[oohwallerwaller]

Armand Gnanduillet has thanked the club and said his goodbyes to Blackpool fans via social media. He’s being tight lipped re where he’s going though. In my opinion should have done more with him, yes he was raw but there was some potential there.

[CFC91]

oohwallerwaller, on 11 June 2020 - 06:25 AM, said:

Armand Gnanduillet has thanked the club and said his goodbyes to Blackpool fans via social media. He’s being tight lipped re where he’s going though. In my opinion should have done more with him, yes he was raw but there was some potential there.

Derby were linked in Jan, could he be making an upward move?

[Sammy Spireite]

oohwallerwaller, on 11 June 2020 - 06:25 AM, said:

Armand Gnanduillet has thanked the club and said his goodbyes to Blackpool fans via social media. He’s being tight lipped re where he’s going though. In my opinion should have done more with him, yes he was raw but there was some potential there.

Danny Wilson was trying to 'wheeler deal' to try to keep us in the division so he had to look to offload before he could bring new faces in.

Had he have been given the budget of either manager both sides of him, then players with potential like AG we might have kept and developed.

He's obviously improved since his time with us, but he's on a selecet list of players we signed for free who commanded a fee when they left.

[Waller is my hero]

oohwallerwaller, on 11 June 2020 - 06:25 AM, said:

Armand Gnanduillet has thanked the club and said his goodbyes to Blackpool fans via social media. He’s being tight lipped re where he’s going though. In my opinion should have done more with him, yes he was raw but there was some potential there.

We had by far an extremely talented squad of players back then (Roberts, Doyle, Morsy, etc etc) - if we had kept hold of him when that team was broken up, he would have been the first name on the team sheet.

[moondog]

Alex Render has signed for Ilkeston

[Lincs Spireite]

moondog, on 12 June 2020 - 10:56 PM, said:

Alex Render has signed for Ilkeston

Good luck to the lad, I liked him but he never got a chance with us.

[moondog]

Bowzer spirey, on 13 June 2020 - 05:33 AM, said:

Good luck to the lad, I liked him but he never got a chance with us.

I agree, looking back I now recall he first signed for them in Jan/Feb

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Sammy Spireite, on 11 June 2020 - 09:54 AM, said:

Danny Wilson was trying to 'wheeler deal' to try to keep us in the division so he had to look to offload before he could bring new faces in.

Had he have been given the budget of either manager both sides of him, then players with potential like AG we might have kept and developed.

He's obviously improved since his time with us, but he's on a selecet list of players we signed for free who commanded a fee when they left.

Well said.

[JonB]

Bit of a read about how Liam Coopers move from us to Leeds came about...Chris Turner telling their guys to watch Cooper, Graham Bean involved on their side etc and seems we stand to make some more onn the transfer with Leeds impending promotion.

https://www.yorkshir...omotion-2884105

[Spire-Power]

Thats an interesting article, they spoke to many players about him.

[Sammy Spireite]

Spire-Power, on 15 June 2020 - 09:19 AM, said:

Thats an interesting article, they spoke to many players about him.

Just Graham Smyth going through his old contacts list I guess.

Great piece though, lets hope they go up and we get a small windfall. (i wonder if CT is still due a cut??)

[Sammy Spireite]

Barry Roche released by Morecambe and Jordan Slew offered a new there.

[Looker-on]

Aaron Chapman released by Peterborough - another one we set aside as not quite good enough for us in L1 who would probably be an asset now.

[spireitenag]

Looker-on, on 16 June 2020 - 12:33 PM, said:

Aaron Chapman released by Peterborough - another one we set aside as not quite good enough for us in L1 who would probably be an asset now.

Unfortunately I think he was harshly judged here on one error and of cause he was in the shadow of Tommy Lee.

I would think he'd be setting his sights on league 2 at least for next season.

[whittman]

Looker-on, on 16 June 2020 - 12:33 PM, said:

Aaron Chapman released by Peterborough - another one we set aside as not quite good enough for us in L1 who would probably be an asset now.

Chapmans biggest problem here imo was that the coach who brought him to the club and was teaching him the art of goalkeeping Mark Crossley left the club and the new goalkeeping coach Eric Nixon may not have rated him as high as Crossley which therefore led to his subsequent release

[warfey is a spireite]

spireitenag, on 16 June 2020 - 12:42 PM, said:

Unfortunately I think he was harshly judged here on one error and of cause he was in the shadow of Tommy Lee.

I would think he'd be setting his sights on league 2 at least for next season.

hi nige i think if i remenmber it was at scunthorpe in cup dropped it out his hands i think

[dim view]

Sammy Spireite, on 15 June 2020 - 10:27 AM, said:

Just Graham Smyth going through his old contacts list I guess.

Great piece though, lets hope they go up and we get a small windfall. (i wonder if CT is still due a cut??)

I'd guess owt we get will have to be divvied out to Hull anawl.

[Siberian Spireite]

whittman, on 16 June 2020 - 01:14 PM, said:

Chapmans biggest problem here imo was that the coach who brought him to the club and was teaching him the art of goalkeeping Mark Crossley left the club and the new goalkeeping coach Eric Nixon may not have rated him as high as Crossley which therefore led to his subsequent release

His biggest problem was Tommy Lee being so consistent that no keeper ever got a look in. Other deputies like Alex Cairns have gone on to perform well for other league clubs, which reinforces what we all knew- Tommy was class.
Chapman has proven himself a good League Two keeper, and at age 30 will surely get another club at at least that level.

[spireitenag]

warfey is a spireite, on 16 June 2020 - 01:20 PM, said:

hi nige i think if i remenmber it was at scunthorpe in cup dropped it out his hands i think

It was Dave.

[JonB]

Siberian Spireite, on 16 June 2020 - 04:54 PM, said:

His biggest problem was Tommy Lee being so consistent that no keeper ever got a look in. Other deputies like Alex Cairns have gone on to perform well for other league clubs, which reinforces what we all knew- Tommy was class.
Chapman has proven himself a good League Two keeper, and at age 30 will surely get another club at at least that level.

Was the same issue with Richard O'Donnell as well, he went on to be a more than decent keeper in the football league but we werent in a position to carry him and Tommy Lee.