twobob
Fan since 66
I see he wasn't in the Oxford squad that played in their match in the USA. Is he not allowed to play as he's under contract to us?
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One of his tweets on Monday says it all:
"it's gone okay but I'm doubtful tbh!"
That was in reply to a question about how the U.S. tour went.
he definitely needs to re-build his career, he might get a decent pay-packet this year but it could have a significant impact on his future years.
Seems like he just wants to sit around earning decent money without having the hassle of playing at a weekend or training too hard. Seems very strange though as he has a whole career ahead of him and surely a year rotting here at a very important stage of his career will see him struggle in future years, as opposed to taking a pay cut and playing regularly elsewhere.
I thought I read somewhere that he'd turned down a few non-league clubs. He needs to put himself in the shop window and if that means turning out for, say, Darlington then I think he should do it. Especially as the reserve league is depleted he's not going to get too many chances to shine with us.
That's his biggest problem, IMO. I actually think Pato could be a good player - he is skilful and did OK at Stockport, whose fans raved about him - but he doesn't appear to believe in himself at all. He's the sort of player who needs a good start and unfortunately his start as an SUFC player was to screw a shot horribly wide against Wycombe when clean through at 1-0 up. And in his defence, it didn't help that Tilly played him as a lone targetman in the next couple of games before dropping him.Good to see he has as much confidence in his own ability as most of the rest of us...
He (or his Agent) is probably well aware that if a move to a Club like Oxford doesn't come off then he can come back here, pick up his inflated pay cheque for twelve months and probably take a loan move or two during the season. It's not like he won't be playing football at all.