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

[Mazrim]

More likely to be Mapperley.

[Malandro]

More likely to be Mapperley.

very good! My brother lived there when he first started working in Notts. A proper shit hole

[olaftab]

And Rio Ferdinand.

and Ken McNaught.

[PaulWinch again]

In the short term I'd have Zat Knight back in our defence if money is really tight.

[KevinGage]

Zat Knight?

Sweet titty fucking Christ. 

Things aren't quite that bad.

[PaulWinch again]

In the short term I think he'd be ok. I'd rather have him at centre half than Herd, given the questionable fitness of Baker, Dunne and Vlaar.

[villan1975]

Zat Knight?

Sweet titty fucking Christ. 

Things aren't quite that bad.

His positional sense is that bad he would fit quite nicely in the current line up.

NRC I rate in a limited sort of way much as Shaun Derry for QPR and think he would do the job we need most at the moment, Curtis Davies

was another to get criticized harshly and possibly could yet still be a good standard prem player.

Zat Knight? Not good enough.

[paul_e]

If we want an ex-villa central defender to shore things up for a year then offer a 1-2 year deal to Mellberg, at least he doesn't come with a load of baggage, he was quality and left on his own terms.  Knight and Davies were sold because they weren't good enough.

[danlanza]

If we want an ex-villa central defender to shore things up for a year then offer a 1-2 year deal to Mellberg, at least he doesn't come with a load of baggage, he was quality and left on his own terms.  Knight and Davies were sold because they weren't good enough.

Mellberg, spot on.

[PaulWinch again]

If we want an ex-villa central defender to shore things up for a year then offer a 1-2 year deal to Mellberg, at least he doesn't come with a load of baggage, he was quality and left on his own terms.  Knight and Davies were sold because they weren't good enough.

They weren't good enough for where we were trying to go/be. Now our sights are a lot lower and I think they were both good enough for a team battling relegation.

[OCD]

Mellberg maybe. Zat Knight? I would rather Paul McGrath come out of retirement.

[LeeB]

If we want an ex-villa central defender to shore things up for a year then offer a 1-2 year deal to Mellberg, at least he doesn't come with a load of baggage, he was quality and left on his own terms.  Knight and Davies were sold because they weren't good enough.

They weren't good enough for where we were trying to go/be. Now our sights are a lot lower and I think they were both good enough for a team battling relegation.

So when we're not battling relegation, and they're not good enough any more, what do we do with them?

[PaulWinch again]

That's why I said short term.

[paul_e]

If we want an ex-villa central defender to shore things up for a year then offer a 1-2 year deal to Mellberg, at least he doesn't come with a load of baggage, he was quality and left on his own terms.  Knight and Davies were sold because they weren't good enough.

They weren't good enough for where we were trying to go/be. Now our sights are a lot lower and I think they were both good enough for a team battling relegation.

So when we're not battling relegation, and they're not good enough any more, what do we do with them?

Exactly, if they were the only 2 defenders in the world that were available to sign in the next 9 days then they'd be worth discussing but as that isn't the case I just don't see any value in either of them.  Much better to look for players that are better than where we are and convince them we should be doing more than it is to sign players suited for where we are.  I know the problems we have in the short term are important but burdening the club with overpaid crap in the mid- to long-term isn't the right way to fight our way clear unless it's the only way.

[PaulWinch again]

Well yes I agree, but my basis of it was if it's them or nobody I think they'd be better than nothing. If we don't make any additions it could get very dicey. For what it's worth I'd much rather have Mellberg too.