Scott Sinclair - now gone

[Des Little]

I'm really hoping that winning The Apprentice will help Sinclair's confidence and he can really push on in the second half of the season.

[LeeB]

I'm really hoping that winning The Apprentice will help Sinclair's confidence and he can really push on in the second half of the season.

Or that he can fuck off and find something other than impersonating a footballer to do.

[peter w]

Whilst he's only okay at the level I think Sinclair will have plenty of joy in the level below. Then, we come back up and we sell and buy someone else.

[LeeB]

Whilst he's only okay at the level I think Sinclair will have plenty of joy in the level below. Then, we come back up and we sell and buy someone else.

I'd fuck him off sharpish myself.

He doesn't seem odious, but he offers little and I'm not sure people that made fortunes for doing nothing are the types you want around when you're trying to put the fire back in your team.

[peter w]

Whilst he's only okay at the level I think Sinclair will have plenty of joy in the level below. Then, we come back up and we sell and buy someone else.

I'd fuck him off sharpish myself.

He doesn't seem odious, but he offers little and I'm not sure people that made fortunes for doing nothing are the types you want around when you're trying to put the fire back in your team.

I get that but I also think he's a symptom of the malaise around the club. Wingers are ultimately confidence players first and foremost and successful wingers means a successful side. If or when we're playing championship football then I'd expect him to play at a level he is good enough for and then get more confidence. Going up with that type of player becomes a dangerous weapon, and whether he'd be able to do it fully confident in the Premier is something we'd have to see. But I think he'd be good enough for the Championship should we be there together.

[tomd2103]

Whilst he's only okay at the level I think Sinclair will have plenty of joy in the level below. Then, we come back up and we sell and buy someone else.

I'd fuck him off sharpish myself.

He doesn't seem odious, but he offers little and I'm not sure people that made fortunes for doing nothing are the types you want around when you're trying to put the fire back in your team.

I get that but I also think he's a symptom of the malaise around the club. Wingers are ultimately confidence players first and foremost and successful wingers means a successful side. If or when we're playing championship football then I'd expect him to play at a level he is good enough for and then get more confidence. Going up with that type of player becomes a dangerous weapon, and whether he'd be able to do it fully confident in the Premier is something we'd have to see. But I think he'd be good enough for the Championship should we be there together.

To be fair to him, he's not really being played as a winger at the moment and is in a more central role.  I would play him and Ayew on the right and left respectively with Traore being used as an impact sub as and when.

[peter w]

I think he be best deployed as the in the old 3 that we used to employ but playing more wide as a traditional winger. Let's have a look at him. That's clearly his best position, so why not in our current struggles see if we can play to his strengths and use him as a winger? In all honesty I don't think he has it in him and think that he's a decidedly Championship player. But to be fair I'd have said that about Rutledge and Dyer at one stage.

[ozzjim]

Sinclair is one of the ones I think will be a mainstay next season. Sadly he is a bit of a luxury at the moment.

[supertom]

He doesn't seem to run at players that much, which bugs me. I recall a moment last season when he ran through 3-4 players and then delivered a cross. I wondered why he can't do it more often. I lose count at the times he'll get a fullback isolated and not have a run at them.
He also doesn't seem to be making those back post runs he was making early season either. Granted we're not really delivering much into the box, but I'd like to see Sinclair playing wider again and actually having a go at defenders and using his main asset, which is pace. At the moment he's doing naff all.
We've actually got the ability to hit teams with pace if we get our speedsters working in unison. Right now though, Ayew is carrying the torch alone.

[AVH87]

Sinclair is a nothing player unfortunately, and we can talk about needing to shift Gabby/Nzogbia/Senderos/etc. But every summer we sign players like Sinclair/Lescott/etc. and we are just continuing down the same road, stuck with new players we'll want to shift in a year or two.

[Axl Rose]

Sinclair is a nothing player unfortunately, and we can talk about needing to shift Gabby/Nzogbia/Senderos/etc. But every summer we sign players like Sinclair/Lescott/etc. and we are just continuing down the same road, stuck with new players we'll want to shift in a year or two.

I agree. I think he's dreadful, and even prefer Charlie over him. Get rid-him, N'Zogbia, Gabby, Richardson, Senderos, Hutton, Guzan, Bacuna, Westwood.....jesus, if I was in charge we wouldn't have much of a squad. Not that sheer numbers mean anything.

Good luck Remi, you're going to need it. I like what you're doing though Mr Garde.

[AVH87]

Sinclair is a nothing player unfortunately, and we can talk about needing to shift Gabby/Nzogbia/Senderos/etc. But every summer we sign players like Sinclair/Lescott/etc. and we are just continuing down the same road, stuck with new players we'll want to shift in a year or two.

I agree. I think he's dreadful, and even prefer Charlie over him. Get rid-him, N'Zogbia, Gabby, Richardson, Senderos, Hutton, Guzan, Bacuna, Westwood.....jesus, if I was in charge we wouldn't have much of a squad. Not that sheer numbers mean anything.

Good luck Remi, you're going to need it. I like what you're doing though Mr Garde.

There is certainly a lot of dross in there. I just hope we haven't made a mistake giving Bacuna, Westwood, Baker etc lengthy contracts. If anyone wants them, great, their contracts mean they command a fee. If not, we've just signed ourselves up to paying millions over the next few years on players who aren't good enough to be playing regularly.

[Clampy]

I think Sinclair is just going through a run of bad form. He was knocking them in earlier in the season and a goal might get his confidence back.

[brontebilly]

He doesn't seem to run at players that much, which bugs me. I recall a moment last season when he ran through 3-4 players and then delivered a cross. I wondered why he can't do it more often. I lose count at the times he'll get a fullback isolated and not have a run at them.
He also doesn't seem to be making those back post runs he was making early season either. Granted we're not really delivering much into the box, but I'd like to see Sinclair playing wider again and actually having a go at defenders and using his main asset, which is pace. At the moment he's doing naff all.
We've actually got the ability to hit teams with pace if we get our speedsters working in unison. Right now though, Ayew is carrying the torch alone.

speedster? Sinclair is as one paced as it gets

the fastest I saw him running at SJP was in his trot to the sideline coming off

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sinclair is one of the ones I think will be a mainstay next season. Sadly he is a bit of a luxury passenger at the moment.

Fixed.