Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Joins on loan according to twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 @TransfersToBe: Arsenal have allowed Benik Afobe to join #BristolCity on a season long loan, Afobe will now travel to Bristol to discuss personal terms #AFC @Transferstobe are a group of agents who post their own personal transfer information based on their own deals and their direct contacts, generally been pretty reliable so far this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red white and red Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Afobe and harewood signed before Saturday could look quite good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red white and red Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 P.S not tempting fate or anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Jim Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Twitter is full of rubbish so won't hold my breath until we hear something from a more respectable source. Could easily be digging the Afobe rumour off this forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I think he's still injured? He did his cruciate ligaments in March so that's an impressive recovery if he's for again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brislingwood Red Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 This account has pretty much been spot on all summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Ooh this could be interesting. Baldock, Afobe and Harewood would certainly give us options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Afobe and harewood signed before Saturday could look quite good! 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Pinch of salt on that one at the moment, for a start why does he need to discuss personal terms if he's on loan, surley that would be for the clubs to deiscuss whether we pick up a percentage of his wages not the player himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Jordan Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Pinch of salt on that one at the moment, for a start why does he need to discuss personal terms if he's on loan, surley that would be for the clubs to deiscuss whether we pick up a percentage of his wages not the player himself He may want to speak to SOD on what he'll gain from the loan and how much he'll play etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 This account has pretty much been spot on all summer. This is the same account that said Blackpool bid 200k for Liam Fontaine. Mmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 He may want to speak to SOD on what he'll gain from the loan and how much he'll play etc. doesn't need to travel to Bristol for that tho surely, If he was travelling down here surley it would be fora medical not personal terms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad blit Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 OK own up..... who edited Wikipedia to say Bristol City have had loan offer approved!! Naughty boy (or Girl is Doly's case) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I thought it was their other striker Zak Ansah who had done his cruiciate, I follow him on twitter and he is definitely out injured. I can't verify this rumour but the account has been very good this summer and is run by a group of agents with clients in the football league. So it's almost definitely not a 12 year old on his iPad bored in the summer holidays. They also verify their sources from time to time when questioned about how they know these things. Be optimistic, it's worked so far this summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 This account also said Cardiff bid for Adomah. Call me a cynic but I'm not getting excited by this rumour just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 He may want to speak to SOD on what he'll gain from the loan and how much he'll play etc. Exactly, the guy needs to come down and get a feel for the place if he's staying for a season , for all he knows it could be like the minimal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red white and red Posted July 30, 2013 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? Yeah agreed on harewood, probably a bit short, not too sure what afobe has done pre-season, probably wouldn't be match fit either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Afaik Afobe is still coming back from a cruciate ligament damage injury that he sustained in March... Unless there's been a miracle in the interim. I'm pretty certain he is still injured http://news.arseblog.com/2013/03/afobe-suffers-cruciate-knee-ligament-damage/ That's what I thought. Most likely another load of rubbish rumour then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 doesn't need to travel to Bristol for that tho surely, If he was travelling down here surley it would be fora medical not personal terms doesn't need to travel to Bristol for that tho surely, If he was travelling down here surley it would be fora medical not personal terms Hope this is just carp tbh. We've already got one fragile striker in Baldock. It sounds as if this guy has got a poor injury record as well. That would leave us building our strike force around a pair of sicknotes, another who couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo and a 33 year old who is enthusiastic and speaks well, but has never exactly been prolific. Doesn't look to be a sound basis for a settled or potent attack imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chivers88 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Would the fact it's a loan signing mean there would be money left for pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Article from 12th July 2013 on Arsenal Youth site: Arsenal U21s will kick-start their preparations for another season tonight when they take on Conference South side Sutton United in the first of four friendlies scheduled for July and August. Coach Steve Gatting has a rather small pool of players to choose from for several reasons. Firstly owing to the large number of players released at the end of last season, but also due to first-team call-ups and ongoing injury concerns. As well as the players going to Asia (Gedion Zelalem, Damian Martinez, Kristoffer Olsson, Chuks Aneke, Ignasi Miquel, Serge Gnabry, Chuba Akpom and Thomas Eisfeld), Gatting is also deprived of the services of Zak Ansah (anterior cruciate ligament), who is likely to be ruled out until at least December and left-back Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill (knee), who has been ruled out for six to eight weeks, in addition to Benik Afobe, Jon Toral and Tarum Dawkins, who are still recovering from injuries they sustained last season. Furthermore, Wellington and Samuel Galindo, back from their latest loan spells abroad, are unlikely to feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Article from 12th July 2013 on Arsenal Youth site: so we are consigning this to the rubbish rumour tip then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Fair points all round, I have messaged them and challenged them on it. See what they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 More "in the know" b*llsh*tters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EastendFanatic Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Tweeted Jeorge Bird who is a journalist and sports analyst for the Arsenal youth setup. He said on sunday evening that Afobe was still coming back from his cruciate injury and was taking longer than expected, he mentioned nothing of the proposed move.This lad has unbelievable pace! Seen him live at a yiuth game and utilises it brilliantly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desso Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Wiki, on the Afobe page, also states that Louis Carey is moving to Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Moustache stylist maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_BCFC Posted July 30, 2013 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 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 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 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...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 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 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 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...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 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 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 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 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 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...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 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 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...
Guest danrozzell Posted July 30, 2013 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...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 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...
Monkeh Posted July 30, 2013 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...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 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 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...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 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 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...
Guest Evander SnowyField Posted July 30, 2013 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 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 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've seen him at the Avon Gorge Hotel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chivers88 Posted July 30, 2013 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...
Guest osmanyoutool Posted July 30, 2013 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 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 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...
M_Porter Posted July 30, 2013 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? Depends if DMC signs them then its fine if your injured ! However that seems now not to be the case, as we have some one half decent in charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citywest30 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 .with alan Curbishly,,,,,, Is nobody else tired of the Alan curbishly/Avon Gorge lines that come out on every transfer rumour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red white and red Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Is nobody else tired of the Alan curbishly/Avon Gorge lines that come out on every transfer rumour? Yes!, very much so! Utter bollocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted July 30, 2013 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! I thought this Afobe had played with Arsenal on their Asia tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Are you thinking of chucks aneke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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