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i wonder where bradley pritchard will end up?

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  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    No surprise the type of clubs who were looking at him 18 months ago. The lad was man of the match at Craven Cottage 2 and 1/2 years ago, and went on to have an excellent following season in the championship. Sadly that level of consistency was not on show last season.

    A decent league one side should come in on him.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,879
    The thing is, even when we were thin in midfield, when Poyet, Jackson and Cousins were looking leggy with all the games we were having to play, Pritchard was still completely out of the picture, it was all very strange
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    As stated before, lovely,lovely fella.
    (Just thought i'd say it again !)
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    Part of his downfall was our shocking pitch that his small stature struggled to cope with.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    harveys gardener said:

    Part of his downfall was our shocking pitch that his small stature struggled to cope with.

    I heard that the last time he played 18 holes of Golf, he fell in 9 of them!
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    Should have no problem finding a decent League One Club, intellectual player and based in the right team with the right style of football he can be a little machine. Can imagine him being no fun to play against, always running
  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    Orient would be a perfect club for him, fingers crossed as (as above) have been told from a few different sources he's a genuinely lovely guy.
  • sirjohnhumphrey
    sirjohnhumphrey Posts: 1,860
    Got a bad feeling about this one for some reason.

    Think he could end up non league as he may well be seen by managers as someone who got lucky for a season and then got found out.

    They could reason that if he is of good enough quality he would have spotted earlier in his career.

    Not what I want to happen obviously but indo fear it is true.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,504
    Brentford? Wouldn't let them down.
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    It's a pivotal season. His progress was incredible. He'd come from out of football to doing well in the championship in no time. In some ways it's more remarkable than a 16 yo doing the same. Last year was the first one that wasn't pure up and up. His confidence suffered, he lost his mentor then his contract. If he can come back from that and start improving again he's definitely got the endeavour to play at championship level, but he could go through the trap door too. Tough business really.

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  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,838
    Addicted said:

    Orient would be a perfect club for him, fingers crossed as (as above) have been told from a few different sources he's a genuinely lovely guy.

    Agree with this. A good replacement for Vincelot should we or anyone else sign him.
  • StigThundercock
    StigThundercock Posts: 3,722
    with the paucity of proven talent in the squad before last week (and it's still far from full) I thought there was a good chance he'd get himself an offer from Charlton especially if they let him do pre-season at sparrows lane but with 2 midfielders signed that chance has withered
    Wherever Dyer and/or Powell work next will be a good bet
    Wish him luck where/whatever he does next, his enthusiasm and commitment outshone many of his colleagues over the last 2 years.
  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,583
    James Masters ‏@Masters_JamesD · 9h
    Heard that #lofc will complete the signing of former #cafc midfielder Bradley Pritchard on a free transfer tomorrow


    Orient is an ideal move for Bradley, good luck to him.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,448
    edited July 2014
    Essex_Al said:

    James Masters ‏@Masters_JamesD · 9h
    Heard that #lofc will complete the signing of former #cafc midfielder Bradley Pritchard on a free transfer tomorrow

    Orient is an ideal move for Bradley, good luck to him.

    Brilliant news for Bradley... Having him in their team could be what they were missing (i.e. a right workhorse) in their quest for Promotion last season
    sirjohnhumphrey said:

    Got a bad feeling about this one for some reason.

    Think he could end up non league as he may well be seen by managers as someone who got lucky for a season and then got found out.

    They could reason that if he is of good enough quality he would have spotted earlier in his career.

    Not what I want to happen obviously but indo fear it is true.

    In regards to his Non-League days wasnt that partly because he wanted to concentrate on his education (i.e. Getting a Uni Degree) before having a Football career?
  • stonewallpenalty
    stonewallpenalty Posts: 3,842
    I never rated him. Thought he would end up back in non league after last season as he performances were of that standard. I still think he will struggle in league 1 with orient.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    Essex_Al said:

    James Masters ‏@Masters_JamesD · 9h
    Heard that #lofc will complete the signing of former #cafc midfielder Bradley Pritchard on a free transfer tomorrow


    Orient Charlton Reserves is an ideal move for Bradley, good luck to him.

  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    Good signing for them - wish them both well.
  • kentcrusader
    kentcrusader Posts: 69
    Good for brad, he will shine there.
  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,802
    edited July 2014
    Good signing for the O's if it happens. Really admire Bradley for the way he came in the professional game in his mid twenties. Forced his way into the League 1 championship winning side with some consistent performances and was MOM at Fulham away in the cup that season. Bit up and down in his displays the following season in Championship. Kind of lost his way last season struggled like a lot of his teammates to get any kind of consistency. Russell Slade would be the ideal manager to get him playing like the player from 2011/12 season. I wish him well as he always gave 100%.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,372
    Good luck to him, incredible set of lungs!

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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    cafctom said:

    Good luck to him, incredible set of lungs!

    And big heart.

    Proper team player.
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    I wish him well.
  • GretnaGreenAddick
    GretnaGreenAddick Posts: 3,085
    Great news for him if he does sign for Orient, one of my favourite players of the last few years.
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Great set of lungs. Great personality. Great team player. Lightweight footballer. He'll struggle to make the O's midfield. Good luck though.
  • Jarman
    Jarman Posts: 1,851
    markmc68 said:

    Great set of lungs. Great personality. Great team player. Lightweight footballer. He'll struggle to make the O's midfield. Good luck though.

    If Wagstaff made the O's midfield then I have no doubts Pritchard can get a start!
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Jarman said:

    markmc68 said:

    Great set of lungs. Great personality. Great team player. Lightweight footballer. He'll struggle to make the O's midfield. Good luck though.

    If Wagstaff made the O's midfield then I have no doubts Pritchard can get a start!
    Wagstaff only got 7 games for Orient
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Don't get all this man love for Pritchard. Would have loved to have seen the responses on here had he been Belgian, or welsh for that matter.
  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,912
    markmc68 said:

    Don't get all this man love for Pritchard. Would have loved to have seen the responses on here had he been Belgian, or welsh for that matter.

    Well said. Poyet is a good player and gets abused; Pritchard isn't good enough and is adored. Odd.

  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,941
    Also - Pritchard is a technically limited player who runs around a lot, and works very hard for the team. Is loved for it.

    Church is a technically limited player who runs around a lot, and works very hard for the team. And is actually HATED by many on here.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,879
    DamoNorthStand said:

    Also - Pritchard is a technically limited player who runs around a lot, and works very hard for the team. Is loved for it.

    Church is a technically limited player who runs around a lot, and works very hard for the team. And is actually HATED by many on here.

    Pritchard has had some decent games for us, and a midfielder with lots of energy and heart is a useful squad asset, whereas a non threatening striker who runs around a lot is less useful...

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