Scott Sinclair - now gone

[Diablo]

Is Sinclair cup-tied?

Think he mentioned in interview that he wasn't.

He isn't cup tied.

Good news.

[olaftab]

To be cup tied you actually have to play in a match a cup tie Sinclair has not done much of that lately!

[Dave]

To be cup tied you actually have to play in a match a cup tie Sinclair has not done much of that lately!

But then you'd expect that if Man City were going to us him anywhere, then with the rest of their reserves in a couple of meaningless FA Cup ties is where they would do it.

*whistles and walks away*

[pauliewalnuts]

Cant get enthused by this signing at all.  Got a feeling he could be another Stephen Ireland.

Ireland was a well known twat with his antics. I have never seen anything like that from Sinclair, he did feck up moving to Man City but he is not the first to be influenced like that. I recall him on the tele speaking some time back and his brother has some illness,and he came across as a really nice lad. I wish him all the best and what he needs is a run of games

He is a bit of a charlie big bollocks with his glamourpuss girlfriend, mind.

I don't mean he's like a modern day George Best, but he's no James Milner, either.

I hope it works out and will give him every chance to convince me, but I have to be honest, when I think of Scott Sinclair, not long after, I find myself thinking of Stephen Ireland.

It's also worth noting that a lot of the things we are saying about Sinclair at the moment are pretty much exactly the same things we said about Ireland at the time.

That's not to say one will replicate the faults of the other, just that I'm a bit nervous, and I don't think it is entirely without reason.

[Stu]

...a lot of the things we are saying about Sinclair at the moment are pretty much exactly the same things we said about Ireland at the time.

That's not to say one will replicate the faults of the other, just that I'm a bit nervous, and I don't think it is entirely without reason.

I know what you mean, however I don't think there's quite the positive consensus on here (as I remember it anyway) for Sinclair than there was for Ireland. I do remember more than a few posts on here saying that Ireland was going to be the player that creates things for us - in a team that had just had a massive polo-like hole punched through it by the departure of Milner.

Sinclair by contrast isn't riding in on the wake of a talisman; he looks more like a 'try before you buy' and less of a long term financial burden. More of an educated throw of the dice.

[Toronto Villa]

Sinclair has played on a lot of teams in a short period of time. I would bet he said a lot of the same things at the Albion when it was essentially the same deal; loan with a view to a permanent signing. Maybe he is in a better place now, and he wants to get his career back on track. We all hope that, but the scepticism is certainly justified and especially so soon after Ireland wasted so much of our time and money.

[PeterWithesShin]

The number of clubs doesn't mean much as most of them were on loan as a teenager. By the time he was 21 he'd been on loan at 6 clubs a few of them only for a month, so including Bristol R and Chavski he'd been at 8 clubs.Even with his lengthy injuries Gary Gardner is on his 5th club at 22.

If we'd spent £8m and 60K a week (or whatever Ireland ripped us off for) on Sinclair i'd get the Ireland comparisons. As it is he's on loan for 4 months. It's basically risk free. If he's shit we bin him and have lost nothing, if he does well then we get a decent addition to the squad pretty cheap and we'll already know he fits in before signing him.

[pooligan]

It seems to be 50-50 on weather you think Sinclair is a good signing or not.Myself i am not to impressed,but as with any new signing ,he deserves a chance .It is certainly going to be interesting to see if our manager is going to change his style of play yet again and play with some much needed width.

[PeterWithe]

Be interesting to see if he starts games or is a Plan B.

[Ron Manager]

One thing is for sure. Sinclair is a winger. He doesn't play in any other position. Lambert has said in the past something like" wingers are outdated in the modern game". So he has just brought one in. One who doesn't score goals but has a decent ammount of skill but a questionable attitude. Thank god he is only on loan.

Meanwhile Aaron Lennon (a Ray Graydon type of winger) who would be perfect for us at our level is probably going to Hull...... Hull!

[claret and blue blood]

If he can get some decent crosses in for our forwards on a consistant basis he's done his job,is he better than Albrighton who we let go ? If he is then we will be a lot more likely,we also need Benteke to regain his mojo,both things happen plus Gil and Wiemann/Gabby played purely as strikers then I'm more optimistic.

[Chris Smith]

One thing is for sure. Sinclair is a winger. He doesn't play in any other position. Lambert has said in the past something like" wingers are outdated in the modern game". So he has just brought one in. One who doesn't score goals but has a decent ammount of skill but a questionable attitude. Thank god he is only on loan.

Meanwhile Aaron Lennon (a Ray Graydon type of winger) who would be perfect for us at our level is probably going to Hull...... Hull!

His goal scoring record was decent at Swansea. I am not sure he's the kind of 'chalk on the boots' player some are expecting, I think the is (was) more to his game than that.

[Mister E]

My hope is that we don't sacrifice our recently-acquired solidity in the middle of the park. That being the case, I'd expect SS to be an impact sub in most games; with a MF 3 and Benteke, Weimann and Gil as the front three.

[LeeB]

One thing is for sure. Sinclair is a winger. He doesn't play in any other position. Lambert has said in the past something like" wingers are outdated in the modern game". So he has just brought one in. One who doesn't score goals but has a decent ammount of skill but a questionable attitude. Thank god he is only on loan.

Meanwhile Aaron Lennon (a Ray Graydon type of winger) who would be perfect for us at our level is probably going to Hull...... Hull!

I've always liked Lennon, but doesn't he pick up a lot of injuries? We've been down that road before with Spurs loanees.

[eamonn]

Maybe Dave (Bath) can give us regular ITK's on Scotty's state of mind due to their mutual mate.