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Good move for him. Good signing for Shrews.

Should have been given a bit more of a chance here, though

Would rather it was Barker that went

Swindon striker Storey set for Shrewsbury loan deal
           
           


  MILES Storey has agreed a deal to join Shrewsbury Town on loan, the Advertiser understands.

           

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/11010366.Swindon_striker_Storey_set_for_Shrewsbury_loan_deal/?ref=rss
           
           
           

Things are what they are. Better this than not even getting splinters here (no matter how undeserved that is).

Hope he bangs a few in for them...

Nobody but Cooper wants Barker.....

Hope he does well....AND comes back...

Personally I don't think he's league 1 standard.

What's wrong with Barker? He's barely played

So ideal to send out and build up some playing time...and....actually score a goal...

Good luck to him. As Flash says, I hope he does well there.

Harsh to judge on the snippets I have seen of both players but I'd rather have Storey on the pitch than Barker but hey ho!

Sheep or goals?

This!

I am under the opinion that Cooper does not know where or how to play him.

Storey has pace to burn, knows where the goal is and on more than one occasion this season where he has been on the bench has been unused and could/should have been given a run-out.

I hope he does well for Shrewsbury and helps them to beat all the teams around us!

Started the last home game...we were shite, he was anonymous...therefore straight to scapegoat status in many people's eyes.

Some wrote Barker off before he even set foot on the pitch for us.

Think Cooper's assessment of Storey is fair - he plays well in a 442 but he lacks the touch, awareness and strength to play as a lone striker. Similarly in the wide positions he had been exposed as short on tricks and touch to trouble his full-back. When he did play wide earlier in the season, his movement didn't look great either. Games will help but he also needs coaching as he has most of the physical attributes.

As for Barker, our fans would make great scouts. Most managers would want to have a player watched numerous times, by multiple people. But for them, 70 mins is enough.

What?? Are you suggesting Cooper has a say in player recruitment and/or team selection?!! ;)

If Storey wasn't as quick as he is then he wouldn't be a professional footballer, I fail to see what else he brings to the table. In all the games I've seen him I can hardly remember him making a pass, all he does is try to beat the offside trap and go through on goal.

Oh I get it. He's me on FIFA14.

I suspect that Storey will be off inthe summer, if there is a team that will offer him regular football, he keeps getting overlooked here even when we was without ranger. He needs to play to gain experience but then when he gets the taste of regular first team football he may want to keep it going, good luck to him.

Michael Owen made a decent career out of this.
I'd like to see Storey given a run of games and then we'll see if he's good enough or not. I'd rather give a young one of ours a go rather than a young one of some other team.
I hope he scores shedloads fo Shrewsbury and comes back and claims a first team spot. I think there's a player there. 

Totally agree Chalkies.

Take away any players biggest attribute and none of them would be professional footballers. What a stupid argument.

If Fodderingham couldn't catch the ball then he wouldn't be a professional player.

Storey is alright but he doesn't get in ahead of our regular starters and has been said our formation doesn't really play to his strengths .

Not true. Phil Smith can't catch a ball and he's been pro for a good 8 years now!

That's Storey's only attribute. Let's compare him with Ranger, who can do everything.

I'm sure Storey wouldn't want to do everything Ranger does

You can't compare a goalies skill set to a player's one. A goalie has handling, diving, reflexes, speed off his line, kicking, throwing, positioning.... A footballer has about 50.

Storey is the best striker we have had this century 8)

If Ranger can do "everything" then why is he playing at league one?

His only attribute eh? That sir is quite frankly, bollocks!

(FWIW I'm not saying Miles is better than Ranger)

Because of his off field troubles.

Name the 49 that Miles can't do.....

Let's just see where the two are in 5 years time.

Fola you really have a massive erection for Ranger don't you?

Storey is a good player who has not had enough time on the pitch. He's not as good as Ranger but then Ranger shouldn't be playing at this level and only is because he's a bit of a bellend. Apples, oranges.

I do think Storey will be a good L1 player, and he's got the potential to possibly be a 10-a season Championship one too if he gets the game time. He's definitely someone I'd like to see come on for the last 30 mins of a match or start home games. Not a lone striker, but then I think (hopefully) that 4-5-1 will be going the way of the dodo as we're obviously at our best with Ranger and Smith up front together.

Barker was anonymous in that god-awful excuse for a game but then that's better than being pure and utter shite.

FYI on a more theoretical note I believe Wes is still widely regarded by the quickest player in the team, so if he couldn't catch he'd actually probably still be in with a shot at being a professional footballer.  :sherlock:

You could have just said no.

One will be in prison.

Just annoys me how people overhype Storey purely because he's come through our youth team, whereas Ranger gets downplayed massively because of the way he is. I judge on ability, I don't have to like them. I see them play for 90 minutes a week.

Storey mostly isn't over hyped. I doubt many see him as a starter right now. It's more about the likes of el gabbas getting game time and seeming offering far less.

Barker was hopeless, but it's a bit soon to write him off.

Ranger is the over hyped one. He's very good for his age, very important to our team. But I don't see him currently as being better than Fallon or Mooney. If he can get his head sorted in two or three years then yes maybe.

Fair enough. I just think Miles deserves a place on the bench and should probably be 4th in line of our strikers based on what I've seen so far. This has very little to do with the fact that he's come from our youth team and I don't think this is overhyping him.

FWIW I think Ranger is a very very good player at this level, in fact I think you were the first one to mention him in this thread.

If Ranger wasn't a bellend he'd be playing in at least the championship now.

Not better than Fallon or Mooney?

Are you mad!

b obviously!

I think his off field antics have blurred just what a good player he is in some people's minds.

He's too good for L1 for sure

Batchy doesn't like controversial people.

Fallon. Christ.

Poor man's Dave Bamber - remembered for 'that' goal

Possibly. I genuinely don't think he's as good as people make out... yet. Best target man I've seen in a town shirt though, it's not that I don't rate him highly.

But for sure his antics are probably not helping.

He's only 22. If he gets his head down then we'll see.

The Chief was a top target man - but as you say, Ranger is young.

Fantastic potential

Good call, forgot about Chief.

Yes fantastic potential.

I I Iffy Iffy I wasn't too bad either!

Hahahahahahaha

Fuck me we have some clueless cunts on here.

Ranger looks half decent in L1. Cos he's half decent at L1 level. If he was that good someone other than us would have him. Premiership/championship class, don't make me laugh.

And Storey looks shit, because he is shit.

Rocket science it is not. Thank fuck most of you lot aren't doctors etc. Christ.

Heh! heh!

You really are desperate for a bite aren't you David  8)

Club looking a bit foolish now...

Storey loaned out.

Biggest game of our season at the CG this season on Monday and we have no forwards.

Lets hope Ranger recovers...some hope.

Proper job hamstring injuries are normally 4-6 weeks aren't they. Rnger looked pretty uncomfortable, but I guess he'd have come off even if it 'just' tightened.

He wasn't injured, he was just making sure he could get to Bristol in time for a night out

Surely we  can recall Storey?

He played for 60+mins for Shrews today - In their 0-0 draw.

N'Guessan and Barker.

 :(

Is barker eligible?

George hasn't appeared in the JPT so far this season...in the same way he's yet to appear in a winning team...could be a chance to make his career..

Yeah...like I said...

Mind you Gabbas scored v Stevenage on pens, sooooo this could be Barkers first senior goals and oh how important...

Nguessen and Pritchard behind

Murphy on the wing. They wont be expecting that

Don't think Murphy can play, so it will be unexpected!

edit: doh, wooshed again.

We should play Ritchie instead then, that'll really scupper their plans.

Then you'd have to drop Cox or SSP.

What's pericard up to these days?