Liam Walsh

Eggs · January 8, 2018

Paulie said:
Got a feeling this will bite us on the back side in a few years. Unless we have a buy back.

....very few do to be fair.

Nymzee · January 8, 2018

Philw said:
For some reason I forgot that u23 etc games are actually streamed sometimes! Either way, my point still stands.

Yeh a completely irrelevant point but thank you all the same.

Philw · January 8, 2018

Nymzee said:
Yeh a completely irrelevant point but thank you all the same.

If you actually read the rest of my post you'd realise that where I lived wasn't actually my point, nor was my point irrelevant...

jceverton · January 8, 2018

PeregrineT said:
But I dont think thats true. He USED to rate him as his best MF player, but then how come he only played in the first 3 matches for the U-23s this season? He wasnt in the squad since September. Wasnt it somebody on here that said Unsworth dropped him due to attitude or something like that?

He went on loan to Birmingham.

Nymzee · January 8, 2018

Philw said:
If you actually read the rest of my post you'd realise that where I lived wasn't actually my point, nor was my point irrelevant...

It really was. My point was pretty simple and justified.

johnnydawg68 · January 8, 2018

He's only on a 2.5 year contract though so hopefully if he does become what a lot of us think he can, we can buy him back in a few years.

granter79 · January 8, 2018

Much was the fee?

Eggs · January 8, 2018

johnnydawg68 said:
He's only on a 2.5 year contract though so hopefully if he does become what a lot of us think he can, we can buy him back in a few years.

..that represents the risk Bristol think they’re taking. I guarantee he’ll be on a longer and improved contract if he puts some fine displays together.

Joey66 · January 8, 2018

Eggs said:
..that represents the risk Bristol think they’re taking. I guarantee he’ll be on a longer and improved contract if he puts some fine displays together.

He has been riddled with injuries, so selling him because of that was plain stupid - the best of the bunch including Tom Davies if he had kept his fitness - the next Bobby Colin's in the making my older brother rated him as good as that!

PeregrineT · January 8, 2018

jceverton said:
He went on loan to Birmingham.

That would make sense. I take it then the poster was wrong on Unsworths opinion and not ITK(shocker) unless he was sent out for that reason.

Eggs · January 8, 2018

Joey66 said:
He has been riddled with injuries, so selling him because of that was plain stupid - the best of the bunch including Tom Davies if he had kept his fitness - the next Bobby Colin's in the making my older brother rated him as good as that!

..he’s terrific, Joey, but I accept these decisions have to be made. Only time will tell if it was an error of judgement.

johnnydawg68 · January 8, 2018

Eggs said:
..he’s terrific, Joey, but I accept these decisions have to be made. Only time will tell if it was an error of judgement.

Truth is, I'm fine with this policy if we insert Barca style buy backs in to every deal. These guys need to be playing and if it doesn't look like they will do so here within a few years, sell them and buy back in 2-3 years. It's a reasonable strategy that is short of giving up on them, but doesn't require them to waste their formative years in the U23s.

Simon baker · January 8, 2018

Joey66 said:
He has been riddled with injuries, so selling him because of that was plain stupid - the best of the bunch including Tom Davies if he had kept his fitness - the next Bobby Colin's in the making my older brother rated him as good as that!

It’s been posted on here he isn’t living his life right off the pitch & Unsworth wanted him out. Him leaving is not for footballing reasons.

Timak · January 8, 2018

Simon baker said:
It’s been posted on here he isn’t living his life right off the pitch & Unsworth wanted him out. Him leaving is not for footballing reasons.

It has been posted here. Not sure there is any truth in it though. He went straight back into the U23s on return from Birmingham and ex-team mates say very good things about his attitude.

Barnfred 55 · January 8, 2018

PeregrineT said:
But I dont think thats true. He USED to rate him as his best MF player, but then how come he only played in the first 3 matches for the U-23s this season? He wasnt in the squad since September. Wasnt it somebody on here that said Unsworth dropped him due to attitude or something like that?

Ermm. He went on loan to Birmingham City mate.