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wouldnt call this guy a journey man
he has been in wigan since july or so waiting for fifa to sort out the mess with his other clubs contract
good on the lad for biding his time
now he can quit his part time pizza delivery job
and concentrate once more on football
hope he is good enough,tall chap as well for centre half.6 FOOWERT UN HAIF UN INCH, TAW FOR ER SENTER HAIF?
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What a journey!So we’re buying another foreign journeyman who noone else wants -0 he’s been a free agent since the summer
I won’t hold my breath.
You’re right. We should be looking at players that everyone wants, as I’m sure they’d choose Wigan.
Maicon or Dani Alves anyone?[/quote]
Maybe he could concentrate on bringing more young lads through rather than buying the likes of this guy.
Maybe he could concentrate on bringing more young lads through rather than buying the likes of this guy.So you’d chance it on a young inexperienced lad rather than a 23 year old who’s been training with the club since the summer, cost nothing to sign, and who has already had twenty-odd appearances for Deportivo?
Okay then, some questions:
Which young lads do you suggest are good enough to be brought in?
How do you become a journeyman at 23, having only played for one club?
How do you know nobody else wanted him – considering he was still technically a Deportivo player until last week?
What other foreign journeymen are you referring to?
Do you post negative comments just for the sake of it?
Maybe he could concentrate on bringing more young lads through rather than buying the likes of this guy.
So you’d chance it on a young inexperienced lad rather than a 23 year old who’s been training with the club since the summer, cost nothing to sign, and who has already had twenty-odd appearances for Deportivo?
Okay then, some questions:
Which young lads do you suggest are good enough to be brought in?
How do you become a journeyman at 23, having only played for one club?
How do you know nobody else wanted him – considering he was still technically a Deportivo player until last week?
What other foreign journeymen are you referring to?
Do you post negative comments just for the sake of it?[/quote]
So, he’s 23 and only managed 26 first team appearences. Doesn’t bode too well for me.
Others on here have commented about the lack of a bond with the current team – its too many signings like this that contribute to that.
In general, I’d rather see some evidence of young lads being brought through the system than relying on buys like this.
I hope he’s decent though. Is that positive enough?
So, he’s 23 and only managed 26 first team appearences. Doesn’t bode too well for me.Others on here have commented about the lack of a bond with the current team – its too many signings like this that contribute to that.
In general, I’d rather see some evidence of young lads being brought through the system than relying on buys like this.
I hope he’s decent though. Is that positive enough?
It’s not a matter of being positive – I haven’t got a clue if he’s any good – it’s a matter of not posting ill-informed cr@p just for the sake of it.
There is nigh-on no academy to bring young lads through. The young lads who play in the reserves are mostly picked up after being released from other clubs.
A 23 year old who is signed from the only club he’s ever played for cannot constitute a journeyman. Or is it more a case of him being foreign eh, Adolf?
So, he’s 23 and only managed 26 first team appearences. Doesn’t bode too well for me.
Others on here have commented about the lack of a bond with the current team – its too many signings like this that contribute to that.
In general, I’d rather see some evidence of young lads being brought through the system than relying on buys like this.
I hope he’s decent though. Is that positive enough?
It’s not a matter of being positive – I haven’t got a clue if he’s any good – it’s a matter of not posting ill-informed cr@p just for the sake of it.
There is nigh-on no academy to bring young lads through. The young lads who play in the reserves are mostly picked up after being released from other clubs.
A 23 year old who is signed from the only club he’s ever played for cannot constitute a journeyman. Or is it more a case of him being foreign eh, Adolf?[/quote]
Great how you can question the ability of someone who at 23 has basically missed the boat and be called a racist. In the last three years Deportivo have finished mid table in the Spanish top division. And he couldn’t regularly get in their side. He is a fringe player in a mid table side. Its like buying a 23 yr old squad player from Sunderland. Not that inspiring eh?
We’ve already got 5 half decent centre halves – Caldwell brothers, Gohouri, Alcaraz and Boyce. On the face of it, I can’t see what this guy would add. I’d love to be proved wrong though.
On the question of who I would get instead, given the strength in numbers terms at centre half, and our lack of a decent youth system – still the weakest aspect of our club – I’d like to see us buy the best 18/19 year old centre half in the Championship/Lg 1/2 and gradually bring him through, the attraction from his point of view being the chance of regular 1st team Premiership football. Sorry if that makes me a racist rather than someone interested in the long term develolpment of our squad and our club.
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