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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
apart from his screamer in the first game. Buari wasnt too bad tho. Bazely i dnt know how he ever got captain fk me. Hes the worse. Get a big name player now. Experienced defender surely. Ne thoughts?
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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Yeah the problem is how the hell we going to get them to come from England from over here, If theyre experianced and young they wont want to leave and if theyre experianced and old theyll want the doe.
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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
What about using the loan system... surely the A league is a similar standard to the belgium leagues ets where some of the EPL teams send their up n coming youngsters
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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
chuckles wrote:
What about using the loan system... surely the A league is a similar standard to the belgium leagues ets where some of the EPL teams send their up n coming youngsters
 
What. You mean like the loan system the Knights had with Charlton? How many up and coming Addicks players did we ever get from that? Zilch.
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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hammer Head wrote:
What. You mean like the loan system the Knights had with Charlton? How many up and coming Addicks players did we ever get from that? Zilch.



i agree, the Charlton link was a waste of time and effort, i would rather see us form a link with a championship club if we are going to have an 'alliance' arrangement with an english club, atleast then it is more realistic that there would be co-operation, maybe we could have an alliance with Preston North End and do a swap: Brockie for Nugent


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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hahah good idea. I think a Loan is a great way to bring in players, but what clubs will want to latch onto us. If terry throws some money around then maybe we can hook up a deal.
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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Incorrect, Matt Carbon was being chased by several League Two sides but he wanted too much $$
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Ah, no, I was not incorrect, some League Two clubs had been approached by his agent and had said that they would have been willing to take him on but that his demands were ridiculous due to his terrible injury problems. He wanted a contract, they wanted him to prove he was fit first, they were right, and the gonads at the Knights were total suckers to take him on.
There is no doubting his pedigree as a player - I remember him being the next "next big thing" during his time with Lincoln and the England u-21s and although he didn't fulfill that early promise he had a solid career. But the fact is that the Knights signed him to a lucrative contract when everyone else seemed to realise that he was a horse that should have been put out to pasture. Dumbasses.
Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

No, I have inside info and we offered him a contract - which he turned down due to a better offer from NZ ( we werent offering much).

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
...and as for Bazeley, I heard from an impeccable source that it was in his Knights contract that if he was fit, he had to be selected. Now this might be wrong - although I believe it implicitly - but it would explain the fact that he kept getting a game when he clearly was one of the worst defenders at the club and therefore in the league.
I say The Nix should learn from what's happened and steer clear of British players over the age of 28. A lot of them come here only when they can't get contracts over there.
 
Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Nembo wrote:

No, I have inside info and we offered him a contract - which he turned down due to a better offer from NZ ( we werent offering much).

 
One club may have done, (which goes against what I heard) but lots turned him down. And also, why weren't they (not sure of your club) paying much? He wasn't worth the risk. And that's the whole point of what I'm saying.
Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Yeah I agree, wasnt worth the risk. Notts County, we were very interested in him, not his injuries.
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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
ye i agree ne english players over 28 cya later buttt i believe if they have got a name for themselves then ill take them no doubt as we need an experienced defender. Ur thoughts on how Lochead will do?
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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
uncle steve wrote:
Hahah good idea. I think a Loan is a great way to bring in players, but what clubs will want to latch onto us. If terry throws some money around then maybe we can hook up a deal.


Maybe Terry's friend @ Palace can help us there if he doesn't come down here for us.


Getting back on topic i think Lochead will go alright, he's quality and his record shows it.


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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
TheJam wrote:
...and as for Bazeley, I heard from an impeccable source that it was in his Knights contract that if he was fit, he had to be selected. Now this might be wrong - although I believe it implicitly - but it would explain the fact that he kept getting a game when he clearly was one of the worst defenders at the club and therefore in the league.
I say The Nix should learn from what's happened and steer clear of British players over the age of 28. A lot of them come here only when they can't get contracts over there.
 
 
To be fair to Bze he was one of our best performers in season one - think he lost a yard or two of pace in the off season.
 
Lochead will be great - MLS is a step up from the A League I think.

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
 
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To be fair to Bze he was one of our best performers in season one - think he lost a yard or two of pace in the off season.
 
It is ironic that, as you say, Bazeley lost a yard of pace in the close season, and Neil Emblen, although one of the Knights best performers, was clearly carrying quite a few kilos too many. Who was the guy promoted to assistant head coach? The fitness trainer...
 
Lochead will be great - MLS is a step up from the A League I think.
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Totally agree, he will be an asset, a player that's always looked classy when I've seen him and Steve Nichol has been his MLScoach, he knows a thing or two about the fullback position.
Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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almost 19 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Daikiwi wrote:
Banks isn't up to it physically. Been proven twice. His level is the NZFC and he will thrive there.
The A League defences are too quick and too physical for him.


Has been fighting tooth and nail in the VPL. 2 weeks ago he skinned 3 players to set a teammate up for a tap in and the winner against Melbourne Knights.
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