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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Jonathan on June 09, 2018, 09:40:10 am
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I’d expect any chance we had of getting him on a permanent deal probably reduced further with Ferguson’s resignation. Aside from which the new manager will pick his own players so we may not even be in for him.
Anyhow, he’s been released by Chelsea. Can’t help but think he’d have been a good one to get here on a ‘free.’
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Would imagine he has somewhere lined up already. So few of the Chelsea and Man City youth lads can ever have a hope of making it there that getting out on loan to clubs like us is best route to being a marketable asset when they inevitably get shown the door when they hit early 20s. Building up a portfolio if you like. He will be heading to somewhere good in League One or potentially even Championship, given he has plenty of league experience now.
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It's a shame if we lose him. Can't see it happening now
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Thought he lost his way this season and I'd prefer McCullough in the holding role BUT on a free its a no brainer
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Thought he lost his way this season and I'd prefer McCullough in the holding role BUT on a free its a no brainer
I agree he wasn't as good, but he was often played out of the holding role. But I think this particular ship has sailed. If we were going to sign him then like Anderson it would have been announced soon after the end of the season.
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He is replaceable. I think he'll end up somewhere further south than here, a good player with very good potential but if our new manager signs someone else for that role I won't complain, they might well turn out good too.
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Thought he lost his way this season and I'd prefer McCullough in the holding role BUT on a free its a no brainer
all about opinions but I think Houghton is twice the player of McCullough.
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More than twice!
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These days a player "on a free" can be as expensive as a player bought from a club, with various fee added.
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Rather have McCulloch than Houghton any day, he went missing in too many games imo.
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JORDAN would want far to much wages, the club would never pay them, so in that case luke is better for the money unless the new man wants his own lads in
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JORDAN would want far to much wages, the club would never pay them, so in that case luke is better for the money unless the new man wants his own lads in
We did agree a deal with him during the January window and therefore he agreed the terms we put to him.
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Agreed terms - did he sign a contract? In which case look forward to seeing him as a permanent squad member. Thought he was largely shite last year but plenty of potential there
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JORDAN would want far to much wages, the club would never pay them, so in that case luke is better for the money unless the new man wants his own lads in
We did agree a deal with him during the January window and therefore he agreed the terms we put to him.
It was reported that he hadn't agreed Personal terms , although a deal was done with Chelsea.
Jordan Houghton insists a desire not to rush things was the reason behind his decision not to sign a permanent contract with Doncaster Rovers.
A full transfer for the 22-year-old was agreed between Rovers and Chelsea last week only for Houghton to fail to agree personal terms. And he instead extended his loan spell for the rest of the season.
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Probably not the done thing with a new manager comming in, but if the club thought it was worth it, they could try and sign him any way
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JORDAN would want far to much wages, the club would never pay them, so in that case luke is better for the money unless the new man wants his own lads in
We did agree a deal with him during the January window and therefore he agreed the terms we put to him.
ok martin i dint know that
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JORDAN would want far to much wages, the club would never pay them, so in that case luke is better for the money unless the new man wants his own lads in
We did agree a deal with him during the January window and therefore he agreed the terms we put to him.
It was reported that he hadn't agreed Personal terms , although a deal was done with Chelsea.
Jordan Houghton insists a desire not to rush things was the reason behind his decision not to sign a permanent contract with Doncaster Rovers.
A full transfer for the 22-year-old was agreed between Rovers and Chelsea last week only for Houghton to fail to agree personal terms. And he instead extended his loan spell for the rest of the season.
I was also told we couldn't afford to pay the terms he wanted. No doubt some will now come on and say we are both wrong.
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JORDAN would want far to much wages, the club would never pay them, so in that case luke is better for the money unless the new man wants his own lads in
We did agree a deal with him during the January window and therefore he agreed the terms we put to him.
It was reported that he hadn't agreed Personal terms , although a deal was done with Chelsea.
Jordan Houghton insists a desire not to rush things was the reason behind his decision not to sign a permanent contract with Doncaster Rovers.
A full transfer for the 22-year-old was agreed between Rovers and Chelsea last week only for Houghton to fail to agree personal terms. And he instead extended his loan spell for the rest of the season.
I was also told we couldn't afford to pay the terms he wanted. No doubt some will now come on and say we are both wrong.
The personal terms weren't salary.
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What was it then?
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Residence?
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Residence?
Yes, pretty much.
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He didn't want to make an hasty decision and get tied down , but wait until Chelsea released him (now) and then weigh up his options .
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Residence?
Yes, pretty much.
So we agreed to give him somewhere to live but didn't agree a salary package?
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Residence?
Yes, pretty much.
So we agreed to give him somewhere to live but didn't agree a salary package?
This is all personal information, why should we have the right to know?
I wouldn’t have wanted my personal work package known to the world at large.
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Rumour has it that his soon to be wife didn’t fancy committing to living in Doncaster on a permanent basis at the time. Goodness knows why.
I’d like to think the deal isn’t dead. He’s a very good player with lots of potential, and I think he’d be an asset to the club. But our current managerless status does probably complicate things a little.
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Rumour has it that his soon to be wife didn’t fancy committing to living in Doncaster on a permanent basis at the time. Goodness knows why.
I’d like to think the deal isn’t dead. He’s a very good player with lots of potential, and I think he’d be an asset to the club. But our current managerless status does probably complicate things a little.
They get married next week, they seem very very close.
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He could do better, get a lass from Stainy, problem solved.
She would like to move up to live local in Bentley.
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Nowt wrong wi a lass who has desires to upgrade.
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Residence?
Yes, pretty much.
So we agreed to give him somewhere to live but didn't agree a salary package?
This is all personal information, why should we have the right to know?
I wouldn’t have wanted my personal work package known to the world at large.
Nobody said anything about wanting to know what he earns. Read the post properly before getting your knickers in a twist.
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Perhaps the new manager will realise very quickly that Luke is not the answer to either defensive mid or centre half questions. Sad, as I originally thought that Luke would make a good defensive mid as he was not good enough, big enough, strong enough or quick enough for a centre half. As a def mid Houghton is miles ahead of him but I don't see him coming back next season which is a another shame as I have often thought him to be MoM on many occasions, did his job quietly and efficiently. JMHO
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He was ok in League 2. Had a bit more time on the ball. Struggled more in League 1 as people forced him to play quicker. No great loss him not coming. Also he had the chance to sign but turned us down. I'd want a player to show more commitment. Not this "I'll sign if nothing better turns up" attitude.
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Residence?
Yes, pretty much.
So we agreed to give him somewhere to live but didn't agree a salary package?
This is all personal information, why should we have the right to know?
I wouldn’t have wanted my personal work package known to the world at large.
Nobody said anything about wanting to know what he earns. Read the post properly before getting your knickers in a twist.
And here is me thinking that a salary package includes wages.
However, I didn’t say anything about you asking how much he would earn.
Maybe you should have read what I had written.
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Residence?
Yes, pretty much.
So we agreed to give him somewhere to live but didn't agree a salary package?
No. We agreed a salary level.
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Nowt wrong wi a lass who has desires to upgrade.
No there isn't , and now he's been dumped by Chelsea she might want to up grade him.
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Rumour has it that his soon to be wife didn’t fancy committing to living in Doncaster on a permanent basis at the time. Goodness knows why.
If a girls not prepared to follow a footballer where ever is career takes him then she shouldn't date one.
Unless she's a gold digger of course. :evil:
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They live in Cantley currently, deliver to them occasionally.
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They live in Cantley currently, deliver to them occasionally.
Not surprised she doesn't want to come up here permanently then.
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Depends which bit of Cantley to be fair.
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Depends which bit of Cantley to be fair.
You mean the part where people say they live in Bessacarr ;-)
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Depends which bit of Cantley to be fair.
You mean the part where people say they live in Bessacarr ;-)
Sadly I know some of those people and thankfully I live in a different part of Cantley myself.
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Cantley manor when it was first developed. As a good old cantley boys im proud of where I come from
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Cantley not bessacarr or cantley manor.
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Depends which bit of Cantley to be fair.
You mean the part where people say they live in Bessacarr ;-)
I’ve lived in Bessacarr and Cantley. Ones one side of Bawtry road and ones the other surely.
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I grew up on the cantley side of bessacarr. My parents back garden backs onto the old sycamore school, cantley bus stop at the end of the road, cantley library round the corner yet for some odd reason it’s bessacarr
It’s always been cantley to me
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A woman who worked in our business a few years ago lived on St Wilfred’s Road, Cantley.
She always said it was Bessacarr.
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Those two areas are 1000% Cantley. Gaz has it right, Bawtry Road is the divide.
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A woman who worked in our business a few years ago lived on St Wilfred’s Road, Cantley.
She always said it was Bessacarr.
My mate lives on St Wilfred’s and he swears it’s Bessy. I used to live in the house on the corner of Bawtry Rd and Ellers with the big wall around it. 100% Bessacarr that.
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St Wilfred’s is cantley. Or it was when I was a lad in the 70’s.
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I reckon its an aspirational thing. A mate of mine who lived on Somerton Drive (parallel to Bawtry Road on the Cantley side) always swore it was Bessacarr. We on the Bessacarr side always thought he was a Bessie wannabe!
What I want to know is, does Cantley Acres still exist? In the mid '70's I lived on Stonecross Gardens at the bottom of Goodison Boulevard, back when the Barratt Estate was all fields and I was always told that we weren't in Cantley, but Cantley Acres
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Ten bob Tory's 😀
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A woman who worked in our business a few years ago lived on St Wilfred’s Road, Cantley.
She always said it was Bessacarr.
My mate lives on St Wilfred’s and he swears it’s Bessy. I used to live in the house on the corner of Bawtry Rd and Ellers with the big wall around it. 100% Bessacarr that.
Technically St Wilfreds was neither Cantley or Bessacarr it was classed as Rose Hill.
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Dr Fundlekrotch it was known as Cantley Acres i served most of my apprenticeship there and would have worked on your house did you know Stuart Robertson lived around the corner
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What became of ‘West Bessacarr’?
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I think all the wannabe Bessacarr residents actually lived on what was known as the 4th or 5th estates.
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Dr Fundlekrotch it was known as Cantley Acres i served most of my apprenticeship there and would have worked on your house did you know Stuart Robertson lived around the corner
I don't know the name, I'm afraid. We were only there for three and a half years from 1976 (when I was 6 years old)