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Voldemort said:
I'll even throw in a third option as in Chris Eagles.
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I have to agree, Eagles would be worth a look at least. Buzsaky... could we justify spending that much? It'd certainly be a signing I'd be happy with, but doesn't it deviate a bit our policy of buying cheap and young?

£500k for Mellor is about the limit this board would sanction for one player, I reckon. I might be wrong.
 
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So after all that, one of your old tips, an ok player no better than what we have, and a right winger. Great.
 
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Mr Softy Top said:
Would like to see us go after Michael Kightly from Grays Athletic.
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It looks like Wolves have got that lad sewn up according to todays ceefax..
 
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Voldemort said:
1. Buzsaky of Plymouth Argyle. Was originally signed by Mourinho when at Porto. With McKenna we would have an awesome midfield that is both creative and combative. Would take £1 million to prize him away from Argyle.

2. You all know I favoured Nick Ward now of QPR. He's fallen out with Gregory but in our team under Simpson he could excell. We could nick him for £250K which is well worth the gamble.

I'll even throw in a third option as in Chris Eagles.
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And which two of Sedgwick, McKenna and Nowland would Paul Simpson drop to play one of these?
 
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Voldemort said:
As for Albertan's comment about Parillon, it's a corker and shows him up at a distance. You see it's like this Albertan, youngster's can suddenly start developing as did Mick Robinson, Alec Bruce, Rikki Thomson et al or are you advocating we wait until Parillon is 28 before throwing him in at the deep end ! So he wasn't ready in the summer but he may well be ready by now. Have you been watching him in the reserves ? How do you find out ? Just as we did with Nugent who was 19 when we threw him in.
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"He may well be ready by now"??????????????????????

You accuse me of being a long way from the action so to speak, yet you presume to know better than Paul Simpson??????????????????????

If Parillon was "ready by now" wouldn't Simpson have played him?

Mick Robinson was not much better than a carthorse when he first made the team........albeit a quick carthorse..............and it took Thomson many games before his undoubted ability was a significant contribution to the team. Why would we need to experiment with an unproven player when we are 2nd in the division with only 2 defeats in 17 games????????????????????????

I repeat, if Parillon was adjudged not to have been sufficiently devoloped in July/August, I doubt very much he is ready for the Birmingham's, West Brom's and Southampton's of the division in November..............and quite obviously so does Paul Simpson who can't even find a place on the bench for him....😱 .

But as usual Voldemort............you know best...........🙄 .

It sounds like to me that you are a real panic merchant............our midfield has one mediocre game and you want either to bring in a totally untried player at this level, or go out and spend a million quid or more on someone who may be no better than players we already have or will have available in a matter of weeks or even days........ie Mellor, Nowland, Davidson.......😕 .
 
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Albertan you are so thick it's untrue. I'm not panicking about midfield which to date has done a commendable job. I am now looking forward to Simpson finishing off the job he's started. The main weakness is now midfield where at times we lack a bit of guile, that something little bit extra to unlock opposing defences. Accordingly this is a debate to address that issue and so far the usual suspects, you included, have priven to have absolutely no ideas.

I do observe however there are other, normally quieter fans on here who have proven themselves to be more informed than you and the likes of Brutus. They have indeed come up with some bloody good players.

How disappointing that my critics didn't know the OBVIOUS one as in Buzsaky. Not a single one of you nominted him. Go to the Plymouth Argyle sites and you'll understand what I'm talking about.

The more discerning fans have won this one hands down. The usual suspects have taken a drubbing.
 
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Interesting thread is this. Apart from North End, I hardly watch any football these days due to work commitments and the fact I don't have sky. Back in the 80s and 90s, when I lived in Preston, I used to really enjoy standing on the paddock watching the reserves midweek, picking out players from the opposition as well as any North End youngsters or trialists. Alas, those days are sadly over.
 
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Incidentally Albertan, Davies wasn't going to play Nugent for several months when he first arrived because he wasn't ready. Injuries forced his hand and the rest as they say is history but then you wouldn't know about it as you weren't here to see it.
 
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Voldemort said:
The main weakness is now midfield where at times we lack a bit of guile, that something little bit extra to unlock opposing defences.
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He's right - 18 goals in 7 games and second top scorers in the division is pathetic.
 
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How thick you are Kong. I'm talking about finishing off the job. You on the other hand are arrogant and complacent."If it ain't broken don't fix it" I hear you screaming completely ingoring the fact that you have your car serviced every 20,000 miles even when apparently buggar all is wrong ! Or tell me Kong do you wait for it to break down on the motorway before taking any positive action ?

If we keep Nugent and Mellor comes back firing on all systems the forward line could be OK. At the back with perhaps the addition of Cahill to bolster the centre of defence for when loss of form and injuries inevitably kick in we could just get by.

In midfield however we've already lost BON. Jarrett and Stock will be departing. All of which leaves us a little depleted in that department. We need to have another option and any of the 3 I've nominated i.e. Buzsaky, Ward and Eagles would be more than capable of injecting that additional creativity to make sure we complete the job.
 
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Voldemort said:
The main weakness is now midfield where at times we lack a bit of guile,

once nowland is fit,you have him kenna,sedge all with a bit of guile,and with the pace and directness of whaley i think thats a prettt creative midfield...i think we need a bigger, stronger player...as stats will show,at home playing the football we do,we are scoring and creating chances for fun,but when we are away we miss someone with a bit of presence,someone to put in the challenges and break up the opposition play....

i agree,nowland before he got injured looked outstanding

If we keep Nugent and Mellor comes back firing on all systems the forward line could be OK.

the forward line is looking more than ok now,if mellor lives up to his promise it could be superb....its only a matter of time till the gates open for nuge
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Would like to see Lee McCullough in a white shirt , struggling to get in a wigwam top and may go if offered a good deal.
Vaughan at Crewe always looked the business agaist us and may be worth a gamble.
Ritchie Jones is highly thought of at Man utd and may be worth a loan shout.

However the position I think we need to look at strengthening is left back. Callum should be payed off if he's not going to get fir and someone else brought in to add a bit of steel and to a young back line.
 
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Gary Cahill and Lee McCulloch are both usually getting on the bench at least, I doubt either of them want to drop down a level.

I, and a couple of others have mentioned him since his time at Motherwell, but Steven Hammell (Now of Southend) is an excellent left back, I'd like to see him snapped up.

Young Jimmy Smith of Chelsea is on fire at his current loan club. I wonder if we could secure his loan signature in January?
 
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Voldemort said:
How thick you are Kong. I'm talking about finishing off the job. You on the other hand are arrogant and complacent."If it ain't broken don't fix it" I hear you screaming completely ingoring the fact that you have your car serviced every 20,000 miles even when apparently buggar all is wrong ! Or tell me Kong do you wait for it to break down on the motorway before taking any positive action ?

If we keep Nugent and Mellor comes back firing on all systems the forward line could be OK. At the back with perhaps the addition of Cahill to bolster the centre of defence for when loss of form and injuries inevitably kick in we could just get by.

In midfield however we've already lost BON. Jarrett and Stock will be departing. All of which leaves us a little depleted in that department. We need to have another option and any of the 3 I've nominated i.e. Buzsaky, Ward and Eagles would be more than capable of injecting that additional creativity to make sure we complete the job.
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Last season you were complaining that there was too much deadwood and we should get rid of O'Neil and Jarrett. Now you're complaining that they're going and bizarrely you are appealing for an attacking midfielder to be signed just a couple of weeks before Adam Nowland who is proven in that position returns to full fitness.

And as for your aggressive tone, well, frankly it's just strange - you shouldn't take things so seriously, it's only a messageboard.

And I have no idea what all that car stuff was all about, I was just asking which two of McKenna, Sedgwick and Nowland will be dropped to accomodate your new signing. As per usual you haven't answered - and I'm not interested enough to wait around to see if you do.
 
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I like the thoughts of Hinter Lionheart re McCullouch and Cahill - two great players.
 
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Voldemort said:
Albertan you are so thick it's untrue. I'm not panicking about midfield which to date has done a commendable job. I am now looking forward to Simpson finishing off the job he's started. The main weakness is now midfield where at times we lack a bit of guile, that something little bit extra to unlock opposing defences. Accordingly this is a debate to address that issue and so far the usual suspects, you included, have priven to have absolutely no ideas.
Just because I don't agree with bringing into a team (who is in 2nd spot with only two defeats in 17) a player who has yet to play a full game at championship level...........(or spend a million quid on a player who may well be no better than we already have on the books) rather than show some patience for Mellor/Nowland/Davidson to regain full fitness that doesn't necessary qualify me as being thick Voldemort.....🙁 .

You say you are not panicking? Then how come you post this 'idea' of yours immediately after what by most accounts was an average or even mediocre performance by our midfield against Southend? Why didn't you post it after for example the 3-0 win against Luton, or the 4-1 win against Sunderland or the 4-1 drubbing of Leeds???????????

And you are wrong about me having no ideas. My ideas are as follows:

1) Don't tamper with a proven winning team.

2) Don't play around with the chemistry and teamwork that the current squad has built up this season.

3) Don't bring in a player yet to play a full championship game (if any game at all at this level) at the expense of either of our two seasoned hardworking midfield duo of McKenna and Sedgwick.

4) Don't panic after one suspect performance by our midfield and spend one million quid on a player who may or may not be able to offer more than the ones currently in the team, or the ones currently not who are on the verge of recovering from injury.

Once again Voldemort you are forwarding a theory of yours that you know damn well will not be tested..........ie there is no chance that Simpson will play Parillon when he has yet to even give the lad a place on the bench. I know that and so do you.
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Nowland is the best option.. but Tommy Miller of Sunderland (formerly of ipswich and formerly of scoring every time we played ipswich) has been told he can leave, ipswich want him but im sure he might want a new challange and he can certainly score plenty of goals from midfield and he knows this league like the back of his hand...
 
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