Transfer Rumours January Window

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Rarely can a player have taken so much for so little, and having completely fallen out of love with the game over the course of the last 12 months, it would suit everyone for Rodwell to walk away and make a new start.

sounds familiar
can we sign him

The similarities didn't escape me kiwi.
 
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Yes he played for Hayes and I remember being at the game when many QPR were frustrated and booed him. he then went off on loan (abroad I think), came back, had bulked up and never looked back.

He went out on loan to Besiktas in Turkey in 1988. He scored 14 goals in 24 appearances. Did him the world of good.
 
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The boy from Hendon is training for a week. He might have a talent and be a player that has had to drop down divisions to get game.
Personally, a weeks trial is a good gamble.......not only in football ability, but also work ethic and mind set. He however might not fit in with what Ollie needs so all round it is a good idea - everyone has something to win and not lose.

As has been said before we have spent big transfer fees and wages on players that have not performed - this trial will not break the bank. Maybe he is our next Sir Les.
Put into context, we had Stuart Wardley (£15K for a couple of years from non league) who ran his heart out but very limited ability and we let Caulker go for zero having cost minimum of £8 mill plus.
You do have to shift through rubbish at charity shops (non league) but has been said before Jamie Vardy came from there. Now just suppose.....this weeks trial....identifies someone that might just maybe......
 
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Sunderland didn't. I read this article about Jack Rodwell earlier. If they get relegated they have a £70,000 a week player on their hands who doesn't want to play for them and will still have 18 months on his contract. This is well worth a read if you have time.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sp..._that_has_driven_the_Black_Cats_to_the_brink/

Sounds like classic QPR under TF. Problem the Mackems face is who would give up over £5 million to sit on your arse for the next 18 months? You can guarantee someone will sign him when he's finally out of contract, same applies to Caulker, they'll both play at a lower level somewhere...
 
At last - the penny is dropping among the fan base. If he's not good enough, fine. We find another one and we invest in scouts not agents. We did it with great success previously and can do so again. The next time an agent comes knocking, lock him in a darkened room and beat the **** out of him especially if he has robbed us in the past.
 
At last - the penny is dropping among the fan base. If he's not good enough, fine. We find another one and we invest in scouts not agents. We did it with great success previously and can do so again. The next time an agent comes knocking, lock him in a darkened room and beat the **** out of him especially if he has robbed us in the past.
Well said Yorkshire. I can supply a dark room.
 
Bloody hell! Now I am not knocking the bloke as I have never heard of him however You get for what you pay for normally. It's like shopping in Harrods and then in a charity shop. What are the club doing? Surely TF can afford a bit more than this....
If not that woman who knows all the sheikh's is now not buying Newcastle.
But we didn’t get what we paid for, we paid big money for and to Bosingwa, SWP, Park, Caesar, Caulker etc etc. I’d far rather be shopping in the basement for the odd bargain than buying over priced crap from Harvey Nicks.
 
Wheeler linked with a move away...he is 26 so probably should have been linked more to the first team than the youngsters coming through

http://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/transfer-news/former-exeter-city-star-david-1080996

Despite a couple of promising performances, the right-midfielder has played just nine minutes since the start of December, and with no news of an injury, it appears that he simply hasn’t done enough to feature.

It's so bloody annoying that so many promising players we bring in end up in this situation, WTF is going on?...<grr>
 
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Wheeler linked with a move away...he is 26 so probably should have been linked more to the first team than the youngsters coming through

http://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/transfer-news/former-exeter-city-star-david-1080996

Despite a couple of promising performances, the right-midfielder has played just nine minutes since the start of December, and with no news of an injury, it appears that he simply hasn’t done enough to feature.

He’s only been here 5 minutes. Surely no truth.
 
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Have been told the club did go to see him Loveit, and he was good but not great on the occassions they watched him and are planning on going back to see him in 6 months time.
Ok thanks, maybe not a good thing to say for the lad but had he known they were there he may of put in a better performance.
 
But we didn’t get what we paid for, we paid big money for and to Bosingwa, SWP, Park, Caesar, Caulker etc etc. I’d far rather be shopping in the basement for the odd bargain than buying over priced crap from Harvey Nicks.
So Charlie was overpriced? All you have done is taken one moment in time and using it for your argument. It doesn't work like that. Yes, you get some good talent in the lower leagues but most are there for a reason. You also get some crap players up the higher end but that's football. The reason we got players like Boswinger/Park/Ceasar/Caulker was because of the manager at the time and what the club wanted.
If you believe that filling the team with low quality is the answer you are wrong. Another thing you forget to mention is where are we now compared to where we were before? The more we dilute the squad the further we will fall down the league.
 
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