Virgo On Verge Of Signing 3 Year Contract

[Kinky Gerbil]

Amazing!

For the whole season the guy can't distribute one ball out of defence, then he steps up and scores one goal and is feted as some sort of football genius.

Now he is thinking about 3 years. I can't believe we're offering it to him and if I was him I'd bite the Albion's hand off.

Unbelievable.

have to agree with you there he is not that great., but it seems since the goal he is some sort of wonderfull player

 

[Safeway]

Harsh maybe, but are you really telling me that Virgo on a 3 year contract is what an aspiring Div 1 team needs?

As you didn't bite my head off I guess even you are pondering the sense of this offer. I'm a big Dick Knight fan, but this smacks of Uncle Dick handing out rewards to the boys that have been here a long time.

I didn't bite your head off because you were merely voicing your opinion which you're entitled to do.

Yes we are an aspiring First Division, but our aspirations are a lot different to those of Leeds or West Ham. Our aspirations are, for the time being at least, to survive at this level and I for one believe that Virgo is more than capable of helping us to do that.

 

[Soton Seagull]

Good news about Virgo.

I really rate Harding very highly and he could be the young player to push on the most next season. Certainly good enough for Div 1. I hope he signs long-term too.

Robinson is potentially the best of the lot. He can sign for 4 years when he turns 18 but for 3 years if offered now, which would be a very smart move.

What, you mean Robinson hasn't gone to Aresenal yet then?

(Whatever happended to that rumour?)

 

[Brovion]

Hang on! Weren't we told on here after Swindon that Virgo was on the brink of signing with 'a first division club'? It nwas posted by someone who knew the family and it was a done deal.

Surprise surprise it was another bit of bollocks from the NSC rumor mill. When's Cullip signing for Leicester?

 

[Albionite83]

Weren't we told on here after Swindon that Virgo was on the brink of signing with 'a first division club'?

Will be true if he signs for us

 

[saltash seagull]

iv never had a problem with virgo's distrabution and think he deserves his new deal cos he has been excellent since he got back in the team! a full back that can defend which makes a bloody change

 

[king Wombat]

think his natural position is centre half.

Would like to see el abd get a few more games at right back as i think he has a bit more pace and guile than virgo.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Virgo was an absolute collussus in the second leg semi final. He was my man of the match long before he scored the equaliser.

I really rate the guy and think that three years is a good deal for both sides. If he carries on improving as he has done over the past few seasons, he will not be here to see that deal out - somebody will have come in for him - and the club know it.


Exter on loan? - Pah!

 

[227 BHA]

Hang on! Weren't we told on here after Swindon that Virgo was on the brink of signing with 'a first division club'? It nwas posted by someone who knew the family and it was a done deal.

Surprise surprise it was another bit of bollocks from the NSC rumor mill. When's Cullip signing for Leicester?

I actually posted something along those lines but said at the time that I hoped it would be proved wrong and thankfully it looks like it has.

It came from someone who was a close friend of Adams - apparantly Millwall (I never actually gave the clubs name b4) were seriously chasing him and offering a very good deal.

I will be really pleased if this one proves to be false cos I was really worried about this as it was a seemingly solid bit of info

Btw - never believed a word of the Cullip story and if you want to mock me as a rumour-monger i can state that i have only ever posted one "rumour" on here before - that was back when DC had spent most of the previous season on the transfer list and I broke the news that he was about to sign a new contract with us the following week. Raised a few eyebrows on here when it was posted but I had it spot on (even down to the day the news was to break)

Excellent news tho if Virgo re-signs

 

[Zebedee]

I rate Virgo very highly and I'm delighted that it looks as if he will sign a 3 year deal. He's still a little raw but you don't have to know much about football to recognise that he has bags of ability, talent, skill and commitment.

I fully expect him to be picked up by a premiership club before his 3 year contract expires. No doubt I will now be shot down in flames.

 

[Yorkie]

The goal against Swindon isn't the only goal that Virgo has scored.
He got an excellent header at Stockport and earned us a point in a very hard fought game (in more ways than one)

Virgo has been getting better and better under McGhee and obvioulsy MM, as an experienced manager, can see the finished article.

 

[London Irish]

Amazing!

For the whole season the guy can't distribute one ball out of defence, then he steps up and scores one goal and is feted as some sort of football genius.

Now he is thinking about 3 years. I can't believe we're offering it to him and if I was him I'd bite the Albion's hand off.

Unbelievable.

It is funny how people's memories of Adam this season appear to be based solely on the televised games, certainly Millwall if all they had was the Sky tapes would have been very impressed. I agree with Hamilton's criticism in this regard but let's not be one-sided, there are faults and there are strengths with this player.

Adam's passing in many games for us, including in the final run-in of the regulation season, was embarassing. I'm convinced that against Swindon there was a clear decision to keep the ball away from him and it meant Harding had a lot of pressure on him and work to do bringing the ball out, and then his distribution began to go awry and it was Harding's turn to cop the flak from us fans!.....

But, yes, there are plenty of positives, and that's why he's been given the longer contract. But it is a gamble because improvement is needed if he is going to fit into a passing team.

His defensive work at right-back has been near faultless since displacing Watson. Tremendous appetite for tackling and he has the pace and strength to run even clever attackers off the ball. I have no fear he will cope well with Division 1 attackers.

What I think McGhee really likes about him is his huge workrate. Allied to his strength in the air, it gives him a big presence on the pitch. His big raking stride and fair turn of speed also means he is a good outlet for runs up the right flank. The maddening thing about these, though, is that after making excellent progress of maybe even 50 yards sometimes, the composure isn't there to make the final telling pass.

Go on about that pass to Big Chris in the final all you want, he has been trying those Beckham specials all season and all I've heard is groans in E Block as the ball sails towards the hammer net.

Will he make a good central defender? Well, the jury is out on that I'm afraid. He was utterly dreadful against Blackpool, had leaden anticipation and positional sense and was like a rabbit caught in headlights when the ball and attackers were heading his way. Arguably he was also ball-watching when the late winner at Sheffield went in. I would think Hinshelwood might now be alongside him as the reserve to Cullip/Butters - and certainly Mr AN Other, our new central defender signing, would be ahead.

What the play-offs revealed is that he may have big match temperament, ie. the ability to focus and play to his limits once the pressure and level of football is raised. That is a great asset.

Certainly the postives outweigh the negatives. But let's not kid ourselves, there are negatives and he will have to work like f*** on them. It will be difficult for him, the ability to pass with composure is as natural a skill as dribbling past a player, and I can't see that ever being a strength of Adam's - I hope I'm proved wrong though.

Right now, he would not fit in well with a passing style of football. He would simply surrender the ball too cheaply. It's one of the reasons why I think McGhee will persist with direct football in Division 1, it will continue to suit most of his first team players except Leon and non first-teamer Piercy.

 

[The Great Cornholio]

I've read most of this thread with amazement. How many fans from all clubs complain about the lack of players graduating from the youth team? And when we finally get some very promising players, we question the validity of giving them new contracts.

Virgo was outstanding in all of the Swindon game and very, very good in the last few games. His defending has been first class. If he defended like that and distributed as well as you seem to be asking for, he would be off to Man Utd or Arsenal. We are not going to get complete articles after they have played 20 or 30 league games.

Are those of you knocking his new contract seriously advocating that we don't retain our promising youngsters and bring in a wealth of journeymen players just because we have gone up to Division 1? My main concern about going up was that it would deprive our youngster of trying to break through. You all keep banging on about Jake but can you, hand on heart say you would be happy for us to start with him up front next season. And that you wouldn't be calling for a new striker if he doesn't score in 5 or 10 games?

I'm not going to to state the bleeding obvious for the umpteenth time. But we are not as rich club. We will be able to sign a couple of Div 1 standard players and maybe a couple of gambles on players who might be good enough. But how do these Div 1 standard players get to be just that? Someone has to give them a start. Letting go our promising youngsters because they don't pass very well would be utter madness.

Rant over!

 

[Zebedee]

I've read most of this thread with amazement. How many fans from all clubs complain about the lack of players graduating from the youth team? And when we finally get some very promising players, we question the validity of giving them new contracts.

Virgo was outstanding in all of the Swindon game and very, very good in the last few games. His defending has been first class. If he defended like that and distributed as well as you seem to be asking for, he would be off to Man Utd or Arsenal. We are not going to get complete articles after they have played 20 or 30 league games.

Are those of you knocking his new contract seriously advocating that we don't retain our promising youngsters and bring in a wealth of journeymen players just because we have gone up to Division 1? My main concern about going up was that it would deprive our youngster of trying to break through. You all keep banging on about Jake but can you, hand on heart say you would be happy for us to start with him up front next season. And that you wouldn't be calling for a new striker if he doesn't score in 5 or 10 games?

I'm not going to to state the bleeding obvious for the umpteenth time. But we are not as rich club. We will be able to sign a couple of Div 1 standard players and maybe a couple of gambles on players who might be good enough. But how do these Div 1 standard players get to be just that? Someone has to give them a start. Letting go our promising youngsters because they don't pass very well would be utter madness.

Rant over!

Top post GC. I agree with everything you say. I suspect that most of our Div 1 rivals would have Virgo in their squad if they had the chance. Let's just be glad that we've got a very good young player who "could," with time and experience, turn out to be something special.

 

[Icy Gull]

The goal against Swindon which eventually led to promotion would make Virgo worth a 3 year contract on it's own in my book

 

[Zebedee]

The goal against Swindon which eventually led to promotion would make Virgo worth a 3 year contract on it's own in my book

Agreed. And we should never forget that our youth players are the future of the club.

 

[Bwian]

What a treat it is to see our youth system turning out half decent players-and seeing them stay at the club. We lost Gareth Barry and Michael Standing in the bad old days-now we have the likes of Virgo and Harding playing regularly and Robinson and El Abd knocking on the first team door.

The future is bright-even if these youngsters get poached we'll get compensation for them and Dick Knight won't let any of them go cheaply.

It has been a hell of a long time since we've seen our youth system be as good as it is at present and full credit has to go to Hinsh and Dean

 

[Icy Gull]

It has been a hell of a long time since we've seen our youth system be as good as it is at present and full credit has to go to Hinsh and Dean

It has NEVER been as good has it? We only ever seemed to get one come through the youth set up every 5 years or so in the past.