Real shame that.. I thought he was a good players, created chances and could score. Unfortunately Adkins didn’t rate him, and wants to bring his own players in.
Was surprised at how little he played once Adkins came in, thought he was more than capable of being at least in the matchday squad, if not a starter if he found some consistency, guess he doesn't fit in with Adkins desired style of play. Shame as he was likable as well, wish him all the best
Alex Pritchard, although only 28, is giving me far too many Ben Watson vibes. If he has a renewed hunger to perform then I’m all for it but that’s a big question mark IMO.
He is closer in age to Albie Morgan than Ben Watson.....
You can be as young as you want but I don’t want you if you’re just here to go through the motions. That certainly seems to be the case for Pritchard at Huddersfield recently. My point was less about age and more about desire, sorry if it wasn’t obvious.
So we've lost Pratley, Shinnie, Smith (Loan) and JFC (until Xmas) in the centre of the park - we're bound to have our eyes on at least one or two CMs, but also could signal Morgan having a more prominent role in the team next year maybe?
Maybe that's just me being hopeful as I'd love to see him getting more game time
Interesting that player departures are being announced by the players first, rather than the club. I guess it's more "polite" for the club to do the formal statement on Friday, and let the players do their own announcement beforehand if they wish
Shinnie is more than capable at this level and is one of our better players. Real shame he never really got a chance under Adkins but I trust the process and will back the direction we are going in regardless. Good luck to Shinnie, hopefully one of our promotion rivals don't get him but I think they will.
I think Shinnie's biggest problem was the lack of pace and attacking intent in our fullbacks. With pacy fullbacks who get forward a lot and are a big part of the attack he has more space and options to create and ends up dictating a lot more of the play. Without those overlapping options out wide our play was a lot more stodgy and narrow, and his lack of pace got exposed when everything came through the middle. Still a good player though, I enjoyed having him
Shame about Shinnie, good player. Time for Morgan to step up in that case.
I think Albie might go off on loan myself
I think he'll be a key part of our midfield this year.
He should be. Best passer of the ball we have......might not track back enough but I'm not bothered about that unless Watson can score a screamer or Amos take a corner.
Didn't think that Shinnie would be one of the releases, sounds a little bit bitter on the instagram message, he seemed to be a reliable player and one to keep, we could be looking at the thin end of the wedge here, and maybe some shocks when the list is official.
Didn't think that Shinnie would be one of the releases, sounds a little bit bitter on the instagram message, he seemed to be a reliable player and one to keep, we could be looking at the thin end of the wedge here, and maybe some shocks when the list is official.
There won't be any shocks unless we pay off some players who are under contract.
Shame about Shinnie, good player. Time for Morgan to step up in that case.
I think Albie might go off on loan myself
Would be a mistake, showed he's capable over the last couple of games of this season
He was ok, but didn’t particularly shine. Don’t think he is the one to rely on when we’re looking for promotion. Probably another loan of lots of games is best.
Shame about Shinnie, good player. Time for Morgan to step up in that case.
I think Albie might go off on loan myself
Would be a mistake, showed he's capable over the last couple of games of this season
He was ok, but didn’t particularly shine. Don’t think he is the one to rely on when we’re looking for promotion. Probably another loan of lots of games is best.
Albie didn't shine in the last couple of games? You kidding?
7.28 & second to Maatsen against the league leaders & 7.74 and an assist against Lincoln another decent side for this level
Also got an assist on his first corner against Accrington looking bright throughout that performance too.
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The parent clubs want them to play just as we do when we loan young players out.
Maybe that's just me being hopeful as I'd love to see him getting more game time
He also fits the Adkins mould of young developing players.
He needs a long run of games to develop the consistency and he hasn't had them because of lack of consistency. Not only his BTW.
Hopefully with different players around him he can get that run and nail down the shirt as his own.
7.28 & second to Maatsen against the league leaders & 7.74 and an assist against Lincoln another decent side for this level
Also got an assist on his first corner against Accrington looking bright throughout that performance too.