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Wouldn't disagree with that, apart from the Bainbridge comment - if he's not getting minutes for Kilmarnock (has played 9 mins in the 13 games since his debut) then I'd warrant he won't be a genuine option here.
Bring him back and get him out to the national league even if its to a Darlington for half a season, he looked really promising in the 23s
 
Bring him back and get him out to the national league even if its to a Darlington for half a season, he looked really promising in the 23s
The issue was Killie signed a LB right after they signed Bainbridge which has limited his minutes. From what I got told they didn't expect to be able to sign the other lad so went for Bainbridge instead then got both
 
Wouldn't disagree with that, apart from the Bainbridge comment - if he's not getting minutes for Kilmarnock (has played 9 mins in the 13 games since his debut) then I'd warrant he won't be a genuine option here.
He'd be something like 5th or 6th choice, though. We'd see Alese, O'Nien, Hjelde and Hume all get used before him. He'd basically be used like Johnson is - an emergency player who is developing by training with the first team, but is highly unlikely to ever see the pitch in normal circumstances.
 
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The issue was Killie signed a LB right after they signed Bainbridge which has limited his minutes. From what I got told they didn't expect to be able to sign the other lad so went for Bainbridge instead then got both
Risk you take sending them out I guess, he’ll have still learnt a lot off the pitch/being away from home so not a total waste, if we can get him back and get him regular minutes for the rest of the season that would be ideal
 
The issue was Killie signed a LB right after they signed Bainbridge which has limited his minutes. From what I got told they didn't expect to be able to sign the other lad so went for Bainbridge instead then got both
Signed a guy called corrie ndaba who was on loan last season. He's now playing Central midfield and they've got another defender playing as a narrow full back. Kilmarnock are quite route one and Derek mcinnes likes robust players who can head and run. Not sure why we loaned him to them as they play a totally way and he isn't getting any minutes anyway..
 
The issue was Killie signed a LB right after they signed Bainbridge which has limited his minutes. From what I got told they didn't expect to be able to sign the other lad so went for Bainbridge instead then got both
Shame for him. I assume we'll recall him in Jan
 
Pretty much guaranteed he will be recalled in Jan, on the face of it it wasn't a bad loan move at the time but McInnes isn't exactly known for developing youngsters
I wonder how much was a response to agent/player demands? Think there are often young players who are very keen to get out into men's football (which is to their credit tbf). It may well have been that we sent him out in response to a request. It was noticeable that chatter from the likes of Nixon around Bainbridge perked up last season. My immediate assumption is that this is agent led (as Nixon gets nowt from us directly and nothing else since Mowbray went). Maybe this was about getting a player out that was making noises about their development. Perhaps he'll return with a lot of lessons even if he didn't get much game time?
 
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Is Mepham on loan here because Bournemouth want him to get lots of games with us and develop into a better player. The way we are loaning out some of our players to give them playing time and come back better.
Or, on the other hand, have we got Mepham because he has no future at Bournemouth and he’s something like Ba or Adil here but with less time on his contract.

Do we think we will get him signed up on a permanent and if so, how much, and will it be in January or the summer.
 
Is Mepham on loan here because Bournemouth want him to get lots of games with us and develop into a better player. The way we are loaning out some of our players to give them playing time and come back better.
Or, on the other hand, have we got Mepham because he has no future at Bournemouth and he’s something like Ba or Adil here but with less time on his contract.

Do we think we will get him signed up on a permanent and if so, how much, and will it be in January or the summer.
Bournemouth have better CBs already at the club. Mepham is done there
 
Someone told me today that we're back in for Alex Mendy from Caen.
He’s having another decent season but I’d be surprised personally. He’s 31 early next year and we have Isidor, Connolly and Mayenda.
 
Someone told me today that we're back in for Alex Mendy from Caen.
Not this again:emoticon-0140-rofl:

In all seriousness though, I wouldn't be surprised at all. We chased him all summer so he's obviously someone we really like and I do think we are lacking a forward who is strong with their back to goal.
 
All depends on price but we would be nuts not to keep in the loop about Mendy’s availability and price. Isn’t he out of of contract in the summer anyway?

think he would offer something a bit different from our current forward line. mind you, the players we can attract this January are higher than last summer given our good start. Will be interesting to see if we can poach any big fish. Nascimento from Botafogo will be away to Europe at some point and has been linked with big clubs. Could we convince him that regular football in the championship is a good stepping stone to the champions league? How much of the dressing room togetherness would we sacrifice signing such a player? One change I would like to see if a bit of pre-emptive spending. Regardless of whether we go up or not, there will be a lot of money flowing into the club this summer. Might as well spend a significant sum in January if the right deal is available. Probably safer to spend on a British player than a foreigner given our track record of developing young players recently.
 
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After another striker apparently, Mendy rumours starting up again, would like it to be gift orban given Lyon’s financial problems, how we’d fit isidor Connolly mayenda abdullahi plus another in is beyond me like seems overkill unless mayendas future is on the wing?

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You believe it to be true so fair enough but don't come on acting like it's facts.

You believe RLB is being told who to play, but you are acting like it's facts

Folk hate speakman, you have mentioned several times that you dislike him so this is a way of moaning about speakman

Appartently TM had to play the French lads and wasn't allowed to play Pritchard, then we appointment Beale who people kept saying was appointment as a yes man to speakman and straight away he started to play pritchard

Our policy is to give young players an opportunity, sometimes that means giving them a run of games to see what they can do. Watson is a great example, he has got better and better each game and looked a really threat against sheff utd for best part of 60 mins
Can you read it's imho, and how I see it.
 
If Speakman was telling RLB who to start based upon increasing the value of our players then why is he starting a 30 y/o with no resale value (O'Nien) and a loanee (Mepham) over one of our prized assets in Ballard? O'Nien has also started out of position ahead of players younger than him such as Alese. Or why is a loanee starting over Mayenda? Or why have players like Jewi and Ba who cost a fair amount been bombed from the squad so Roberts who has little to no resale value can start every game? Browne started the first game of the season ahead of Rigg and was picked ahead of Aleksic. Connolly was picked in midfield ahead of Aleksic.

The argument makes zero sense. As per, bullshit from you.
It's in my opinion you and your chum scouty 69 should have noticed that
 
The issue was Killie signed a LB right after they signed Bainbridge which has limited his minutes. From what I got told they didn't expect to be able to sign the other lad so went for Bainbridge instead then got both
Who told you that??? Is it true, can you prove it, or is it more of your scout bullshit.