Adam Matthews

Injuries still limiting him mate.

 

He’s back up, won’t need to be fit or play.

 

This is brutal if this is the road we're going down.

 

'News of Mikael Lustig's departure for Gent has confirmed a vacancy at right-back while, on the other side, Emilio Izaguirre's exit has removed the club of cover for Tierney, who underwent a double hernia operation at the end of the season.

Danish defender Peter Ankersen is in the frame, while a move for free agent Adam Matthews, a player well known to Lennon and Celtic, would provide cover for both sides.'

 

No. No. No.

 

I'd take him as backup. I liked him when he was here and made a mistake leaving when he did.

 

Efe is a free as well, may as well * get him back as well.

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I don't remember him being that bad that people are writing him off, unless he's regressed massively or constantly injured his best years should be still in front of him, I wouldn't see an issue with him being added to the squad. Signing someone half decent knowing they're going to be backup isn't easy.

 

No. Naw. Nah. Nut.

 

What’s Mark Wilson upto?

 

It's not that he's that bad of player, it's about going backwards as a club. Signing a guy who couldn't get his game at Sunderland towards the end of the season in league 1 in England isn't the sort of signing that fills the support with confidence and reeks of laziness from the scouting department. I also doubt he has improved much after leaving us.

 

Grassing up his mates.

 

Stole this from some welsh paper, quite interesting. I rated Matthews when he was here and would take him back. Given his versatility and our weakness at RB/LB he could be a very shrewd signing.

"When they got relegated from the Championship, he probably played around 30-odd games in the end," says Smith. "But a lot of those were filing in at left-back and were still often interrupted by niggly injuries.

"He's probably not thought of negatively in the same way other players are who were part of that team that went down twice, but it was just someone unable to put together long run of games. When he was playing, in fact, he actually still looked like he had something to offer."

Given his pedigree, one would have expected Matthews to play a big role in helping Sunderland bounce back, but injury woes were once again a setback.

"Last season he didn't do too badly. He was a player on a lot of money with a big reputation for that level and he actually played pretty well.

"Jack Ross was a manager he liked. He offered a lot going forward and defended pretty well. But then he had a bit of an injury and then when Luke O'Nien started playing right-back he really took to it, meaning Matthews kind of faded out and never really got back into the team.

"I suppose you could argue that for much of the season he was second choice given the way O'Nien was playing and having said that, if he'd been on a normal League One wage I think Jack Ross would have been more than happy to keep him."

Matthews, now 27, is at a crossroads in his career.

His release from Sunderland was arguably due to financial reasons more than anything else, but there is nevertheless a danger that his career could fade away into obscurity after such a bright start.

But the view from Wearside is that he still has plenty to offer, amid rumours that Celtic could be plotting a return this summer.

 

He'll be a backup to Ankersen, most likely. I'd take him for that role .

 

No thanks. No more cheap options.

 

In theory I wouldn't be against this.

I always rated Matthews, thought he showed how good he was in Europe where he tended to perform very well.

However, his injury record does worry me. In that sense, he probably wouldn't even be a reliable back-up option.

 

Only 27, and seven assists last season..

Would rather better but, could swallow him(as it were ) as back up to a class addition.

 

I’d much rather have Matthews in the team than Ralston tbh with you he’s miles better than Ralston. Matthews would be decent back up to a new RB on a free

 

I thought he was older than 27.

 

Still expecting a 3 million right back to come in and a back up to him .