Michael Ihiekwe signs

Reading his wiki he was out of favour at Wednesday until the second half of the season, where he was play of the month and nominated for Championship player of the month playing every game.

32 so good couple of years in him yet if he's capable of keeping up that standard.
 
According to Wednesday fans (yes i know haha). Very good in league one, but not championship standard. They all say he did very well 2nd half of last season when he was the only CB left (injuries). Good in the air and ok speed. Very committed and always gives his all. Terrible distribution and often injured. Apparently been unavailable due to injury approx 50% of the time for the past 3 seasons.
 
According to Wednesday fans (yes i know haha). Very good in league one, but not championship standard. They all say he did very well 2nd half of last season when he was the only CB left (injuries). Good in the air and ok speed. Very committed and always gives his all. Terrible distribution and often injured. Apparently been unavailable due to injury approx 50% of the time for the past 3 seasons.
If we bring him in I don’t think it would be to start every game but his experience would be invaluable
 
Casey is better than both. It would be a travesty if he left
How do you know that? Casey is great and I hope he stays. However, if we got a decent fee and it allowed us to bring in three our four quality additions that make us stronger overall then I’d have to say fair enough. I don’t think we would be able to bring in the likes of Horsfall on (by the sounds of it) very good wages if it wasn’t for the Joseph money.
Buying players at the right price and selling some on for a decent profit is a sensible way to do things.
 
We really needed to sort the defence from last year. It's a funny one though cos Casey is highly rated as was Baggot as was Offiah yet we had a quite a poor defence which is backed up by the stats. Hopefully a pre season and couple of additions sorts it right out and gives us a good base
 
We really needed to sort the defence from last year. It's a funny one though cos Casey is highly rated as was Baggot as was Offiah yet we had a quite a poor defence which is backed up by the stats. Hopefully a pre season and couple of additions sorts it right out and gives us a good base
A good defensive midfielder would help to protect the back four , we didn’t have that all season.
 
According to Wednesday fans (yes i know haha). Very good in league one, but not championship standard. They all say he did very well 2nd half of last season when he was the only CB left (injuries). Good in the air and ok speed. Very committed and always gives his all. Terrible distribution and often injured. Apparently been unavailable due to injury approx 50% of the time for the past 3 seasons.
Seriously, after previous cock ups I wouldn't touch a player who has been injured 50% of the time, in my view if they're injury prone they won't change, they'll always be injury prone and you end up shelling out a fortune on wages on a guy who spends most of his time sat in the stand.

Think Kevin Stewart and that's all you need to know.
 
Seriously, after previous cock ups I wouldn't touch a player who has been injured 50% of the time, in my view if they're injury prone they won't change, they'll always be injury prone and you end up shelling out a fortune on wages on a guy who spends most of his time sat in the stand.

Think Kevin Stewart and that's all you need to know.

Ridiculous.

Ronaldo (not Cristiano) spent two years on the treatment table, and then won a world cup in 2002.

Alan Shearer did his ACL at Blackburn, spent a full year out injured, and then scored 30-odd goals the following season.

Closer to home, I presume you'd cancel the contract of Andy Lyons?
 
According to Wednesday fans (yes i know haha). Very good in league one, but not championship standard. They all say he did very well 2nd half of last season when he was the only CB left (injuries). Good in the air and ok speed. Very committed and always gives his all. Terrible distribution and often injured. Apparently been unavailable due to injury approx 50% of the time for the past 3 seasons.
So if he did well 2nd half of the season in the Championship, how is he not Championship quality? Make that make sense.
 
We’ve all seen Casey play and we would all agree he’s a great standout player.

We’ve never seen these two new lads apart from odd games we’ve played against them so for me Casey is the stand out player so let’s just hope we keep hold of him otherwise it’s going to take the shine away in signing these new lads.
 
So if he did well 2nd half of the season in the Championship, how is he not Championship quality? Make that make sense.
The only one available at the time. When you're alongside a midfielder playing centre half you will look good.
 
Imagine it'll be a 1yr +1 if it comes off
We’ve all seen Casey play and we would all agree he’s a great standout player.

We’ve never seen these two new lads apart from odd games we’ve played against them so for me Casey is the stand out player so let’s just hope we keep hold of him otherwise it’s going to take the shine away in signing these new lads.
Casey is up and down. Depends how he feels on the day. Not bothered if he fires off.
 
I think we can see exactly what type of player SB wants and he is going to get them, having him as our manager must be a massive draw for any player looking for a new club and the obvious financial backing SS is going to put in this season. Casey won't be going anywhere if we have the 3 for the centre back positions that will allow us rotate so fresh legs and any injuries plus we will have Hubby on the bench who can play there too.

I really hope we can keep Carey, If we get Dalby that's great, if not there will be others out there who will be just as good if not better. I would like us to get Ennis too as he will cause defences loads of problems ut again there are other players out there. I would say the first 2 signings are exactly what we needed and if it carries on like this then we are going to have a very strong squad. I think we will see a few more out of the door, whether on permanents or on loan. We also have the loans to come and if we are really astute with them they will bring us that extra star quality and flair that will make us a top 6 side.
 
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I will leave it to Bruce to decide who plays where…Casey has great games and poor games and definitely can be improved upon but ultimately it will be Bruce to decide
 
Casey is up and down. Depends how he feels on the day. Not bothered if he fires off.
Olly Casey has just completed his 4th season in the men's game. In 2 of those 4 seasons, he's received player of the year awards.

This season just gone, he's been Mr Consistent and picked up many MOTM awards along the way. He was also up there with the best defenders in the league in terms of stats in all areas.

To describe him as 'up and down' is genuinely mental. He's probably our best player.
 
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