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Michael Morrison - signed for Pompey (p6)
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Signed for Pompey:Still can't get used to him with hair.7
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Cracking signing for Pompey.6
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I always think that, seems to have had hair at every club he’s played for except us.aliwibble said:Signed for Pompey:Still can't get used to him with hair.1 -
I’d have pushed to get him back .5
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I thought a big loss when he left us.
He'll be a good signing for Pompey.1 -
Has had a very good career. Been a regular pretty much everywhere he has gone since he was with us.
Played about 370 games at Championship level since our 2012 promotion.1 -
Morrison had a bad year last year according to Reading fans. He was never the quickest but seemed to have lost a step last year. Not saying he won’t be good in league one but at his age the downward slide in athleticism comes quick2
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This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh1
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Decent no-nonsense defender but can imagine he'll get torn apart by any striker with pace this season.
In League One they are few and far between however. Can see Aneke giving him fits.4 - Sponsored links:
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I like Morrison but most of us were giving pelters to Pearce that he was too old etc but would have signed Morrison?
Makes zero sense....5 -
great signing for them. One of those individuals that if we had actually been run properly would've easily stayed with us for the last 10 years imo. Him and Yann's sales were stupid at the time, utterly ridiculous in hindsight.14
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a player with bags of experience of regularly playing at a higher level and had been promoted as runaway champions twice from this division with two different clubs? Would love some one like that here. Not as a big signing, but more as a pearce/andy hughes type of signing.Leuth said:This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh1 -
Really good signing 5 years ago
In 2022? Not so much5 -
Only a few months younger than Pearce, a bit of a gamble that he’s still got the legs for where Pompey want to be.kentaddick said:
a player with bags of experience of regularly playing at a higher level and had been promoted as runaway champions twice from this division with two different clubs? Would love some one like that here. Not as a big signing, but more as a pearce/andy hughes type of signing.Leuth said:This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh0 -
Ben watson, harry arter?cafctom said:
Why?Leuth said:This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh
A player who has been consistent in the Championship for 10 straight years. Maybe not one for the future but certainly not a bad signing.
both of these played at a higher level than Morrison4 -
Sam Vokes, James McClean, Barry Bannan?Todds_right_hook said:
Ben watson, harry arter?cafctom said:
Why?Leuth said:This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh
A player who has been consistent in the Championship for 10 straight years. Maybe not one for the future but certainly not a bad signing.
both of these played at a higher level than Morrison0 - Sponsored links:
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32, 32 and 33. So all older than Gunter was when we signed him.......cafcfan1990 said:
Sam Vokes, James McClean, Barry Bannan?Todds_right_hook said:
Ben watson, harry arter?cafctom said:
Why?Leuth said:This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh
A player who has been consistent in the Championship for 10 straight years. Maybe not one for the future but certainly not a bad signing.
both of these played at a higher level than Morrison
Getting the right "oldy" is almost as hard as getting the right youngster out of non league.
Doesn't mean it's a bad idea to try though.0 -
I know, but nobody was livid about those signings when they came in - as we quite rightfully thought they could add something.Todds_right_hook said:
Ben watson, harry arter?cafctom said:
Why?Leuth said:This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh
A player who has been consistent in the Championship for 10 straight years. Maybe not one for the future but certainly not a bad signing.
both of these played at a higher level than Morrison0 -
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i agree but you dont need hindsight it was obviously terrible decision at the time. When Yann was sold i knew from that point we were in trouble with RD as owner.kentaddick said:great signing for them. One of those individuals that if we had actually been run properly would've easily stayed with us for the last 10 years imo. Him and Yann's sales were stupid at the time, utterly ridiculous in hindsight.
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Huskaris said:Cracking signing for Pompey.
Pompey boys at work well pleased with this.0 -
Agreed, age means nothing. In hindsight, the signs were there with Arter but I think Gunter just didn't work out, still maintain he wasn't a bad signing on paper. I think being insistent on signing players who are under 27 just because of the last few years is an overreaction. Made plenty of shite signings who were much younger too.Cafc43v3r said:
32, 32 and 33. So all older than Gunter was when we signed him.......cafcfan1990 said:
Sam Vokes, James McClean, Barry Bannan?Todds_right_hook said:
Ben watson, harry arter?cafctom said:
Why?Leuth said:This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh
A player who has been consistent in the Championship for 10 straight years. Maybe not one for the future but certainly not a bad signing.
both of these played at a higher level than Morrison
Getting the right "oldy" is almost as hard as getting the right youngster out of non league.
Doesn't mean it's a bad idea to try though.1 -
Exactly, there's a reason he was released by a side who had the worst defensive record in the championship last season and who would've been relegated had Derby not been deducted a million points.CAFCsayer said:
This... I'd have said it was a good signing even 2 years ago, but he's lost a yard of pace and on the way downsam3110 said:Really good signing 5 years ago
In 2022? Not so much1 -
The Yann sale did make some sort of sense though. Player with 6 months left on his contract, offered a better deal by Bournemouth a club owned by a secretive Russian, who broke the FFP rules.Karim_myBagheri said:
i agree but you dont need hindsight it was obviously terrible decision at the time. When Yann was sold i knew from that point we were in trouble with RD as owner.kentaddick said:great signing for them. One of those individuals that if we had actually been run properly would've easily stayed with us for the last 10 years imo. Him and Yann's sales were stupid at the time, utterly ridiculous in hindsight.
The Morrison sale was ludicrous in comparison, as we forced out our 3rd choice CB - i.e. a player one injury/suspension away from the first team - someone who had just signed a new contract0 -
Signing a "playmaker" oldie can be a brilliant move if you build a team of younger players around him to do the physical side, and let him use his skills. Wes Hoolahan had 2 brilliant seasons at Cambridge in his late 30sCafc43v3r said:
32, 32 and 33. So all older than Gunter was when we signed him.......cafcfan1990 said:
Sam Vokes, James McClean, Barry Bannan?Todds_right_hook said:
Ben watson, harry arter?cafctom said:
Why?Leuth said:This is the kind of signing which, if we'd made, I'd have been pretty livid tbh
A player who has been consistent in the Championship for 10 straight years. Maybe not one for the future but certainly not a bad signing.
both of these played at a higher level than Morrison
Getting the right "oldy" is almost as hard as getting the right youngster out of non league.
Doesn't mean it's a bad idea to try though.
Signing a midfield workhorse who's legs have gone (i.e. Arter) isn't such a good idea...0
