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Post by erasedcitizen on Oct 14, 2020 11:00:30 GMT
Joe being linked with a move to Luton Backwards step. Hasn't he been injured pretty much up until the Wales games? Baffled if Bristol City let him leave. From what I've read their fans expected him to be an integral part of their side. |
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Post by welwyn on Oct 14, 2020 14:06:47 GMT
Yeah, they already had Massengo, Nagy & Bakinson (who they actually signed from the Luton youth team in a weird circle of life kind of way). Then they signed Joe Williams from Wigan who was one of Wigan's best players and had both Morrell and Liam Walsh (who won Coventry's POTY last season) coming back from loan.
At the end of the day, he appears to be the one at the back of the queue (possibly purely because his pre-season injury allowed others to leapfrog him). Heading to Luton, he gets to stay in the division and would be the most natural back-up for Glenn Rea at DM and probably a better option if Luton were ever involved in a game they wanted to dominate (i.e. Wycombe, Rotherham etc.), plus he uses the ball better between boxes than our two CM's, albeit he won't get into final 3rd as well.
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Post by dai on Oct 14, 2020 14:41:07 GMT
Just another Welsh player not getting the opportunities.
At least it's a positive move in the sense he should get plenty of game for Luton.
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Post by CrackityJones on Oct 15, 2020 14:49:42 GMT
Official:
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Post by erasedcitizen on Oct 15, 2020 15:07:59 GMT
Credit where it's due, that's a hell of a signing for Luton.
Good luck to him. I feel Bristol City will come to regret this.
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Post by rangers15 on Oct 15, 2020 15:43:14 GMT
great news - didn't realise it was a permanent move.
he should get plenty of game time now.
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Post by welwyn on Oct 16, 2020 9:17:56 GMT
Credit where it's due, that's a hell of a signing for Luton. Good luck to him. I feel Bristol City will come to regret this. Think it was because they are overloaded in midfield, including Tyreeq Bakinson (who was on loan at Newport previously) who they signed from us when he was 15/16. I think with Bakinson now in their 1st team, he is close to hitting appearance add-ons and we said we would write them off as part of a deal and obviously it's Morrell that we wanted. I think the value of the transfer is rumoured to be in the region of £1m but I think we are only paying about £200k with the rest being the writing off of add-on's and sell-on clauses (for mainly Bakinson but possibly Kaylen Hinds as well). |
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Post by richierich333 on Oct 16, 2020 9:28:27 GMT
Joe being linked with a move to Luton Backwards step. Hasn't he been injured pretty much up until the Wales games? Baffled if Bristol City let him leave. From what I've read their fans expected him to be an integral part of their side. How is it? He's 22/23 and Bristol have played him once or twice. Get the hell out of there asap. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 16, 2020 10:04:22 GMT
Credit where it's due, that's a hell of a signing for Luton. Good luck to him. I feel Bristol City will come to regret this. Think it was because they are overloaded in midfield, including Tyreeq Bakinson (who was on loan at Newport previously) who they signed from us when he was 15/16. I think with Bakinson now in their 1st team, he is close to hitting appearance add-ons and we said we would write them off as part of a deal and obviously it's Morrell that we wanted. I think the value of the transfer is rumoured to be in the region of £1m but I think we are only paying about £200k with the rest being the writing off of add-on's and sell-on clauses (for mainly Bakinson but possibly Kaylen Hinds as well). Fantastic bit of business. Enjoyed watching the few games I have this season to watch the Welsh players. Entertaining side to watch & you're looking like you're going to have a good season. Some clubs seem to clock on to the fact that Welsh players are a great market to tap into; they get exposed to international football at a young age, have good character, good ability, and cost a fraction of the amount an equivalent English player would. Charlton last year & Derby previously examples of this. Looks like Luton are going to be my second side this season! |
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Post by welwyn on Oct 16, 2020 10:23:52 GMT
Got a couple of Sky games coming up too. Millwall on Tuesday and Forest the following Wednesday.
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Post by rangers15 on Oct 16, 2020 12:17:35 GMT
c'mon the hatters!!!!
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Post by erasedcitizen on Oct 16, 2020 14:44:22 GMT
Backwards step. Hasn't he been injured pretty much up until the Wales games? Baffled if Bristol City let him leave. From what I've read their fans expected him to be an integral part of their side. How is it? He's 22/23 and Bristol have played him once or twice. Get the hell out of there asap. From what I read at the start of the season from a number of their fans they expected him to play a big part in what looks a better team than Luton on the whole and I believe he has enough ability to establish a first team place there, so yes, it is a step backwards to sign for a side who are one of the bookies favourites to spend the season battling relegation. That being said, I'm pleased for him that the move has gone through and it should be easy for him to integrate into their side with other new boys Lockyer and Norrington-Davies settling in already. It will certainly help us in the short term having him play regular football. Hopefully he can impress there and get an even bigger move. It will have been a case of one step back and two steps forward then which sometimes footballers have to go through. |
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Post by erasedcitizen on Oct 16, 2020 14:44:58 GMT
I don't care if they sign Bale, Ramsey & Joniesta, you will never hear me utter those words! |
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Post by marsvolta on Oct 16, 2020 21:53:40 GMT
I live near Bristol and and have been speaking to a few fans and they all listed quite a feW midfielders ahead of Joe in the pecking order so could see why he was sold.
Despite not knowing anything about the players mentioned and based on absolutely nothing at all, I decided that Morrell is better then them and they’ve made a mistake,haha.
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Post by CrackityJones on Oct 17, 2020 16:04:54 GMT
Came on as a sub after 60 odd minutes. Who knows could start the next one.
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Post by welwyn on Oct 17, 2020 16:22:23 GMT
Came on as a sub after 60 odd minutes. Who knows could start the next one. Looked really good. |
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Post by rangers15 on Oct 19, 2020 11:04:56 GMT
I don't care if they sign Bale, Ramsey & Joniesta, you will never hear me utter those words! it was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but i always keep an eye out on teams with welsh boys in and i want them to do well. TL, RND and JM as well as nathan jones as manager. if luton are doing well it means these boys (if they are playing) are doing well which is good for wales. |
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Post by CrackityJones on Oct 20, 2020 20:23:03 GMT
On for the last half hour live on Sky.
Made a big difference to their play, keeping possession and moving the team forward as we’ve come to expect from him.
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Post by CrackityJones on Nov 19, 2020 15:47:32 GMT
Stats:
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Post by alarch on Nov 19, 2020 16:44:31 GMT
Pretty annoyed Swansea didn't sign him rather than Corey Smith - with the latter being much older and no doubt on a bigger wage and no sell-on value. Illustrates how Cooper isn't a true Swansea Way manager.
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Post by dai on Nov 19, 2020 18:04:41 GMT
Top marks for Joe this campaign. He was a bit of an unknown quantity prior to the previous qualifiers, and considering he is one of our lesser 'hyped' player, he's done incredible. Imo, he's matched Ampadu for performances in that midfield role.
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Post by pendragon on Nov 19, 2020 20:16:11 GMT
Very impressive stats for Morrell there. I thought he was on fire last night 🔥
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Post by fiveattheback on Nov 19, 2020 22:00:25 GMT
An excellent little player who goes unnoticed because he isn't particularly flashy
Sounds like a certain Stoke midfielder
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Post by pendragon on Nov 19, 2020 22:09:10 GMT
An excellent little player who goes unnoticed because he isn't particularly flashy Sounds like a certain Stoke midfielder Yes! I was impressed with his drives forward. He just went for it, often bulldozing through the Finnish midfield! At this rate, he may eventually take the mantle from Allen! |
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Post by rushlegend on Nov 19, 2020 22:43:44 GMT
I mentioned on twitter that Morrell will be a better player than Allen in the future and everybody laughed! - Joe Allen is a huge player for us has been for the last 6 years when he took off but it is taking Morrell less time than that after just 12 caps to make an impact on matches - a year to tonight he played his part in the famous win against Hungary to secure qualification for Euro 2020 by starting that game - a lot of fans thought "what?" he bosses that midfield and will play for a top Premier League side in the near future no doubt. - the famous 3 JOE's (Ledley, Allen & Morrell) ALL heroes!!!!
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Post by dai on Nov 19, 2020 23:20:33 GMT
I mentioned on twitter that Morrell will be a better player than Allen in the future and everybody laughed! - Joe Allen is a huge player for us has been for the last 6 years when he took off but it is taking Morrell less time than that after just 12 caps to make an impact on matches - a year to tonight he played his part in the famous win against Hungary to secure qualification for Euro 2020 by starting that game - a lot of fans thought "what?" he bosses that midfield and will play for a top Premier League side in the near future no doubt. - the famous 3 JOE's (Ledley, Allen & Morrell) ALL heroes!!!! I liked Morrell from the start, and he has that similar Joe Allen tenacity. I think I've said a few times he's better than Ampadu in that midfield role! However there's no way he's becoming a better player than Allen! |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Nov 20, 2020 11:28:54 GMT
There's no reason he can't reach Allen's levels. Allen is a player who suits international football down to the ground & has great experience behind him, but hasn't astounded at club level. Morrell is getting that experience now and has very similar qualities. If he does find his way up to the top of the Championship or Premier League he could match or surpass Allen
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Post by alarch on Nov 20, 2020 12:15:52 GMT
There's no reason he can't reach Allen's levels. Allen is a player who suits international football down to the ground & has great experience behind him, but hasn't astounded at club level. Morrell is getting that experience now and has very similar qualities. If he does find his way up to the top of the Championship or Premier League he could match or surpass Allen I wouldn't rule it out because of his age, but I think Allen has been a class player from a very young age, and I don't see Morrell as being quite at his level. The impact of injuries and fate have given some the false impression that Allen's not as good as he is. Even so he had 4 seasons at Liverpool. I'm not convinced Morrell will quite hit those heights, but he may come fairly close. I'd love to be proven wrong though  |
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Post by welwyn on Nov 20, 2020 14:25:55 GMT
Think the 5 subs rule being reintroduced into the Championship is HUGE for Morrell's game-time aspirations given how Jones operates.
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Post by welwyn on Nov 29, 2020 10:51:38 GMT
Hopefully his cameo as the only decent performance against Cardiff yesterday might see him and NJ get over whatever issue they seem to have.
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