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Transfer offer from bradford rejected.

Think flint still has a lot to offer, still young so good decision imo

Out of contract at the end of the season though...

If we had to sell someone to get a few quid in the pot then I'd happily let it be flint to keep everyone else and get in 1 or 2 new players that Paolo feels we need

Keep Aden!

Bradford were probably offering washers and he's a valuable member of our squad even though he's not in the first 11 at the moment.

But still under 24., so we are entitled to a fee if he then leaves anyway.

Worth keeping him if Troy is out for a few months then as said above we would still get a fee if he leaves in the summer anyway.

Hopefully get a bit of a better offer and then sell him.

Only league 2/Conference standard at best.  Is ok in divisions where long ball is the norm, but up against teams who pass the ball and have a bit of pace, he doesnt cut it

I don't know whether it's what you say, or the way you say it, that makes me think you'rea cunt.

I would sell providing we get a good fee. I think League 1 is his limit, he's not good enough with his feet to play at a higher level.

That is what Stefpol was intimating i think ;D

But we all know Coca's a cunt anyway.

Think he's decent myself, but he's unfortunate in that you sometimes need an old head in there. Remember the Morrison/Cuthbert disaster.

Based on what I've seen I'd pick Flint ahead of TAH ever day of the week.

Nice to see we haven't gone back to accepting the first offer we get too.

:blowkiss:

He'll be 24 in July.
Would it be possible for him to leave STFC at the expiry of his contract, become a free agent and then sign elsewhere when he's had his 24th birthday, in good time for the new season without any compensation being payable?

Wonder if we have an auto-extension clause in his contract ?

Do we really need the money?, is it enough and we don't know what was offered anyway, does he figure long term, is he good enough to keep and develop if get promoted?

Personally I like the guy as a town player, however, I am not sure that he has what we will need in the championship. I fear he'll get turned inside out and get sent off to regularly in the championship. In the short term I think I would keep him until Troy is back to full fitness which is going to be after the window closes.

As fatbasher has alluded to, we need him for cover.

Who else is going to change the floodlight bulbs?

Seemed to do ok against Wigan last year.

Very good.   :D

Aside from the penalty he gave away in the Wigan game, he was fantastic. He also had a brilliant game against Stoke City this season. Had a right old tussle with 3 of the biggest/most awkward strikers in the premier league - Cameron Jerome, Kenywne Jones and Peter Crouch. Come to think of it, Jonathan Walters got on the pitch at some point as well!

Flint is well worth sticking with. Remember he's only young himself and still learning. Last season was his one and only full season in the football league. Really noticable when compared to Devera (177 apps for Barnet in the football league before joining STFC), how much more composed/calm Devera is because of the experience.

Find me a Town fan who rates Archibald-Henville higher than Flint anyway? It's a non-debate. When fit, Troy would be an ideal candidate to join Bradford or Port Vale on loan.

It is ludicrous that people dismiss the idea that a relatively young player who was a rock in such a superb defensive unit couldn't cut it in the level above, on the basis that he isn't quick or Beckenbauer.

Totally agree.

This.  I also find it slightly strange that some people seem happy to keep him until TAH is fit again and then get rid?  I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but why would he be better  in the Championship than Flint? I've seen nothing as yet that suggests he's good enough for League 1 whereas Flint has done a bloody good job during his time here.

he did even better against Maccesfield this season.

Only if we offer him a new contract.

I'd keep him as cover, can't imagine he's on a lot, still young, and fairly talented.

Been sent off how many times this season?

not sure that's relevant to the argument he did well against wigan, conversely to base a career on doing well against a rubbish team is a bit silly also

I disagree, with you first comment. To have a player that is not fleet of foot at the back, cumbersome against tricky players and who's distribution is suspect in the championship spells car crash. Besides all that, spend long spells unavailable due to suspension is not much good to the team selection possibilities.

Martin Keown, Terry Butcher, Per Mertesacker, Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister suggest being a bit tardy isn't the end of the world for Flint.Because someome says it once, without any actual analysis of how a centre back can be a success, doesn't make it true.

My Wigan point was in response to StefPol's point that he will never make it at this or a higher level against opponents who play football. Wigan do this and despite not being great in the Prem are still two leagues higher than us.


A central defenders job is to defend! The clue is there somewhere. Was Oooo Shaun Taylor's distribution much better? (Sorry Shaun!) Flint is usually quick enough and long legged enough to recover against so called smaller trickier opponents anyway.

Granted the 2 sendings off were frustrating but these were for diving in (which as Paolo says he needs to learn from) and not really because he got skinned particulary. He didn't get sent off in the whole of last season i don't think and we regularly played against higher league opposition so not sure that argument holds much credence.

Ummmmm. We lost 1-0 to a 30 yarder did we not?

He didn't deserve that red, either

I didn't think so either. Personally thought he was unlucky with both reds this season but thought that might seem a bit rose tinted.

While we were finding our feet at the back at the start of last season (Lanzano! Comazzi!) thought he was a rock and probably our best player through the first 6 games. Remains to be seen if he can develop his game enough to cut it at Championship level, but still young and has the ability to be a top centre back at this level I think. Would hope we would try hard to keep him here.

2-0 wasn't it? N.Thompson scored a last minute own goal if I recall correctly?

I spoke to Glenn at the time when I worked for the club, he told me that Taylor was probably the worst passer of a ball he had ever seen but Glenn himself put in many hours of ball control and passing training with him and TBF at the end of his time with Swindon you have to say that Shaun was a very accomplished passer fo the ball.

All his job was to win the ball in the air or the ground and pass to a red shirt. Much as Pallister, Hansen, Thompson or Bruce used to do.

Not every player can be a Beckenbauer or Calderwood but the problem comes when they think they are that good and try to take on players when they should just pass to a red shirt.

I wasn't taking Shaun's name in vain. A true legend! Just using him to support my argument. Very interesting though Pete, hadn't realised he was THAT bad to be honest. Glenn no doubt had higher standards on that score than most mind.

Oh no I appreciate that, but what I was saying is that every player can improve but some THINK they are better than they are.

Very true.

Louis Thompson on his debut.

Shaun Taylor had a Gascoigne esq run through the heart of Man Utd in the game at home, before being upended on approach to the box (this is how I remember it, he could have been fouled a little further out in reality).

Met Shaun a couple of years back in The Hop Hole in Bath, tentatively approached him as I wasn't completely sure it was him, totally sound guy. He has very fond memories of his time here, especially the Tranmere game. True legend.

Oh yeah, my bad. Hardly an example of Flint struggling though is it Stef?

Ah yes, I stand corrected.

Has he played since?

Think he started the next game (Sheff Utd?) and that was pretty much it

also came on as a sub in the following game against Walsall