eagwgw wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2019 7:39 am
Not quite sure why Adams is perceived to be some kind of trouble maker now.
Presumably, we had no problems with his personality or attitude fitting ours when he was our first choice signing this summer.
So therefore, people must have changed their minds simply because he refused to sign for us, which seems a little arrogant.
Anyway, I am not so sure of the case for him. Central midfield was our weakest area last season without a doubt. Ideally the nice combo to have is one tackler and one passer who have some kind of understanding going and whos skills suit one another. That has been the case in all our successful teams, ie Simpson/Easton, Chambers/Thornton, James/Vincelot.
I would prefer two new signings for central midfield, and Gorman and Clay could be back-up for those positions, as well as Jobi who could cover for several positions.
So the only way I could see Adams coming in would be if Clay was released. I don't think he would be worse, since Clay's upturn on form was never built on quality, just covering more ground on the pitch and putting in some tackles. But given that Clay did OK someone would have to be significantly better to take his place and I don't think Adams is that.
''Not quite sure why Adams is perceived to be some kind of trouble maker now.
Presumably, we had no problems with his personality or attitude fitting ours when he was our first choice signing this summer.
So therefore, people must have changed their minds simply because he refused to sign for us, which seems a little arrogant.''
Very good point well made. Yes completely correct, if he was that much of a problem off the field, then of course we would not have been trying to sign him in the summer.
I would think that the reason he did not join us was that it was more like a case of a young player listening too much to the advice given to him by his agent. Also the location of Ebbsfleet football club is apparently very near to where Adams lives. Added to that, the prospects of the Ebbsfleet FC were talked up a lot, e.g rich investors, they had got into the play-offs in the 2017-2018 season and also not sure but I think I can remember there was talk on this forum that Adams agent was maybe also the agent of the Ebbsfleet head coach, if true, then that could have been another factor as to why he chose that club over the Os. Anyway he did so well here first time round, is young fit and has plenty of energy, so many including myself would like to see him back again. Time will tell if that does happen but at present does not seem very likely because of the problems that happened last summer.