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  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,878
    If true re Gillesphey that’s great for all parties concerned. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,934
    Thank you for Wembley Macca and that excellent performance at home to Blackburn but one it's right for both parties that he moves on. Go score a few free kicks in League 1 :)  
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,546
    The question becomes if Gillesphey goes then are we looking at someone else to replace him as backup or are we pushing the boat out for a first choice LCB with Bell being the reserve (due to his fitness issues.)
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,934
    thenewbie said:
    The question becomes if Gillesphey goes then are we looking at someone else to replace him as backup or are we pushing the boat out for a first choice LCB with Bell being the reserve (due to his fitness issues.)
    I'd like to think the latter , Bell will absolutely still have his role to play but having a first choice LCB with his injury record isn't ideal. 

    Cover for Lloydy is probably needed as well unless they think Sichenje could deputise in the middle? 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,191
    We still have Burke as another central option.  I can't see anyone signing him from us. And Sichenje can definitely play in the middle. 
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,758
    A cult hero and somebody that played a huge part in our promotion, but isn't really part of our future if we want to improve.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,509
    mart77 said:
    fenaddick said:

    Good move for all parties, if true, imo.
    And we have to wish him the best. Not the greatest but an honest pro and we’ll always have Wembley. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,934
    killerandflash said:
    We still have Burke as another central option.  I can't see anyone signing him from us. And Sichenje can definitely play in the middle. 
    Yeah I'm not sure what you do with Burke I guess you just hope you can get 10-15 games out of him as a squad player. Hopefully a new deal incoming for Ramsay too
  • superdulvertonred
    superdulvertonred Posts: 1,238
    If true a good for all parties and leaves us with fond memories of his goals with Wembley never to be forgotten. Thanks Macca

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  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 12,463
    killerandflash said:
    We still have Burke as another central option.  I can't see anyone signing him from us. And Sichenje can definitely play in the middle. 
    Both right sided.

    Agree with the general consensus that a first choice LCB with Bell as a very good back up which will help him manage his fitness 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,191
    DamoNorthStand said:
    killerandflash said:
    We still have Burke as another central option.  I can't see anyone signing him from us. And Sichenje can definitely play in the middle. 
    Both right sided.

    Agree with the general consensus that a first choice LCB with Bell as a very good back up which will help him manage his fitness 
    I was talking about the central position, i.e. cover for Jones. 
  • SteveACS
    SteveACS Posts: 510
    DamoNorthStand said:
    killerandflash said:
    We still have Burke as another central option.  I can't see anyone signing him from us. And Sichenje can definitely play in the middle. 
    Both right sided.

    Agree with the general consensus that a first choice LCB with Bell as a very good back up which will help him manage his fitness 
    Get in a proper LWB, and have Edwards as back up LCB...
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 2,181
    thenewbie said:
    The question becomes if Gillesphey goes then are we looking at someone else to replace him as backup or are we pushing the boat out for a first choice LCB with Bell being the reserve (due to his fitness issues.)
    get a young understudy to Bell. Ease him in 1st season get him used to the style of play intensity etc and then first team the following season. Bell can easily do a job still would have gotten 2nd for POTY if he was fit all year 
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,662
    Crispywood said:
    thenewbie said:
    The question becomes if Gillesphey goes then are we looking at someone else to replace him as backup or are we pushing the boat out for a first choice LCB with Bell being the reserve (due to his fitness issues.)
    get a young understudy to Bell. Ease him in 1st season get him used to the style of play intensity etc and then first team the following season. Bell can easily do a job still would have gotten 2nd for POTY if he was fit all year 
    But he wasn't, and won't be next year, he is injury prone. We either need a starter there or a top quality LWB and I think Edwards would be quality as the LCB starter
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 2,181
    CAFCsayer said:
    Crispywood said:
    thenewbie said:
    The question becomes if Gillesphey goes then are we looking at someone else to replace him as backup or are we pushing the boat out for a first choice LCB with Bell being the reserve (due to his fitness issues.)
    get a young understudy to Bell. Ease him in 1st season get him used to the style of play intensity etc and then first team the following season. Bell can easily do a job still would have gotten 2nd for POTY if he was fit all year 
    But he wasn't, and won't be next year, he is injury prone. We either need a starter there or a top quality LWB and I think Edwards would be quality as the LCB starter
    Depends on the system if we play the 352/4231 you need Edwards as the LWB because he plays as a LB in possession and if he started as a LCB I wouldn’t trust him to play as a CB in a 4 in possession. 

    If we play a traditional 352 there’s definitely no reason why we can’t use Edwards there 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 51,220
    Left sided centre backs are hard to find and in great demand. I’m assuming that Jones doesn’t feel that Bell can play every game and if Macca is off that we have someone lined up or he feels we can play Edwards there. Big danger in the latter is that Edwards has been injured a long time and might not be able to feature any more than Bell. I’m hoping we have a quality LCB coming in. Worrying if not. 
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,977
    Would expect Gillesphie to go to a L1 team and having been promoted from their twice, he will do well.  Too slow and error prone for the Champions ship but a solid, 100% effort, hard worker in L1 who scored our goal at Wembley to write his legend.

    Whether he goes to Bradford, who knows, the poster quoted has about 90 followers doesn't he.
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 2,181
    Athletico Charlton said:
    Would expect Gillesphie to go to a L1 team and having been promoted from their twice, he will do well.  Too slow and error prone for the Champions ship but a solid, 100% effort, hard worker in L1 who scored our goal at Wembley to write his legend.

    Whether he goes to Bradford, who knows, the poster quoted has about 90 followers doesn't he.
    The guy who was asking about Gillesphey has, but before that there were 2 Bradford accounts one who does content creation and another account that does Bradford news who both were talking about it and they have 1.8k and 2k respectively which is a decent amount for twitter/X
  • YannTheMann
    YannTheMann Posts: 1,421
    I think Edwards could be a great LCB provided he's the same player pre-injury, I'm quite concerned about where he's gonna be after having best part of 12 months out of the game with what appears to be a quite serious injury and I can't think of many players for us who have come back at the same level post this kind of injury. Obviously the staff know more than me and get better insights but personally I am not looking at Josh as someone who is a definite contributor to our success next season, would be more like an 'added bonus' if he is able to play and have impact 

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  • Addicksi
    Addicksi Posts: 169
    I'm sure Josh would give it a go at lcb but I'd prefer someone taller than 5ft 9ins if I'm honest. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 38,911
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Left sided centre backs are hard to find and in great demand. I’m assuming that Jones doesn’t feel that Bell can play every game and if Macca is off that we have someone lined up or he feels we can play Edwards there. Big danger in the latter is that Edwards has been injured a long time and might not be able to feature any more than Bell. I’m hoping we have a quality LCB coming in. Worrying if not. 
    I can't believe we'd let Gillesphey go without a better LCB coming in. Bell's 32, had a few injuries and Gillesphey was one of our weaker squad players. It's an obvious position to upgrade.
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 6,082
    DamoNorthStand said:
    killerandflash said:
    We still have Burke as another central option.  I can't see anyone signing him from us. And Sichenje can definitely play in the middle. 
    Both right sided.

    Agree with the general consensus that a first choice LCB with Bell as a very good back up which will help him manage his fitness 

    killerandflash said:
    Even if a player is unwanted, they will still go through pre-season with us, unless they have an immediate move lined up.

    It's football "etiquette" that this happens, plus if a player is unwanted AND unfit, you have even less chance of getting rid of them.
    Gary Cahill played left side for Chelsea  as a right footer .  Mark Fish did it for us for a while too.  Don’t think it’s  essential to have a left footer 
  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,942
    Addicksi said:
    I'm sure Josh would give it a go at lcb but I'd prefer someone taller than 5ft 9ins if I'm honest. 
    Josh is 6ft easily
  • Addicksi
    Addicksi Posts: 169
    Not according to any searches you care to check. 
  • Addicksi
    Addicksi Posts: 169
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Addicksi said:
    I'm sure Josh would give it a go at lcb but I'd prefer someone taller than 5ft 9ins if I'm honest. 
    Josh is 6ft easily
    I stand corrected, apparently he's 6ft and has been  mistakenly labelled 5 9 in a number of places 
  • raytreacy
    raytreacy Posts: 296
    I like the look of Ethan Pye. Every time I have seen him he has been solid.
  • Bournesnr
    Bournesnr Posts: 319
    Why when we get a decent player (ie Josh) do some posters always want to convert them to something they’re not??
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 26,792
    Macca being promoted from League One twice, must be galling that he hasn't been able to make it in The Championship and benefit from the whole promotion thing...🤦‍♂️

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