MikeyT Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Today from The Blue Army: Leicester City are willing to sell Jack Hobbs to Hull City – but not until Sven-Goran Eriksson has found replacements. The 22-year-old defender does not appear to be in manager Eriksson's plans for next season after finishing the last campaign on loan at the KC Stadium. Hull have tabled a bid in the region of £800,000, but it does not meet City's asking price for their former player of the year. Sources, however, say the clubs are not too far apart in their valuation and a deal could still be done. City will not part with Hobbs until they know which defenders they will be able to bring in next season. Eriksson wants defensive loanees Jeff Bruma and Ben Mee. But Bruma looks set to join Hamburg on a two-year loan from Chelsea, and Manchester City have not yet made a decision on Mee's future. Miguel Vitor has also returned to Benfica after his loan spell last season, and Eriksson was trying to contact Benfica's director of football, Rui Costa, to see if he can bring the 21-year-old back to the Walkers Stadium. Besides Hobbs, City currently have only Sol Bamba as a recognised and fully-fit central defender. Moreno did not make one appearance under Eriksson last term and Aleksandar Tunchev must still prove his fitness to earn a contract during pre-season. Meanwhile, Dany N'Guessan has been on trial at French club SM Caen, according to reports in the French media. The 23-year-old winger, who finished the season on loan at Southampton, is said by newspaper Ouest France to have been with the French Division One side. That would confirm that N'Guessan has no future at City. The Frenchman has never fulfilled his potential with City. He made only five starts and three substitute appearances last season, his last coming as a substitute in the 1-0 win against Preston in October. He also had a loan spell at Scunthorpe United before Southampton.
Dan Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Glad Sven's turned down £800k, wish Hobbs all the best. Still feel if Pearson had never left he'd have become a club legend.
i luv u foxes Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 would be gutted to see him go personally think he has been a class act in his time here we let fryatt go and look what happened other players to get rid off then hobbs
Brown Fox Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 would be gutted to see him go personally think he has been a class act in his time here we let fryatt go and look what happened other players to get rid off then hobbs What do you mean 'we let fryatt go, look what happened'? What happened? The way I saw it we sold a player who didn't want to be here for £1.5million pounds so it was a win win situation.
hackneyfox Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Well Hull signed Fryatt for 1.5m and then bagged a minimum of 90m when his 20 goals got them promoted. Or was that a dream? Glad Sven's turned down £800k, wish Hobbs all the best. Still feel if Pearson had never left he'd have become a club legend. Errm time to move on.
sbfox Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Glad Sven's turned down £800k, wish Hobbs all the best. Still feel if Pearson had never left he'd have become a club legend. If Pearson hadn't left we'd be a mediocre Championship club playing hoofball with Matt Oakley stuck out on the wing... would be gutted to see him go personally think he has been a class act in his time here we let fryatt go and look what happened other players to get rid off then hobbs Class act in the mould of Wayne Brown. Can't pass a ball to save his life, but can kick it hard and high? Other than that, I can't work out what you're trying to say.
acooling08 Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Oh **** off Sven selling our young talent only to buy in more foreigners (pantzil is it now?). :sge: =
The Doctor Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 And the award for most predictable post goes to.... acooling08 for his selling english to buy foriegn bullshit.
acooling08 Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 If Pearson hadn't left we'd be a mediocre Championship club playing hoofball with Matt Oakley stuck out on the wing... Class act in the mould of Wayne Brown. Can't pass a ball to save his life, but can kick it hard and high? Other than that, I can't work out what you're trying to say. Despite the fact we narrowly missed out In the Play Offs? And no matter what you say, hoofing from the back is much better than passing it across our own 18 yard box. How many times have we given it away by doing that? Take last home game of last season for example. If PVA or Bruma hits it up we may or may not gain possession, but as it happens we try to pass it out and concede yet again.
Simmo86 Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Oh **** off Sven selling our young talent only to buy in more foreigners (pantzil is it now?). :sge: = What talent as in........he can't pass a football?
artursteppe Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Oh **** off Sven selling our young talent only to buy in more foreigners (pantzil is it now?). :sge: = Yes Sven, what are you doing selling our average championship quality players to replace them with real International quality players who will be good in the Premiership. Me and acooling08 want to spend the rest of our lives supporting an average team in the football league rather than being in the top flight, you ****!
Simmo86 Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Despite the fact we narrowly missed out on the Play Offs? And no matter what you say, hoofing from the back is much better than passing it across our own 16 yard box. How many times have we given it away by doing that? Take last home game of last season for example. If PVA or Bruma hits it up we may or may not gain possession, but as it happens we try to pass it out and concede yet again. Its called overachievement
Simo86 Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Despite the fact we narrowly missed out In the Play Offs? And no matter what you say, hoofing from the back is much better than passing it across our own 16 yard box. How many times have we given it away by doing that? Take last home game of last season for example. If PVA or Bruma hits it up we may or may not gain possession, but as it happens we try to pass it out and concede yet again. I thought the box was 18 yards
Christoph Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Its called overachievement Well considering he did pretty well with Hull, i'm not sure if you could call it an over achievement, however, it's all in the past now, so i'm not sure why people are arguing about this? Oh yes, its because its FoxesTalk
acooling08 Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Its called overachievement We'll never know but Nigel almost got us back to back promotions. To sack him was INSANE. It's a defenders job to defend, surprisingly enough. Hobbs was good in the air, good in the tackle and would put his body on the line. He was an important part of a great defence under Pearson. It's the midfielders job to pass the ball. Passing it out of defence leads to giving it away in a very dangerous area! Look how well Sven's defenders did last season.
artursteppe Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 We'll never know but Nigel almost got us back to back promotions. To sack him was INSANE. It's a defenders job to defend, surprisingly enough. Hobbs was good in the air, good in the tackle and would put his body on the line. He was an important part of a great defence under Pearson. It's the midfielders job to pass the ball. Passing it out of defence leads to giving it away in a very dangerous area! Look how well Sven's defenders did last season. Do you know anything at all about football, that isn't totally indicative of someone who hasn't been to a match since 1959.
hackneyfox Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 We'll never know but Nigel almost got us back to back promotions. To sack him was INSANE. It's a defenders job to defend, surprisingly enough. Hobbs was good in the air, good in the tackle and would put his body on the line. He was an important part of a great defence under Pearson. It's the midfielders job to pass the ball. Passing it out of defence leads to giving it away in a very dangerous area! Look how well Sven's defenders did last season. A defence that consisted of most of the midfield, hence the lack of goals under Pearson.
Corky Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Despite the fact we narrowly missed out In the Play Offs? And no matter what you say, hoofing from the back is much better than passing it across our own 18 yard box. How many times have we given it away by doing that? Take last home game of last season for example. If PVA or Bruma hits it up we may or may not gain possession, but as it happens we try to pass it out and concede yet again. Tell you what, watch the second goal at Derby again. Because if we'd have followed your philosophy then that moment would never have happened.
Jordan Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 Its called overachievement One needs a huge supply of smoke and mirrors to fool an entire league over a 46+2 game season. Back on topic: if Hobbs's value is much higher in Pearson's system than it is to Sven's--particularly considering the other options Sven may have this summer--then so be it. I don't think Hobbs is so bad with the ball at his feet, though, so I'd be a little disappointed if Sven gave up on him while he's still young. (Of course, I won't care that much next spring if LCFC's player dealings lead to promotion.)
Guest Basildon Fox Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 We'll never know but Nigel almost got us back to back promotions. To sack him was INSANE. It's a defenders job to defend, surprisingly enough. Hobbs was good in the air, good in the tackle and would put his body on the line. He was an important part of a great defence under Pearson. It's the midfielders job to pass the ball. Passing it out of defence leads to giving it away in a very dangerous area! Look how well Sven's defenders did last season. He wasn't sacked though. He may well have been and they probably made it clear that he was no longer wanted by not standing in his way to join Hull but it is obvious that he did not go for footballing reasons. He went because he was not considered a big enough name and MM wanted to sell up.
Kitchandro Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 I don't want to go one about Hobbs but if people would rather their centre backs be good passers than good defenders then the priorities are wrong. Basics first, that's what Sousa failed to grasp.
Simmo86 Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 I don't want to go one about Hobbs but if people would rather their centre backs be good passers than good defenders then the priorities are wrong. Basics first, that's what Sousa failed to grasp. How about we have some ambition and sign players who can do both?
Kitchandro Posted 9 June 2011 Posted 9 June 2011 How about we have some ambition and sign players who can do both? Good idea. Though I'm not convinced Bruma is one of those players. Vitor and Mee perhaps.
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