Scott Sinclair - now gone

[Dr Butler]

Welcome Scott....do us proud.

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[warleyboy]

Not a glowing endorsement is it, i thought he played as though he had spent a long time away from the game, the money is peanuts though.

I would totally agree with that statement with the following 3 exceptions.

1. Going forward we are not going to play with out and out wingers.
2. That money could of purchased somebody who TS believes would fit better and be used in squad rotation.
3. Maybe TS has seen something in training that he does not like.

I actually like his enthusiasm and pace, but then again I liked Gil as well !!!

[Tom_Mc9?]

I think he'll come in and out of the team next season. Sherwood hasn't been afraid to put him in for the big games (Baggies cup game, sub for the semi final) so I would assume he is in his plans. I'm also pretty sure we'll sign Cleverley.

[warleyboy]

Alarm bells are starting to ring for me.
When have you ever seen a new player brought in and no comments from the manager.
Ok, so he was already our on loan player, but even still.

Looking like this has been dealt without TS's input.

[passitsideways]

The timing of it suggests to me like it was a buy clause which would trigger automatically upon securing safety, so if that's true, it wouldn't have anything to do with Sherwood anyway.

[Dave]

Alarm bells are starting to ring for me.
When have you ever seen a new player brought in and no comments from the manager.
Ok, so he was already our on loan player, but even still.

Looking like this has been dealt without TS's input.

It's been pointed out several times above - in January, we agreed to make the transfer permanent as long as we avoided relegation. We have, so the agreement from January with Man City has now been ratified

There's nothing alarming about at all, we're just completing a transfer that we agreed to complete before he became manager.

[edgysatsuma89]

I do wonder what Scott thinks when he hears those comments though. It's basically Tim saying we have changed formation and therefore not going to play him much. I suppose he can at least make our bench unlike at Man City.

[darren woolley]

I'm pleased he's signed.

[Dave]

It's basically Tim saying we have changed formation and therefore not going to play him much.

He's no more or less of a (as-I-like-to-call-them) number ten than N'Zogbia is, yet that's where he's been playing for the last dozen or so matches.

[edgysatsuma89]

It's basically Tim saying we have changed formation and therefore not going to play him much.

He's no more or less of a (as-I-like-to-call-them) number ten than N'Zogbia is, yet that's where he's been playing for the last dozen or so matches.

You're right, and personally I hope he gets the chance to play there a bit more than N'Zogbia in the future. And Gabby.

[Dave]

Agreed. One thing I like about him is that he seems really desperate to score. Not in a useless, Tonev type way but he seems really keen to get into the box and get into the right position.

He's got three goals in a dozen or so games (which makes him what, our third top scorer?). If you add in the two or three others which he really should have scored (Sunderland away springs to mind immediately) it's not hard to see him getting into double figures over a whole season.

[PaulWinch again]

I hope Sherwood realises that he has more to him than just being a wide man. His goal scoring means I think he could play off a striker.

[tom jennings III]

He should be ahead of Zog & Gabby for sure, I'd welcome trying Grealish and Sinclair playing as two (as-I-like-to-call-them) number tens behind Benteknotronic on the left and right.

[peter w]

I wonder if his lack of appearances and the lack of warmth coming from Sherwood is anything to do with something happening at the training ground? Hopefully not.

Care to elaborate or are you trying to make out you know something other's don't?

No. know nothing. i'm just wondering why Sherwood hasn't mentioned it. I personally don't think there's any issue at all but reading some posts and people are saying Sherwood didn't seem overly enthused (I haven't read or heard his comments). Maybe the deal made before Sherwood came in was if we stay up he signs permanently if not he goes back. maybe he thought that clause affected Sinclair. I have no idea.

[edgysatsuma89]

Agreed. One thing I like about him is that he seems really desperate to score. Not in a useless, Tonev type way but he seems really keen to get into the box and get into the right position.

He's got three goals in a dozen or so games (which makes him what, our third top scorer?). If you add in the two or three others which he really should have scored (Sunderland away springs to mind immediately) it's not hard to see him getting into double figures over a whole season.

I had completely forgotten about Tonev. Just had a quick look to see that he absolutely smashed it up in scotland.