Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
He'll be the third James Collins to play for the club, after Welsh International James 'Ginge' Collins and Jimmy Collins, a forward to play for us in the late 1930s. We've had two Ken Jones' too, and 2 Eddie Jenkins' and 2 Ray Daniel, and 2 Kevin Lloyds, 2 John Williams'.
But there's only one Peter Whittingham!
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
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cardiff55
He'll be the third James Collins to play for the club, after Welsh International James 'Ginge' Collins and Jimmy Collins, a forward to play for us in the late 1930s. We've had two Ken Jones' too, and 2 Eddie Jenkins' and 2 Ray Daniel, and 2 Kevin Lloyds, 2 John Williams'.
But there's only one Peter Whittingham!
How many Schwinkendorfs have we had?
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
This pushes Watters even further down the queue. For a reported £1m signing, he could have an incredibly short-lived career at the City.
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
Don't know a lot about him, I suppose he will replace Glatzel in the back up role. Unless Moore is sold which is possible.
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
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LeningradCowboy
Which younger players?
Watters and Harris. Feels a bit odd giving Harris a contract extension then signing Collins.
But thinking about this a bit further, this season beat the crap out of Kieffer, the type of player he his must be exhausting and he looked shattered by the end. Having Collins to ease the burden is quite smart, and for a free seems like good business.
You wouldn’t play him and kieffer in the same team so he probably doesn’t impact watters and harris that much
So yeah I’m on board
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
I think it's a very shrewd signing.
He could be a ready-made like-for-like replacement for Kieffer should he leave, or provide back up and support to ease the burden that Kieffer has been carrying throughout this season.
My worry is that the board will be more easily swayed to let Kieffer go.
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
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uncle bob
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Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
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Kitman
Watters and Harris. Feels a bit odd giving Harris a contract extension then signing Collins.
But thinking about this a bit further, this season beat the crap out of Kieffer, the type of player he his must be exhausting and he looked shattered by the end. Having Collins to ease the burden is quite smart, and for a free seems like good business.
You wouldn’t play him and kieffer in the same team so he probably doesn’t impact watters and harris that much
So yeah I’m on board
I agree.
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
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Kitman
Watters and Harris. Feels a bit odd giving Harris a contract extension then signing Collins.
But thinking about this a bit further, this season beat the crap out of Kieffer, the type of player he his must be exhausting and he looked shattered by the end. Having Collins to ease the burden is quite smart, and for a free seems like good business.
You wouldn’t play him and kieffer in the same team so he probably doesn’t impact watters and harris that much
So yeah I’m on board
Looking at his stats in a bit more detail, he's not an exact replica of Moore.
Doesn't win a particularly high number of aerials (could also be down to the way Luton play), drops deeper, works very hard in pressing - I don't think playing both of them is out of the question.
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
he's on board
he's a bluebird
have it
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Rjk
I love old style messageboards like that
Great quote player I like :
Great player for the TOWN
Abiding memory...Portsmouth at home- night game. snow....he cleared from a Portsmouth corner...and chased it to the halfway line to stop them coming back...
What a player!!!!
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life on mars
Great quote player I like :
Great player for the TOWN
Abiding memory...Portsmouth at home- night game. SNOW ....he cleared from a Portsmouth corner...and chased it to the halfway line to stop them coming back...
What a player!!!!
Definitely not Derby :hehe:
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
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Rjk
I love old style messageboards like that
makes you grateful to have a dynamic messageboard like this :thumbup::thumbup:
Re: James Collins - Signing agreed
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Originally Posted by
Kitman
Watters and Harris. Feels a bit odd giving Harris a contract extension then signing Collins.
But thinking about this a bit further, this season beat the crap out of Kieffer, the type of player he his must be exhausting and he looked shattered by the end. Having Collins to ease the burden is quite smart, and for a free seems like good business.
You wouldn’t play him and kieffer in the same team so he probably doesn’t impact watters and harris that much
So yeah I’m on board
I hope we won't play him and Keiffer in the same team unless we're chasing the game, but you never know with the way we've played the game for the last seven seasons.
I also hope that he doesn't become our first choice if we sell Keiffer. He looks a good signing as a back up for Keiffer, but I'm not sure about a direct replacement for him, but it seems like a clear drop in standards if he was our first choice striker next season.