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[Albion] Tudor Baluta
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AZ Gull
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In the Argus today, Brian Owen reports that what happens now for Baluta and Jan Mlakar "..is being discussed by top men at Albion." (which seems a somewhat bizarre way to put it, but there we are).
Gheorghe Hagi believes Baluta is a "genius" and said after the win over Croatia "Baluta was fantastic, it was brilliant. I said he was more complete than Gica Popescu." Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali said "I can't forgive myself for not buying Baluta before Brighton did. He'll be worth 200 million euros."
Oh, and apparently he is "..reported to be of interest to Udinese and Watford."
Gheorghe Hagi believes Baluta is a "genius" and said after the win over Croatia "Baluta was fantastic, it was brilliant. I said he was more complete than Gica Popescu." Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali said "I can't forgive myself for not buying Baluta before Brighton did. He'll be worth 200 million euros."
Oh, and apparently he is "..reported to be of interest to Udinese and Watford."
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
If we send Baluta on loan then we need to recruit another central midfielder - can we stretch the budget for that ? 
I really hope Watford arn't sniffing around a buyout clause.
It'll be exceedingly disappointing if we loan him out in any case.
I really hope Watford arn't sniffing around a buyout clause.
It'll be exceedingly disappointing if we loan him out in any case.
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Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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In the Argus today, Brian Owen reports that what happens now for Baluta and Jan Mlakar "..is being discussed by top men at Albion." (which seems a somewhat bizarre way to put it, but there we are).
Gheorghe Hagi believes Baluta is a "genius" and said after the win over Croatia "Baluta was fantastic, it was brilliant. I said he was more complete than Gica Popescu." Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali said "I can't forgive myself for not buying Baluta before Brighton did. He'll be worth 200 million euros."
Oh, and apparently he is "..reported to be of interest to Udinese and Watford."
He’s having a great tournament, is interesting clubs who seem to give young players a chance. A manager of a big club in Steaua believes he might be a 200 million Euro player. What are we doing? Thinking about sending him out on loan, anyone would think CH was still in charge. Really strange quotes from the club in that article. I would expect them to be bigging up the player and his chances of breaking into the squad, dependant on what Potter thinks once he’s seen him in training.
- Jun 27, 2012
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I get the point. And its true that the record of playing u23s in the first team is limited to say the least. We'll see if things change with Potter.
But not sure that Albion don't help them develop, don't extend contracts of the promising young players (Connolly's contract is until 2022 and we have multiple u23s on longer term contracts) and not consider us a club who will help them. (they keep coming here !)
On the other hand , the idea that a premier league club shouldn't release players, shouldn't send them out on loan to develop, don't seek to make ££ on young players who might not get the opportunity to play for the first team and that Potter will change everything, because he is also under pressure to accomodate a squad of 25 senior players who all want to play as well is probably unlikely.
With or without CH that's not really the levelheaded, cautious Albion way, is it?
He has only played one game, and I'll hazard a guess that's the first game 99% of the posters on here have seen him in (or the highlights of).
Tonight he could get played round, over and through by England's #GreatestGeneration and we'll be back to square one, sacking Winstano and demanding 'first team footballers'.
Bollox to national pride I really hope the reverse happens and we listen to bewildered commentators exclaiming 'who is this player, he's embarrassing the England team'.
This thread will be l kinds of messy
Silverhatch
Well-known member
Senior Player is the definition that's letting us down here. If there truly is talent in the younger "Group" then surely it has to be developed in and around our first team because our Senior Group still consists mostly of players with a championship lineage or from non-top footballing leagues/clubs.If Potter really is about complete adaptability and believes in a No-Fear approach to football then the challenge is to let the really Top players in the emerging group compete with the Top players in the senior group. A club of our stature is the ideal place for this to happen and we appear, in Potter, to have a bloke in charge who has a track record of letting this happen. The club know that if we give youth a chance, much like Southampton did, then the Academy becomes a self-fulfilling talent generating asset.
Let’s hope he outshines WanBiss (assuming that he’s not been rightful dropped) and gets the opportunity to embarrass him!
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
I fear that we are going to make minimal singings this summer ( evolution ! ).
This is ok if we use the best younger players.
But the news that we may loan out Baluta is a bitter pill to swallow ( especially after finding out Mac Allister is being loaned out as he is in the permit mire ).
This is ok if we use the best younger players.
But the news that we may loan out Baluta is a bitter pill to swallow ( especially after finding out Mac Allister is being loaned out as he is in the permit mire ).
FatSuperman
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I'd love to do the same, but I already named two of my kids Titus, which was hard enough to agree with the missus. She would probably go nuts if I changed them now.
Normal Rob
Well-known member
Mine still works (just)
#cos he's our super troupa
Tudor C. Baluta
Scoring goals for fun,
he's just scored/gonna score another one#
I genuinely don't understand how you get that from:-
The Argus understands what happens now for Baluta and Slovenian striker Jan Mlakar is being discussed by top men at Albion.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
I think it's because the argus said previously that we were deciding whether to bring Mac Allister into the squad, and then it was revealed later that that could never have been the plan as he hadn't even started applying for the EU passport.
So a loan was always the plan for Mac Allister - which gives me deja vu about Baluta and Mlakar despite today's words.
It won't be so bad if we bring in another central midfielder - but we are evolving not revolving !
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Was thinking the same...that and because one person goes on about him possibly becoming a 200 mill euro player...hype or what...lets see what happens
B-right-on
Living the dream
They're not called 'the arsegas' on here for nothing....
- Jun 27, 2012
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The article and the Argus report on what they’ve been told with these transfer stories. It’s not their opinion. And this one literally says “could be thrown into the premier league squad”
I've just dropped 3 grand on a Tudor Black Bay in his honor.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Sadly it is all deja vu
https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/17665911.albion-face-decision-on-alexis-mac-allister/
"Albion are weighing up whether to fast-track Alexis Mac Allister into their Premier League squad next season."
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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In that case
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Girl!
I wanna show you Tudor Bar-loot-sar
I wanna show you Tudor Bar-loot-sar
I wanna show you Tudor Bar-loot-sar, Loot-Sar, Loot-Sar
He's gonna score
Bar-Loot-Sar is gonna score!
Tudor Bar-loot-sar, Loot-Sar, Loot-Sar
WAAAOW!