 PM, said:

Didn’t Madden get injured last preseason? Against Sheff United? Pretty bad calf injury if I remember correctly. From that moment on he was playing catch-up and he never quite caught up. Undoubtedly a quality player at this level and he did show his finishing prowess a few times last season. If he can get through preseason in good shape and stay fit there is no reason he can’t contribute this coming season.

I think you’re right, both Madden and Palmer I’m sure picked up long term injuries playing against Sheff Utd in the pre-season friendly. I was at the game and Utd played like a bunch of thugs. Personally, I’m not happy that we have agreed to play them again. Just hope we come through unscathed this time.

[Dapets]

Can’t we just get back to rumoured signings?…

[h again]

Blue5, on 29 June 2025 - 11:36 AM, said:

That's the conundrum for me. Even when fit, where does he feature in our system?

Where indeed? But given that Grigg is first choice striker unless injured, where does any striker fit in except as back-up. And Madden can play as a striker or behind a striker, which makes him a back-up plus.
If he stays free of injury he's worth gold to any team at our level.

[Walton Spireite]

You would hope this Bonis signing gets completed early next week. The longer this goes on the less confident I get. I hope this is not a Dallas saga from two years ago. Can we get this over the line. Prove me wrong.

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