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ginnywings
August 8, 2020, 7:52pm

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Quoted from Stew0_0
Ollie wouldnt want to stretch for Bogles wages so there is no way we are in for Charlie Adam. Easily on 5 figures a week


Different scenario though. Adam won't want for money and is at the end of his playing career, looking to get into coaching. It wouldn't be the money that attracted him. Not that I'm expecting him to sign, but I wouldn't be gobsmacked if he did.
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Another Birtles or Whymark type signing would do wonders for the collective morale.


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Another Birtles or Whymark type signing would do wonders for the collective morale.

I'm trying to not get my hopes up too much but I would imagine Ollie has more pulling power than all our other managers over the last twenty years put together given our location.



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The problem is that if its someone who has played a couple of hundred league games, those 200 games could be in the lower leagues so might not have any or much talent. Whereas bringing in an experienced midfielder who has played all his career in the upper echelon of the leagues, Rangers, Blackpool, Liverpool, Stoke, and played in Europe, then THAT would be preferable as 'experienced'. He was also signed by Ollie at Blackpool for £500k AND made club captain in their promotion season, and performed so well in the following season when they were relegated again, Liverpool bought him for £6.75 million. Even last season he played 27 games in total in league and cup games for Reading, so his legs must still be up to par.


Yeah I wouldn’t argue with that, was just more saying that Ollie might not have been hinting at Charlie Adam when he mentioned experience.


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Yeah I wouldn’t argue with that, was just more saying that Ollie might not have been hinting at Charlie Adam when he mentioned experience.


Let's face it, if we know Charlie Adam is looking for a club to progress his training badges with then the whole of football knows it.
On one hand we have Ollie as a potential positive,
but we also know from the last 4/5 managers our backroom set up is sub standard, the training facilities aren't great , we wont be matching wages of at least half the potential opposition, we are logistically challenged.

I would be very surprised to say the least.


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August 9, 2020, 9:55am
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Welsh was past it but we clearly didn't do our due diligence on him. I think central defenders can go on for a few extra years as positioning is key. In midfield, the "legs" are very important.

Ollie keeps talking about signing players on the way up and not down but you do need someone in there who has played to a good level. I wouldn't be surprised if he signed but I don't think he will.
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I can see us kicking off our first match without any experienced players on the bench at all just 1st yr pros and youths.
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Jury is out at the moment, by reading this thread i think we should see if walking sticks and crutches are allowed on the pitch. Hope things get better on choice, and younger.
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Lets be honest Holloway has the contacts, he might be very persuasive with loanees and attractive to a few old pros but at the end of the day more than just Holloway's personality and experience is going to be needed to get anything decent to BP.
I fear we will end up with everyone elses left overs who are absolutely desperate for a club a week or so before kickoff and we'll put a brave and exaggerated face on it as usual with GTFC.


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