Billy Bodin

[giro]

Where does it come from ? The Neil not wanting to sign lord Nugent talk ?

 

[giro]

Where does it come from ? The Neil not wanting to sign lord Nugent talk ?

Raefil,
From an extremely reliable source.

 

[Delaney]

Where does it come from ? The Neil not wanting to sign lord Nugent talk ?

People with absolutely no record of getting itk stuff right in the past. The only thing any of the proper ITK-ers have said regarding it is that it was more of a club led thing. That's grown into Neil not wanting him and Nuge being forced on him. Can't wait til the start of the season when we'll have some actual facts to talk about rather than all these silly season rumours.

 

[giro]

I think you'll find I've been ITK in the past.

I have absolutely no reason to make stuff up.

As I said, it's a very reliable source.

If you think it's bullshit. Fair enough.

 

[the12thman]

As a North End supporter living in Bristol I happened to bump into Billy on the weekend who was visiting family. I spoke to him and he said he is confident to be available for the season opener!

Careful mate, he's coming back from a pretty serious injury. Watch where you're going.

 

[SuffolknWhat]

People with absolutely no record of getting itk stuff right in the past. The only thing any of the proper ITK-ers have said regarding it is that it was more of a club led thing. That's grown into Neil not wanting him and Nuge being forced on him. Can't wait til the start of the season when we'll have some actual facts to talk about rather than all these silly season rumours.

If Chip Barm and Giro are singing the same song I'm inclined to believe them.

 

[Delaney]

If Chip Barm and Giro are singing the same song I'm inclined to believe them.

I believe that it was more of a club signing than Neil asking for him, but saying Neil's had it forced on him and actively doesn't want Nugent is very different to that. I've only heard Chip Barm and other ITK posters saying the first of those things, and it then being blown out of proportion by other's saying Neil's been forced into it.

 

[truenorthender]

Raefil,
From an extremely reliable source.

Oh ok fair enough. Was just checking where it came from. Incase it was from Twitter. Neil's going to love our nuge anyway

 

[California_PNE]

Neil's going to love our nuge anyway

TH has certainly deflected some attention away from the lack of first team addtions

 

[truenorthender]

TH has certainly deflected some attention away from the lack of first team addtions

not really,i just knew that we wouldn't spend any decent money. It's not the northend way. we don't want Georgios "George" Koumantarakis part bloody 2 do we . or bloody darren carter volume 3. cos if do it will be the elgin extravaganza all over again.

 

[paolo poggi]

We have no natural replacement for CR

I don't think this is true, because there remains a bank of young, creative players at Alex Neil's disposal. In fact, I suspect that Neil and Ridsdale are completely comfortable with the transfer policy which, much in the style of notable clubs such as Juventus, considers no player irreplaceable and always sellable. Hence, and for example, the signing of Ginnelly into what seemed a bloated squad at the time, seemed to offer Ginnelly no obvious, instant first team slot.
I would wager that Robinson's hamstring injury delayed, by one window longer than they had planned for, the plans of Ridsdale and Neil to sell him.
Ginnelly, in this case, was the obvious young replacement for Robinson.
To suggest, then, that exiting players are not being replaced, is a little myopic.
For me, the key position, the club needs to fill, is the right-back slot.
I would prefer a specialist right back, even from a league below, to one of of the club's unpicked central defenders moving across as a patch up job.
Darnell is a tough guy and can play a dinky pass but high quality wing surges and punchy crosses aren't his thing up to now.