hypochondriac

If we sign Ward as well that would be weird.

If you can show me where someone has written off the player then I will agree with you.

Maybe so and in which case things may be different. We shall see how often he is played. I wonder what role Pardew had in mind for Ward if this is his other option he went for?

I'm not replying to you anymore after this. To most people who are not mentally challenged, it is quite obvious what I am saying. Clearly I can only give my view on a player based upon what I have seen and what others who have seen more of him tell me. My INITIAL disappointment is just that, initial. He may turn out to be fantastic for us and I truly hope he does. The available evidence suggests that he is poorer than other targets we have been linked with and so I am underwhelmed. You may not feel the same way and that is entirely your choice. At no point am I writing the player off, nor do I have any desire to see him do badly. On the contrary I want him to do really well. Now is that really terribly difficult to comprehend?

Lets hope so.

Thank you. It's not about me being "negative" (jesus I was slated by Duncan a few weeks back for being deluded and happy clappy!). All I'm doing is expressing my opinion and I'm not sure he is much better than what we currently have. Fonte is probably a fantastic signing and clearly quite a bit better than what we have. Not so sure about this one.

Tac-Tics backed down. I have lost respect for him.

TDD I thought you of all people would understand the point I was trying to make...

Sigh. NO ONE IS PASSING JUDGEMENT ON HIM. People are giving their INITIAL reaction to a signing based on the evidence available. I was excited when we signed Skacel, he didn't do great. I was underwhelmed when we got Ryan Smith, I was proven correct. Can you appreciate the difference between saying "this player is rubbish" and "this player appears to be below the quality of some of the players we have been linked with?"

We were clearly interested in Ward.

I apologise to the saints twitterer.

It must have been a pretty monumental f***k up for SSN to report we had signed him if we had not even expressed an interest!

At no point have I suggested that people cannot hold a different opinion to myself. You are the one who seems to have a problem with me expressing my disappointment. If you would read my earlier reply I have said he might turn out to be really good and I hope he does. The only thing I can currently go on is the available evidence. This suggests that he isn't really that special in comparison to the decent CCC performers we have been linked with. Get it?

The stud in the eye story i rubbish. He was fine at Oceana.

I wonder why the Ward transfer fell through?

Finally somone who speaks sense Seriously though, my reaction is the same as someone being majorly excited by a new signing they have hardly seen. I can only go on the evidence we have, that is the other fans on the exeter forum and the evidence I saw from the boxing day game. He might turn out to be brilliant but for now I am giving my reaction on the evidence available. When we are linked with quality championship defenders like Ward, this APPEARS to be a step down and is a little disappointing. With the signing of fonte I was expecting signings of a similar stature. Seaborne could well turn out to be even better than him but the initial evidence suggests not.

So I'm the ONLY person who has expressed indifference or disappointment on this thread? Get a grip.

Hmm. It seems a mixed response to me.

Which I would prefer to give Mills a chance.

He was terrible when he played down here.

Mills did well for S****horpe. I just think there are quite a few other areas where we needed to strengthen before leftback. I would like to have seen Mills be given a chance before bringing someone in.

I would have played Mills LB to give Harding a rest. I accept he could be backup for Jaidi I'm just a bit deflated that Ward is likely to not be signing now after thinking he was last night.

I think people are disappointed that we seem to have missed out on Ward. I also think there were other areas that needed strengthening before this signing and it seems odd to me that we've gone for it considering the options we already have in defence.

Well if he's much better then Fonte Jaidi or Harding I would be amazed.

More to the point, where on Earth would he play? I can't see him in the starting lineup.