HoylandOwl Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Tylluan said: He's had 'trials' and been 'training' with about seven different clubs, including a couple in Europe, since leaving Fulham and not been taken by any of them. This includes Luton who had such a central defensive crisis they played a winger there and they still didn't take him. Could it be money demands? Rather than ability? Surely he can't have dropped off from what he was so much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said: Could it be money demands? Rather than ability? Surely he can't have dropped off from what he was so much? Had a bit of a mare at Fulham after his permanent move. Only played 4 league games in his last season as 34 year old Tim Ream was preferred. Hector wasn't injured. He just couldn't get off the bench. Don't know if it's wages or a mental block (or both) but something hasn't been right at the clubs he's been training at. If Moore thinks he can get a tune out of him then we have a championship player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank_Owl2,0 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 I agree DM won’t sign him for the sake of it, as he said on Friday. Hell only sign him for good football reasons. Sometimes players just thrive at certain clubs, maybe S6 and Hector is one of those situations. I think DM will want to know what the situation is with RJ before making many big decisions. RJ has been excellent and can play in two of the back line positions. If we lose RJ that will make our need to sign a player much more urgent I suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheExile Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Be interesting to see how much money Hector is after. Not that we will ever know. But a big reason he didn’t come here originally was the wage demands which became unreasonable and left a sour taste but from his pov vindicated as he eventually got his move to fulham….despite having to wait til the next window. If all that is ok it’s difficult to have anything against signing him as he was quality here. Some of the goal saving blocks were like the ones McGuinness was dealing out against Newcastle the other week. Appreciate it was some time ago but he’s only 30 and we’ve seen others like Dean and Famewo come back rusty and get a new lease of life here. Makes sense medium and longer term. Could be an interesting week if we are after 2/3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheExile Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 19/01/2023 at 09:47, Tylluan said: Another defender being thrown into our mix is Bailey Wright at Sunderland. He's being allowed to go out on loan. Can play anywhere across the back line but predominantly a centre half. Lad who covers the North East for beIN tells me we've been asked if we want him. He was really solid for them last season. Thought he was quite dominant at Hillsborough in the playoff semi against Gregory in the air (not Gregory’s strength but still). One of those who’s really effective in this league but gets found out in the Championship 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I like these comments from DM about the criteria for signings. But this one, especially. "So when recruiting a player, as good as it is to come and play down at S6 there is that expectancy, which for all of us who are here, we love. “It’s a wonderful driver but certainly for some players that have put the shirt on at this club we’ve seen the pressure get the better of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 49 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said: I like these comments from DM about the criteria for signings. But this one, especially. "So when recruiting a player, as good as it is to come and play down at S6 there is that expectancy, which for all of us who are here, we love. “It’s a wonderful driver but certainly for some players that have put the shirt on at this club we’ve seen the pressure get the better of them. Mighten? Wilks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M42Owl Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Wing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Man Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Mighten has turned out for the Forest first team so shouldn't be too overawed at the prospect of playing at Hillsborough. I wondered if it were more the likes of Jaden Brown, who's looked like a deer in the headlights every time he's been on the pitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Otto_Man said: Mighten has turned out for the Forest first team so shouldn't be too overawed at the prospect of playing at Hillsborough. I wondered if it were more the likes of Jaden Brown, who's looked like a deer in the headlights every time he's been on the pitch? Brown is a different thing altogether IMO. He was also signed when we didn’t have or couldn’t have a pot to piss in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Looks like we’re missing out on McNally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank_Owl2,0 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) I wonder if the club knew they werent getting him last week and decided to look at Hector?? Id hope they have other irons in the fire though. Tbh Mark Robins will develop the lad as much as if not more than we would Edited January 24, 2023 by Tank_Owl2,0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaveman Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 5 hours ago, HoylandOwl said: Looks like we’re missing out on McNally. Mr T, for info if no one else has mentioned it, quoted tweets like this appear as black text on a black background in dark mode on my phone, which makes them pretty hard to read. 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 40 minutes ago, Kaveman said: Mr T, for info if no one else has mentioned it, quoted tweets like this appear as black text on a black background in dark mode on my phone, which makes them pretty hard to read. 😀 What phone you using as on my iPhone, the quoted tweets remain as white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamOwl Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 50 minutes ago, Kaveman said: Mr T, for info if no one else has mentioned it, quoted tweets like this appear as black text on a black background in dark mode on my phone, which makes them pretty hard to read. 😀 Same for me on iPhone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I've messaged the person who designed the theme, to get some info...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Kaveman said: Mr T, for info if no one else has mentioned it, quoted tweets like this appear as black text on a black background in dark mode on my phone, which makes them pretty hard to read. 😀 If you've got an adblocker running, that's what's making the tweet not embed properly on your screen... I can't change the text colour from Twitter unfortunately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 1 hour ago, LiamOwl said: Same for me on iPhone You deserve it for having an iPhone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAL Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 The problems i have on mobile... The quoted text keeps being highlighted, then when i try and type the cursor shows then disappears. If i do it quickly i can get a letter on, then i can complete the word, when i then press for a space i have go through it again for the next word, and so on. That is on Samsung It used to jump down the page with spaces going waaaay down the page for ages, as Reesh knows, but it doesn't do that bit any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaveman Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 11 hours ago, HoylandOwl said: What phone you using as on my iPhone, the quoted tweets remain as white Pixel 6, in Firefox, and yes, with an ad blocker. Ta for the answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 8 hours ago, MAL said: The problems i have on mobile... The quoted text keeps being highlighted, then when i try and type the cursor shows then disappears. If i do it quickly i can get a letter on, then i can complete the word, when i then press for a space i have go through it again for the next word, and so on. That is on Samsung It used to jump down the page with spaces going waaaay down the page for ages, as Reesh knows, but it doesn't do that bit any more. Thanks pal. Samsung’s own browser is causing the site some issues. It’s that which was inserting those huge spaces. No other browser did it. So I suspect that’s what’s causing the quoting issue too. But, the site / platform developers are always working on things so it’ll likely be something they notice too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 23/01/2023 at 08:16, HoylandOwl said: I like these comments from DM about the criteria for signings. But this one, especially. "So when recruiting a player, as good as it is to come and play down at S6 there is that expectancy, which for all of us who are here, we love. “It’s a wonderful driver but certainly for some players that have put the shirt on at this club we’ve seen the pressure get the better of them. This "pressure" at Hillsborough boils my piss. This club apart from the odd spell has been fucking wank for 25 years. We've put up with some reyt dirge in that time and any player with an ounce of spark would get the full backing in the ground. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Are we going to sign someone then? Of course there’s no rush with Hector, and if we are to offer him anything I’d just offer him a pay as you play or even a 6 month deal max for now. I get the feeling we’re holding out to see if Ihiekwe will be back before we pull the trigger on Hector. Other than that…. It just seems very quiet. I’m not overly concerned or owt, I just expected a little more movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Talks with Hector to begin shortly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Where are we with Bannan and Byers? Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Both are very close to being back as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Another young player in on trial. https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/left-back-arrives-at-sheffield-wednesday-as-recruitment-drive-continues-4003042 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Sam Reed is the best full back at that level and only 19. Sticking him our 21s, though, might actually be a bit of a backwards step. What's he gonna learn from our 19/20 year olds players against other 19/20 year olds when he's playing 'adult' football. Better to sign him then ship him out to National North. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank_Owl2,0 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 If Hector isn’t registered with anyone, could we sign him after the transfer window closes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 19 minutes ago, Tank_Owl2,0 said: If Hector isn’t registered with anyone, could we sign him after the transfer window closes? Yes, but so could anyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 10 hours ago, HoylandOwl said: Are we going to sign someone then? Of course there’s no rush with Hector, and if we are to offer him anything I’d just offer him a pay as you play or even a 6 month deal max for now. I get the feeling we’re holding out to see if Ihiekwe will be back before we pull the trigger on Hector. Other than that…. It just seems very quiet. I’m not overly concerned or owt, I just expected a little more movement. We'll sign him just in time for Loony Rooney to put him out for the season. Bannan n Byers should be nowhere near this game either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: Yes, but so could anyone else. But they haven't so far despite numerous trials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Just now, Reesh said: But they haven't so far despite numerous trials Wouldn't likely be the previous candidates though, would it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southy_SWFC Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 We've sent Hector packing, apparently. Though it's from a Star reporter so he's probably starting Saturday 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 While Hector isn’t the messiah, to see us back off says quite a lot. And to see that DM had been praising what he’s seen in the early days of the trial to now put things on hold….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Aden Flint is currently at the training ground. My mates lad goes to the Wednesday College and has just parked next to him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 I’d take him over Hector tbf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul from Wisewood Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Hector playing billy big bollocks, cus ees played in prem innit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 The journos are on the Flint rumour now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul from Wisewood Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Just seen le tissier in montys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) I'm hearing Hector wanted an 18 month contract. Edited January 27, 2023 by Tylluan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 43 minutes ago, Paul from Wisewood said: Just seen le tissier in montys Which colour Cavalier has he gone for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said: The journos are on the Flint rumour now. Do they get their info off Owls Online ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Paul from Wisewood said: Just seen le tissier in montys She's pretty good. Only young but already been in England squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Tylluan said: I'm hearing Hector wanted an 18 month contract. Good luck with that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 I wouldn’t touch Hector unless it’s a pay as play until the end of the season. I didn’t rate him the first time, and his lack of football will only send him backwards. Flint on the other hand is a good signing IF he stays fit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, Hirstys 12th Pint said: Do they get their info off Owls Online ?? Well….. more from half pint via OO 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Flint passed medical according to this. And could play tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Flint would be an excellent signing at our level. I'd like to see us sign a forward with a bit of "mystery " or flair/pace. Easy to say but very difficult to get. Obviously out of our range I suspect but l**ds willing to loan out Geldhart. If dont ask... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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