Benox
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If he stays in League 1 that’s a pretty good move to be fair. They’re certainly going for it.
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Northernyellow
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I would think that means we have doubts he can step up to the Championship. If we thought he was good enough, we'd have gone straight in with an offer. I thought he was pretty decent, but- like a few other- not sure he's Championship standard. If he does sign for Rotherham, that's an excellent L1 squad Evans is building. Say what you like about him, but he knows how to get teams promoted. He's a much larger version of Neil Warnock.
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I would imagine that if he goes to Rotherham, we are looking at better.
Was Evans manager at Gillingham when Cum.ing on loan there?
greatunclekip
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Yeah, throwing an absolute shedload of cash at it generally works.
If we manage to get a fee for him, that’s an excellent bit of business. The piece doesn’t mention?
Always really liked the idea of him as a physical but technical CM, but in practice that never really transpired. Thought he looked reasonably good as the RCB in a three, but not enough to suggest he had a long term future with us.
holdsteady
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Can't tell if you are being sarcastic here but I will just mention Charlton anyway.
Northernyellow
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I can't believe I'm defending Steve Evans, but he does have a brilliant lower league record. Stevenage have a budget of about 50p, and he took them from the bottom of L2 to top half L1 in about 18 months...
beyondthefourth
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Who isn't at this stage?
captainox
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Stevenage weren't as plucky as they'd like to make out this season just finished. They were paying some sizable wages to get some of those players in and then had to squad fill with older players and risks.
billyturleyscurlywurly
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Agreed.
Probably 3rd or 4th choice on our list.
If we sign Cumming, it’s because we’ve not got our first couple of GK targets.
Left Wing Cross
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Evans has quite a record for quitting clubs. I suspect he does this when they no longer wish to bend to his budgetary requirements.
For a young midfielder that couldn't get into a League One squad (other than when we had an injury crisis)? If we get a fee, it won't be anything that moves the needle.
You'd hope, though, that we might try and stick a sell-on clause in there. Just in case we've got it wrong.
And he tends to leave clubs with expensive older players.
His signings for Rotherham so far have just about all been in thir late 20"s or kn their 30's
He generally empties the sweet shop and then moves on elsewhere leaving the next manager with no money left
holdsteady
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By now clubs employing Evans know what they are getting, anyone going to Rotherham knows what they are getting as well so it’s a pretty perfect match really, they would be in any acca I do for promoted teams next season.
In fact with Birmingham City seeming minted, Rotherham putting together a league one promotion/Championship relegation dream team that doesn’t leave a lot for the others to fight over, you would fancy Bolton and Plymouth to both get in the play offs again so thank f**k we are not down there next season, happy to see the rest of them scrap it out.
In fact with Birmingham City seeming minted, Rotherham putting together a league one promotion/Championship relegation dream team that doesn’t leave a lot for the others to fight over, you would fancy Bolton and Plymouth to both get in the play offs again so thank f**k we are not down there next season, happy to see the rest of them scrap it out.
As an aside Plymouth are in the Championship. As well as Birmingham and Rotherham, Huddersfield were relegated.
Rotherham know what they're getting as he was there previously.
Nobody would have have had Pompey going up automatically last year and Birmingham could do a Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Derby.
I know that people were suggesting that L1 wouod be a lot stronger next season, but suspect that Barnsley, Blackpool Bolton could be weaker.
Presuming you meant Peterborough, yeah that does look a strong quartet looking to go up. Glad we made it this season
I think Bolton will be strong again. And you have the wild card of Wrexham as well who will have money to splash around.
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