Yes I know it's another Poyet thread, paper makes reference to Ulloa and Bridcut

[hans kraay fan club]

Looked very ordinary in one of the games I saw him, Villarreal?

I find the complete shutdown of info on his injury quite strange as well, or have I missed an announcement?

They all looked ordinary against Villareal. They really were a class above us.

Agree on the injury news though. Seems to just keep dragging on.

 

[Thimble Keegan]

This is just a journalist coming to very simple conclusions.

But to humour him, even throughout last season I expected that had we not been promoted by the end of this season Briductt would go in the summer and with everyones blessing. Obviously when everything blew-up with Poyet I had a suspicion he may have gone during the last transfer window...But he has stayed.

Now, I am not actually that bothered as we have the emergence of Ince. With Andrews also here for the year I like to think he can have the same impact on Ince's game that Kishishev had on Bridcutt's.

So losing Liam would not be such a huge blow...Ulloa on the other hand...

Albion & England forever.

Thimble Keegan
Worthing BHA

 

[symyjym]

He has played twice SINCE then.

Yeah I know that, but at the time he would have thought that that could well have been his last day at the Amex, and it looked like he thought it was, and it could well have been.

 

[Icy Gull]

Yeah I know that, but at the time he would have thought that that could well have been his last day at the Amex, and it looked like he thought it was, and it could well have been.

Bloody Fulham, flaffing about eh?

 

[spring hall convert]

My main worry is that Poyet will come in for big Tom,He is prem class and out of contract in the summer,best get a new contract sorted before January.

Good point - Sunderland are a bit short in goal after selling Mingnolet as well.

 

[Superphil]

It would not surprise me if before the end of the last season, maybe in March, Gus may have been discussing with some players about moving with him if he managed to get a Prem job, which would have naturally been a concern of the club. If this was the case it would have made sense for the club to suspend Gus with a gagging order and to not contact any players or staff.

Mm, Gus discussing a move to players based on a future move for himself, surely that would be gross misconduct ?

 

[Mellotron]

When people value Ulloa, they need to IGNORE what we paid for him (£2m was an absolute BARGAIN) and value him based on

A> We don't NEED to sell him.
B> He's on a LONG contract.
C> How much time/cost would have to go into replacing him with similar quality.

I would estimate that would all come to around £8-10m. Be silly to sell him for less unless we happen to have a brilliant signing ready to put pen to paper.

 

[dougdeep]

I find the complete shutdown of info on his injury quite strange as well, or have I missed an announcement?

He has an aggravated pubic bone. Should be back in training in a couple of weeks.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Looked very ordinary in one of the games I saw him, Villarreal?

I find the complete shutdown of info on his injury quite strange as well, or have I missed an announcement?

Back training in two weeks. Source? Taken from the horses' mouth on Saturday, just after he'd got the Player of the Season award.

 

[Icy Gull]

Back training in two weeks. Source? Taken from the horses' mouth on Saturday, just after he'd got the Player of the Season award.

Good, but I seem to remember him saying exactly the same to someone who asked him about a month ago.

 

[Mellotron]

He has an aggravated pubic bone. Should be back in training in a couple of weeks.

There is NOTHING funny about the first sentence above.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Good point - Sunderland are a bit short in goal after selling Mingnolet as well.

Kieran Westwood has been their best player this season, and they also have Vito Mannone, so they are not really struggling there. However, a lot of what Gus does, relies on having a keeper who is comfortable with the ball retention at the back, so if the two he has don't take to it, then it's a possibility.

FWIW I don't think Tomasz likes it much either. For all his faults, Ankergren was much calmer with the ball at his feet.

 

[Icy Gull]

Kieran Westwood has been their best player this season, and they also have Vito Mannone, so they are not really struggling there. However, a lot of what Gus does, relies on having a keeper who is comfortable with the ball retention at the back, so if the two he has don't take to it, then it's a possibility.

FWIW I don't think Tomasz likes it much either. For all his faults, Ankergren was much calmer with the ball at his feet.

I think it safe to say that is weakest part of Koosh's game, in fact I can't imagine many Premier League keepers can be much worse. Casper is absolute quality with the ball at his feet imo.

 

[Mellotron]

Casper is absolute quality with the ball at his feet imo.

This - comfortably his best attribute. One of the few goalies I've ever seen who actually controls and passes a ball like an outfield player.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I think it safe to say that is weakest part of Koosh's game, in fact I can't imagine many Premier League keepers can be much worse. Casper is absolute quality with the ball at his feet imo.

Casper started out as an outfield player, and it shows.

 

[Mellotron]

Casper started out as an outfield player, and it shows.

That explains it.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

This - comfortably his best attribute. One of the few goalies I've ever seen who actually controls and passes a ball like an outfield player.

Sadly, he also catches like an outfield player, too...

 

[ElectricNaz]

I wouldn't mind losing Bridcutt at this stage, he's barely played all season anyway and if he's not going to sign a new contract we may as well sell him in January, especially if this season is a 'write -off'. We can then use those funds to put towards two or three for the next season, sign them up in Jan, embed them into the squad, and be raring to go in August.

Ulloa on the other hand, Gus can do one, huge contract with us and we don't need to sell them both.

We really need to be looking at which players are OOC in the summer, e.g Spanish Dave, and look at getting replacements in January so they have a few months to bed in, as opposed to letting them go in June and then scrambling around for bargain players who no one else wants.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I noticed when those who stayed after the semi's to clap in appreciation of players, all of the players clapped the fans in return except Bridcutt, he seemed to be very noticably waving goodbye.

So we've been paying him for the last 5 months for no reason?

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Sadly, he also catches like an outfield player, too...