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What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 12:35 am

I mean, I remember last seeing him on the pitch in the first leg against the eagles, along with several scouts from the premier league watching him. I remember also prior to the match a lot of press on Ralls regarding his skill as a young footballer. After that game he vanished!
So what happened? Did he grow an ego, & got taught a lesson by MM
Or.. Did Malky take him off the scene to protect him?

Discuss. :)

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 12:41 am

He's f*cking shit mun.

Went up to Fairwater I heard, stood on a dodgy needle that litters the place and contracted a strain of HIV only found in that part of the world :old:

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 2:08 am

During the last half of the season both Kadeem Harris and he have been on a special programme so that their bodies will be better able to deal with the pro game.

StT.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 3:28 pm

Steve the Tea TM (c) wrote:During the last half of the season both Kadeem Harris and he have been on a special programme so that their bodies will be better able to deal with the pro game.

StT.



Hope they do that with Rudy, for such a physical specimen he is injury prone.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 3:34 pm

Chip shop Alley wrote:I mean, I remember last seeing him on the pitch in the first leg against the eagles, along with several scouts from the premier league watching him. I remember also prior to the match a lot of press on Ralls regarding his skill as a young footballer. After that game he vanished!
So what happened? Did he grow an ego, & got taught a lesson by MM
Or.. Did Malky take him off the scene to protect him?

Discuss. :)


All part of the development I guess.
Ralls got a stupid amount of stick after the palace away game so maybe MM just let him take a back seat for a bit.
He'll be back no doubt.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 3:38 pm

2blue2handle wrote:
Chip shop Alley wrote:I mean, I remember last seeing him on the pitch in the first leg against the eagles, along with several scouts from the premier league watching him. I remember also prior to the match a lot of press on Ralls regarding his skill as a young footballer. After that game he vanished!
So what happened? Did he grow an ego, & got taught a lesson by MM
Or.. Did Malky take him off the scene to protect him?

Discuss. :)


All part of the development I guess.
Ralls got a stupid amount of stick after the palace away game so maybe MM just let him take a back seat for a bit.
He'll be back no doubt.


To be fair he did have a bit of a shocker at palace away.


But I don't think anyone expected him to be gone for the rest of the season, I hope it's for footballing reasons and we didn't destroy his confidence after Palace away :oops:

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 3:41 pm

He wasn't at his best at palace but he wasn't the worst on show, he did become a bit of a scapegoat for that result though.

I doubt his confidence was knocked but maybe MM removed him to keep it that way.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 3:42 pm

For all we know he may have picked up an injury. Quite a few players did behind the scenes and they didn't always tell us.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 3:44 pm

Aramore wrote:For all we know he may have picked up an injury. Quite a few players did behind the scenes and they didn't always tell us.


Yeah could very well be.

Either way i don't think it's the last we have seem of him. From his twitter comments he seems happy with how his season has gone.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 3:48 pm

Yes I'd be very surprised if he didn't appear again. When he played well he definitely looked to have a bright future ahead of him.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 4:00 pm

2blue2handle wrote:
Aramore wrote:For all we know he may have picked up an injury. Quite a few players did behind the scenes and they didn't always tell us.


Yeah could very well be.

Either way i don't think it's the last we have seem of him. From his twitter comments he seems happy with how his season has gone.


Last time I saw him down the vale he had an ankle injury - that was about two months ago.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 4:01 pm

He came on in a game towards the end of the season as sub.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 4:20 pm

Maybe it was just a case of the arrival of liam lawrence and a near fit again steve mcphail meant joe didnt make the bench,which again highlights how bloody ridiculous the new maximum of 5 rule is.
Definetly see more of him next season

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 4:47 pm

Joe Ralls is a special talent!

People haven't really seen too much of him to judge in depth to be fair. However, I think he'll become an integral future player for us like Ledley was.

He'll be back. Trust me.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 4:47 pm

Last game he played was against Derby.

Re: What ever happened to Joe Ralls?

Fri May 25, 2012 4:54 pm

There is a simple answer to this topic heading.....Stephen McPhail! He returned to fitness and it mean that Ralls wasn't really needed innthe squad as much. He's a youngster and will continue to be nurtured too