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Post by 2ellandback on May 23, 2024 15:13:38 GMT 1
Nixon said a day or so ago that Rodriguez is talking to both Birmingham and us.
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Post by dezzly on May 23, 2024 15:26:33 GMT 1
Could we not potentially loan out balker?would imagine we paid half decent fee and he’s contracted to 2027 so surely if selling would be after what we paid and with how little he played would we bet that?
So loan with potential to sell or loan with him returning to us should we get promoted maybe.
That’s if he doesn’t have some sort of release clause,although again if he’s contracted to 2027 I’d guess the release clause would be more than we paid for him.🤷🏻
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Post by Gag N Bone Man on May 23, 2024 15:33:25 GMT 1
Could we not potentially loan out balker?would imagine we paid half decent fee and he’s contracted to 2027 so surely if selling would be after what we paid and with how little he played would we bet that? So loan with potential to sell or loan with him returning to us should we get promoted maybe. That’s if he doesn’t have some sort of release clause,although again if he’s contracted to 2027 I’d guess the release clause would be more than we paid for him.🤷🏻 We should be moving heaven and earth to start the season with Balker and Helik at the heart of our defence. |
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Post by Terriersmad on May 23, 2024 15:39:10 GMT 1
Could we not potentially loan out balker?would imagine we paid half decent fee and he’s contracted to 2027 so surely if selling would be after what we paid and with how little he played would we bet that? So loan with potential to sell or loan with him returning to us should we get promoted maybe. That’s if he doesn’t have some sort of release clause,although again if he’s contracted to 2027 I’d guess the release clause would be more than we paid for him.🤷🏻 Can I be really radical and suggest we might want to play him in our own team? I just don't understand this talk about Balker. No bids, no interest that we're aware of. Only just signed. Why is he being touted out by our fans, especially when our own leadership has talked about specialists to get him right? |
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Post by runner76 on May 23, 2024 15:43:23 GMT 1
Could we not potentially loan out balker?would imagine we paid half decent fee and he’s contracted to 2027 so surely if selling would be after what we paid and with how little he played would we bet that? So loan with potential to sell or loan with him returning to us should we get promoted maybe. That’s if he doesn’t have some sort of release clause,although again if he’s contracted to 2027 I’d guess the release clause would be more than we paid for him.🤷🏻 We should be moving heaven and earth to start the season with Balker and Helik at the heart of our defence. 100% this - would very much hope they buy into the medium and longer term Town vision and stay! |
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Post by dezzly on May 23, 2024 15:46:09 GMT 1
Could we not potentially loan out balker?would imagine we paid half decent fee and he’s contracted to 2027 so surely if selling would be after what we paid and with how little he played would we bet that? So loan with potential to sell or loan with him returning to us should we get promoted maybe. That’s if he doesn’t have some sort of release clause,although again if he’s contracted to 2027 I’d guess the release clause would be more than we paid for him.🤷🏻 Can I be really radical and suggest we might want to play him in our own team? I just don't understand this talk about Balker. No bids, no interest that we're aware of. Only just signed. Why is he being touted out by our fans, especially when our own leadership has talked about specialists to get him right? No I agree I 100% want him in the side.think him with someone similar the other side of someone like batth or similar in the centre would work well.a more solid type in the middle and two quick ball players either side,means they can step out and play or pick a pass,also means wing backs can push higher knowing we have recovery pace behind. I was more just going off what newmill terrier said stating he doesn’t expect him to be here come end of the window.he’s usually bang on the money. |
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Post by SpeakShyTallKnight on May 23, 2024 16:22:12 GMT 1
I think if Brodie leaves we should look to Michael Olise from Chelsea, he’s just signed a new deal with them, they trust us and they’ll want to see what he can do in men’s football.
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Post by Dan on May 23, 2024 16:27:48 GMT 1
I think if Brodie leaves we should look to Michael Olise from Chelsea, he’s just signed a new deal with them, they trust us and they’ll want to see what he can do in men’s football. Fairly sure you don't mean Olise |
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Post by Yuta be a terrier on May 23, 2024 16:36:01 GMT 1
I think if Brodie leaves we should look to Michael Olise from Chelsea, he’s just signed a new deal with them, they trust us and they’ll want to see what he can do in men’s football. Fairly sure you don't mean Olise Richard Olise? |
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Post by terriersyndrome on May 23, 2024 17:08:54 GMT 1
I think if Brodie leaves we should look to Michael Olise from Chelsea, he’s just signed a new deal with them, they trust us and they’ll want to see what he can do in men’s football. We've already got somebody lined up if Brodie gets sold... Tom Edwards. The poster boy of Beswicks sports. |
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Post by Terrier Ramone on May 23, 2024 17:22:41 GMT 1
I would actually think this would be a solid signing. My post was play on words... 'Batth' 'shower'. Absolutely wasted now 😁😁 Not to some of us, I just couldn't think of any bath/shower time puns. Maybe we should choose to let it all wash over us, or soak up the info like a sponge? I can confirm, Mosher, we have tapped Batth up, in the hope he can plug the leaks in the defence. Some might say that Batth would fit into our shower of players but I wouldn't sink that low. Tile get me coat, I'm drained now. |
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Post by itkterrier on May 23, 2024 18:08:17 GMT 1
A fit Balker would be the best centre back in the league by a stretch (if Helik likely leaves)
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on May 23, 2024 18:12:19 GMT 1
People will argue that pace isn't really important in a league one centre half but having Pearson, Lees and Batth all on the books is taking it a bit extreme.
Very wishful thinking that we would line up with Helik and Balker. The Batth news pretty much confirms it ain't happening
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Post by bells ringing :) on May 23, 2024 18:15:12 GMT 1
People will argue that pace isn't really important in a league one centre half but having Pearson, Lees and Batth all on the books is taking it a bit extreme. Very wishful thinking that we would line up with Helik and Balker. The Batth news pretty much confirms it ain't happening Unless Lees is offically retiring ? i agree i think Balker and Helik on the face of it would be leaving. Maybe the club have pulled out the stops and are going to give the contract terms to keep Helik ? to play the way Duff wants , you will need 5 centre half options as he likes 3 at the back. |
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Post by ezzie on May 23, 2024 18:22:27 GMT 1
Could we not potentially loan out balker?would imagine we paid half decent fee and he’s contracted to 2027 so surely if selling would be after what we paid and with how little he played would we bet that? So loan with potential to sell or loan with him returning to us should we get promoted maybe. That’s if he doesn’t have some sort of release clause,although again if he’s contracted to 2027 I’d guess the release clause would be more than we paid for him.🤷🏻 We should be moving heaven and earth to start the season with Balker and Helik at the heart of our defence. Exactly 🤦🏻♂️ people on this thread talking about letting him go/sending him on loan… |
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on May 23, 2024 18:24:17 GMT 1
People will argue that pace isn't really important in a league one centre half but having Pearson, Lees and Batth all on the books is taking it a bit extreme. Very wishful thinking that we would line up with Helik and Balker. The Batth news pretty much confirms it ain't happening Unless Lees is offically retiring ? i agree i think Balker and Helik on the face of it would be leaving. Maybe the club have pulled out the stops and are going to give the contract terms to keep Helik ? to play the way Duff wants , you will need 5 centre half options as he likes 3 at the back. We've already got 6 who can play in a back 3 Helik Balker Pearson Lees Ayina Spencer It would have been the last position we would be looking at if nobody was leaving |
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Post by royrace on May 23, 2024 18:31:47 GMT 1
I must have missed something with Balker, he looked quality in the very brief period we saw him but that was nowhere near enough time to form an opinion. Not to mention the fact he seems extremely fragile!
People now talking about building the team around him. Bizarre! If he goes out on loan or is sold then so be it as long as we get a decent fee. I guess he didn't come to England to play in the third tier.
Seen a bit more of Radulovic who looks promising but again if he wants away I wouldn't lose any sleep, not done enough to form an opinion either way.
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Post by Terriersmad on May 23, 2024 18:38:58 GMT 1
Unless Lees is offically retiring ? i agree i think Balker and Helik on the face of it would be leaving. Maybe the club have pulled out the stops and are going to give the contract terms to keep Helik ? to play the way Duff wants , you will need 5 centre half options as he likes 3 at the back. We've already got 6 who can play in a back 3 Helik Balker Pearson Lees Ayina Spencer It would have been the last position we would be looking at if nobody was leaving Spencer shouldn't be anywhere near a back three. Just because he can play there doesn't mean he should - he should be our first-choice right wing-back, and not shoehorned in somewhere just because he 'can' play there. Lees is going to be unavailable for a very long time, if rumour is to be believed. His knee injury is serious and he won't be part of the first-team picture for quite some time. Ayina is unproven. Done well in loan spells, but at 21 he has effectively played 29 senior matches. He'd certainly be in and among my options, but he'd be my 'sixth' option of five. Five proven central defenders, plus a kid looking to make his name. If we don't loan him out - and I hope we don't if we see a future for him at Town - he should start as a cup defender, especially as we will get more cup games this coming season, and then if he gets a chance in the league he should grasp it with both hands. We should be looking to bring in another cental defender. Preferably a left-footed player. We have right-footed central defenders coming out of our ears. For balance's sake we need someone as a natural left-sided defender. |
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on May 23, 2024 18:51:25 GMT 1
We've already got 6 who can play in a back 3 Helik Balker Pearson Lees Ayina Spencer It would have been the last position we would be looking at if nobody was leaving Spencer shouldn't be anywhere near a back three. Just because he can play there doesn't mean he should - he should be our first-choice right wing-back, and not shoehorned in somewhere just because he 'can' play there. Lees is going to be unavailable for a very long time, if rumour is to be believed. His knee injury is serious and he won't be part of the first-team picture for quite some time. Ayina is unproven. Done well in loan spells, but at 21 he has effectively played 29 senior matches. He'd certainly be in and among my options, but he'd be my 'sixth' option of five. Five proven central defenders, plus a kid looking to make his name. If we don't loan him out - and I hope we don't if we see a future for him at Town - he should start as a cup defender, especially as we will get more cup games this coming season, and then if he gets a chance in the league he should grasp it with both hands. We should be looking to bring in another cental defender. Preferably a left-footed player. We have right-footed central defenders coming out of our ears. For balance's sake we need someone as a natural left-sided defender. I thought Lees was a knee ligament injury but not his ACL and would be close to being ready for the start of the season |
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Post by bells ringing :) on May 23, 2024 19:11:29 GMT 1
Unless Lees is offically retiring ? i agree i think Balker and Helik on the face of it would be leaving. Maybe the club have pulled out the stops and are going to give the contract terms to keep Helik ? to play the way Duff wants , you will need 5 centre half options as he likes 3 at the back. We've already got 6 who can play in a back 3 Helik Balker Pearson Lees Ayina Spencer It would have been the last position we would be looking at if nobody was leaving i get your point, but maybe duff wants out and out centre halfs, so we need more centre halfs ! there are lots of coulds about this summmer. |
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Post by dezzly on May 23, 2024 19:23:15 GMT 1
We've already got 6 who can play in a back 3 Helik Balker Pearson Lees Ayina Spencer It would have been the last position we would be looking at if nobody was leaving Spencer shouldn't be anywhere near a back three. Just because he can play there doesn't mean he should - he should be our first-choice right wing-back, and not shoehorned in somewhere just because he 'can' play there. Lees is going to be unavailable for a very long time, if rumour is to be believed. His knee injury is serious and he won't be part of the first-team picture for quite some time. Ayina is unproven. Done well in loan spells, but at 21 he has effectively played 29 senior matches. He'd certainly be in and among my options, but he'd be my 'sixth' option of five. Five proven central defenders, plus a kid looking to make his name. If we don't loan him out - and I hope we don't if we see a future for him at Town - he should start as a cup defender, especially as we will get more cup games this coming season, and then if he gets a chance in the league he should grasp it with both hands. We should be looking to bring in another cental defender. Preferably a left-footed player. We have right-footed central defenders coming out of our ears. For balance's sake we need someone as a natural left-sided defender. Do you think Brodie is a wing back? Personally I think his most natural position would be full back,maybe he hasn’t had the chance yet in how we played last year but going forward for me he didn’t show too much.I’d say his qualities lie in his defending.For that reason and also that he’s not the smallest I could definitely see him playing centre half,but only in a 3 where the ride and left sided ones are a bit half and half centre half and full back. Don’t know if you agree? I certainly agree on the natural left sided player as a centre half if possible though |
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Post by Baby Ate My Eight Ball on May 23, 2024 19:58:41 GMT 1
Spencer shouldn't be anywhere near a back three. Just because he can play there doesn't mean he should - he should be our first-choice right wing-back, and not shoehorned in somewhere just because he 'can' play there. Lees is going to be unavailable for a very long time, if rumour is to be believed. His knee injury is serious and he won't be part of the first-team picture for quite some time. Ayina is unproven. Done well in loan spells, but at 21 he has effectively played 29 senior matches. He'd certainly be in and among my options, but he'd be my 'sixth' option of five. Five proven central defenders, plus a kid looking to make his name. If we don't loan him out - and I hope we don't if we see a future for him at Town - he should start as a cup defender, especially as we will get more cup games this coming season, and then if he gets a chance in the league he should grasp it with both hands. We should be looking to bring in another cental defender. Preferably a left-footed player. We have right-footed central defenders coming out of our ears. For balance's sake we need someone as a natural left-sided defender. Do you think Brodie is a wing back? Personally I think his most natural position would be full back,maybe he hasn’t had the chance yet in how we played last year but going forward for me he didn’t show too much.I’d say his qualities lie in his defending.For that reason and also that he’s not the smallest I could definitely see him playing centre half,but only in a 3 where the ride and left sided ones are a bit half and half centre half and full back. Don’t know if you agree? I certainly agree on the natural left sided player as a centre half if possible though I think he has the potential to be a good wing back, sure he played as a winger/striker when he was younger and I think his crossing is good I think (assist on debuts for Motherwell and Northern Ireland). But he’s great in the air and I think him on the right of a back 3 as an overlapping centre half could be a great idea. Got a feeling he could get a move away this summer though. |
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Post by Solihull Terrier on May 23, 2024 20:18:17 GMT 1
Not to some of us, I just couldn't think of any bath/shower time puns. Maybe we should choose to let it all wash over us, or soak up the info like a sponge? I can confirm, Mosher, we have tapped Batth up, in the hope he can plug the leaks in the defence. Some might say that Batth would fit into our shower of players but I wouldn't sink that low. Tile get me coat, I'm drained now. Don't faucet! |
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Post by dezzly on May 23, 2024 20:21:17 GMT 1
Do you think Brodie is a wing back? Personally I think his most natural position would be full back,maybe he hasn’t had the chance yet in how we played last year but going forward for me he didn’t show too much.I’d say his qualities lie in his defending.For that reason and also that he’s not the smallest I could definitely see him playing centre half,but only in a 3 where the ride and left sided ones are a bit half and half centre half and full back. Don’t know if you agree? I certainly agree on the natural left sided player as a centre half if possible though I think he has the potential to be a good wing back, sure he played as a winger/striker when he was younger and I think his crossing is good I think (assist on debuts for Motherwell and Northern Ireland). But he’s great in the air and I think him on the right of a back 3 as an overlapping centre half could be a great idea. Got a feeling he could get a move away this summer though. Yeh agree on the overlapping centre half thing. Also take your point that he’s done those bits as a wing back too. Guess we’ll find out in time. Think all summer be plenty of this and that but I trust duff,think because he did such a good rebuild at Barnsley,to make the right decisions. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2024 20:34:35 GMT 1
Spencer shouldn't be anywhere near a back three. Just because he can play there doesn't mean he should - he should be our first-choice right wing-back, and not shoehorned in somewhere just because he 'can' play there. Lees is going to be unavailable for a very long time, if rumour is to be believed. His knee injury is serious and he won't be part of the first-team picture for quite some time. Ayina is unproven. Done well in loan spells, but at 21 he has effectively played 29 senior matches. He'd certainly be in and among my options, but he'd be my 'sixth' option of five. Five proven central defenders, plus a kid looking to make his name. If we don't loan him out - and I hope we don't if we see a future for him at Town - he should start as a cup defender, especially as we will get more cup games this coming season, and then if he gets a chance in the league he should grasp it with both hands. We should be looking to bring in another cental defender. Preferably a left-footed player. We have right-footed central defenders coming out of our ears. For balance's sake we need someone as a natural left-sided defender. Do you think Brodie is a wing back? Personally I think his most natural position would be full back,maybe he hasn’t had the chance yet in how we played last year but going forward for me he didn’t show too much.I’d say his qualities lie in his defending.For that reason and also that he’s not the smallest I could definitely see him playing centre half,but only in a 3 where the ride and left sided ones are a bit half and half centre half and full back. Don’t know if you agree? I certainly agree on the natural left sided player as a centre half if possible though Brodie played left right back and left midfield at Motherwell. He is quick and strong so I don’t see why he couldn’t play wingback. I think Duff might coach him in that direction. The fact he can play centre back is great as long as we have cover at fullback. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2024 20:35:16 GMT 1
I think he has the potential to be a good wing back, sure he played as a winger/striker when he was younger and I think his crossing is good I think (assist on debuts for Motherwell and Northern Ireland). But he’s great in the air and I think him on the right of a back 3 as an overlapping centre half could be a great idea. Got a feeling he could get a move away this summer though. Yeh agree on the overlapping centre half thing. Also take your point that he’s done those bits as a wing back too. Guess we’ll find out in time. Think all summer be plenty of this and that but I trust duff,think because he did such a good rebuild at Barnsley,to make the right decisions. And at Cheltenham. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2024 20:36:10 GMT 1
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Post by exberlinerterrier on May 23, 2024 20:40:05 GMT 1
Are you suggesting that we sign him, or that the deal is done? |
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on May 23, 2024 20:42:53 GMT 1
Are you suggesting that we sign him, or that the deal is done? He’s just the latest pretend ITK |
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Post by exberlinerterrier on May 23, 2024 20:47:59 GMT 1
Are you suggesting that we sign him, or that the deal is done? He’s just the latest pretend ITK Hard to keep up these days there are that many of them. |
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