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Moult won’t be going anywhere due to his injury recovery. I would have thought that we would get a fee for Bodin and Ripley, albeit modest.
Riddler interview.
Moult won’t be going anywhere due to his injury recovery. I would have thought that we would get a fee for Bodin and Ripley, albeit modest.
I would expect Moult to be given another chance. If we had waited another month Bodin wouldn't have gotten another contract so I'd expect him to be allowed to leave for free or on loan, same with Ripley if we could arrange a loan.
Players leaving without a fee doesn't necessarily mean permanently
Don't get me wrong, he was miles off it the first few months, nowhere near good enough. Didn't help that we played him a lone striker when he can't play that role. But in the last few months of the season he started to sniff out chances and grabbed some goals. He'd already bagged one at the start of last season before the injury. I think he's a finisher if played to his strengths. I've not given up on him thats for sure.
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Think moult will stay i hope ripley leaves also keep bodin
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Moult is a good player
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Peter Ridsdale comes across as a decent straight talking bloke in the interview... a lot of championship and EFL clubs could potentially go bust in the coming months. So the cautious approach may be right path at the moment it does frustrate me as a proven striker is what we need and they ain't cheap . Can see North End going for season long loan deal (maybe Prem young striker) but we've been there before and most havnt been very successful
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He had one good game against a poor side.
The rest of his time here has been underwhelming and he is always injured.
I can see the cheap punts continuing and us starting to try to loan further afield.
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It's a mixed statement. Some of it is really good - although as I was reading it, I was thinking... this would have been very good communication if it had been made a few days ago, at the time of club announcements, rather than reactively, trying to repair the damage.
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I assumed he meant Ginnelly and Nugent.
It was after gino I think
If he meant those 2 players surely we Still will have Lost a big chunk of wages?
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At about 45:50 he talks about freeing up 2 slots in the squad: "We've started that process and I think one of the slots we're freeing up will have happened, and over the next few days another one may well have happened".
"Will have happened" suggested to me it was happening at the same time they were speaking this morning, i.e. Ginnelly.
no i agree
Give over. He had one good game against a shambolic defence. He had failed before in English football and done very well against the Dog and Duck in Scotland. I saw him a few times when he played against York for Wrexham and he was OK in the Conference. Did most of his scoring for Nuneaton. And that is the level of Scottish football.
He is nowhere near North End quality. Saville, Macken, Healy, Fuller, Cresswell, Nugent (jnr), Beckford, Garner. Not fit to lace their boots.
Our refusal to sign a striker is an offence to all Preston supporters and is now verging on, if not actually, taking the piss.
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I agree it’s getting ridiculous now.
I know it’s tough in the market but for Nugent to be the only striker we’ve signed in 18 months (for a club supposedly with Prem ambitions) is shockingly bad.
Even on a low budget, to fail to identify one within budget who can improve upon Stockley, Moult, Nugent etc. isn’t good enough.
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I've certainly not seen enough to be confident he could even do a job for us but I've seen a glimmer of a decent player at times.
He’s clearly very astute and seems to be under a lot of pressure with budgets and cash flow like any business.
Clearly to ensure no overspend players will have to leave before they arrive. Let’s hope it’s not the big 4. Deadwood gets removed and we sign 2/3 quality 1st team additions.
Clearly very business focussed from the owner/puppet sometimes we want passion and gut instinct rather than plan plan steady eddy.
Clearly to ensure no overspend players will have to leave before they arrive. Let’s hope it’s not the big 4. Deadwood gets removed and we sign 2/3 quality 1st team additions.
Clearly very business focussed from the owner/puppet sometimes we want passion and gut instinct rather than plan plan steady eddy.