STFC Transfer Rumours

[Panda Paws]

He'd be mad to stay. If his agent is even half decent, he'll be on 10x his current wage with a 3 year deal in the championship. If he's here, it's a catastrophic failure on his part.

[Legends-Lounge]

He'd be mad to stay. If his agent is even half decent, he'll be on 10x his current wage with a 3 year deal in the championship. If he's here, it's a catastrophic failure on his part.

To stay he’d need new owners and a new manager that would match his expectations playing wise and salary wise. The chances at the mo of the stars aligning are somewhere between nil and fuck all. He will go.

[pauld]

To stay he’d need new owners and a new manager that would match his expectations playing wise and salary wise. The chances at the mo of the stars aligning are somewhere between nil and fuck all. He will go.

Sadly I think you're right. All other things being equal, i.e. club showing ambition, decent contract offer etc, I suspect he'd probably want to stay here. But if it's a choice between progress elsewhere or a shit contract and little prospect of the footballing side improving here, that's not much of a choice for anyone. Loyalty only stretches so far. And it's a two-way street.

[Quagmire]

I genuinely don’t think he’s good enough for the championship, he spends far to many games anonymous for me.

[Abrahammer]

I genuinely don’t think he’s good enough for the championship, he spends far to many games anonymous for me.

Tend to agree, certainly would struggle to even make the bench at the likes of Bournemouth or Brentford at the moment.

If a Championship club took a punt of him then they should loan him to a league 1 side for the season

[Legends-Lounge]

Sadly I think you're right. All other things being equal, i.e. club showing ambition, decent contract offer etc, I suspect he'd probably want to stay here. But if it's a choice between progress elsewhere or a shit contract and little prospect of the footballing side improving here, that's not much of a choice for anyone. Loyalty only stretches so far. And it's a two-way street.

With a short window of opportunity to capitalise on your talent.

[Crackity Jones]

I genuinely don’t think he’s good enough for the championship, he spends far to many games anonymous for me.

I am inclined to agree. In reality this is his first season of regular first team football.  In parts he has been great and made the difference; in parts he has gone missing and been a bit lightweight.  In thar respect (although a very different player) he reminds me of Matt Ritchie when he was first here. Next season is the big one for Twine and he could do with regular game time at league 1 level. Who that is with remains to be seen

[Panda Paws]

I think he'll go to Luton.

[Peter Venkman]

I genuinely don’t think he’s good enough for the championship, he spends far to many games anonymous for me.

Oh I agree totally, he has probably still more flaws in his game than plus points.

Flaws include he doesn't chase the ball enough, putting that little extra effort in where he should do, his defensive side is "almost" non existant, yes I am aware thats not part of the role he is currently playing but he is slow in tracking back and sometimes looks disinterested in doing so.

He goes to ground too easily when he has the ball at his feet and in decent positions around the edge of the box, it looks like he is trying to con the ref hence why so few of them are given his way. He has the ability to stay on his feet and keep the ball but too often he decided to go to ground under a challenge, when if he stayed on his feet the ref would probably give the decision to him and he would indeed win the free kick, ironically. Unless he really is not strong enough to stay on his feet int he first place in which case he needs to work on his strength.

He drifts out of games a lot and end us just watching the ball without actively seeking it from a team mate.

The plus points...

He takes a great free kick with power and precision.

His long passing is at times brilliant, finding teamates over 40+ yards.

The way he strikes a ball cleanly from distance with power and accuracy is a joy to behold, he can find space on the ball and unleash a long range shot that will more often than not trouble a keeper.

But all too often he wants an extra touch and loses the ball rather than relying on his obvious ability and unleash a shot, thats down to confidence I think.

As it stands Twine would be foolish in signing a new contract with us and he should probably chase the money at a higher level club, get some better coaching than he is currently getting and improve his game.

But currently for me he is not good enough for the Championship IMO but thats not to say he won't be good enough in a couple of years if he continues to impove at the rate he has this season.

[pauld]

I am inclined to agree. In reality this is his first season of regular first team football.  In parts he has been great and made the difference; in parts he has gone missing and been a bit lightweight.  In thar respect (although a very different player) he reminds me of Matt Ritchie when he was first here.

Given Ritchie went on to establish himself at both Championship and then Premier League level, doesn't that kind of undermine your agreement with the original point that he isn't good enough for the Championship? Unless you meant "not ready yet but could be with more game time"?

[Jimmy HaveHave]

Playing alongside better players and working with better coaches would enhance his talent.

[Crackity Jones]

Given Ritchie went on to establish himself at both Championship and then Premier League level, doesn't that kind of undermine your agreement with the original point that he isn't good enough for the Championship? Unless you meant "not ready yet but could be with more game time"?

I meant not ready yet. As I said in my original post he needs more game time at league 1 level. A move to a championship club would see him more on the bench rather than a regular starter in my opinion

[DiV]

The best solution for (almost) everyone would be for him to leave & come back on a season long loan.

[Shrivvy Road]

Wherever he goes to though will probably want him to play league 1 football

[Power to people]

I don't think he is ready for Championship but I'm sure clubs are looking at him and seeing him as one for the future as the boy does have talent, sadly since heh as been back at stfc he has been let down by being in a poor team and playing under a poor manager that would have no clue how to improve him.

Brentford have a good reputation of bringing through young players and then selling them on for big bucks.

I hope the tribunal will add in a decent sized sell on clause, as under the right manager I think he has talent to potentially play in the prem in a few years time.