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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby marker_mtfc95 » Wed Jul 04, 2018 9:26 am

I don’t rate Atkinson to be honest, it’s alright working hard but want players in midfield to create something or protect the back four.
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby Dan » Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:01 am

James wrote:
yorkshire stag wrote:am i the only one who thought his legs had gone?

not sure what he brings to the party next season & i seem to remember reading JR told the manager not to keep him, i guess he must have agreed to reduced money & so time will tell if the he made the right call on him.


Doesn't matter what players Radford wants to keep or buy, he doesn't run the football team, Flitcroft does.


Flitcroft doesn't pay their wages though....
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby James » Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:11 am

Dan wrote:
James wrote:
yorkshire stag wrote:am i the only one who thought his legs had gone?

not sure what he brings to the party next season & i seem to remember reading JR told the manager not to keep him, i guess he must have agreed to reduced money & so time will tell if the he made the right call on him.


Doesn't matter what players Radford wants to keep or buy, he doesn't run the football team, Flitcroft does.


Flitcroft doesn't pay their wages though....


Clearly not, but it doesn't matter if the guy paying the wages likes or doesn't like the player, it's the managers decision. If it isn't, whats the point in him being there?
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby yorkshire stag » Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:02 pm

or maybe he observed the same petformances we did last season, i just don’t see what position he thinks he will cover, he just looked a yard short of pace & didn’t see the midfield engine there to run the middle of the park.

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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby PEAR CIDER » Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:41 pm

James wrote:
Dan wrote:
James wrote:
yorkshire stag wrote:am i the only one who thought his legs had gone?

not sure what he brings to the party next season & i seem to remember reading JR told the manager not to keep him, i guess he must have agreed to reduced money & so time will tell if the he made the right call on him.


Doesn't matter what players Radford wants to keep or buy, he doesn't run the football team, Flitcroft does.


Flitcroft doesn't pay their wages though....




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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby kevin kents tasce » Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:57 pm

Just read Flitcrofts interview. Sounds like Arkinson might have requested to be transfered initially?

“We had a chat at the end of the season, me and Will, and you just never know in football.
“I said to Will at the end of the season, if there’s something out there for you that you feel is for you, then we’ll have a look at it together.

“I left the door open all the time. We had a fantastic chat, very open and very honest. He wants to be in this environment and knows he’ll thrive in the environment. He certainly wants to stay and I want to keep him. He’s a great pro.
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby Opus » Wed Jul 04, 2018 3:03 pm

Do we know if the other transfer listed players are in Portugal
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby Sedgwick » Wed Jul 04, 2018 3:12 pm

Opus wrote:Do we know if the other transfer listed players are in Portugal


Yes, seen photo of Butcher, Anderson... Digby and Diamond are not there.
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby m1cksut » Wed Jul 04, 2018 3:51 pm

Why managers pick certain players, what they see that others (like us) don't see, is a constant mystery.
How else would raheem sterling keep getting picked, he can't be blackmailing every England manager, surely?
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby Opus » Wed Jul 04, 2018 4:27 pm

A little ambiguous. Does that mean of the four Digby and Diamond are the only ones not there
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby James » Wed Jul 04, 2018 4:45 pm

m1cksut wrote:Why managers pick certain players, what they see that others (like us) don't see, is a constant mystery.
How else would raheem sterling keep getting picked, he can't be blackmailing every England manager, surely?


And one of the most sucessful managers of our generation eh...?
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby Martin Shaw » Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:14 pm

Opus wrote:A little ambiguous. Does that mean of the four Digby and Diamond are the only ones not there

I listed on the Portugal thread who is there. Pasted below. Digby and Diamond are not there. At least if they are, they have been well-hidden!

Subject: Re: Portugal pre season

Martin Shaw wrote:so these appear to be the squad numbers of the players training with the first team in Portugal:

Conrad Logan (1)
Hayden White (2)
Mal Benning (3)
Matt Preston (4)
Krystian Pearce (5)
Neal Bishop (6)
Alex MacDonald (7)
Jacob Mellis (8)
Craig Davies (9)
Otis Khan (10)
Will Atkinson (11)
Bobby Olejnik (12)
Paul Anderson (15)
Calum Butcher (16)
David Mirfin (18)
Tyler Walker (19)
CJ Hamilton (22)
Omari Sterling-James (24)
Lewis Gibbens (27)
Henri Wilder (28)
Jordan Graham (29)
Danny Rose (32)
Lee Angol (94)
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby EdwinstoweStag » Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:17 pm

Lee Angol 94?

Was he born in 1994?
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby bobbystagsfan » Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:28 pm

EdwinstoweStag wrote:Lee Angol 94?

Was he born in 1994?



correct
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby EdwinstoweStag » Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:38 pm

bobbystagsfan wrote:
EdwinstoweStag wrote:Lee Angol 94?

Was he born in 1994?



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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby tillydog123 » Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:28 am

Agree Digby should have been part of the plans.
Maybe always more to it than meets the eye.
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby Sedgwick » Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:40 am

When asked if any other players will come off the transfer list. DF talks about Omari Sterling-James impressing him and now having a real chance... was he about to be put on the list too? Also take it that any of them on the list are being kept and given a chance first.
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby Kenwood » Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:55 am

What’s happened to Diamond?

I’ve not seen him on any footage on Stags player either before or now from Portugal.

We do look light at CH even if Nathan Cameron proves his fitness I would expect another signing as cover
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby PEAR CIDER » Thu Jul 05, 2018 10:03 am

Kenwood wrote:What’s happened to Diamond?

I’ve not seen him on any footage on Stags player either before or now from Portugal.

We do look light at CH even if Nathan Cameron proves his fitness I would expect another signing as cover


Diamond is done, I don't expect to see him back i a shirt.

It appears the other lads which were transfer listed are trying to prove their worth
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby ST4GS » Thu Jul 05, 2018 10:25 am

Kenwood wrote:What’s happened to Diamond?

I’ve not seen him on any footage on Stags player either before or now from Portugal.

We do look light at CH even if Nathan Cameron proves his fitness I would expect another signing as cover

The Diamond situation is strange and somewhat mirrors the George Pilkington mystery of a few years earlier.
Apart from the Crewe home game (everyone was poor for 30 mins that day) he has been outstanding and we should be building our defence around him as captain. Obviously this is not DF's view of things so something must have happened behind closed doors (like it does at all clubs).
I would wager Diamond is mulling over several offers and would not be surprised to see him leave in the next few days (maybe going to a club like Oldham, Bury, Northampton again, Swindon etc etc)
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby halifaxstag » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:05 am

Decent performance from Atkinson at Park Avenue last night. Played at wing back, looked very fit and got up and down well and set up both of Angol’s goals (good link play for first and header back for second).
Competing with Hayden White for that role if we play with wing backs.
Looks like he’s earned coming off transfer list.
Digby to follow suit soon? Didn’t have too much to do last night but led Wilder and Gibbens well and played some good balls out of defence.
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby yorkshire stag » Fri Jul 13, 2018 5:33 pm

Atkinson is never a wingback against league two clubs he would be left standing, seems a nice bloke & played ok last nite, however wingbacks have pace, sadly Will doesn’t
he is never going to bomb up n down the line is he?
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby spanishstag » Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:21 pm

Like somebody mentioned in the BPA THREADhe actually said radford signed bishop because ha was his mate ,my god you cant believe some of the stuff on here
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby yorkstag » Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:14 pm

Looks like Atkinson is holding his own in pre season

It looks to me that although some of the others remain on the list it’s likely DF will include them on merit

Only exclusion appears to be Diamond

Any intel kicking around at the games today ?
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Re: Atkinson off the transfer list

Postby Tippy Tappy Football » Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:49 pm

I thought Will Atkinson was one of our better players today Paul.

Zander Diamond is apparently training at Brooksby.
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