Redmond has played a season of Championship football, Oxlade Chamberlain was League 1 at same age. I don't see how that fits? or works out? To me he looks like he has masses of potential. But yeah depends on his current ability and whether he can fight for a place in the team this season. Hughton will know better than anyone.
Transfermarkt is a highly regarded company that assesses player values taking into account a huge array of different factors- it's the sort of company that clubs contract when they go out and buy a player, to give them an idea of the size of bid they should be putting in, it doesn't just take into account the league. I don't know what Ox did to get such a high value, but they will have taken lots of different factors into account. I've judged a few of the Norwich transfers and a few of the premier league transfers and it's very accurate. For example- Jay Rodriguez is valued at around £1.5m, so buying him would cost between 3-4x his value, which would work out at around £6m. If Southampton pay £7m, they're paying a little over the odds, but not surprising given that Burnley don't really want/need to sell. By contrast, Jordan Rhodes is valued at £3.1m, so he should be costing between £9 and £12m, which is about right for the rumours.
I disgree with the Rhodes one too. Jay Rodriguez looks a lot better prospect, but fair enough. I was just slightly surprised about a couple of the valuations.
Yeah, there are some very surprising valuations, but they're independent and they must know something we don't, otherwise we wouldn't see the rumoured transfer fees bandying around that we do!
Guthrie is not really a DM, however, he is talented enough to fill that role. He played around the same amount of games as Tiote last season and did just as well. If he was happy being back up, I'm sure Padrew would of loved to keep him. He also filled Cabaye's boots a few time, he can pass, shoot and is great with a dead ball. Central midfield allrounder.
Can we please sell Simeon Jackson? Ok, he can run, but once he's got the ball my head is almost invariably in my hands. Bjorn Sigurdarson is a similar player, just as quick, except far younger and (i think) scores more goals. I want him (and I told McNally so at the end of the season)
I like Jackson personally. Sometimes his touch and finishing isn't perfect, but if it was he'd be phenomenal. The fact is he is rapid and his movement's incredible- with him on the pitch there always seems to be space in the final third because he pulls defences all over the place. I think he's still quite young and inexperienced, given another couple of years at this level and we may see him really develop. I like the look of this Jetro Willems !
Didn't Willems just sign for PSV this year? Something like that he's quality but I can't see us getting him
That Dutch defence looked absymal, especially Van de Wiel, no idea why Chelsea want to sign him! Van Bommel is slower than Barry, and it is soley his fault for that goal conceeded, he failed to close the oncoming midfielder or make any serious effort at stopping him. Only good players: Sneijder, Robben (both created plenty of chances), just a shame that RVP couldn't hit a barn door. Thing that struck me was how knackered the players all looked, even after 70 minutes, must be incredibly humid.
