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Just saw he was back in training this week, great to see as I think he is a genuinely nice bloke. If was just wondering how many people would have him back here if he was available. Personally, I think he could still be useful for us providing his injury hasn''t overcome his ability.

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Tricky one - I think he will have to prove himself before a PL side would take him on, but if he''s as good as he was he''ll certainly be a good asset for Hull in the Champs.

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If the price was right, I wouldn''t say no. Having been out injured for nearly a whole year, his market value will have nearly halved since we sold him. However, bearing in mind that he never really had much pace to lose, his injury shouldn''t have set him back too much.No doubt some fans will hold a grudge though because he left us.

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Im still holding a grudge so its a massive NO.

Thought he played a huge part in our relegation with his lack of pace and holding up of the ball. His mentality of big fish in little pond and his constant whinging did nothing good for his team mates. Oh and then there was ''that'' penalty issue.

Not a fan of his but i did enjoy the odd free kick of his.

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[quote user="lharman7"]Im still holding a grudge so its a massive NO.

Thought he played a huge part in our relegation with his lack of pace and holding up of the ball. His mentality of big fish in little pond and his constant whinging did nothing good for his team mates. Oh and then there was ''that'' penalty issue.

Not a fan of his but i did enjoy the odd free kick of his.[/quote]He couldn''t have been that bad though- we, the fans, voted him Player of the Season.

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Unlikely to be the same player as he was with the acl tear he suffered, just called tim Sheppard and he agrees with me on this one.

He''s not what we need anyway. He''s not the marquee signing we need to put us into overdrive, could see us taking a flat spin back to the championship with him, as he''s quite selfish as a player.

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Whilst we''re at it, why don''t we get Fer back as well?

I mean, it''s not like we got relegated for a reason or anything, right?! Definitely not because our players weren''t good enough.

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[quote user="Wes Hooly Fan"]Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man - Lee Croft once won player of the season, would you have liked him back too?[/quote]That was actually running through my head when I was typing that, but that wasn''t the point I was trying to make.I wasn''t saying that we should automatically sign a player because he is a former Player of the Season. I was just pointing out that it is very difficult to justify saying that a player played a ''huge part'' in us being relegated when he was voted POTS.

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That''s true but somebody HAS to win player of the season. Snodgrass'' seven or eight goals probably won him it - wasn''t he our top scorer? To be fair who else could have won it?

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Snodgrass was appalling in the first half of 13/14 - can you remember when he stole the ball from RvW?

When it looked like we were going down he started to pick up. Was this just a coincidence of was he trying to play himself into a Premier League team for the next season?

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[quote user="calriv"]Whilst we''re at it, why don''t we get Fer back as well?

I mean, it''s not like we got relegated for a reason or anything, right?! Definitely not because our players weren''t good enough.[/quote]Snodgrass (and Ruddy, Howson, Martin, Bassong, Johnson, Tettey, Whittaker, Hoolahan) were also all part of the squad that finished 11th the season before. They were ''good enough'' then.I''m not saying this automatically makes all these players good enough now for a comfortable mid-table finish, but it also doesn''t mean they are not good enough for the division either.Each player should be judged on their individual merits. At this time, Snodgrass wouldn''t be a bad signing if the price is right (half the price we sold him for?). Sure, we could do better, but we could do worse too.

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My opinion Snodgrass suffered to the tactics we deployed under CH, I would welcome him back, has a good football brain, he did show his frustrations a bit too much at time. But next season will be all about him re establishing himself as a player and getting to full match fitness, and expect that to be with Hull in the championship, hopefully with no setbacks.

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Snodgrass is, in my view at least, unfairly maligned and I would welcome him back. After all, he managed to score in a Hughton managed team, think what he might achieve under Neil.

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It''s a no from me. He is a selfish player, always wanting to take every dead ball when his delivery was average at best, he did score the odd direct freekick, but equally missed the odd penalty (ahem) . I see no reason why this attitude would have changed and, I believe, it would do nothing but help to foster resentment between him and other squad members. Also he was always slowing down our attack, cutting back onto his favoured left foot, giving any full back (that he rarely beat for pace anyway) time to reposition themselves if they had been caught out. He would argue with th fans if they criticsed him, and I expect that he would be able to get into a fight in an empty room. Add to this the season long injury and none of it makes him a very attractive prospect. There are better options out there, Joey Barton for instance ;-).As for him wining POTS. Any player who wins the player of the season award in a team that gets relegated shouldn''t consider themselves the best player at the club. Rather they should look at it as them winning an award for being the "least worst" perfomer of the year. If you''re proud that you win POTS for a team that goes down you need to be setting your sights higher. And in all honesty, he wasn''t actually voted player of the year, Carlo Nash was. The club''s heirachy though thought it would be an embarassment to award the Barry Butler to a player who failed to make a first team appearance. IMOhis lack of appearances in a dreadful season more than likely made Nash the least worst player at the club in 2013/14, and a very desrving winner of the award in a relegation season.

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No thank you. Hull aren''t going to sell him for less than we sold him for! There''s a lot better things we can be spending £8m on.

For someone who was supposed to be a ''set piece specialist'', he was a terrible corner taker. Plus his cross-return ratio wasn''t brilliant either and that''s even if he could get past a quick full-back. Let''s stick with pacey or tenacious wingers please.

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Snoddy played in a team that spent most of the time defending and was the only outlet when we gained possession. Invariably, he always had two or three defenders around him and with no-one else forward he had no choice but to hold the ball up until others arrived. That''s why it seemed he was ''slowing play down'' and ''selfish''. He never hid, always gave 100% and was deadly from a set piece.I''d love him back.

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Some of the comments on this thread are totally untrue and unfair. Different people rate different players and that''s how football fans are. But to make stuff up about their characters is vindictive and nasty. Snoddy was a popular player. He was no more to blame for our relegation than any of the others and less than some. He was rightly voted POTS. He always had time for the fans, especially the kids. He was brilliant with my grandson at last years open day. And he got to our games last season whenever he could to support his ex team mates with his ex team supporters.

It''s never good to go back but I''m glad he was once ours.

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How about a season long loan deal? Would help Hull out, whilst we get to see if he can recapture his form. Snodgrass is a good player at this level and would improve our squad.

I''m sure Alex Neil would keep him in check. Signing him on a permanent deal won''t happen. In fact, no club will be willing to sign him following a long layoff.

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Do Premier League teams take players from a Championship club on a season long loan LC?

I suppose they could, but it seems unusual.

I would have thought that Steve Bruce and Hull are hoping that a fully recovered Snoddy plays an important part in their attempt at a quick return, and gives some return on their investment.

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Snodgrass was clearly talented but had a tendency to over-elaborate, eg beating a player four times instead of once (for no real advantage) and then losing the ball. What seems to have happened is that he hasn''t played for a decent team (Hughton''s Norwich included) and has not been coached to improve and take advantage of his ability. He''s been used as a workhorse instead of having his rough edges smoothed.With his injury he''ll not have the same agility which was necessary for him to play to his strengths (the constant severe twisting and turning was probably a pecipitating factor in him getting a bad knee dislocation injury). Certain players will still be good enough after such an injury, but they tend to be younger and much better than Snoddy to begin with.In short his age, injury and under-development as a player wouldn''t make it worth our while to take him back, even for a low transfer fee. It would be an emotional decision rather than a rational one and we''d be better off looking at a promising player in their early-mid 20''s.If we were to bring back a former player then Leroy Fer would be a far better choice. He''s more than good enough and better than what we have, but there are sufficient question marks regarding his injury record and attitude to make us look elsewhere.

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One of the few to stand out in a badly performing team, would be a a great fit in an AN team.

Huge injury to recover from though, I wish him well and if he gets back to full fitness would welcome him back.

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Why not consider how well he played in Lambert''s system because that''s more like what we''re going to be using next season, not Houghton''s bury your head in the sand approach. He was nails. Bring him back if he''s available.

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I''d have him back in a heartbeat if it wasn''t for the injury.

We haven''t had the best of luck when it has come to signing players just off the back of a bad one. Butterfield, Vaughan, VOO and even Pilkington are the ones that immediately spring to mind.

It wouldn''t be such an issue if it was a free but he will cost too much for it to be worth the gamble in my opinion.

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