Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Using up our second loan on a keeper concerns me considering our only available strikers at the moment are Indy and Cam, if we assume Kod is off.

Is it two loans globally or domestically?

A quick look and I haven't found a definitive answer with overseas players.

[Matt C]

Using up our second loan on a keeper concerns me considering our only available strikers at the moment are Indy and Cam, if we assume Kod is off.

Is it two loans globally or domestically?

A quick look and I haven't found a definitive answer with overseas players.

The PL rules say (words to the effect of) loans from a club in membership of another National Association don’t count towards the quota. So we can still get another domestic loan (just not from Chelsea).

[enigma]

Gotta be honest, I'd be really disappointed if we bring Benteke back. He's clearly a busted flush.

We've needed another striker since the summer. All this time to work on it and this is the best they can come up with? What does Pitarch do exactly?

"Benteke's clearly a busted flush"? That's harsh on the lad. He's had injuries and a loss of form but at 29 he's still fighting for a place in a very talented Belgium squad and he's looked a handfull for Palace in recent games. He's clearly struggling for goals but i think he could still be a more than useful addition to our squad right now. Especially when you look around at what a lack of options there is out there. I'd happily take him along with either Mitrovic or Bowen.
 

I don't buy this argument that he's looked good but just been unlucky in front of goal. It's been going on for 3 or 4 years now. There is zero evidence that he'll suddenly come good now. If he's doing that well why are Palace so keen to get rid? We can ill afford to carry yet another non scoring striker. If we don't start scoring more goals we're going straight back down.

My point remains though, what the hell have the club been doing all this time if this is what we end up with?
If we don't get a regular goalscorer we'll probably be going back down. We can ill afford to carry yet another non scoring striker.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The Reina thing is a strange one really. Seems somewhat unnecessary. It’s also concerning that in Deans Leicester post match interview, he seemed to know very little about it.

Makes we wonder how much he knew about Nakamba, Luiz and Wesley, but that’s another kettle of fish.

I'd imagine keepers are Culter's department so Dean will probably leave him to it.

Dean was quoted as seeing Wesley several times, it was during one of these scouting missions he spotted Nakamba.
As for Luiz, no idea.

[Drummond]

Reina is an experienced Premier League keeper.

He's a far better option than Sarkic (who can now go back to Livingston), Kalinic (who can go wherever he likes), and with Steer out for a few more weeks and Heaton out for the rest of the season at least Reina and Nyland are a solid pair.

[Drummond]

Don't be so patronising.

[Sexual Ealing]

I'm somewhat traumatised by the phrase "oven ready".

[brontebilly]

Reina is an experienced Premier League keeper.

He's a far better option than Sarkic (who can now go back to Livingston), Kalinic (who can go wherever he likes), and with Steer out for a few more weeks and Heaton out for the rest of the season at least Reina and Nyland are a solid pair.

He has hardly played football in two years at Milan. He could well be pub league standard now.

[PeterWithesShin]

Reina has started 3 league games in 18 months, how do we know he's 'oven ready'?

[andyh]

Maybe he’ll be a turkey?

[DB]

He lost me at ‘oven ready’.

[Goldie.7]

I remember Reina being in goal for 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' when Everton hammered them.

[Goldie.7]

Using up our second loan on a keeper concerns me considering our only available strikers at the moment are Indy and Cam, if we assume Kod is off.

Is it two loans globally or domestically?

A quick look and I haven't found a definitive answer with overseas players.

The PL rules say (words to the effect of) loans from a club in membership of another National Association don’t count towards the quota. So we can still get another domestic loan (just not from Chelsea).

Were those EPL or EFL rules? I'm suspecting it's the latter and we've wasted our last loan signing allowance.

In fact, we've wasted both of them. *Sigh

*Edit because talking shite.

Barcodes in the PL had four loans in 17/18 and three in 18/19 both a mix of domestic and overseas so Matt C was correct.

[SoccerHQ]

Some journo linked Kemar Roofe.

I think that's an interesting link. Decent scoring record for Anderlecht this season and looked good for Leeds under Bielsa. Anderlecht got him for 7m so I imagine double that and they'd be open to offers.

[frank black]

Some journo linked Kemar Roofe.

I think that's an interesting link. Decent scoring record for Anderlecht this season and looked good for Leeds under Bielsa. Anderlecht got him for 7m so I imagine double that and they'd be open to offers.

Only plays well until Christmas though.