City transfer thread

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ArticTiger said:
I think the Norwegian premier league is equivalent to league one or the lower half of championship at the best. You have teams like Rosenborg which is a OK team. They could maybe reach a top half in championship. But I would rate Stabæk (Diomande´s (former club)) as a club equivalent to Sheffield United/Rotherham...ish… Stabæk would never been nr.2 in the league if i wasn't for Diomande. Thats for sure. He is their best player. The pundits on norwegian telly says he`s too good for the norwegian "premier league", but not good enough for Premier League and says Championship might be a perfect match for him. I am a bit skeptical about this signing, but also very happy a Norwegian has signed for Hull….being norwegian myself...Hoping for the best!
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Nice to see hear from an actual Norwegian fans perspective, you should make some more comments on here Arctic Tiger, thanks for your opinions!
 
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I'm pretty happy. Norwegian players tend to do very well in our leagues as I think the style of play in Norway is similar?

We've kept key players and we still have injured players to return. All in all a great day. I'd still have signed a freebie like Carlton Cole just for that all important experience.
 
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tigerscanada said:
btw, here's a bit of trivia for you Bojack.
When I saw your post, I thought you were onto some insider knowledge. "Hell" is an actual place in Norway, about 15 miles East of Trondheim (home of Rosenborg BK)- in Nord Trondelag.
I've been through there (Hell) several times in the late 60's when I worked for a Norwegian Iron Mining Company (in their iron ore processing plant), which was about 40 miles North (as the crow flies) of Hell.
Lovely part of the world.
Stabaek is a suburb of Oslo.

PS> So I've been to Hull & Hell, only thing missing now is the Happiness:emoticon-0100-smile Forget Halifax.
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Cheers for the info, I had no idea Stabaek was anywhere near Oslo, gives it a bit of a location in my mind. All I know about Norway is from watching the 1994 Winter Olympics and the Lilyhammer TV show!
 
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Blaknamberblood said:
Okay been at work and then gym so have just got in and catching up, first impressions were happy that Jelavic has gone, then quickly followed by who the fk is Diamonde !, but having watched the You tube footage (which always tends to show only the good bits) I have to say this lad might just be a steal, he looks to have very quick feet, has a trick or three, seems strong and dare i say it, not afraid to get stuck in with the centre backs, and a plus sign is that he tends to score all types of goals from tap ins to long range strikes and headers. Now we know he has been playing in the Norwegian leagues, but I for one am interested to see how he goes, kind of excited at what this lad can do but no doubt TWT. As has been mentioned probably the best bit of business is keeping hold of Diame, Dawson and Davies, and with a bit of luck Elmo will re focus. On a slightly sour note Thudd who was being talked up not too long ago about being in the England squad, has just had some realism injected into his life, that on his current form, no one is interested, perhaps this may kick his arse into gear. More then happy at the way it has panned out tbh, only missing link is a keeper, and that may be rectified with a loan in the not too distant future.
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I hope you're right about Diomande, it would be a real injection if he and Luer could make an impact and create some good options up front.

I don't think we'll miss Jelavic because our other strikers will be relishing actually getting a pass, never mind an assist.

We still desperately need a goalkeeper we can depend on - hopefully that will be a loan.

My biggest disappointment is we still have Huddlestone. He is our anchor and we will never have a free-flowing, positive, pacey team when he plays, and it seems he will always play when available.
 
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I think a few premiership players not been given a squad number because they have too many players etc..... maybe a few decent loans will be available when the loan window opens.
 
Craig in Nottingham said:
I hope you're right about Diomande, it would be a real injection if he and Luer could make an impact and create some good options up front.

I don't think we'll miss Jelavic because our other strikers will be relishing actually getting a pass, never mind an assist.

We still desperately need a goalkeeper we can depend on - hopefully that will be a loan.

My biggest disappointment is we still have Huddlestone. He is our anchor and we will never have a free-flowing, positive, pacey team when he plays, and it seems he will always play when available.
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Agreed. Watched the Preston game on TigerPlayer t'other day, and there was certainly a fair bit more positive forward momentum without Hudds in the line-up. Will SB take note of that I wonder ?
 
It is now up to every player in our squad to maintain our decent run. When the window next opens we may be in such a decent position - players will stay with the likelihood of a promotion on the horizon.
 
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tigerscanada said:
Agreed. Watched the Preston game on TigerPlayer t'other day, and there was certainly a fair bit more positive forward momentum without Hudds in the line-up. Will SB take note of that I wonder ?
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This has been the case for 21 months now. We are a better team without Huddlestone. Our only hope of selling him would have been a Premier League manager who hadn't seen him play for the best part of two years.

If we had a fully-fit squad he wouldn't make my bench.
 
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Unfortunately Thudd has got slower, he has never had great mobility but for whatever reason he has slowed down even further, his decision making also seems to have slowed, probably coupled with the fact that teams know to press him. Without him we have a much more mobile midfield, which in turn gives options, and in Diame, we have a midfielder who likes to drive at teams, just what we need, he is only going to get better as his fitness improves, alas this will draw attention to him come January, I can only hope that we are in such a good position by then that Diame feels us a better option.
 
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Sterling Archer said:
Ok, take out the other goals he scored. Every player that season contributed something, they had to as we didn't have a definitive goalscorer. His time with us didn't work out, but he played his part.
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We were losing to Ipswich when he came on as a substitute. His two goals gave us three points.
 
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