** G Trials **

[GarySTFC]

And the club want the best for him. I don't expect him to be here for much longer and fully expect him to get snapped up by a Championship or higher club over the summer if not before.

 

People at the club, particularly Roy Merryweather, have helped the development of a number of young players in the past, some have even gone on to play at an international level, so I think they will be able to guide G well.

 

And I have no anonymous mates thanks.

[A Rebel and a Saint]

anon im sure G knows what he wants, and he will know that the club want him to stay, have a limited budget, and will want to get some money should he decide to leave.

[Guest]

Yes they are strong so maybe not. His chance will come with someone though if he keeps doing what he does consistantly.

[Matt]

I'm sure G wouldn't have signed unless he was happy - he's under no obligation to after all.

 

True, the club would love to recieve a transfer fee for him, but the club wouldn't stop any player from going on to bigger and better things - Eddie Denton has said the same thing about Josias Carbon and Ian Hodges in the past.

 

Another factor, which Eddie mentioned in the press a few weeks back, is that Gareth being under contract would put a stop to some of the more 'direct' approaches from other clubs, which could unsettle him and affect his game.

 

Contract or not, he'll still make it to the Football League.

[Guest]

Lol!

[A Rebel and a Saint]

agreed matt, he will have no problems getting into the league, however i think the championship may just be out of he reach at this time, maybe in a few years but not quite yet. a league 1 or 2 club would probably be a more realistic expectation at this time IMO.

however i would have no complaints seeing him get a saints contract, but appreciate it would take a hell of a lot to get past some of the young talents into the first team there, and im sure it would be the same at any other championship club.

[Barry Scott]

no-one cares about goddamn Southampton you complete retard, so go find one of their forums to talk about them and stop taking up our bandwidth.

[A Rebel and a Saint]

i think you will find im talking about G and his chances of moving up to the highest level, it just happens that saints are one of the mentioned clubs. ian knows about his chances at watford, i know about his chances at saints.

[Guest]

I think G will benifit from the "Oxford environment" at Southampton as he knows some of the players and the coaching staff who are originally from Oxford or have coached in Oxford.

[Barry Scott]

so you know coaches at Southampton do you? If you do, the blather on regardless, if you don't then stop flapping your gums like you're some sort of expert. Moron.

[Barry Scott]

thats at A Rebel and A Dork grapevine btw.

[Barry Scott]

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the obvious - Brentford.

 

1. Martin Allen took has taken a chance on players at this level before.

2. The step is not as big a jump as the Championship (should Brentford not get promoted)

3. We do have some sort of link up with Brentford bringing Mousinho, Masters, Ide and Moleski in.

[GarySTFC]

And he never replaced DJ...

 

But, I think the club have higher aspirations for him than League One at the moment.

[Guest]

They're a bit different. G is more of a winger than a goal poacher.

[Ian]

I'm not sure he is though. Gareth is like Jamie Brooks, definitely not a centre forward and not really an out and out winger. Both have sufficient ability to get away with playing out of position at Ryman level but they won't in the football league, particularly at Championship level which, technically, is very strong.

 

I hope G finds his right position and does well, wherever he goes, as long as it isn't Luton or Wycombe.

[Guest]

With his pace and crossing ability it's obvious G could play on the either wing. A Posistion used a lot in the league.

Best of luck G

[Guest]

Eh?? So what posistion did Jamie Brooks play in when at Oxford United at the time Arsenal were showing an interest?

[Ian]

No idea. Maybe you can enlighten us.

[GarySTFC]

He was having a conversation with himself Ian. An Oxford based NTL IP address, the same for the last two 'anonymous' postings....

[Ian]

How sad does your life have to be to talk to yourself under two different names on an internet forum?!

 

I suggest trying the Samaritans on 08457-90-90-90 or, alternatively, check Multimap for directions to Beachey Head.