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Think Mr A. O'Brien and you'll get the drift.Bruce Rioja wrote:Decent shape? Decent shape?
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Umpired a cricket match yesterday. Other umpire a Leicester City season ticket holder. he reckons Mills is a very good defender - very good. Needs managing though, bags of self-esteem. He also said that Nigel Pearson could pick an argument in an empty room.
I think he'll be a good buy for us.
I think he'll be a good buy for us.
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Think you also need to recall what we had before that as well.Wandering Willy wrote:Think Mr A. O'Brien and you'll get the drift.Bruce Rioja wrote:Decent shape? Decent shape?
There was Cid. Michalik. Shittu. AOB was better and had some decent games for us, but had a few shockers before we loaned him out.
Not sure I'd want any of the above back in place of Knight.
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Decent signing, only seen him play once in person, 2 seasons ago in the Carling Cup, Northampton 3-3 Reading. Matt Mills scored twice for Reading then scored a 120+5 minute own goal but looked a solid defender. Other than that from what I've seen on TV etc. he looks a good signing for Championship level and definitely will add cover/competition for a starting spot with Ream and Wheater
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See Bruce ... "Decent shape !"
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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In agreement.Worthy4England wrote:Think you also need to recall what we had before that as well.Wandering Willy wrote:Think Mr A. O'Brien and you'll get the drift.Bruce Rioja wrote:Decent shape? Decent shape?
There was Cid. Michalik. Shittu. AOB was better and had some decent games for us, but had a few shockers before we loaned him out.
Not sure I'd want any of the above back in place of Knight.
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Two massive ego's and one had to goBruce Rioja wrote:Hi Ralph - Is it actually known what went on between him and Pearson, or is it all conjecture? I'd have thought that Pearson's the kind of guy that it's fairly easy to fall out with to be honest.
Mills had an absolute nightmare at Watford where he defended like a school girl and Pearson told him to buck his idea's up but Mills thought otherwise and paid the price
For simply heading and blocking he is top drawer in this division - if you want to play out from the back then take your tin hats for because he is as likely to hit you as the Bolton player he was aiming for.Also gets attracted to the ball when defending so ends up out of position far too much.
The new Financial regs also had a massive affect on the decision
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The lad will be fine.
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Yeah, from what I understand Mills had a really good start to the season but then it all went downhill quickly under Pearson. I don't believe a quality player becomes useless overnight, so maybe Pearson was asking too much of him, he was trying a different system or they simply didn't get on from the start. Whatever it is, you'd have to guess that Mills' problems are related to Pearson rather than him turning into an average player.Zulus Thousand of em wrote:Umpired a cricket match yesterday. Other umpire a Leicester City season ticket holder. he reckons Mills is a very good defender - very good. Needs managing though, bags of self-esteem. He also said that Nigel Pearson could pick an argument in an empty room.
I think he'll be a good buy for us.
He was obviously good enough to demand a £5m price tag, so I'm optimistic about him. I think the season two years ago with Reading and the first part of last season with Leicester tell us more about him than what he did whilst working for a manager he clearly didn't fit in with.
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That's like saying that you're in decent shape just because Worthy4England is even fatter - which he is.bobo the clown wrote:See Bruce ... "Decent shape !"
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Bruce Rioja wrote:That's like saying that you're in decent shape just because Worthy4England is even fatter - which he is.bobo the clown wrote:See Bruce ... "Decent shape !"
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Me & Worthy would get us out of the Chumpionshit.Bruce Rioja wrote:That's like saying that you're in decent shape just because Worthy4England is even fatter - which he is.bobo the clown wrote:See Bruce ... "Decent shape !"
Think how far the opposition would have to go to get round us.
They'd be knackered.
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Easy. You're a pair of left-footers. The opposition would just take you down the other side.bobo the clown wrote:Me & Worthy would get us out of the Chumpionshit.Bruce Rioja wrote:That's like saying that you're in decent shape just because Worthy4England is even fatter - which he is.bobo the clown wrote:See Bruce ... "Decent shape !"
Think how far the opposition would have to go to get round us.
They'd be knackered.
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Genuinely excited by the signing of Mills.
Think he'll go really well for us.
Think he'll go really well for us.
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You presume I'm one footed ? I am offended.Bruce Rioja wrote:Easy. You're a pair of left-footers. The opposition would just take you down the other side.bobo the clown wrote:Me & Worthy would get us out of the Chumpionshit.Bruce Rioja wrote:That's like saying that you're in decent shape just because Worthy4England is even fatter - which he is.bobo the clown wrote:See Bruce ... "Decent shape !"
Think how far the opposition would have to go to get round us.
They'd be knackered.
I could kick you all over the pitch with both feet, equally effectively.
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
"I understand you are a very good footballer" ... "I try".
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Now, see, I saw a bit of Mills at Reading, well impressed with him defensively. Right place, right time, decisive. That was nearly three years ago and me watching him as a 'young defender'. Now we're told he has a bit of the Zat Knight 'oi, lads, oi, how far do you reckon I could kick this if I proper had a go' about him. Not to say that means he is shit at defending, but apparently we're all Brazil 1970, so someone ought to be able to pass it?
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That's bad. He'll be nowhere near any of our other defenders, doing that sort of thing.Prufrock wrote:Now, see, I saw a bit of Mills at Reading, well impressed with him defensively. Right place, right time, decisive. That was nearly three years ago and me watching him as a 'young defender'. Now we're told he has a bit of the Zat Knight 'oi, lads, oi, how far do you reckon I could kick this if I proper had a go' about him. Not to say that means he is shit at defending, but apparently we're all Brazil 1970, so someone ought to be able to pass it?
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Aye, we don't want any of that sort of play. How are we supposed to piss and moan at Coyle if that happens?
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Love will find a way.Wandering Willy wrote:Aye, we don't want any of that sort of play. How are we supposed to piss and moan at Coyle if that happens?
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