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I dunno, what do you reckon? Sounds like he could be decent once he gets fully fit. Does this mean Ince has knocked us back or are we still in the hunt?

Hopefully we still have enough funds/space to squeeze Ince in, but we now do have: Wise, Poyet, Whalley, Pook, Weston and Evans to fill that centre midfield role....Granted, Wise and Poyet wont play that often, but that still leaves us with 4 other centre mids....Plus other players like Gurney, Platt etc can play there too....

Evans needs to improve his fitness first and foremost, he looked very fat against Reading.

If we are to sign Ince then i think Poyet wont feature at all this season and Wise will only play if desperate.
Whalley is out for 2 months at least don't forget.

Once Evans gets himself up to finess the way the rest of the team have then he could be a decent signing.

To me this spells the end of any hope to sign Ince, which is a shame obviously.

Ince will be brought in, but only in a coaching role!FACT 8)

But he's stated he wants to play this season. Ergo, TOSH 8)

i think Ince is on his way tbh. looks an OK signing but he does need to get fitter. looked average against the plastic scum

On his way where Rich??? He's obviously on his way somewhere isn't he???

Evans has a decent pedigree and is defo the sort of thing we need, but he looked way short of fitness on Saturday......could be Gareth Whalley mark 2.

wise will get him fit and i hope he will be a usefull addition to the squad..its good that we are starting to get cover in this area as it is definatly a area where we have suffered for a long time now

still need another wide man imo

That's an understatement. He got done several times - not just for pace but for sharpness on the ball - and badly needs to get fit.

I'm not convinced this is a good signing. Reckon he'll spend most of the season in the reserves to be honest.

 I was hoping that Whalley would get fit, but with some of these journeymen, the years of getting kicked and accumulating injuries finally catches up with them, and they can't do any better.....which is why they go from higher divisions commanding fees to being in L2 on frees.

   As the manager at STFC, you're limited by finance to gamble on this type, at least its only a year.

 :soapy tit wank: here of course

Not bad, not bad at all.

Fat and experienced like that one Rooney liked to nobble.

In all seriousness it’s another experienced head and another addition to the squad.  If he can get himself back to a level he was at before he was injured then we’ll be laughing.

Thanks for the clarification!

I'm surprised they signed Evans so quickly. I would have expected them to spend two weeks getting him somewhere vaguely resembling match fit before making a decision.

I noticed on Sat that he is a talker and was trying to organise, which I feel is exactly what we need.....but you need a bit more than just that.

   Reminds me of when Gorman signed Fuckwit, because he was a good talker, recall him coming on v Newcastle...waddling around somewhere in front of the back four, holding conversations with any red shirts nearby like a housewife over the garden fence on washday...

 The Magpies just streamed past him Maradona style and set up chance after chance for Andrew Cole all of which he hilariously spurned, though the frame of the goal took a pounding.

Lose one welshie, get another one in.

tactically and ability wise he has obviously impressed both wise and poyet.and seeing how fit they have got the rest of the squad im confident they can get him fit

Classic Reg   :o made my lunch!

I think that when fully fit he will be a very good signing. Hes only played a handful of games in the last 12 months so theres a limit to how fit hes going to be straight away.  Look how different last seasons squad look fitness wise in a relatively short space of time.

not convinced by him......

how long is the deal, is it a year or is it short term like Fola's 3 months?

Who are you on about? Fenwick?

1 year

how old is he anyway?

31, 32 in September

he's 31.

not sure what to make of this, doesn't neccesarily mean the ince move is dead in the water although my first thoughts were that evans is the alternative to ince. i should imagine there's still some room in the wage budget for ince though.

regardless, once he gets fit i think he could be a good signing - he's got a good pedigree at this level, experienced and there's nothing to indicate he's lost his ability.

dont think he will play at all to be honest, a bit of a pointless signing.

No it isn't

There are a few dessenting voices in this thread.

I agree. I'm yet to be convinced. I saw him for the time he was on the pitch v Reading and thought he was a clueless cunt.

Like Wise said there will be injuries suspensions etc. we need cover, now we have it.

far from it sonic..very confident that this time on thursday ince will have signed

I know he didnt play very well on Saturday but you cant expect him to be putting in a MOTM performance considering it might have been his first pre season game for a while.

Exactly. Thought he was fairly poor on Sunday but clearly unfit too. I'll reserve judgement until he has had a  month at fat camp.

If Dennis wanted a short, fat, unifit midfielder (with a decent range of passing :D )I'm sure i'd have signed for less :|

He speaks highly of you though 8)

surely a short term prove yourself deal would have been better?

I suppose you could say that's what he's been given.

The signing hasn't got me shouting from the rooftops (for one, getting on the roof is too much like hard work). In fact, his appearance on saturday didn't exactly fill me with uncontrolable excitment. However, I have faith in Wise (& Poyet), and if he deems Evans worthy of a years contract, then I'm content.

Until he has a bad game :twisted: .

There's probably appearance fees in the contract, with the basic wage being reansonably low - if he proves himself then he gets paid accordingly. :shrug:

He's only had 45 mins in a pre-season friendly agains Prem opposition. How can you judge him on that?! His pedigree (just ask Brentford fans) is outstanding. We've got a coup on our hands here once he's fit... fact.

we said similiar things about Whalley this time last year though....

after his performance tonight, i can't deny his quality - he's got bundles of it.

Our best player tonight, quality.

looked good tonight .seems to be able to pick out a pass.big lukas impressed me as did ashan holgate when ge came on

Sounds from like what people have been saying that his quality passing and picking out through balls were a bit ian woan like. Oh and what was the score?

The descriptions so far are suggesting to me that he could be a 'Kevin Watson with attitude' type player.

Which is probably a good thing I would say.

In other words, a 'cultured' Darren Bullock or Scott Leitch.

Accurate or not? Help me out here :shock:

The words 'cultured' and 'Darren Bullock' next to each other. That's not right. I don't believe this player exists.

Vinnie Jones is what I'd call a cultured Bullock.

I'll never forget the goal he scored from the half way line for Brentford - I remember thinking 'I wish we had someone like that' - i.e. a player with bollocks.

Too late for Saturday?

A few of his goals.....

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/beesgoals/archive_9900/2507991.mpg

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/beesgoals/archive_9900/0210992.mpg

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/beesgoals/archive_9900/2808992.mpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UocKSBJCF7Q

he sounds pretty good. i reckon he could be a decent player for us this season