Let's explore and be a bit more controversial. He came to us FREE not true contract was terminated by mutual agreement. Which mean BORO will not ask for a fee and he is unable to collect any outstanding money from them. Which means he and his agents will get signing on fee from us to compensate. Same in FREEMAN case. With MACKIE it was stated he got only a year because of his age. Same age as this guy but he got 2 years. I hope he does well but I am just pointing certain things out.
Good idea to check the PNE forum. Generally positive comments saying that they'd like him back which is promising. It looks like we're going for 3 centre backs and I guess that Ned, Lynch & Hall would be first choice. So Perch & Baptiste are cover. It would be great if we could afford someone better than a current first choice but, failing that, this makes sense. I am discounting Caulker for now but wouldn't completely rule out him forcing his way back in
Good idea to check the PNE forum. Generally positive comments saying that they'd like him back which is promising. It looks like we're going for 3 centre backs and I guess that Ned, Lynch & Hall would be first choice. So Perch & Baptiste are cover. It would be great if we could afford someone better than a current first choice but, failing that, this makes sense. I am discounting Caulker for now but wouldn't completely rule out him forcing his way back in
I think you are right re 3xCBs. Ollie has seen it work well elsewhere and it suits his attacking style to have either WBs or wingers ahead of them. So are we talking about the defensive midfield being Scowen in the middle with Bidwell and Furlong wide? Makes sense as would leave Luongo/Manning and Freeman plus Lualua/Wzsolek behind a solitary striker for away games and a 3-3-2-2 for home games?