Caleb Okoli - Outgoing

[jimmer]

41 minutes ago, kingpower said:

If it’s personal issues then get it sorted quickly and move on as he’ll never settle.

 

Whatever happened to our recruitment approach that looked beyond the stats, found the leaders, the lads with strong personality (Fuchs, Wasilevski, Kasper, Huth…could go on and on, and none of those lads would ever have cried about moving country) - we’re just a shadow of our former selves when it comes to bringing in the right personalities 

This was very much a Pearson, Shakespeare, Walsh thing... it was about mentality just as much as skill. They also introduced a players wellbeing therapist If I remember correctly. 

 

If a player was deemed a bad egg/disruptive in the group, they were gone, despite their skill (Marshall was a glaringly obvious one).

 

*Edit: jyst to add, our recruitment department needs a complete overhaul, bar the occasional gem, it's been largely dreadful... its destroying this club.

Edited 16 January by jimmer

[RowlattsFox]

It's a bit weird how few Italian players settle in the Premier League - certainly in recent times. Can only really think of Jorginho, although I'm sure someone is going to list a load of them  

[Sol thewall Bamba]

15 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

Hamza cover for RB

 

15 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

True but so can Coady and Reid

Wow what have we become. Would rather have Mr Blobby at RB. 

[87fox]

14 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

 

Wow what have we become. Would rather have Mr Blobby at RB. 

Kevin Pressman!

[Paninistickers]

15 hours ago, PNM said:

From speaking to someone who knows his family well, he’s quite homesick. He’s definitely got potential, but yeh, this chap said he’s young and just struggling to adapt 

Really disappointing for the lad. Tho I still lay the blame partly at the club for not assisting his welfare..

 

Soumare had similar issues. But has, eventually, come through it. Sometimes, as rough as it sounds, you might have to insist the player grins and bears it and knuckles down

[The boy Linacre]

3 hours ago, jimmer said:

This was very much a Pearson, Shakespeare, Walsh thing... it was about mentality just as much as skill. They also introduced a players wellbeing therapist If I remember correctly. 

 

If a player was deemed a bad egg/disruptive in the group, they were gone, despite their skill (Marshall was a glaringly obvious one).

 

*Edit: jyst to add, our recruitment department needs a complete overhaul, bar the occasional gem, it's been largely dreadful... its destroying this club.

We're 19th in the League and about 75th in recruitment, whether finding them, negotiating the length of, or the cost to the club of.......gutting

Edited 16 January by The boy Linacre

[Tommy Fresh]

3 hours ago, RowlattsFox said:

It's a bit weird how few Italian players settle in the Premier League - certainly in recent times. Can only really think of Jorginho, although I'm sure someone is going to list a load of them  

Zaza tore it up at West Ham

[MPH]

3 hours ago, 87fox said:

Kevin Pressman!

 

I’ve never forgiven Pressman for always having a worldy against us. Including a wet and windy Wednesday night cup game away at their place. We lost 5-0 and he literally flew around that goal area..

[Buzzell]

I'm surprised were looking to offload him tbh. Even though he's far from the finished article, he still showed some promise and looked like he could become a decent player.

[HankMarvin]

Our only clean sheet came with him at the back 

6pts from his 8 games started 

[dbtcity]

Said it before I’ll say it again I thought he’d been the best of a bad bunch at the back for us this season (ridiculously low bar) 

[whoareyaaa]

No worse than Coady, Vesterguard or Faes

[Claudio Fannieri]

I think the reason he is available is more due to home sickness and not settling rather than anything else. And I tend to agree if he was happy to stay I would arguably make him first choice alongside a new CB signing 

[Wink84]

23 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

This is such a myth. 

Feels like it, this came out when he was talked about as being integral to England behind the scenes when he was in their squads.

[Wink84]

6 hours ago, jimmer said:

This was very much a Pearson, Shakespeare, Walsh thing... it was about mentality just as much as skill. They also introduced a players wellbeing therapist If I remember correctly. 

 

If a player was deemed a bad egg/disruptive in the group, they were gone, despite their skill (Marshall was a glaringly obvious one).

 

*Edit: jyst to add, our recruitment department needs a complete overhaul, bar the occasional gem, it's been largely dreadful... its destroying this club.

We need to find a way back to this sort of club mentality. But it needs to come from the Top so it's unlikely to happen. Anyone we half a brain cell should be able to analyse what we've done well and done wrong over the last 10 or so years. 

[87fox]

2 hours ago, MPH said:

 

I’ve never forgiven Pressman for always having a worldy against us. Including a wet and windy Wednesday night cup game away at their place. We lost 5-0 and he literally flew around that goal area..

And then when he played for us he was honking! Remember when he let in a goal by the Preston goalie Lonergan? 

[Cincinnati Fox]

On 15/01/2025 at 04:51, RonnieTodger said:

There’s not a chance Parma will pay £15m

Will be typical Italy transfer goes on all window, they bid 3 million on deadline day and he goes nowhere 

 

[Cincinnati Fox]

7 hours ago, whoareyaaa said:

No worse than Coady, Vesterguard or Faes

What an endorsement 

[Long Eaton Fox]

5 minutes ago, Cincinnati Fox said:

What an endorsement 

Coady, Vesterguard, Faes, Nelson, Souter, Okoli. Who you keep for next season no matter what division we're in. Me, I would play Nelson and Okoli as first  choice with Souter and Coady as back ups. Subject to fitness.

[Angus Scott]

10 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

Coady, Vesterguard, Faes, Nelson, Souter, Okoli. Who you keep for next season no matter what division we're in. Me, I would play Nelson and Okoli as first  choice with Souter and Coady as back ups. Subject to fitness.

I don't see a number of clubs queueing up to sign Vestergard with the length of contract that he has & the wages he earns. Not to mention that he's pretty crap anyway

[Long Eaton Fox]

3 minutes ago, Angus Scott said:

I don't see a number of clubs queueing up to sign Vestergard with the length of contract that he has & the wages he earns. Not to mention that he's pretty crap anyway

Difficult I know. But Faes is on the transfer market. Maybe do the same with Vesterguard.

[Spudulike]

18 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

Coady, Vesterguard, Faes, Nelson, Souter, Okoli. Who you keep for next season no matter what division we're in. Me, I would play Nelson and Okoli as first  choice with Souter and Coady as back ups. Subject to fitness.

Vestergaard was our best centre back in the Championship. He must stay if we go down.

[Long Eaton Fox]

7 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Vestergaard was our best centre back in the Championship. He must stay if we go down.

I know what you mean. Problem is we need players to step up from the championship. He can't do that. As soon as we go up,, he needs replacing.

[RyCleary]

42 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

Coady, Vesterguard, Faes, Nelson, Souter, Okoli. Who you keep for next season no matter what division we're in. Me, I would play Nelson and Okoli as first  choice with Souter and Coady as back ups. Subject to fitness.

Nelson Souttar starting 

[Sly]

16 hours ago, RowlattsFox said:

It's a bit weird how few Italian players settle in the Premier League - certainly in recent times. Can only really think of Jorginho, although I'm sure someone is going to list a load of them  

Fun stat - Ballotelli is the only Italian player to win the Premier League. 
 

It’ll be a culture thing. 
 

Fikayo Tomori is the only English player to win Serie A. 

Two English players (Beckham and Cunningham) have won La Liga. 
 

Two English players have won the Bundasliga (Keegan and Hargreaves)

 

Loads have won Ligue 1 in France!