Bob Weasel Fox Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 Back in the day muzzy iZet couldnt get in the chelsea team so we loaned him he was good he signed... morale of the story just coz they dont get games for prem clubs does not mean if they come here they wont turn out to be a gem ...Good point buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 Nothing to excite me in that bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 Nothing to excite me in that bunch. Don't think we will be going for anyone exciting this year DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueforever Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 Upson and Perch..Sound like squad players and I think we need greater depth. Perch has played defensive midfield roles so could be quite versatile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 upson was a class act a few years ago, but he's past his prime, we don't need another slow center back looking for a payday. Dan posted this in the other thread, but I'll just highlight it again... Brighton's 18 games without Upson... Conceded 25 And with... Conceded 13 Yeah, it could be a coincidence, however I think Upson would give us solid experience, even if its just for one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss_tony Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 Dan posted this in the other thread, but I'll just highlight it again... Brighton's 18 games without Upson... Conceded 25 And with... Conceded 13 Yeah, it could be a coincidence, however I think Upson would give us solid experience, even if its just for one year. not sure where Dan got his figures from. upson played 18 games for brighton where they did indeed only concede 13 goals, but that means they had 28 games without him not 18, and they conceded 30 (just league games). so with upson 13/18 = 0.72 goals per game conceded without upson 30/28 = 1.07 goals per game conceded. so 1/3 of a goal per game improvement, not earthshattering, nor the only factor (quality of opposition, who else joined them in january xfer window, etc), nor a large enough sample for sensible comparison since he only played 39% of their league games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grewks Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 not sure where Dan got his figures from. upson played 18 games for brighton where they did indeed only concede 13 goals, but that means they had 28 games without him not 18, and they conceded 30 (just league games). so with upson 13/18 = 0.72 goals per game conceded without upson 30/28 = 1.07 goals per game conceded. so 1/3 of a goal per game improvement, not earthshattering, nor the only factor (quality of opposition, who else joined them in january xfer window, etc), nor a large enough sample for sensible comparison since he only played 39% of their league games. Reducing anything by a third is actually really impressive. The fact was Brighton has one of the best defences last year, yet Upson came in and gave it a huge boost this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 The core of the team is in place--Leicester don't need to make a bunch of signings to be considered a contender next season. We'd be considered a contender by everyone apart from our fans and some sour Forest cvnts even if we had no players at all. Depends what you mean by a bunch though, we do have a core you're right but besides that it's slim pickings. We need at least 4 first team players to come in IMO before we can be taken seriously. Bringing in 'squad players' isn't going to cut it, what we need to do is relegate some of the current lot (Dyer, Konchesky, De Laet) to squad players by replacing them with first team quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 well we hounded the last Frenchman out (totally unjustly) who missed a pen and he was a decent player. I'm still really pissed off the way Kermit was treated. Anyway, Knocky has the ability to be real class. He'd always be in my first team. Then you've got your priorities wrong. You should be pissed off about how we were robbed by the officials and then by our own player, and 3 years later we've still not made up for it. Our fans hating on some french cvnt who never gave a crap whether we went up or not should be way down the list on the things you are pissed off about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 13 June 2013 Share Posted 13 June 2013 Guly Do Prado has a sensational name. The best in England I would say other than Britt Assombalonga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss_tony Posted 14 June 2013 Share Posted 14 June 2013 Reducing anything by a third is actually really impressive. The fact was Brighton has one of the best defences last year, yet Upson came in and gave it a huge boost this year. upson came in, and so did some other players. you can't say it's down to one man. what if they brought in a defensive mid that broke up plays and reduced the number of opposition shots?? Like i say, he was class a few years ago, but at 34 he's on the gentle slope downards and probably not worth the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerrrFox Posted 14 June 2013 Share Posted 14 June 2013 Danny Wilson needs to fire his agent. Signed for Hearts and less than a month later they can't pay him and put him up for sale. Someone like him alongside Upson would be great business. Morgan/Moore/Wilson/Upson (**** off Whitbread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhateram Posted 14 June 2013 Share Posted 14 June 2013 upson came in, and so did some other players. you can't say it's down to one man. what if they brought in a defensive mid that broke up plays and reduced the number of opposition shots?? Like i say, he was class a few years ago, but at 34 he's on the gentle slope downards and probably not worth the money. But he was quality last year and lets face it our best defences have been with that sort of player at the back. Wes organises the right, matty the left. Will work like a charm. Plus him and wes are both strong headerers, it would give us a lot against the nasty teams. He only needs to perform for a year, I'm sure he can do that at this level for a while yet. Powell played longer, so did nobby! And Bruno! All some of our best defenders in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyrobot Posted 14 June 2013 Share Posted 14 June 2013 With the likes of James Perch from Newcastle, Matty Upsom from Stoke and Guly do Prado from Southampton, are our targets looking promising? Or prem rejects?I don't think you could pick 3 more uninspiring players than the three listed above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 14 June 2013 Share Posted 14 June 2013 Guly Do Prado has a sensational name. The best in England I would say other than Britt Assombalonga. Exodus Geohaghan. First name is Exodus! How the hell do you even say the surname?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosseman Posted 14 June 2013 Share Posted 14 June 2013 It's pronounced "Gee-gan". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 14 June 2013 Share Posted 14 June 2013 Don't think we will be going for anyone exciting this year DT Well, I don't think so, my friend, but there are some good Pearson type players in the Blue Square league, waiting to shine like Vardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 14 June 2013 Share Posted 14 June 2013 I don't think you could pick 3 more uninspiring players than the three listed above! Upson is inspiring. Guly was flaming decent in the Championship, when Southampton went up, him, Lallana and Lambert were banging them in. He was just pants in the Prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harwich fox Posted 15 June 2013 Share Posted 15 June 2013 Billy the Fish would fit in well with Perch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 15 June 2013 Share Posted 15 June 2013 I'd take Upson. Same here No doubt about it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetintedspecs Posted 15 June 2013 Share Posted 15 June 2013 Just hope this brings home what our levels of expectation should be. If anyone on here 'expects' promotion, considering the fact QPR are not exactly holding a fire sale, whilst reading and wigan will not either, as well as our lack of action in the transfer market, then please dont join any match thread next season. Grewks get a grip fella, the official transfer window doesn't open until 1st July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 15 June 2013 Share Posted 15 June 2013 Grewks get a grip fella, the official transfer window doesn't open until 1st July. Was about to write the same thing. Fook knows what Grewks is on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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