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Post by deadleg on Sept 22, 2015 14:08:49 GMT 1
Think your memory's playing tricks with you here mate, he didn't score any in the Championship for Newcastle after moving there and went to Blackburn a couple of years later after Newcastle went up. His scoring record is pretty poor in general and I doubt he'd be much of an upgrade on Miller but I suppose we're having to scrabble around desperately for any free agents up top given the position we've left ourselves in. If Ameobi was a realistic possibility in terms of wages he'd have been a better short-term option IMO. I stand corrected.. It must have been when Newcastle got back in the prem when he scored afew for them which led to his big money move to Blackburn? 11 in 30 odd appearances. Yeah if I remember right he had a couple of brief purple patches in the Premiership where he suddenly found his scoring boots for a few games at a time. To be honest I think the £3m was more down to Blackburn being mental than anything else, Newcastle only signed him for half that looking at his history. he puts a shift in though. Or he used to at least, I don't know how the injuries have affected that side of his game. For me having both Best and Miller in the same squad would seem strange but if there aren't any better free agents around (and there aren't likely to be any world beaters without a club at this stage in the season) I guess it'd be worth a deal until January just so we've got the numbers. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 14:18:24 GMT 1
Best not the worst striker to have on trial. Kelly played 40+ games at right-back for Reading last year. He's played 33 games in the last two seasons, Gunter is there first choice right back. As for Leon Best, 7 goals in 3 seasons, without scoring a single goal for Derby in 15 appearances last season. No thank you. I stand corrected. I think it must be 40+ appearances in his Reading career. I only gave wiki a cursory glance. Mea culpa! |
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Post by teddytheterrier on Sept 22, 2015 14:18:16 GMT 1
Maybe this will come up in the Q&A be interesting what dean says about Ameobi. "We offered Ameobi a contract that we thought was fair and within the clubs budget, he declined and moved on" Don't know if there would be much more to add Cheers |
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Post by Radian Bee on Sept 22, 2015 15:59:50 GMT 1
I think you'll find that Secondary teachers get the same breaks as Primary, but university/college lecturers take the biscuit with far longer hols. Totally off topic, but you may wish to revise your statement. Just because the students have long breaks at christmas, easter and summer, don't automatically assume the lecturers do. Many of them do things other than teach, such as being active in research or running consultancies. In fact, I know at least one who probably has less holiday than you, clocking up a grand total of 12 days from september-september. |
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Post by RickDangerous on Sept 22, 2015 16:15:33 GMT 1
leon bests head looks similiar in size to troy deeneys - which can only be a good thing.
sign him up
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 16:28:16 GMT 1
I think you'll find that Secondary teachers get the same breaks as Primary, but university/college lecturers take the biscuit with far longer hols. Totally off topic, but you may wish to revise your statement. Just because the students have long breaks at christmas, easter and summer, don't automatically assume the lecturers do. Many of them do things other than teach, such as being active in research or running consultancies. In fact, I know at least one who probably has less holiday than you, clocking up a grand total of 12 days from september-september. Ok, fair do's, but I was really referring to the length of time spent away from their students, which is what people usually do regarding Primary/Secondary teachers. What the lecturers might choose to do with that time is their business. I know that when both my wife and I had holidays, much of it was spent planning and creating resources ready for the next commencement of battle, and often late into the night, burning the midnight oil. It's not all start at 9, finish at 4!  |
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Post by bristolterrier on Sept 22, 2015 17:04:57 GMT 1
I think you'll find that Secondary teachers get the same breaks as Primary, but university/college lecturers take the biscuit with far longer hols. They all take the biscuit. My local school teachers out on strike now because they don't like the new head who has been shipped in to improve standards. Says it all really. |
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Post by leroy212 on Sept 22, 2015 17:31:05 GMT 1
I remember Leon best on loan at yeovil a few years ago when they beat us 3-1 and he tore us apart that night
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 17:37:26 GMT 1
Totally off topic, but you may wish to revise your statement. Just because the students have long breaks at christmas, easter and summer, don't automatically assume the lecturers do. Many of them do things other than teach, such as being active in research or running consultancies. In fact, I know at least one who probably has less holiday than you, clocking up a grand total of 12 days from september-september. Ok, fair do's, but I was really referring to the length of time spent away from their students, which is what people usually do regarding Primary/Secondary teachers. What the lecturers might choose to do with that time is their business. I know that when both my wife and I had holidays, much of it was spent planning and creating resources ready for the next commencement of battle, and often late into the night, burning the midnight oil. It's not all start at 9, finish at 4! In many cases, it's not the teaching that's the "day job", it's the other way around - e.g. full-time research PLUS teaching commitments, and everything that goes with it. As for the "choice" bit, that's a bit like saying teachers choose to do marking in their free time |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 18:37:31 GMT 1
Ok, fair do's, but I was really referring to the length of time spent away from their students, which is what people usually do regarding Primary/Secondary teachers. What the lecturers might choose to do with that time is their business. I know that when both my wife and I had holidays, much of it was spent planning and creating resources ready for the next commencement of battle, and often late into the night, burning the midnight oil. It's not all start at 9, finish at 4! In many cases, it's not the teaching that's the "day job", it's the other way around - e.g. full-time research PLUS teaching commitments, and everything that goes with it. As for the "choice" bit, that's a bit like saying teachers choose to do marking in their free time Yep. Not disputing that at all. I'm also out of this dialogue now. Wouldn't touch teaching again, even if you were to double my pay (and holidays!)  |
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Post by Mr Breitside on Sept 22, 2015 19:16:26 GMT 1
Sadly for them there is a reason why they have no club late in September..
Pass.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 20:12:18 GMT 1
Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko 52m52 minutes ago
Fair bit going on at Bolton Sheff Wed and Huddersfield. If it doesn't make the paper will do a few lines here in morning.
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Post by Porrohman on Sept 22, 2015 20:28:12 GMT 1
Could we get Lewandowski on loan ? He's just scored 5 in 9 minutes for Bayern
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Post by huntingdontown on Sept 22, 2015 20:46:32 GMT 1
Wish we could get Paul Taylor on trial sure he could do a job.for us.
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Post by amoeba on Sept 22, 2015 20:47:05 GMT 1
Leon Best has had a right slating from the fans of every club he has been on loan at over the last couple of years. If it was just one club you might think it just hasn't worked out for him. If it's all of them you tend to think the player's shit.
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Post by Skint Terriers on Sept 22, 2015 21:12:13 GMT 1
We could do worse to be fair and we probably need a back up striker with the Vaughan situation
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Post by blueray4 on Sept 22, 2015 21:19:52 GMT 1
The only problem with bringing a loan player is it we can only use 5 on a match day. We already have 5 loans which are pretty much utilised every match. So the only real option we have is frees unless we drop one every match.
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Post by townatheart on Sept 22, 2015 21:21:29 GMT 1
The only problem with bringing a loan player is it we can only use 5 on a match day. We already have 5 loans which are pretty much utilised every match. So the only real option we have is frees unless we drop one every match. think these are both free agents, not loan targets |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 21:25:41 GMT 1
Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko 52m52 minutes ago Fair bit going on at Bolton Sheff Wed and Huddersfield. If it doesn't make the paper will do a few lines here in morning. Here's a starter for your lines Alan... I must refrain from vague bullshitting. I must refrain from vague bullshitting. I must refrain from vague bullshitting. I must refrain from vague bullshitting. I must refrain from vague bullshitting. |
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Sept 22, 2015 21:30:23 GMT 1
Leon Best played for Brighton against Town near the end of last season. Biggest cheer of the night was when he got subbed!
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Post by ColchTerrier on Sept 22, 2015 22:00:17 GMT 1
Leon Best played for Brighton against Town near the end of last season. Biggest cheer of the night was when he got subbed! Brighton fans thought he was a joke last season...I'd rather we stay clear tbh. |
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Post by upthetown on Sept 22, 2015 22:02:02 GMT 1
He was a quality player a few years back, but has certainly gone off the boil in recent seasons.
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Post by Floyds on Sept 22, 2015 22:18:31 GMT 1
I see that Ameobi played in last night's Wolves U21s game against Swansea. Lost 2-1 and was subbed for a 16 year old. My guess is that he won't be at Wolves for long. Dodged one there. Wolves have ditched him - you guessed right. |
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Post by workshyfop on Sept 22, 2015 22:21:27 GMT 1
Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko 52m52 minutes ago Fair bit going on at Bolton Sheff Wed and Huddersfield. If it doesn't make the paper will do a few lines here in morning. Journalists used to just drown their sorrows when their stories didn't make the cut ... |
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Post by blueray4 on Sept 22, 2015 23:40:01 GMT 1
The only problem with bringing a loan player is it we can only use 5 on a match day. We already have 5 loans which are pretty much utilised every match. So the only real option we have is frees unless we drop one every match. think these are both free agents, not loan targets Yes. What I was meaning was the freebies are really the only options. |
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Post by jakeshan on Sept 23, 2015 0:42:37 GMT 1
I think you'll find that Secondary teachers get the same breaks as Primary, but university/college lecturers take the biscuit with far longer hols. Totally off topic, but you may wish to revise your statement. Just because the students have long breaks at christmas, easter and summer, don't automatically assume the lecturers do. Many of them do things other than teach, such as being active in research or running consultancies. In fact, I know at least one who probably has less holiday than you, clocking up a grand total of 12 days from september-september The schools here in the Phils have a 10 week summer break and the Universities/Colleges take a 6 months break! The government won't give the staff holiday pay and, the staff can't afford to take holidays without pay so, they go to work. |
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Post by morrisraspass on Sept 23, 2015 12:01:34 GMT 1
I think you'll find that Secondary teachers get the same breaks as Primary, but university/college lecturers take the biscuit with far longer hols. My Mrs is a uni lecturer. She has a massive 30 days holiday a year. |
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Post by morrisraspass on Sept 23, 2015 12:03:26 GMT 1
I think you'll find that Secondary teachers get the same breaks as Primary, but university/college lecturers take the biscuit with far longer hols. My Mrs is a uni lecturer. She has a massive 30 days holiday a year. And i see the topic has been covered in much depth above. Ah well ! |
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Post by Tiro on Sept 23, 2015 12:06:12 GMT 1
So, what's the oracle that is Alan Nixon had to say on the matter? (I'm guessing he followed up his tweet one way or another).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 12:10:16 GMT 1
So, what's the oracle that is Alan Nixon had to say on the matter? (I'm guessing he followed up his tweet one way or another). Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko 2h2 hours ago SHEFF WED. May take a look at Ameobi while they wait on others becoming fit or available. Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko 2h2 hours ago HUDDERSFIELD. Best and Kelly in for a look. Manager seems keen. |
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