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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jun 3, 2021 21:34:32 GMT 1
Why have we signed Ian Bell, the former Warwickshire and England batsman 😯🤔😁 Hope he’s not related to Colin.
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Post by ritchie on Jun 3, 2021 21:40:25 GMT 1
First reply on the Blackpool forum was someone listing our signings so far and saying he'd be disappointed if they didn't finish above us Shit club, shit place, hope they finish bottom
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jun 3, 2021 21:41:36 GMT 1
Nothing wrong with this signing, when we went up we had Tareiq Holmes Dennis, Jack Payne, Harry bunn etc all arguably league 1 calibre players when we had them but did the job when called upon, especially when starters needed a rest... Oh dear, oh dear. A Championship club fresh from the Prem with 4 full backs signs a 30 year old full back from Div 1. Free at a guess? Unwanted at a guess? Its like supporting Stalybridge or its back to my days as a kid when we were third bottom of the league and all the players we got were from Rochdale and Mansfield. Would prefer Chelsea or Man City acamdemy, oh, and people who sometimes score, oh, and a keeper. The spine, the spine, the spine....the rest can come from anywhere.
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jun 3, 2021 21:46:38 GMT 1
Nothing wrong with this signing, when we went up we had Tareiq Holmes Dennis, Jack Payne, Harry bunn etc all arguably league 1 calibre players when we had them but did the job when called upon, especially when starters needed a rest... Oh dear, oh dear. A Championship club fresh from the Prem with 4 full backs signs a 30 year old full back from Div 1. Free at a guess? Unwanted at a guess? Its like supporting Stalybridge or its back to my days as a kid when we were third bottom of the league and all the players we got were from Rochdale and Mansfield. Would prefer Chelsea or Man City acamdemy, oh, and people who sometimes score, oh, and a keeper. The spine, the spine, the spine....the rest can come from anywhere. We've not been in the Premier league for over two years. Let it go man .. who are these 4 full backs by the way ? And unwanted? From Blackpool? No .. wrong .. I live for the day when you find a subject you know something about
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Post by Wingman on Jun 3, 2021 21:48:53 GMT 1
First reply on the Blackpool forum was someone listing our signings so far and saying he'd be disappointed if they didn't finish above us Every club has its deluded set of fans. Sadly they also seem to be able to type. Blackpool would kill for many of our first team. They’ll be this season’s whipping boys and go down faster than an ugly bird on a hen do in the town.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Jun 3, 2021 21:53:07 GMT 1
Nothing wrong with this signing, when we went up we had Tareiq Holmes Dennis, Jack Payne, Harry bunn etc all arguably league 1 calibre players when we had them but did the job when called upon, especially when starters needed a rest... Oh dear, oh dear. A Championship club fresh from the Prem with 4 full backs signs a 30 year old full back from Div 1. Free at a guess? Unwanted at a guess? Its like supporting Stalybridge or its back to my days as a kid when we were third bottom of the league and all the players we got were from Rochdale and Mansfield. Would prefer Chelsea or Man City acamdemy, oh, and people who sometimes score, oh, and a keeper. The spine, the spine, the spine....the rest can come from anywhere. He was free because Blackpool waited until they knew if they were promoted to offer new contracts, Town just got in first. He is 28, not 30. He can play DM, RB or CB. A solid, versatile defender. We had 3 right sided centre backs, all ‘Championship quality’, last year, all poor and injured a lot and no real backup at right back. We need solid, experienced, squad players and he fits that bill. We have had Chelsea and Man City cast offs and the only real gem was Mooy, and he never actually played for City.
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Post by Dan on Jun 3, 2021 21:56:08 GMT 1
Nothing wrong with this signing, when we went up we had Tareiq Holmes Dennis, Jack Payne, Harry bunn etc all arguably league 1 calibre players when we had them but did the job when called upon, especially when starters needed a rest... Oh dear, oh dear. A Championship club fresh from the Prem with 4 full backs signs a 30 year old full back from Div 1. Free at a guess? Unwanted at a guess? Its like supporting Stalybridge or its back to my days as a kid when we were third bottom of the league and all the players we got were from Rochdale and Mansfield. Would prefer Chelsea or Man City acamdemy, oh, and people who sometimes score, oh, and a keeper. The spine, the spine, the spine....the rest can come from anywhere. Think I picked out 4 completely incorrect statements from this post, any advances on that?
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Post by wigster on Jun 3, 2021 21:56:12 GMT 1
Been on the Blackpool forums - most posters seem to like Ollie T - good attitude and a frequent comment was along the lines of "he kept proving us wrong".
Most however seem to think that he may struggle at Championship level - rather slow and little attacking strength - but this may be sour grapes.
Might well be a solid, unspectacular signing - not exciting, not promotion-winning-to-the-Premier, but better than we presently have as back-up. Seems the type of signing we will get used to, bearing in mind our lack of money. Not Ollie's fault, and good luck to him.
The one thing the people at the club seem to stress every time we've signed someone recently is how many games they've played - ie that they are not injury prone. It was certainly a strong message in Phil H's last interview as well.. I KNOW we've signed expensive duffers in the past - Ward and Pritchard to name one and a half - but surely there must be more exciting things to say about our new players other than that they haven't a history of injuries ...
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Post by Bigcolquaner on Jun 3, 2021 21:56:25 GMT 1
Oh dear, oh dear. A Championship club fresh from the Prem with 4 full backs signs a 30 year old full back from Div 1. Free at a guess? Unwanted at a guess? Its like supporting Stalybridge or its back to my days as a kid when we were third bottom of the league and all the players we got were from Rochdale and Mansfield. Would prefer Chelsea or Man City acamdemy, oh, and people who sometimes score, oh, and a keeper. The spine, the spine, the spine....the rest can come from anywhere. He was free because Blackpool waited until they knew if they were promoted to offer new contracts, Town just got in first. He is 28, not 30. He can play DM, RB or CB. A solid, versatile defender. We had 3 right sided centre backs, all ‘Championship quality’, last year, all poor and injured a lot and no real backup at right back. We need solid, experienced, squad players and he fits that bill. We have had Chelsea and Man City cast offs and the only real gem was Mooy, and he never actually played for City. Yeah Kasey Palmer, Izzy brown and Ben Chilwell were shite compared to this fella. If he's that good what's he doing playing for Blackpool at 28?
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Post by huddersfc on Jun 3, 2021 21:56:46 GMT 1
A lot of the Blackpool fans seem to think he's 'not Championship standards'. Amazing how Blackpool fans have become experts on Championship standard players just 3 days after gaining promotion from Division 3. In all fairness its only like us saying someone isn't prem standard. I think they just mean they can't see him stepping any higher up. Most of their fans are positive in their comments about him. In a nutshell they say he always gives his all, always puts in a solid 7/8 out of 10 performance and that a good league 1 player is his level. Pretty much exactly how I would describe toffolo if someone asked, but change league 1 for championship.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jun 3, 2021 22:02:07 GMT 1
Oh dear, oh dear. A Championship club fresh from the Prem with 4 full backs signs a 30 year old full back from Div 1. Free at a guess? Unwanted at a guess? Its like supporting Stalybridge or its back to my days as a kid when we were third bottom of the league and all the players we got were from Rochdale and Mansfield. Would prefer Chelsea or Man City acamdemy, oh, and people who sometimes score, oh, and a keeper. The spine, the spine, the spine....the rest can come from anywhere. We've not been in the Premier league for over two years. Let it go man .. who are these 4 full backs by the way ? And unwanted? From Blackpool? No .. wrong .. I live for the day when you find a subject you know something about Signed for free. Correct. Pipa, Toffolo, Duhaney, Brown. Correct. Stearman has also played there....douby Elphick has although he may have pretended. I live for the day you know anything correct.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jun 3, 2021 22:02:11 GMT 1
It very much looks to me like we're going to be a team full of grafters. A bit like the Championship version of Burnley.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jun 3, 2021 22:04:03 GMT 1
Been on the Blackpool forums - most posters seem to like Ollie T - good attitude and a frequent comment was along the lines of "he kept proving us wrong". Most however seem to think that he may struggle at Championship level - rather slow and little attacking strength - but this may be sour grapes. Might well be a solid, unspectacular signing - not exciting, not promotion-winning-to-the-Premier, but better than we presently have as back-up. Seems the type of signing we will get used to, bearing in mind our lack of money. Not Ollie's fault, and good luck to him. Hey, most people want social distancing. Hogg, who cant play football, just got voted player of the year. What Blackpool fans think is an irrelevance. I dont want solid, i want amazing and heading for the Prem.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jun 3, 2021 22:04:52 GMT 1
It very much looks to me like we're going to be a team full of grafters. A bit like the Championship version of Burnley. Thats Bacuna out then.
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Post by hypotenuse on Jun 3, 2021 22:06:31 GMT 1
First reply on the Blackpool forum was someone listing our signings so far and saying he'd be disappointed if they didn't finish above us If we do finish below Blackpool next season, I guarantee we’ll be relegated.
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Post by bluestripe on Jun 3, 2021 22:07:54 GMT 1
A lot of the Blackpool fans seem to think he's 'not Championship standards'. Amazing how Blackpool fans have become experts on Championship standard players just 3 days after gaining promotion from Division 3. Yes, but to be fair, when we came up from Div 3, we knew there were certain players who were not going to be up to it, e.g. Alan Alan Lee.
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Post by tepidterrier on Jun 3, 2021 22:11:46 GMT 1
Looking at how crucial full-backs are to our play and how he seems to be deemed reliable but League 1 standard by Blackpool fans, I can't help but think we could've got someone a bit higher quality. To have never played above League One at 28 is a bit of a worry.
HOWEVER, I will happily take a solid and experienced backup option like Turton any day over an untested youth player like Duhaney. I assume he's cheap as he was their lowest paid first teamer according to their fans. So probably no skin off our back, limited risk and probably limited reward. 2 year contract so 2 years to build up Pipa, sell him for as much as we can, and find the next one in the pipeline.
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Post by tepidterrier on Jun 3, 2021 22:14:27 GMT 1
We've not been in the Premier league for over two years. Let it go man .. who are these 4 full backs by the way ? And unwanted? From Blackpool? No .. wrong .. I live for the day when you find a subject you know something about Signed for free. Correct. Pipa, Toffolo, Duhaney, Brown. Correct. Stearman has also played there....douby Elphick has although he may have pretended. I live for the day you know anything correct. Duhaney, Brown, and Stearman have been released
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Post by bluesandtwos on Jun 3, 2021 22:15:51 GMT 1
He was free because Blackpool waited until they knew if they were promoted to offer new contracts, Town just got in first. He is 28, not 30. He can play DM, RB or CB. A solid, versatile defender. We had 3 right sided centre backs, all ‘Championship quality’, last year, all poor and injured a lot and no real backup at right back. We need solid, experienced, squad players and he fits that bill. We have had Chelsea and Man City cast offs and the only real gem was Mooy, and he never actually played for City. Yeah Kasey Palmer, Izzy brown and Ben Chilwell were shite compared to this fella. If he's that good what's he doing playing for Blackpool at 28? Ben Chilwell was not from Man City or Chelsea. Izzy and Kasey were good in spells but both have suffered from injuries a fair bit. Nobody said he was ‘that good’. Just a decent, solid squad player. What a lot of posters were calling for last season.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jun 3, 2021 22:15:53 GMT 1
Amazing how Blackpool fans have become experts on Championship standard players just 3 days after gaining promotion from Division 3. Yes, but to be fair, when we came up from Div 3, we knew there were certain players who were not going to be up to it, e.g. Alan Alan Lee. Nowt wrong with Alan, Alan. But get your point.
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Post by garyroberts'leftfoot on Jun 3, 2021 22:16:12 GMT 1
We've not been in the Premier league for over two years. Let it go man .. who are these 4 full backs by the way ? And unwanted? From Blackpool? No .. wrong .. I live for the day when you find a subject you know something about Signed for free. Correct. Pipa, Toffolo, Duhaney, Brown. Correct. Stearman has also played there....douby Elphick has although he may have pretended. I live for the day you know anything correct. We’ve released brown, duhaney and Stearman.
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Post by Venezuelan Pete on Jun 3, 2021 22:17:39 GMT 1
We've not been in the Premier league for over two years. Let it go man .. who are these 4 full backs by the way ? And unwanted? From Blackpool? No .. wrong .. I live for the day when you find a subject you know something about Signed for free. Correct. Pipa, Toffolo, Duhaney, Brown. Correct. Stearman has also played there....douby Elphick has although he may have pretended. I live for the day you know anything correct. The irony of that last sentence after listing 3 players we released weeks ago ;D ;D
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Post by space hardware on Jun 3, 2021 22:18:41 GMT 1
The players we've signed since January suggest to me that Corberan is a dead man walking.
Not one of them fits into the high energy pressing game he was brought in to implement.
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Post by space hardware on Jun 3, 2021 22:19:50 GMT 1
Yes, but to be fair, when we came up from Div 3, we knew there were certain players who were not going to be up to it, e.g. Alan Alan Lee. Nowt wrong with Alan, Alan. But get your point. Nothing wrong apart from him being a lumbering journeyman waste of a wage.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jun 3, 2021 22:21:28 GMT 1
Signed for free. Correct. Pipa, Toffolo, Duhaney, Brown. Correct. Stearman has also played there....douby Elphick has although he may have pretended. I live for the day you know anything correct. Duhaney, Brown, and Stearman have been released Nooooo....no-one leaves Huddy.
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Post by bluestripe on Jun 3, 2021 22:21:42 GMT 1
The players we've signed since January suggest to me that Corberan is a dead man walking. Not one of them fits into the high energy pressing game he was brought in to implement. That's exactly what I can't get my head around. Would love to hear from him how he is planning to set up wnext season.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jun 3, 2021 22:21:58 GMT 1
Signed for free. Correct. Pipa, Toffolo, Duhaney, Brown. Correct. Stearman has also played there....douby Elphick has although he may have pretended. I live for the day you know anything correct. We’ve released brown, duhaney and Stearman. Good, they were shite.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jun 3, 2021 22:22:38 GMT 1
Signed for free. Correct. Pipa, Toffolo, Duhaney, Brown. Correct. Stearman has also played there....douby Elphick has although he may have pretended. I live for the day you know anything correct. The irony of that last sentence after listing 3 players we released weeks ago ;D ;D Not embarrassed....quite pleased
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Post by specialun on Jun 3, 2021 22:22:41 GMT 1
As things stand, it’s looking incredibly likely we will go down. But I think there’s still a lot of work to be done in the market before we climb into the coffin We have signed two solid defenders and a decent keeper. Defence was where we had the problem last season. If we keep our goals conceded figure down we will do a lot better. I don’t see why posters see this as a poor signing. Completely agree we need to get the goals conceded figure down I’ve not seen Turton or Nicholls play to comment Both clearly very experienced players at league 1 / 2 But we’re in the Championship - Question is can they step up to a level they’ve never played at and contribute to getting that goals conceded figure down. The last few similar signings failed to do this - I think that’s a fair question to ask / challenge. I think it’s also fair to compare them to what we had last season It’s also fair to ask how they’ll fit into Carlos’ system - the biggest question …!!
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Jun 3, 2021 22:23:30 GMT 1
Nowt wrong with Alan, Alan. But get your point. Nothing wrong apart from him being a lumbering journeyman waste of a wage. Hated him...up there with Gobern as a wage stealer.
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