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It seems he didn't feature in the matchday squad at all yesterday:

http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/09/05/europe/uefa-u21-championship/northern-ireland-u21/scotland-under-21/2021341/

I thought he was injured?

No thats Kevin

I'm a bad fan....

Any new on his latest absence from squads?? As somebody mentioned in another thread it's hard to see how he's not getting on the bench ahead of Iandolo!!

I thought it was said that he was injured as well

Not injured. According to ASD the club are taking it slowly with him.

Fuck knows why when they are happy enough to chuck BOO, Iandolo and Brophy in and around the match day squad.

I think most fans are anxious to see him play and it does seem strange why he is given the Lord Lucan treatment

Really need to let the kid play. From what I've seen he could be a game changer so is ideal to give 10-15 minutes to if nothing else.

Is it possible that extra money may have to be paid for appearances before January or something? Could be trying to save some money

Would have thought it would have been a few more than 1, though!

I know this may be a bit left-field but perhaps, maybe, they just don't think he's ready yet?.....

Nah, silly me.

You're probably right, but that hasn't stopped them playing others that obviously not ready - BOO, Barry and Brophy plus Iandolo

Yeah, the not ready card isn't really viable when Iandolo is getting in squads ahead of him. He's got decent experience with Glentoran & has played in qualifiers for European club comps so surprised we haven't seen more of him yet!! Him being injured would be a logical explanation but I hadn't read anywhere that he was.

Could be he has nowhere to play when using wing-backs?

Yeah, he's def an out & out winger from the clips I've seen of him. Gotta wonder why he's not on the bench as a potential game changer though. & if he's supposedly not ready get him out on loan so he's getting some experience elsewhere.

Simplistic way of looking at it. No reason why he couldn't function where Gladwin has been the last couple of games, in front of a solid two in the middle. Supply the front two and shoot on site.

Simplist way of looking at is is assuming he can just play that role without ever seeing him play there. We been on a bad run and need results, I am sure if good enough he will be playing.

He's come from part time football. How long was it before Gladwin made an appearance?

He's featured already though, he had 30 mins against Millwall, so it's odd that he hasn't featured at all since, not even making the bench. I wonder if he's still a bit unsettled?

Or just a bit poo?

Or that

The day he signed wasnt it?

Ojamma looked twice the player on YouTube and look how that's turned out.

The kid probably just looks shit in training

I heard a bit of an interview with him on wiltshire sound on saturday. Said he as been away for international duty for 2 weeks and looking forward to forcing himself back into the squad through training hard. Im guessing someone will be able to say more or find a link.

Why jump in with a sensible explanation when the fantasies are running wild. Pfft

I heard he sells crack to kids, that's why he's out at the moment.

He shit in Power's slippers, so he's doing 3 weeks in the salt mines as penance

They've both been left out, so I can only guess he's traumatised after finding out Fabien Robert is actually his brother

It's probably not been noticed with recent events....but there's been a major crisis in Norn Island.

Clearly Jordan has been in the forefront of the restoration of Power sharing. Who now shares half his time with Stormont.

Cost us taxpayers a few bob, mind.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/17/northern-ireland-power-sharing-saved

That would be fucking big news to Robert. Excuse my French ;)

I've heard it ain't all that.

So, no reason not to give him a run out!

That is too much to tolerate. Leaving one slipper out is bad, but both of them? Castrate the evil little slipper abuser!

Do people really still wear slippers? Not for me, thank you.

Apparently there is a massive drop in people buying (and therefore presumably wearing) slippers. I do though, they're a necessity.

My missus bought me slippers nearly 3 years ago now and I love them! Slippers are for winners.

Who doesn't want warm feet.

Got my tartan ones on now, lovely stuff

So what's on yer feet when you're indoors - there's no slipper alternative

I think its an age thing.  I used to be a sleep naked, never wear slipper type of guy.  Can live without my slippers and pyjamas now.

I am very sexy.

I have (usually) cold tile floors in my apartment. Slippers are a must.

Bare foot or socks.

Slippers are a basic necessity of life. I can wear flip flops in summer when it's otherwise sweaty but...

Just the one?

Slippers for me too.

The slipper question needs to rank alongside the cheese question. Maybe that explains Lingy's influence? He must be a slipper and cheddar guy. Obviously forgot to pack them for the Fleetwood trip.

I've not worn slippers since I was a kid, but I have got some new socks on today that don't have elastic in them and I found myself raving about how comfortable they are. Definitely getting old when that sort of thing becomes important enough to say out loud!

I pretty much live in slippers.

Are they 30 foot long?

3 bedroom slippers

Bare feet at home for me, or flip flops if the floor is cold.

Half Man Half Biscuit were absolutely right.

About Westward Ho! ?

About Nerys Hughes?

A riot tonight?

I prefer Len Ganley

What a let down!

There is nothing better in life that writing on the sole of your slipper with a biro on a saturday night instead of going to the pub!

When you have underfloor heating, slippers become redundant...

Do all you old fashioned slipper wearers wear socks with them? And do your slippers have backs or no backs?

Yes and with a back

Yes and backless.

Socks and backless for me. Although they tend to slip off a lot as I have wood floors downstairs. Thinking of upgrading to backed slippers.

No socks, with a back

Backless, no socks.

backless, and mostly sockless as they're a first-thing-in-the-morning choice, my feet get too hot wearing socks and slippers.

This.

I refuse to take part in this shoddy effort of a survey.

 :nerner:

Shoddy, or in my case neither stockinged nor shod.

Back on topic, I saw JS testing out some golf clubs in Sports Direct yesterday.

Maybe he's angling for a new career as a golfer?

Just taking advantage of our new training ground

These ones?

You can rest assured that if he's buying his golf gear in Sports Direct then he is no golfer.

Anyone half decent at golf would probably not be too concerned where they got their kit from  ;)

Scored 2 in a development game today, a game in which Kevin Stewart also played.

I was given a Pringle sweater as a present ,years back.
Never wore it and the nearest i have ever got to playing golf was on the pitch and putt in Moredon.

So if Kev Stewart comes back into the fold do we need to leave out another loan player ala Wes Thomas?

Thus it was written: There shalt be no more than 5 loan players in the match day squad.

So yes.

Doubt he'll be ready before the window opens, and I'm sure they'll get the loanee situation sorted as soon as.

v Bristol Rovers. Sounds like he had a decent game:

http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/article/reserves-lose-to-swindon-town-2852953.aspx (http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/article/reserves-lose-to-swindon-town-2852953.aspx)

I dont think he will feature until the new year once Louis goes back.

Scores a deflected shot and penalty.

He'll struggle to get into our strikeforce of Vardy and Messi then.

Oh wait.

Shit the bed, we must be good.

They all count..

Probably be called a useless twat by some if the shot had deflected past the post, and the penalty saved..

True-dat.

Heading back to Glentoran on loan, apparently.

It had crossed my mind that a loan might be good but his homesickness could be a problem. I didn't think of him going back to Glentoran though.

As good as he *might* be, seems all the more like a pointless signing now.

Happy to be proven wrong, of course.

I think that he *might* be good is the entire point of the signing.

Yeah, I kinda understand why teams sign players..

Although, I'm not entirely why we signed Benyon.

It's disappointing for everyone concerned.

He's only going out on loan, it happens all the time in football. Perhaps, maybe, they genuinely just want him to get some games for match fitness?

All I'm saying is, with the shennanigans, it seems to be a pointless signing... Again, could be wrong.

I've not bought the club's line of bedding him in slowly. We've been quite happy to have Iandolo on the bench, who must be at the same stage of development or even behind. Stewart was paid for, Iandolo a free transfer triallist. Homesickness, disciplinary issues? Who knows. A shame because the clips we saw of him looked promising.

Not really a lot of difference to the Louis situation. We get a potentially good player for the future. They get to keep his services for a bit longer and develop him further.

Or in fact Gladwin, bigger teams buy off smaller teams and then loan out for experience, may have made more sense to try and loan out to day D4 but may also help to alleviate any homesickness and allow the lad to get a little older.

Still disappointing we haven't seen him. It surely wasn't the intention to buy him and loan him back.

But got to do what's right and hope time gets him back on track. No point in freezing him out of football for the duration of his contract.

Very disappointing he's going back to NI. A move to L2 would have been far better for his career development imo & would have alleviated the rumours of homesickness in doing so.

What the fuck is going on with this kid? If he's fit & available put the cunt on the bench. If he's injured or out of favour let us fuckers know!!!

Yeah it is odd he couldn't even get on an unfull bench. And what happened to Pino? He must be gone as well.

Just listened to interviews with Power and Williams

Stewart - had trouble settling into professional football, not just homesickness. Needs to 'show it' every day - hope he can as its easy not to make it . I paraphrase Williams there, but you get the gist.

Pino - Power believes he's physically left the club. They aren't going to pursue him, change of manager blah blah.

Couple of other bits I'll add to the transfer rumours page.

Sounds like a confidence thing with Stewart, cant be easy going from part time, and a day job, to a pro where you potentially have 20 hours a day to kill. He's only young so plenty of time.

Confidence or attitude. No idea which. Hopefully it can be sorted whatever.

So Jordan Stewart isn't ready to even sit on the bench but a 16 tear old first year apprentice is? And when said 16 year old  comes on he does his best and grabs his chance by being positive. Much the same as Stewart did in a no win situation at Millwall but hasn't been given opportunity to do since. Is he actually still even there or like Traore is he dealing with stuff elsewhere?

Turnbull obviously travelled to Vale but then not risked. Surely it was worth the likes of Tom Smith being there? Have the youth team got no centre halves? Chances of Nathan Thompson suffering yet another injury seem pretty high to me surely had to be worth some sort of cover. Its all very well saying you want a small tight knit squad but not when you obviously don't have sufficient cover in key positions.

Sadly due to a combination of factors, we're back to looking like a rudderless ship heading for the rocks, 2 of the next 4 we've ColU away and Blackpool home, I'm writing off anything from Priestfield and London Road. The 2 v fellow relegation candidates require at least 4 points, otherwise things could get nasty...

Doesn't sound to me like he's over impressed Williams in training, to the extent that he'd rather have a 16 year old on the bench in preference.

Nothing against Young mind.

Different players develop differently. There's not an age chart you can mark off and say "Right, now you're 18, you will be here". Bit fatuous to make these kinds of comparisons, really. They're just different players/people

Torn his cartilage and 'done' his MCL, whatever one of those is. According to the man himself on twitter.

Out till at least after christmas i should think

MCL - Medial Cruciate Ligament?

!!!DENY ALL INTERNATIONAL CALL-UPS!!!!

The fact that he linked up with Norn Iron injured was baffling (I'm sure I read that somewhere).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_collateral_ligament apparently

That would be the one.
I've had a couple. Extremely painful, but in theory he could return to training within a week. Really depends.

Looks like he could be playing in the development game tomorrow.

Our prayers have been answered.

I've still not seen him play. sounded like he was coming into a bit of form and had knuckled down before the injury

Stewart and Young. Both could be very useful if we continue to play wide forwards/Murray as a support striker. On Saturday, there was no way to replace Iandolo but with putting Norris on. Young is reportedly naturally a wide striker, Stewart is built like one.

he's alive, aliiiiiiiiiiiiive

in the walking dead 'stiffs' squad (rebranded to 'development squad')

TOWN STARTING XI | Henry; Barry, Rossi-Branco (C), Hathaway, Spalding; Georgaklis, Evans, Ouldridge, Young; Stewart, Norris.

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