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Post by GasMacc1 on Oct 20, 2017 14:15:33 GMT
Wales have friendlies against France (in Paris, on Friday 10th November) and against Panama (in Cardiff, on Tuesday 14th November).
If Rovers and Tom Lockyer can regain a little of the solidity we've seen over the past few years, mightn't there be a hint of a first cap in there somewhere?
[Rovers are at Scunthorpe on Saturday 11th November].
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 20, 2017 14:25:13 GMT
Not with how he is playing this season.
I think he needs to be relieved of team captain too as that’s not doing him much good either. I’ve been a fan of his fir some time so it pains me to say what I just have
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 20, 2017 18:15:51 GMT
I can't believe his form warrants inclusion in the squad tbh.
We all love the guy, but Kp has it spot on imo..
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Post by crater on Oct 20, 2017 19:02:47 GMT
Would expect he'd pick up a cap in at least one of these upcoming friendlies. Maybe the Panama game
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 19:24:28 GMT
Would expect he'd pick up a cap in at least one of these upcoming friendlies. Maybe the Panama game If he doesn't these call ups have been a colossal waste of his time. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 20, 2017 19:56:23 GMT
Would expect he'd pick up a cap in at least one of these upcoming friendlies. Maybe the Panama game If he doesn't these call ups have been a colossal waste of his time. Not really....we got a clean sheet and just about managed a win v Cobblers! |
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Post by crater on Oct 20, 2017 20:24:31 GMT
Would expect he'd pick up a cap in at least one of these upcoming friendlies. Maybe the Panama game If he doesn't these call ups have been a colossal waste of his time. "Waste of his time"...what being selected for your national squad? Doubt he'did see it that way irrespective of a full cap or not |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 20:36:57 GMT
Well I am Welsh and very happy that he has been called up for our games even if he did not get on the pitch. Just training with the likes of some of our first team can only be good for him.
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Post by syg on Oct 20, 2017 21:00:05 GMT
Locks getting a cap v france!! Have you seen him play this season? More likely they will stop picking him
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Post by Curly Wurly on Oct 21, 2017 9:52:55 GMT
Wales have friendlies against France (in Paris, on Friday 10th November) and against Panama (in Cardiff, on Tuesday 14th November). If Rovers and Tom Lockyer can regain a little of the solidity we've seen over the past few years, mightn't there be a hint of a first cap in there somewhere? [Rovers are at Scunthorpe on Saturday 11th November]. With Ashley Williams being the senior citizen in the Wales squad, I think there is a good chance the Tom will get his first cap - probably in the Panama game. The Welsh coaching staff will see how he performs in training against opposition like Bale and Ramsey, as well as his 200+ Rovers appearances. Not bad for a 22 year old. |
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Post by davehuddscousin on Oct 21, 2017 18:54:42 GMT
I agree Tom is struggling, and the Captaincy is probably an extra burden he doesn't need. If it was uo to me, I'd give the armband to The Beard!
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 23, 2017 11:16:48 GMT
I can't believe his form warrants inclusion in the squad tbh. We all love the guy, but Kp has it spot on imo.. It may be that the captains armband is too much to ask. Many now don’t even think a team needs a captain but I’m not one of them & I believe that a voluble & motivational team captain can make the world of difference to a team. It’s as if Locks could be a bit overwhelmed given his Wales call ups too. I hate to say it but he’s just not up to muster right now & I hope he regains the form we know he is capable of |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 23, 2017 11:31:53 GMT
I agree Tom is struggling, and the Captaincy is probably an extra burden he doesn't need. If it was uo to me, I'd give the armband to The Beard! I struggle to pick out any single player that is actually calling the shots and this is probably the quietest Rovers team I’ve seen. I’d give the position of club captain to Sincs but we really need someone who commands the respect of all of the team but I’m glad I don’t have the job of picking for that position. In my opinion players such as Lines would be in the mix for the job and I can imagine him actually really wanting it. We really do need to start to hear players communicate with each other. Given the benefit of hindsight, I’d take last years squad over this years straight away. We are just not playing with the vim, vigour and elan that we were capable of, last season. We seem disjointed and lacking in that never say die attitude in my opinion. As DC rightly says, he will be a sitting duck if things don’t improve. I don’t know whether he was let down on transfer monies or if he just got it wrong but this is his squad now & January seems a long way away. IF we did pay 300K for Nichols then I can see why the Peterborough owner was joking about that. |
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Post by Peter Parker on Oct 23, 2017 11:43:19 GMT
I can't believe his form warrants inclusion in the squad tbh. We all love the guy, but Kp has it spot on imo.. It may be that the captains armband is too much to ask. Many now don’t even think a team needs a captain but I’m not one of them & I believe that a voluble & motivational team captain can make the world of difference to a team. It’s as if Locks could be a bit overwhelmed given his Wales call ups too. I hate to say it but he’s just not up to muster right now & I hope he regains the form we know he is capable of It's not that people think you don't need a captain (after all the rules say you need to have one)
It's that you don't need a captains armband to bark orders, or gee up your team mates.
Players don't stay silent and suddenly transform into something else because they have been given a bit of cloth. It doesn't have magic super powers
What it does have (at least in England) is some sort of expectation of English Lion, Terry Butcher, John Terry, Bobby Moore type figure head which is a load of bollox.
People have mentioned Mansell and I would agree we have missed some of his character and leadership in the middle of the park and he never needed an armband to do that
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 23, 2017 12:25:36 GMT
It may be that the captains armband is too much to ask. Many now don’t even think a team needs a captain but I’m not one of them & I believe that a voluble & motivational team captain can make the world of difference to a team. It’s as if Locks could be a bit overwhelmed given his Wales call ups too. I hate to say it but he’s just not up to muster right now & I hope he regains the form we know he is capable of It's not that people think you don't need a captain (after all the rules say you need to have one)
It's that you don't need a captains armband to bark orders, or gee up your team mates.
Players don't stay silent and suddenly transform into something else because they have been given a bit of cloth. It doesn't have magic super powers
What it does have (at least in England) is some sort of expectation of English Lion, Terry Butcher, John Terry, Bobby Moore type figure head which is a load of bollox.
People have mentioned Mansell and I would agree we have missed some of his character and leadership in the middle of the park and he never needed an armband to do that
Fair comment Peter Parker I was going to mention Mansell but thought I best keep it relevant but he is just the sort of character we desperately need right now |
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Post by harrybuckle on Oct 23, 2017 12:25:37 GMT
Locks was Under 18s captain and a good one to be fair. Feel he needs to concentrate on his personal game and give Lines or Sercombe the armband
Bodin needs to be selected by Wales for Panama match.... Shirley ? |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 23, 2017 12:26:31 GMT
Bodin needs to be selected by Wales for Panama match.... Shirley ? Injured |
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Post by harrybuckle on Oct 23, 2017 12:29:18 GMT
Bodin needs to be selected by Wales for Panama match.... Shirley ? Injured what until mid November -how do you know that ? Certainly hope not otherwise we may be in bottom4 by then |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 20:32:15 GMT
Locks was Under 18s captain and a good one to be fair. Feel he needs to concentrate on his personal game and give Lines or Sercombe the armband
Bodin needs to be selected by Wales for Panama match.... Shirley ? I can not see a way in for him at the moment, if he were playing week in week out in at least the Championship then maybe. |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Oct 24, 2017 11:51:29 GMT
what until mid November -how do you know that ? Certainly hope not otherwise we may be in bottom4 by then DC keeps his cards close to his chest but I think I used to see you on occasion watching them train. From what little I know BB has done a hamstring and we both know that’s not a short fix I’ve had a bad gut feel about this season once our transfer business was done. I think we could be in or around the bottom 4 by Jan because of the poor transfer business. Letting our only real winger go was madness in my opinion |
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