Ethan Banks-Landell

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

Think we have found a real gem here. I hope this can become a permanent signing for us. In Wilder We Trust. He has a captain look about him and think can become a Lane favourite

 

[Lane Ender]

Perfect for this league.

 

[ThroughThinAndThinner]

He's out of contract at the end of the season I think? So good chance of us keeping him on, same with Lafferty.

Good business on Wilders part, don't dislike having loan players but when it's situations like this there's relatively little to lose.

 

[Ricky]

He did well on his first start but he still has a fair bit to prove.

 

[Barney]

We're bloody good at jumping to conclusions aren't we.

Surely you should hold your forecast of brilliance until it has a bit more evidence than 1 start behind it.

 

[Boxer Blade]

He looks the part I'll give I'm that, but wasn't it the wolves fans saying he wasn't too good? Opinions I guess, I really hope so because he does have something about him to become a culture, a la Morgan,fingers crossed

 

[2ndtenorblade]

I was impressed with him at Wimbledon.

 

[georgebernardshaw]

I was impressed with him at Wimbledon.

...but his second serve needs work

 

[David Lee's first touch]

We're bloody good at jumping to conclusions aren't we.

Surely you should hold your forecast of brilliance until it has a bit more evidence than 1 start behind it.

Good old Barney always on hand to burst a bubble

 

[Smirth]

He's had a good game and a half. Will hope that continues for the rest of the season before getting excited about him.

The wolves fans views were that he wasn't up to championship standard, which ultimately is our goal. But he's still young and a full season with us will hopefully develop him into a better player.

 

[Harry's Game]

He's out of contract at the end of the season I think? So good chance of us keeping him on, same with Lafferty.

Good business on Wilders part, don't dislike having loan players but when it's situations like this there's relatively little to lose.

If he has a good season then you would think whether we can sign him or not would depend on what division we are in next season.

 

[FTPE]

On a similar positive he's the right partner for young O'connell to learn from as well.

 

[Chief_Froley]

To top it off he has a magnificent, well-groomed beard that you would jump in front of gunfire for! far better than certain scraggly, untamed ones of old...

Also nice profile pic you have there snuff, wonder where you could have ever got that from

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Wolves could have done with him last night.

 

[Champagneblade]

I like Wilder's recruitment.

Some good team building from him down the spine:
- Goalkeeper at 26 who is already very vocal and can grow with the team. Could be a long term solution.
- EBL, quick, tall centre half who has been promoted before and who is out of contract in the summer. Nicely complements the left footed tall 22 year old defender we signed up. Early days, but could flourish into a long term solution. Wilson continues to play the role of back up and Wright imparts his experience.
- Fleck, 25 and over 200 games, another who with the right environment could grow and progress as the team progresses.
- Lavery, 23 with pace, another potential long term solution.

You can add to this Lafferty being out of contract and having played in the league above too.

Point I'm heading towards without going through the squad to a man is that there is potential for a number of players to grow as a group if they can bring success. Too much before now has seemed short term in nature. For the first time, there appear to be some genuine building blocks there.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

We're bloody good at jumping to conclusions aren't we.

Surely you should hold your forecast of brilliance until it has a bit more evidence than 1 start behind it.

Whooosh!!

 

[itsinyerblood]

If he has a good season then you would think whether we can sign him orion of not would depend on what division we are in next season.

And that's exactly the point HG, if we are promoted. In interviews he comes across as having a decent manner, what he's shown so far suggests there's potential that can grow, but in all of this there's the little question of his contractual situation with Wolves. Will any success he has here affect their valuation of the player? All he can do is play well and convince Wilder he's a good fit for the Blades.

 

[Ricky]

I like Wilder's recruitment.

Some good team building from him down the spine:
- Goalkeeper at 26 who is already very vocal and can grow with the team. Could be a long term solution.
- EBL, quick, tall centre half who has been promoted before and who is out of contract in the summer. Nicely complements the left footed tall 22 year old defender we signed up. Early days, but could flourish into a long term solution. Wilson continues to play the role of back up and Wright imparts his experience.
- Fleck, 25 and over 200 games, another who with the right environment could grow and progress as the team progresses.
- Lavery, 23 with pace, another potential long term solution.

You can add to this Lafferty being out of contract and having played in the league above too.

Point I'm heading towards without going through the squad to a man is that there is potential for a number of players to grow as a group if they can bring success. Too much before now has seemed short term in nature. For the first time, there appear to be some genuine building blocks there.

I like how we have a number of players who should improve individually over the season, as well as gelling together as a team. Ebanks-Landell and O'Connell are at key ages for centre halves where one full season of regular football can make a big difference. Moore at 26 is still quite young for a keeper but on top of that hasn't played regularly for a while and hasn't played that many games in his career, so he's another who will surely improve, possibly quite significantly, with regular football. Then there are others who should only improve like Lavery and Chapman.

Another factor looking further into the future is the contract situations of EEL and Lafferty - both expire in the summer so if they work out we could sign them permanently without having to disrupt anything going into next season.

 

[Chali 2na]

I very much like the look of him, but so far looks are really all we have to go with.

I'd pay little attention to what Wolves fans think, they're in a different league to us both figuratively and literally.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I think it's too early to judge. He's a big physical presence though and that's a good start - but mixed views from Wolves fans on him and they should know better than us given he's only played 1.5 games for us so far.

We've had some very good centre halves down the years though eh? Shaw, Colquhon, Stancliffe, Murphy, Vonk, Gayle, Wirmola, Morgan,Cahill, Killgallon, Lucketti, Collins, Maguire. Strange how we managed not to find any under the previous two managers really?

Personally I'd use Basham at the back and free up a midfield place for Lavery. Or put Basham on the bench as a utility player.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Lucketti? :O

 

[Chali 2na]

I think it's too early to judge. He's a big physical presence though and that's a good start - but mixed views from Wolves fans on him and they should know better than us given he's only played 1.5 games for us so far.

We've had some very good centre halves down the years though eh? Shaw, Colquhon, Stancliffe, Murphy, Vonk, Gayle, Wirmola, Morgan,Cahill, Killgallon, Lucketti, Collins, Maguire. Strange how we managed not to find any under the previous two managers really?

Personally I'd use Basham at the back and free up a midfield place for Lavery. Or put Basham on the bench as a utility player.

How would a vacant spot in central midfield free up a place for Lavery and who would win the ball for us in midfield?

 

[Slim Man]

I'll wait till he's played 90 mins against someone better than the team who will finish bottom of the division before making comments like that

 

[PeteBlade]

You definitely shouldn't over praise a player after a short amount of time.

You should only slag them off before you've worked out who they are.

 

[tyke1889]

Need any e's mate, I can sort you one or two if you need em

 

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

Can I have an E please Bob

 

[Dkc]

tyke1889 How's life in Barnsley these days, Jose?

 

[Booker4]

You definitely shouldn't over praise a player after a short amount of time.

You should only slag them off before you've worked out who they are.

Its the Blades way isn't it!?

 

[Benny and the Blades]

At least it looks like he can head a ball and that's a big plus for me..

 

[LoughboroBlade]

I've liked what I've seen so far, but far too early to tell. Nearly all of us thought Edgar was decent when he first came in last season for example.

What's nice is that we have options there at last, which all seem to on first glance be a big improvement on the last two seasons.