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Joe Rafferty - bluetagagain - 10-07-2022
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/portsmouth-plotting-to-fly-player-over-to-spain-camp/567250/
RE: Joe Rafferty - DeepBlue - 10-07-2022
(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/portsmouth-plotting-to-fly-player-over-to-spain-camp/567250/
I thought they were coming home today or tomorrow ?
RE: Joe Rafferty - bluetagagain - 10-07-2022
I did too especially as we’re playing Bristol City on Tuesday
RE: Joe Rafferty - BlueArmy - 10-07-2022
Great, another defender. Not that we need strikers is it.
RE: Joe Rafferty - tl73 - 10-07-2022
It's nice to have another area of the pitch sorted out. Now Just a Keeper, 3 strikers and a winger to go!
RE: Joe Rafferty - DeepBlue - 10-07-2022
(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).
RE: Joe Rafferty - tl73 - 10-07-2022
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.
RE: Joe Rafferty - bluetagagain - 10-07-2022
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
RE: Joe Rafferty - tl73 - 10-07-2022
that would be nice
RE: Joe Rafferty - Pompeyg100 - 10-07-2022
(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.
RE: Joe Rafferty - bluetagagain - 10-07-2022
Well two websites are reporting it,although I cant understand the flying to Spain part unless we're playing Bristol City out there.
RE: Joe Rafferty - Pompeyg100 - 10-07-2022
(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.
RE: Joe Rafferty - slayer - 10-07-2022
If Nixon is tipping it then it's probably happening
RE: Joe Rafferty - DeepBlue - 10-07-2022
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.
RE: Joe Rafferty - slayer - 10-07-2022
Might be sitting on it so they can announce one out one in with Harness
RE: Joe Rafferty - BigSmokeBlue - 10-07-2022
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?
RE: Joe Rafferty - Tomsk - 10-07-2022
Oops!
RE: Joe Rafferty - Roybatty - 11-07-2022
(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
RE: Joe Rafferty - 2_Kuhl - 11-07-2022
(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.
RE: Joe Rafferty - Pompeyg100 - 11-07-2022
(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.
RE: Joe Rafferty - briefcase_wanchor - 11-07-2022
Snooze reporting he's been at Roko today to finalise the deal.