Fergie Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 We are supossed to be interested according to Mike Keegan. Ex Walsall and York City defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dec666 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Oh dear, oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_lover Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 League Two here we come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Known to both Dean Holden and Darren Kelly then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_lover Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Known to both Dean Holden and Darren Kelly then. So is Jenny Warbuton, why don't we sign her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz_Oafc Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Another right back? We don't need 3 first teamers on the books do we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) League Two here we come! Oh dear, oh dear. How many times have you seen him play? is he any good? Im guessing you know his game pretty well Edited May 27, 2015 by palmer1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_lover Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 How many times have you seen him play? is he any good? Im guessing you know his game pretty well Guessing a smaller club than ourselves must have released him by mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Another right back? We don't need 3 first teamers on the books do we? ....that was my immediate reaction... however, it would serve us all well to reserve judgement. Very few people had anything positive to say when LJ signed Lockwood, however that proved to be a good decision. A little reading on this young man suggests he has some substance. After being released by Sheff Utd as a youngster, he went to University to study and lived in France as part of his degree, during which time he played semi professionally. After playing for both Oxford and Hereford in the 4th tier, Walsall gave him a contract and he stayed there for 3 years, so he can't have been bad. I think Dean Smith is a very good manager at our level, he's kept Walsall competitive for much the last 4 seasons and seems to constantly find strikers we are crying out for, Grigg, Bradshaw to name but two. Purkiss is apparently an attacking full back.... thus fits into the wing back / overlapping full back description we believe DK might want to play.... and I think we all know Connor Brown and Brian Wilson aren't really capable of. It does seem a waste of precious resource to have 3 contracted right backs however, so if true [Mike Keegan and the Daily Mail might not be correct] and we do sign him, one assumes one of the other two would be off.... my guess woudl be Brian Wilson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Known affectionately by Saddlers fans as the 'white Cafu' due to his marauding runs down the right flank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dec666 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hopefully this is the one and only suggestion Kelly ever takes from Holden, otherwise we'll end up with a team of Walsall rejects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 B. Wilson is a right sided centre back all day long as and when they play with a three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Guessing a smaller club than ourselves must have released him by mistake. Didn't we 'release' K Lee, C Taylor and many others who went to bigger clubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_lover Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Didn't we 'release' K Lee, C Taylor and many others who went to bigger clubs? Both offered contracts and turned them down for a move to a bigger club... That isn't 'released'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hopefully this is the one and only suggestion Kelly ever takes from Holden, otherwise we'll end up with a team of Walsall rejects. Like Anthony Gerrard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Like Anthony Gerrard? Think Croft would have been a Corney/Holden suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Both offered contracts and turned them down for a move to a bigger club... That isn't 'released'. You say tomato I say tomato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Brian Wilson is poor and Brown isn't great either, so it's hardly surprising we're going for a right back, especially one that is noted for passing and vision, which both of them struggle with most Whether he is any better than the current two you would certainly have to question; this thread on Walsall's forum is quite split but one rates him as one of their picks for POTY, and Walsall always tend to have a good defence: http://www.upthesaddlers/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46481&sid=673aff795b78c830ecd608d77da32a89 From what I'm reading about him I get the feeling if we're playing a back 3 Purkiss would be the middle one, who can pass it about a bit - a few on that forum think he should be playing a defensive midfield position, then we'd have Elokobi one side, assuming he signs the contract and Wilson on the other Edited May 27, 2015 by NewBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 People on this board have a far greater indepth knowledge of the qualities of lower league players than I do. That, or else they jump to conclusions based on the fact (1) They haven't heard of them or (2) They have played for a so called 'lesser' club / been released by someone else. This is of course very unlikely. Teams of our stature are generally successful when they get something out of a player or group of players that others haven't seen in them. Some of our better players have been the ones that we had no expectations of when they arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) At 6ff 2ins, perhaps he's seen as a centre back? Edited May 27, 2015 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyOAFC Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Are people expecting us to sign Dani Alves or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageTheBeast Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Are people expecting us to sign Dani Alves or something? We have two right backs already we don't need another Brian Wilson type player... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc_lover Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Are people expecting us to sign Dani Alves or something? No, just someone released by a Prem/Champ club. Not a :censored:e League One club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Are people expecting us to sign Dani Alves or something? No because we have seen him play once on TV and he was a bit average, we expect something better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 No, just someone released by a Prem/Champ club. Not a :censored:e League One club. So, someone who has recently been earning £10k+ per week..... for about £1k a week..... before June....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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