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Summer 2021 Transfers

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Faithful Bantam, Feb 20, 2021.

  1. Kevin1954

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    It’s always said to be the spine

    Keeper
    Centre defence pairing
    Centre Mid
    Centre forward


    All good teams tend to revolve around those being better than adequate.

    Hornby
    Canavan ( and perhaps Paudie or AN Other)
    Cooke

    The other is critical.
     
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  2. Fordy117

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    No crowds.
    Covid.

    These are massive reasons why certain smaller teams where punching. The likes of Barnsley, Lincoln, Morecambe, Newport.

    If I have to explain why then I can't help you.
     
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  3. Sergio Pinto III

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    Has anyone seen enough of Stockton to make a proper informed judgement? Adams obviously rates him and got a tune from him this season.

    Id be ok with both but if Stockton is the man Adams prefers then so be it.

    Lets agree this board has got it wrong on strikers time and time again...Taylor, Madden, Eaves, Godden etc etc etc.
     
  4. Kevin1954

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    Don’t know enough about Stockton beyond watching one game against us.
     
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  5. Park bantam

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    Rubbish Bolton were promoted with no crowds
     
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  6. Fordy117

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    Yeah and Man City won the PL with no crowds.

    However, certain teams like US count on a crowd and certain teams like Morecambe would struggle coming up against teams with big crowds.

    Bradford City and other teams didn't cope well without crowds and it allowed smaller clubs to be more expressive.
     
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  7. WilsdenBantam

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    Adams himself in an interview someone posted on here pointed to the fact every good team needs two or three players of stand out quality for that level if they’re to be successful, with the remaining players knowing their roles and being fit and able to fulfill them. It’s a similar philosophy to that under Parky.
     
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  8. Fordy117

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    100% this.

    You don't need a great team but you do need great individuals.
     
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    It's very rare for managers of a club no a days to start signing players from their old club.

    Considering we have no forwards I can see us being interested in Stockton but I won't be convinced he will be our number 1 forward come the start of the season.
     
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  10. Tennesseebantam

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    The backroom staff need sorting out, I think Sparks has alluded to our iffy fitness last season
     
  11. ahar964

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    I'm still not 100% on Canavan. Yes he has experience and reads the game well, but he is painfully slow and in the last couple of games before his injury I seem to recall he looked bang average at best.
     
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    Morecambe are a perfect example of the aristotel quote “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” They play well as a team but take those individual parts out and put them elsewhere and you don't get the same effect from the individual part. Stockton did well in that team but I fear he would be a total flop here, same as Rowe.

    Adams' job is to create a squad here that can do the same, but he's not going to sign the whole Morecambe team so will have to do it with different components, and for that reason I would be underwhelmed if we were relying on Stockton to lead our line when a clearly superior option is currently available in Andy Cook.

    If I had to chose between Stockton and resigning Novak, then the latter wins for me everytime. If he were available on reduced wages, and could prove his fitness I'd take him back. Given Adams is supposed to have been involved in the retained list, that clearly wont happen though.
     
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  13. Ulysses S Grant

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    I suspect he was playing with an injury.
     
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    that very likely the case........but I still need more convincing. I do hope he's as good as many claim he is
     
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    Adams won't treat us like Morecambe because we are Bradford City. We are meant to be a bigger club. It's ok players like Stockton doing well in a team that has no expectation and I am not saying he wouldn't be a good signing but this Adams will bring all the players to us is nonsense.
     
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  16. loz

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    Is he any slower than Rory was?
     
  17. DariusSyrossian

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    I was always baffled why people gave NKP so much grief on here, he looked superb when we nearly went up, and after that to me never looked that bad, he just had next to zero protection from our defensive midfield

    And i watch all three play off games for morecambe and he was literally a rock at the backo their defence

    same with Mcmahon, always looked superb for us, and when i saw Conor McAleny the other week back at mine i asked him who was the hardest defender you played against and he said Macmahon, got in his head, but also couldnt just knew all thw tricks etc

    There have been a lot of players who have been slated on here who have gone on to do very well or when they have left we have never had a decent replacement




    Yeah i hope you are right, but we convince outlves these fantasies every year around this time hahaha

    stats are stats, and lets face it, morcambe scraped through, Newport were much better, and dont remember stocktons name mentioned once in the match

    Very very VERY VEERRRRRRRRY happy to be proved wrong
     
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    Spot on, the none attendances made a massive difference !
     
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    Yes I’d say cook is a better player from what little I’ve seen if them
     
  20. Fordy117

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    If people like @Park bantam@Park bantam can't understand this. It's like they don' go to games or haven't played the game.

    If they can't understand what a crowd brings then they is no helping them.
     
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