Karim El Ahmadi CONFIRMED (Reply #278)

[Monty]

I do like how, for a defensive midfielder, the first thing Lambo said about him was that he's a good passer of the ball. There are some things you can judge managers' instincts by, and whether they prefer a passer or, say, a Cattermole type in the holding role may be one of them.

[Mr Speedy H]

How much did Viera cost Arsenal, a couple of million? God he must have been shit.

I'd much rather spend £20m on a player like Henderson.

You'd much rather PL spend the majority, if not all, of his budget on one player, rather than buy a handful of players to fill the gaps of our squad for considerably less money?

[damon loves JT]

How much did Viera cost Arsenal, a couple of million? God he must have been shit.

I'd much rather spend £20m on a player like Henderson.

You'd much rather PL spend the majority, if not all, of his budget on one player, rather than buy a handful of players to fill the gaps of our squad for considerably less money?

I think he was taking the piss.

Welcome to H&V by the way. It's your turn to make the tea

[KRS]

Hes a very right footed player so wonder whether he will be used on the right side of midfield or central...or may be even as part of a central midfield duo if PL reverts to 4231 formation.

El Ahmadi - Makoun
Albrighton - Ireland - N'Zogbia
Bent

[Mr Speedy H]

How much did Viera cost Arsenal, a couple of million? God he must have been shit.

I'd much rather spend £20m on a player like Henderson.

You'd much rather PL spend the majority, if not all, of his budget on one player, rather than buy a handful of players to fill the gaps of our squad for considerably less money?

I think he was taking the piss.

Welcome to H&V by the way. It's your turn to make the tea

I had a feeling he was. I thought I'd make a moronic comment anyway.

And I've been here a while ... just never signed up.

Milk & sugar?

[Risso]

I was indeed taking the piss.  I'm just not as good at it as Damon.

[damon loves JT]

I thought I'd make a moronic comment anyway.

That's the spirit. If we never made moronic comments life would be very dull.

[Mr Speedy H]

I thought I'd make a moronic comment anyway.

That's the spirit. If we never made moronic comments life would be very dull.

If only my boss thought the same way.

[PeterWithesShin]

If no one made moronic posts on here there'd only be 15 posts a day.

[pedro25]

Hes a very right footed player so wonder whether he will be used on the right side of midfield or central...or may be even as part of a central midfield duo if PL reverts to 4231 formation.

El Ahmadi - Makoun
Albrighton - Ireland - N'Zogbia
Bent

I'd have Holman or Gabby over Albrighton but otherwise it looks potentially very strong.  With Holman, El Ahmadi and Makoun coming in I doubt we will need all of Bannan, Clark, Herd, Gardner, Delph, Albrighton, Carruthers so I think either loan out say Caruthers and Gardner or sell 2 of Bannan, Delph and Albrighton

[Concrete John]

I'd be happy with loans, but not so sure about selling them, Albrighton particularly!

[PeterWithesShin]

Hes a very right footed player so wonder whether he will be used on the right side of midfield or central...or may be even as part of a central midfield duo if PL reverts to 4231 formation.

El Ahmadi - Makoun
Albrighton - Ireland - N'Zogbia
Bent

I'd have Holman or Gabby over Albrighton but otherwise it looks potentially very strong.  With Holman, El Ahmadi and Makoun coming in I doubt we will need all of Bannan, Clark, Herd, Gardner, Delph, Albrighton, Carruthers so I think either loan out say Caruthers and Gardner or sell 2 of Bannan, Delph and Albrighton

What happens if we get any injuries or suspensions if we've sold or loaned out everyone else? 

[JJ-AV]

Ive just read that the fee will only be around 2.4mil so if anybody thinks we are getting a world beater, think again.

Probably not a world beater, as he's 27 and been around in Holland for years. But if we take what we've been told that - he's only got one year left on his deal, Feyenoord are in financial difficulty so can't afford to lose him on a free, he's one of their highest earners and the fact that they're selling him at a loss, it suggests that we've got ourselves value for money.

Let's just hope that value is valuable enough.

[Hookeysmith]

Unless they significantly improve i cannot see a future for Albrighton and Bannan - its a shame but sentiment gets us nowhere. Albrighton started very well and was the best crosser of a ball i had seen for years - but then he just went backwards and his main threat became his biggest weakness.

Now i would like to put everything that was shit last year at the door of TSM but maybe Mark is one of many promising young players who get the big time and big money and think they do not have to improve

Hope i am wrong

One thing for sure is that across the middle of the park we could have some very different players and that can only be a good thing - maybe we will never see a CB play there again

[tomd2103]

Looks decent - maybe a Petrov replacement.

I would imagiine he'd be signing for Norwich if Lambert hadn't moved to B6.

Things looking up - he looks skillful AND a grafter.

Not so sure about that.  Is it just a coincidence that our first two signings have been from the Dutch league?  I remember reading something about us having a scout over there, so maybe he has recommended El Ahmadi to the club and Lambert liked what he saw.