Towler Recalled

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Nathan Baker, who they discuss on their forum as about to retire, is a central defender. On the basis of one game, we've judged he can't play there but their manager told ours that he can and their fans have also seen him play there for them.

Why don’t we just wait and see if he plays for them or gets to spend Xmas at home rather then up here and then goes out on loan again elsewhere in January.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Why don’t we just wait and see if he plays for them or gets to spend Xmas at home rather then up here and then goes out on loan again elsewhere in January.

And if he does that literally means nothing…

Quoted from aldi_01

And if he does that literally means nothing…

Really!

Quoted from HerveJosse

Why don’t we just wait and see if he plays for them or gets to spend Xmas at home rather then up here and then goes out on loan again elsewhere in January.

Why are you always looking for reasons to put the team and board down?

He's gone back a couple of weeks early. If something kicked off behind the scenes that they knew about, why are they happy for Bell to continue in such a bad environment?

Great player for us. Best of luck in the future.

That song people where singing about him at wealdstone still makes me laugh.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Why are you always looking for reasons to put the team and board down?

He's gone back a couple of weeks early. If something kicked off behind the scenes that they knew about, why are they happy for Bell to continue in such a bad environment?

Who said anything about something kicking of behind the scenes?

I'd imagine Towler might have done a decent job at left-back had the team been anywhere near the form of the start of the season. When nothing is working, it's difficult to fill in and put a decent performance in.

I suspect that's the last we'll see of him but he'll have a good Championship/League One career, even if it doesn't really get going for a year or two yet.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Who said anything about something kicking of behind the scenes?

Could you please expand on what you were implying with the below?

Quoted from HerveJosse

Another piece if circumstantial evidence that all is not well .

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Could you please expand on what you were implying with the below?

Top of the league turns to losing eight out of nine.Team and defence performing like a excrement show . Player comes in looks quality and two months later his form has gone and he is struggling . Parent club recall him early.
Equals all is not well.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Top of the league turns to losing eight out of nine.Team and defence performing like a excrement show . Player comes in looks quality and two months later his form has gone and he is struggling . Parent club recall him early.
Equals all is not well.

Club sends promising young player out on loan for 3 months. Player performs well, has a dip in form, gets dropped. It's character building in a first team environment and young players need to go through the good, the bad and the ugly. Full back likely to go back to his parent club next month and the young player out on loan has played there in the Championship before. Centre back injured and unable to recover so expected to retire. Covid ripping through teams including the one he's on loan at meaning they aren't likely to play again this year (although Pettit remains hopeful Halifax will go ahead). As a result, teams require more players available to deal with likely outbreaks and as they own the young player, decide they actually have a requirement for him in and around their team now that they didn't have in September.

Yes we've lost 8 in 9 and yes that's a problem that needs addressing but Bristol City recalling Towler doesn't necessarily mean "all is not well."

Pettit answered on the spot confidently enough earlier tonight why he's gone back and I'm inclined to believe him.