Alexikokopops Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 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.
MrSpaM Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Got to say I\'m underwhelmed if this happens .... Just can't see the point - but Nige must have a plan!! The point is we currently have one fit CM, everybody apart from Kingy is either injured or suspended
shade Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 do signings like this make anyone else envisage clough & taylor on the damned united?
The Doctor Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 David Nugent - Top flight league goals - 11 Marcin Wasilewski - Top flight league goals - 33 Leonardo Ulloa - Top flight league goals - 23 Forget who's scored more, why do we put Wes up front when chasing games when Was is clearly a goal machine? 1 less than our strike force combined...
Nick Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Of the videos of him I have seen, he appears to score two goals over and over. i) The set piece with ball outside the area to the right hand side, struck in a straight line, dipped to top right hand corner over the wall. ii) Receiving the ball on the left wing running/traversing across the edge of the box and striking the ball with his right foot bending it right to left into the right hand corner of goal.
davieG Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Maloney’s Leicester move welcome news for Strachan Scotland playmaker Shaun Maloney is set to seal a �1m move from Wigan to Leicester. Picture: Lisa Ferguson by ANDREW SMITH Published on the15January 2015 03:39 Print this 1 commentsHave your say! THE move to Leicester City which Shaun Maloney seems certain to complete today will reunite the attacker with the level at which he has been recently operating in Scotland colours – the highest one. A return to the English Premier League for Maloney became inevitable when the Midlands club agreed a £1 million fee with Wigan Athletic for a player who is out of contract in the summer. For Scotland manager Gordon Strachan, as much as any admirer, the switch will surely be welcomed. In the first half of this season there seemed something unbecoming about the hugely-gifted 31-year-old having established himself as Scotland’s most valuable performer in the Euro 2016 qualifiers while languishing with – and flitting in and out of – a side threatened by demotion to the English third tier. CONNECT WITH THE SCOTSMAN • Subscribe to our daily newsletter (requires registration) and get the latest news, sport and business headlines delivered to your inbox every morning • You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google + Leicester aren’t exactly among the glitterati of the EPL as they prop up the set-up. However, Nigel Pearson’s team offer Maloney a final opportunity to show his prowess on a stage that has been treated to too little of his match-winning capabilities since Martin O’Neill took him to Aston Villa from Celtic eight years ago this month. Of course, in electing to join Leicester, Maloney has all but ended the prospect of becoming the first player in the modern age to play for Celtic in three separate spells. As Ronny Deila as good as acknowledged last weekend, the Scottish champions are understood to have been very keen to make that happen. With a diligence and devotion to his profession dovetailing with a dazzling artistry, Maloney is the identikit of a Deila player. The cerebral, quietly-spoken Maloney, though, had little appetite for a second return to the club he grew up supporting and with whom he first developed his trade. In part, that is believed to be a result of the hurt he feels over how little impression he made in a second spell that followed an unhappy 18 months at Villa. When Roberto Martinez gave the forward the opportunity to join Wigan in the summer of 2011, he is understood to have been relieved at the chance of a clean break, so much was it affecting him psychologically that he couldn’t get going – either in terms of steering clear of injury or steering a path into the Celtic side as one of Neil Lennon’s go-to men. Maloney was always exactly that for Strachan, and it is perhaps no accident then that his Scotland career has blossomed under the man who helped his club career to flower. Until a year ago, indeed, a series of serious injuries gave rise to the feeling that the best of Maloney witnessed in the context of Scottish football would remain the 2005-06 season at Celtic. Back then, Strachan claimed the league and League Cup in his first campaign because of the playmaker’s excellence. Maloney himself claimed the player of the year double from both his fellow players and football writers. When Strachan brought back a homesick Maloney to Celtic Park in January 2008, he said he felt he had “unfinished business” with a player always looking to enhance his talents with hard graft. As well as having designs on representing his country at a major finals, Maloney may feel he has unfinished business with the Premier League. It isn’t that he needs to prove himself in that company. He almost single-handedly came close to rescuing Wigan from the drop two years ago. In that run, some of his free-kick strikes and individual performances either side of the FA Cup final win were sensational. It will gnaw at Maloney, though, that before this week his last experience of the English top flight will be banishment from it. Looking at Maloney’s future in a more parochial, selfish way, the hope for 2015 is that his club environment can keep him ticking over for the qualifiers that will determine whether Scotland can end their 18-year exile from a major finals. The seven points from four Group A games gathered by Strachan’s side in their quest for Euro 2016 all have Maloney’s stamp on them. His brilliance was to the fore as he bagged the only goal in the November victory at home to the Republic of Ireland. The previous game he netted a superb strike to help earn a point in Poland and, for the competitive opener, his shot precipitated the own goal that secured the win with Georgia. In terms of his craft and commitment, Maloney’s career deserves to deliver a colossal achievement. If his relaunch at Leicester lets him continue to be such a game-changer in the international arena, that will arrive in ten months’ time – after being ten years in the making.
MC Prussian Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Got to say I\'m underwhelmed if this happens .... Just can't see the point - but Nige must have a plan!! Depth in squad meaning anything to you? He's a great little and rather underrated player who's spent most of the time under the radar. He's got Premier League experience, knows what it feels like playing for an underdog and pushing for Premier League survival. He's quite skilled, got a good free-kick on him and adds more flair. I just don't know what some people are expecting all the time from a club like Leicester. A signing like Ronaldinho?
Robin JD Popley Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Maloney’s Leicester move welcome news for Strachan Scotland playmaker Shaun Maloney is set to seal a �1m move from Wigan to Leicester. Picture: Lisa Ferguson by ANDREW SMITH Published on the15January 2015 03:39 Print this 1 commentsHave your say! THE move to Leicester City which Shaun Maloney seems certain to complete today will reunite the attacker with the level at which he has been recently operating in Scotland colours – the highest one. A return to the English Premier League for Maloney became inevitable when the Midlands club agreed a £1 million fee with Wigan Athletic for a player who is out of contract in the summer. For Scotland manager Gordon Strachan, as much as any admirer, the switch will surely be welcomed. In the first half of this season there seemed something unbecoming about the hugely-gifted 31-year-old having established himself as Scotland’s most valuable performer in the Euro 2016 qualifiers while languishing with – and flitting in and out of – a side threatened by demotion to the English third tier. CONNECT WITH THE SCOTSMAN • Subscribe to our daily newsletter (requires registration) and get the latest news, sport and business headlines delivered to your inbox every morning • You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google + Leicester aren’t exactly among the glitterati of the EPL as they prop up the set-up. However, Nigel Pearson’s team offer Maloney a final opportunity to show his prowess on a stage that has been treated to too little of his match-winning capabilities since Martin O’Neill took him to Aston Villa from Celtic eight years ago this month. Of course, in electing to join Leicester, Maloney has all but ended the prospect of becoming the first player in the modern age to play for Celtic in three separate spells. As Ronny Deila as good as acknowledged last weekend, the Scottish champions are understood to have been very keen to make that happen. With a diligence and devotion to his profession dovetailing with a dazzling artistry, Maloney is the identikit of a Deila player. The cerebral, quietly-spoken Maloney, though, had little appetite for a second return to the club he grew up supporting and with whom he first developed his trade. In part, that is believed to be a result of the hurt he feels over how little impression he made in a second spell that followed an unhappy 18 months at Villa. When Roberto Martinez gave the forward the opportunity to join Wigan in the summer of 2011, he is understood to have been relieved at the chance of a clean break, so much was it affecting him psychologically that he couldn’t get going – either in terms of steering clear of injury or steering a path into the Celtic side as one of Neil Lennon’s go-to men. Maloney was always exactly that for Strachan, and it is perhaps no accident then that his Scotland career has blossomed under the man who helped his club career to flower. Until a year ago, indeed, a series of serious injuries gave rise to the feeling that the best of Maloney witnessed in the context of Scottish football would remain the 2005-06 season at Celtic. Back then, Strachan claimed the league and League Cup in his first campaign because of the playmaker’s excellence. Maloney himself claimed the player of the year double from both his fellow players and football writers. When Strachan brought back a homesick Maloney to Celtic Park in January 2008, he said he felt he had “unfinished business” with a player always looking to enhance his talents with hard graft. As well as having designs on representing his country at a major finals, Maloney may feel he has unfinished business with the Premier League. It isn’t that he needs to prove himself in that company. He almost single-handedly came close to rescuing Wigan from the drop two years ago. In that run, some of his free-kick strikes and individual performances either side of the FA Cup final win were sensational. It will gnaw at Maloney, though, that before this week his last experience of the English top flight will be banishment from it. Looking at Maloney’s future in a more parochial, selfish way, the hope for 2015 is that his club environment can keep him ticking over for the qualifiers that will determine whether Scotland can end their 18-year exile from a major finals. The seven points from four Group A games gathered by Strachan’s side in their quest for Euro 2016 all have Maloney’s stamp on them. His brilliance was to the fore as he bagged the only goal in the November victory at home to the Republic of Ireland. The previous game he netted a superb strike to help earn a point in Poland and, for the competitive opener, his shot precipitated the own goal that secured the win with Georgia. In terms of his craft and commitment, Maloney’s career deserves to deliver a colossal achievement. If his relaunch at Leicester lets him continue to be such a game-changer in the international arena, that will arrive in ten months’ time – after being ten years in the making. Brilliant article. Thanks for sharing Davie. Nice to know Gordon Strachan thinks he will grow as a player here too.
Alexikokopops Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Brilliant article. Thanks for sharing Davie. Nice to know Gordon Strachan thinks he will grow as a player here too. There's no actual quote or anything from Strachan is there? It just looks like a journalist making the (fairly reasonable) assumption that Strachan will be happier that he's playing at a higher level.
Giggsy77 Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Why do the deals that we do take an eternity to complete?. Other clubs identify, hold talks, then a day later the player is announced. We take about a week just holding talks.....I really hope, that apart from Kramaric, this is not another failed transfer window.
chapero82 Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 This just shows Robinson was not the one taking so long
Number 6 Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Is it maybe the case that fans of other clubs know of the rumoured signings before maybe Sky and the like get hold of it? The transfers elsewhere take just as long, we're just less aware.
Ric Flair Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Let's not kid ourselves, it does take ages. We don't monitor other clubs on every trabsfer though so it's difficult to compare.
MPH Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 This just shows Robinson was not the one taking so long At least we are making decent signings now.
Finn Claw II Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 He is out of contract at the end of the season so this will happen. I'd spend a fair bit of time ironing out the details if I were any of us, Wigan or SM. Better option than GTF
brookeslcfc Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Is that the highest calibre we can attract? Really?
Tielemans63 Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Why do the deals that we do take an eternity to complete?. Other clubs identify, hold talks, then a day later the player is announced. We take about a week just holding talks.....I really hope, that apart from Kramaric, this is not another failed transfer window.I don't think they do really it's just that with the advent of Twitter in particular there's someone on it the minute contact between clubs is made. I'm sure transfers take as long as they've always done it's just that you only used to find out about it in the papers when it was already way down the line. Man City fans were probably saying the same about the Wilfried Bony deal.Clubs must absolutely hate Twitter.
dave_the_fox Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Is that the highest calibre we can attract? Really? No its not, i think we r interested in this lad chelsea and juventus r after if thats any better?
Stan Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Is that the highest calibre we can attract? Really? Great first post.....
Bettsj2 Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Is that the highest calibre we can attract? Really? Yeah.
MPH Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Grewks is absolutely spot on so I'm unsure why others are digging holes in trying to argue with him. Maloney is a creative little number 10. He'll clearly be fighting for a place against Nuge just behind the front man. just spent 9 million pounds to fill that hole....
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Why do the deals that we do take an eternity to complete?. Other clubs identify, hold talks, then a day later the player is announced. We take about a week just holding talks.....I really hope, that apart from Kramaric, this is not another failed transfer window. I too share your view, and am getting just a little edgy.
weller54 Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 At least we are making decent signings now. We've signed no bugger yet!!!
weller54 Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Schwarzer? Argh yes, sorry forgot about the 42 year old reserve goalkeeper!!
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