ChesterDad

John Gidman - great footballer and athlete

If he goes - I am sure we will look back 12 months from now and think what if ? I really believe he can play. The green shoots of him, coming to terms with a new country, new league are there to see now imo

Gosh - did things today that I wasn’t aware that he could. He really does seem to be improving week upon week. If this improvement continues for the next 12 months - I think he will be one of the very best strikers in the world. His touch and awareness were just fantastic today.

Love it - take a bow

Sorry TRO - you and I are around the same age, we’ve seen the same things and those guys were thugs pure and simple. Emi is a pussy cat when ranked alongside these guys. Emi is full of xxxxhousery - but he ain’t a nasty piece of work. The tools you mention are. This is how I see it anyway

TRO - not sure about this, Jones was a Thug and not on his own in that era. Emi is full of xxxxhousery, whether you like it or not is down to the individual. My concern would be that this type of thing has a habit of biting you on the bum. I only hope that he is not setting himself up for a fall

Well fair play - I guess on this occasion we must agree to disagree.

Did you see him play ?

Tbf to him, he wasn’t alone in this.

With the very greatest of respect - Paul was simply the best centre half of his generation and would have walked into any team in the world at his prime. Even today - legends from that era talk about him, as being the best. You might be lucky enough to be young enough, not to have seen him play - I don’t know ? But trust me - Paul McGrath is a footballing genius and simply world class. I would back him against anyone Haaland, Ronaldo ( both of them ) anyone to be honest with you

If Bailey had been sold - I very much doubt too many of us would have cared - so I think you are being harsh. Football fans the world over are fickle - myself included, I still think Bailey has work to do, but I rate Zaniolo - how does this work ? Diaby is a good player imo and I believe he will come through

Well that is a debatable point in itself - I think Paul McGrath is as good a defender that has ever been - imo

You did see Paul play ? With the greatest of respect Emi is not our best ever player

That is not a reflection of his ability and quite an assumption as well

That is a very harsh view imo

I love him - can’t wait to see him play again he is a little magician as far as I ‘m concerned

I think you make a very good point and this is probably down to how they view themselves, coupled with the desire to be starting games.

He is a very good footballer and we should be thankful, he is ours.

I do hope so - Gobby has no place in the same sentence as Ollie

No you are 100 % per cent correct - but he and Gary were both better than Ollie and that is no slight whatsoever on him.

I see what you did there but it’s still probably Andy Gray or Gary Shaw

You are right - that’s so much better than it looks from first sight

I really hope we can get something today - but fear that the pre Christmas form has already faded and unlikely to return this season. I think Kamara’s presence could have helped greatly today. I like his mentality It would be fantastic to get something and heap more pressure on spuds going into their game with Arsenal. We know Spuds don’t have a easy run in and if we can put some day light between us, that they then have to sit on for two weeks, this could feed into anxiety ahead of the Gooners clash. But a demoralising result today - might just see us run out of steam for the run in. I would also be very tempted to start Diaby today

I absolutley want to keep him, there are very fine margins in elite football and right now, I would acknowledge that he is on the wrong side of these margins - however I have seen enough to believe that he will cross over to the right side of these margins. I think anyone who has played competitive football regardless of the level, will have gone through periods when nothing goes quite right? I think next season he starts ( that’s if he is here)

I am not disagreeing with you.