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Gary Madine has passed his Sheffield United medical ahead of completing his loan move from Cardiff until the end of the season, Sky Sports News understands.
It is understood the move for the former Sheffield Wednesday striker will be confirmed by the Blades on Sunday.
https://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre
That's the first pass he's completed all season. Don't think that's going to go down well-Didn't he chin a blades fan in a bar during his colourful years?Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
Broke his jaw, did time for it. Also called Billy Sharp a fat piggy :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Yes he also smashed a Wednesday fan because he thought he was utd :hehe: there's another thread with a link to their board not very happy about it :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
What a signing. £6million wasn’t it?
What's the betting he scored twice in the next 3 games and becomes a United hero 🙄
Am I the only one who feels he never had a run of games to prove himself?Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
I think so :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
Ouch!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
:hehe:
Don’t think he’s anywhere sharp enough at this level.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
However he’s a handful in the air and will give United another option.
In fairness for the type of player he is he’s scored a fair few too.
Just not for us.
I wonder how much we ACTUALLY ended up paying.
Original fee and promotion bonus no doubt, but any other add on is unlikely now.
No your not the only one thinking that.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
I don't say he's premiership quality , in fact very few of our squad are , he's a victim of us being stung by Bolton, because we panicked bought, at the time NW was bigging up this super striker arrival ( ie Graban),and the fact Ken went walk about, (again ) , Graban crapped so I dont think it his fault, but one of consequence and expectation, with Bolton sniffing blood ,and us having to do something .
His away performance away at Norwich and his cameo appearances helped us up ,so let's just thank him for that and move on .
Short sighted by City again; a loan is okay but not as a permanent signing. If we do not survive this season wouldn't he be a a good target man for us in the championship if given a chance?
Thought it was a loan ?Quote:
Originally Posted by PontBlue
Me tooQuote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
Can I ask those who say Madine should have been given more of a chance here what it is they've seen in him which makes them say that? Yes, I know he provided an assist for Pilkington's goal at Sheffield United, but that can't be all that it is based on can it?
We signed him as a twenty seven year old whose career up until then had been a pretty successful one at lower league and bottom half of the Championship levels - if he had been good enough for the Premier League or top end of the Championship wouldn't he have reached that level before his late twenties?
I must admit I'm surprised a team like Sheffield United are after him and my instinct is that he will have as much success there as he's had here - the one proviso to that is that he will be back in the North of England playing in a city he knows well, the possibility remains I suppose that his miserable stay at Cardiff was down to him or his family not settling in the area.
I wouldn’t even go as far as decent lower half championship player. He was decent in league 1, other than a purple patch for 3 months at Bolton he’s always been a donkey.
One of warnock’s worst decisions.
Even if Warnock wasn't planning on using him at all this season I think he'd keep him unless he had someone else lined up ready to come in. Here's hoping.
Good riddance to Madine, wanker of a bloke, shite player
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
I'm not banging the drum for him but if memory serves, Madine was brought in as cover when it looked like we could well get promotion.
His fee was over-inflated granted but at the time it seemed like a signing which made sense.
Warnock's plight is not too dissimilar to this season where we desperately need someone up top and wouldn't be at all surprised to see another overpriced/overpaid striker come in.
Although not ideal we have to get someone in and if this does happen, we will need him to have quite a bit more of an impact than GM did if we are to avoid relegation.
He is a million miles away from making it at PL level but there is no doubt in my mind that Madine contributed to our promotion and I'll not blame NW for his failure this term.
As Paul has said what have you seen to justify that comment, sadly it was plain to see he was league 1 standard maybe bottom half championship standard, if we signed George weah’s cousin would you still be “give him a chance” some players don’t cut the mustard and unfortunately madine is one of them now we’ve lost all that money when we could’ve spent more wisely especially from abroadQuote:
Originally Posted by dml1954
How can a club pissing up the wall hold us to ransom? I can’t remember many thinking it made sense rather that it was a waste of moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
But it was Warnock who was responsible for not giving madine a 'chance' are you saying that Warnock has got it wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by dml1954
In fairness, if Bolton didn't want to let him go and Madine wasn't going to throw his toys out of the pram, then Bolton had no real need to sell. The price got too big to turn down though, and they did.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamieccfc
Madine is the most static striker I've seen in a long time though. He just stands there and if the ball doesn't come his way, he's stuffed. He's not had loads of chances but he's had enough to show something, anything even! He's so far out of his depth, whether that's down to him not settling, confidence or ability (or all 3), he's lost playing for us. His career record is appalling, let's be frank and why oh why we passed over Grabban for him, I don't know. Warnock has done a so much right, but his big signings all have failed or have massive question marks over them.
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...ffield-united/
It's Official
At least he’s passed something successfully since we signed him
Well done for at least having a go at defending Madine and I certainly wouldn't blame Warnock for his lack of game time this season because he showed last season that he wasnt up to top end Championship football, so why would anyone expect him to do anything in the Premier League?Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Given the lack of replies to the question I asked the Madine fans on here, I can only presume that whenever they come across another one of their type, they just tap their noses knowingly and say "those other idiots are totally incapable of seeing what we do".:sherlock:
Bob. You seem to have misunderstood what my point was if you think I'm defending GM.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Just to clarify I don't think he's very good but he played his part in our promotion, albeit as an extra.
There are many things I both agree and disagree with on here but I tend to choose the discussions I enter into. They usually depend on my mood, how busy I am and what kind of day I'm having.
You've made it clear on where you stand on Madine (and Warnock) and I've chosen to leave them alone for whatever reason and judging from your lack of replies, others had their reasons.
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Irony^^Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Yours was the closest thing I've seen to an attempt to answer the question I asked, so I'm sorry if I jumped to the wrong conclusion. It just means that those who see something that I and, seemingly, plenty of others don't in Madine are either unwilling or incapable of giving an answer to my question.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
I think that Warnock signed him as a foil for Zohore and Ward. Ward isn't bad in the air but doesn't have that physical presence, Zohore is dreadful, he can't time a header and has absolutely no spring in his legs, he knows this as well because he would rather back into a defender than contest a header. For a team that liked to play long balls we didn't possess a striker who could contest them (sounds crazy, doesn't it?) i think Warnock thought that Madine could produce the flick on's for our wide players or an advanced midfielder and generally create problems for opposition defenders. Maybe Warnock became more focused on this Philosophy when automatic promotion looked a real possibility. Maybe Warnock felt that we needed to become even more direct in order to protect our position during the second half of the season as teams may have worked us out, a bit of physicality up top. I'm really trying to think of a reason as to why Madine was brought in for such a large fee. I didn't see anything in him to make me think that he could contribute, people on here talking about him setting up Pilkington as any form of justification is akin to Crediting Andy Campbell for our place in the Premier league (That Goal) Reality is that he's not very good and Warnock dropped a Bollock.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson