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Han er en spiller med fysikk og «power», som er ganske viktig i England. Særlig i Championship. Det er et steg opp for han, for all del. Det er vanskelig å være sikker, men tror han har ferdighetene og egenskapene som passer.

He is a player with physics and "power," which is quite important in England. Especially in the Championship. It is a step up for him, by all means. It's hard to be sure, but think he has the skills and qualities that fit.


Various Norwegian pundits saying why our new boy will succeed:

http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/championship/ekspertene-tror-diomande-vil-lykkes-i-hull/a/23516384/
 
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Best deadline day ever.

Held on to Diame, Dawson, Elmo, Robertson, and Hernandez.

Got rid of sulky chops jelavic, and a big wake up call for Huddlestone who now must realise he has to knuckle down and discover some form in order to convince future suitors.

Plus Curtis Davies getting back to his best form, and snodgrass to come back.

The Norwegian will be a punt like prossie and sagbo but for a couple of million who cares?
From what I've seen of Huddlestone in the last year it would suggest to me that he's a busted flush, and not many clubs want to buy those.

Obviously I hope that he proves me wrong, but he going to have to go some to take the place of either Diame or Maloney, and on current form Meyler. The only way back would appear to be hard work and I don't know if he has that in his locker.
 
Well, that's been a pretty bloody good transfer window in my view, we've got at the moment a very strong looking Championship squad, with 2 long term loan signing spots available to us to strengthen in goal and possibly CM depending on people's fitness. Can't believe people are either slagging off or raving about a new player based on a youtube vid, lest we forget Manucho looked good on Youtube! Time will tell on all players, new and current, we know who we've got now, they know where they are , time to crack on with a promotion bid
 
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Ellewoods will be interested:

Han gir trener Bob Bradley en stor del av æren for suksessen:

– Jeg fikk en god trener i Bob (Bradley), så all ære til han for at han fikk det beste ut av meg. Hele Stabæk-familien skal ha all ære for suksessen min, sier han til budstikka.no.

He gives coach Bob Bradley a large share of the credit for success:

- I got a good coach in Bob (Bradley), so all honor to him for that he got the best out of me. Stabæk entire family deserve credit for my success, he says to budstikka.no.
 
Well, that's been a pretty bloody good transfer window in my view, we've got at the moment a very strong looking Championship squad, with 2 long term loan signing spots available to us to strengthen in goal and possibly CM depending on people's fitness. Can't believe people are either slagging off or raving about a new player based on a youtube vid, lest we forget Manucho looked good on Youtube! Time will tell on all players, new and current, we know who we've got now, they know where they are , time to crack on with a promotion bid
Palacious 'could' be the CM ?
 
Well, that's been a pretty bloody good transfer window in my view, we've got at the moment a very strong looking Championship squad, with 2 long term loan signing spots available to us to strengthen in goal and possibly CM depending on people's fitness. Can't believe people are either slagging off or raving about a new player based on a youtube vid, lest we forget Manucho looked good on Youtube! Time will tell on all players, new and current, we know who we've got now, they know where they are , time to crack on with a promotion bid

can`t see where anyone has particularly raved about him tbh, and i think everyone that has had a positive input on him have eluded to the fact that it`s you tube, and as such we are aware its only the good bits that are shown, but the glimpses on there show a encouraging signs, but TWT. As for those who are slating the lad without actually seeing or knowing about him, I totally agree.
 
We all know how unreliable YouTube videos can be but Diomande looks to have strength and pace - a combination that recent strikers have been sadly lacking at City for quite some time. I'm really looking forward to seeing if he can keep that up in the Championship.
Same, from what I've seen on those clips we've just bought Norways version of Andre Gray, and ok he hasn't played in the Championship before, but neither had Gray until last season and he did ok. This guy looks to have very similar attributes to Gray, I'm chuffed to bits with a fee of £1.7M and can only think that some on here love to piss and moan, they're maybe contracting it from TubbyFucker!
 
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Come on Peter, he's not the only one who's missed penalties under pressure...much better players have cocked-up. Prossies penalty that day was under severe pressure for someone who hadn't been on form at the end of that season.
Remember these ?

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...rom-roberto-baggio-to-diana-ross-9531657.html
I would blame Bruce for getting him to take the penalty then. I couldn't believe it when he stepped up to take it. It seemed like a death wish.
The guy said if he had a chance to score he scored which clearly wasn't the case. If the guy had said: "If he had a chance to score then he sometimes scored" I wouldn't have complained about the statement. Are you saying that wrong is the new right?
 
I must say it has been as good an end to the window as we could hope for. Held onto Elmo, Dawson, Diame and Huddlestone really stand a good chance to make the top 2 by the end of the season.
Maybe the betting companies don't change their odds on the last day of the window but I was surprised that our odds haven't changed.
We have until January to put a good run together and if we do well I would think players would rather stay with us than risk relegation from Premier League with some other club.
 
Han er en spiller med fysikk og «power», som er ganske viktig i England. Særlig i Championship. Det er et steg opp for han, for all del. Det er vanskelig å være sikker, men tror han har ferdighetene og egenskapene som passer.

He is a player with physics and "power," which is quite important in England. Especially in the Championship. It is a step up for him, by all means. It's hard to be sure, but think he has the skills and qualities that fit.


Various Norwegian pundits saying why our new boy will succeed:

http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/championship/ekspertene-tror-diomande-vil-lykkes-i-hull/a/23516384/

I think "power" is the key word. It's what we've been desperately missing. Akpom has skill and Hernandez has some good moves but we've had no one who has the power to run at defenders and hold them off. He is built strongly with good balance and defenders will be cautious about committing against him....like Gomis at Swansea for example. Gives us a great option up front and has speed also.
 
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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.

You mean like last Saturday?
 
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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 ?
What does that mean then? Is it Huddlestone who decides the ponderous play or Bruce? If not Bruce I would think that he would tell Huddlestone both before and during the match.
 
can`t see where anyone has particularly raved about him tbh, and i think everyone that has had a positive input on him have eluded to the fact that it`s you tube, and as such we are aware its only the good bits that are shown, but the glimpses on there show a encouraging signs, but TWT. As for those who are slating the lad without actually seeing or knowing about him, I totally agree.
The amazing thing is that on the last day of the window I have read that some managers get offered a player from a foreign league and they can only look at youtube to judge whether they want them.
 
The amazing thing is that on the last day of the window I have read that some managers get offered a player from a foreign league and they can only look at youtube to judge whether they want them.

sadly that reeks of desperation, and ill planning, but wholly believable given the day and age we live in.
 
Looking forward to the next seven games as they will define us. This new lad is an exciting prospect, he seems to have the movement and skills at speed which is excellent. We have an experienced midfield and some real options on formation. Let's see how it works out.