£9m? Quite a lot for him, considering his injury issues, but we don't want to leave ourselves too light at the back. Kaboul, Vertonghen, Gallas and Caulker looks pretty decent and balanced on paper though, I guess. Might depend upon sorting out the Fryers and Hall deals and them being up to the task, for me. Hmm...
maybe there's another coming in PNP? so far we've been linked to everyone, but no one actually has a bloody clue what's going on. Ade is the only one that was pretty much nailed on, and we all knew that'd happen! gonna be a very busy week this week, I think. if Hudd goes tomorrow I wouldn't be at all surprised.
You're right, Roo. We seem to have suddenly kicked into this transfer window, for some reason. Domino effect, perhaps? We're selling everyone apart from Modric!
Not surprised he's considered his future at all, only injury to others would see him get games imo, I don't suppose his grin was that big when JV signed. With JV, YK, SC and WG that should do, another would be nice but who likes playing 5th fiddle behind that lot, Walker can fill in if its that desperate.
Gutted to be honest. With all due respect he's far too good for QPR but then I suppose at his age and QPR's likeliness to offer big wages, you can't blame him for making the move if he's not wanted. Great defender and great servant to the club. Better than Gallas, just about better than Caulker at the moment, Verts is untried in the Prem... Just don't see the logic. £9m maybe good business financially for a (soon to be) 29 year old who's had a few injury problems of late but we're losing another experienced head and an influential character. Was bad enough hearing Ledley retire... Now our longest serving player - who's still a great defender - looks to be on his way.
That Fryers is supposed to be able to play centre back too so I guess he'd take a place on the bench if we got a couple of injuries. Given Gallas' age and injury record I'd have hoped we kept someone else on that could fill in too. As I said in the Summer Transfers thread I'm not happy about this decision.
I think we'll find its Daws himself thats pushed it after being told he won't start, I don't think he's an AVB defender either, too slow, and he's seen it straight away. Gallas isn't that quick either but reads the game much better, well, he's just a better defender anyway. The emphasis is youth so Caulker gets the nod there, and JV just needs games, he'll make mistakes no doubt to start, most do, we'll see after a few games. Back to Daws, i had hoped he'd stay on whatever basis he was given, but clearly he's found that unacceptable. As good a backs to the wall defender as you'll get, but not the most tactically astute, often getting caught out of position, but there you go. How many of us will miss the crossfield diagonal!
We spend a lot of time talking about players lacking loyalty and being only in it for the money yet when one of our longest serving players who is by no means finished is well and truly shafted by a new manager most people say 9 million is a good price and bye bye Daws !! Good luck and thank you Michael Dawson
I'll miss the collective "Now Dawson don't hoo.... oh for ****'s sake" from fans. I find it hard to believe anyone would want to go to QPR though, especially with that idiot in charge.
Hard to tell, as the fees all seem a bit up in the air and there are questions about Dawson's fitness. If the reports about money are accurate (Bassong £5.5m, Dawson £7.5m rising to £10m) and they both stay fit, then I'd say QPR.
QPR's back line doesn't look particularly solid - Dawson and Onuoha are reliable, but the likes of Green and Bosingwa aren't, whilst Nelsen and Anton Ferdinand are unremarkable.
