The frustration is real mind. The last two signings we made on the last deadline day have literally only just got back playing, indeed Abdullahi made one U21 appearance and hasn't been seen in 2 weeks since.
I do wonder if this is what caused the delay in announcing, rather than the Boro game. It did seem a bit of a tetchy reason not to announce considering we managed to announce that Ba had signed for Dunkerque last night.
IMHO Abdullahi was always signed with next season in mind. We haven't exactly missed him. Danns? well let's just wait and see eh? He might only be missing a couple of games and we aren't exactly short up front
Supposedly a few weeks according to a liverpool journo. Sounds like they have spotted he hasn't fully recovered from a previous injury and he needs to rest before getting involved to make sure it's sorted. I could be wrong like but seems that way to me. Can't see us signing him if he wasn't going to play a part
Agree on all counts, just saying its frustrating, and pretty ****e luck. It will be frustrating for the club as much as us fans.
I didn't say he wouldn't. I'm just saying that I wonder if this is what caused the delay in announcing. As other announcements (Ba) were made last night.
As soon as Mundle or Watson are back it takes the stress off. Mayenda can then be the backup striker instead of being cover for all the forward positions. I think Mundle is back in training isn't he?
Yes back in training as of yesterday Reggie said in his press conference. Watson in 2 weeks. Think Watford will be too soon for Mundle but I've got a hope he might sneak onto the bench for Luton at home next Wednesday.
Aye, I can imagine there were conversations at the club saying "is it worth us doing this deal?" but also realising that it was pretty late in the window (not their fault) and signing a player who might only be available for 10 games was better than signing no-one...
Hahaha I meant that yes this injury is a few weeks, he could come back and it happen again, as it has now obviously that’s speculation but it is a worry and a fair one
Complete coincidence It's not perfect but ELF/Rigg/Poveda/Aleksic is good enough cover for Mundle and Roberts and then Mayenda can be solely used as backup striker.
Ultimately I don't think our team are mugs. If they thought he wouldn't play they wouldn't sign him. Its the hardest thing to do in football but we just have to trust them now. We can all gang up on speakman and KLD at the end of the season if we don't go up due to striker injuries though. That would be unbelievably frustrating.
Danns: What are you injecting into my back Liverpool staff: just shhhhh, don't stop for any doping tests
I'm not gonna gang up on Speakman or KLD at all. As far as I can see they've done nothing wrong, quite the opposite. And if we fail to go up and people start bashing them it will all be based on hindsight.
Could have been worse. Would prefer to have Danns available for the final run in and possible play offs, as opposed to having another Gelhardt available for the rest of the season.
