Nibor Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Do you think he was on GJ's list of targets or is he someone to just fill the void whilst Mcombe is out? I'd guess he's someone they were aware of but who they weren't going to go for until injuries happened. I would think if he does well (better than what we have) and wants to stay that door would be open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 With a game just 5 days away Johnson had to move quickly and I doubt whether Webster was a completely unknown to to the coaching staff at City.Johnson ain't going to sign a player he knows nothing about. The fact that he's loaned 'till the New Year makes perfect sense. City don't have an abundance of central defenders to call on and if Carey gets suspended/injured that leaves leave the pretty cupboard bare. Plus if Webster goes back to Rangers in January, by then the transfer window is open again and Johnson will be able to bring another center back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fka dagest Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I have an old lampost in the garden why don't we put that in defence, jobs a goodun........ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfastcityfan Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 To welcome Andy Webster from Rangers. 6 month loan deal.....sounds like the guy is one for the future! Welcome to Brizzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 What interests me is why isn't this lad getting a game at Rangers and how far down the pecking order he is considering they only signed him on Perm deal in June? they have only just sold their best defender in Carlos Cuellar to Villa? and yet are still willing to let Webster out on loan??? Odd, either way hopefully he will stay fit during his 6 months with us, be interesting too see how fit he actually is and wether he will actually even be fit enough to start at Coventry? either way, fairly decent signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 To welcome Andy Webster from Rangers. 6 month loan deal.....sounds like the guy is one for the future! Welcome to Brizzle sorry but a 6 month loan deal doesnt sound like one for the future, least of all ours, it sounds like a signing to fill the gaps we have for teh time being before GJ try's to buy a centre half who is ours. looking foward to seeing him in action, didnt have a good time at wigan and his spell with rangers has been hampered so hopefully we can be the club he finds form for!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 welcome aboard, we needed another Jocko to add a bit of steel! 6 month loan - til Jan 18th ??? don't add up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfastcityfan Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Didn't say he was one for the future for us, Walter Smith seems to think he has something to offer Rangers which is why he is coming to us with a good chance of first team football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 To welcome Andy Webster from Rangers. 6 month loan deal.....sounds like the guy is one for the future! Welcome to Brizzle your not the first......about a dozen others have done the same in the other thread.....it's the one called. ANDY WEBSTER??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Didn't say he was one for the future for us, Walter Smith seems to think he has something to offer Rangers which is why he is coming to us with a good chance of first team football fair enough sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 welcome aboard, we needed another Jocko to add a bit of steel! 6 month loan - til Jan 18th ??? don't add up ! yeah your right.. thats only 5 months :noexpression: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolCity1992 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Is he the ex Hearts captain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernie from barrow gurney Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 yeah and what a nightmare few years he has had. he was class act but then told to sign a new contact in 2006 by Vlad the Impaler at hearts or they wouldnt play him, so walked out under obscure EU rule and signed for Wigan. Couldnt cut it there so went to Rangers, then hearts took him to court for breah of contract and Webster lost, told to pay Hearts 625,000. Then in first training session was injured and hasnt really featured since. Noble, Weale, Williams, Marvin, all arrived injury prone but seem OK now on the whole and our medical team have done wonders. Could be a great shout, we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 79 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Been fit all pre season sounds like a quality emergency loan signing. 1st ball winning Centre back just what we need with Mccombe injured for at least 6 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityhead Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Great! - lets sign a crock from a part time league. Whats GJs problem with Richard Keogh, IMO every bit as good as Fontaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcott Boy Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Great! - lets sign a crock from a part time league. Whats GJs problem with Richard Keogh, IMO every bit as good as Fontaine. Yeh, part time league. Rangers and Celtic could easily compete in the Prem and the 22 international caps also give him valued experience and shows that he is a good player. Its only a loan deal so his previous injuries don't worry me, if he gets injured we can send him back. Simple. Regarding Keogh, i always liked him and thought he was a good player but then he became a bit of a greedy bastard and decided not to sign his contract and has rightly been frozen out in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 79 Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Great! - lets sign a crock from a part time league. Whats GJs problem with Richard Keogh, IMO every bit as good as Fontaine. Keogh will never play for our club again he messed up big time by not signing his contract. Thought he was better than he actually is now he aint even got a contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Great! - lets sign a crock from a part time league. Whats GJs problem with Richard Keogh, IMO every bit as good as Fontaine. However 'part-time' the SPL might be that doesn't make Richard Keogh any less out-in-the-cold... If Webster is fit (and I very much doubt he'll have signed without a medical, considering the wages we'll be paying and his history) he be a fantastic signing. You don't get 22 international caps before the age of 25 for any country (well, maybe Cuba...) without having something about you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingswood red Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 However 'part-time' the SPL might be that doesn't make Richard Keogh any less out-in-the-cold... If Webster is fit (and I very much doubt he'll have signed without a medical, considering the wages we'll be paying and his history) he be a fantastic signing. You don't get 22 international caps before the age of 25 for any country (well, maybe Cuba...) without having something about you. You're quite right. By the way how many caps did that chap Vasco have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinker Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 You're quite right. By the way how many caps did that chap Vasco have? Try Vasko. 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Try Vasko. 23. He actually won that 23rd owhile at city. Funny coincidence that, wonder if that might happen with Webster too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivs Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hang on a bit chaps. We haven't got international clearance for him yet. And we know what these dodgy foreigners are like with their last minute demands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingswood red Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 He actually won that 23rd owhile at city. Funny coincidence that, wonder if that might happen with Webster too? so that begs the question, why the f### did we let him go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 so that begs the question, why the f### did we let him go? I asked myself the same qusetion at the time. Dunno how well he'd settled, what he would have cost and the like but even so it was a bit disapointing when he left. But, hey-ho, got another international center back now; let's hope he's even better than Vasko promised to be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingswood red Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I asked myself the same qusetion at the time. Dunno how well he'd settled, what he would have cost and the like but even so it was a bit disapointing when he left. But, hey-ho, got another international center back now; let's hope he's even better than Vasko promised to be! I heartily second that Samo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhyde Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Top of the SPL is good enough for the top end of the championship. Sure he'll do fine. Great signing in the circumstances or at all really. Now lets hope he's better than what we already have falls in love with the place and that we can afford to sign him up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man In Black Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 We sign anyone and various posters on this forum always start the doom and gloom, whether that's "he can't even get a game for that club, how's he good enough for us?" and/or "he's from a lower league etc. etc. Hell, the same was said about Elliot if I recall. On a slightly different note, I was reading up about the 'Webster ruling' on wikipedia and read this quote from Sepp Blatter with interest: the verdict in favor of the player will have far-reaching and damaging effects on the game as a whole. [it] is... a Pyrrhic victory for those players and their agents who toy with the idea of rescinding contracts before they have been fulfilled Goes a bit against his 'slave' comments about Ronaldo, doesn't it? What a fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I swear a few people on here were saying we wouldn't loan anyone because we're aren't near any other clubs, then we go to one of the clubs furthest away from us in the UK... Great signing though, when he's fit he's class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 We sign anyone and various posters on this forum always start the doom and gloom, whether that's "he can't even get a game for that club, how's he good enough for us?" and/or "he's from a lower league etc. etc. Hell, the same was said about Elliot if I recall. On a slightly different note, I was reading up about the 'Webster ruling' on wikipedia and read this quote from Sepp Blatter with interest: Goes a bit against his 'slave' comments about Ronaldo, doesn't it? What a fool. anyone who pisses off sepp bloody blatter is a friend of mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityhead Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Sorry but I can't take seriously any league that included a parks team like Gretna in it, and as for saying Celtic and rangers would compete in the prem is hypothetical as it will never happen. Whilst I am not a LJ hater I wonder if he will suffer the same fate as Vasko when he was blamed for Cardiff's goal last season whilst at least challenging for the ball - and never playing for the club again. As for Keogh - since when has asking for a deserved pay rise been a crime. GJ should respect his desire to better himself. GJ is the best manager we have had for many years and I believe we will be competing for promotion, unlike some fans exiting bthe Ateyo on sat but IMO he is not perfect. Blind faith is exactly that - blind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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