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I know some people mentioned that Trundle was in the directors' seats, was that wind-up or was he really there?  Fuck me that might mean we are going to sign him, no thanks!

Swansea fans seem confident hes returning to them.

Fingers crossed then!

Swansea fans have been confident of his return for months and months.

Signing him would suggest that Paolo Sousa has surrendered to fan pressure.

Ronald Biggs and Kenny Lynch were supposed to be in the director's box (Ronald Biggs probably a wind-up).  At 70, I think Kenny is a bit passed it and anyway would want to play for West Ham.

Bristol City are very amusing, slag Trundle off then try and loan him or sell him to get the wages bill down.  It would have been more sensible to keep quiet about the "Fat Farm" and just quietly send him out quietly, if he banged in a few they could just sell him.

Bristol City have without doubt made a mess of the Trundle issue. Why should we help them sort it out :) ?

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Maybe because we need him....all this claptrap that hes all washed up...how do people know untill we see him play..Cureton was shite here,left and scored bagfulls.....whats the big deal in giving him a chance.....nothing to lose if its a loan deal.

Thats the point though Leefer, Shitty have turned down our loan approach its a full transfer or nothing according to Johnson.

The thing we could lose is his (probably) pretty high wages every week if hes unfit/crap/lost interest/injured etc etc.

Tbf city fans say he would do a job and is not a lazy player at alll

Isnt that for DW to judge...me being a lorry driver i havnt seen him in training...havnt talked to him,i for one hope we get him...i can understand your views but you can say that about most players...most in Yorkshire thaught that Douglas was washed up and no good...he looks far from that.

He was definately there!

Your begining to sound like Shaggy now!

What Scooby doo Shaggy?

I wasn't there!

As you rightly say every player when he signs is a gamble and yes it is for DW to say if hes worth it or not, if he WANTS to sign for us and WANTS to play for us and not just collect his wage week in week out as a few of our current players seem to be then great bring him in by all means.

I am not actually anti Trundle at all but I do think that there may have been better targets out there for us but that has become pretty evident that there actually arent many good/cheap/available strikers out there.

Thats it...couldnt remember it.

Like him or not Trundle is a proven goal scorer at this level and if there is one thing we need right now it's someone who can score - unless we like 0-0 draws with shite teams

I've warmed to Trundle now and tbh I hope we get him. At the moment we are so devoid of any creativity that we are crying out for a player like him and he should certainly create and score a few. Also with him playing he will probably take the direct free kicks which means Timlin won't be whacking it into the wall anymore which can only be good.

To be fair i think Fitton and co took a big gamble with Cox.....i just feel with his past record and his style of play(lazy to some) if it payed of he would be good for us...not banging on about this but most Swansea fans would welome him back...they are certain hes going back there,lets hope its resolved sooner rather than later jjedmunds.

Sadly I came away yesterday..longing for a player who might be able to do something creative...I've always liked that sort of player even though they can be frustrating. I had hopes of McManatee last year, but he's now a shadow of the player he promised to be.

Christian Roberts was that type...and as someone else commented Macklin is a bit like him.  I don't think it any coincidence that we just fell away after he went off yesterday.

I think we're now reaching panic stations, so if it has to be Trundle...

Trundle was a great prospect three/four years ago, but he started to believe he was a superstar and got too big for his own boots, he has not shown his potential for a quite a while and I believe he never will again. He is not the option we are looking for especially when you take into the account the wages he would want to come to us.

Well i think he is exactly what we need

Have to agree.

Id love to have a player where all the opposition fans are on his back from KO.

He's a cheeky chappy, loves a bit of banter with the crowd.

As has been said before, Paynter is a fellow scouse? They could hit it off.  :love:

Trundle won't score if we try and lump the ball up to him.

Exactly. Even Cox would struggle this season with this tactic. We need to start playing through midfield, again Douglas and Timlin were largely abscent but to be honest they didnt see any of the ball so....

The one thing we did at MK was play through Amankwaah & Macklin down the right and they were both awesome as was the team performance and result, yet yesterday we abandon all that and hit the long ball, its never worked for us and never will

Only chance it may have worked was if we kept Barry Corr or had a target man, which we don't so why bother. I must say though for the first time I thought Macklin did well for us. Not our answer for goals this season but lively player none the less.

hes a winger though not a striker, Macca doesnt score goals yet why doesnt everyone moan about his lack of goals?

Paynter won his fair share of headers but with one player up front it's hard to make anything out of it. Corr or any other striker would have had the same problem.

I sit next to the directors box and i never saw Trundle there at all.

Let's be honest he wouldn't be hard to miss considering everyone keeps going on about how he put on 2 stone over the summer break.

What I don't like about Trundle is his age... that's if we're paying a fee anyway.

Bristol City paid £1,000,000 only 2 years ago. I'd be interested to find out what sort of fee are they demanding because we shouldn't be paying silly money for a soon-to-be 33 year old.

Signing Lee Trundle is like buying a house...

Or making love to a beautiful woman...

You decide...

Fans who witnessed the 84 to 89 period would disagree, long ball football at it's most effective.  Problem is, we then had 4 years of stupendous football using the grass on the pitch, it spoilt fans into believing tis was how it would always be.

If the money was right, Trundle would be a good signing for our club currently.

The longer term issue is what matters. Say we spend £200k on Trundle or similar and get promoted, would he cut it in the Championship and would this be dead money.

I'd much sooner have a young player who we could keep for 2 or 3 seasons.

Saying that Cox banged the goals in and we almost went down so maybe it doesn't matter.

To be fair si most of the squad would not cut it in the championship

Despite what has been reported, Trundle was def NOT at the game on Saturday

Which is why if any money is spent it has to be on progressive players.

Catch 22 though mate. Historically young players who make the jump from league1 to championship don't usually cut it even older players Trundle being the example.

Maybe it was Schrödinger's Trundle and he wasn't there or not until somebody looked in a box. We could do with some quantum players.

Well I must have been seeing things then!

I'm off to Specsavers!

According to thisis, they think we should go for Izale Mcleod.

Yeah ok, a 4th choice striker in a team in the same division...