28 Aug 2015 20:04:58
Ed any truth in the Tyler Blackett rumour? If it is true I think would be a great signing.
I heard a loan with a view to permanent deal if goes well.
{Ed007's Note - There's some minor details to be ironed out but it looks like he will be coming.}
28 Aug 2015 20:40:00
What position does this bhoy play is he any good
{Ed007's Note - He can play as a LB or as a CB and from what I've seen he's decent enough, Utd renewed his deal last season and feel he will be better served getting more regular football elsewhere this season. I'm thinking he'll be competing for the LB slot.
I said a while back if we couldn't persuade Marcel Halstenberg to leave St Pauli I expected a LB to come in on loan and we'll try again for Halstenberg on a pre-contract in January.
I'd can only guess that the CL exit helped make Halstenberg's decision more final hence the move for Blackett.}
28 Aug 2015 20:45:14
would be good if there is a view of a permanent deal if all goes well
28 Aug 2015 20:47:07
If we are looking for a centre half we could do worse than approach Liverpool about signing Tiago Ilori on loan with view to a permanent transfer , he is a 22 year old , 6'3 Portugese U21 international who started out at Sporting Lisbon and since joined Liverpool he has had loan spells at Bordeaux .
28 Aug 2015 20:50:28
Decent signing. Would have loved to have seen us sign Mcnair as he is a much better prospect but again the inexperience in our backline will likely cost but let's hope for the best as this europa league group will not be easy. HH
28 Aug 2015 21:08:00
Ed been reading a few websites says we are trying to involve if all partys are happy end of season we will have the option to buy this lad for 4 million
{Ed007's Note - We might get an option but it's never going to happen. Have we ever taken up an option on a loan player, especially at £4 million?}
28 Aug 2015 21:11:32
I'm not inspired by this supposedly there's a 4 mil fee if we want to sign him in the summer we all know that won't happen have you heard of us going for anyone else ed
29 Aug 2015 01:35:01
From what I've seen of the boy he is a pretty good defender but not very good going forward. That makes me think he is being brought in as van Dijk's replacement at centre back rather than for competition to Izzy
{Ed007's Note - I thought that but even losing VVD we've got plenty of bodies, if not quality, in the CB. I still say Lustig should have been moved in there for his own long term well being - and he's spoken about wanting to move into the centre to protect his hip. We've got Ambrose, Boyata, Mulgrew and Eoghan O'Connell to play in the CB roles, Lustig should have been moved into the middle to use his experience in arranging the defence.
Anyhoo I'm babbling but that's why I was think Blackett would more for LB, we're gettting over run by CBs and average MF's and stil no sign of a striker. A striker on loan may I add, another cheap option.}
29 Aug 2015 14:30:50
Why does O'Connell hardly ever start? He has been on our bench for the last 2/3 years.
Is he just there to make up the numbers?
29 Aug 2015 20:03:08
007: Love the idea of Lustig taking that role. He's a smashing defender and I was really upset to see him in tears at the prospects of another lengthy layoff and absence from the hoops first 11. I must say I was chagrined to see them let Matthews away so cheaply too, but Lustig is the real deal.
{Ed007's Note - I just can't understand it, unless the plan was to get Europe sorted and if/when VVD left move Lustig over. The fact the player himself has said he sees his long term future playing as a CB for his own health and the the sake of his hip.}