Nice solid enough, good to see us using the free agent market, good way to get experience in the door without breaking the bank
Laughing at 'Simon has a different profile to many players within our group' which translates to 'he's older'
To be fair to him (Bishop) he is the same age as Patto (24) and has played less games than him, I think the thing Speakman is getting at is to do with matchday prep and good prep will come from having played a lot of games over many years, as well as being a little more competitive and little less matey in training.
Hard to disagree, I can't see us recouping what we paid after last season so perhaps a loan is the best bet, it worked with Alex Bass.
He's supposedly got some of his coaching badges already and was very popular and vocal in the Coventry dressing room so you can see where he fits in here. I doubt he's here to push Patto in terms of starts, more of pushing him harder in training and helping him improve. We've had Bass and now I suspect Bishop who want to play more games as they're younger so the 2 year deal for Moore makes sense. He'll happily sit there and help us develop our own. I see it like this: Patto - 1st choice Moore - Back up Bishop - sold/released Richardson - Loan non league Young - Loan League 2.
They swapped Arthur Melo and Pjanic if I remember correctly for about £75m. It was being investigated but not sure what the outcome was.
Not convinced, sounds more like a coaching/experienced mentor arrangement to me. Of course he might also be no 2. Personally I don’t think he’s anywhere near good enough to push for Pattersons place but his other attributes mean he is worth having around.
If Stewart was available and needing to go back down a league I'd like to think we were in for him! As long as we got him cheap enough to risk his injury!
