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If you read some of the news articles about Mendes Gomes, Adams improved his game by making him more direct and playing with freedom. I'm expecting the same things will happen with Vernam and Crankshaw, which will make us a lot more exciting to watch hopefully.

 

I really don’t like this flogging off our kids before we ever get to see them play. Rhodes was obsessed with it, receiving a small fee and a sell on clause. I remember when we were really skint in 1983 and Jack Charlton offered 100 k for a young Stuart McCall and he was gobsmacked that Stafford Heginbotham turned it down. Alex Ferguson a couple of years later when at Aberdeen tried to buy McCall and again Stafford resisted. Rhodes would have bitten the hand off of the first offer and we would never have seen McCall in the mid 80s playing fantastic football especially in Dolans 87/88 season. True we made a fair bit of money on sell on clauses but we are still in the 4th division and would probably have gone there in the 80s instead of the 2nd tier had Stafford accepted Jack Charltons first offer as Rhodes would have done.

 

Because....

Outscoring all our strikers last season - including Andy Cook
Being a very influential part of a promoted team
Being a player that Adams knows, trusts and rates
Getting Morecombe PLAYER OF THE SEASON
Only 27 years old
Being available for FREE

Simply isn't enough for you? I think he ticks a lot of boxes - you need to get real fella.

 

Yet he was number one striker at a club that has just been promoted.

 

Amazing isnt it. Hes good enough for Morecombe, infact, too good maybe....

Yet hes not good enough for a bang average, midtable L2 club with zero strikers on their books....

 

That lad will suit @Fordy117 right down to the ground.

 

That's an even worse post than the original!

As Fordy would say "Bradford City are NOT a charity".

Even without the fact that in no way, shape or form can anyone make the judgement that Doyle is better than ROD or even Huffer due to his lack of football, why on earth would we want a bloke that is pretty much retired now just because he "lives the club"? We had that last year with the likes of Billy Clarke.

What we need to do is a to sign a keeper that's better than the two we have who, despite the nonsense I've read, are very much of a similar standard. Failing that, either starting is completely fine with me and both are very much better options than bringing back a semi retired Colin Doyle.

 

I wouldn’t be, Adams has firm for bringing in players he knows. And Threlkeld can play CDM and RB, both positions we need to bolster imo. With that in mind I’d say he’s ideal.

 

Most of our signings are still involved in the euros. Thats the delay

 

It certainly feels like there has been a bit of overhype this week. I'm not against a bit of teasing to build anticipation but like you say, the timing of it has to be right. Telling everyone it's going to be a very busy week and posting a picture of pen and ink and then announcing 3 contract extensions of squad players that were probably finalised weeks ago and pictures of the new dug outs that were leaked last week is just a bit anticlimactic.

 

Stop starting rumours and creating hype about players that are unachievable and that we'll never sign!

All you're doing is creating expectations that will never be met and getting others into a frenzy about possible signings and then you'll claim the club hasn't dampened the rumours or actually started some of them!!!

 

That white former Tranmere LB has been mentioned a few times.

Name escapes

 

I think so much will depend on attitude and mentality, particularly the players who were here last season, and I think Adams is our best hope of instilling this in them. I think we will end up with at least 3 players who have worked with Adams before and really hope they will help bring a stronger (and winning) vibe to the rest of the squad
I also think some of our players will actually enjoy working under a more demanding manager as some do genuinely thrive on having a bit more discipline exerted on them

 

Imagine the scenes when we unveil someone who's never played for Morecambe.

Limbs everywhere.

 

Very informative update that from Sparks, he is certainly a good PR man with his communication skills.

I reckon Songo'o and Whitfield to be confirmed next week then

 

Some haven't even played a game for us and posters are questioning with regards their ability, and not being of a standard to take us forward.
I'll take Adams opinion on those players but if they don't meet expectations they’ll take great delight in saying they called it back in June, needless to say if Adams does continue with his excellent record as a manager getting his teams promotion they'll find something else to use to criticise the club.

 

Marquee is just some princess like Josh Wright that care more about their hair than putting in a tackle.I would rather have a player that gives his all and puts his body on the line to win games and we seem to have signed a good mixture of players this transfer window.

 

Hosannah before his injury was very good I was hoping he would be back this tine

 

If any loan players come in they should be banging on the door of a starting spot. Unless he was brought in on an an extended trial with a view to a permanent deal, I still struggle to see why Rumarn Burrell was signed. it was a waste of his, Boro’s and City’s time. Likewise with Austin Samuels who it was clear from his first game was raw.

 

Why do you think our backline is less impressive than last year? We've released two defenders, in AOC and Wood, who've been part of failing teams for the last three seasons, and replaced them with what seem like solid defenders in Threlkeld and Ridehalgh, plus a bit of an unknown big lump in Kelleher. With the added protection of Songo'o in front I'd expect our defence to be more solid than last season, not less.
I think we certainly need another decent striker. But the additions of Eisa and Gilliead mean we have lots of options at wide midfield/winger/wide striker to play the kind of tactics that Adams seems to favour.
With Adams proven ability to mould groups of non-stars into promotion squads, I would expect this bunch to be very well organised, hard to break down and dangerous on the counter. I'm quietly optimistic.