Unan Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 He looks like a stronger, less selfish and less clynical Kodjia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyAB Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 11 goals in 35 apps last season in Ligue 1 for a team who finished 13th, and cost ASSE £9m in the summer. Sounds alright to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben91tucker Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 How come he isn't wearing a cast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Shorter video of goals and assists here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 42 minutes ago, BCFC Richard said: Shorter video of goals and assists here. 1.40 in the video is evidence he can do it on cold days, but can he do it on a cold night in Preston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cidre Monita Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Far more likely than other names suggested, good age, good experience, if he can replicate Kodja goals, the price also is more in our area too and with scope to improve. This is more the type of player we would try to sign with our policy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 5 hours ago, KeepUpLino said: That’ll do me Our 1st ever gold card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 7 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said: Exactly. Realistically the likes of Afobe, Grabban, Abraham and other names mentioned recently would've been on absurd wages for us. I could never see us paying 8 figures for Hugill either. It sounds like it's a loan with a view to a permanent so low risk, his wages won't break the bank.. having 2 French speaking forwards will benefit both him and Famara. Seems sensible based on those factors if it's true. Can't comment on his ability because I'd never heard of him before this thread! Some decent stats from last season though - 11 goals and 8 assists in 38 games which is pretty solid. I think it's the eight assists that will be as much an interest for Lee-team player/link up/that DNA!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 3 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: 1.40 in the video is evidence he can do it on cold days, but can he do it on a cold night in Preston? I've managed it in a bus shelter on a colder one in Glasgow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 I believe this is happening now. He was left out of the team last night . This seems like a ' Tomlinesque ' type situation. A talented player whose career turned a bit sour . I trust the club but hope the ' DNA ' has been well studied. I would like to know why St Etienne want to sell him at the first opportunity they have and why it didn't work out for the lad with them . It was noted in the media here that he didn't celebrate a rare win for his club and sulked on the bench . I confess to being surprised by the interest in this player. Evidently if he settles in here over the next 4 months then we have a good player but if he's a ' sulker ' we could just have replaced Tomlin . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: I believe this is happening now. He was left out of the team last night . This seems like a ' Tomlinesque ' type situation. A talented player whose career turned a bit sour . I trust the club but hope the ' DNA ' has been well studied. I would like to know why St Etienne want to sell him at the first opportunity they have and why it didn't work out for the lad with them . It was noted in the media here that he didn't celebrate a rare win for his club and sulked on the bench . I confess to being surprised by the interest in this player. Evidently if he settles in here over the next 4 months then we have a good player but if he's a ' sulker ' we could just have replaced Tomlin . Well if he has the impact if loan Tomlin rather than bought Tomlin, I'd be thrilled. People have been calling on Johnson to roll the dice, sounds like he's done so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Bigger media on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 11 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: I believe this is happening now. He was left out of the team last night . This seems like a ' Tomlinesque ' type situation. A talented player whose career turned a bit sour . I trust the club but hope the ' DNA ' has been well studied. I would like to know why St Etienne want to sell him at the first opportunity they have and why it didn't work out for the lad with them . It was noted in the media here that he didn't celebrate a rare win for his club and sulked on the bench . I confess to being surprised by the interest in this player. Evidently if he settles in here over the next 4 months then we have a good player but if he's a ' sulker ' we could just have replaced Tomlin . Being based frogside do you know any more about Diony than we might? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 minute ago, JonDolman said: Just going on YouTube highlights, he looks quick and strong, but technique looks a bit dodgy. Its good if we are getting him on loan first, as we can see if he is the right DNA. Can't be having any more tomlin's. What I don't get is, if loads of clubs want him, then how have we managed to get him on loan. Surely they'd be more interested in selling him straight away, rather than waiting to see if we fancy buying him at the end of the season. I think because they paid a fairly big fee in the summer just gone. It's unusual for a club to sell a player 6-12 months after buying him, so the possibility of having to pay most of what St Ettiene did as a transfer fee could be a stalling point. We've come in with what seems to be a lower fee if those reports are right, but if he's on loan we'll also be taking his wages away for the next few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westonred Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Perhaps this is another reason why LJ has started learning French Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 St Etienne are an unusual club in France, massive support, volatile fans but serious underachievers. Prone to making rash decisions, must admit with Fammy here to help him settle I like the look of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Mixed. This was our chance to really go for it & push for automatic promotion, yet we’ve signed 3 players that haven’t played in this league before. Albeit Kent has, but he needs 3/4 games until he’s fit. He only joined them in the summer and has only started two games all season. Don’t have a good feeling about this personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westonred Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, petehinton said: Mixed. This was our chance to really go for it & push for automatic promotion, yet we’ve signed 3 players that haven’t played in this league before. Albeit Kent has, but he needs 3/4 games until he’s fit. We wont pay the wages tho Pete so we wont get Prem or top Championship players so every signing will have to be a gamble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 minute ago, westonred said: We wont pay the wages tho Pete so we wont get Prem or top Championship players so every signing will have to be a gamble Every signing is a gamble regardless. We paid the wages for Tomlin, but once he was our player he didn't bother. We paid the wages for David James, Jody Morris, Neil Kilkenny. All were proven players, none paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, petehinton said: Mixed. This was our chance to really go for it & push for automatic promotion, yet we’ve signed 3 players that haven’t played in this league before. Albeit Kent has, but he needs 3/4 games until he’s fit. He only joined them in the summer and has only started two games all season. Don’t have a good feeling about this personally. I’d rather not gamble the next ten years on signing players on massive wages just because they’re ‘names’. I’ve never had more faith in our recruitment process. Team of Reids >>>> Team of Tomlins Plenty of teams full of big name players who are struggling in this league because their players don’t give a shit and they’re just going through the motions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Just now, JamesBCFC said: Every signing is a gamble regardless. We paid the wages for Tomlin, but once he was our player he didn't bother. We paid the wages for David James, Jody Morris, Neil Kilkenny. All were proven players, none paid off. You can see the point though I’m sure. Understandable people would feel far more confident in our promotion chances if it was looking like we were signing a forward who’s proven in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, westonred said: We wont pay the wages tho Pete so we wont get Prem or top Championship players so every signing will have to be a gamble Which makes it even more frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 53 minutes ago, JamesBCFC said: Being based frogside do you know any more about Diony than we might? I'm digging at the moment. It appears that he was bought on the recommendation of Dominique Rocheteau , ( St Etienne legend ) after seeing him play one match against them . Dion's application is questioned many times . Others blame the lack of quality around him as a reason as to his lack of goals . They want shot as they are preparing for a return to Ligue 2 and will have financial difficulties with current contracts and a reduction in revenue. I'll give an update when I can ( probably at the same moment that Birmingham City unveil him as their latest signing ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: You can see the point though I’m sure. Understandable people would feel far more confident in our promotion chances if it was looking like we were signing a forward who’s proven in the country. But we've done that route and 80%+ of the signings have been flops. Surely at that point it must be time to realise there is a better way of doing things, and one that doesn't screw us up financially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: I’d rather not gamble the next ten years on signing players on massive wages just because they’re ‘names’. I’ve never had more faith in our recruitment process. Team of Reids >>>> Team of Tomlins Plenty of teams full of big name players who are struggling in this league because their players don’t give a shit and they’re just going through the motions. One proven, championship signing doesn’t make our whole squad big time Charlie’s... I have faith as well but you can’t constantly keep signing players that don’t know the league and expect them to hit the ground running. January is the window where you capitalise on your position & get the 1 or 2 that get you over the line. This guy has only signed for St Etienne in the summer, and they already want to sell him, which isn’t a great sign. He’s started 2 games all season and hasn’t scored. Derby have signed someone that knows the league inside out, Cardiff are on the verge of doing the same. Stoke did exactly the same in 07/08. Sometimes that’s the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Kodjia and Tammy had no ‘proof’ in this league. Both excelled. Diedhiou had no proof in this league and is looking like a fine signing. Trust in the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hand of RO'D Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Is this the big big exciting player that LJ was talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangle Foot Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Cue up the following chant (if we sign him): "We love you Diony, we do! We love you Diony, we do! We love you Diony, we do! Oh Diony we love you!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 minute ago, petehinton said: One proven, championship signing doesn’t make our whole squad big time Charlie’s... I have faith as well but you can’t constantly keep signing players that don’t know the league and expect them to hit the ground running. January is the window where you capitalise on your position & get the 1 or 2 that get you over the line. This guy has only signed for St Etienne in the summer, and they already want to sell him, which isn’t a great sign. He’s started 2 games all season and hasn’t scored. Derby have signed someone that knows the league inside out, Cardiff are on the verge of doing the same. Stoke did exactly the same in 07/08. Sometimes that’s the difference. I get that. But you have to realise that we’re not a Derby or to some degree even a Cardiff. We don’t have recent premier league experience and the associated stature and financial clout that comes with it. It would appear on the surface that both of those clubs are throwing everything at the here and now ‘chasing the dream’ whereas we are trying to build something sustainable. Realistically how many top/proven championship players are attainable targets in a January window, AND fit our recruitment criteria? Struggling clubs won’t sell their best players when they’re fighting for survival and competitive clubs won’t sell their best players to a promotion rival. I’d bet massive money that we will be in a considerably better place than Cardiff in a few years time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 I reckon this could turn out being another "master stroke" by the club - a very low risk signing with huge potential and the ability to make an impact between now and the end of the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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