Rev Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 If only we'd have kept hold of Clough, Jeff would be joining PSG for £85m after leading us into Europe. Damn you, Sam Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Sheriff Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 42 minutes ago, QuitYourJibbaJivin said: I personally think there's only a handful of people that actually know who we're going after, the club has done very well to close off any leaks so I wouldn't necessarily take some random journos word for it. Vydras signing kind of came out of nowhere within a day he was having a medical then he was signed. I personally think we need to sign a midfielder, I think we're weak in the middle. We need somebody who can play in a 2 man centre midfield, somebody who can be a bit rough, we've got no physical presence in there. I know were overloaded with midfielders at the minute but they're all the same kind of player and can't seem to work together. I'm sure you are describing Bradley Johnson. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 51 minutes ago, Tombo said: Just call me 'Thicky Holden' then... Someone's gotta come. Tension Sheet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Simsy said: I'm sure you are describing Bradley Johnson. .. Bradley Johnson of yesteryear maybe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 49 minutes ago, valleyram said: Eddie means he's spent nothing with the Hendrick dough in n vydra out , that's not good enough with what's going on around us , he MUST get a holding midfielder in on loan till xmas to give Thorne time to come back or we are goosed this season What I mean is that if you have a meltdown (I think that was the word) over a club's transfer success or failure, then really you don't have two neurons to rub together in order to make a synapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyn1957 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 That's the proble Bradley J was a tough guy when he first appeared for us. I am hoping that N P can bring that out in him again because he obviously has it inside him . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninos Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 2 hours ago, ClaretMatt said: General noise at our end suggests it's a done deal for us, nobody I trust has confirmed yet though so we'll see. If it is done for £10 million you've had our pants down IMO and it's our own fault but we need a midfielder so desperately that we've got to be happy regardless. He really could turn into a mega star with the right manager motivating him. He's better suited to the premier league then he is to the championship. I think we will look back but not necessarily regret knowing he never did that for us for whatever reason. He needs to be playing against top players as it will raise his game. With his unlimited upside and his international pedigree, it's a fair valuation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 He just needs a bloody haircut the scruffy ****. Then he will play better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbyram1983 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hope he doesn't get locked up lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapeTownRams Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Wasn't the person to bulk up our midfield and provide some 'aggression' Bradley Johnson ?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 1 minute ago, caymanram said: Wasn't the person to bulk up our midfield and provide some 'aggression' Bradley Johnson ?!? He does but as soon as he plays well getting back to his best he gets injured its a theme running through the squad it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbados Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 3 hours ago, ClaretMatt said: General noise at our end suggests it's a done deal for us, nobody I trust has confirmed yet though so we'll see. If it is done for £10 million you've had our pants down IMO and it's our own fault but we need a midfielder so desperately that we've got to be happy regardless. I can't belive anybody has actually paid £10+ million for Jeff! I think your only hope here is if Dyche can tap into his potential and make him consistent. If he can then you've got a £10 million player, no doubt. But I just don't see it, he hasn't got the intelligence or desire to make it at the very top. I can see him back in the championship next season, if it's not with Burnley it will be with someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 15 minutes ago, Ninos said: He really could turn into a mega star with the right manager motivating him. He's better suited to the premier league then he is to the championship. I think we will look back but not necessarily regret knowing he never did that for us for whatever reason. He needs to be playing against top players as it will raise his game. With his unlimited upside and his international pedigree, it's a fair valuation. Please tell me why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just now, Ambitious said: Please tell me why? Because they are all hyped up massively ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I think he would actually have done well this year with a change of strike force. He's very good at sliding through balls and with pace up top he would have done well should work well with Gray imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninos Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Ambitious said: Please tell me why? Because he's quick skillful but yet doesn't have any physical presence. Put him in with other tidy players and he could thrive. Watching teams like Liverpool and Man U play in the final third last weekend it was lots of quick flicks and movement. Nothing at all like the championship. Play like that in this league you just disappear because no one is on that sort of wavelength. Plus He's always looked better in our bigger games then against bread and butter teams which is pretty much the entire championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_Stand_Ram Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hendrick will do well under Dyche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 51 minutes ago, eddie said: Tension Sheet? I'm just sick of it eddie. I'm just totally, totally sick of it. Sick of Pearson and his stupid flared nostrils. Sick of the way he always smiles when he's being insulted. Sick of the players. Sick of the fans. And as for Mel, well I'm sick of him. I'm sick of you, I'm sick of me, I'm sick of this club...I'm just sick of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 17 minutes ago, Ninos said: Because he's quick skillful but yet doesn't have any physical presence. Put him in with other tidy players and he could thrive. Watching teams like Liverpool and Man U play in the final third last weekend it was lots of quick flicks and movement. Nothing at all like the championship. Play like that in this league you just disappear because no one is on that sort of wavelength. Plus He's always looked better in our bigger games then against bread and butter teams which is pretty much the entire championship. The proof will be in the pudding. I just can't grasp the concept that a player that commonly goes missing in a side that usually dominates possession in the Championship, playing against a much weaker level of footballer, will suddenly become a star in a side that will struggle to obtain possession against much better opposition. I'd even argue that his fancy flicks will be an even bigger frustration than they currently are. He's going to have to learn to play in a two man midfield, too, and I don't see that working in his favour. He's going to be brought in to be their creative presence in the middle of the park, perhaps even the goalscorer from midfield. I'd be beyond surprised to see him contribute even 10 goals - scored or assisted - this season. In fact, I'd have been surprised if he had done that for us at our level - he managed 5 (two goals, three assists) in 33 games last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodypecker Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 £10m for Hendrick is a sensible deal IMHO and gives us some Academy payback. Jeff's good on his day but I don't see him as very cultured, or 'cerebral' as a midfielder, he has some physicality and a good engine, I don't think he'll be a stellar Prem player. Then again, Dyche wants workhorses that can put themselves about and out-work opponents to keep in the game. Bon voyage, Jeff, mind the cobblestones on your way to work! Glad we made the gruff-voiced grinder pay double his opening bid! Mel & Pearson will regret not signing a CDM and right back, if Weds passes without action on those fronts. We just have not achieved a sufficient change in mentality or balance in the retained personnel to cast off the baggage of previous seasons. Christie will still be targeted as the way in to our defence by opponents; our flailing captain will still be trammeling around covering those wide-open spaces with too much to do in-between rearguard panics to see who else in the team needs prodding to do their jobs properly. You thought repeats were just for late-hours TV? Not so, get down to the iPro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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