He is training with us at the moment to get his fitness up. Surely it wouldnt be a bad idea to sign him as hes hinted for powell to offer him a contract. He knows the club through and through and became a bit of a legend. He has the experience to pick the younger players up after a bad days and motivate the others. He is now 34 but seeing as we are looking for one more attacking player (he can play as a striker or attacking mid!) and someone with some experience about them he definitely fits that mould!.. He is also a crowd pleaser at charlton and could maybe sign a contract for a year wit the option to extend as a coach? his wages wont be a problem either. JUST A THOUGHT?!
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So a player who has had the best part of his carreer in the top flight is and alway will be shit ! You will forgive me if I consider your opinion in a likewise manner.
Very harsh on somebody who scored 37 goals for us at the highest level of English football, often from midfield.
It is valid to question, given our experience with the likes of Hasselbaink, whether we really want to sign a player in his mid thirties but to describe him as you have is plain wrong and unreasonable in my humble opinion!
McCormack?
Our midfield looks good at the moment, but a couple of injuroes and suspensions and we could be struggling.
He'd come in and compete for a pace either up front or in midfield, it's a squad game these days an having an extra versatile player like him won't do any harm at all. Just because we've already signed the players we have doesn't mean we can't sign Euell if he's in budget. Let's face it, he played games in the Premiership last season and was very good for us in that division in the past. I know he's older now, but he has shown that he has it in him to be a quality player and if he were to rediscover any of that old form, he'd potentially be better than all our current squad.
I'm not saying I'd expect that of him, or that we should break the bank for him but I wouldn't be at all sure that Hayes/Stephens etc are significantly better players, or better players full stop.
I guess it comes down to budget and value for money. We shouldn't get him back as the highest paid player and sign him at the expense of better cover in defence but if there's enough slack in the budget, I'm sure he could do a very tidy job for us, on and off the field, even if only for a season. He's a lot younger than Dailly or Phillips (or Powell was when he retired) for example. Lots of players play well into their thirties now so age has to be considered on an individual basis and Jase has always seemed a naturally fit guy who's looked after himself. Remember when he didn't train for 2 weeks after his personal tragedy and then came straight back and turned in a man of the match, 90 minute performance as we won away at Stamford Bridge? Not all players are that naturally fit, even in their peak as Euell was back then.