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Post by Marshy on May 31, 2017 14:08:52 GMT
Personally don't think he's a match for Ollie or linesy or sincs and always thought he was shocking when he played us, reading the u's forum they can't believe they got in the 3 figures for him? Hopefully he proves me wrong...still not sure £150,000 plus and £110,000 plus for sercombe and partington is great business myself... Another positive post. I personally think he's a good signing but time will tell, you can't please all of the people I'm afraid. Our midfield is a long stronger now though.
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Post by pirate on May 31, 2017 14:09:19 GMT
Personally don't think he's a match for Ollie or linesy or sincs and always thought he was shocking when he played us, reading the u's forum they can't believe they got in the 3 figures for him? Hopefully he proves me wrong...still not sure £150,000 plus and £110,000 plus for sercombe and partington is great business myself... He's impressed me in the past. Good engine/box-to-box, decent pace, creates chances, eye for goal. Having said that, Linesy and Clarke struck up a good understanding last season and Sercs will have to perform well to dislodge one of them. Or perhaps we will go three in the middle? The Partington deal on the early evidence does look a bit dodgy though. IMHO he lacks that bit of pace as a right back and I don't see him as a CB. Hopefully with a pre-season behind him he will come good next season.
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on May 31, 2017 14:15:49 GMT
Personally think this is a great signing just watched his interview & was impressed. He seems to me that he's definitely a Darrell type player. As for Partington it's funny how differently people see things I think he looks a good player maybe not the quickest but could definitely see him playing as one of a 3, think he's played in midfield as well which is another good option to have.
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Post by pirate on May 31, 2017 14:19:54 GMT
Personally think this is a great signing just watched his interview & was impressed. He seems to me that he's definitely a Darrell type player. As for Partington it's funny how differently people see things I think he looks a good player maybe not the quickest but could definitely see him playing as one of a 3, think he's played in midfield as well which is another good option to have. In fairness to Parts he hasn't played a massive amount so it's hard to give a proper assessment.
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Post by Nortongashead on May 31, 2017 14:36:11 GMT
If I remember right it was you who predicted Roos signing as well. I can't recall two other correct transfer rumours let alone two from one poster. Are you related to Darrell Clarke? Correct, me and DC work closely using gaschat!
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Post by warehamgas on May 31, 2017 15:04:42 GMT
Very good signing. I bet DC did due diligence after his falling out with Appleton but one of DCs strengths is man management so if DC is happy then so am I. We've wanted a box to box, high energy, creative goal scoring central midfielder since league 2 and now we've got him. Will make the squad a lot stronger and would imagine DC has bought him to be first choice but also knowing DC he will have to earn that right. Well done DC and Wael, a sign of intent I think. UTG!
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Post by oddsongas on May 31, 2017 15:30:59 GMT
Personally don't think he's a match for Ollie or linesy or sincs and always thought he was shocking when he played us, reading the u's forum they can't believe they got in the 3 figures for him? Hopefully he proves me wrong...still not sure £150,000 plus and £110,000 plus for sercombe and partington is great business myself... I'm glad that now we've bought someone and spent money you're happy.... oh wait
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Post by markczgas on May 31, 2017 16:32:01 GMT
Sercombe, Lines and O,Clarke playing in the same midfield would roast most other midfields in L1. Also Linesy needs competition in a 2. I genuinely feel that Lines is not someone who should be an automatic on our team sheet next season. For me it's Ollie and a new signing. Lines can make a contribution but hasn't got it to be a regular starter anymore ( if we are aiming for promotion next season. Looks like DC thinks the same way - Sercombe and Lines will be fighting for one place - that's gotta be good news. Sercombe, I think, can score more than Lines so it's up to Lines to pull his finger out in that regards. Exciting times.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on May 31, 2017 16:40:06 GMT
Personally don't think he's a match for Ollie or linesy or sincs and always thought he was shocking when he played us, reading the u's forum they can't believe they got in the 3 figures for him? Hopefully he proves me wrong...still not sure £150,000 plus and £110,000 plus for sercombe and partington is great business myself... He's impressed me in the past. Good engine/box-to-box, decent pace, creates chances, eye for goal. Having said that, Linesy and Clarke struck up a good understanding last season and Sercs will have to perform well to dislodge one of them. Or perhaps we will go three in the middle? The Partington deal on the early evidence does look a bit dodgy though. IMHO he lacks that bit of pace as a right back and I don't see him as a CB. Hopefully with a pre-season behind him he will come good next season. I think Partington is here to: 1) Play on the right side of a back 3. 2) Play at RB in tough away games where we want to be more solid. 3) Play against tall sides who are a threat at set pieces (as by having him at RB you gain a 6ft+ player to defend your box)
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 16:44:51 GMT
He's impressed me in the past. Good engine/box-to-box, decent pace, creates chances, eye for goal. Having said that, Linesy and Clarke struck up a good understanding last season and Sercs will have to perform well to dislodge one of them. Or perhaps we will go three in the middle? The Partington deal on the early evidence does look a bit dodgy though. IMHO he lacks that bit of pace as a right back and I don't see him as a CB. Hopefully with a pre-season behind him he will come good next season. I think Partington is here to: 1) Play on the right side of a back 3. 2) Play at RB in tough away games where we want to be more solid. 3) Play against tall sides who are a threat at set pieces (as by having him at RB you gain a 6ft+ player to defend your box)Leads is over 6ft, isn't he?
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Post by WeAreTheGas on May 31, 2017 17:02:45 GMT
I think Partington is here to: 1) Play on the right side of a back 3. 2) Play at RB in tough away games where we want to be more solid. 3) Play against tall sides who are a threat at set pieces (as by having him at RB you gain a 6ft+ player to defend your box)Leads is over 6ft, isn't he? Probably around that, but nowhere near as good in the air as Partington.
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Post by mariobalotelli on May 31, 2017 17:03:32 GMT
Strange really. Oxford fans are loving that they got 150K, which understandable when you consider he wouldn't have played next season due to off the pitch reasons, but had them off the pitch reasons not happened, the fee could have been 2 or 3x that.
They only triggered his extension because they knew they would get a fee for him. Not as high as it could have been, but if he was going to go strengthen another team they wanted to make sure they got £. Looking at his Twitter/past tweets with replies etc Oxford fans rated him highly.
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Post by horseshoegas47 on May 31, 2017 17:35:19 GMT
Having watched Liam play many times at Exeter and at least 6 times at Oxford I would say he is a solid journeyman Central Midfield player. My concern is that he is no better than we currently have, if as good. I certainly don't think he will improve our first eleven although he will strengthen the squad. What astounds me is that we would pay money for him, even £150K is decent money at our level and I honestly can not see how he is worth that! We have some very experienced players now in midfield, I do think we needed to add to it but with some exciting, fearless young (20/21 year old) talent however I know that's not DC's style. On the plus side Stewy worked with him at Exeter and knows him very well.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 17:59:53 GMT
Having watched Liam play many times at Exeter and at least 6 times at Oxford I would say he is a solid journeyman Central Midfield player. My concern is that he is no better than we currently have, if as good. I certainly don't think he will improve our first eleven although he will strengthen the squad. What astounds me is that we would pay money for him, even £150K is decent money at our level and I honestly can not see how he is worth that! We have some very experienced players now in midfield, I do think we needed to add to it but with some exciting, fearless young (20/21 year old) talent however I know that's not DC's style. On the plus side Stewy worked with him at Exeter and knows him very well. Are you suggesting Sinclair who runs around a lot, Ollie Clarke who is a solid midfielder who chips in with the odd goal are better than Sercombe a player who can beat his man, provide assists and get on the end of crosses and score as well as creating goals for himself. If that's the case DC has obviously got this signing totally wrong. I for one am very happy with this signing and suggest he is hardly a journeyman and fully expect him to strengthen our starting eleven and take a lot of the load off Bodin. I would expect a midfield of Lines, Sercombe, Bodin and either Sinclair or Ollie Clarke to be far better than our midfield from last season. UTG!
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 18:13:02 GMT
With the signing of Liam Sercombe can see Christian Doidge being a realistic target and signing for DC
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Post by gasstrictband on May 31, 2017 18:13:37 GMT
Welcome to the Gas Liam ,wish you great success,can let you have a few tunes when you've settled in .
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Post by Marshy on May 31, 2017 18:21:19 GMT
Welcome to the Gas Liam ,wish you great success,can let you have a few tunes when you've settled in . Looney tunes Gasstrict?
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 18:30:45 GMT
Last season the midfield had Boateng and Colkett added to it plus Mansell was still in with a shout. Sercombe can replace Mansell that still leaves the possibility of another central midfield player coming in. I suspect this could be either a loan player or a youngster This was the first of DC's major signings...suggesting there are several more to come. These may involve fees. Im GUESSING the major signings will be a keeper ,central defender ,left winger , striker.
leaving younger players/ loans to fill additional roles as keeper , right back , left winger , central midfielder , 2 striker .
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Post by ineedgas on May 31, 2017 18:50:19 GMT
Just watched his goals on YouTube maybe Darrell will play him in another position
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Post by WeAreTheGas on May 31, 2017 19:21:59 GMT
Having watched Liam play many times at Exeter and at least 6 times at Oxford I would say he is a solid journeyman Central Midfield player. My concern is that he is no better than we currently have, if as good. I certainly don't think he will improve our first eleven although he will strengthen the squad. What astounds me is that we would pay money for him, even £150K is decent money at our level and I honestly can not see how he is worth that! We have some very experienced players now in midfield, I do think we needed to add to it but with some exciting, fearless young (20/21 year old) talent however I know that's not DC's style. On the plus side Stewy worked with him at Exeter and knows him very well. You sound like you've watched Sercombe more than me, so I respect your opinion on him, but didn't he score 14 goals for Oxford when they were promoted to L1 with us the season before last? Goals are something we've not had many of from our CMs for a long time.
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