Sordell ... what's the point ?

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

(some of those dramatically measured 9months were the close season, no?)

sordell will have had plenty of games buy the end of the season and played his part.

you really should learn how to relax a bit - if you're this stressed even when you are no longer interested...

Are you suggesting he has to pay some back handers to Coyle to get a game?

[jaffka]

(some of those dramatically measured 9months were the close season, no?)

sordell will have had plenty of games buy the end of the season and played his part.

you really should learn how to relax a bit - if you're this stressed even when you are no longer interested...

Are you suggesting he has to pay some back handers to Coyle to get a game?

defo Coyle Out

[david lee's bald patch]

Okay, my main concern here is more with Afobe getting in. The reason it concerns me is that I worry Coyle is playing him ahead of our own player to impress Wenger (or more pertinatley any premier league manager) that if you loan us a young player he will get playing time.

I think he could be trying to make sure we keep this image as THE club to loan your young uns too.
It's not a good strategy and obviously I have absolutely nothing to base it on - it's just a theory

[thebish]

if Afobe wasn't getting in and Sordell was - then I reckon there'd be a clamour on here saying "why did we use up a loan spot on a striker he never plays" - and folk would be reminding us week by week as he wasn't picked that he scored a hat-trick in the pre-season and looked well-ace...

[boltonboris]

if Afobe wasn't getting in and Sordell was - then I reckon there'd be a clamour on here saying "why did we use up a loan spot on a striker he never plays" - and folk would be reminding us week by week as he wasn't picked that he scored a hat-trick in the pre-season and looked well-ace...

Oh, absolutely.

[CAPSLOCK]

if Afobe wasn't getting in and Sordell was - then I reckon there'd be a clamour on here saying "why did we use up a loan spot on a striker he never plays" - and folk would be reminding us week by week as he wasn't picked that he scored a hat-trick in the pre-season and looked well-ace...

Why loan him in the first place, then

[boltonboris]

As an option. Just so happens that the manager thinks this loan option is a better one than Sordell

Minimum of 46 games, 4 strikers vying for 2 spots is about right. Especially when one of them is 35(?).

[thebish]

if Afobe wasn't getting in and Sordell was - then I reckon there'd be a clamour on here saying "why did we use up a loan spot on a striker he never plays" - and folk would be reminding us week by week as he wasn't picked that he scored a hat-trick in the pre-season and looked well-ace...

Why loan him in the first place, then

see!

[officer_dibble]

BB is right...but mr 35 year old has started all games thus far...

[plymouth wanderer]

if Afobe wasn't getting in and Sordell was - then I reckon there'd be a clamour on here saying "why did we use up a loan spot on a striker he never plays" - and folk would be reminding us week by week as he wasn't picked that he scored a hat-trick in the pre-season and looked well-ace...

^^

[boltonboris]

BB is right...but mr 35 year old has started all games thus far...

It's September.. By December, that might not still be accurate

[CAPSLOCK]

As an option. Just so happens that the manager thinks this loan option is a better one than Sordell

Minimum of 46 games, 4 strikers vying for 2 spots is about right. Especially when one of them is 35(?).

If he wants to keep his job, it'll be one striker, soon enough

[david lee's bald patch]

if Afobe wasn't getting in and Sordell was - then I reckon there'd be a clamour on here saying "why did we use up a loan spot on a striker he never plays" - and folk would be reminding us week by week as he wasn't picked that he scored a hat-trick in the pre-season and looked well-ace...

It's a fair point, but that's not what is happening is it? Also he kept playing Miyachi last season when it was clear he was a bit biz

[Far East Trotter]

Think Sordell suits a starting position than a sub... Which may really not matter given that he's not starting anyway... But unlike Afobe he's not gonna leave after a year (hopefully) and davo will move on... Maybe coyle thinks Davo's form is too good at the moment to halt his progress and sees Afobe as a super-sub... I'm not too worried about it as long we're gonna win games. Sordell will get there

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Think Sordell suits a starting position than a sub... Which may really not matter given that he's not starting anyway... But unlike Afobe he's not gonna leave after a year (hopefully) and davo will move on... Maybe coyle thinks Davo's form is too good at the moment to halt his progress and sees Afobe as a super-sub... I'm not too worried about it as long we're gonna win games. Sordell will get there

Isn't that part of the loan agreement. That they have to play x number of games in a period of y, otherwise what's the point (from the loanee club's perspective).

[boltonboris]

Not sure about Afobe, but with Wilshere I remember the loan deal was 'free' (apart from wages). But if he didn't play a certain number of games, we got a financial 'penalty' from Arsenal