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Post by venceremos on Jan 12, 2019 19:58:07 GMT 1
He has! 'The central midfielder, part of last season's run to the League One play-off final, is not part of Sam Ricketts' plans'. (Shropshire Star) If Ricketts did previously say that then he certainly contracted himself in his interview with Stuart Dunn after the game today. Certainly hope so. The prospect of watching that midfield for the rest of the season should make anyone shudder.
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Post by northwestman on Jan 12, 2019 20:01:19 GMT 1
He has! 'The central midfielder, part of last season's run to the League One play-off final, is not part of Sam Ricketts' plans'. (Shropshire Star) Far be it from me to point out that your quote from the Star is not a quote from Ricketts himself. Jackett has confirmed Morris is joining Portsmouth. Lewis Cox in the Star understands the deal is going through on Monday.. So the Star were correct, and for all we know might have been given their information by Ricketts himself.
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Post by tvor on Jan 12, 2019 20:01:41 GMT 1
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Post by venceremos on Jan 12, 2019 20:18:53 GMT 1
Unbelievable. Norburn’s only decent pass today was to put Grant (theirs) through on goal (ours). But we believe we can afford to ditch our best passer of a ball from last season’s 3rd place squad.
And Morris scores from set pieces now. Still, we’ve got Haynes taking free kicks .....
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Post by JohnG on Jan 12, 2019 20:23:42 GMT 1
Today's midfield "performances" were shambolic. Norburn, Laurent, better than Bryn Morris? Not a ****ing chance!!
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Post by vixenshrew on Jan 12, 2019 20:34:48 GMT 1
Unbelievable! Pompey must be grinning like Cheshire cats obtaining 2 of our best players. Good luck to Bryn, a talented footballer who will no doubt be playing in the championship next season.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2019 20:37:11 GMT 1
Morris going is disappointing on several levels.
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Post by wayahead on Jan 12, 2019 20:41:24 GMT 1
Unbelievable! Pompey must be grinning like Cheshire cats obtaining 2 of our best players. Good luck to Bryn, a talented footballer who will no doubt be playing in the championship next season. BEHAVE YOURSELVES!! He wasn’t amazing last year, you are talking like he will get us out of trouble. The midfield is still not the problem. WE CANT DEFEND!! Plus WE CANT SCORE!! Morris wasn’t amazing last season and it is always easy to say that we miss a certain type of player when he’s not available.
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Post by londonshrew75 on Jan 12, 2019 20:42:06 GMT 1
Utter madness. Remember we possibly can't blame Ricketts for this. We can blame that f*****g non league clown. Not even given a chance after playing 2nd fiddle for most of the previous season. We really are becoming a joke...
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Post by chestershrew on Jan 12, 2019 20:45:47 GMT 1
He can pass a ball, and maybe the championship will suit him better, but no loss for me.
Godfrey, Nolan and Bryn Morris was a much weaker midfield than Godfrey, Nolan and Ogogo.
He may be a better player than Laurent, but not much in it. And I think Grant, Docherty, Edwards and Norburn and much better.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Jan 12, 2019 20:50:29 GMT 1
Suspect a good few of us didn't understand this move before today's game. After today's game...
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Post by venceremos on Jan 12, 2019 20:51:16 GMT 1
Unbelievable! Pompey must be grinning like Cheshire cats obtaining 2 of our best players. Good luck to Bryn, a talented footballer who will no doubt be playing in the championship next season. BEHAVE YOURSELVES!! He wasn’t amazing last year, you are talking like he will get us out of trouble. The midfield is still not the problem. WE CANT DEFEND!! Plus WE CANT SCORE!! Morris wasn’t amazing last season and it is always easy to say that we miss a certain type of player when he’s not available. He was the best passer in our midfield last season. And midfield is a problem, even if some insist on looking away. If you dominate the middle, you defend better and find attacking easier. You certainly don’t lose games the way we did today. We have a midfield of some talent, but it’s also hopelessly inconsistent, too slow, takes too many touches, passes poorly and is ultimately lightweight. If it isn’t improved, we won’t.
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Post by wayahead on Jan 13, 2019 0:34:52 GMT 1
BEHAVE YOURSELVES!! He wasn’t amazing last year, you are talking like he will get us out of trouble. The midfield is still not the problem. WE CANT DEFEND!! Plus WE CANT SCORE!! Morris wasn’t amazing last season and it is always easy to say that we miss a certain type of player when he’s not available. He was the best passer in our midfield last season. And midfield is a problem, even if some insist on looking away. If you dominate the middle, you defend better and find attacking easier. You certainly don’t lose games the way we did today. We have a midfield of some talent, but it’s also hopelessly inconsistent, too slow, takes too many touches, passes poorly and is ultimately lightweight. If it isn’t improved, we won’t. No he wasn’t the best passer last season, Nolan was. Early on in the season under Askey we dominated many games in midfield, just can’t score or defend. The midfield is obviously being told to play completely different. He’s a decent player but so are the others in there, he’s no better. As I said it’s always easy to say the ones that are actually playing are not good enough or someone else is better who isn’t there.
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Post by venceremos on Jan 13, 2019 1:30:53 GMT 1
He was the best passer in our midfield last season. And midfield is a problem, even if some insist on looking away. If you dominate the middle, you defend better and find attacking easier. You certainly don’t lose games the way we did today. We have a midfield of some talent, but it’s also hopelessly inconsistent, too slow, takes too many touches, passes poorly and is ultimately lightweight. If it isn’t improved, we won’t. No he wasn’t the best passer last season, Nolan was. Early on in the season under Askey we dominated many games in midfield, just can’t score or defend. The midfield is obviously being told to play completely different. He’s a decent player but so are the others in there, he’s no better. As I said it’s always easy to say the ones that are actually playing are not good enough or someone else is better who isn’t there. Can’t agree that Nolan was a better passer. Wasn’t consistent enough. He had other strengths. We dominated the middle at times but couldn’t sustain it through whole games. Even when we won games earlier in the season we spent long spells on the back foot and played some really messy second halfs. We’re just not good enough there & Morris gave us an easy option for freshening it up. Missed opportunity.
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Post by tvor on Jan 14, 2019 17:55:59 GMT 1
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Post by camdenshrew on Jan 14, 2019 18:10:26 GMT 1
Irrespective of the fact Morris wasn't a regular starter last season, he did contribute. He has also scored goals from midfield for Wycombe this season and was fancied by two promotion chasing managers. He's a definite loss to a team facing a relegation battle.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Jan 14, 2019 18:10:59 GMT 1
Self-defeating nonsense.
Cementing one of Askey's mistakes permanently.
Our retention of last seasons squad has been a cross between reckless and idiotic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 18:12:13 GMT 1
As others have said I don’t get the fuss. Wasn’t really wanted by Hurst, Askey or Ricketts now. A decent player who I wish well but I don’t see how he would possibly feature for Portsmouth next season if they do get promoted as he’s way, way off the standard of Nolan, who hasn’t cut it at that level.
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Post by bobbytheblock19er on Jan 14, 2019 18:13:06 GMT 1
the “star trainee “ is right most of the time , just like he was with askey .
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 18:30:59 GMT 1
Joining another ex Salopian who really should’ve featured more, Craig Macgilivray
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Post by TheFoz on Jan 14, 2019 18:33:19 GMT 1
Nominal fee, which probably means sub 50k.
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Post by Northwest Shrew on Jan 14, 2019 18:35:13 GMT 1
We’re doing it on the cheap again, Didn’t invest in the team 12 months ago, our greatest chance of going up I’ve seen in my lifetime and in all probability will ever see again, and now we’re back to our old ways, good enough for Pompey, but not good enough for us.. say what you like about hurst, he had something special.. Askey and now Ricketts are the cheap option.. unless we spend big on 3 or 4 wow signings we are in big trouble
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Jan 14, 2019 18:38:02 GMT 1
As others have said I don’t get the fuss. Wasn’t really wanted by Hurst, Askey or Ricketts now. A decent player who I wish well but I don’t see how he would possibly feature for Portsmouth next season if they do get promoted as he’s way, way off the standard of Nolan, who hasn’t cut it at that level. Different sort of player though isn't he to Nolan? And Nolan has four years on him, according to Wiki Morris is only 22. And sure; whilst Hurst, Askey and Ricketts aren't too keen it's worth remembering that two of them are currently out of work and the other is struggling mightily with the step up to league football ...whereas the chap who clearly does see something in him has managed more league games than those three put together and currently has his side sat atop the division. Can certainly understand if a fair few are a tad confused with this...more so now after Saturdays debacle...
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Post by tvor on Jan 14, 2019 18:40:15 GMT 1
Jackett clearly sees the potential in Morris and thinks he is a player he and his coaches can develop. As he says in the article on the Pompey website, he sees him as a player whose best years are ahead of him. Our loss is very much their gain.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Jan 14, 2019 18:40:23 GMT 1
I wouldn't have let him go for an undisclosed fee, I'd have demanded more than that.
Funny how when some Juan goes, they suddenly become a football genius. Some of the games he played for us I wouldn't have known he was on the field if it hadn't been for the team sheet.
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Post by SouthStandShrew on Jan 14, 2019 18:42:22 GMT 1
We’re doing it on the cheap again, Didn’t invest in the team 12 months ago, our greatest chance of going up I’ve seen in my lifetime and in all probability will ever see again, and now we’re back to our old ways, good enough for Pompey, but not good enough for us.. say what you like about hurst, he had something special.. Askey and now Ricketts are the cheap option.. unless we spend big on 3 or 4 wow signings we are in big trouble Time to have a look at Mr Caldwell and RW then.
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Post by martinshrew on Jan 14, 2019 18:49:12 GMT 1
We’re doing it on the cheap again, Didn’t invest in the team 12 months ago, our greatest chance of going up I’ve seen in my lifetime and in all probability will ever see again, and now we’re back to our old ways, good enough for Pompey, but not good enough for us.. say what you like about hurst, he had something special.. Askey and now Ricketts are the cheap option.. unless we spend big on 3 or 4 wow signings we are in big trouble Time to have a look at Mr Caldwell and RW then. Said for a while it's RW holding us back. Always the cheap option, and matching star signs of course.
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Post by bellevuesalopian on Jan 14, 2019 18:54:53 GMT 1
What the hell is going on at our club?
We lose a manager to a championship club and appoint a lower league manager who spends 600k on players who are an absolute shower! We then appoint another inexperienced cheap manager who continues to dismantle the best squad we have had in 30+years and replaces with non league/crocked/ or his mates!
Caldwell and Roland need to get a grip quickly, if not then go as well because your ruining all the good work done last season! Clueless the lot of them! If Roland wants to do it on the cheap then sell up because we deserve better than this.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 18:59:48 GMT 1
As others have said I don’t get the fuss. Wasn’t really wanted by Hurst, Askey or Ricketts now. A decent player who I wish well but I don’t see how he would possibly feature for Portsmouth next season if they do get promoted as he’s way, way off the standard of Nolan, who hasn’t cut it at that level. Different sort of player though isn't he to Nolan? And Nolan has four years on him, according to Wiki Morris is only 22. And sure; whilst Hurst, Askey and Ricketts aren't too keen it's worth remembering that two of them are currently out of work and the other is struggling mightily with the step up to league football ...whereas the chap who clearly does see something in him has managed more league games than those three put together and currently has his side sat atop the division. Can certainly understand if a fair few are a tad confused with this...more so now after Saturdays debacle... Absulotely a different sort of player but i don’t think that takes away from my point. In my opinion and I presume most others Nolan is streets ahead of Morris and he’s not cutting it at that level, it’s no criticism of Morris, just don’t see how he’ll be playing for them, but as I’m not their manager, it’s not upto me
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Post by wollastonshrew on Jan 14, 2019 19:00:18 GMT 1
A curious piece of transfer activity, had an excellent game in the first leg play off semi at Charlton. Don't understand why we let him go to Wycombe and bring in Loft and now he is off to Portsmouth and we retain Laurent?
Some odd transfer dealings in the last 6 months, we let a keeper go to Portsmouth who is better than we what now have now and our forward options, the less said the better.
We have spent money, or so we are told, some of it poorly inc Hurst, Hendrie and Jones to name but 2. Ricketts talked a good game when he came in, BC and RW need to back him this month with some quality additions.
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