And, if we don't go up, as seems the likely outcome but hey, who knows, our 'crack' recruitment team have from now until 1st September to line up permanent replacement(s), in case Dijks sticks to his word and only signs on a permanent if we get promoted.
And, if we don't go up, as seems the likely outcome but hey, who knows, our 'crack' recruitment team have from now until 1st September to line up permanent replacement(s), in case Dijks sticks to his word and only signs on a permanent if we get promoted.
Even Mr Neil and they can't possibly cock that up with seven (7) months notice to work with?
Spoken like the true gentleman that you are General!!!!!
So he hasn't even worn the shirt in anger yet - and is
So he hasn't even worn the shirt in anger yet - and is
already ahead of Lafferty in the pecking order
Exactly, though to be fair, he was injured very early on and I don't think he would ever really have adapted to CH's tactics/English football.
I have to agree with your post carrow!!!
Agreed - and despite seeing him selected at LB on numerous occasions, I always felt there was a mistake not far away. Much happier with him in a more advanced role ahead of Olsson.
I saw him play in the pre-season friendly against Coventry and more recently in the under 23 game against Villa and he has the ability to read the game well and play some 'defence-splitting' passes. I think he'd be a real threat coming on against tiring defences and if he had been signed by Spurs or ManUre, he'd be a regular on the bench for them!!!
I saw him play in the pre-season friendly against Coventry and more recently in the under 23 game against Villa and he has the ability to read the game well and play some 'defence-splitting' passes. I think he'd be a real threat coming on against tiring defences and if he had been signed by Spurs or ManUre, he'd be a regular on the bench for them!!!
Morning Guys, ok here's my take on yesterday's events and the window in general.
We've sold Ollsson for £3M which is arguably a steal for Swansea despite his age. However he had made it clear a few months ago he wanted out despite signing a new contract which was only to ensure we got a fee for him IMO. A decent left back but not irreplaceable.
We've brought in Dijks from Ajax as his replacement who by all accounts is a more powerful and versatile player, have Ajax ever produced a really bad player?
We've sold Brady for nearly twice what we paid for him, a player who has wanted away for some time and to be honest hasn't been pulling up any trees for us this season.
We've brought in Wildschut who, despite not knowing too much about him, appears a more than adequate replacement from the footage I've seen and also is hungry and wants to be here.
We've sold Canos who, IMO was a strange signing as the few times he has featured has appeared lightweight and easily shrugged off the ball. We have players (Murphy's, Jarvis when fit), who are well ahead of him. Keeping him here would have done the player nor the club no favours.
We've loaned out Morris to Rotherham, who despite our recent result against them, can hardly be considered rivals to us in this league. Again he has others ahead of him, in fact AN even considers Lafferty to be so !
In conclusion, we've received circa £20M in transfer fees and outlayed approx £8-10M taking into account the loan fee and wages for Dijks and I feel have actually improved our starting eleven.
Oh and despite what we've all said about our current CEO, unlike the previous incumbent he has managed to get deals done on deadline day.
Disclaimer:
My account hasn't been hacked this is KIO being positive for once
OTBC
Skin of his bloody teeth, though
See, this is going to cause confusion galore, especially for those who
Cromer, I thought you were more astute than that. That is the time the deal was announced, not the time the paperwork was submitted to the FA.Skin of his bloody teeth, though
BBC - 31 January (deadline day) - all times GMT
23:00: Yanic Wildschut [Wigan - Norwich] Undisclosed
