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Post by wnm on Oct 4, 2024 14:08:41 GMT
And now the club have posted a picture with Powell looking really unhappy in training. What’s your point? Nobody said he wasn’t training. |
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Post by ricky on Oct 4, 2024 14:11:13 GMT
And now the club have posted a picture with Powell looking really unhappy in training. What’s your point? Nobody said he wasn’t training. Think it’s pretty obvious if you read what I said, people talking about fall outs, unsubstantiated rumours, him never playing again etc., DC says the opposite and there he is looking perfectly happy in training. |
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Oct 4, 2024 14:27:36 GMT
Not particularly. There have been rumours of a falling out but even without those (which may be rubbish) he's clearly persona non grata. In pre-season he was telling fans he was fully fit, and then according to the club he was injured, despite DC saying previously that Powell knows his own body better than anyone. He's made the bench for one league game this season and wasn't brought on, his two appearances have come in the Trophy. Added to that, it's been well-documented that he wasn't a Challinor signing. There was also a fair bit of talk about him being offered to clubs in the summer, and I was told by someone who's usually spot on about these things that he had talks with Crewe but couldn't come to an agreement on wages. I'd be very surprised if he played a league game for us again tbh. It was documented on here that those falling out rumours were completely made up so not sure why that’s been brought up again. You are just speculating, which is fine, but that’s all it is, I’d agree he’s not given us VFM but I still think we’ll see him this season. Where was it documented on here that the fall out rumours were completely made up? |
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Post by ricky on Oct 4, 2024 14:30:52 GMT
It was documented on here that those falling out rumours were completely made up so not sure why that’s been brought up again. You are just speculating, which is fine, but that’s all it is, I’d agree he’s not given us VFM but I still think we’ll see him this season. Where was it documented on here that the fall out rumours were completely made up? Near the start of the season, Sam Byrne I think , certainly someone close to the action and it was accepted on here that was all put to bed, until being brought up again today. |
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Post by hedleyverity on Oct 4, 2024 14:31:38 GMT
I haven’t the faintest idea if anything has happened, but if it had DC wouldn’t be announcing it in interviews, even more so if we were looking to move him on before the window closed.
All we know is he’s currently way down the list of choices, and wasn’t even getting a look in when we had a huge injury last
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Oct 4, 2024 14:33:00 GMT
Where was it documented on here that the fall out rumours were completely made up? Near the start of the season, Sam Byrne I think , certainly someone close to the action and it was accepted on here that was all put to bed, until being brought up again today. Genuinely don’t remember that. Not saying it didn’t happen but don’t remember. As HV says above the club aren’t going to publicly say anything about a falling out, especially if we want him to go elsewhere. Powell wouldn’t either. These things are always kept as hushed up as possible. I’m not saying anything has happened, I have zero idea, but the rumours were flying around before our first pre season friendly so they weren’t just borne out of him not playing. |
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Post by ricky on Oct 4, 2024 14:41:29 GMT
Near the start of the season, Sam Byrne I think , certainly someone close to the action and it was accepted on here that was all put to bed, until being brought up again today. Genuinely don’t remember that. Not saying it didn’t happen but don’t remember. As HV says above the club aren’t going to publicly say anything about a falling out, especially if we want him to go elsewhere. Powell wouldn’t either. These things are always kept as hushed up as possible. I’m not saying anything has happened, I have zero idea, but the rumours were flying around before our first pre season friendly so they weren’t just borne out of him not playing. I’ll try and find it, or maybe someone else will? It was pretty categorical that it was bullshit. |
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Post by scfc29 on Oct 4, 2024 14:45:48 GMT
Agree, I can’t be told he couldn’t have had more of an effect on games that Collar and Fiorini have shown so far. As you say, only a few years ago he was the standout player at this level and he’s still within his prime years. Unfortunately seems like the ship has sailed but would love to be proven wrong. Collar was far superior to him last season when fit. We just spent 300k on Fiorini. Powell was ineffective as a 10 in L2 and had more of an impact deeper but he’s not getting in ahead of Bate, Camps or Norwood there. Last season yes (although Collar played so little it’s hard to judge) but Powell’s pedigree and career is multiple times more successful than Collar’s and Fiorini’s combined. You don’t become a bad player overnight and especially not aged 30. I’m pretty resigned to the fact that we will likely never Powell feature properly for us again but just see it as a big shame that we’ve not been able to make it work for such a talented player. The blame lies mutually there though between Powell and the club. Truthfully he’s never been a great fit tactically for us. I do though find it strange how people are so keen to dismiss him, for whatever reason he’s never been warmed to and people like to dismiss his quality as if he couldn’t perform to a high level in league 1. |
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Post by ricky on Oct 4, 2024 15:05:54 GMT
Near the start of the season, Sam Byrne I think , certainly someone close to the action and it was accepted on here that was all put to bed, until being brought up again today. Genuinely don’t remember that. Not saying it didn’t happen but don’t remember. As HV says above the club aren’t going to publicly say anything about a falling out, especially if we want him to go elsewhere. Powell wouldn’t either. These things are always kept as hushed up as possible. I’m not saying anything has happened, I have zero idea, but the rumours were flying around before our first pre season friendly so they weren’t just borne out of him not playing. If you look at Sam Byrne’s twitter towards end of August, he refers to ‘debunking conspiracy theories ‘ around Powell, there was more to it but I can’t be bothered looking, if people want to believe there’s been a fall out, that’s up to them. |
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Post by Nik on Oct 4, 2024 15:22:33 GMT
Genuinely don’t remember that. Not saying it didn’t happen but don’t remember. As HV says above the club aren’t going to publicly say anything about a falling out, especially if we want him to go elsewhere. Powell wouldn’t either. These things are always kept as hushed up as possible. I’m not saying anything has happened, I have zero idea, but the rumours were flying around before our first pre season friendly so they weren’t just borne out of him not playing. If you look at Sam Byrne’s twitter towards end of August, he refers to ‘debunking conspiracy theories ‘ around Powell, there was more to it but I can’t be bothered looking, if people want to believe there’s been a fall out, that’s up to them. I'm on the fence; whilst the idea he won't play for us has now been debunked, it's peculiar that, despite being fit to play for at least a month, he's not made more than one matchday squad in the league so far. Something seems off about it, but we'll see how the situation unfolds as the season goes on. If the injuries start to mount up again and he's still not getting a look in then it'd be fair to say there could be something to it. |
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Post by slomasscfc on Oct 4, 2024 15:22:57 GMT
Where was it documented on here that the fall out rumours were completely made up? Near the start of the season, Sam Byrne I think , certainly someone close to the action and it was accepted on here that was all put to bed, until being brought up again today. I remember Liam Richardson saying the rumour of him twatting Callum Camps was made up but nothing that shunned the rumour of a general falling out |
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Post by Sina on Oct 4, 2024 15:28:35 GMT
Near the start of the season, Sam Byrne I think , certainly someone close to the action and it was accepted on here that was all put to bed, until being brought up again today. I remember Liam Richardson saying the rumour of him twatting Callum Camps was made up but nothing that shunned the rumour of a general falling out Sam Byrne definitely did post something along those lines saying it was bollocks essentially. I don't have Twitter but it was shared on here. |
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Oct 4, 2024 15:35:50 GMT
Near the start of the season, Sam Byrne I think , certainly someone close to the action and it was accepted on here that was all put to bed, until being brought up again today. I remember Liam Richardson saying the rumour of him twatting Callum Camps was made up but nothing that shunned the rumour of a general falling out I remember that as well |
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Post by stockytwo on Oct 4, 2024 15:59:56 GMT
Collar was far superior to him last season when fit. We just spent 300k on Fiorini. Powell was ineffective as a 10 in L2 and had more of an impact deeper but he’s not getting in ahead of Bate, Camps or Norwood there. I’m pretty resigned to the fact that we will likely never Powell feature properly for us again but just see it as a big shame that we’ve not been able to make it work for such a talented player. The blame lies mutually there though between Powell and the club. Truthfully he’s never been a great fit tactically for us. I do though find it strange how people are so keen to dismiss him, for whatever reason he’s never been warmed to and people like to dismiss his quality as if he couldn’t perform to a high level in league 1. Feel the same tbh and I say that as someone who when we signed him thought it was a massively risky signing which would probablly end in tears. Once they are in the door though I really can't stand the idea of giving up on talented players, especially ones we're spending an absolute bomb on. Guess its a weakness in me but i've so much time for these players with really high ceilings that if I were the manager i'd be prepared to slightly upset others to accomodate them. Not saying DC is in the wrong or anything but it's just a shame, thats all. |
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Post by Nik on Oct 4, 2024 16:05:02 GMT
I remember Liam Richardson saying the rumour of him twatting Callum Camps was made up but nothing that shunned the rumour of a general falling out Sam Byrne definitely did post something along those lines saying it was bollocks essentially. I don't have Twitter but it was shared on here. |
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