CONFIRMED Alex Baptiste........

[Smirth]

Erm a 19 year old can be classed as ageing, none of us are getting younger!

True, but you know what I mean.

He fits the profile of players we have signed all to regularly that have gone on to be failures.

I hope he does well but I'm not at all hopeful.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Has the feel of short term fix rather than long term planning which has been an issue for us for a long time.

However, he has been captain and from what I've seen seems a brave, aggressive player which is something we are short on. Bolton fans say he's quick too although his age and the broken leg might have seen to that.

 

[Blade58]

"This signing will be a big boost for the South Yorkshire outfit,"

Yep, I'm pretty sure the players will be ecstatic with the signing of a player that hasn't kicked a ball competitively for nearly a year

We need some quality to come in and hit the ground running. This is a critical period for us and we don't have the luxury of giving players a number of games to get match fit

Good luck lad, you'll need it

 

[BeatleBlade]

As DerryBlade wrote on BM:

"Nigel Adkins said after our JTW failure

“We identified young, hungry and ambitious players"
Please explain what has changed?"

In the emergency window the young, hungry and ambitious players that they were attempting to sign from lower league teams in January aren't going to be allowed out on loan.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

What? We've signed him twice! Typical Blades!

And by the way this is not a rumour, I have defnickly read it on the internet!

Alright I give in, I should have looked there first........

Foxy can you please fine me 50 likes for posting in the wrong place.......

Rather a loss of 50 likes than having Miss Whiplash issue punishment ... unless you like that sort of thing of course

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Confirmed.

 

[Barney]

More slow and old championship players on their way down please. We haven't got enough.

 

[Sean Thornton]

If he signs let's hope he does well or he'll be christened "Clinton" very quickly.

 

[Coily]

Baptiste at RB with Brayford at RM wouldn't be a bad idea, it's fair to say the defensive side of Brayford's game hasn't been stellar lately but he is an attacking threat.

 

[ThatJa]

He could be as wank as the local butcher at playing football, I'm just relieved that we actually know how to sign somebody.

 

[mosbolad]

Rather a loss of 50 likes than having Miss Whiplash issue punishment ... unless you like that sort of thing of course

Let's not be too hasty BOShoreham..........

 

[Whiston Blade]

If he signs let's hope he does well or he'll be christened "Clinton" very quickly.

 

[Sean Thornton]

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I'm getting the word ........

 

[BeatleBlade]

Wahaay! Hope he's good! I wonder how this will shake up the defence now that Collins has been dropped anyway.

 

[TexasBlade]

I understand the pessimism on here about everything United right now....but I don't see this as a negative. Yes he's had a bad injury, he has proved his fitness by completing 2 under 21 matches, sounds like he could be a class act for us....at last. He's certainly not on his way down the leagues! We won't be signing him permanently...Boro will want him back without question.

Yes it may well be too little too late but let's be positive and hope that he gives us a boost for the rest of the season and we manage to scrape into the play offs!

 

[raul]

Accounts???.....

 

[georgebernardshaw]

More slow and old championship players on their way down please. We haven't got enough.

Good positive stuff from you again, absolute bollocks as per usual

 

[Blade58]

"We need players who can play 50 games a season". This gent does not sound like he fits the bill, also isn't he a right back?

Well I suppose he has to start his 50 game run somewhere after almost a year without a competitive game, why not with us?

 

[finlaytheblade]

Confused Nigel how does that fit

“We identified young, hungry and ambitious players"

Comments after JTW what's changed Nigel?

He's a very experienced player who we were interested in when he was at Mansfield.
I see we've got the expected reaction from the no all who have wrote him off before he's kicked a ball.
It's obviouse Adkins is having trouble getting young hungry plays in ( they are his top target ) surely better to bring someone in
who won't be phased by booing and negativity of a proportion of our fans.
Why not keep your vitriol to yourself and get behind him and the team,he was a very quick good defender let's see if he has retained that
after coming back from a broken leg.

 

[Bartleby]

What? We've signed him twice! Typical Blades!

And by the way this is not a rumour, I have defnickly read it on the internet!

Alright I give in, I should have looked there first........

Foxy can you please fine me 50 likes for posting in the wrong place.......

Thread police arrest this man, he talks in maths

 

[mattbianco1]

When was 30 considered "ageing"? Jesus christ

Boro paid money for this guy in the summer.. This is Middlesbrough... Favourites for the title in the league above.

Long injury lay off which could go either way, but better than what we have considerably.

 

[Trigger Blade]

True, but you know what I mean.

He fits the profile of players we have signed all to regularly that have gone on to be failures.

I hope he does well but I'm not at all hopeful.

Have you been taking Barney pills? You've given your view four times on this thread.

More slow and old championship players on their way down please. We haven't got enough.

It's OK Smirth, the gaffer's here, have the rest of the day off

 

[boo radley]

So we bring in someone to give us a lift and still we have fuckers moaning before he's kicked a ball

Where do you live, can I have a lift too? could do with a few beers tonight just in case.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Accounts???.....

You're on fire today Sir.

 

[blader]

Injury prone, wrong side of 30, big wages, 'versatile'.

Can't wait until we announce his permanent signing.

 

[Slug]

He could play with two broken legs and still be better than Collins!
Some people need to chill the fuck out!

 

[Sean Thornton]

Injury prone, wrong side of 30, big wages, 'versatile'.

Can't wait until we announce his permanent signing.

Injury prone?

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Bit strange. Hope it doesn't mean an end of the 3-5-2 experiment.

But best of luck to him.

 

[Bartleby]

Still ageing with his best very much behind him though.

Karanka obviously didn't think so, and he seems to be doing a decent job up there, so I reckon I'll go with his judgment on this.

 

[mosbolad]

More slow and old championship players on their way down please. We haven't got enough.

Barney's posts..........