| Matt Smith- Wales International 14:30 - Jun 21 with 11282 views | thame_hoops |
Another player potentially incoming, Man city and Wales international, central midfielder, thoughts?
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| Matt Smith- Wales International on 15:33 - Jul 1 with 2608 views | thame_hoops |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 15:30 - Jul 1 by TW_R |
Did you just try to validate your thread by linking us to a story on HITC!!?  |
I heard another strong whisper as im up in redditch today, did a search and saw a couple of links, what is HITC? Im not familiar with it | | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 15:50 - Jul 1 with 2508 views | BuckR |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 15:33 - Jul 1 by thame_hoops |
I heard another strong whisper as im up in redditch today, did a search and saw a couple of links, what is HITC? Im not familiar with it |
Now official |  | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 15:51 - Jul 1 with 2504 views | queensparker |
Club just posted this picture
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| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:07 - Jul 1 with 2362 views | Jigsore |
and it's official, season long loan. not a bad days work there [Post edited 1 Jul 2019 16:07]
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| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:13 - Jul 1 with 2301 views | eghamranger |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 15:51 - Jul 1 by queensparker |
Club just posted this picture
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I hope Matt Smith senior stays... hope that means that |  | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:18 - Jul 1 with 2237 views | rsonist |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 17:13 - Jun 21 by thame_hoops |
I work in Redditch and that’s where he’s from. Lads in the company under my office know him so told me we are showing an interest |
Feels like this could be the first time an ITK tip like this ever panned out... |  | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:19 - Jul 1 with 2220 views | rsonist |
Scowen on defcon 1:
“Matt can play as a defensive midfielder or slightly more advanced,” Warburton said. “He is comfortable in both positions. I see him playing a key role in front of our back four.
“He is tenacious, he rats to get the ball, he’s very comfortable in possession, takes the ball in tight areas and has a lovely range of passing as well." | | | |
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| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:29 - Jul 1 with 2148 views | Northernr |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:19 - Jul 1 by rsonist |
Scowen on defcon 1:
“Matt can play as a defensive midfielder or slightly more advanced,” Warburton said. “He is comfortable in both positions. I see him playing a key role in front of our back four.
“He is tenacious, he rats to get the ball, he’s very comfortable in possession, takes the ball in tight areas and has a lovely range of passing as well." |
Yeh Scowen won't like that. Probably snap the little boy in half in training. |  | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:30 - Jul 1 with 2129 views | Maggsinho |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:29 - Jul 1 by Northernr |
Yeh Scowen won't like that. Probably snap the little boy in half in training. |
And then stand over him shouting "I'm the mutha-f*cking rat, you hear me?" |  | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:41 - Jul 1 with 2046 views | rsonist |
Tie their tails together for a rat king double pivot. | | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 16:55 - Jul 1 with 1947 views | Bakes |
Big Smith gone to the ‘wall
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| Matt Smith- Wales International on 17:07 - Jul 1 with 1873 views | DavieQPR |
If 'Posh' Matt has gone then another one or two forwards must be in the bag. |  | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 17:11 - Jul 1 with 1851 views | eghamranger |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 17:07 - Jul 1 by DavieQPR |
If 'Posh' Matt has gone then another one or two forwards must be in the bag. |
Have we at the moment got any strikers?!? | | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 17:13 - Jul 1 with 1831 views | Boston |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 17:07 - Jul 1 by DavieQPR |
If 'Posh' Matt has gone then another one or two forwards must be in the bag. |
I fcking hope so! | |
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| Matt Smith- Wales International on 18:39 - Jul 1 with 1631 views | Hunterhoop |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 17:07 - Jul 1 by DavieQPR |
If 'Posh' Matt has gone then another one or two forwards must be in the bag. |
Disappointed if we’re selling Matt Smith, unless we’ve got over £1m.
Given it’s Millwall buying it can’t really be a salary thing.
But also, who can we get for the same salary who will score 10 goals given 30 odd starts?
I can just see Millwall using Matt Smith properly, him bagging 15 in the season, obviously including scoring against us, whilst we end up having to panic and loan in someone on the same money for less return.
Who actually are our forwards at the club if he’s gone? And I mean actual strikers, not “wide forwards” or wingers.
Oteh
Lewis Walker (barely a pro)
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Am I missing someone?! |  | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:04 - Jul 1 with 1530 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 18:39 - Jul 1 by Hunterhoop |
Disappointed if we’re selling Matt Smith, unless we’ve got over £1m.
Given it’s Millwall buying it can’t really be a salary thing.
But also, who can we get for the same salary who will score 10 goals given 30 odd starts?
I can just see Millwall using Matt Smith properly, him bagging 15 in the season, obviously including scoring against us, whilst we end up having to panic and loan in someone on the same money for less return.
Who actually are our forwards at the club if he’s gone? And I mean actual strikers, not “wide forwards” or wingers.
Oteh
Lewis Walker (barely a pro)
???
Am I missing someone?! |
£1m for 30-year-old-journeyman-perennial-sub Mathieu Smith?
While I completely agree we need a minimum of one striker, realistically two, you would not get £1m for Mathieu if City wanted to buy him! |  |
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| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:11 - Jul 1 with 1491 views | Maggsinho |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 18:39 - Jul 1 by Hunterhoop |
Disappointed if we’re selling Matt Smith, unless we’ve got over £1m.
Given it’s Millwall buying it can’t really be a salary thing.
But also, who can we get for the same salary who will score 10 goals given 30 odd starts?
I can just see Millwall using Matt Smith properly, him bagging 15 in the season, obviously including scoring against us, whilst we end up having to panic and loan in someone on the same money for less return.
Who actually are our forwards at the club if he’s gone? And I mean actual strikers, not “wide forwards” or wingers.
Oteh
Lewis Walker (barely a pro)
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Am I missing someone?! |
With Warburton and his ‘Plan B is to do Plan A better’ I can’t see that he would have got much, if any time on the pitch. If we’ve got a fee for him and freed up his salary that’s probably a good outcome (assuming we now sign a couple of strikers). | | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:27 - Jul 1 with 1435 views | Hunterhoop |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:04 - Jul 1 by Antti_Heinola |
£1m for 30-year-old-journeyman-perennial-sub Mathieu Smith?
While I completely agree we need a minimum of one striker, realistically two, you would not get £1m for Mathieu if City wanted to buy him! |
10 goals a season in the Champ, assuming you start half the games is a decent return that has tangible, very measurable, and easily comparable value. Just look at what other strikers cost who deliver that. The age and plan B piece is relevant everywhere but up front.
We have to be able to replace his output for less salary. For all his faults, I think that’ll be very tough. | | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:43 - Jul 1 with 1374 views | rsonist |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:11 - Jul 1 by Maggsinho |
With Warburton and his ‘Plan B is to do Plan A better’ I can’t see that he would have got much, if any time on the pitch. If we’ve got a fee for him and freed up his salary that’s probably a good outcome (assuming we now sign a couple of strikers). |
There's obviously a fine line between stubborn and suicidal and it essentially comes down to whether a coach can back up his ideas theoretically and in practice. (And something like McClaren playing out from the back - we just didn't have the players with the best will in the world). But I do think the club has really suffered from having around too many spoiled brat broken toy half chewed "options" and talented bits of potential that kind of fit sometimes and then not. Hedging our bets seems practical but is like building on sand, it's getting us nowhere.
The one thing I would say about Big Smith is that everything positive we're saying about him now is all actually nothing that all the other clubs that don't buy him and wouldn't play him wouldn't disagree with. They simply choose to commit to another direction for the sake of the whole (apart from Wall for whom - again unlike us - Smith will be Plan A). A great lad though and I wish him all the best - hopefully when he inevitably scores against us we'll already be 4-0 up playing sparkling incisive passing football. | | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:48 - Jul 1 with 1351 views | BostonR |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:27 - Jul 1 by Hunterhoop |
10 goals a season in the Champ, assuming you start half the games is a decent return that has tangible, very measurable, and easily comparable value. Just look at what other strikers cost who deliver that. The age and plan B piece is relevant everywhere but up front.
We have to be able to replace his output for less salary. For all his faults, I think that’ll be very tough. |
Spot-on post. Not his greatest fan but he always made an impact when he came on. Not sure what Warburton is thinking on the forward game-plan but is Wells a realistic shout to come back in providing we can afford him? |  | | |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:55 - Jul 1 with 1331 views | paulparker |
| Matt Smith- Wales International on 19:04 - Jul 1 by Antti_Heinola |
£1m for 30-year-old-journeyman-perennial-sub Mathieu Smith?
While I completely agree we need a minimum of one striker, realistically two, you would not get £1m for Mathieu if City wanted to buy him! |
A minimum of one ???
We need 3 strikers if Smith is going
Eze , smyth are not strikers and its way to soon for walker |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
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