Poke Or Bevan

Shrews new loan signing is for a month. We could do with Bevan for another month loan as it doesn't look as if Poke is fully fit as yet. Greavsie's Blog entry would suggest Bevan may be here a bit longer, also.

Unless there is a change of policy from Southampton that whilst on loan Poke cannot become cup tied and the fact that he has yet to play a game since his injury, we need Bevan for next week's game with Oxford and that would entail a third month's loan being instigated.

Dave highlights the economics of it, fair enough but victory over Oxford would underwrite that expense would it not?

The big problem over signing Poke is the wage differential between Southampton (which is why they want anyone they can off the books at the moment!) and Plainmoor. Whilst he can "stay a Saint" but a "Gull on loan" Poke is in an ideal situation for himself and doesn't need to "jump ship" at this time. I'm still certain that the "deal" is agreed between Plainmoor and St Marys and it is for the player to make the final decision.

I emphasize this is my belief, not to my knowledge!

I'm, not so sure this will be his last week here Merse, reading todays HE, I get the feeling his loan will be extended again, maybe even to the end of the season?

Poke it states will have to sit on the bench and bide his time, now if Bevan was going back after this week end, why would such a remark be made? Poke would simply start in goal after the Oxford game.

It could mean the club really feel that with our cup games and the fact that we are pushing hard to win promotion, we will need to have two first class keepers here until the end of the season.

Thanks for explaining that Pikey, I'm never up with all these transfer rules these days, I have not heard that he has singed for another month, but if he did, then it would take him through most of December and the gap before the window opened would only be a small one.

Hedging one's bets is always a sensible choice Dave.

You stated

I've good reason to believe that Michael Poke has signed for us at last.

Then went on to say

I'm sure you would all join me in saying "Thank you Big Man, you have been incredible!

Then you later say

I didn't claim to know or have been told anything; I posted that I "had good reason to believe"


The last remark posted because you had been challenged as you got it wrong, now the real question, what ever gave you a GOOD REASON to believe Poke was signing.

Forgive me here, but if I make a post on here and say I have good reason to believe what I'm posting, it will because I have and not because I tried to pre guess something, thats dangerous, as you can get it wrong.

So as you got it wrong, as you had no real good reason, you come out with
I didn't claim to know or have been told anything

So please tell us what the good reason was? I mean no one told told you anything, you claim you don't know anything, so maybe you have a crystal ball, what can we call you, I know Mystic Merse.

Sites doing well and getting good quality posts on so many of its boards, what has that got to do with the fact, that you have been challenged for trying to make out you were in the know, when clearly you are not.

No witch hunt Merse nor bored, running the site stops me from getting that, I have asked a question based on what you posted, put in a polite way, far more polite than your post to D.G.E.P.

Seems I have touched a nerve end, just you be a man Merse and admit when you have got it wrong, again.