Transfer Rumour Matty James (5 Viewers)

[Jamesimus]

Welcome James Matthews.

 

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[shmmeee]

Really excited by the sounds of him, but really can’t work out why we’ve gone for him TBH. If this is ahead of a ST/AM it’s madness.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Him and Godden now have to fight over who is Matty and who is Matt

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Really excited by the sounds of him, but really can’t work out why we’ve gone for him TBH. If this is ahead of a ST/AM it’s madness.

Because Kelly is out for an extended period of time

 

[Sick Boy]

Fantastic signing!

 

[shmmeee]

Because Kelly is out for an extended period of time

And his replacement that we signed at the start of the season has been improving every game.

Meanwhile we’ve got less strike power than workers post 1990.

 

[christonabike]

Sunny on Facebook reckons it’s up to the player now confirmed by someone in the club

I will only believe Sunny when it’s posted with a video of him in a random city top or a boring video about himself again.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Eccles coming back from Gillingham - wonder if he will go back out elsewhere?

 

[Ccfcisparks]

And his replacement that we signed at the start of the season has been improving every game.

Meanwhile we’ve got less strike power than the Vegan Army.

Sheaf and Kelly are nowhere near the same player and do not perform the same role

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I will only believe Sunny when it’s posted with a video of him in a random city top or a boring video about himself again.

Club have posted it 5-10 mins ago

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Well done to the club for getting this one over the line. Hugely impressive signing.

 

[shmmeee]

Sheaf and Kelly are nowhere near the same player and do not perform the same role

Youre going to have to expand.

 

[rob9872]

Start up the bus! Destination: Premiership

 

[Tommo1993]

Really excited by the sounds of him, but really can’t work out why we’ve gone for him TBH. If this is ahead of a ST/AM it’s madness.

Stam is a CB isn’t he?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Club Twitter calling him ‘Jamo’ good grief

 

[better days]

Club Twitter calling him ‘Jamo’ good grief

I'd guess pronounced Jame-o

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

And his replacement that we signed at the start of the season has been improving every game.

Meanwhile we’ve got less strike power than workers post 1990.

2bf we’ll most likely go with James, Sheaf, Hamer and O’Hare behind Biamou for the foreseeable future.

there’s room for him

 

[PVA]

Really excited by the sounds of him, but really can’t work out why we’ve gone for him TBH. If this is ahead of a ST/AM it’s madness.

I guess if he's as good as is being made out by the Barnsley fans it's the kind of signing you can't turn down, regardless of whether it's an rea that needs strengthening or not.

And with Kelly being out for a couple of months we did need some reinforcements there.

We do of course need an AM and striker too, no denying that.

 

[shmmeee]

2bf we’ll most likely go with James, Sheaf, Hamer and O’Hare behind Biamou for the foreseeable future.

there’s room for him

That assumes no AM/ST, in which case I reiterate that DM shouldn’t have taken priority.

Just a weird signing. He’ll obviously improve us, I just don’t want it to be at the expense of our own young players developing. And I’m not so pessimistic to think we desperately need him to stay up.

unless of course we sign him in the summer.

 

[Kieranp96]

Watch the next match, I'd put money on him having more passes in his own half than the opposition half for starters

Isn't that the point of being a deep lying cdm?

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

That assumes no AM/ST, in which case I reiterate that DM shouldn’t have taken priority.

Just a weird signing. He’ll obviously improve us, I just don’t want it to be at the expense of our own young players developing.

I think the thinking is they’ll push Hamer further forward and allow him to be creative further up the pitch.

we desperately needed a Kelly replacement, and I still think we’ll get a AM (Crowley) or a striker on loan.

 

[SBAndy]

That assumes no AM/ST, in which case I reiterate that DM shouldn’t have taken priority.

Just a weird signing. He’ll obviously improve us, I just don’t want it to be at the expense of our own young players developing. And I’m not so pessimistic to think we desperately need him to stay up.

unless of course we sign him in the summer.

Indeed, it is a bizarre one. Yes, Kelly is injured, but we aren’t quite down to the bare bones and I’d have expected us to bring someone in as cover on a short loan, rather than someone who it seems will start most games. The only thing I can read from this is that we have a chance of picking him up in the summer and MR isn’t sold on Sheaf.

 

[hill83]

He’ll obviously improve us

Say no more

And your whole argument is on an ‘if’ anyway.

 

[shmmeee]

Say no more

 

[robbiethemole]

Someone double-check quick......................... make sure we've got Matty James, not Matty Fryatt !!! wouldn't put anything past them Lesta feckers

 

[Evo1883]

Sorry to drag the conversation backwards. I'm not trying to join in the pile-on, rather just curious how you see the situation. So my question is.....

What do you consider a dangerous area, given we play 1 up front and don't tend to either get many bodies in the box or run beyond the striker? Where would you like him to be passing to that he's not? My perception is that he

Isn't that the point of being a deep lying cdm?

I've moved on... Can't be arsed

 

[covcity4life]

That assumes no AM/ST, in which case I reiterate that DM shouldn’t have taken priority.

Just a weird signing. He’ll obviously improve us, I just don’t want it to be at the expense of our own young players developing. And I’m not so pessimistic to think we desperately need him to stay up.

unless of course we sign him in the summer.

Shut up mate

 

[shmmeee]

Indeed, it is a bizarre one. Yes, Kelly is injured, but we aren’t quite down to the bare bones and I’d have expected us to bring someone in as cover on a short loan, rather than someone who it seems will start most games. The only thing I can read from this is that we have a chance of picking him up in the summer and MR isn’t sold on Sheaf.

That’s what I’m wondering. Has he decided to leave Sheaf, not sure I want to go into next season with two perennial crocks in n their late 20s at DM no matter how good they are.

 

[shmmeee]

Shut up mate

 

[covcity4life]

1 injury without this guy and we are playing hamer or sheaf with Shipley or Allen at base of box ffs

It's not a weird signing at all

 

[Evo1883]

I can only go off what's been said from Barnsley fans, on the face of it appears a good signing... Adds a bit of age and experience into a young side so can only be a positive... Hope he stays fit

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Also the club will clearly still be working on other signings as well, confident this guy isn’t the only one.

 

[Evo1883]

Indeed, it is a bizarre one. Yes, Kelly is injured, but we aren’t quite down to the bare bones and I’d have expected us to bring someone in as cover on a short loan, rather than someone who it seems will start most games. The only thing I can read from this is that we have a chance of picking him up in the summer and MR isn’t sold on Sheaf.

750k would cover his wages for a year right?

 

[shmmeee]

To be clear he’s absolute quality and a level above what we’ve got. Just makes you wonder what the plan is and if we’re spending that much on a non essential position have we got a surprise coming in attack?

 

[Evo1883]

To be clear he’s absolute quality and a level above what we’ve got. Just makes you wonder what the plan is and if we’re spending that much on a non essential position have we got a surprise coming in attack?

If I was to add experience to the team it would be in this sort of role, it's what we should have tried to do in the summer really, add 1 or 2 older heads into the mix...
Wouldn't mind seeing an experienced target man come in now tbh, could be hard to find at this stage of a season though