fred keenor wrote:Id withdraw the contract offer and release, we only want players who are 100,% committed. If he can get better elsewhere , good luck to him.
TheHangedMan wrote:fred keenor wrote:Id withdraw the contract offer and release, we only want players who are 100,% committed. If he can get better elsewhere , good luck to him.
I get your sentiment on the 100% but do not think it's as simplistic as that. He has served our club very well for 12 years but for anyone to take a pay cut, in any walk of life, it's a difficult decision.
I think the club are right to reduce the wage bill and would prefer if Joe stayed. If he doesn't I don't think it means he is not loyal to our club, it just means it that it's not right for him.
MikeP wrote:Why not do a swap with O, Dowda from Bristol City, We have had our fairvshsre of let downs from them we can return the compliment IE Sick note Tomlin so give them sick note Ralls. it's not far to Bristol to train so he won't have to move
fred keenor wrote:Id withdraw the contract offer and release, we only want players who are 100,% committed. If he can get better elsewhere , good luck to him.
MikeP wrote:Why not do a swap with O, Dowda from Bristol City, We have had our fairvshsre of let downs from them we can return the compliment IE Sick note Tomlin so give them sick note Ralls. it's not far to Bristol to train so he won't have to move
GaerBlue wrote:Not sure what to make of this. We play with a lot more energy with Ralls in the team but he isn’t the best technically. Makes a lot of wrong decisions too but if you offered me a simple offer of keep or get rid, it would be keep every time. Very good championship midfielder with a lot of experience, he’d be my choice as captain if he was to stay on.
GaerBlue wrote:Are those slagging Ralls off fans of Bagan, Murphy, Harris etc….?
Ralls is head and shoulders above any of those players and very rarely is lower than a 7/10.
I’d even keep Ralls and play him LWB instead of Bagan to be honest. Shown more there in the 2 games be played in 20/21 than Bagan has in any game he’s played.
TheHangedMan wrote:fred keenor wrote:Id withdraw the contract offer and release, we only want players who are 100,% committed. If he can get better elsewhere , good luck to him.
I get your sentiment on the 100% but do not think it's as simplistic as that. He has served our club very well for 12 years but for anyone to take a pay cut, in any walk of life, it's a difficult decision.
I think the club are right to reduce the wage bill and would prefer if Joe stayed. If he doesn't I don't think it means he is not loyal to our club, it just means it that it's not right for him.
piledriver64 wrote:GaerBlue wrote:Are those slagging Ralls off fans of Bagan, Murphy, Harris etc….?
Ralls is head and shoulders above any of those players and very rarely is lower than a 7/10.
I’d even keep Ralls and play him LWB instead of Bagan to be honest. Shown more there in the 2 games be played in 20/21 than Bagan has in any game he’s played.
Well if you think that Ralls has the pace to play full back I think you're in for a shock !! He might get away with it in one or two games but quick wingers would have a field day against him.
I'm not yet convinced about Bagan (Doughty was much better), Murphy has gone (good riddance) and Harris may well go (loan or sale) and I don't think he's Championship quality.
So your comparison doesn't stand up.
Here's a question for you. If Morison is going to stick with a central midfield 3 in a more mobile system will Ralls play instead of Wintle, Colwill or Adams ? And that's without any further CM signings.
For me, Ralls is unlikely to play every game (even if he does improve his injury record) so is he really worth £14k a week for us ?
Good servant but football is cut throat and it may be time for him to move on. I think he'll have a shock if he thinks he'll get the sort of money he's been on up to now elsewhere.
GaerBlue wrote:piledriver64 wrote:GaerBlue wrote:Are those slagging Ralls off fans of Bagan, Murphy, Harris etc….?
Ralls is head and shoulders above any of those players and very rarely is lower than a 7/10.
I’d even keep Ralls and play him LWB instead of Bagan to be honest. Shown more there in the 2 games be played in 20/21 than Bagan has in any game he’s played.
Well if you think that Ralls has the pace to play full back I think you're in for a shock !! He might get away with it in one or two games but quick wingers would have a field day against him.
I'm not yet convinced about Bagan (Doughty was much better), Murphy has gone (good riddance) and Harris may well go (loan or sale) and I don't think he's Championship quality.
So your comparison doesn't stand up.
Here's a question for you. If Morison is going to stick with a central midfield 3 in a more mobile system will Ralls play instead of Wintle, Colwill or Adams ? And that's without any further CM signings.
For me, Ralls is unlikely to play every game (even if he does improve his injury record) so is he really worth £14k a week for us ?
Good servant but football is cut throat and it may be time for him to move on. I think he'll have a shock if he thinks he'll get the sort of money he's been on up to now elsewhere.
If we stick with the midfield 3 then I’d hope to have a back 4 and a front three which Colwill would be apart of. So I’d therefore play Wintle, Adams and Ralls.
That being said, Adams and Ralls are very similar players so maybe Adams was brought in as a replacement.
Question to you, if any of Adams, Wintle, Colwill and King get injured then who plays in CM instead? This league is all about utilising a squad of players and not relying on the same eleven every week. I’d like to see NG in there personally but can’t see that being a long term thing. Why replace a good championship player with one that is unproven, Ralls has been excellent for us over the years and bar this season and maybe 1 or 2 more, he has been part of a strong championship side that challenges at the top the majority of the time.
piledriver64 wrote:GaerBlue wrote:piledriver64 wrote:GaerBlue wrote:Are those slagging Ralls off fans of Bagan, Murphy, Harris etc….?
Ralls is head and shoulders above any of those players and very rarely is lower than a 7/10.
I’d even keep Ralls and play him LWB instead of Bagan to be honest. Shown more there in the 2 games be played in 20/21 than Bagan has in any game he’s played.
Well if you think that Ralls has the pace to play full back I think you're in for a shock !! He might get away with it in one or two games but quick wingers would have a field day against him.
I'm not yet convinced about Bagan (Doughty was much better), Murphy has gone (good riddance) and Harris may well go (loan or sale) and I don't think he's Championship quality.
So your comparison doesn't stand up.
Here's a question for you. If Morison is going to stick with a central midfield 3 in a more mobile system will Ralls play instead of Wintle, Colwill or Adams ? And that's without any further CM signings.
For me, Ralls is unlikely to play every game (even if he does improve his injury record) so is he really worth £14k a week for us ?
Good servant but football is cut throat and it may be time for him to move on. I think he'll have a shock if he thinks he'll get the sort of money he's been on up to now elsewhere.
If we stick with the midfield 3 then I’d hope to have a back 4 and a front three which Colwill would be apart of. So I’d therefore play Wintle, Adams and Ralls.
That being said, Adams and Ralls are very similar players so maybe Adams was brought in as a replacement.
Question to you, if any of Adams, Wintle, Colwill and King get injured then who plays in CM instead? This league is all about utilising a squad of players and not relying on the same eleven every week. I’d like to see NG in there personally but can’t see that being a long term thing. Why replace a good championship player with one that is unproven, Ralls has been excellent for us over the years and bar this season and maybe 1 or 2 more, he has been part of a strong championship side that challenges at the top the majority of the time.
From what I hear, and the little I’ve seen, I don’t think he’s anything like Ralls as a player.
He’s quick, mobile, box-to-box and strong. Ralls is none of those, hence why I wonder where Ralls would fit in playing in a more mobile, pressing system.
As for your question, can we really afford to pay Ralls, or anyone, £14k per week as a back-up ?
worcester_ccfc wrote:What we've offered him is fair.
If he thinks he can do better elsewhere then let him go.
worcester_ccfc wrote:What we've offered him is fair.
If he thinks he can do better elsewhere then let him go.
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