Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

With his contract up in the summer I'm sure he's after more than the club just triggering his year extension, his agent is doing his job!

Proven in Scotland and now has quite a few games under his belt for us.

I wouldn't be too bothered to see him go or stay as a back-up as CB or LB.

I don't see him as a starter next season or at a Left Wing Back though... no no no.

[dml1954]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

Out of interest, I had a look at the details of the team in Belgium that are supposed to be interested in Brown (K V Oostende) and then a look at the league set up in the country. I wish I hadn't to be honest because I have never come across a more weird and complicated set up. At the end of the regular league season the top four teams have a play off for the Championship title for which they carry forward some points from the regular season and there is then also an additional league set up for qualification to the Europa League, where extra games are played and teams from other divisions can take part. Oostende appear to be in the Europa League qualification league this year and the have only played 3 games so far, winning one and losing two but have a total of 30 points !! If you look at how the league systems and play offs work on Wikipedia, it is absolutely totally baffling. I have no idea how the fans or clubs know what is going on. Thank god for the pyramid system in UK.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

Out of interest, I had a look at the details of the team in Belgium that are supposed to be interested in Brown (K V Oostende) and then a look at the league set up in the country. I wish I hadn't to be honest because I have never come across a more weird and complicated set up. At the end of the regular league season the top four teams have a play off for the Championship title for which they carry forward some points from the regular season and there is then also an additional league set up for qualification to the Europa League, where extra games are played and teams from other divisions can take part. Oostende appear to be in the Europa League qualification league this year and the have only played 3 games so far, winning one and losing two but have a total of 30 points !! If you look at how the league systems and play offs work on Wikipedia, it is absolutely totally baffling. I have no idea how the fans or clubs know what is going on. Thank god for the pyramid system in UK.

We’re all experts on the Belgian play off system on here - Loramski explained it to us a few years back (see the Velikonja thread or his loan reports).

[Cyncoed Slumdog]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

We’re all experts on the Belgian play off system on here - Loramski explained it to us a few years back (see the Velikonja thread or his loan reports).

Isn't everybody an expert on everything on this board?

[chris lee]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

This thread is pretty embarrassing to be honest, the lad has just had his first breakthrough into the first team since joining us at 19 years old, he only has had 12 appearances and done a good job in those games.

We talk about bringing people through, and giving our younger players a chance, he is very early days and looks like a good prospect, and we have people writing him off because he is not Van Dyke yet.
If you are not prepared to give players a chance to learn and develop at our club.. then you have no right to moan when it was the other extreme under previous managers.

in answer to the original post, I hope he does not go, looks like a good prospect for us in the long term young for a defender and I can fully understand why other clubs would be looking at him.

[surge]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

I'm yet to be convinced that he's capable of playing in team winning promotion from the Championship and/or making step up to the Premier League, but I don't think City are anywhere close to that next year and won't be until at least 2022-2023.

Is he capable of helping us steal points to ensure safety next year as we bring players through and transition a post-Warnock team? I think so based on performances against Brentford away - much more recent evidence than Eric's.

If we keep all our defensive options I'd say Morrison and Nelson were best defenders and then you could rotate the third man based on whether you want ball-playing ability (Pack), a threat in opposition box (Flint) or left-footed player for balance (Brown).

But how far have Celtic fallen if they're considering Brown so early in the summer and so high up their list? He's still got a lot of work to do on his game.

[Rjk]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

This thread is pretty embarrassing to be honest, the lad has just had his first breakthrough into the first team since joining us at 19 years old, he only has had 12 appearances and done a good job in those games.

We talk about bringing people through, and giving our younger players a chance, he is very early days and looks like a good prospect, and we have people writing him off because he is not Van Dyke yet.
If you are not prepared to give players a chance to learn and develop at our club.. then you have no right to moan when it was the other extreme under previous managers.

in answer to the original post, I hope he does not go, looks like a good prospect for us in the long term young for a defender and I can fully understand why other clubs would be looking at him.

yes fair point

[surge]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

yes fair point

Isn't he similar age to Semi Ajayi when Ajayi joined Rotherham and started the improvements which had several on here calling his departure a mistake earlier in the season?

[billy.ronson]

Re: Ciaron Brown in demand this summer!

Resign him , cheaper than having to replace him I suspect