January Transfer Thread: Speculation, Lies, Absolute Cr*p and Bosman Rumours

[PaulWinch again]

That's Gourcouff.

[PeterWithe]

I see. Ta.

[Clampy]

Doing what MysteryMan does is the easiest thing in the world. Take Saturday night, me and a Wolves mate were in the pub and he decided for a joke to put on Twitter that he'd heard that Solbakken had not got back on the first team coach after the Luton game. An hour later he'd got the sack. Now people following my mate will think he's the source of all knowledge. He could carry it on i suppose with pretend gossip but he's not as sad as that.

As for AvfcMysteryMan, he's just full of shite.

[PeterWithe]

You cant knock the bloke for reporting that McLeish wasn't going to happen, only three people in the world thought it was a good idea and one of them was Mcleish himself.

[danlanza]

Luis Cavanda, defender from Lazio is on our radar according to SSN. Anybody got any info on him ?
U21 PLAYER IS ALL I KNOW.

[Mazrim]

Angolan born Belgian, fullback, 5' 11", can play right or left or possibly in midfield. Maybe friends with Benteke (no idea).
Has broken through for Lazio and is first choice I think. Represented Belgium at youth levels but not the first team as yet so could still play for Angola.

Seems a good player and it would make sense having a versatile fullback to cover right and left.

[PaulWinch again]

Well we definitely need some competition for Bennett at left back, so that'd be good.

[danlanza]

Sounds promising. Will keep tabs on him from now on.

[Concrete John]

Well we definitely need some competition for Bennett at left back, so that'd be good.

I think Enda Stephens has done OK when called upon this year.

[mr underhill]

mentioned before that my brother in law knows PF in a business context and to a much lesser degree socially.he heard that there is a sell to buy policyin this window as the wage hogs are still causing  a problem. Don't shoot the messenger, just what he told me and of course it could be total bollocks because he isn't MM, either the real one or the pretend one

[PaulWinch again]

Well we definitely need some competition for Bennett at left back, so that'd be good.

I think Enda Stephens has done OK when called upon this year.

He has done alright, but I think he's another that I wouldn't want exposed to a run on first team games. I think we need better.

[pauliewalnuts]

Well we definitely need some competition for Bennett at left back, so that'd be good.

I think Enda Stephens has done OK when called upon this year.

I think he's looked better than Bennett. I'm not at all convinced by Bennett, it's looking too much too soon for him so far.

[Jarpie]

Well we definitely need some competition for Bennett at left back, so that'd be good.

I think Enda Stephens has done OK when called upon this year.

I think he's looked better than Bennett. I'm not at all convinced by Bennett, it's looking too much too soon for him so far.

Bennet has probably suffered from those injuries, when he joined us he just came back from injury and then against Tottenham got that nasty cut on his knee which recurred in his next game. Enda Stevens has looked decent but has made couple of mistakes but he should get better.

We need another right back though since Lichaj obviously isn't good enough in either side and we don't have good enough backup for Lowton.

[paul_e]

If we sort the midfield and central defence issues I think we can afford to let Stevens and Bennett fight it out for left back for the rest of the year.  If neither has made it their own by the summer then we could look at bringing in a more experienced option at that point.

As I've said about Bennett before, to me he looks like he's ot the quality but he really needed to be signed early like Lowton was so he could benefit from training with the squad.

[tomd2103]

Well we definitely need some competition for Bennett at left back, so that'd be good.

I think Enda Stephens has done OK when called upon this year.

I think he's looked better than Bennett. I'm not at all convinced by Bennett, it's looking too much too soon for him so far.

Agree Paulie.  Bennett's shown some nice touches here and there, but I think there are some questions about him defensively.  Who knows, he may eventually turn out to be a left winger rather than a full-back.