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Looks like we held off the mighty Tranmere and signed Rafferty, looks like we’re flying him over to Spain

https://insidefutbol.com/2022/07/10/port...mp/567250/

(10-07-2022, 09:07 AM)bluetagagain Wrote: [ -> ]Looks like we held off the mighty Tranmere and signed Rafferty, looks like we’re flying him over to Spain

https://insidefutbol.com/2022/07/10/port...mp/567250/

I thought they were coming home today or tomorrow ?

I did too especially as we’re playing Bristol City on Tuesday

Great, another defender. Not that we need strikers is it.

It's nice to have another area of the pitch sorted out. Now Just a Keeper, 3 strikers and a winger to go!

(10-07-2022, 10:08 AM)tl73 Wrote: [ -> ]It's nice to have another area of the pitch sorted out. Now Just a Keeper, 3 strikers and a winger to go!

Why a winger ?  We've got four or five that can play wide already - Harness, Curtis, Reid, Jacobs, Hackett. I would not have thought that was a priority position unless someone leaves, although I'd admit one that can cross would be welcome  (and that might be Reid, who is the most 'proper winger' amongst them).

5 can play there, but Jacobs will have to play central a lot. Jacobs gets injured a bit and Reid and Hackett are coming back from injuries.

Or a positive spin, Jacobs is not injured at the moment and may not get injured ,Reid is currently fit and playing and Hackett is almost there. If we sell Curtis and Harness ( which I think would benefit us as a club as the whole front 3 or 4 need overhauling) then it would leave us as needing a new wideplayer/winger

that would be nice

(10-07-2022, 10:08 AM)tl73 Wrote: [ -> ]It's nice to have another area of the pitch sorted out. Now Just a Keeper, 3 strikers and a winger to go!

It’s not sorted, it’s a rumour and probably untrue.

Well two websites are reporting it,although I cant understand the flying to Spain part unless we're playing Bristol City out there.

(10-07-2022, 11:35 AM)bluetagagain Wrote: [ -> ]Well two websites are reporting it,although I cant understand the flying to Spain part unless we're playing Bristol City out there.

Yeah 2 websites giving the same source, Alan Nixon.

If Nixon is tipping it then it's probably happening

It sounds very likely but it hasn't happened yet. The club is so desperate for signing news you can be sure it will be on the OS the moment it is completed.

The fact that the flying to Spain bit is obviously bollocks should have been a clue to the fact that the first bit is premature too.

Might be sitting on it so they can announce one out one in with Harness

I work with a Lilywhites fan and he wasn’t best complimentary about Rafferty. He’s got heart, but lacks technical ability. An average League one player at best, probably more suited to League Two. 

So unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like he’s any better than Freeman. You got to ask what’s the point in signing him if he adds no quality to the team or squad?

Oops!

(10-07-2022, 10:27 PM)BigSmokeBlue Wrote: [ -> ]I work with a Lilywhites fan and he wasn’t best complimentary about Rafferty. He’s got heart, but lacks technical ability. An average League one player at best, probably more suited to League Two. 

So unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like he’s any better than Freeman. You got to ask what’s the point in signing him if he adds no quality to the team or squad?

He's cheap

(10-07-2022, 10:27 PM)BigSmokeBlue Wrote: [ -> ]I work with a Lilywhites fan and he wasn’t best complimentary about Rafferty. He’s got heart, but lacks technical ability. An average League one player at best, probably more suited to League Two. 

So unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like he’s any better than Freeman. You got to ask what’s the point in signing him if he adds no quality to the team or squad?

Building for League 2, Brick by Brick.

(10-07-2022, 10:27 PM)BigSmokeBlue Wrote: [ -> ]I work with a Lilywhites fan and he wasn’t best complimentary about Rafferty. He’s got heart, but lacks technical ability. An average League one player at best, probably more suited to League Two. 

So unfortunately, it doesn’t sound like he’s any better than Freeman. You got to ask what’s the point in signing him if he adds no quality to the team or squad?

Sounds like a DC player to me.

Snooze reporting he's been at Roko today to finalise the deal.