Mark Bradley gets Wales stage to find club
Thursday 20th May 2010, 11:20AM BST.
Midfielder Mark Bradley has been handed an international stage to place in the shop window to land a new club after being released by Walsall.
Bradley, a home-grown utility player, was one of seven released by the Saddlers at the end of last season.
But the 22-year-old is still valued by Wales – and has been called into their squad for Sunday’s prestige friendly against Croatia in Osijek.
Wordsley-born Bradley is one of four graduates from the Wales under-21 side promoted by manager John Toshack to the seniors to cover injury withdrawals.
Villa’s James Collins is among six players to have pulled out of the game since the squad was announced.
Bradley, still looking for a new club, was on duty for the Welsh under-21 team beaten in Austria on Tuesday night.
A former boss back at the Banks’s Stadium, Colin Lee, has also been placed on gardening leave by League Two club Torquay, where his chief executive contract has been terminated in emergency measures to save money.
The club is expecting a loss of around £600,000 over last season.
Lee has been in the post at Plainmoor for three years.
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he is pants
he only used 2 get in the district team cos his dad was the manager
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MMMMMMMM I LOVE GRAVY !!!!!
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMM I LOVE GRAVY !
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Good Luck Mark have a good game and find a club… thanks….
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Shows how bad Welsh football must be , is all i can say ! sorry
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Welsh football is not bad at all. However when we lose Bale, Ramsey, Collison, Bellamy, Collins, Gabbidon, Davies (all premiership) plus the Cardiff and Blackpool players in the final we will suffer! I’ve seen Bradley for the U21′s and he doesn’t have a place in the senior team unless we are desperate…unfortunately thats our situation this weekend!
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I don’t understand why Mark Bradley never seemed to push on – 3 seasons ago he and Darren Wrack formed a solid midfield partnership and we went on a 17 match unbeaten run. However, over the last two seasons Bradley has not played well – his passing has been atrocious, not being able to hit accurate 5 to 10 yard passes. I do appreciate what Matt (No. 6) says – Bradley would be nowhere near the full Welsh squad if the likes of Ramsey, Bale and Collison were fit – all 3 are quality players and if Bale were English he would be off to South Africa this summer. Anyway, good luck in finding a new club Mark – I think you will need to follow O’Keefe down into League 2 though.
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