Can't say I'm too excited about this one!
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Can't say I'm too excited about this one!
https://www.footballinsider247.com/s...-bristol-city/
Thought he'd been done for drink driving or some other crime, by the fierce headline.
Like a bloody SUN reporter :hehe:
Nothing to lose having a look.
I have to admit I've never heard of any player called Marely, other than Bob Marely who allegedly was a half decent player.
https://youtu.be/wuJo90RwkVs
Someone's had a mare!
Seems a bit pointless.
Enough reserve strikers haven’t we ?
Stop horsing about!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Can't say he sounds to exciting sounds like a squad filler type journeyman. I would rather give some of the exciting young prospects in our youth set up a chance than get in this type of player. He is being released by Bristol City as they don't regard him as good enough and at 30 he isn't going to get any better.
Possibly this bloke and the Irish guy should really be looking for clubs in league one or two,they are certainly not the sort of players a club in the championship with playoffs ambitions should be making.
I agree Shrewsbury.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shrewsbury Blue
Marley has never been blessed with decent pace and the one thing we need to improve in the squad is pace.
If we are going to go for 30 year old free transfer wingers..... There are much better ones available.
Wonder who you're thinking of there! The fact of the matter is that Watkins couldn't get in a wurzels team that was probably the worst in the Championship over the second half of last season - if our ambition is still a top six finish, there's been nothing in Watkins' career so far to indicate he is at that level.Quote:
Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird
Hopefully it is some arrangement with someone at the club allowing him to train with us whilst he's looking for a club, he's no where near what we need if the club has serious intentions to aim for a top 6 finish
He was a real good player a few years ago at Barnsley. Not sure why his career has gone backwards at Brizzle
No harm in having a look at him on trial. Unfortunately this is the market we are in at the moment
Considering he's not yet signed for us, he's not yet played for us and we've not yet seen how he's used over the course of a season it's difficult to make a proper assessment.
Really good squads aren't made with exciting signing after exciting signing. But we do seem to be relying more on staff member's contacts in the game again - who has the links to Crewe? - which makes me question what scouting operation we have at the club?
Followed his career since he was a kid as he is my ex boss's son. Seemed to have his best spell playing in Scotland and then Barnsley straight after. However that was 4 or 5 years ago and he didn't kick on from there. At 30 I'd be surprised if we offer him a deal but it could be a case of last chance saloon at this level so who knows?
MM must have his doubts re fitness to have him on trial. If a manager really wants a player he just goes out and signs him, so probably hasn't seen much of him to make a judgement , as he barely played last season. Imagine being back up to Josh Murphy!
What would be the point in signing a bang average 30 year old? Makes me think the talk about bringing through youth was bollocks... :sherlock:
Can't bring to many youth through all at once or would rather us play loads of youngsters so we get beaten every week?Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
You would probably love that it will give you something else to moan about
Isn't he one of those players that's actually a wide player but gets thought of as a striker because he's a unit?Quote:
Originally Posted by RonnieBird
The youth talk is because we are cutting our cloth. It's amazing how people are fooled by it, the timing is suspicious too, like we're all of a sudden focused on bringing through youth players. Are we ****. We're skint, adn that's the only reason we'll see kids in the team.Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
I knowQuote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Do you think Marley Watkins would improve the starting 11?Quote:
Originally Posted by stan butler
I mentioned it because reading this board it seems not everyone does. Plenty on here seemed excited by the direction the club were going in, without realising why.Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
Was Watkins the trialist who played 2nd half?
TBH I am just glad I've got a footie team to support.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
Like every team in the league, we are skint, relying on wealthy owners who have had a rough time during the pandemic.
I think we will be ok this year, as many are worse off, but its difficult to see us challenging the teams just down from the Prem, who have their parachute payments.
I think we will be OK, and I welcome any youngsters that play whatever the reasoning, but the narrative coming out of the club, in my opinion anyway, seemed to suggest that there would be a focus on youth etc, and I found that to be like a politicians lie tbh, selling it as something they had planned to do, when let's be honest it's been forced on them. Mick is here cos he can work with a small budget, and the small budget is why we will see youth, not because the club all of a sudden decided that was our new direction. Plenty on here seemed to fall for it getting excited about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Former Labour leader
Looked like himQuote:
Originally Posted by Former Labour leader
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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
Poor sod might get 4 years.
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Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
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Originally Posted by City123
I don't doubt cost reduction in both fees and wages is a major factor in the way the club is going, but I don't share your cynicism that it is the only reason for bringing more u23 players into the first team squad and match-day team.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
The excitement about the current generation of youth players has been reported for 2-3 years, and some of them have finally matured into potential first team members. First Harris and then McCarthy have shown a willingness to give them a chance. Not consistently I grant you, and the expansion of the bench to deal with Covid pressures has made it easier to include younger players on a match-day, but I think the break through of Bagan, Harris, Sang, Brown and Colwill is down to their ability as much as their price tag. The same is probably true of the next 4-5 to come off the conveyor belt: Evans, Patten, Bowen, Davies or whoever finally makes it.
All clubs would prefer to grow their own talent rather than rely just on buying it in (need to do both). Unless you think the lads now making the step up are not good enough (and all of them will have to learn on the job) then it is something we should celebrate. It is a strength for the club not a weakness.
Its all about opinions bruvQuote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
For whatever reason the focus will be on youth and i for one will be happy uf we can get three or four in and around the starting eleven if it means managing our debt not increasing it and operating within our means.Quote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
I'm happy to see youth get a chance, I'm also happy if we can be more sustainable, my point was that it has only really come about because we have a decreased budget due to parachute payments and other reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by stan butler
That's not me slating it or being negative, it's just seeing it for what it is. I don't think it's a bad thing, I'm just not fooled by the clubs spin on it.
The 'boss' has confirmed on the match thread that the trialist was Marley Watkins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Former Labour leader
Unfortunately he came on in the 2nd half, playing in a weaker team. He did very little that I could see.