Alan Tate

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:06 am

On trial today. Surprised he's without a club.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Sweet!

chunky1988 · **Joined:** Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:33 pm **Posts:** 1066

imagine decent enough still for this level.

think he was the one who went in goal for swansea when darrell clarke scored a hattrick in a 7-1 win all them years ago

HonestPoolie · **Joined:** Mon Dec 08, 2014 3:46 pm **Posts:** 663

chunky1988 wrote:

imagine decent enough still for this level.

think he was the one who went in goal for swansea when darrell clarke scored a hattrick in a 7-1 win all them years ago

He was, I was just going to say that myself.

He was on loan at Crewe last season

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:35 am

Could be a very good signing and experience we need at the back.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Hopefully he slot straight into the art of our defence.

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:53 am

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Hopefully he slot straight into the art of our defence.

He'll probably want too much Monet

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 12:08 pm

I've just spotted him in a car driving down the A19 with Micky Nelson, won't have been Nelsons car though as it was Citroen Picasso.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

I wont believe hes signed until cloughy says so.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 1:02 pm

He's from Easington which might help with our image problem.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

HonestPoolie wrote:

chunky1988 wrote:

imagine decent enough still for this level.

think he was the one who went in goal for swansea when darrell clarke scored a hattrick in a 7-1 win all them years ago

He was, I was just going to say that myself.

He was on loan at Crewe last season

It was the game we won 4-0 the season after when Humphreys scored a hat trick that he ended up in nets after Roger Freestone was struck down with whey looked like arthritis.

I think Tommy Widdrington was the only goal he actually conceded but he had some good craic with the Town End.

http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/UI/Match.aspx?oid=4051

How fortunes change us beating Swansea 7-1 and 4-0 in consecutive seasons.

http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/UI/Match.aspx?oid=4011

He could be the experienced centre back we need, played in every division for Swansea and only 33.

returnofaido · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 3:59 pm

potentially a great signing.

Pooliegan · **Joined:** Fri May 14, 2010 6:13 pm **Posts:** 624

Quite excited about this, could be a great signing

horden · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:55 pm

Could be, as could of Bates, Robbie Elliot, Tommy Miller. Could be a couple of years too late imho, however cant be any worse than and should be an improvement on what we have at the club at the moment. Plenty of experience and a player who has always put a shift in.

Brian Clough · **Joined:** Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:39 pm **Posts:** 282

Just seen Tate And Ronnie moore on the A19 Heading north.

Done Deal

Chesssington · **Joined:** Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:36 pm **Posts:** 900

Brian Clough wrote:

Just seen Tate And Ronnie moore on the A19 Heading north.

Done Deal

That's a relief, I thought we were signing a has been

Chesssington · **Joined:** Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:36 pm **Posts:** 900

In all seriousness, as Horden indicates he would only be coming to us as he has no better offer elsewhere but then, are we likely to unearth another 'mirfin' on loan

we just have to keep faith in RM and be realistic as to who we can attract I guess.

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Chesssington wrote:

In all seriousness, as Horden indicates he would only be coming to us as he has no better offer elsewhere but then, are we likely to unearth another 'mirfin' on loan

we just have to keep faith in RM and be realistic as to who we can attract I guess.

Name one player who comes to us who has better offers elsewhere!? Great statement!

As the season goes on there will be players struggling for games elsewhere who just want to play. Hopefully they'll be desperate enough to play to come to Pools and be damn sight better than what we have.

Chesssington · **Joined:** Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:36 pm **Posts:** 900

pooliecrab wrote:

Chesssington wrote:

In all seriousness, as Horden indicates he would only be coming to us as he has no better offer elsewhere but then, are we likely to unearth another 'mirfin' on loan

we just have to keep faith in RM and be realistic as to who we can attract I guess.

Name one player who comes to us who has better offers elsewhere!? Great statement!

As the season goes on there will be players struggling for games elsewhere who just want to play. Hopefully they'll be desperate enough to play to come to Pools and be damn sight better than what we have.

My sentence makes no sense, that wasn't what I was trying to say. My apologies smart arse. I hope he turns out to be a John Mcphail but we'll probably end up getting a Steve Howie confised

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

I know what you mean, for years we've been scraping the bottom of the barrel for signings and there's no reason to believe Tate will turn out any better.

Smokin Joe · **Joined:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1147

Apologies in advance for the heresy but the faith that I previously had in RM is fast dissipating given the 'quality' of the majority of his close-season permanent and recent loan signings. Tate surely cannot be any worse than Boyce if he tried his damnedest, but I will reserve judgement - assuming that he does actually sign for us that is.

The Bishop · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:39 pm

Tate could form a sweet partnership with Lyle......... I'll get me coat!!!!!

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Wed Oct 14, 2015 11:36 am

phil wrote:

He's played about 40 games in 4 seasons. Granted that's twice as many as Stuart Parnaby, but it's not really enough to fill me with confidence.

He should be fresh then.

poolietim · **Posted:** Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:15 pm

It's about time we had a lucky break with one of these "older" signings.

Elliott, Solano, Howard, Harewood, Parnaby haven't worked out as planned, and the last player like this who we signed who was any good was Stephen Wright who did ok but only played a dozen or so games, and probably before that was Gordon Watson.

Surely Tate is better than Boyce though!!

Could be a chance to go 3-5-2 with Harrison, Tate and Jones with Duckers and Carroll as wing backs.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Murray was better than ok.

poolietim · **Posted:** Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:12 pm

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Murray was better than ok.

Correct how could i forget Muzza.

Well lets hope Tate comes in and makes the same impact as Murray did.

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 9804

We live in hope yet again but probably wont happen.

This replacing shit with shit will never work while off the pitch we are run like a non-league team.
A big part of the reason while half the bunkerites dont go anymore.

RichyHpool · **Posted:** Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:19 pm

Sounds like Moore wants to sign him according to the mail interview with him!

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Interesting though that in the period we had Mirfin in the team from Portsmouth away (his debut) to his last game were he got in injured at York we conceded just 13 in 14 games which was ultimately the spell that kept us up.

It's pretty obvious we are missing experience and organisation at the heart of the defence. How much better a player did Harrison look alongside him as well?

Chesssington · **Joined:** Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:36 pm **Posts:** 900

Well where is he, Cloughy said it was a done deal

Alan Tate

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