ALF: Parky's Biggest Mistake?

Parky has made plenty of mistakes over the last couple of seasons, but none is looking bigger than releasing Le Fondre half way through his contract.

That game yesterday was crying out for someone to play alongside Magennis, even if only for the last 30 minutes. Many times ALF changed the game with a goal or clever assist, we simply don't have anyone of his calibre on the bench. Doidge looks out of his depth and Donaldson was never going to be anything other than a short term replacement for Magennis.

Utterly ridiculous to release a proven game changer.

Parky out.

Christ you know it’s desperate when you’re relying on Adam LeFondre

Boggersbelief wrote:Christ you know it’s desperatw when you’re relying on Adam LeFondre

You don't think he would be a better option than the crap on the bench yesterday?

I think ALF would have made no difference whatsoever because like Doidge he would be finding space to receive a ball that never arrived. ALF himself experienced the same lack of service which is why he only scored one goal in every 5.14 games for us last season - which by Championship standards is not good enough.

wanderlust wrote:I think ALF would have made no difference whatsoever because like Doidge he would be finding space to receive a ball that never arrived. ALF himself experienced the same lack of service which is why he only scored one goal in every 5.14 games for us last season - which by Championship standards is not good enough.

What a load of crap. He was sub for the vast majority of games.

In terms of time played he had a better scoring and assists record than Ameobi.

To be fair, the game was crying out for a striker like ALF or Klasnic. Hard to find players like that and hard to keep hold of them when you can’t promise them gametime.

T.R.O.Y wrote:To be fair, the game was crying out for a striker like ALF or Klasnic. Hard to find players like that and hard to keep hold of them when you can’t promise them gametime.

Please never put Adam LeFondre in the same sentence as Ivan Klasnic again

T.R.O.Y wrote:To be fair, the game was crying out for a striker like ALF or Klasnic. Hard to find players like that and hard to keep hold of them when you can’t promise them gametime.

I think it's pretty easy to keep hold of a player who is under contract. Especially a fans favourite like ALF who is highly unlikely to cause a fuss.

We do miss ALF but we will never see what Doidge can do if he only gets the odd 5 or 10 minutes every week will we?

Natasha Whittam wrote:

T.R.O.Y wrote:To be fair, the game was crying out for a striker like ALF or Klasnic. Hard to find players like that and hard to keep hold of them when you can’t promise them gametime.

I think it's pretty easy to keep hold of a player who is under contract. Especially a fans favourite like ALF who is highly unlikely to cause a fuss.

Why would ALF be unlikekly to make a fuss? Wasn’t it Anderson who sanctioned the move anyway?

Pretty sure it was ALF who wanted to go.

Yes he did Karly not surprising really, on the bench in Bolton or playing every week in Oz.

Juke was another player we might have kept after the loan... Seems to be doing well now!

Lukas Jutkiewicz scored a hat-trick as Birmingham City extended their unbeaten run to eight games with victory over Rotherham.
The Blues striker scored twice from close range in the space of three first-half minutes to give the hosts a deserved 2-0 half-time lead.
He drilled the ball through a crowd of players to complete his first senior career treble after the break.

T.R.O.Y wrote:Why would ALF be unlikekly to make a fuss? Wasn’t it Anderson who sanctioned the move anyway?

He's not the sort of spoilt twat that would refuse to play just because the club wouldn't let him move to Australia.

I don't believe if Parky wanted to keep ALF that Ken would have ignored his wishes. It's not like we were getting a fee for ALF.

I’m sure Parky sanctioned it too, clearly he’d rather have Doidge. Time will tell if that’s the right move.

Can’t agree with you about Alf not being the type to kick off, you’ve no idea what he’s like.

Iles tweeting he asked Parky about why not play with 2 strikers and Parky said he did, ‘Erhun Oztumer is a striker’.

ALF might have made a massive difference.

He might have made no difference whatsoever.

He's that kind of player really, or at least he was last season. 

I'd much rather have Magennis in the squad, no doubt about it. It's early days sure but Parky deserves credit for bringing him in.

doffcocker wrote:I'd much rather have Magennis in the squad, no doubt about it. It's early days sure but Parky deserves credit for bringing him in.

You massive bellend, we're talking about someone to play alongside Magennis.

ALF had potential to change matches, and on our budget it's very rare to have that sort of player.

T.R.O.Y wrote:Can’t agree with you about Alf not being the type to kick off, you’ve no idea what he’s like.

It's extremely rare for a fans favourite to kick off and refuse to play.

ALF has always been a model pro, I'm sure he would have given 100% on the pitch if Parky had denied his move.