ollycutts1982

Anyone who can achieve a good defensive record whilst playing alongside Claude Davis has to be top class.

Preston at home. 2004. For some reason Manel scoring the brace sticks in my head. 

Give him whatever he wants, double it.
We need him. We need a goal threat.

That would be a no from me, nowhere near the level we want to be at. Would take the other 2 though.

If selling him enabled us to sign 2/3 replacements, Wood, Forshaw, Tunicliffe then I’m all for it. I feel like for too long we’ve been saying this is his year and he has never really improved for me. People are quick to say Thommo isn’t progressive enough but Bird, barring the rare worldie pass, isn’t much better. I thought him and Knight would dominate L1 but neither did. If letting them go enables us to get players to get us out this division then let’s crack on. 

If selling him enabled us to sign 2/3 replacements, Wood, Forshaw, Tunicliffe then I’m all for it. I feel like for too long we’ve been saying this is his year and he has never really improved for me. People are quick to say Thommo isn’t progressive enough but Bird, barring the rare worldie pass, isn’t much better. I thought him and Knight would dominate L1 but neither did. If letting them go enables us to get players to get us out this division then let’s crack on. 

My concern is another 22 year old going out of the door and the replacements on offer Wood (29), Forshaw (31) and Tunicliffe (30). 
If we're in League One next season, we don't have a Bird, Bielik and Knight to sell and propping up our budget to the tune of £5m - there surely needs to be some emphasis on bringing in players who we could potentially recoup some value otherwise we're going to be recycling through free agency and cast-offs again next year - except with a £5m shortfall in the budget. 

If selling him enabled us to sign 2/3 replacements, Wood, Forshaw, Tunicliffe then I’m all for it. I feel like for too long we’ve been saying this is his year and he has never really improved for me. People are quick to say Thommo isn’t progressive enough but Bird, barring the rare worldie pass, isn’t much better. I thought him and Knight would dominate L1 but neither did. If letting them go enables us to get players to get us out this division then let’s crack on. 

If selling him enabled us to sign 2/3 replacements, Wood, Forshaw, Tunicliffe then I’m all for it. I feel like for too long we’ve been saying this is his year and he has never really improved for me. People are quick to say Thommo isn’t progressive enough but Bird, barring the rare worldie pass, isn’t much better. I thought him and Knight would dominate L1 but neither did. If letting them go enables us to get players to get us out this division then let’s crack on. 

If selling him enabled us to sign 2/3 replacements, Wood, Forshaw, Tunicliffe then I’m all for it. I feel like for too long we’ve been saying this is his year and he has never really improved for me. People are quick to say Thommo isn’t progressive enough but Bird, barring the rare worldie pass, isn’t much better. I thought him and Knight would dominate L1 but neither did. If letting them go enables us to get players to get us out this division then let’s crack on. 

Love this. 👏

Love this. 👏

I must say this has been one of my favourite parts of the forum. I can't wait to see how you can top this. Thanks for all the time and effort you've put into this.

I must say this has been one of my favourite parts of the forum. I can't wait to see how you can top this. Thanks for all the time and effort you've put into this.

I really don't know - sorry. But what I can tell you about Stefan Schnoor is that he is an agent now.
From Wikipedia: As of February 2009, he is a player agent. His agency, Kick and Rush GmbH, represents, among others, Colin Kazim-Richards, Mathias Jørgensen, Marcus Tudgay, Giles Barnes, Christopher Poulsen and Wayne Routledge.
Looks like he might have been responsible for bringing Kaz here. Always loved the Schnoor.

@ollycutts1982 - already addressed that I believe. Guess my thinking was that I remember him as a bit of a step down from Powell, all views are personal and all that. Same with Spencer Prior, he just had a hard act to follow (though I actually liked Prior, strangely more than many around me).
Maybe that's the next thread - players who everyone else seemed to despise / dislike / get irritated by and you quite liked them. McGovern would be a good example of that. Couple of other examples, I quite liked Craig Fagan - he was one of the few in that team who was able to challenge an opponent and get a cross in. Same with Weimann, always thought he never got the chance he probably deserved and his tenure with Bristol City has proved that.

@BaaLocks you still haven't explained what Stefan Schnoor did wrong?

What did Stefan Schnoor do wrong? I thought he was decent in his time with us, unless I'm missing something.

What did Stefan Schnoor do wrong? I thought he was decent in his time with us, unless I'm missing something.

Jack Marriott - back in the game!!!

Jack Marriott - back in the game!!!

What did Stefan Schnoor do wrong? I thought he was decent in his time with us, unless I'm missing something.

What did Stefan Schnoor do wrong? I thought he was decent in his time with us, unless I'm missing something.

What did Stefan Schnoor do wrong? I thought he was decent in his time with us, unless I'm missing something.

What did Stefan Schnoor do wrong? I thought he was decent in his time with us, unless I'm missing something.