Joe mason to Bournemouth

[Blue Valkyrie]

I see Sky are now linking us with Lukas Jutkiewicz of Middlesbrough.

Very good player. Would be happy to get him.

 

[Bozza]

From wiki- Jutkiewicz scored his first league goal in 1-0 win over Charlton a week later. Since then, he's failed to score in his last 18 games, missing chance after chance. Jutkiewicz not being able to hit the proverbial 'barn door' has left many fans frustrated with his woeful finishing.

Was a fan of him at Coventry though so maybe he's unsettled at Boro, but still, not exactly encouraging.

That's inaccurate. It's no goals in 20 games.

 

[Sheebo]

I quite like him. Not convinced he's a great fit with our style (Grabban was, I think) but a decent, strong forward.

He's from down South, too - Southampton lad.

Yeh sounds it

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I love that as soon as the Albion are linked to a player they immediately (nine times out of ten) become brilliant in the eyes of our supporters. Then, when we don't sign them, they revert back to being useless.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Has Jutkiewicz got pace?

No !

 

[nwgull]

No !

Doesn't sound like an ideal partner for Ulloa then. My ideal of having a big strong centre forward (Ulloa) with pacy attacker playing off is probably a bit too simplistic, but we certainly lacked pace up front on Saturday.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

He's quite similar to Ulloa from what I can remember. I think now would be a good time to sign him from a financial perspective, as if we truly rate him his stock should - in theory - be a bit lower. No goal in 20 games will do anything but add £££ onto his value.

 

[El Presidente]

I love that as soon as the Albion are linked to a player they immediately (nine times out of ten) become brilliant in the eyes of our supporters. Then, when we don't sign them, they revert back to being useless.

It's sometimes known as Coppell Syphillis syndrome

 

[Simster]

I love that as soon as the Albion are linked to a player they immediately (nine times out of ten) become brilliant in the eyes of our supporters. Then, when we don't sign them, they revert back to being useless.

I think I prefer that to the alternative. The one where we sign a player, a Nigel comes on here to tell us he was on loan with them and was complete gash, NSC rubbishes him for saying so, and then finally we get to see it for our own eyes.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I love that as soon as the Albion are linked to a player they immediately (nine times out of ten) become brilliant in the eyes of our supporters. Then, when we don't sign them, they revert back to being useless.

Isn't that because we are usually linked with players who were quite good........hence us wanting them?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Isn't that because we are usually linked with players who were quite good........hence us wanting them?

Of course, but you only need to look at the Grabban fall-out to see the number of people suddenly saying he wasn't that good anyway...

It isn't the initial excitement and talking up of the player's abilities I am criticising, it is the way they suddenly become dismissed by some as useless when we don't sign them.

 

[supaseagull]

http://www.oneboro.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=5976&page=5

Boro' fans seem a bit tied by him. It seems that on his day he can be a game changer and at other times he can look like a donkey.

 

[supaseagull]

I love that as soon as the Albion are linked to a player they immediately (nine times out of ten) become brilliant in the eyes of our supporters. Then, when we don't sign them, they revert back to being useless.

Yes damn you damn optimism.

I think Emnes is good aswell...So does that count?

 

[Daffy Duck]

Now Emnes I would love to see down here.

 

[B.W.]

It's not though if your means change so radically.

Say for example I'm earning £100k a year, and buy a house and car on that level of income, in keeping with people of a similar standing in my profession. 12 months later my income falls to £20k a year. I would be bankrupt, unless perhaps I had a decent redundancy payoff.

Yes, but you knew there was a big chance you would end up on £20k...

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Sky Sports indicated that Cardiff had accepted a bid of £1.5m from Bournemouth - mind you that was before Howe denied they'd made any approach for him.

I'm inclined to think Bournemouth are trying to rub our noses in it. They have no intention of signing Mason but put in a bid to screw up any chance of us acquiring another player for a similar price to what was offered for Grabban. I think somebody at Bournemouth has been watching Storage Wars.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

http://www.oneboro.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=5976&page=5

Boro' fans seem a bit tied by him. It seems that on his day he can be a game changer and at other times he can look like a donkey.

He sounds like a good replacement for Barnes.

 

[B.W.]

I'm inclined to think Bournemouth are trying to rub our noses in it. They have no intention of signing Mason but put in a bid to screw up any chance of us acquiring another player for a similar price to what was offered for Grabban. I think somebody at Bournemouth has been watching Storage Wars.

What id Cardiff had accepted the bid?

 

[El Presidente]

What id Cardiff had accepted the bid?

Offer Mason £500 a week and he stays at Cardiff due to 'being unable to meet personal terms'.

 

[Postman Pat]

It's not though if your means change so radically.

Say for example I'm earning £100k a year, and buy a house and car on that level of income, in keeping with people of a similar standing in my profession. 12 months later my income falls to £20k a year. I would be bankrupt, unless perhaps I had a decent redundancy payoff.

Your analogy isn't quite right though is it. If you were put on secondment for 9 months and your salary went from 20k to 100k, but you knew there was a chance that at the end of that period you would be going back to 20k p.a. would you pi$$ it all up the wall, or put some aside just in case? Or invest it wisely in home improvements...... like putting some cladding up maybe?