Mbia for £4.5 million?

He's in for talks today...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2191706/Stephane-Mbia-hold-talks-QPR.html

 

According to Marseille any deal is linked to the Barton loan.....Or Vise Versa.

 

Goodbye Joey, er, sorry, Joseph...

 

For the sake of my sanity, I am choosing to believe that all this activity re the defence was part of MH's plan and not a reaction to one bad game!

 

Another fantastic signing if it happens. I am praying him and Dawson go through before the weekend!

 

Yes please, £4.5m well spent, i'm a bit concerned with the fee for Dawson, keep hearing £10m quoted,hope its nearer the £5.5m

 

Dawson and Mbia sound like very good additions. In a perfect world, they would have spent the pre-season with us. And, in that perfect world, we wouldn't have lost 0-5 to Swansea. And....

 

Am I right in thinking that M'Bia was initially a defensive midfielder?

Based on the performance against Swansea he might possible be used as the lynchpin of the midfield at least until Ale Faurlin is fit enough to start, freeing up the likes of Diakite and Park to play their more natural game?

So a possible XI for Norwich if the signings come off:

Green
Bosingwa, Onuoha, Dawson, Fabio
Park, M'Bia, Diakite, Hoilett
Taarabt, Zamora

I'd love Cisse to play, but I expect Zamora to be involved as a target man in the upcoming games against Man City, Chelsea and Spurs so wouldn't be surprised to see him at Carrow Road. The other option is to drop Taarabt and play Cisse from the right in a 4-3-3

 

M'bia is a quality player definitely one of the best defenders in France although i still have doubts whether we'll sign both him and dawson, dawson seems much more likely IMO

 

Now to me that looks like a serious side , do much more balanced , prob would start Cisse instaed of Tarbs , i thought he had a shocker on Sat .

 

Now seemingly we can swap Onuoha for Carvalho. Ridiculous!

 

I think he is a better Defensive midfielder ... maybe its timing TF said that we were about to sign other players and a lot of business can't be done until the beginning of the season as most people are on sun beds in Corsica

 

Or a towel on wooded plank

 

M'bia sounds a good buy if we can get him - we need a solid CDM bad and that he can also play CB is another big plus.

 

I think JoJo sounds quite good.

 

Yes, and Van Persie would have signed for MU in time to get a pre-season with them.

 

Yes please, young with a lot of potential and plays a role that we desperately need to strengthen.

 

This you can play Flyer so you should be happy ... expect Diakite on acid to start with

 

That would be a sight to behold. Frankly if he's French African that's good enough for me. I am thinking of setting up a finishing school in Guinea Bissau which seems about the only untapped market.
PM me if you want to invest, this could be the next Apple.

 

Isn't MBIA a bank?