FoxinNotts Posted 27 January 2020 Share Posted 27 January 2020 I’d be alright with Vestergaard for £15-18m tbh. If we were going into the CL next season with centre back options of 5 internationals (inc Wes for his club captaincy role) of Evans, Soyuncu, Benkovic and Vestergaard (and Morgan), I think this is pretty strong 💪🏼 If we get him in now, it gives Brendan and his team time to work with him. I don’t really care what Southampton fans say. Sometimes the fans of the guy we’re after have good reviews, sometimes bad. It doesn’t always work out the way they say it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ric Flair Posted 27 January 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 27 January 2020 1 hour ago, Nicolo Barella said: The level of vitriol this transfer is receiving is a little baffling to me. Especially all the people saying "9-0!". Judging a player off of how they played against us once is silly, but if you must, why pick that game and not that 2-1 win of theirs last season, when he was incredible? He's clearly a player with limitations, but has shown that he can perform well at points and in certain situations and as a 4th/5th choice we couldn't do much better if we bought him. Not to mention, literally the perfect sub to bring on to swap to a 3-5-2, which Rodgers seems to love. Lastly, he probably would be coming in with no illusions as to his place in the squad. Some continuity in the squad over the years instead of constantly relying only on "inexperienced" youth as backups could be necessary. I've an issue with it because a permanent deal is likely to cost us £15-20m which for a 4th choice CB who is 27 and has been a flop already in the Prem seems very unnecessary. I'd rather we focused on quality over quantity when it comes to our spends in the next 6-7 months. With Mendy and Morgan both likely to leave on free's, potentially Fuchs as well there's going to be squad players that need to be replaced but we also need to buy genuine CL capable quality for both wings, possibly another striker too. We don't have an infinite of money and we ought to focus on bringing in 1 or 2 free transfers if needs be and spend £60-80m on the wide areas where we will see tangible improvement. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 27 January 2020 Share Posted 27 January 2020 There is clearly only one way to decide this in-forum quandary, specifically, IS HE SH!T? We should get him in and perform extensive statistical analysis of his performance in training, maybe even get him involved in some games of football. As long as get this done inside 30 days, we can send him back and get a refund if he does indeed turn out to be said defecant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddybad Posted 27 January 2020 Share Posted 27 January 2020 Underwhelming to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bert Posted 27 January 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 27 January 2020 This apparently broke down last week. 7 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 3 hours ago, Bert said: This apparently broke down last week. There is a God. Thank you thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaijaFox Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 (edited) For perspective, we paid only 3.5m for Jonny Evans, who at 30 was only 3 years older than Jannick. Virtual robbery that! > Edited 28 January 2020 by NaijaFox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 3 hours ago, Bert said: This apparently broke down last week. Hopefully someone observed literally any game he played in and realised he has the turning circle of the Titanic and the pace of a snail. How he was ever supposed to fit into a high line I have no idea. Even in a 352 he would be the weak link. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 10 hours ago, Ric Flair said: I've an issue with it because a permanent deal is likely to cost us £15-20m which for a 4th choice CB who is 27 and has been a flop already in the Prem seems very unnecessary. I'd rather we focused on quality over quantity when it comes to our spends in the next 6-7 months. With Mendy and Morgan both likely to leave on free's, potentially Fuchs as well there's going to be squad players that need to be replaced but we also need to buy genuine CL capable quality for both wings, possibly another striker too. We don't have an infinite of money and we ought to focus on bringing in 1 or 2 free transfers if needs be and spend £60-80m on the wide areas where we will see tangible improvement. Sure we'd be overpaying even if it was for about £15 million, but if he knew he was coming as a squad player and would be happy to stay with us for 5-6 years the continuity he would bring would be useful. We could probably rummage around and find some other centreback that might be better and younger for less money, but then we are just increasing Rodgers' headache for who gets playtime and in 2 years or less one or more of our young players will be agitating for a move. Not to mention, it's more of a gamble - we know Vestergaard under the right conditions is a useful PL centreback, but we don't know what we'll get from another player. I also don't think it's exactly fair to call him a flop. He just isn't in an environment where he can thrive at Southampton, as his lack of pace is constantly abused by opposing teams and Southampton have had no tool to stop it because like idiots they've just refused to buy any defenders with pace - their backline must be one of the slowest in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 10 hours ago, Bert said: This apparently broke down last week. We need a “phew !” emoji in the rep bar However, if if broke down it suggests that we actually were after him which is in itself worrying 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 I'm still at a loss as to why people keep saying "4th choice centre back"? Wes is 36 - anyone we bring in is going to be ahead of him and obviously of Benkovic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjcW Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 16 hours ago, escos said: He started against Palace last Tuesday. He played well, and they kept a clean sheet. Apologies, transfermarket hadn’t updated I’m usually captain positive on all transfers, defended Congerton too! But this is just a bit weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 I think people are going to be underwhelmed, if and when we sign a centre back this month. We are clearly looking for cover for Evans and Soyuncu and want someone who is settled in England and not going to take too long adapt. I think we have better long term targets, for maybe the summer but for now we're looking for a squad filler. Hopefully we've been priced out of spending too much on this guy, but I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up with him on loan on deadline day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrington fox Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 This bloke isn’t very good. We should set our sights higher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jon the Hat said: I'm still at a loss as to why people keep saying "4th choice centre back"? Wes is 36 - anyone we bring in is going to be ahead of him and obviously of Benkovic. 4th choice next season (behind benko or a new signing if benko is clearly a 'crock') Edited 28 January 2020 by st albans fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3stevo Posted 28 January 2020 Share Posted 28 January 2020 5 hours ago, RowlattsFox said: I think people are going to be underwhelmed, if and when we sign a centre back this month. We are clearly looking for cover for Evans and Soyuncu and want someone who is settled in England and not going to take too long adapt. I think we have better long term targets, for maybe the summer but for now we're looking for a squad filler. Hopefully we've been priced out of spending too much on this guy, but I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up with him on loan on deadline day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 30 January 2020 Share Posted 30 January 2020 On 28/01/2020 at 00:01, StriderHiryu said: Hopefully someone observed literally any game he played in and realised he has the turning circle of the Titanic and the pace of a snail. How he was ever supposed to fit into a high line I have no idea. Even in a 352 he would be the weak link. Hahaha, turning circle of the Titanic :-D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 30 January 2020 Share Posted 30 January 2020 Honestly would prefer no signings until summer than spend £20 mill on this mug 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lako42 Posted 30 January 2020 Share Posted 30 January 2020 I hope we sing him just to piss everyone off. Would love to see him line up on Saturday and have a blinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 30 January 2020 Share Posted 30 January 2020 Signing this duffer after being dumped out of the cup would tantamount to putting rat poison on the cake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Solas Posted 30 January 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 30 January 2020 (edited) Hello guys, first i want to say „Sorry“ for my faulty english. I come from Germany. I have been following your path with great interest for some time. Although I'm not a fan of Hoffenheim, Bremen or Gladbach (Vestergaards Teams in the Bundesliga), but a Fan of Eintracht Frankfurt, Vestergaard was one of my favourite players, when he was in the Bundesliga. He was extremly good in tackles and header. Don't look just at his time in the Premier League. His Bundesliga time was only 1 1/2 years ago. He will not have forgotten all of his strength during this time. Maybe it just didn't work at Southhampton. There was a reason why he cost Southampton 25 Million Euros, what is a lot of more money for a Bundesliga Team as for a Premier League team. I think if he finds his way back to old strength, he will be able to help you a lot. I wish you good luck for the rest of the season! Edited 30 January 2020 by Solas 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Eaton Fox Posted 30 January 2020 Share Posted 30 January 2020 If we were to sign him maybe he could become southhamptons Kramaric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 30 January 2020 Share Posted 30 January 2020 20 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said: If we were to sign him maybe he could become southhamptons Kramaric Kramaric went to another league and did well, Vestergaard would be staying in the same division and country as where he's failed to impress so far. Plenty have done this though and gone on to be a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 30 January 2020 Share Posted 30 January 2020 2 hours ago, Solas said: Hello guys, first i want to say „Sorry“ for my faulty english. I come from Germany. I have been following your path with great interest for some time. Although I'm not a fan of Hoffenheim, Bremen or Gladbach (Vestergaards Teams in the Bundesliga), but a Fan of Eintracht Frankfurt, Vestergaard was one of my favourite players, when he was in the Bundesliga. He was extremly good in tackles and header. Don't look just at his time in the Premier League. His Bundesliga time was only 1 1/2 years ago. He will not have forgotten all of his strength during this time. Maybe it just didn't work at Southhampton. There was a reason why he cost Southampton 25 Million Euros, what is a lot of more money for a Bundesliga Team as for a Premier League team. I think if he finds his way back to old strength, he will be able to help you a lot. I wish you good luck for the rest of the season! Dankeschön. Aber meine Meinung ist nein Danke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMarvin Posted 30 January 2020 Share Posted 30 January 2020 Jannik by name Jank for short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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