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Thin we will see more of a 4-5-1 now. Particularly away from home.

Jonas and Routledge out wide. Smith and Guthrie central. Nolan just behind Shola.

This is just awesome. Very very encouraging stuff.

I remember saying on here a while back that he is a better winger (note: WINGER) than James Milner. Hopefully he can now prove me right.

Have bumped into him around my way a few times and he seems a pretty low key guy. Was very young when he left Palace for Spurs, and he started off very brightly there before getting a long term injury, which then gave Lennon his chance. Tottenham were pretty harsh with him (see other youngsters i.e. Boateng, Kaboul etc) when he returned and didn't really give him a chance. He was pretty down about it and it's taken him a while to get back on his feet now.

Very exciting player, especially when he is happy and confident. I think he will really like playing for Hughton, who is a calm sort and who is very loyal to his players.

He'll be great for the team imo.

I don't see Vaughan as being that much better than the 4 we have.

 

I know he has pace but we're hardly likely to use it tbh.

Pace causes problems though and it's important to have that option upfront. Loven has bags of it, but he can be pushed around a bit easily at times. Would be good to have another option to Loven.

I definitely see what you're saying though, as far as being unable to use a strikers pace consistently in this team. We are useless at it. However, it still can get us out of trouble every now and then, if only to cause defenders to slip up even. Vaughan does a good bit of hustling and closing down too, as opposed to Harewood, and so I think it could be a good move.

Well we may very well want Moyes to tie up that Beckford signing as he has apparently bid for him now. Otherwise I don't see them letting Vaughan go.

If we can come out of this transfer window with Williamson, Vaughan and Perch (hope we are still interested) we would have done very well in this window. Williamson is a big strong defender which we lack, Vaughan is a strong and fast striker which is a combination we currently lack up front and Perch's versatility would be vital.

Fingers crossed ...

How long does it take to assess an injury? It happened more than a week ago - they're probably delaying telling everyone it's a bad one.

Yeah, probably so other clubs don't try to make things difficult for us when we try to get a defender from them.

We should try for Jonathan de Guzman. Unsettled at Feyenoord and only half a year left on his contract. Feyenoord is skint, and will probably take any money they can for him. The player was recently coveted by bigger clubs (like Valencia), but seems to have been forgotten due to an injury ravaged first half of the season. Now back to fitness and still a good, young, dynamic midfielder. Dunno if he'd come here in our present state, but why not try and see what happens..?

Wow ... he really used to be seen as a big time talent, but things have certainly gone quiet with him.

Definitely one to target in the summer if we go up.

20.49  Newcastle United have again being linked with a move for Malmo's Edward Ofere.

 

He's bad. A bad version of Ameobi.

WOAH!

A bit more detail please! That sounds very harsh and scary as hell!

Is he good at anything? ... I mean damn! A bad version of Shola  :lol:

Hughton maintained we were going to get a defender and a striker to replace Harewood and Khiza if they left. Khiza joined Reading and Harewood is crocked.

 

Williamson looks to be a goer and so it will be interesting to see who the striker we bring in will be. Judging by the type of player Harewood is and the fact we were after Beckford, it appears we are after a striker with presence and pace.Not the easiest sort to find.

 

I know Ofere is 6ft3 and he seems to be somewhat fast from the clips I have seen of him, however I have no idea what type of player he is. We need a more detailed breakdown from one of the euro dudes!

 

Williamson is all but off, and Ofere is according to the resident Swedes f***ing s**** and not even good enough for the Swedish league.

Calm down buddy it'll work out.

Is Kalu Uche not playing today?

Becnhed for being rubbish against Egypt. Same with Taiwo. We could've used both today.

 

Not good ...

 

I have to say though I feel like Chelsea have ruined Obi Mikel. He used to be so much more of a creative player who opened things up when he was younger and with the under 21s.

 

Now he's just a sort of an okayish holding midfielder type. Pretty annoying. Doesn't get forward nearly as much anymore.

Obi's fine in my view. Poblem is that he's playing with two DM's. He pretty good going forward, but nowhere good enough to be the only attacking threat from midfield or from the fullbacks. We need to open up.

Hmmmm ...

Okay. Well in that case I don't see why they have benched Kalu Uche then. He played in midfield with both Obi and Etuhu against Benin and I though he looked decent and opened up some opportunities for that hippo Yakubu who didn't take advantage. Just so frustrating. Need to build confidence for the world cup.

Hughton maintained we were going to get a defender and a striker to replace Harewood and Khiza if they left. Khiza joined Reading and Harewood is crocked.

Williamson looks to be a goer and so it will be interesting to see who the striker we bring in will be. Judging by the type of player Harewood is and the fact we were after Beckford, it appears we are after a striker with presence and pace.Not the easiest sort to find.

I know Ofere is 6ft3 and he seems to be somewhat fast from the clips I have seen of him, however I have no idea what type of player he is. We need a more detailed breakdown from one of the euro dudes!

Is Kalu Uche not playing today?

Becnhed for being rubbish against Egypt. Same with Taiwo. We could've used both today.

Not good ...

I have to say though I feel like Chelsea have ruined Obi Mikel. He used to be so much more of a creative player who opened things up when he was younger and with the under 21s.

Now he's just a sort of an okayish holding midfielder type. Pretty annoying. Doesn't get forward nearly as much anymore.

Is Kalu Uche not playing today?

Special, special goal.

Stoke disgust me ...

We were linked with Scunthorpes Hooper weren't we? Should beinteresting to see what he looks like against City. Where we linked with a Scunthorpe midfielder too?

Offer them 4 mill, they wont turn it down.

Pretty much guaranteed a free transfer to a prem club in the summer so Beckford probably will now ...

Beckford is just rubbing it in now ...

This Beckford thing is the worst, because there was hardly any ohter interest and he wanted to come to us and then the Man U game happened ...

We're never going to live this Beckford thing down it will definitely haunt ...

Jenas is a liability ...

Beckford has legit qualities. Whoever gets him next year is going to be very happy.

Are WBA pretty much full strength then?

 

Their entire team and bench is the same as the league game.

Appears so, and it will be fascinating to see how our different lineup handles them this time around. Particularly in the middle of the park, and also the Thomas vs. R. Taylor matchup.

I hope we absolutely hammer them and Guthrie, Nolan and Pancrate have stormers. Only because we need Guthrie to remain in the centre and for Nolan to play off the frontman in order to improve our midfield and we therefore really need a right winger to step up i.e. Pancrate!

Really pleasantly surprised that Hughton has picked this lineup. He's clearly thinking along the right lines. Well done sir.

We'll need some place where to ship off Hleb again.

 

Do not want.

 

Huh!?!

I assumed it was sarcasm.

 

Probably. Sarcasm doesn't translate well on a forum.

 

I just really don't like Hleb. He's never impressed me, of course I wouldn't really be opposed to that, as he'd probably fit well enough here.

 

Really? He's a large class above anything we have.

 

I loved him when he was at Arsenal. Superb dribbler, excellent technique, intelligent and creative passer of the ball. He fitted Arsenal down to an absolute tee. Don't see how people could say he wasn't good enough for Arsenal when he was a regular in their side when they got to their only ever Champions League final.

 

Okay phyically he wasn't great and he seems to have an aversion to shooting but he's a certainly not a bad player ffs.

Talented player don't get me wrong. However, in every 90 mins of football he played, he was effective for maybe 10mins overall.

Particularly horrid on the wing, where he was usually played. Looked better when played just behind the front man.

Just not my cup of tea. He really wouldn't do well on a team with a bunch of average players either. Would have to be surrounded by a lot of other talent o be really worth it.

We'll need some place where to ship off Hleb again.

 

Do not want.

 

Huh!?!

I assumed it was sarcasm.

 

Probably. Sarcasm doesn't translate well on a forum.

 

I just really don't like Hleb. He's never impressed me, of course I wouldn't really be opposed to that, as he'd probably fit well enough here.

Can't stand him either. Always felt he wasn't good enough for Arsenal.

The ultimate walk the ball into the goal guy. Never crossed or shot the ball EVER! Unbelievably weak also and always going down. Also thinks he's better than he is.  Rubbish.