I thought he was like a bull in a china shop. Great athlete, shocking footballer. Had the touch of a donkey and luckily was quick enough to catch his touch. Wasn’t sad to see him leave.
Transfer Rumours January 2026 Transfer Thread…
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That'll be at least seven million pounds please.
More reason to tie his contract down.
Slater took the armband on Friday when LC went off .
I'd have been relatively happy for him to go last summer, particularly for a couple of million, to ease the financials
He seems pivotal now.
Wouldn't necessarily advocate bringing him back but assumed it was a deal to keep him close and maintain a watch on him.
Anyway, when we're in the prem next season we'll be shopping a class or three above.
Does old Cabbidge head believe he owns these players when he sold him for 50k? Clown. Talks as if he’s developed them and a god given right to take them back. A new contract for Slater is the most important business going into the summer. He deserves a decent wage.
I'm not going to be cocky and say I told you so, but I told you so...
Funny that a succession of managers have got it!
It's a fair point.
However, I'm clearly far from the only one that thinks this.
As said earlier, a fine club captain but not the leader on the pitch.
Maybe it's an outdated concept, or at least a currenty out of fashion one, having a vocal on the field leader as captain who organises, motivates, encourages, etc.
Why does Wilder seem so confident talking about other clubs’ players? He made a comment about McBurnie before we played them. Classless ****.
Have to agree. He was a cracking athlete just not very good at football.
He was only 21-years-old when we signed him permanently and was already a cracking athlete then. He just needed to improve the technical side of his game. As proven by Slater this season, it’s not too late to improve the technical side of a player’s game if he already has a good attitude and is in good physical shape.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Harry Vaughan is currently the same age Allahyar was when we signed him permanently. Vaughan is probably a better technical footballer than Allahyar even now in terms of first touch, dribbling etc. but Vaughan looks like he still hasn’t hit puberty yet. He’s small, lightweight and not particularly quick and that’s why he’s failed to make an impact in the Championship, League One and has now been shipped off to Ireland because League Two teams wouldn’t even have him. Allahyar will go on to have a decent career at the level of the Belgian and Dutch leagues or possibly higher; Vaughan won’t.
He’d be a very handy player to have on a Championship bench. Imagine you are winning 1-0 and under the cosh a bit and then you bring his pace on, gives the opposition a lot to worry about.
I do feel like we gave up on him too quick.
We did, same with Oscar, but both were casualties of us chopping and changing strategies. Rosenior didn't sign or want either and replaced them when he could, then we shifted style back to one that suited Oscar but by then he was fed up of coming and going it seemed.
I just hope that's all behind us now and we're sticking with Sergej's team and style for longer than that.
