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Post by ae15 on May 30, 2015 15:45:01 GMT
Watkins' run and shot just set up a tap in for Vincent to score.
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Post by bale-droed on Jun 6, 2015 7:12:32 GMT
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Post by ae15 on Jun 6, 2015 10:34:17 GMT
If he's really as good as people were on here saying (suggesting he should be called up), then that seems a slightly underwhelming move.
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Post by bringbackelmo on Jun 6, 2015 14:03:00 GMT
Wow, I'm really really surprised by that. Thought there was a good chance he'd move but he should be aiming higher than that, he could easily succeed in the Championship. Surprised he didn't wait for a better move.
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Post by squatter1 on Jun 6, 2015 14:12:52 GMT
My advice is never get excited by a player playing in the Scottish leagues.
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Post by mrpicton79 on Jun 6, 2015 16:13:04 GMT
My advice is never get excited by a player playing in the Scottish leagues. Agree with this entirely. The reality is that moving to Barnsley is probably a step up from where he is now. Still miffed as to why Adam Matthews has stayed up there so long (and Ledley when he was there). |
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Post by welwyn on Jun 6, 2015 16:32:22 GMT
My advice is never get excited by a player playing in the Scottish leagues. Agree with this entirely. The reality is that moving to Barnsley is probably a step up from where he is now. Still miffed as to why Adam Matthews has stayed up there so long (and Ledley when he was there). To be fair to Matthews & Ledley, playing for Celtic (both financially and in terms of prestige), is a completely different league to the entire rest of the SPL. |
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Post by mrpicton79 on Jun 6, 2015 21:41:02 GMT
Agree with this entirely. The reality is that moving to Barnsley is probably a step up from where he is now. Still miffed as to why Adam Matthews has stayed up there so long (and Ledley when he was there). To be fair to Matthews & Ledley, playing for Celtic (both financially and in terms of prestige), is a completely different league to the entire rest of the SPL. Playing for Celtic is respectable enough, it's the standard of opposition that's the problem. Young players would learn so much more playing against better players in the premier league or championship. Many of the teams Matthews faces in the SPL would struggle in League Two, complete waste of time if he's interested in developing. |
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Post by bale-droed on Jun 7, 2015 6:04:51 GMT
My advice is never get excited by a player playing in the Scottish leagues. Agree with this entirely. The reality is that moving to Barnsley is probably a step up from where he is now. Still miffed as to why Adam Matthews has stayed up there so long (and Ledley when he was there). I always wanted to know why Ledley turned down Roma. But at the time I was delighted it was Celtic and not stoke because like Matthews a few seasons later it meant champions league..... Scottish league has gone directly the last five seasons. No league has plummeted in standard so quickly ever. Matthews needs to move asap |
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Post by cadno on Jun 7, 2015 10:02:19 GMT
He's only 24, I hope it works out for him!
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Post by flynnfan on Aug 18, 2016 11:37:26 GMT
Two goals and an assist in 3 games for Barnsley.
So far, he's made a better fist of moving up to championship level than Bradshaw.
Deserving of a Wales call up for Moldova?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2016 12:04:34 GMT
A Martin Foyle signing for Hereford United (RIP) after they were relegated to the Conference. He, along with others, was clearly too good for that level. I hadn't heard he was doing well at Barnsley so I'm pleased for him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 22:26:41 GMT
Two goals and an assist in 3 games for Barnsley. So far, he's made a better fist of moving up to championship level than Bradshaw. Deserving of a Wales call up for Moldova? Certainly one to keep an eye on. Great he's settled at Barnsley and kept his place after promotion. Hopefully we have another attacking option at Championship level now. |
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Post by marsvolta on Aug 31, 2016 0:19:50 GMT
Ipswich Town have had a £1million bid turned down apparantly.
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Post by mrpicton79 on Aug 31, 2016 6:09:26 GMT
Two goals and an assist in 3 games for Barnsley. So far, he's made a better fist of moving up to championship level than Bradshaw. Deserving of a Wales call up for Moldova? Doing well. We need to think about capping him soon if he carries on like this. He's not officially Welsh en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Watkins Not that I'm suggesting England or France are going to start showing interest anytime soon but he's only got to discover a Scottish granny or something and we could lose him. |
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Post by dai on Aug 31, 2016 9:29:21 GMT
Two goals and an assist in 3 games for Barnsley. So far, he's made a better fist of moving up to championship level than Bradshaw. Deserving of a Wales call up for Moldova? Doing well. We need to think about capping him soon if he carries on like this. He's not officially Welsh en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Watkins Not that I'm suggesting England or France are going start showing interest but he's only got to discover a Scottish granny or something and we could lose him. This is an example of where Cookie needs to move his loyalty nonsense to one side. At the moment we have George Williams, Lawrence, Church, Cotterill etc who are either not playing or not playing well, surely Watkins deserves a call up over those names based on form and fitness. Maybe he's on standby, who knows. |
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Post by CrackityJones on Apr 8, 2017 14:56:17 GMT
Leading the line for Barnsley today and getting another goal.
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Post by CrackityJones on Apr 8, 2017 17:33:42 GMT
He's having a cracking season, fair do's.
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Post by zenith on Apr 8, 2017 19:29:52 GMT
Got to have a call up in June, need all the attacking flair we can get without Bale
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 20:40:31 GMT
Got to have a call up in June, need all the attacking flair we can get without Bale At the risk of banging the drum AGAIN this is exactly the reason we should have been testing players in friendlies. Throw a newcomer into a must win game? Would take balls of steel for any manager to give Watkins any kind of role on the pitch in Serbia. But his form isn't new, he has done well all season but not been given a chance. |
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Post by cadno on Apr 8, 2017 20:59:54 GMT
Got to have a call up in June, need all the attacking flair we can get without Bale At the risk of banging the drum AGAIN this is exactly the reason we should have been testing players in friendlies. Throw a newcomer into a must win game? Would take balls of steel for any manager to give Watkins any kind of role on the pitch in Serbia. But his form isn't new, he has done well all season but not been given a chance. Should've been in the squad for Ireland imo, especially ahead of Harry Wilson who came in for Lawrence. Agree we could do with a friendly to give some players game time. |
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Post by zenith on Apr 8, 2017 21:44:29 GMT
Got to have a call up in June, need all the attacking flair we can get without Bale At the risk of banging the drum AGAIN this is exactly the reason we should have been testing players in friendlies. Throw a newcomer into a must win game? Would take balls of steel for any manager to give Watkins any kind of role on the pitch in Serbia. But his form isn't new, he has done well all season but not been given a chance. I am not saying he will get on the pitch, but to have the option there is fundamental. I agree it is a massive risk to put him in on a massive occasion, but he wouldn't be any less of a risk than Woodburn, who many have been eager to call to start the game in Serbia! We've been picking dead wood for too long and now it is showing. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 21:48:51 GMT
At the risk of banging the drum AGAIN this is exactly the reason we should have been testing players in friendlies. Throw a newcomer into a must win game? Would take balls of steel for any manager to give Watkins any kind of role on the pitch in Serbia. But his form isn't new, he has done well all season but not been given a chance. I am not saying he will get on the pitch, but to have the option there is fundamental. I agree it is a massive risk to put him in on a massive occasion, but he wouldn't be any less of a risk than Woodburn, who many have been eager to call to start the game in Serbia! We've been picking dead wood for too long and now it is showing.Too late for that now. Coleman has made his bed and now he has to lie in it. Short termism was fine for the Euros, the no friendly policy probably gave us an edge physically until we got knocked out. But as a long term strategy it is badly flawed and I wonder if Coleman will regret not doing more to advance our playing pool when he had the chance. |
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Post by zenith on Apr 8, 2017 21:57:30 GMT
I am not saying he will get on the pitch, but to have the option there is fundamental. I agree it is a massive risk to put him in on a massive occasion, but he wouldn't be any less of a risk than Woodburn, who many have been eager to call to start the game in Serbia! We've been picking dead wood for too long and now it is showing.Too late for that now. Coleman has made his bed and now he has to lie in it. Short termism was fine for the Euros, the no friendly policy probably gave us an edge physically until we got knocked out. But as a long term strategy it is badly flawed and I wonder if Coleman will regret not doing more to advance our playing pool when he had the chance. The fact of the matter is, we should have played at least one friendly since the Portugal game in July. We haven't played a "meaningful friendly" since NI and Ukraine. That's not good enough when we have so many players who need the caps for a bit of experience and I'm sure many would agree with that. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 22:26:17 GMT
Too late for that now. Coleman has made his bed and now he has to lie in it. Short termism was fine for the Euros, the no friendly policy probably gave us an edge physically until we got knocked out. But as a long term strategy it is badly flawed and I wonder if Coleman will regret not doing more to advance our playing pool when he had the chance. The fact of the matter is, we should have played at least one friendly since the Portugal game in July. We haven't played a "meaningful friendly" since NI and Ukraine. That's not good enough when we have so many players who need the caps for a bit of experience and I'm sure many would agree with that. I don't think there are many (if any!) Who would dispute that. The powers that be seem oblivious to this need. Is our ranking really so important seeing as we were pot 1 for the WC draw and made a right horlicks of that? |
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Post by zenith on Apr 8, 2017 22:35:01 GMT
The fact of the matter is, we should have played at least one friendly since the Portugal game in July. We haven't played a "meaningful friendly" since NI and Ukraine. That's not good enough when we have so many players who need the caps for a bit of experience and I'm sure many would agree with that. I don't think there are many (if any!) Who would dispute that. The powers that be seem oblivious to this need. Is our ranking really so important seeing as we were pot 1 for the WC draw and made a right horlicks of that? I don't think it's for the ranking anymore. Doesn't matter for the time being anyway by the looks of it because the system for Euro 2020 is different. Even so, our ranking will suffer because we haven't won a game since September, never mind any friendlies being played. We are down to 13th now (9th in UEFA) as of 6 April. |
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Post by CrackityJones on Apr 8, 2017 22:44:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2017 23:01:57 GMT
I don't think there are many (if any!) Who would dispute that. The powers that be seem oblivious to this need. Is our ranking really so important seeing as we were pot 1 for the WC draw and made a right horlicks of that? I don't think it's for the ranking anymore. Doesn't matter for the time being anyway by the looks of it because the system for Euro 2020 is different. Even so, our ranking will suffer because we haven't won a game since September, never mind any friendlies being played. We are down to 13th now (9th in UEFA) as of 6 April. Ranking counts for the play off draw. I suspect they still have an eye on that if the recent revelations about the coaching staff eye-fucking results between our rivals are to be believed. Fair fucks to them, hope it pays off. If it doesn't I hope we hold them to account. That is the way it goes. Football is a results business as everyone is always so keen to remind us. |
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Post by manulike on Apr 9, 2017 0:01:22 GMT
Do I detect a hint of optimism in your tone there, @storm ?  Must be the lovely Spring sunshine - it brings the positives out in us all |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2017 1:12:17 GMT
Do I detect a hint of optimism in your tone there, @storm ? Must be the lovely Spring sunshine - it brings the positives out in us all Ha! I do recall TP commended me for being the first to talk about qualification to Euro 2016 after we beat Israel away. I am totally positive when we deserve it! |
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Must be the lovely Spring sunshine - it brings the positives out in us all