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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 07:21:16 » |
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Great news!
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 08:42:47 » |
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Agreed. If that's the case then happy with that. Very steady!
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 10:18:39 » |
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Excellent. Keeping the back 5 together who have been solid will give us a great foundation to kick on in the second half of the season.
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 10:36:16 » |
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Bid please.
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 10:57:02 » |
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Really like Ridehalgh, didn't particularly think there was much wrong with Kennedy but Ridehalgh's delivery from open play is exceptional and his defending considerably more solid.
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 11:18:06 » |
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This is great news, thought we looked really weak down the left vs Rovers - we missed him dearly.
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 17:58:36 » |
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Think he's been really good for us. That back 5 (including Wes) that we have at the moment is great. Wonder if we'll put a sneaky bid in this summer if we go up?
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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 18:26:32 » |
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don't think he's that much better than Kennedy but can't argue with the facts.
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 20:22:27 » |
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The fact is that as a unit, the back 5 are doing superbly well. It does not really matter about the merits of individual players, it is vital that that unit is kept together. Signing Wes permanently and getting Ridehalgh for the rest of the season will be a huge step towards automatic promotion.
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 21:22:26 » |
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Sign him up on a perm - he's fighting for his place with 2 other left backs at attacking fc
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 08:38:43 » |
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The fact is that as a unit, the back 5 are doing superbly well. It does not really matter about the merits of individual players, it is vital that that unit is kept together. Signing Wes permanently and getting Ridehalgh for the rest of the season will be a huge step towards automatic promotion.
Pretty much what I was driving at. Hopefully we do sign Wes in January and that we can keep the back five together for the vast majority of remaining games |
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 10:02:29 » |
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I agree a settled back 5 contributes a lot to defensive consistency, as we have shown recently and Newcastle showed at the start of this season in the Prem.
As far as Ridehalgh is concerned though, I don't think he's been an enormous step up over Kennedy. Without Wes behind him we conceded 2 goals in the 20 minutes he was on the pitch against Hereford, and while I'd be more than happy if we keep him until the end of the season - in the interest of the aforementioned consistency of selection - I don't think he's sufficiently better than what we have to be worth pushing the boat out to sign permanently.
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 11:10:24 » |
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This is great news, thought we looked really weak down the left vs Rovers - we missed him dearly.
Down to Paolo that one. I would have picked Kennedy ahead of Cibocchi |
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 11:25:52 » |
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Down to Paolo that one. I would have picked Kennedy ahead of Cibocchi
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