So five weeks after he allegedly failed a medical with us, he’s now going to sign on the dotted line.
rumours are he's been training with us all that time so maybe he's proved his fitness and can now pass our stringent medical of proving you have two legs.
Assuming whatever this issue is that caused the deal to fall apart first time is fixed then I'd be perfectly happy with Dabo
The positive interpretation: He's sorted out whatever issue scuppered things first time around.
Negative interpretation: he's still crocked but we've totally failed to identify/attain a suitable plan B so we are yet again gambling on an old injury not biting our collective arses.
He was highly thought of apparently, but no-one else seems to have made strong overtures which doesn't necessarily bode well.
I think the negative one is more likely, but it’s probably being balanced by him being offered a lower wage and shorter contract.
We’re being patient and waited for perceived better players. Pompey have a different approach, they singed a lot of players early but not so well known or as obviously highly rated.
We may look strong if we get the players we need, Pompey have benefitted from the bulk of their squad having a preseason together.
We need several signings to make the sort of impact Yann, JRS, Cullen and Bielik made after signing later on in the window. It’s a lot to ask but not impossible.
So five weeks after he allegedly failed a medical with us, he’s now going to sign on the dotted line.
rumours are he's been training with us all that time so maybe he's proved his fitness and can now pass our stringent medical of proving you have two legs.
I heard Dabo has been training with us all summer. Surely a contract heavily loaded with a pay as you play emphasis is worth it. Him and Edun would be quality full backs imo.
Dabo, Edun, Ness and Jones must be the shortest names we've had for a back four?
Alas Ness & Jones.
In 1970 I received a postcard from Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch. Sounds a bit like a Charlton midfield.
Dabo might have proved his fitness, but hasn't played a single game in preseason (other than behind closed doors perhaps) so how ready will he be?
Surely they could have played him as a triallist if he had been training with us?
think it would have been pretty obvious who he was though which then increases risk of being poached. With the emergence of NA he can be eased in to the first team with the odd u21 game too
A reminder that medicals aren’t a pass/fail test to see if a player is injured or has injury issues. It’s an assessment of those things which the club then use to make a decision on whether the player is worth that risk. You could technically still pass a medical with a broken leg
I think it’s highly likely that Dabo was asking for too much last time round so the medical risk meant we decided against it. He’s probably tried to find himself a club on those terms and failed, come back to us asking for less so we might now assess it differently. I think it’s more likely to be that than his injury circumstances changing in such a short space of time
Just thought I’d clear that up as seems to be a lot of misconceptions about medicals in football
A reminder that medicals aren’t a pass/fail test to see if a player is injured or has injury issues. It’s an assessment of those things which the club then use to make a decision on whether the player is worth that risk. You could technically still pass a medical with a broken leg
I think it’s highly likely that Dabo was asking for too much last time round so the medical risk meant we decided against it. He’s probably tried to find himself a club on those terms and failed, come back to us asking for less so we might now assess it differently. I think it’s more likely to be that than his injury circumstances changing in such a short space of time
Just thought I’d clear that up as seems to be a lot of misconceptions about medicals in football
That's a good point. And as I said before, a fit and fully functional Dabo is more than okay for League One, he was apparently getting interest from Championship teams - which is good.
The issue is that he's not actually apparently all that sought after by anyone else which is a bit worrying. Either his terms were WAY out or no-one seems inclined to risking it. Either way makes it seem something of a gamble honestly.
Does any other club sign players that fail their own medicals? Or is it just us, the club consistently plagued by injuries
his problem is not muscle or anything like that and is a situation that can be managed hence the new offer at reduced rates
Board member, scout, coach and now super physio, is there any end to your talents? Or your ability to regurgitate what others have given as opinion as cold hard fact?
A reminder that medicals aren’t a pass/fail test to see if a player is injured or has injury issues. It’s an assessment of those things which the club then use to make a decision on whether the player is worth that risk. You could technically still pass a medical with a broken leg
I think it’s highly likely that Dabo was asking for too much last time round so the medical risk meant we decided against it. He’s probably tried to find himself a club on those terms and failed, come back to us asking for less so we might now assess it differently. I think it’s more likely to be that than his injury circumstances changing in such a short space of time
Just thought I’d clear that up as seems to be a lot of misconceptions about medicals in football
Its not all about medicals though is it ? If he does sign will he be fit to play on Saturday ? He might be training with us but he's not had any game time & now we are out of the cup we only have the Pizza Cup he can get match fit.
Yet again we seem to be signing players who are not fit enough to go straight into the team. Weird policy when we are already stretched with current injuries. You'd think you'd only be signing players who've had a pre-season & are 100% ready to go.
A reminder that medicals aren’t a pass/fail test to see if a player is injured or has injury issues. It’s an assessment of those things which the club then use to make a decision on whether the player is worth that risk. You could technically still pass a medical with a broken leg
I think it’s highly likely that Dabo was asking for too much last time round so the medical risk meant we decided against it. He’s probably tried to find himself a club on those terms and failed, come back to us asking for less so we might now assess it differently. I think it’s more likely to be that than his injury circumstances changing in such a short space of time
Just thought I’d clear that up as seems to be a lot of misconceptions about medicals in football
That's a good point. And as I said before, a fit and fully functional Dabo is more than okay for League One, he was apparently getting interest from Championship teams - which is good.
The issue is that he's not actually apparently all that sought after by anyone else which is a bit worrying. Either his terms were WAY out or no-one seems inclined to risking it. Either way makes it seem something of a gamble honestly.
It is an upgrade on Egbo though, who was also an injury risk. Might have been the plan to have Egbo as number 2, so they wanted number 1 to be someone that they know will stay fit and therefore rejected Dabo. Now we have Asiimwe coming through and Egbo moved on, perhaps they are now happy to go for Dabo as they’re confident Asiimwe will stay fit
A reminder that medicals aren’t a pass/fail test to see if a player is injured or has injury issues. It’s an assessment of those things which the club then use to make a decision on whether the player is worth that risk. You could technically still pass a medical with a broken leg
I think it’s highly likely that Dabo was asking for too much last time round so the medical risk meant we decided against it. He’s probably tried to find himself a club on those terms and failed, come back to us asking for less so we might now assess it differently. I think it’s more likely to be that than his injury circumstances changing in such a short space of time
Just thought I’d clear that up as seems to be a lot of misconceptions about medicals in football
That's a good point. And as I said before, a fit and fully functional Dabo is more than okay for League One, he was apparently getting interest from Championship teams - which is good.
The issue is that he's not actually apparently all that sought after by anyone else which is a bit worrying. Either his terms were WAY out or no-one seems inclined to risking it. Either way makes it seem something of a gamble honestly.
It is an upgrade on Egbo though, who was also an injury risk. Might have been the plan to have Egbo as number 2, so they wanted number 1 to be someone that they know will stay fit and therefore rejected Dabo. Now we have Asiimwe coming through and Egbo moved on, perhaps they are now happy to go for Dabo as they’re confident Asiimwe will stay fit
I was thinking similar, I think Asiimwe has impressed more than they expected and they are happy with him playing a lot of games this season. With serious interest for Egbo meaning a space opened up I'd guess that they're comfortable bringing Dabo in as first choice knowing an injury could recur because they're happy with Asiimwe being there too. Feels like Dabo and Egbo was an unacceptable risk but Dabo and Asiimwe is fine
A reminder that medicals aren’t a pass/fail test to see if a player is injured or has injury issues. It’s an assessment of those things which the club then use to make a decision on whether the player is worth that risk. You could technically still pass a medical with a broken leg
I think it’s highly likely that Dabo was asking for too much last time round so the medical risk meant we decided against it. He’s probably tried to find himself a club on those terms and failed, come back to us asking for less so we might now assess it differently. I think it’s more likely to be that than his injury circumstances changing in such a short space of time
Just thought I’d clear that up as seems to be a lot of misconceptions about medicals in football
That's a good point. And as I said before, a fit and fully functional Dabo is more than okay for League One, he was apparently getting interest from Championship teams - which is good.
The issue is that he's not actually apparently all that sought after by anyone else which is a bit worrying. Either his terms were WAY out or no-one seems inclined to risking it. Either way makes it seem something of a gamble honestly.
It is an upgrade on Egbo though, who was also an injury risk. Might have been the plan to have Egbo as number 2, so they wanted number 1 to be someone that they know will stay fit and therefore rejected Dabo. Now we have Asiimwe coming through and Egbo moved on, perhaps they are now happy to go for Dabo as they’re confident Asiimwe will stay fit
That’s a really good point. Asimwe has come out of nowhere really and although he is young I think it would be really tough on the lad to put him down the starting list with the performances he has put in
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We’re being patient and waited for perceived better players. Pompey have a different approach, they singed a lot of players early but not so well known or as obviously highly rated.
We may look strong if we get the players we need, Pompey have benefitted from the bulk of their squad having a preseason together.
We need several signings to make the sort of impact Yann, JRS, Cullen and Bielik made after signing later on in the window. It’s a lot to ask but not impossible.
If he's still unfit and we are getting desperate then the club can do one. That's exactly what the last 3 sets of owners would do
One massive positive though, he has a very good name to chuck into songs
Surely they could have played him as a triallist if he had been training with us?
The issue is that he's not actually apparently all that sought after by anyone else which is a bit worrying. Either his terms were WAY out or no-one seems inclined to risking it. Either way makes it seem something of a gamble honestly.
Yet again we seem to be signing players who are not fit enough to go straight into the team. Weird policy when we are already stretched with current injuries. You'd think you'd only be signing players who've had a pre-season & are 100% ready to go.
They’re searching the black box now, if that doesn’t work we can sign Bonne and Leko.