[Albion] Fenerbahce are showing an interest in Brighton forward Jurgen Locadia.

seagullwedgee;8500323[B said:

]I gather from a privileged source that JL does not fit the nature of player desired for the squad[/B], in that he has too much ego and attitude, too little hard work ethic, and puts himself before the team, rather than the other way round. He may be good with both feet (not seen it yet) but he is clearly hopeless in the air. Regardless of all that, he doesn’t fit the team ethos and mentality and we are considering offers. Personally, I would crawl over broken glass, giving him a piggyback ride, all the way to Turkey, if it meant we could get just 75% of the fee back, and start again with someone else who DOES fit the bill. Most of our recent signings have been superb, he is a clear exception.

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Juan Albion said:

If they really have made an offer and he goes, it is because we don't fancy him any more, we've had a decent offer and have a replacement lined up. If he stays, it means he's looking sharp and fitting in and the club want to keep him. We win either way.

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Stat Brother said:

Flick me.

The fella played 77 minutes on the 17th of February.
How the fudge can 'carrying an injury' still be a thing?

The only reason I think (hope) 'he'll come good' is because of Winstanley's recruited him, the club paid big money, and Youtube says he's good.
It's got fook all with anything he's done at this club.

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One Teddy Maybank said:

Was when he arrived though.

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Stat Brother said:

and played exactly 1 month, or if you prefer 5 league and cup games, after putting pen to paper.

It's no wonder Super Sam feels right at home if you still get the benefit of the doubt 3 months and 10 games after that.

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Voroshilov said:

I always find it really odd how desperate some people are for players to fail.

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hans kraay fan club said:

I find it more odd, how some people like to make up utter nonsense about their fellow fans. Whatever people's respective views on Jurgen Locadia's talents, I've seen absolutely zero suggestion from anyone, ever, that they WANT him to fail. We are all Albion fans - we all WANT our players to succeed, we just have differing views on whether they actually will.

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chaileyjem said:

agreed. but there's a view on here expressed often that we've seen enough, no more excuses, the Locadia transfer has already failed and (some) fans want him to be sold.

re: giving him enough time - Hughton can be both patient - . Scheletto arrived on transfer deadline day last season. He featured in 7 games before the new year but it wasn't until game 24 that he started a long run in the side and showed impressive form (at Chelsea) before fading right at the end after Bruno had yet another purple patch.

or brutal - Elvis Manu had only 8 appearances for the Albion after showing fitful form , never a full 90 minutes. Was then despatched on loan to Huddersfield never to be seen again and currently has no club.

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seagullwedgee said:

I gather from a privileged source that JL does not fit the nature of player desired for the squad, in that he has too much ego and attitude, too little hard work ethic, and puts himself before the team, rather than the other way round.

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forumwayseagull said:

based on how hard we find recruiting strikers and the inflated markets etc, unless we get what we want he wont go anywhere....

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Triggaaar said:

If that's true, why the hell did we buy him? Surely scouts would have been able to find out if he was the kind of player to put a shift in in training, or work hard on the pitch?

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hans kraay fan club said:

I find it more odd, how some people like to make up utter nonsense about their fellow fans. Whatever people's respective views on Jurgen Locadia's talents, I've seen absolutely zero suggestion from anyone, ever, that they WANT him to fail. We are all Albion fans - we all WANT our players to succeed, we just have differing views on whether they actually will.

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Voroshilov said:

Well we're a little thin skinned this morning aren't we.

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Wardy's twin said:

Honestly think he was a panic buy , we were desperately short of striking power and we took a gamble survival (£100m in next season) v £17million.

We have him though and the only reason we might consider letting him go is a) we now have Andone who was our first choice b) We can see someone better and his move frees up funds and c) (and most importantly) that CH has had a close look at the lad and can't see him fitting in as he won't conform to his style of play.

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durrington gull said:

Yeah agree, not sure why many on here are getting so wound up?, if we get our money back and CH believes he isnt what we're after then so be it

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chaileyjem said:

Do we ? We struggled in the last summer window but Hughton’s striker record easily holds up in terms of value, goals scored, promotions etc, avoiding relegation and fitness. And we seem to find who we want and er, buy them even if Andone took 12 months.

Hemed - £2m
Murray - £3m
Andone - £5m -
Ulloa - loan
Locadia etc

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Justice said:

Where is all this coming from? CH said recently JL will be like a new signing next season. People need to stop talking BS.

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