I dunno if it's similar. He's really young and was playing in the Championship with last season being the most he's played. It's a big step up. Was voted player of the season for Bolton but I don't know how good that is considering they were just relegated.Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Good luck to the lad but I can't see him starting this season.
Similar but not identical. I think if he were ready to go into the first team we might have not spent 2 months deliberating and haggling over 1 million pounds but that's not the way I'm looking at the signing.
Where ever he has come from you can find good players any where. Particularly at that age.
True but it's not as if we haven't gone down this path before and come up with a dud. I'm skeptical until I see the kid get a run in the team. In fact, I'm more so skeptical of our ability to coach this kid into a solid defender.
Or ever. And if he does he'll be played out of position. Same old shit, over and over. How many fans has the club got? We have to get to a point soon where the critical mass is reached and the majority of fans start to see through all this. Then it will just be plain nasty and the only people responsible will be the crusty old farts at the top and the henchman who pretends he is a football manager.
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Incidentally, the backline can of course be improved, nevertheless, I think it is good enough to win a title. It's our attack that has been far from good enough for some time now...
Chambers was unlucky not to play more as he played reasonably well when he came in. Holding may be a dud, but he isn't a critical part of the jigsaw, neither would you expect him to be under the circumstances. In the same way Asano won't be!
At a normal club you could say with some confidence these are reserve players. But you know what our squad depth is like in certain key areas and you'll be more than aware of our appalling record on keeping the players fit and injury free, and more importantly free from recurring injuries. Who knows what sort of ramshackle teams we'll put together over the coming season. All we know for certain is we'll be thoroughly unprepared for what lies ahead.
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Yeah, I think our backline is good enough when on their A game. Holding doesn't really matter. I still wonder why he has joined is though. Is he an Arsenal fan?
No brainer really.....as you say his team has been relegated and Arsenal come in for him. Even if he goes straight out on loan he will get a better club than Bolton!
Were we the only club looking at him?
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