Leandro Bacuna - Sold

[Dante Lavelli]

A few renditions of 'Bacuna Bacuna he loves a Chicken Bhuna..' were on Holte yesterday. Its not my fault!

I like that.  I much prefer an irrelevant chant to a negative chant about a neighbouring club.

[paulcomben]

Cardiff's Caulker being nice about Leo's corker.  "It was a fantastic free-kick and Villa finished strongly over the last 15 minutes. Our defensive wall for the free-kick was pretty tall – I’m 6ft 3ins for a start – but the ball went over us and dipped in."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-captain-steven-caulker-6290190

[OCD]

Less than a million? Another bargain - more of those please.

[SashasGrandad]

Surprised "Bacuna Matata" hasn't caught on as a chant yet.

ditto

[Billy Walker]

Less than a million? Another bargain - more of those please.

I reckon Lambert's our best talent-spotting manager since Sir Graham.   

[eastie]

Less than a million? Another bargain - more of those please.

I reckon Lambert's our best talent-spotting manager since Sir Graham.   

Maybe not so much him but his scouting network which does seem impressive .

[OCD]

The scouts will present Lambert with options based on a given requirement. It's still Lambert who decides which one the club should sign. He's made some very good calls. There are more obvious names but I thought the Sylla signing in particular took vision and balls. To sanction the signing of a midfielder from the French second division and throw him into the middle of a Premier League survival battle proved to be excellent judgment.

[eastie]

The scouts will present Lambert with options based on a given requirement. It's still Lambert who decides which one the club should sign. He's made some very good calls. There are more obvious names but I thought the Sylla signing in particular took vision and balls. To sanction the signing of a midfielder from the French second division and throw him into the middle of a Premier League survival battle proved to be excellent judgment.

I agree , he has assembled a good team of scouts and of course makes the final decision - regarding sylla it was very much low risk with the pittance we paid for him but it has turned out well.

[dave.woodhall]

The scouts will present Lambert with options based on a given requirement. It's still Lambert who decides which one the club should sign. He's made some very good calls. There are more obvious names but I thought the Sylla signing in particular took vision and balls. To sanction the signing of a midfielder from the French second division and throw him into the middle of a Premier League survival battle proved to be excellent judgment.

I agree , he has assembled a good team of scouts and of course makes the final decision - regarding sylla it was very much low risk with the pittance we paid for him but it has turned out well.

It was a massive risk. We were in danger of going down and he could easily have spent millions on a more experienced player who contributed a lot less than Sylla did.

[eastie]

The biggest risk was not bringing in a central defender in my opinion - I am delighted with sylla and find it hard to see why he has missed out so often this season when we clearly look a better side with him in midfield.

When referring to sylla as low risk I was referring more to the fee we paid .

[walsall villain]

Cardiff's Caulker being nice about Leo's corker.  "It was a fantastic free-kick and Villa finished strongly over the last 15 minutes. Our defensive wall for the free-kick was pretty tall – I’m 6ft 3ins for a start – but the ball went over us and dipped in."

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-captain-steven-caulker-6290190

I thought caulker played well! spuds fans not happy he was sold off.

[Clampy]

The scouts will present Lambert with options based on a given requirement. It's still Lambert who decides which one the club should sign. He's made some very good calls. There are more obvious names but I thought the Sylla signing in particular took vision and balls. To sanction the signing of a midfielder from the French second division and throw him into the middle of a Premier League survival battle proved to be excellent judgment.

Agree with this. He's done very very well to pay the kind of fees he has. Okore for instance was looking an absolute snip for £4m.

[eastie]

The scouts will present Lambert with options based on a given requirement. It's still Lambert who decides which one the club should sign. He's made some very good calls. There are more obvious names but I thought the Sylla signing in particular took vision and balls. To sanction the signing of a midfielder from the French second division and throw him into the middle of a Premier League survival battle proved to be excellent judgment.

Agree with this. He's done very very well to pay the kind of fees he has. Okore for instance was looking an absolute snip for £4m.

Indeed , he has - benteke , Vlaar, bacuna, Lowton , Westwood , sylla , to name a few would all more than double or treble any outlay on them now - there is no question that his transfer activity in the main has been exceptional and its good  to see him put together such a network  of scouts  after the years of mon mostly ignoring Europe.

[Dante Lavelli]

The scouts will present Lambert with options based on a given requirement. It's still Lambert who decides which one the club should sign. He's made some very good calls. There are more obvious names but I thought the Sylla signing in particular took vision and balls. To sanction the signing of a midfielder from the French second division and throw him into the middle of a Premier League survival battle proved to be excellent judgment.

Agree with this. He's done very very well to pay the kind of fees he has. Okore for instance was looking an absolute snip for £4m.

Indeed , he has - benteke , Vlaar, bacuna, Lowton , Westwood , sylla , to name a few would all more than double or treble any outlay on them now - there is no question that his transfer activity in the main has been exceptional and its good  to see him put together such a network  of scouts  after the years of mon mostly ignoring Europe.

He might have to cash in one or two of those chips next sumner if he wants to continue with this policy.  It'll provide him with a bit of extra cash to speculate (maybe at a level above) and crucially free up some space in the squad.  Loans would also be a good way of ensuring all/most of his signings get regular football and maximum opportunity to improve.

[Toronto Villa]

What a contrast the skill and attitude of this number 7 to the previous one.