fuchsntf Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Dog S h i t..might aswell sign me. What you bloody waiting for, nick a pen, steal a kit, sign on the dotted line. OH !!! FFS GET OUT OF BED. ps..you have the freedom to play a roaming roll, one other thing be polite to the ref.
bald reynard Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 According to Transfermarkt, he signed for Akhisarspor in Turkey on a Free Transfer, on 18 January. Why are people still talking about him coming to City - Transfermarkt (a generally very reliable website) have said he signed for this Turkish club 3 days ago !?
Tielemans63 Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I'm not sure if anyone spotted bit apparently he's signed for a club in Turkey. I'm surprised no-one else noticed that.
Deucalion Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Akhisarspor sounds made up to me so maybe still a chance???
Dan Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 He's better than all our wide options bar Mahrez, pretty good in the air (6ft 2 could be handy defensively too), has enough creativity to play at the tip of a diamond if needed. Plus he's only 28 so theoretically coming towards his peak. If he is still unattached, would be an excellent piece of business. You genuinely believe he's better than Knockaert?
Harry - LCFC Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I must have watched a different player, when he played against us he was always a real handful. Thought he was brilliant a while back. Struggled to get in to West Ham's team in the PL and hasn't done much since then. Probably a 'no' from me.
Nick Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 He may well prove to be poor. On the other hand, I remember we had this Irish manager once who signed all sorts of shite players that the consensus disagreed with at the time - the only incentive for us all was that they may have something to prove. If Nigel wants him - I'll roll the dice for a free transfer and some wages.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I just don't see the sense in bringing in a player, who is no better than the rest, struggling at Premiership level. It's ok if a player is being brought in, with a view to being in the Championship next season, at a capable level Well, that's my view.
Bettsj2 Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 You genuinely believe he's better than Knockaert? When on song, absolutely. They both have good degrees of skill but Vaz Te has more pace and is certaibly a better physical proposition.
Corky Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I must have watched a different player, when he played against us he was always a real handful. That's how we got Futacs
inckley fox Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I'm genuinely beginning to believe that the people in charge of our transfer policy, be it Pearson or whoever else, can't be competent. How is this meant to provide the PL 'know how' that Pearson was on about? We have repeatedly failed to address the obvious weaknesses in our squad. Anybody who places any faith in our manager's dealings right now seriously needs to open their eyes. It's a rare thing when the bulk of fans can see that team selections and signings are clearly not good enough, or not addressing glaring weaknesses, but the manager can't. I'm increasingly concerned that he has been blinded by his affection for the current squad. You have to wonder at times whether we'd be any worse off plucking a random face from the crowd to choose our players. Right now I can't help but feel that we simply haven't treated promotion seriously. We've been tinkering with formations and line-ups, signing and failing to sign veterans from wherever we can find them like it's 2003 all over again, picking up pretty much anyone who nobody else wants any more... and done very little to improve on what we had last season. Our manager has been given ample opportunity to learn how to manage at this level. And it was crucial, back in October or November, that he learned and learned fast. I'm not convinced he has. And if you'd told us back in May that we'd be bottom come late January, three points adrift and about to play our hardest six games of the season, while trying to sign Maloney and Vaz Te, praising Hammond as our star midfielder, boasting Konchesky as one of our most-fielded players and wondering when Matthew Upson would be fit again, then we'd have been devastated.
lee7 Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Inconsistent! If we are aiming to stay up then we should not be looking at players like this. It'd be too much of a gamble not knowing which Vaz Te would turn up.
Merchant Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 I'm genuinely beginning to believe that the people in charge of our transfer policy, be it Pearson or whoever else, can't be competent. How is this meant to provide the PL 'know how' that Pearson was on about? We have repeatedly failed to address the obvious weaknesses in our squad. Anybody who places any faith in our manager's dealings right now seriously needs to open their eyes. It's a rare thing when the bulk of fans can see that team selections and signings are clearly not good enough, or not addressing glaring weaknesses, but the manager can't. I'm increasingly concerned that he has been blinded by his affection for the current squad. You have to wonder at times whether we'd be any worse off plucking a random face from the crowd to choose our players. Right now I can't help but feel that we simply haven't treated promotion seriously. We've been tinkering with formations and line-ups, signing and failing to sign veterans from wherever we can find them like it's 2003 all over again, picking up pretty much anyone who nobody else wants any more... and done very little to improve on what we had last season. So because we've been linked very unreliably to Vaz Te ' Anybody who places any faith in our manager's dealings right now seriously needs to open their eyes.' And 'veterans from wherever we can find them' being our current 3rd choice keeper? Or are you including Cambiasso in that? Out of interest who out of our 2003 crop of veterans had anythng like Cambi's pedigree?
phg Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 What an absolute dross signing this would be please tell me your avatar is post-ironic
The Railway Man Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 Erm. Was ok in the Championship I suppose but never ready at this level. Not for me.
inckley fox Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 So because we've been linked very unreliably to Vaz Te ' Anybody who places any faith in our manager's dealings right now seriously needs to open their eyes.' And 'veterans from wherever we can find them' being our current 3rd choice keeper? Or are you including Cambiasso in that? Out of interest who out of our 2003 crop of veterans had anythng like Cambi's pedigree? Taylor-Fletcher, Wasilewski, Hammond and Phillips represented the bulk of last season's purchases - all come into the veteran category. Cambiasso - yes, he is a veteran, so is Upson, and Schwarzer, so would Vaz Te and Maloney be if we had signed / do sign them. We're talking about the majority of our signings over the past season and a half, and two of the last four players we've been widely linked with. That's not to say that they're all bad signings, but it clearly does represent a major change in transfer policy. And our crop of 2003 had its share of so-called pedigree. Howey had been a league runner-up, played nearly 300 PL games, appeared 4 times for England and was still only 32. Hignett had clocked up a good 250 top flight games and was 33. Ferdinand may have been 36 but he'd played 20+ games in the PL a season earlier, 17 career games for England, scored 150+ top flight goals. Dabizas had played over 100 times in the top flight, 70 times for his country and was only 31. I'm not sure our 2015 veteran signings can better that sort of experience. So they are comparable signings. The real argument against that point, the one you should be using against me, is that Adams' 2003 side was already an old one, whereas the age of our squad back in May was perfectly average. But the difference between the 16 or 17 million Pearson has had to play with, and the absolute zero Adams had to play with is crucial. With that sort of money, we should be doing better than two guys sitting on the bench while we surrender the initiative to Stoke. We have had the funds to make the step up adequately. So there are very reasonable doubts about Pearson's signings. The ones he made in the summer to ease our transition from 2nd tier to PL club - didn't do the job. We can actually say that now, because we are bottom of the table, three points adrift, coming up to our toughest run of fixtures all season and, at the same time, turning to a new raft of signings in the hope that they'll keep us up. So, Vaz Te aside, you really would have to be blindly faithful to trust in his signings on that basis alone. None of which is to say that he didn't get it right bringing in Drinkwater, Morgan, James, Knockaert, Vardy, De Laet and Mahrez in the second tier. But he hasn't got it right at this level, not yet, even if we've had glimpses of brilliance from Cambiasso and Ulloa, and signed a player of real promise in Kramaric. And maybe that will prove to be the difference between a good Championship manager and a good Premier League manager.
Ric Flair Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 Taylor-Fletcher, Wasilewski, Hammond and Phillips represented the bulk of last season's purchases - all come into the veteran category. Cambiasso - yes, he is a veteran, so is Upson, and Schwarzer, so would Vaz Te and Maloney be if we had signed / do sign them. We're talking about the majority of our signings over the past season and a half, and two of the last four players we've been widely linked with. That's not to say that they're all bad signings, but it clearly does represent a major change in transfer policy. And our crop of 2003 had its share of so-called pedigree. Howey had been a league runner-up, played nearly 300 PL games, appeared 4 times for England and was still only 32. Hignett had clocked up a good 250 top flight games and was 33. Ferdinand may have been 36 but he'd played 20+ games in the PL a season earlier, 17 career games for England, scored 150+ top flight goals. Dabizas had played over 100 times in the top flight, 70 times for his country and was only 31. I'm not sure our 2015 veteran signings can better that sort of experience. So they are comparable signings. The real argument against that point, the one you should be using against me, is that Adams' 2003 side was already an old one, whereas the age of our squad back in May was perfectly average. But the difference between the 16 or 17 million Pearson has had to play with, and the absolute zero Adams had to play with is crucial. With that sort of money, we should be doing better than two guys sitting on the bench while we surrender the initiative to Stoke. We have had the funds to make the step up adequately. So there are very reasonable doubts about Pearson's signings. The ones he made in the summer to ease our transition from 2nd tier to PL club - didn't do the job. We can actually say that now, because we are bottom of the table, three points adrift, coming up to our toughest run of fixtures all season and, at the same time, turning to a new raft of signings in the hope that they'll keep us up. So, Vaz Te aside, you really would have to be blindly faithful to trust in his signings on that basis alone. None of which is to say that he didn't get it right bringing in Drinkwater, Morgan, James, Knockaert, Vardy, De Laet and Mahrez in the second tier. But he hasn't got it right at this level, not yet, even if we've had glimpses of brilliance from Cambiasso and Ulloa, and signed a player of real promise in Kramaric. And maybe that will prove to be the difference between a good Championship manager and a good Premier League manager. I have to say, you make a very valid point. His apparent failure to strengthen central defence is absolutely astounding, I'm amazed he's not been disciplined for it.
Babylon Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 I'm genuinely beginning to believe that the people in charge of our transfer policy, be it Pearson or whoever else, can't be competent. How is this meant to provide the PL 'know how' that Pearson was on about? We have repeatedly failed to address the obvious weaknesses in our squad. Anybody who places any faith in our manager's dealings right now seriously needs to open their eyes. It's a rare thing when the bulk of fans can see that team selections and signings are clearly not good enough, or not addressing glaring weaknesses, but the manager can't. I'm increasingly concerned that he has been blinded by his affection for the current squad. You have to wonder at times whether we'd be any worse off plucking a random face from the crowd to choose our players. Right now I can't help but feel that we simply haven't treated promotion seriously. We've been tinkering with formations and line-ups, signing and failing to sign veterans from wherever we can find them like it's 2003 all over again, picking up pretty much anyone who nobody else wants any more... and done very little to improve on what we had last season. Our manager has been given ample opportunity to learn how to manage at this level. And it was crucial, back in October or November, that he learned and learned fast. I'm not convinced he has. And if you'd told us back in May that we'd be bottom come late January, three points adrift and about to play our hardest six games of the season, while trying to sign Maloney and Vaz Te, praising Hammond as our star midfielder, boasting Konchesky as one of our most-fielded players and wondering when Matthew Upson would be fit again, then we'd have been devastated. Perhaps there is rather a large difference between what we want to do and what we are able to do in the transfer market. People were glowing about QPR's business in the summer, but they are two points ahead of us and in the relegation zone still.
Babylon Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 We have had the funds to make the step up adequately. Have we though? We've spent about £17m upfront if you believe the more reliable sources (and a large chunk of that was days ago). Hull spent about £30m last season and survived by the skin of their teeth, they spent another £40m this season and sit in the relegation zone with us. Cardiff Spent about £40m last season and got relegated. We've spent one of the smallest amounts for some time on fees.
Babylon Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 It's a rare thing when the bulk of fans can see that team selections and signings are clearly not good enough The majority of this forum were creaming themselves at the thought of us signing Andy Delort. Lets not overplay that just because a group of fans think something that they are right.
fuchsntf Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 The majority of this forum were creaming themselves at the thought of us signing Andy Delort. Lets not overplay that just because a group of fans think something that they are right. You just 4 quick posts this morning....must say all spot on imo!!!.
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