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At Swindon on trial.

36 now, but very experienced. Might do a job for a season?

is he the french dude with the long hair who used to play for leicester??

He's a defensive midfielder, which requires less pace, more guile, so i'm not too concerned with his age. Plenty of experience in the CCC, a decent potential signing imo

Another Sturrock old boy.

Even Sturrock leaving won't stop us signing his oldies :D

Still, could be a decent signing depending on his fitness levels, althought that would have been better if we'd been able to take him to Austria for that.

Nallis.
Who the fuck is Nallis.

:)

36 years old, but played 40 odd games last season. Not exactly a long term buy, but certainly has the pedigree and I guess beggars can't be choosers

Genius! We have a song for him already!

awesome.

premiership then fulham let him go
timlin is his name and he likes to run the show
we ve got him for 3 years and hes playing next door to nalis

nalis who the fuck is nalis

:) @ Mex.

Hope it catches on.

Gypooooooooooooooo!!

Good player imo same type of player to prutton at leeds

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace
Christian Roberts went down on Nallis

("Who the fck" mrkII - just a different verse)

Oh we don't where we're going
or if we're going up
maybe in the plays offs
or get some magic in the cup
but we're gonna be right here,
for Swindon Town and Nalis

Nalis, Nalis, who the fuck is Nalis

good player.


stop apoligising for the things you've never done
his hair's not short, it looks uncool
but it's up to him to change
the hair of nalis.

Nalis could certainly do a job for us in the holding midfield role.He's got the pedigree,let's hope
he's still got the desire.

The Plmuff fans seem sad at letting him go, they say he has the desire, and pretty much of the fitness to continue, sounds a more promising player than Maher to me.

Read a comment on one of their sites saying his legs seem to go a bit towards the end of last season, but that he is more than capable at this levelm, an possibly still at CCC level (but not week in week out for the full 90).

One assume that Timlin and Easton would get most of the games in CM anyway, so even if he isn't quite as mobile as he used to he'll be fine.

Work with a Leicester fan. He sdays he has a decent shot on him- but is slow and strolls around in midfield for long spells.

Mind you- the Plymouth fans opinions are probably more valid as that is where he has been more recently

that was a perfectly sensible post - well done Bart

  Think Bart is getting more subtle in his put downs.....slow and strolls around is the key. This sort of thing is anathema to the average English football fan.

 Personally think we are wasting our time here...not good.

I hope the lack of action in the transfer market doesn't make us get all desperate but this move seems to reek of desperation

He might be 36...but he's still better than Pook.

That's my line!

if he is fit then a good short term signing i reckon

I wouldn't say it's desperation at all, after all MM he checking him out first by giving him a trial as opposed to signing him outright.

MM seems to have a very clear idea about what sort of player he wants and I do not think that any snap decisions will be made. Going by what I have heard he could turn out to be great in L1 for a year or even 2 anyway.

Sorry...but it's a very valid point !!!

I think a trial is a good idea. Players don't always do well at every club they play for.

Interesting.

When I lived in Plymouth he was the only player I was seemed to see out-and-about - always with his family. He was very highly regarded at Plymouth, got a good send off etc... I don't see anything wrong with a 6 month/season contract.

We've got a young squad so a bit of experience in the midfield area will be a great addition for us.

Nallis could play the sitting back midfield role which would let Timlin/Easton get forward, obviously it depends on if Nallis get's picked in the first place.

http://www.pasoti.co.uk/talk/viewtopic.php?t=20780&highlight=nalis (http://www.pasoti.co.uk/talk/viewtopic.php?t=20780&highlight=nalis)

I just listened to his interview on t'official site and he came accross very well. In fact, I would offer him a two year deal on the basis of that interview alone.

Seriously (It was a very good interview though). Although I hate jumping on band wagons (very bad idea from a health and safety perspective apart from anything else) I can't help but wonder if maybe, just maybe, the numpties on thisis have a point about Malpas not being able to attract players to the club. I prefer to think that the club are operating in a transfer market which has been horribly inflated due to certain clubs (and there are still plenty around in spite of what as happened at Rotherham, Luton etc) spending silly money (money they may well not have) on players who really aren't worth a piss in the wind and that in the end, Fitton and Malpas will have been proved right and hailed as football geniuses...

..it would be scary if the numpties were right though :eek:

Everything i've seen about him over various forums seems positive. Maybe Malpas does want to sign him but just wants him to prove his fitness for a week or two before doing so.

The Numpties on thisis won't even give credit to MM for the signing of Cox and wee Macca.

They signed when MM WAS manager (Along with Kanyuka and Timlin), and so their logic is null and void.

Yeah apparently they were Sturrock's signings.

Cox, McNamee, Kanuyka, Timlin, Amwanker.

Nalis sounds ok....I would have thought we'd be after an attacking midfielder because the likes of Easton, Peacock and Timlin all do well on the defensive side of things....but then maybe if we did have Nalis holding the others could get forward.

Sounds like a decent enough short term stop gap.

"The Numpties on thisis won't even give credit to MM for the signing of Cox and wee Macca.

They signed when MM WAS manager (Along with Kanyuka and Timlin), and so their logic is null and void."

No fair Bangkok - the thisis forum, just like this one, has some posters who rate Malpas and some who don't, and even more in between. Just because a few won't give Malpas any credit you should'n't lump us all together.

By the way - nalis would be a good signing IMO

If Dennis Wise would have followed this logic we'd have signed Chris McPhee - a new manager can demand "my house - my rules". Malpas went with advice, sold the new era to the players and they joined.

Cox could've have easily joined a more stable (at the time) Northampton.

Yes but the perception is that (apart from Amwanker) he hasn't actually gone out and got anyone The players that have come in were already set up for him.

Anywhoo, I'm not going to go on about or I'll sound like a fucking thisis numpty (is that the correct singular of numties?) It's just that when I read about Nalis my first thought was,'Ooooh, Maurice is running short of ideas..I wonder who he could have been talking to???'

My second thought I have to add, was 'Hmmmmm..Nalis could do a good job for us'

Sorry, what do you mean? I'm a bit thick like.

(If I remember accurately) Chris McPhee had an offer in place from Onuora but the change of manager killed the deal ... at least McPhee was still begging for a contract after Iffy was sent packing.

So, if Wise had followed the previous regime we would have had Chris McPhee in the ranks.

Now I doubted myself - Hmm.

You'd have to be a right muppet to turn down such signings though. Anyway, Sturrock brought in all his old boys, you may equally say that he had a tough time attracting anyone new to the club (that's not my point of view, more me playing devil's advocate).

I like the old Maurice attitude test and I don’t think it’s a case of him struggling to attract players more the lack of movement in the transfer market.

There’s definitely a lot less players out of contract this summer and after the shenanigans of recent seasons where a lot of clubs were turning over players right, left and centre many appear to be getting little more prudent in retaining players on slightly longer contracts.

Mulgrew was a kick in the tits and Maher was just down to petulance on his behalf but I have to agree if the attitude isn’t there then sack them off and move on.

Aside from the above, out of interest can anyone pull a few a names from their clacker valve that would have fit the criteria that potentially we should of or could have signed over the summer?

Sam Parkin

sol davis :D

oh yes

That ol' Davis rumour has vanished now.

Nalis would be a really signing.

He scored a mint goal v Leeds a few years ago didn't he.

nalis can sling them home from range.

we're clearly after a left back, i dont understand why we dont have a proper dig at davis, he's presumably available at a cut-price and would do a sterling job, again providing a touch of experience, not to mention bite, to a young kind've lightweight side.

I'd love to have someone in midfield who can crack a decent shot from 20 yards, we seem to be missing that at the moment.

ian woan-styleeee  :D

ian woan was fucking ace in that one season we had him. Scored from corners for fun. Shame he was getting on a bit really. Still, probably the most technically gifted player we've had for a long time.

i loved ian woan, i was so gutted when he went. didnt he end up in MLS?

I think he swapped between MLS and Shrewsbury or someone random.

Reading other forums it seems he would be a handy addition now all we need is a right and left winger and a left back.

Personally i would like to see someone up front to come in and get on the end of those crosses but i can see it is wise to see how paynter does and see how corrs fitness is come january then see if we need one.

Imagine Akifewa on the end of mcnamee's crosses.

Problem is Akifewa is so fat and slow he would never catch up - byt the time he was in the box the ball would be back at the halfway line  ;D

You cant really tell with a player like this.

Every manager has to be allowed one summer panic buy just to cover themselves for bods if things dont work out on deadline day. Sturrocks last season was Kaid Mohammed. Wise had Royce Brownlie.

Lets just hope that Nallis's first goal is as memorable as Brownlie's

Exactly. Fair play to Wise he didnt make many bad signings. I suppose it is a bit unfair to put Nalis in the unknown category, but he is old and he does seem very keen on a contract. And who wouldnt, this is STFC after all. Ahem. Sturrock also had Steve Adams (crap).

Andy Kings best example was Darren Dykes. God to think I was once excited enough about Tony Thorpe and Gareth Whalley to go to a friendly at Buckingham Town!!!

Undisputed Fuhrer of the stocking filler signings would have to be Colin Todd who managed to asembled an entire squad of these players! Remarkable achievement.

Lilian Nalis, Plymouth player of the year for the 2006-7 season, destined to be Swindon player of the year for the 2008-9.


Lilian Nalis anagram of  "I Slain In All".

And he's now signed for a year!

Good good.

Top bombing  O0

good.

goody

my dad is deeply excited and has managed to stop whinging that this season is going to be the worst ever etc etc like he does every year

He doesn't hang out on "thisis" does he? Or I might have spent most of the last few days callng him a moaning old cunt.

my dad struggles with Emails and texts to be honest - he uses me for forum gossip!!

He should get on there if he likes on good whinge, there's a real group of old buggers finding the dark cloud in every silver lining.

Im a bit of a refugee from thisis myself.  Sick to death of posters who seem to think MM is on a par with beelzebub just because he doesn't come across well in interviews and 14 year olds talking about their wanking socks.

whats wrong with wanking socks

Tissues are far more hygenic. 

socks are more durable. a wank tissue would just disintergrate

Maybe you're right.  Probably more ecologically sound as well.  Except the enviromental damage done due to the excessive washing it would need.

Oh for fucks sake.  I came over here to get away from this bullshit!

Anyway, very pleasd with Nalis signing on.  Looked a class above everyone else on tuesday until he tired around the 70th minute.

A few on here would probably like to wank into one of Nalis' footie sock you know.

Well he does have nice hair, but not my type.

3 pairs of socks primark £1.Andrex 2 rolls £1.49... No brainer

Do you need a whole roll?

i can imagine nallis becoming a cult favourite this season.

He's got a sexy name

and a sexy mane

I hope so - Many Plymouth fans were adamant he could still do a good job in the Championship. Both the Devon lot and Leicester hold him in high regard.

He is no Paul Smith or any other oldie in need for a contract somewhere... I'm sure Nalis didn't need to join Swindon, he wanted to... I'm not worried by his age at all... He could prove very important.