Manny Smith off to Walsall?

[WasanActonlad]

BBC Wales tele txt news states SR admits Manny out for 2 months...

[Red Light]

Originally Posted by Foxy

Not too sure. Between the penalty area and the half way line he is awesome , one of the world’s best

But:

Distribution ? Looks like a rabbit caught in the headlights when he has the ball at his feet and everyone else is backing off. In contrast Tharme reminded me of Rudd Krol, pumping long accurate balls all over the pitch.

In the penalty area ? Can disappear. How many times do you see him being proactive and attacking the ball at set pieces when we are under pressure ? It tends to be Pearson chucking himself all over the place.

Manny Smith is a really good centre half and possibly one of our best in non league. But I can see why he hasn’t made it consistently at a higher level.

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Manny very rarely comes off second in an aerial dual - but there are many occasions where he rises to a high ball totally unchallenged and simply launches it with his head aiming for distance - and nothing else. Invariably it goes straight to an opponent and they launch another attack - composure is lacking in that aspect of play plus he doesn't open his mouth and communicate either verbally or with body language anywhere like the standard Pearson demonstrates.

Tharme hopefully will be the future with us - a proper footballing player with all round qualities - I just hope we recognize it and do all we can to retain him for as long as possible. He needs some game time though and hopefully will not be sat on the bench or worse for months on end. Hottest prospect we have had for some time.

[John Neals Dynasty]

Originally Posted by Red Light

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Manny very rarely comes off second in an aerial dual - but there are many occasions where he rises to a high ball totally unchallenged and simply launches it with his head aiming for distance - and nothing else. Invariably it goes straight to an opponent and they launch another attack - composure is lacking in that aspect of play plus he doesn't open his mouth and communicate either verbally or with body language anywhere like the standard Pearson demonstrates.

Tharme hopefully will be the future with us - a proper footballing player with all round qualities - I just hope we recognize it and do all we can to retain him for as long as possible. He needs some game time though and hopefully will not be sat on the bench or worse for months on end. Hottest prospect we have had for some time.

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Tharme even at his age and experience is calm with the ball at his feet and his distribution under pressure is good.
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[Connah's Quay Red]

Manny played 150+ games in the league for Walsall and Notts County. All but 3 were in L1. I'm pretty sure when he came to us it was seen a bit of coup and it was injury, not ability issues which had caused the drop to non league football.

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Originally Posted by Connah's Quay Red

Manny played 150+ games in the league for Walsall and Notts County. All but 3 were in L1. I'm pretty sure when he came to us it was seen a bit of coup and it was injury, not ability issues which had caused the drop to non league football.

Facts getting in the way of some peoples nonsense.
You’ll get a reputation if you carry on like that.

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Originally Posted by dixienormous

To be fair we're obliged to pay his wages and he fully deserves to be paid even if he was out for a year imo.

Agree

[fezbob]

Originally Posted by Redrobinman

Facts getting in the way of some peoples nonsense.
You’ll get a reputation if you carry on like that.

You're only ever as good as your current level. There have been chances when he left us first time round and Gateshead for league clubs to come in and they didn't. Four years in non-league tells its own story.

I caveat all of that by saying I still think he's one of the best defenders at this level.

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Originally Posted by fezbob

You're only ever as good as your current level. There have been chances when he left us first time round and Gateshead for league clubs to come in and they didn't. Four years in non-league tells its own story.

I caveat all of that by saying I still think he's one of the best defenders at this level.

Completely agree.
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Originally Posted by fezbob

You're only ever as good as your current level. There have been chances when he left us first time round and Gateshead for league clubs to come in and they didn't. Four years in non-league tells its own story.

I caveat all of that by saying I still think he's one of the best defenders at this level.

Fair point, though not necessarily true in every case. Money, as usual, plays a significant role with most players, which is to be expected and accepted.

How do you know that league clubs didn't come in for Manny when he left us though?