[monte]

One or two strikers (depending on if anyone will take Paddy), another centre mid and I think that's it.

Be nice to have another RB but with the current squad we'd need to ship a couple of first

[Tha Knows...]

dim view, on 21 June 2025 - 06:48 AM, said:

There's also the major investment in Dobra.
So that's 4, mid twenties, long contracts. Duffy, Dobra, Hemming, Markanday. Which one will go for mega bucks?

Stirk has arrived under the radar but must, logically be at least as good as Oldaker otherwise the business wouldn't have been done.

And Lewis looks to me from what I've read like an upgrade on Horton. That's the bottom line so the squad is improved, but much more potential.

Stirk gets up and down the field more than Oldacre

[dim view]

Tha Knows..., on 21 June 2025 - 08:03 AM, said:

Stirk gets up and down the field more than Oldacre

As I've quipped before, he perhaps looks a bit weedy from the stands for a defensive midfielder but when you stand next to these players, you change your mind.
I think he'll have stamina, positional sense, and a brain. Just like Mike Jones.

[Valley Blues]

dim view, on 21 June 2025 - 08:27 AM, said:

As I've quipped before, he perhaps looks a bit weedy from the stands for a defensive midfielder but when you stand next to these players, you change your mind.
I think he'll have stamina, positional sense, and a brain. Just like Mike Jones.

Have you ever seen Roy Keane in the flesh?

I couldn’t believe it. He looked like a scrawny kid when I saw him getting off the team coach at Derby back in the day.

[Wooden Spoon]

Tha Knows..., on 21 June 2025 - 08:03 AM, said:

Stirk gets up and down the field more than Oldacre

I reckon dim view would get up and down the field more and faster than Oldaker

[Misnomer]

monte, on 21 June 2025 - 07:40 AM, said:

One or two strikers (depending on if anyone will take Paddy), another centre mid and I think that's it.

Be nice to have another RB but with the current squad we'd need to ship a couple of first

No central defender?

[Zigsuk]

I hope he’s a damn sight better than Oldaker.

[Westbars Spireite]

Valley Blues, on 21 June 2025 - 10:06 AM, said:

Have you ever seen Roy Keane in the flesh?

I couldn’t believe it. He looked like a scrawny kid when I saw him getting off the team coach at Derby back in the day.

Lots of us did in 2002 at Saltergate. I will have seen him play others time too.

Zigsuk, on 21 June 2025 - 10:28 AM, said:

I hope he’s a damn sight better than Oldaker.

He is.

[monte]

Misnomer, on 21 June 2025 - 10:27 AM, said:

No central defender?

Ideally yes that's above right back for me but must be quick

[Valley Blues]

Westbars Spireite, on 21 June 2025 - 10:33 AM, said:

Lots of us did in 2002 at Saltergate. I will have seen him play others time too.



He is.

I was responding to dim view who says players on the pitch can look skinny but not so much close up.

Roy Keane looked much slighter and weedy close up. Surprisingly so.

[Rodney's Moustache]

SpireRam, on 20 June 2025 - 05:38 PM, said:

I'll reserve judgment until I've seen him in blue. If he does well, we've got our goalkeeper cemented for the next three years. If he doesn't, we've got a more than competent one already in the squad that can take his place. No panic needed.

Would be a bit confusing if he wore blue.

[Looker-on]

Rodney, on 21 June 2025 - 12:31 PM, said:

Would be a bit confusing if he wore blue.

Ashley Carson: "Listen up, lads - I've got a great idea for the goalie shirts..."

[fishini]

Valley Blues, on 21 June 2025 - 10:06 AM, said:

Have you ever seen Roy Keane in the flesh?

I couldn’t believe it. He looked like a scrawny kid when I saw him getting off the team coach at Derby back in the day.

You don't have to be big to be a dirty sod. He wasn't hard just dirty

[Westbars Spireite]

Valley Blues, on 21 June 2025 - 12:06 PM, said:

I was responding to dim view who says players on the pitch can look skinny but not so much close up.

Roy Keane looked much slighter and weedy close up. Surprisingly so.

He was very close up taking a corner at the Kop end being abused for his desertion at the recent World Cup.

This post has been edited by Westbars Spireite: 21 June 2025 - 01:19 PM

[Cartman]

Osborne again, on 20 June 2025 - 05:47 PM, said:

I remember when we signed Liam Cooper, and the bloke sat beside me reckoned he'd be palmed off into non-league before the season was out 😁.

Do you sit next to Bonnyman? Good judge of a player him! 🤣

[Osborne again]

Cartman, on 21 June 2025 - 01:44 PM, said:

Do you sit next to Bonnyman? Good judge of a player him! 🤣

😆😆😆, I was also told, while on the Kop at Saltergate, that Albert Phelan was a useless lump 🤔. This was the last time I talked to the Golden Gordon lookalike 😆. I'll never forget him as he only had two fingers and a thumb on his left hand, but he could remove a Woodbine from it's packet far quicker than a six fingered scab 😁.

[Wooden Spoon]

dim view, on 21 June 2025 - 06:48 AM, said:

There's also the major investment in Dobra.
So that's 4, mid twenties, long contracts. Duffy, Dobra, Hemming, Markanday. Which one will go for mega bucks?

Stirk has arrived under the radar but must, logically be at least as good as Oldaker otherwise the business wouldn't have been done.

And Lewis looks to me from what I've read like an upgrade on Horton. That's the bottom line so the squad is improved, but much more potential.

Recruitment so far looks good.

[DIFH]

Wooden Spoon, on 21 June 2025 - 10:11 AM, said:

I reckon dim view would get up and down the field more and faster than Oldaker

Why would a CM want do that.

[Wooden Spoon]

DIFH, on 22 June 2025 - 04:31 AM, said:

Why would a CM want do that.

Are you asking why a CM would want to be mobile?

[dim view]

Wooden Spoon, on 22 June 2025 - 06:20 AM, said:

Are you asking why a CM would want to be mobile?

I think the 8 second rule might lead to new tactics, with more players tearassing forrad at breakneck speed into unattended areas when their goalie has the ball, cos if the goalie is under pressure to release the ball quickly he's going to knock it into the channels. All the more reason for very mobile CM's.

I think also we are going to see more 'diving' by goalies if they feel the slightest touch when, presumably, the 8 seconds starts again after they get up.