Zatman Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 minute ago, sheepyvillian said: You don't get to that level in football without having some talent. I seen him put in a few decent performances at centre- half, not so much at right- back, but I've seen plenty worse defenders in claret and blue. Of course has been worse defenders but we paid 8 million for him 14 years ago which was a lot of money for us at the time. Probably top 5 transfer fees of the Lerner era He just wasnt good especially at a time when Spain were playing tiki taki and our Spanish player couldnt trap a ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: Of course has been worse defenders but we paid 8 million for him 14 years ago which was a lot of money for us at the time. Probably top 5 transfer fees of the Lerner era He just wasnt good especially at a time when Spain were playing tiki taki and our Spanish player couldnt trap a ball I don't recall Martin O'Neill demanding tiki taki from his defenders, quite the opposite in fact . He was no frills, but he gave his all and didn't shirk a challenge. Not the greatest, I accept, but certainly not the worse. ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 34 minutes ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: He was never a right back, only in the mind of Martin O'Neill was he capable of playing there. Was grand as cover at centre back though. Bassey I'm not sure about, definitely interesting with his physical attributes. It might be wise to sign him and send him out somewhere on loan for a season as he possibly doesn't have enough experience built up for a club of our ambitions. I know he’s only 22 and plays in a league not as good as the PL, but he was MOTM in the Europa League final. That would suggest that he has the attributes to be a decent player at any level. We’re certainly not buying him for big money to send out on loan. We’re not at that level, I’m not sure even Chelsea pay that much for players to loan out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 9 hours ago, rjw63 said: His mom has a decent set of pipes on her Shirley must surely be his nailed on nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 2 hours ago, troon_villan said: Not me, I live in Glasgow and follow Rangers to an extent. Seen plenty of the lad. Yes they rate him up here. I mentioned that we were interested in him to a pal of mine,who’s a big Rangers fan. His response was, “£100m and he’s yours. I watched him in the recent two finals and whilst I think his valuation is a little north of what we’d be offering, he’s got plenty of the attributes, bags of pace, power and physical structure that could make him a big player for us in the future. I’m in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedman Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Zatman said: He didn’t play centre back under Gerrard which makes it more confusing link Watkins didn't play as a striker under Smith either, didn't stop us bringing him in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 9 hours ago, rjw63 said: His mom has a decent set of pipes on her The lad will certainly be under a fair bit of pressure when he does his initiation song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Seems like a good back up for Digne. Needs to cut out his grabbing other players though. Thats gonna get him in trouble in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich192 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 With no data available on Fbref, don’t suppose there’s any other type of analytics floating around about him? Other than WhoScored. As backup left back, I think he interests me more than Hickey, not sure about as centre half though. Only seen him a few times, but he does seem to have something about him. I’m quite wary of buying from the SPL, which is pathetically snobby, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) Edited May 25, 2022 by AshVilla 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 56 minutes ago, Rich192 said: With no data available on Fbref, don’t suppose there’s any other type of analytics floating around about him? Other than WhoScored. As backup left back, I think he interests me more than Hickey, not sure about as centre half though. Only seen him a few times, but he does seem to have something about him. I’m quite wary of buying from the SPL, which is pathetically snobby, I know. More than Hickey? He's meant to be very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Welcome to the club Calvin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Haven’t seen him play, but if he’s cover for Digne and cover/a challenge for first team slots at CB that could be a good fit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 2 hours ago, messi11 said: Welcome to the club Calvin I see you said Diego Carlos is looking done as well - do you think we are signing both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Wouldn’t mind this signing but we’re not signing him to start games for us in the league Edited May 26, 2022 by IrishVilla10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Adam2003 said: I see you said Diego Carlos is looking done as well - do you think we are signing both? He thinks saying deals are done is funny for some reason. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, Rolta said: He thinks saying deals are done is funny for some reason. People really need to find hobbies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 14 hours ago, sheepyvillian said: The last defender we had from The Huns wasn't too bad, Carlos Cuellar. He was quite similar to Bassey, in that he could play down the centre or on the flank. If I remember correctly Cuellar built up quite a rapport with our supporters. Remember the wigs ? Cuellar was put on the flank by O'Neill but he definitely couldn't play there. He was awful at right back. According to transfermarkt he played 13 games at RB in his 440 game career. Guess the club at which he played 11 of those games. I thought that he was decent enough at CB but was often played out of position and misused here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 2 hours ago, sparrow1988 said: He was awful at right back That's near enough what I said in my reply to Zatman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangers72 Posted May 26, 2022 Visiting Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 Bassey is a LB primarily and is only playing CB with us because our other 2 CB’s are injury prone. He is much more effective out wide. He’s got bags of tricks and pace to burn and his crossing is brilliant. He’s the perfect full back for Gerrards system. to the poster calling us “Huns” away and boil yer heid. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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