Ryan_BCFC Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Hes scored 11 goals in 57 apperances & 23 goals in 39 international apperances (England U16 - U21) I know he is only young but there are Better strikers out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Okay who put on wikipedia that Louis Carey was going the other way in the deal.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 He's a good player when he's fit. But he isn't so he isn't coming here (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Why are people ruling it out because of ligament damage? We don't know the extent. After all we were told 4 months for Kelly. This kid will be coming up for 5 months. If it is a season long loan, and he is close to full fitness I don't see a problem. No idea if it is true or not, but I wouldn't rule it out based on injury. Rule it out based on it being complete bollocks if you want I wouldn't be at all surprised if we have the 1 up top with 2 supporting anyway, we have a few options to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Just to stoke it up further, this source was the one that broke the fielding story and several others. They haven't replied to me, which doesn't fill me with confidence, but they have been good all summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I thought the Derby Telegraph broke Fielding. They no doubt have got a few right by copying things but having looked through their tweets there's a lot wrong too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Dude, from this article http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/kneeinjuriescruciate.htm ( that's assuming all goes well, likely up to a year!) March, April, May, June, July ( we are only in month 5) So won't be fit, fit for at least another couple of months and is why I'm not as certain as some seem to be that Kelly will be back before March at the earliest! Aye so according to that he could have already been doing unlimited gym work etc. So if things go well he could miss a few weeks of the season? Who knows how his rehab has gone, but if well, I can't see a season long loan with missing out on a month being too much of a hurdle (it does say 6 months return to professional sport, and the assumption is that is from point of surgery) Of course he could be knackered, but on the face of it I can't see a problem. Granted a 1 or 3 month loan I can see the problem. If we are after him I can't believe we would sign him up knowing he had another 6 months rehabilitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 What's the deal with loan players and medicals? The same as a normal signing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Aye so according to that he could have already been doing unlimited gym work etc. So if things go well he could miss a few weeks of the season? Who knows how his rehab has gone, but if well, I can't see a season long loan with missing out on a month being too much of a hurdle (it does say 6 months return to professional sport, and the assumption is that is from point of surgery) Of course he could be knackered, but on the face of it I can't see a problem. Granted a 1 or 3 month loan I can see the problem. If we are after him I can't believe we would sign him up knowing he had another 6 months rehabilitation. With our record of taking players on loan, only to get almost instantly injured, I'd be very worried about us taking on someone for a year, who already has serious question marks over his fitness. Of course the club would carry out a medical, but with our luck in that department, I'd rather we looked at someone who is at least fit at the moment. These days we can't afford to take a punt and hope we can get away with it, can we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 With our record of taking players on loan, only to get almost instantly injured, I'd be very worried about us taking on someone for a year, who already has serious question marks over his fitness. Of course the club would carry out a medical, but with our luck in that department, I'd rather we looked at someone who is at least fit at the moment. These days we can't afford to take a punt and hope we can get away with it, can we? I would presume in this case we are Doing Arsenal a favour giving the lad first team football. I would have thought in terms of youth players we are not paying the wages, the parent club would. Maybe I am being s bit naive here. If it is in the interest of Arsenal to get him playing and fit, there would be a caveat, if the knee gets injured all bets are off and he heads back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I would presume in this case we are Doing Arsenal a favour giving the lad first team football. I would have thought in terms of youth players we are not paying the wages, the parent club would. Maybe I am being s bit naive here. If it is in the interest of Arsenal to get him playing and fit, there would be a caveat, if the knee gets injured all bets are off and he heads back there. If Arsenal were paying the wages, that would be a win, win situation from our point of view. He'd be getting match time, so Arsenal would benefit and we wouldn't be carrying any of the risk. If there's no risk for us and we could just ship him back if he got injured again then great. I was just concerned we'd be stuck with paying another crocked player's wages and not be able to afford a replacement on the wage bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red white and red Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 If the guy has been seriously injured, no where near match fitness and already injury prone at his young age, why are we interested?... We are probably not interested and this is just another rumour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 So don't loan players have to pass a medical, if there is no financial input from the loaning club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 So don't loan players have to pass a medical, if there is no financial input from the loaning club? I would have thought so, to prove they are fit for purpose or close enough fit for purpose to make it worthwhile. I would presume they need to pass for insurance purposes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danrozzell Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Think we should go for a more proven striker 2 goals for bolton in 20 games not good enough really need a striker that is consistently hitting double figures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 So we really are none the wiser. Glad to see whoever runs the Bcfc supporters twitter account has asked the transfer messiah to verify this rumour. If anyone can find out it's Ali Durden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Think from what Harewood said in his video he might not be quite up to scratch with fitness by the weekend, but imagine he's not far off. This Afobe done any preseason? He's been with arsenal on their tour of Asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 some one ask ali durdin he's been spot on with everything this season, if he says he's heard nothing then we know its complete bollox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 He's been with arsenal on their tour of Asia Forget that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Has he or hasn't he been in Asia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Casual Connoisseur Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Think we should go for a more proven striker 2 goals for bolton in 20 games not good enough really need a striker that is consistently hitting double figures They don't come cheap and we don't have the money to finance such a signing, plus a striker who regularly hits double figures at this level will no doubt want to play at a higher level and a bigger club. This is the reason we are looking at loanees and second chancers, it's all about the paper kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Another young arsenal player called Wellington Silva has put a photo on Instagram of him with akpom and afobe with the tag line 'after training in the locker room with akpom and afobe' so one could assume he is training, we don't know what stage of his recovery he is at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Another young arsenal player called Wellington Silva has put a photo on Instagram of him with akpom and afobe with the tag line 'after training in the locker room with akpom and afobe' so one could assume he is training, we don't know what stage of his recovery he is at. But he's not in Bristol then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I was just going to add...that was three weeks ago and akpom and silva are in kit, Afobe is in jeans and tee shirt, so I would assume that he HADNT trained! Purely speculative bullshit on my part sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrumpty Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Perhaps he's being loaned to our medical team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've seen him at the Avon Gorge Hotel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chivers88 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've seen him at the Avon Gorge Hotel Bollox springs to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmanyoutool Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Bollox springs to mind whoosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adz6794 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 BCFC Supporters Page @BCFC_Supporters3h @alidurdenBBC Is there any truth in the Afobe rumour? Alistair Durden @alidurdenBBC 1h @BCFC_Supporters He's recovering from an ACL injury back in march, which normally takes 9 months. I'd like to meet his surgeon if it's true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've seen him at the Avon Gorge Hotel .with alan Curbishly,,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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