Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[Goldie.7]

I forgot Okore came on  as sub we'll say just under two full games he's played.

[baddowvillans]

I can see the rationale for signing Senderos but like some others on here I can't see how anyone can say that the Boggies didn't get the better player. We have to hope Okore settles into English football and LVG doesn't decide he wants concrete Ron for manure.

My main worry is not the signings directly but the fear that we will be outbid for players throughout the summer by Stoke, Palace, WBA, Hull. If that is allowed to happen this could be the season where relegation becomes a reality.

More importantly I still havent seen enough to renew my season tickets and don't expect that to change any time soon

[barrysleftfoot]

 We sign Lescott and drop Okores?

 So we have a good up and coming , potentially top class CH, on the bench to pay a player £60k per week , on a 2/3 year deal with no resale value at the end of it, have a frustrated younger player who cost £4m , wanting to move on , or you get a seasoned, average , international CH on £25k per week, who is happy to be on the bench, whereby hopefully Okores is allowed to develop and bloom.

 For me i didn't want Lescott, and i think Senderos is an ok player, i would rather spend the limited money we have on a good midfielder.

[murgsy]

Lescott - meh.
I'd rather sign a relatively unknown defender from Costa Rica, Columbia or Chile.

[supertom]

Lescott - meh.
I'd rather sign a relatively unknown defender from Costa Rica, Columbia or Chile.

We should sign the entire Costa Rica side and play them.

[Malandro]

'get to know captain Ron Vlaar' on the OS.

I'll clap him when his team visits VP this year

[supertom]

'get to know captain Ron Vlaar' on the OS.

I'll clap him when his team visits VP this year

I reckon Captain Ron Vlaar's favourite film is probably Captain Ron.

[KevinGage]

We sign Lescott and drop Okores?

 So we have a good up and coming , potentially top class CH, on the bench to pay a player £60k per week , on a 2/3 year deal with no resale value at the end of it, have a frustrated younger player who cost £4m , wanting to move on , or you get a seasoned, average , international CH on £25k per week, who is happy to be on the bench, whereby hopefully Okores is allowed to develop and bloom.

 For me i didn't want Lescott, and i think Senderos is an ok player, i would rather spend the limited money we have on a good midfielder.

For a club with stretched resources, it would suit us to sign players who can play a few positions.

Lescott can play left back and -from what I can see- Okore has the right attributes to play right back. Or we could have played the three of them (Lescott, Vlaar and Okore) in a back three.  None of those three would be out and out stoppers, they are all comfortable in possession and can either get forward or tuck in when the situation requires.

As far as the ever present financial constraints, that could have been helped by letting Baker or possibly even Clark out on loan for the season to develop, without the same pressure they experience at VP.  Clark is the higher earner, but such a move would probably benefit Baker more, in all honesty. 

I like him as a player, even in a difficult campaign he had a number of decent games last season.  But he has played far too often over the past two years.  That said, if he had a season in the Championship and was underwhelming/ struggling at that level as per the Fonz, it would be difficult to make a case for him remaining at VP.

[Ron Manager]

Its 9.50AM on a sunny Sunday morning but ever since Chris Jameson planted the idea in my mind that we might,just might, sign Shola Ameobi I have been feeling positively suicidal!

[Dave]

Lescott - meh.
I'd rather sign a relatively unknown defender from Costa Rica, Columbia or Chile.

Chile have only got about three defenders, one of them was released by Olbiyun and now plays for Nottingham Forest, and their main one was relegated with Cardiff last year.

The only thing I remember about him Bacuna rinsed him in the VP match to win the free kick that he then scored from.

[ozzjim]

Isn't that Medel, who is actually a pretty decent holding mid not a centre half, despite Chille believing a 5"4 midfielder can play there!

[Dave]

Isn't that Medel, who is actually a pretty decent holding mid not a centre half, despite Chille believing a 5"4 midfielder can play there!

Yup. The third of the three that they play at the back is also normally a midfielder,  also relegated this season with Osasuna.

Also,  Jara has been released by Forest,  so if we do want a Chilean defender there's definitely one available.

[ozzjim]

Wasn't he a full back at Albion? I am sure they thought he was Roberto Carlos for a while.

[edgysatsuma89]

Jara is a dirty cumbubble, nasty player.

I honestly think Lescott is way overrated on here, and by many others. I really don't think he's going to be worth the money we think he's on. Time will tell ...

[silhillvilla]

Lads I think we can forget Gareth Barry , at least 2 clubs are lining up mega bucks deals for him.