Guest Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I know pal. Just wanted to see how many no Americans posts there would be. Seriously though I hope he gets his form back on the club level. The only American player I rate is that Brek Shea chap who plays for Stoke/Birmingham. He's a gazelle, with power ... like a very poor man's version of Gareth Bale but he plays wide. Mac could develop him. He's available in the window too .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 The only American player I rate is that Brek Shea chap who plays for Stoke/Birmingham. He's a gazelle, with power ... like a very poor man's version of Gareth Bale but he plays wide. Mac could develop him. Perhaps.Only one you rate in England? Or overall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 We need a player in the mould of Martin - a creative striker who can play with his back to goal and by himself up front. Best can't do that, and so a Martin injury would be absolutely devastating for us. We'd have to abandon our current style to accommodate Best who, let's face it, is not very good. But it'd be very difficult to find a player in Martin's mould. Overseas perhaps? That player is Luc Castaignos, Posh. He's young and a top scorer in the Eredivisie at FC Twente. Mac knows all about him, but he would cost us 6-8m at the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posh Ram Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 That player is Luc Castaignos, Posh. He's young and a top scorer in the Eredivisie at FC Twente. Mac knows all about him, but he would cost us 6-8m at the least. I have heard good things about Castaignos and obviously he and McClaren have a previous connection from Twente. No way could we buy him now, unless he's fallen out of favour there and is available on a loan deal I couldn't see us getting him. But if/when we go up I think he'd make a great signing as competition for Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorne Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Castiagnos is brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Johannson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorne Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 As I've said check out Hector Villalba, only 20, plays for San Lorenzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I also like the look of Luc Castaignos but he would be too expensive I'm afraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 As I've said check out Hector Villalba, only 20, plays for San Lorenzo If he wants to play up front for us and have Hector on the back of his shirt, then he'd better be bloody good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Perhaps.Only one you rate in England? Or overall? Almost overall. There are many good American goalkeepers (forgot those) but no, I don't rate any current field players except Shea (upside), and I pay attention trust me. ... Bradley okay, and Dempsey not bad too (now with MLS) and ... Back in the day, Donovan was good, and so was Claudio Reyna ... but Harkes was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I have heard good things about Castaignos and obviously he and McClaren have a previous connection from Twente. No way could we buy him now, unless he's fallen out of favour there and is available on a loan deal I couldn't see us getting him. But if/when we go up I think he'd make a great signing as competition for Martin. Good points, but Martin would be coming off the bench if we signed Castaignos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Blackburn let us have Leon Best on loan the same way we were happy to let Ipswich have Sammon on loan enough said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Almost overall. There are many good American goalkeepers (forgot those) but no, I don't rate any current field players except Shea (upside), and I pay attention trust me. ... Bradley okay, and Dempsey not bad too (now with MLS) and ... Back in the day, Donovan was good, and so was Claudio Reyna ... but Harkes was awful. Ok.... Shea to me has promise,but just does not seem to know how to live up to it.Dempsey is a very good player imo and could easily play in the Prem(couple teams wanted to get him on loan in Jan but he said no). Bradley is my favorite US player and his play is underrated imo.I for one did not like him going to MLS at all as I thought he still had much to offer in Europe. Howard and Guzan are well respected in the Prem and are very good imo.Donovan is still good but yes due to age has leveled off some. With all this being said,imo Diskerud actually has more promise imo than Shea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Brian McBride was great at Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Brian McBride was great at Fulham. I reckon he could still do a job here. What you think?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I reckon he could still do a job here. What you think?? He's 42 now...but would probably still contribute more than Best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Johnny Russell played as a striker in Scotland and very good he was at it , he is better through the middle as out wide Sammon was very good as a striker in Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 If Martin was out for a month or so, I can almost guarantee we would have a replacement lined up - a good one at that. It's just unreasonable to sign a player for a position and expect him to be happy. Leon Best was given a chance to fight for a place, he had an aim, but a Premier League team won't send a player out on loan to sit on the bench if they can help it. Grant got injured, Butland came in; Thorne got injured, Mascarell came in. Okay neither have completely filled the void, but we spent big in the loan market to land two very highly-rated players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I think Ibe was meant to be this, but unfortunately he offers something different to Bamford's cool finishing, and what he does offer he's not produced often enough. Id take Banford over Ibe any day. Banford doesnt have the pace, but he has a football brain, has vision can interchange with players around him. I still think Ibe is the player at school who never passes to anyone until its too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 There's a lad at Quelimane FC, Omadoye. Been watching him come through and I'm surprised none of the big four have taken him on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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