Manwell Pablo Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Underwhelming. Not exactly ever been his biggest fan and now he's 32 and struggling to hold down a place in a side that's second bottom in the Championship I'm even less so. They must of pissed themselves laughing when the bid came in. Still low cost low risk I suppose. And yeah that blokes right he was originally a winger and Grewkes is (shock horror) horribly wrong, although I wouldn't argue that that'd be his strongest position these days and I think we've clearly intentions of playing him behind the front man not out wide.
Scotch Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Just out of curiosity did your uncle who took you to your first Leicester game move down here to Thringstone? The place is crawling with jocks Braunstone, but to be fair, there does not seem to be a whole lot of English folk there either. .
Leicesterpool Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Good bit of business I believe, always thought he was under used at Villa at his brief spell there. He's definitely got a good shot on him and probably perfect for what we need someone in attacking midfield right behind the strikers acting sort of that third striker.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Braunstone, but to be fair, there does not seem to be a whole lot of English folk there either. . Really? It's probably the most English part of Leicester.
The_77 Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Underwhelming. Not exactly ever been his biggest fan and now he's 32 and struggling to hold down a place in a side that's second bottom in the Championship I'm even less so. They must of pissed themselves laughing when the bid came in. Still low cost low risk I suppose. And yeah that blokes right he was originally a winger and Grewkes is (shock horror) horribly wrong, although I wouldn't argue that that'd be his strongest position these days and I think we've clearly intentions of playing him behind the front man not out wide. At worst, this is a depth signing for a player who's obviously not averse to sticking with a team should Leicester get relegated. Good price, good buy.
Vicki Vixen Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 It will be interesting to see if he gets through his medical. Maloney has had fitness problems throughout his career and spent most of last season injured. If the medical and fitness staff put him through his paces and he passes the test then I'm all for him signing.
Guest Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Before I give you my thoughts on this (potential) signing,let me tell you a bit about myself. I'm Scottish,I was raised as a Rangers fan but got tired of the bigotry that came with going to Ibrox. When I was 14,I was taken to a Leicester game by my uncle who moved down there and have not looked back since. With this in mind,I can tell you straight up that Shaun Maloney is a left footed winger. He may have been moved to the #10 spot by Wigan in recent times to suit their system but he IS a winger. You may call it "Digging a whole" but it's more a case of me watching this whole guys career. I watched him break into the Celtic team as a winger,I watched him play on their wing when he returned,I watch him regularly play on the wing for my national team (he plays on the right for Scotland with Anya on the left and Naismith in the #10 role. When he first moved to Wigan,he played on the left,hell, he played on the wing for them last weekend. Apart from anything,have a look at our team. We are on the verge of signing a striker for 9m to play alongside a striker we signed for 8m. We have Vardy,Nugent and Wood to back those two up and at the same time we are short on wingers,especially left sided wingers. And with Shlupp and Mahrez away for at least a month it isn't hard to see that we have signed him to play LM. The fact that you seem to think you know better than someone who has watched the boy for his whole career is laughable. As for my view on us signing him, I think it could be a decent buy. Not an exciting signing buy any means but at that price and a decent wage,it is most certainly low risk. He would also offer something we don't have, a threat from set plays as well as consistency in his deliveries. Granted he has a knee made of Lego and can blow hot and cold but I would honestly play him over Schlupp every day of the week. I reckon that this is a decent signing,and if it's not,we are hardly breaking the bank. As interesting as this story is I fear it wasn't really necessary. The first and second paragraphs of my post were not linked. I'm happy to bow to your greater knowledge in relation to his position although I do think he had the attributes of a decent number 10. The point I was making about people digging holes was in relation to people arguing that kramaric isn't being hyped based on hope rather than knowledge unlike with Maloney.
nickelbyfox Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 I think this could be a nice bit of business, people keep on going on about him at Wigan when I doubt if any have watched him play a full game for them this year. However in the euro qualifiers for Scotland, which most probably have seen, he has been quite decent, playing in all four games with two goals and an assist. Would have preferred Anya but hey in Nige we trust.
J.Lisemore Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 This seems like a Burnley signing , could prove to be a shrewd bit of business on our behalf. Not a bad player at all for £1M tops.
hornyhollthefox123 Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Before I give you my thoughts on this (potential) signing,let me tell you a bit about myself. I'm Scottish,I was raised as a Rangers fan but got tired of the bigotry that came with going to Ibrox. When I was 14,I was taken to a Leicester game by my uncle who moved down there and have not looked back since. With this in mind,I can tell you straight up that Shaun Maloney is a left footed winger. He may have been moved to the #10 spot by Wigan in recent times to suit their system but he IS a winger. You may call it "Digging a whole" but it's more a case of me watching this whole guys career. I watched him break into the Celtic team as a winger,I watched him play on their wing when he returned,I watch him regularly play on the wing for my national team (he plays on the right for Scotland with Anya on the left and Naismith in the #10 role. When he first moved to Wigan,he played on the left,hell, he played on the wing for them last weekend. Apart from anything,have a look at our team. We are on the verge of signing a striker for 9m to play alongside a striker we signed for 8m. We have Vardy,Nugent and Wood to back those two up and at the same time we are short on wingers,especially left sided wingers. And with Shlupp and Mahrez away for at least a month it isn't hard to see that we have signed him to play LM. The fact that you seem to think you know better than someone who has watched the boy for his whole career is laughable. As for my view on us signing him, I think it could be a decent buy. Not an exciting signing buy any means but at that price and a decent wage,it is most certainly low risk. He would also offer something we don't have, a threat from set plays as well as consistency in his deliveries. Granted he has a knee made of Lego and can blow hot and cold but I would honestly play him over Schlupp every day of the week. I reckon that this is a decent signing,and if it's not,we are hardly breaking the bank. Except he's not Left footed? Definitely right footed...
Finnegan Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 I want to know what Flair thinks about us being linked to Maloney. Hasn't he mentioned him before?
Ric Flair Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 I want to know what Flair thinks about us being linked to Maloney. Hasn't he mentioned him before? He's the pits mate!! Signing of the season, mark my words.
Finnegan Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Extremely unfair. How do you get Maloney and the club never bought me Koumas? Pricks.
sphericalfox Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 He's the pits mate!! Signing of the season, mark my words. Bold statement. Definitely has something to offer, but surely Kramaric has got to be for laying down a benchmark for the prospective future?
Ric Flair Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Extremely unfair. How do you get Maloney and the club never bought me Koumas? Pricks. Hahahahaa I can't believe it's happened, I've wanted this since 2003!!!
Callabinho Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Hahahahaa I can't believe it's happened, I've wanted this since 2003!!! I'm with you Flair, I think he's a quality little player.
weller54 Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Scary.. But we haven't signed anyone yet.. Kramaric deal not finalised.. Nor Maloney!!!..
Mark_w Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Scary.. But we haven't signed anyone yet.. Kramaric deal not finalised.. Nor Maloney!!!.. Poor Mark Schwarzer.
Harry - LCFC Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Scary.. But we haven't signed anyone yet.. Kramaric deal not finalised.. Nor Maloney!!!.. Kramaric has basically signed. But, you know, any excuse to get at the manager and you'll take it.
5waller5 Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 Got to say I\'m underwhelmed if this happens .... Just can't see the point - but Nige must have a plan!!
ScouseFox Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 at the end of the day it's what, 750k/1mill? come on, it's not like we're some disgusting poverty club like burnley, 750k is pocket change to us, if he's crap we'll live with it, if he does one thing decent all season he's worth 750k. nige knows this and knows the score.
Sloper Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Considering the wide players we have in the squad/available right now I think it's a decent signing if it happens. Might not be outstanding every game but will put in a decent performance when needed - bit like Kevin Nolan does week in week out
Dan Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 FM says he's 'either' footed. He is therefore either footed.
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 FM says he's 'either' footed. He is therefore either footed. So he is bisexual footed (sort of )
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