Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[supertom]

Brady is decent. A good age and a good amount of experience with it.
Fletcher I wouldn't touch with a ten foot barge pole.

[ChicagoLion]

Brady is decent. A good age and a good amount of experience with it.
Fletcher I wouldn't touch with a ten foot barge pole.

we have run out of 10 foot, will 3 metres work ?

[passitsideways]

If we can get Brady and keep Amavi, that would seem in theory a good combination, in terms of them being able to interchange between left wing and left back without having one being severely weaker in either going forwards or defending.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I just read Norwich unlikely to let him go

[mr underhill]

money talks and they don't have any

[Hookeysmith]

His Wiki states a winger not a left back?

[tomd2103]

His Wiki states a winger not a left back?

He's a winger who has been used at full-back by Norwich and Ireland over the past few seasons.

[peter w]

He started out as a winger didn't he?

[nigel]

He started out as a winger didn't he?

As did John Gidman, Kenny Swain, Colin Gibson.
Could be like rolling back the clock

[darren woolley]

I would like it if we sign Robbie Brady Good player.

[paul_e]

If he did sign I think I'd play him on the wing with Amavi behind. my reasoning being that Amavi is the better crosser and fullbacks generally get more time to cross the ball in the modern game.  I'd also trust Brady to get back and help out whereas I think Amavi is impulsive enough to want to stay forward and hope for a counter attack.

A mix of those 2 plus Grealish, Green and Ayew gives us the options and versatility we need on the left, I'd be very happy with that and would then concentrate on the right where I think we're incredibly weak.

[oldtimernow]

 

If he did sign I think I'd play him on the wing with Amavi behind. my reasoning being that Amavi is the better crosser and fullbacks generally get more time to cross the ball in the modern game.  I'd also trust Brady to get back and help out whereas I think Amavi is impulsive enough to want to stay forward and hope for a counter attack.

A mix of those 2 plus Grealish, Green and Ayew gives us the options and versatility we need on the left, I'd be very happy with that and would then concentrate on the right where I think we're incredibly weak.

I read that Brady has played as a full back too, so perhaps they could rotate, so long as they are coached correctly how to do it 

[OCD]

If Amavi is the better crosser, surely you want him getting to the by-line to get crosses in. If he's crossing from a traditional left back position (obviously he could still overlap), then diagonal balls are too easy to deal with. It would be better to get defenders turning towards their goal. As for being too impulsive and wanting to stay forward, he needs to learn that side of the game and we would be better off with him learning that in the Championship than in the Premier League.

[paul_e]

If Amavi is the better crosser, surely you want him getting to the by-line to get crosses in. If he's crossing from a traditional left back position (obviously he could still overlap), then diagonal balls are too easy to deal with. It would be better to get defenders turning towards their goal. As for being too impulsive and wanting to stay forward, he needs to learn that side of the game and we would be better off with him learning that in the Championship than in the Premier League.

No, watch the games, fullbacks are the ones who cross from the positions you're talking about now, with wingers moving inside to create space.  Having the pace (at fullback) to leave the winger unable to follow you means you get time and space to pick crosses.  Even in a truly shitty season Amavi showed this early last year and if Hutton could cross he should've had 10-15 assists.

[Chris Jameson]

Brady played as a winger when he was at Hull.