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Alex Mitchell - gone on a season long loan to Plymouth Argyle (p11)

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  • arny23394
    arny23394 Posts: 1,376
    Nowhere near good enough. Tom McIntyre was getting games ahead of him last season…
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,408

  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 4,449
    Don't know if Argyle will buy him, all the talk now from the owner is how they're 10 million in debt.
  • mattwils
    mattwils Posts: 242
    Can’t fault the attitude and effort levels but I worry about his decision making and him on the ball in championship. Remember some very sketchy passing last season including a cross field pass across the penalty area when we got thrashed at Rotherham 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,408
    mattwils said:
    Can’t fault the attitude and effort levels but I worry about his decision making and him on the ball in championship. Remember some very sketchy passing last season including a cross field pass across the penalty area when we got thrashed at Rotherham 
    Did the same against Preston in the FA Cup too
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,872
    Whether he stays or goes this has been a very successful loan for him, player of the season for a team on the edge of the play offs and very popular with their crowd.  He was also very popular at Lincoln before.  He is certainly top class in L1.  
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 1,964
    fenaddick said:

    Can smell the profit already 
  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,895
    Personally think he is worth looking at again in pre-season, he is at least a top end league one centre-back and still young so unless we get offered a really decent sum would make sense to see if he can make it with us.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 18,079
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Personally think he is worth looking at again in pre-season, he is at least a top end league one centre-back and still young so unless we get offered a really decent sum would make sense to see if he can make it with us.
    I get where you are coming from on paper but I think what gets missed in the "he is a top end League 1 CB" argument is that the attributes that are his strength at that level arent so important a league up and the attributes that are his weaknesses at that level are even more important a league up. 

    I was always a fan of his but ultimatelty he isnt quick enough or good enough on the ball to be a CB in the champ. He is as slow if not slower than Macca but doesnt have the ability to pick a pass like Macca does, he even struggled with the simple passes last year. As a right footer he is much easier to replace. As a left footer he would maybe stand a chance at being around the squad.
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 1,964
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Personally think he is worth looking at again in pre-season, he is at least a top end league one centre-back and still young so unless we get offered a really decent sum would make sense to see if he can make it with us.
    All of this depends on the assumption that Mitchell would happily sign an extension knowing he’s only going to make the bench at best and that’s with Burke and Sichenje being injured 

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  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,895
    Crispywood said:
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Personally think he is worth looking at again in pre-season, he is at least a top end league one centre-back and still young so unless we get offered a really decent sum would make sense to see if he can make it with us.
    All of this depends on the assumption that Mitchell would happily sign an extension knowing he’s only going to make the bench at best and that’s with Burke and Sichenje being injured 
    He still has at least another year left on his current contract
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 1,964
    edited April 29
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Crispywood said:
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Personally think he is worth looking at again in pre-season, he is at least a top end league one centre-back and still young so unless we get offered a really decent sum would make sense to see if he can make it with us.
    All of this depends on the assumption that Mitchell would happily sign an extension knowing he’s only going to make the bench at best and that’s with Burke and Sichenje being injured 
    He still has at least another year left on his current contract
    Yh but we’re not going to let him walk for free at the end of next season when we could get 1/2 Mil for him now. For a player who’s not going to start 
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,588
    Crispywood said:
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Personally think he is worth looking at again in pre-season, he is at least a top end league one centre-back and still young so unless we get offered a really decent sum would make sense to see if he can make it with us.
    All of this depends on the assumption that Mitchell would happily sign an extension knowing he’s only going to make the bench at best and that’s with Burke and Sichenje being injured 
    so a good chance he is on the bench lol
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 7,457
    Crispywood said:
    fenaddick said:

    Can smell the profit already 
    Outside of academy players & Alfie May i'm really struggling to think of a player that we have made profit on in our recent history  :D
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 1,964
    Pelling1993 said:
    Crispywood said:
    fenaddick said:

    Can smell the profit already 
    Outside of academy players & Alfie May i'm really struggling to think of a player that we have made profit on in our recent history  :D
    Last 3 years we’ve Had Ness, Elewere, Davison but they obviously all came from the academy. 

    Actual player trading we’ve had May, O’Connell CBT and potentially REG so not a great deal 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,408
    Crispywood said:
    Pelling1993 said:
    Crispywood said:
    fenaddick said:

    Can smell the profit already 
    Outside of academy players & Alfie May i'm really struggling to think of a player that we have made profit on in our recent history  :D
    Last 3 years we’ve Had Ness, Elewere, Davison but they obviously all came from the academy. 

    Actual player trading we’ve had May, O’Connell CBT and potentially REG so not a great deal 
    Technically Small too as we got compensation 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 99,860
    edited May 2
    Looks like Plymouth are missing out on the Play-Offs thanks to a 92nd minute goal for Stevenage
    A minute late Luton go 3-2 up @ Bolton, so even a Wigan equaliser at Stevenage would see Luton take 6th rather than Plymouth
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 66,133
    edited May 2
    Very controversial goal for Stevenage - don’t think it crossed the line. Luton will be upset about that one.
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 1,964
    Seems like he wants to go as well, hopefully we get a good L1 bidding war
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 33,726
    Callumcafc said:
    Very controversial goal for Stevenage - don’t think it crossed the line. Luton will be upset about that one.
    Wasn’t even close to being over the line, if you are not sure you can’t give it.

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  • LittleAddick
    LittleAddick Posts: 750
    Seen relatively little of him, but every game I've seen him start he's made a glaring error that has cost us a goal. 
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,403
    LargeAddick said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Very controversial goal for Stevenage - don’t think it crossed the line. Luton will be upset about that one.
    Wasn’t even close to being over the line, if you are not sure you can’t give it.
    Stevenage ‘goal’.  https://x.com/WiganNotToday/status/2050609799549587668/video/1?s=46

    I thought that they had goal line tech in the refs watch. No way that ball entirely crossed the line. 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 33,726
    BalladMan said:
    LargeAddick said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Very controversial goal for Stevenage - don’t think it crossed the line. Luton will be upset about that one.
    Wasn’t even close to being over the line, if you are not sure you can’t give it.
    Stevenage ‘goal’.  https://x.com/WiganNotToday/status/2050609799549587668/video/1?s=46

    I thought that they had goal line tech in the refs watch. No way that ball entirely crossed the line. 
    Don’t think they do in Leagues 1 and 2. Could be wrong though.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,317
    Yep, I remember photos of us getting it put in in pre-season.
  • Gisappointed
    Gisappointed Posts: 1,177
    edited May 2
    Alex's problem is that his first sport was rowing. He cane to us late as a  big unit CB. As a footballer he never played RB, so never knew when or how to close down wide players. Great in a four, but clueless in a three. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,408
    Sounds like he's incrdibly keen to keep playing in green

    https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/alex-mitchell-if-stars-align-10943064
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,767
    I think we should try and negotiate a deal with Plymouth that favours us. Decent fee, promotion clause, sell-on fee. 

    Alex is a good bloke, you can tell that by his interviews, and the right character you want, but reading that article, part of me wants to see him just be the main man elsewhere. 

    I'd like to see him stay here and I firmly believe he can play at this level, especially in a back 5, but his heart seems set on Plymouth reading that and watching the interviews.

    In an ideal world he would come back, fight for a place, Jones could pass the torch to him in a way, but I don't see it. I think when a player gets accepted like that, they'll want the move, and we don't want an unhappy player with only a year left. 

    One thing for certain, I wouldn't entertain any offers until we know the future of Ramsay & Lloydy. If we lost both or even one, that changes this topic imo.
  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,895
    Might be worth seeing if there are any Plymouth players we might fancy, pebble and Tolaj the two I can think of and use Alex as a makeweight 
  • covered_end_junior
    covered_end_junior Posts: 4,636
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Might be worth seeing if there are any Plymouth players we might fancy, pebble and Tolaj the two I can think of and use Alex as a makeweight 
    Can see us being keen on both of them but Tolaj is likely to attract bigger clubs (or at least ones that can pay more) 

    Fairly sure Jones signed Pepple for Luton. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,408
    We won't be signing strikers from L1 if all goes to plan. NJ's comments about Godden yesterday make that pretty clear

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