January Transfer Rumours

[eteb]

Swans target French winger Mvuka for late January deal

Sources in France report that negotiations are taking place between Swansea City and Ligue 2 club Lorient for 22 year old Norwegian right winger Joel Mvuka.

jackarmy.net

Nice...

 

[Ringwood]

We like doing deals with Lorient

 

[NEATH JACK 8]

Why are we constantly looking abroad and finding 2nd rate players ? Fucking joke.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Why are we constantly looking abroad and finding 2nd rate players ? Fucking joke.

Aye, especially when we usually find our 2nd rate players in this country at double the price

 

[NEATH JACK 8]

Aye, especially when we usually find our 2nd rate players in this country at double the price

Okay I sort of get your point but, for starters, at least they're used to EFL. Eom, Ronald, Bianchini, Barrow, Montero, Mesa, Vazquez, Schecter etc etc etc. Pile of turd for the level we're/we're at. Montero had his moments I suppose. Since the days of Martinez and the Spanish connection and possibly, Laudrup (although I would say that Canas, Amat and Pozuelo weren't brilliant) our scouting mechanisms have made our foreigners flatter to deceive. Just my opinion like.
You're not telling me that there aren't players of the same standard or better as people like this guy playing in L1 who would cost the same ?

 

[bakajack]

Okay I sort of get your point but, for starters, at least they're used to EFL. Eom, Ronald, Bianchini, Barrow, Montero, Mesa, Vazquez, Schecter etc etc etc. Pile of turd for the level we're/we're at. Montero had his moments I suppose. Since the days of Martinez and the Spanish connection and possibly, Laudrup (although I would say that Canas, Amat and Pozuelo weren't brilliant) our scouting mechanisms have made our foreigners flatter to deceive. Just my opinion like.
You're not telling me that there aren't players of the same standard or better as people like this guy playing in L1 who would cost the same ?

Almost all of our biggest success stories have come from finding "second rate" players from outside the country.

Jason Scotland, Angel Rangel, Michu, Chico Flores, Joel Piroe and Wilfried Bony (1st version) are just a few names that spring to mind. We rarely had great success buying "proven" players, there is a lot to be said for intelligent scouting and recruitment when it can save you 50-60% or more on finding players.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Okay I sort of get your point but, for starters, at least they're used to EFL. Eom, Ronald, Bianchini, Barrow, Montero, Mesa, Vazquez, Schecter etc etc etc. Pile of turd for the level we're/we're at. Montero had his moments I suppose. Since the days of Martinez and the Spanish connection and possibly, Laudrup (although I would say that Canas, Amat and Pozuelo weren't brilliant) our scouting mechanisms have made our foreigners flatter to deceive. Just my opinion like.
You're not telling me that there aren't players of the same standard or better as people like this guy playing in L1 who would cost the same ?

What I'm trying to say is, on a whole, our entire scouting strategy has been a massive clusterfuck both in this country and abroad, the problem with recruitment, now and for many years has been amateurish from a start to finish most cases.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

Nice...

No, Lorient

 

[Pentyrchjack]

I don't think we have time to experiment or gamble on ptentially promising players from Frech League 2.

We will be in a relegation battle soon and need tried, tested and proven battlers who are experienced in the championship.

 

[eteb]

No, Lorient

Heh

 

[NEATH JACK 8]

Almost all of our biggest success stories have come from finding "second rate" players from outside the country.

Jason Scotland, Angel Rangel, Michu, Chico Flores, Joel Piroe and Wilfried Bony (1st version) are just a few names that spring to mind. We rarely had great success buying "proven" players, there is a lot to be said for intelligent scouting and recruitment when it can save you 50-60% or more on finding players.

I know. I said that mun.
I said in my thread about players from Martinez to Laudrup era. I actually said that.
I said since then we've picked up dross. Our scouting mechanism SINCE then has been shite and we've ended up with shite.

 

[NEATH JACK 8]

I know. I said that mun.
I said in my thread about players from Martinez to Laudrup era. I actually said that.
I said since then we've picked up dross. Our scouting mechanism SINCE then has been shite and we've ended up with shite.

Okay, i forgot about Piroe, he was an exception to the norm of recent times

 

[Gors Buster]

Okay I sort of get your point but, for starters, at least they're used to EFL. Eom, Ronald, Bianchini, Barrow, Montero, Mesa, Vazquez, Schecter etc etc etc. Pile of turd for the level we're/we're at. Montero had his moments I suppose. Since the days of Martinez and the Spanish connection and possibly, Laudrup (although I would say that Canas, Amat and Pozuelo weren't brilliant) our scouting mechanisms have made our foreigners flatter to deceive. Just my opinion like.
You're not telling me that there aren't players of the same standard or better as people like this guy playing in L1 who would cost the same ?

And the one that started it all, Tabanou.

 

[bakajack]

And the one that started it all, Tabanou.

I mean to be fair we picked up plenty of duds during the "golden era" too, we were just able to quietly brush them under the carpet / out the door without making too much of a fuss.

Gorka Pintado, Borja Baston, the guy we loaned from Ipswich under Rodgers during our promotion season to name a few.

Pintado's only meaningful contribution in a Swansea shirt was that tackle on Robbie Savage

 

[Nice to Michu]

I mean to be fair we picked up plenty of duds during the "golden era" too, we were just able to quietly brush them under the carpet / out the door without making too much of a fuss.

Gorka Pintado, Borja Baston, the guy we loaned from Ipswich under Rodgers during our promotion season to name a few.

Pintado's only meaningful contribution in a Swansea shirt was that tackle on Robbie Savage

Scored a banging volley against them lot too I think from a Shaun McDonald corner