Scout at Roots Hall

[maninasuitcase]

Sitting 4 seats to my left in the upper south was a fat bloke making notes throughout the first half. We hadn't seen him before so we asked him what he was doing. It turned out he was scouting for Sunderland and was watching Francis.

 

[Blueshrimper]

We won't worry about him being taken then.

 

[Ricey]

We won't worry about him being taken then.

Especially on tonight performence!

 

[Tommy2holes]

Thought he played well , but was short of options infront from midfield

 

[Magnum PI]

Sitting 4 seats to my left in the upper south was a fat bloke making notes throughout the first half. We hadn't seen him before so we asked him what he was doing. It turned out he was scouting for Sunderland and was watching Francis.

Lets hope he stayed for the latter part of the second half where Francis did his best to look dreadful

 

[maninasuitcase]

Lets hope he stayed for the latter part of the second half where Francis did his best to look dreadful

He left with about 10 minutes to go.

 

[Andy_S]

Francis was fantastic for the first hour. They signed Halford and I'm still of the opinion that Francis is better, so I'm not surprised.

 

[duncan bulgaria]

Swap with O'donavan will do .

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Francis was one of our best players, pretty much been our best attacking outlet all season which says it all about our midfield. The guy does 2 jobs most games, much like he did last season with useless Tommy Black.

 

[Wickford Blue]

Think Francis is the best player in the team at the moment and is where most of our attacking optons are coming from with the absence of a creative midfielder...sorry Frank Moussa but nothing coming from him!

 

[jerseyshrimper]

I hope you told him to clear of back to sunderland franno is OURS

 

[palexander]

Swap with O'donavan will do .

O'Donovan is out on loan for the season in the SPL...

 

[Sean 2]

Francis....mmm.
Don't like the way our goals conceded so far this season always come from his flank.
His overlapping so far has been minimal.
As confident as he looks,when the **** hits the pan,Franny is all at sea.

I still like him though so i'm giving Scumderland one of these..:finger:

 

[Blueshrimper]

Sometimes i'm not too sure whether he is complacent or just lazy.

 

[shrimpled]

I sat next to said scout, which seat are you Maninasuitcase? He said he was just here to watch the game and had no specific instructions. Took notes on Francis and Clarke. from what i saw of the notes, which he tried to hide, it mentioned him being a decent right back, which a good cross, could cut inside and read the game well.
More interestingly for me (as i'm a bit of a talker and i spoke to him at great length - He's an ex-Sunderland player and also works for Dundee United and is due to take in his homeside's clash with Spurs tomorrow before heading up for Aberdeen vs someone else) he asked what i considered to be wrong with the side. I mentioned a lack of creativity and a ball player in midefield but he was convinced a lack of pace all over the pitch, especially up front was our downfall. Nothing to worry about though, he won't be recommending any of the players on show tonight!

 

[maninasuitcase]

I sat next to said scout, which seat are you Maninasuitcase? He said he was just here to watch the game and had no specific instructions. Took notes on Francis and Clarke. from what i saw of the notes, which he tried to hide, it mentioned him being a decent right back, which a good cross, could cut inside and read the game well.
More interestingly for me (as i'm a bit of a talker and i spoke to him at great length - He's an ex-Sunderland player and also works for Dundee United and is due to take in his homeside's clash with Spurs tomorrow before heading up for Aberdeen vs someone else) he asked what i considered to be wrong with the side. I mentioned a lack of creativity and a ball player in midefield but he was convinced a lack of pace all over the pitch, especially up front was our downfall. Nothing to worry about though, he won't be recommending any of the players on show tonight!

Shrimpled, I've sent you a pm with further details.

 

[slimshaney]

the word is out we are a selling club, lots of souts are turning up at roots hall

 

[Holy Joe]

the word is out we are a selling club, lots of souts are turning up at roots hall

So how many other scouts were there?

 

[slimshaney]

i have seen about five so far this year and i sit in the east stand

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Is Peter Clarke still on the transfer list?