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Davis isn't a product of our youth academy and you're right we have seen him play. I doubt anybody on here has seen this kid. Which is Lee's point.

If you wiki'd Davis you wouldn't think much until you see him bully the fuck out of chumps like Keogh and Davies.

[sickbeggar]

Davis isn't a product of our youth academy.

technically no, but at 17 he was near as damm it  and he's never played league football before us. Depends if you class Barry as brought in

[sickbeggar]

Davis isn't a product of our youth academy.

technically no, but at 17 he was near as damm it  and he's never played league football before us. Depends if you class Barry as brought in. And Davis was just a punt. At no point was he brought in to cover our strikers straight away.

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We paid money via tribunal for Barry to Brighton.

[sickbeggar]

yeah i know but he was bought in for the youth team at that time to develop not as a potential starter for the first team. Same with Davis, he was never mentioned as going into the first team when he arrived, but to see how he developed as a young player in the youth. Totally different from bringing in a striker as cover for the first team

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I'm not really sure what that has to do with what Lee said.

[sickbeggar]

I'm not really sure what that has to do with what Lee said.

Simple, we're looking for a player who can do it now in this league. Davis wasn't brought in for that, neither was barry for that matter. If you're telling me Mcburnie's current record shows a player  who's gonna challenge or replace Davis, then you can add another 20 conference strikers we should be looking at well.

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As far as I can see we're looking for a hold up player who can let Davis take a game off here and there, without any money to spend.

I'm not particularly interested in his record, I judge by what I see. I've not seen him, have you?

[LeeB]

I'm not really sure what that has to do with what Lee said.

Simple, we're looking for a player who can do it now in this league. Davis wasn't brought in for that, neither was barry for that matter. If you're telling me Mcburnie's current record shows a player  who's gonna challenge or replace Davis, then you can add another 20 conference strikers we should be looking at well.

But we bought as close to stone cold certainties as you can get, and they’ve both been utterly piss poor. So again, I’m not sure why you insist on this criteria.

If the lad has the attributes Bruce is looking for, which would be those of a target man given we have no other option than Davis, then what is the problem?

[sickbeggar]

As far as I can see we're looking for a hold up player who can let Davis take a game off here and there, without any money to spend.

I'm not particularly interested in his record, I judge by what I see. I've not seen him, have you?

i've not but you're not interested in his record? Really?! Unless you have total trust in Bruce's skill in the transfer market i can't for. oh......

[passitsideways]

As far as I can see we're looking for a hold up player who can let Davis take a game off here and there, without any money to spend.

I'm not particularly interested in his record, I judge by what I see. I've not seen him, have you?

i've not but you're not interested in his record? Really?! Unless you have total trust in Bruce's skill in the transfer market i can't for. oh......

Don't you think us fucking up with Hogan and McCormack primarily came down to placing too much weight on their record in this division, compared to the weight placed on how their footbaliing attributes would fit the way Bruce sets the team up to play? No one's suggesting that record is a completely irrelevant thing, but we've got examples of why it shouldn't be overvalued.

[sickbeggar]

I'm not really sure what that has to do with what Lee said.

Simple, we're looking for a player who can do it now in this league. Davis wasn't brought in for that, neither was barry for that matter. If you're telling me Mcburnie's current record shows a player  who's gonna challenge or replace Davis, then you can add another 20 conference strikers we should be looking at well.

But we bought as close to stone cold certainties as you can get, and they’ve both been utterly piss poor. So again, I’m not sure why you insist on this criteria.

If the lad has the attributes Bruce is looking for, which would be those of a target man given we have no other option than Davis, then what is the problem?

Think we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't think his record says Championship forward, while you think Bruce's judgement on strikers overrides that concern.  Either i'm going to be pleasantly surprised or you're going to be disappointed

[sickbeggar]

As far as I can see we're looking for a hold up player who can let Davis take a game off here and there, without any money to spend.

I'm not particularly interested in his record, I judge by what I see. I've not seen him, have you?

i've not but you're not interested in his record? Really?! Unless you have total trust in Bruce's skill in the transfer market i can't for. oh......

Don't you think us fucking up with Hogan and McCormack primarily came down to placing too much weight on their record in this division, compared to the weight placed on how their footbaliing attributes would fit the way Bruce sets the team up to play? No one's suggesting that record is a completely irrelevant thing, but we've got examples of why it shouldn't be overvalued.

maybe but the harsh fact is as far as goals go we are basically Adomah Villa currently. Another forward with no record of scoring doesn't really scream an essential signing to me.

[Fred Crump]

As far as I can see we're looking for a hold up player who can let Davis take a game off here and there, without any money to spend.

I'm not particularly interested in his record, I judge by what I see. I've not seen him, have you?

I have seen Ollie McBurnie play when he was at Bradford. My son who played against him said he was a real handful to stop because he was sharp and very strong and Bradford rated him very highly. But that was about 3 years ago and there's a world of difference between reserve / youth team football and first team and I've seen some lads who looked world beaters at 16/17 just not kick on, and vice versa. His lack of progress at Swansea would suggest he's not an immediate answer. We don't just need cover, we need someone who can compete with Keinan and play at least 50% of the time. Maybe a good prospect for the future, but not the answer now.

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I'm not really sure what that has to do with what Lee said.

Simple, we're looking for a player who can do it now in this league. Davis wasn't brought in for that, neither was barry for that matter. If you're telling me Mcburnie's current record shows a player  who's gonna challenge or replace Davis, then you can add another 20 conference strikers we should be looking at well.

But we bought as close to stone cold certainties as you can get, and they’ve both been utterly piss poor. So again, I’m not sure why you insist on this criteria.

If the lad has the attributes Bruce is looking for, which would be those of a target man given we have no other option than Davis, then what is the problem?

Think we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't think his record says Championship forward, while you think Bruce's judgement on strikers overrides that concern.  Either i'm going to be pleasantly surprised or you're going to be disappointed

I'm as interested in his record as much as I am Hogan or McCormack and those dead certs.