Has Porter done enough to be kept on?

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Going up said:
After another last minute goal, is Chris worth keeping to come off the bench? All promotion contenders must have a strong bench and game changers or people that can come in and do a job whenever called upon. Ben Davies is such a player, is Porter the Derby County Sammon?
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In this division with the wages then yes, he's well worth warming the bench an grabbing a few goals!
 



I doubt any side seriously wanting promotion from this league will have Chris Porter in their squad next season.
 
Roygbiv said:
I doubt any side seriously wanting promotion from this league will have Chris Porter in their squad next season.
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Ever team needs a target man in this league, maybe he may only get 10-15 games next season. But he won't winge won't cost much an may win us a few pts games as he has done this season! Don't get me wrong there's better out there but for what price n wages?
 
SwissBlade said:
"That boy Chris Porter, he's going to brazil"

And as one Blade shouted.... "On a one way ticket"

Personally I'd keep him another year. He adds a different dimension and for some reason when he came on tonight, the team started linking up better in the attack.

He can't be the first choice striker, but he can be a back up
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Hmmmm, what a happy coincidence
 
sheffielder said:
I see him getting another year. Even if we got 2 new strikers he can do a job at times.
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I agree. Doubt he would be offered a substantial wage and maybe only a year's contract and he might get better longer term offers lower down the leagues.

I'd be happy to see him stay but only as a third (or second at best) back up to a main striker
 
In this division I can see a point in Porter but I can't see the point in Paynter........:rolleyes:
 
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If he stays: correct decision.
If he leaves: correct decision.

Why? Because it will be Clough's decision.

I think a lot of people are struggling to come to terms with the improvements and contributions of so many members of the squad that they are clinging to Porter as their best option of a scapegoat (probably only because he's appeared more than Hill has at left back lately). We've had a brilliant run since Feb 1st, why do we need to be so harsh on anyone? Clough will shape his squad for next season with the best resources available, whether they be incoming or already at the Lane.

I'll always remember Porter fondly for his brace against Forest, what a brilliant win.
 
Give him a one year contract on low terms but with decent appearance money, goal bonuses and a decent bonus if we go up.

He is not the best striker by a long way that i have seen at the Lane, but he fits in with what Clough is trying to achieve, and if he still plays a bit part next season i can see him weighing with 10 goals, mainly from the bench.
 
He is slow in deed and thought, has a poor touch and lacks the aggression required to play up front. His recent success is due to coming on, for the last ten to fifteen minutes when the defenders are knackered and he is fresh, which evens things up, making him less ineffective.

There's no denying he has scored some very important goals in this role but to suggest we give him a contact specifically to play for ten minutes hardly fits with the ambitions and resources I would expect us to have in place for next season!

Thanks Chris and good luck in Scotland.
 
Clough said himself ,he has done well as sub but disappointed when starting . Spot on. He needs a good striker alongside him ,he has played well with Miller and Evans ,who loved him as a partner. I don't think he is good enough to start but he has become a late sub talisman and that could prove vital. I would give him a year.
 
Matt Hill or Porter, which would you keep if you had to keep one...

Porter would be my choice because I think it's easier to find back up defenders than strikers.
 
sitwell said:
Clough said himself ,he has done well as sub but disappointed when starting . Spot on. He needs a good striker alongside him ,he has played well with Miller and Evans ,who loved him as a partner. I don't think he is good enough to start but he has become a late sub talisman and that could prove vital. I would give him a year.
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1889 said:
His recent success is due to coming on, for the last ten to fifteen minutes when the defenders are knackered and he is fresh, which evens things up, making him less ineffective.

There's no denying he has scored some very important goals in this role but to suggest we give him a contact specifically to play for ten minutes hardly fits with the ambitions and resources I would expect us to have in place for next season!
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I think he only scored once as a sub in his first two seasons here, so it's just this season that he's become a goalscoring sub.

Maybe he's partly got Baxter and Clough to thank? The way Baxter plays he very rarely makes runs into the box which "normal" strikers do, instead he drifts off all over the place and it may actually take centre halves by surprise when the lanky and slow-looking Porter comes on and actually do attempt these striker runs.
 



I would keep both on.

I would keep Matt Hill on, solely on the basis that he is tried and tested, he is solid and dependable, can play anywhere in the back 4, and can keep a calm head. He does have his limitations, but he is the type of player you need on the bench. I would also look to give him a 2 year deal with an emphasis on getting him to the coaching and management side of things, because he is nearing the end of his career, comes across as an intelligent and articulate bloke, and i think he has enough about him to become a very good manager in the future.
 
Difficult one this:
He has a happy knack of coming on and getting late goals but is clearly not good enough. Watch again the jump he puts in when the ball is played towards him in the area in the last minute at 4-3 against Hull. Any centre forward worth their salt would have made it hard for the Centre half to clear even if they could not win it cleanly .He does not get off the ground. They clear and wrap it up.
Then again, compared to Paynter he is a star.
On balance then a one year contract, it's a squad game these days.
 
JOEYDEE said:
Maybe us 'usual suspects' can see the future,and CP ain't that !Sentimentality cant come into it,thanks Chris ,but another season just isn't on.
BTW,nobody mentioned MK did they ?
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No because the usual suspects can't see beyond having to cast someone as "not good enough" in spite of the fact that the bloke has actually contributed as much to our good run as anyone. As a squad player I would suggest he has a use unless of course we are going down the Man City route and buying 6 strikers. Anyone who can clearly see the future would recognise contribution comes in many different ways. Out of interest who is our leading scorer this season?

As someone else has said, if Clough decides he stays then it's the right decision, if he decides he leaves it's also the right decision. He can see the future, you in spite of your rhetoric cannot.
 
Wow just wow, no way should Porter leave, he is a good back up and he scores goals, what do u lot expect at league one level? We were spoiled last time at this level with deane and agana, and in some ways with ched, yes we need a more dynamic striker but if we need a goal with ten mins to go theres no better than Porter at this level - he has a decent workrate as well something that baxter should doesnt have
 
"Wow, just wow", I seriously cannot believe that there's even a suggestion that a squad place should be devoted to Chris Porter. All about opinions, I appreciate. But my mind boggles that anyone thinks he's got anything to offer.

Matt Hill is a similar player in so much as he's full of limitation, but he at least has some attributes. But we should release him too.

If we're serious about promotion, we should stop accommodating such mediocrity (Hill) / dross (Porter).

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alcoblade said:
Wow, just wow. I seriously cannot her i eve that there's even a suggestion that a squad place should be devoted to Chris Porter. All about opinions, I appreciate. But my mind boggles that anyone thinks he's got anything to offer.

Matt Hill is similar player in so much as he's full of limitation, but he at least has some attributes. But we should release him tooIf

we're serious about promotion,we should stop accommodating such mediocrity / dross.

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Whisper his name and in he steps.
 
Bladesway said:
Whisper his name and in he steps.
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I think he's shite, so I've contributed. You've input your usual utter tripe for the umpteenth time too, but I don't feel the need to follow you around in that way.

I'm honoured, anyway.

UTB
 
Porter has still got a year on his contract and I don't see anybody taking him off us. The only other way to get rid is to release him and that would incur a pay off. Why pay somebody to do f all so just keep him in the squad. He can do a job off the bench but definitely not a starter though. Porter stays but doesn't start imo.
 
sitwell said:
Clough said himself ,he has done well as sub but disappointed when starting . Spot on. He needs a good striker alongside him ,he has played well with Miller and Evans ,who loved him as a partner. I don't think he is good enough to start but he has become a late sub talisman and that could prove vital. I would give him a year.
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Has he not still got a year on his contract remaining ...... this could be the answer ?
Squad backup player ..... from what I've heard hes only on @ £1 kpw
UTB & FTP
 



Ok so we get rid of him and them what, we will have to buy at least 2 strikers, leave him for a year - buy 1 more striker and use porter as cover.
 
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