January transfer window

CSF

lordgoat wrote: »

Anyone that actually watched him play for the reserves this season isn't surprised that he's not getting first team game time.

Delighted we got someone to take him on loan. Big step up needed from him.

Haven't watched him in the reserves so I haven't a clue what his work has been like, you would imagine a club like Cardiff would be an ideal breeding ground for him to get used to Premiership football though. Guaranteed starter most likely.

Oranage2

astradave wrote: »

Hulk has just posted a Picture on Instagram with him in a private plane in London Luton Airport.. Spurs, Chelsea or Arsenal?

Read somewhere that it was just a stop over en route to Portugal. Sounds like hulk was doing some old fashioned trolling

miralize

Oranage2 wrote: »

Read somewhere that it was just a stop over en route to Portugal. Sounds like hulk was doing some old fashioned trolling

HULK SMASH HEARTS OF LONDON FOOTBALL FANS

inforfun

Hulk..... overrated is an understatement.
Wouldnt even want to see him in a Feyenoord jersey if they got him for free.

lordgoat

CSF wrote: »

Haven't watched him in the reserves so I haven't a clue what his work has been like, you would imagine a club like Cardiff would be an ideal breeding ground for him to get used to Premiership football though. Guaranteed starter most likely.

I can't remember but isn't Noone direct competition for him and he's having a great season, prob their best player. I'm sure they'll fit him in but if i was Ole I'd be looking for defenders and out and out strikers.

For the reserves he's been average which isn't good enough if you're meant to be 'that good'

maximoose

Yep. Amazes me Zenit paid €60m for him.

inforfun

maximoose wrote: »

Yep. Amazes me Zenit paid €60m for him.

55 for "Hulk"
5 for the talent.

Had his name been Anderson he would have costed exactly that: 5 million

TheTownie

lordgoat wrote: »

I can't remember but isn't Noone direct competition for him and he's having a great season, prob their best player. I'm sure they'll fit him in but if i was Ole I'd be looking for defenders and out and out strikers.

For the reserves he's been average which isn't good enough if you're meant to be 'that good'

He was also one of the best player in the Championship which is levels above the reserves.

Big jump to the PL but the loan is the best option at the moment. Hes seems to be a guy who thinks he deserves a crack right now so if he succeeds then great, if he doesn't then he will hopefully realise he has to knuckle down, work harder and be more professional in similar situations.

Moneymaker

+1 on the Hulk is over-rated brigade.

I dont understand the hype or why any team would ever spend a lot of money on him.

eagle eye

inforfun wrote: »

Hulk..... overrated is an understatement.
Wouldnt even want to see him in a Feyenoord jersey if they got him for free.

LMFAO*1,000,000

DenMan

Essien on his way to Milan!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25885925

me89

Antonio Nocerino has signed for west ham.

ollaetta

Stoke and Cardiff have done a straight swap of Kenwyne Jones and Peter Odemwingie.

Odemwingie seems to be a bit of a header to say the least. This time last year he decided he was signing for QPR, went back to West Brom with egg on his mush and now leaves Cardiff after 6 months.

Will I Amnt

JPA wrote: »

the injuries, in some quarters, have been attributed to Moyes' overtraining the players.

I know I'm late in replying to this but it's quite annoying to see this bandied around as common knowledge and fact because some Dutch guy said so.
Has any player come out and said this?
Do people think Moyes is stupid enough to disregard certain training regimes and just run players into the ground regardless of their situation?

inforfun

Will I Amnt wrote: »

I know I'm late in replying to this but it's quite annoying to see this bandied around as common knowledge and fact because some Dutch guy said so.
Has any player come out and said this?
Do people think Moyes is stupid enough to disregard certain training regimes and just run players into the ground regardless of their situation?

I have no idea about how they train at Utd, not watching that.

What i do know and find rather stupid is that they had Van Persie fly to Australia pre season while he had been there with Holland (Indonesia and China friendlies) just weeks before.

I read somewhere he spend 20.000 miles in the air in just a few weeks. That cant be healthy.

I am aware it was probably inevitable due to contract obligations that he had to be in Australia but still.

Will I Amnt

inforfun wrote: »

I have no idea about how they train at Utd, not watching that.

What i do know and find rather stupid is that they had Van Persie fly to Australia pre season while he had been there with Holland (Indonesia and China friendlies) just weeks before.

I read somewhere he spend 20.000 miles in the air in just a few weeks. That cant be healthy.

I am aware it was probably inevitable due to contract obligations that he had to be in Australia but still.

He had a long haul flight a few weeks before doing what the rest of the squad did?
Don't see that to be a huge issue tbh.

Dozen Wicked Words

DenMan wrote: »

Essien on his way to Milan!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25885925

Maybe not if he doesn't pass the medical

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/serie-chelsea-39-s-essien-fails-milan-medical-104623893--sow.html

Mr Blobby

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Maybe not if he doesn't pass the medical

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/serie-chelsea-39-s-essien-fails-milan-medical-104623893--sow.html

He already said on twitter that he passed it.
https://twitter.com/MichaelEssien/status/427429642388373504

Kerrydude1981

SSN reporting PSG have put in a bid of 14m for Cabaye and its been rejected

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9135007/?

NIMAN

Is it just me or has the transfer window been getting more boring as each year passes?

Practically nothing happens (to the annoyance of $ky Sports News).

GLaDOS

NIMAN wrote: »

Is it just me or has the transfer window been getting more boring as each year passes?

Practically nothing happens (to the annoyance of $ky Sports News).

People say this every year.

Sky hype it up, then people realise it really isn't that exciting.

NIMAN

Any action seems to happen near the end. Why don't they move it to a period of 1 week, instead of 1 month.

hufpc8w3adnk65

NIMAN wrote: »

Any action seems to happen near the end. Why don't they move it to a period of 1 week, instead of 1 month.

Do you want Jim White too have a banger?

Paully D

Paully D wrote: »

Ignacio Scocco likely to join Sunderland, according to his father. Sunderland tried hard to get him during the summer but for whatever reason couldn't get it done.

Anyone kept an eye on him at Internacional?

Update on this one is that Sunderland are expecting the deal to be done this week for £2.5m.

Hugely important signing for us as we need a spark in the final third and if Scocco doesn't settle quickly and provide it we could be toast. It's not really fair on the player but unfortunately that's the way it is. One good thing is that he played in the same system as Poyet's when he was Newell's last season.

aidan24326

NIMAN wrote: »

Any action seems to happen near the end. Why don't they move it to a period of 1 week, instead of 1 month.

Totally agree. You have 3 weeks of little more than newspaper gossip and then a (relative) flurry of activity in the last day or two, most of it panic buying at inflated prices.

Imho they should cancel the January transfer window altogether, make it so you have your squad of players at the start of the season and that's what you work with.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

aidan24326 wrote: »

Totally agree. You have 3 weeks of little more than newspaper gossip and then a (relative) flurry of activity in the last day or two, most of it panic buying at inflated prices.

Imho they should cancel the January transfer window altogether, make it so you have your squad of players at the start of the season and that's what you work with.

Terrible idea. What about teams that have changed their manager, teams with crippling injury lists, and player's who can't get a game?

aidan24326

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

Terrible idea. What about teams that have changed their manager, teams with crippling injury lists, and player's who can't get a game?

How about teams adapt and learn to cope with those issues rather than just throwing money at it? Maybe give a couple of the young players a chance rather than just buying whoever is this week's overpriced quick-fix?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

aidan24326 wrote: »

How about teams adapt and learn to cope with those issues rather than just throwing money at it? Maybe give a couple of the young players a chance rather than just buying whoever is this week's overpriced quick-fix?

Unfair pressure on younger players, unfair on new managers, unfair on senior players not getting a game.

Besides, afaik there is EU employment law to contend with too, free movement etc though I'm not 100% on that one.

aidan24326

Duracell Bunny wrote: »

Unfair pressure on younger players, unfair on new managers, unfair on senior players not getting a game.

Besides, afaik there is EU employment law to contend with too, free movement etc though I'm not 100% on that one.

If EU employment law and free movement came into it then surely players could move at will and there would be no such thing as a transfer window?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

aidan24326 wrote: »

If EU employment law and free movement came into it then surely players could move at will and there would be no such thing as a transfer window?

I'm not sure of the specifics of that one tbh, just a point I heard made before. Maybe someone else might explain better, or I could even have picked it up arseways.

My view is that we're better off with a mid season transfer window, it adds that little bit more tension and drama and makes the title/relegation fights more exciting.

Red Crow

Protection applies to footballers like any other EU worker but footballers are on fixed-term contracts and therefore cannot just move whenever they want.

Corholio

Ngog to Swansea on loan is a strange one. Whats it with poor Championship strikers getting decent moves to the PL, him and Holt now.

ben.schlomo

Corholio wrote: »

Ngog to Swansea on loan is a strange one. Whats it with poor Championship strikers getting decent moves to the PL, him and Holt now.

Ya it screams of Swansea having no funds at all and scrambling for anything, Ngog is awful.

SteelyDanJalapeno

"Manchester United have upped pace hugely - Marco Reus & Toni Kroos number #1 targets. Given £150m war-chest to spend in the next 4 days. 1/2"

hufpc8w3adnk65

TiltedBrain wrote: »

"Manchester United have upped pace hugely - Marco Reus & Toni Kroos number #1 targets. Given £150m war-chest to spend in the next 4 days. 1/2"

Source.

Lucas Hood

Cabaye off to Psg.

They don't mess around.

DenMan

Yep! Higher than £14m!

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11678/9137237/newcastle-and-psg-agree-deal-in-principle-for-yohan-cabaye

That_Guy

Man United: Having a bad season. Show ambition buy bringing in Mata.

Newcastle (1 point behind Man United): Having an ok season for our standards. Sell our best player.

*bangs head off wall*

Lucas Hood

That_Guy wrote: »

Man United: Having a bad season. Show ambition buy bringing in Mata.

Newcastle (1 point behind Man United): Having an ok season for our standards. Sell our best player.

*bangs head off wall*

Lads on Football Weekly reckon they've no ambition to trying to make EL after what happened last time they were in it.

That_Guy

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Lads on Football Weekly reckon they've no ambition to trying to make EL after what happened last time they were in it.

God forbid we should play at a higher standard and show some fúcking ambition. :rolleyes:

Paully D

Not saying he's near the best, but Cabaye is the most valuable player to a team in the Premier League IMO. Suarez, Aguero etc are all important to their clubs but they usually have enough to win most games without them. The difference Cabaye makes to Newcastle is astounding.

Kerrydude1981

Paully D wrote: »

Not saying he's near the best, but Cabaye is the most valuable player to a team in the Premier League IMO. Suarez, Aguero etc are all important to their clubs but they usually have enough to win most games without them. The difference Cabaye makes to Newcastle is astounding.

PSG never asked me could they take him from my Fantasy Football team

greendom

Paully D wrote: »

Not saying he's near the best, but Cabaye is the most valuable player to a team in the Premier League IMO. Suarez, Aguero etc are all important to their clubs but they usually have enough to win most games without them. The difference Cabaye makes to Newcastle is astounding.

That's pretty amazing Relegation form without him, comfortable top 10 finish with

keane2097

Paully D wrote: »

Not saying he's near the best, but Cabaye is the most valuable player to a team in the Premier League IMO. Suarez, Aguero etc are all important to their clubs but they usually have enough to win most games without them. The difference Cabaye makes to Newcastle is astounding.

Sample size? I doubt missing Cabaye is the main reason they're conceding an extra 0.8 goals per game.

JPA

keane2097 wrote: »

Sample size? I doubt missing Cabaye is the main reason they're conceding an extra 0.8 goals per game.

The sample size is his whole Newcastle career.
When he plays I'm sure Newcastle have better possession and as a result concede less, I don't think it's unrelated.

razorblunt

Corholio wrote: »

Ngog to Swansea on loan is a strange one. Whats it with poor Championship strikers getting decent moves to the PL, him and Holt now.

Adding to Becchio going to Norwich last season.

Kerrydude1981

SSN reporting that Luuk De Jong is on his way to Newcastle for a medical.

smileyj1987

Peter odemwingie has gone to stoke with kenwyne jones going to Cardiff .
It seems like a game of pass the parcel with odemwingie every transfer window .

CSF

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Peter odemwingie has gone to stoke with kenwyne jones going to Cardiff .
It seems like a game of pass the parcel with odemwingie every transfer window .

Yeah, he was immense for West Brom in his first season. There is a great player there somewhere.

Lamper.sffc

razorblunt wrote: »

Adding to Becchio going to Norwich last season.

Becchio wasnt a poor championship striker.