Port Said Red Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Just now, Davefevs said: Really? They just signed Andreas Hootinanny today. Oh come on, you are just making up names now. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 9 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Really? They just signed Andreas Hootinanny today. Hootenanny! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, gornagain said: Is it possible to move all these Conway posts to the Conway thread? Yes, I joined the tail end of the thread just now and didn't know who people were talking about TC or Armstrong, got me really confused ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Fabrizio Romano saying its us he's chosen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddarwedlocker Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Joining us as per Romano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Fabrizio at the back post!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 And breathe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) Didn’t expect this deal to get the Fabrizio Romano treatment, but great news. Thats as good as a cert (I’ve said it now). Medical and photos tomorrow morning, announcement tomorrow evening? Edited July 17 by BCFCGav Spelling, grammar, all sorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddarwedlocker Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Just now, BCFCGav said: Didn’t expect this deal to get the Fabricio Romano treatment, but great news. Thats as good as a cert (I’ve said it now). Medical and photos tomorrow morning, announcement tomorrow evening? In the process of finding out the ins and outs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I wonder if the bit about Stoke needing to trade a bit was true, either way we seem to have won this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nickolas Posted July 17 Popular Post Share Posted July 17 Marvellous. Thats 4 of the 75 goals we need next season sorted! 2 30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 He is more of a Semenyo type, goals and assists. Semenyo wasn't all about the Goals he was a blend- Pace and Power, some Goals, Assists and able to play central and wider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 13 hours ago, HengroveReds said: Down to the player to choose between Stoke or us! This one will be interesting. Previously worked with Jon Walter’s at youth level (technical director Stoke) could be a big factor. F 2 minutes ago, nickolas said: Marvellous. Thats 4 of the 75 goals we need next season sorted! Fab has spoken. Done deal it seems. But do we wait officially for the voice of reason….Ian 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 4 minutes ago, nickolas said: Marvellous. Thats 4 of the 75 goals we need next season sorted! That is genuinely funny, bravo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Is this Fabrizio bloke reliable? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 2 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Is this Fabrizio bloke reliable? Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddarwedlocker Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Right then chaps some intel to brighten up your Wednesday evening. The club were informed tonight that Sinclair has chosen us. Not a clue re Wages etc Medical attempting to be booked for tomorrow - club want to get it over the line before friendlies on Tuesday. No idea on the announcement, presumably tomorrow evening if the medical does actually happen… No update re Twine. He is still the n1 target and the final ‘Piece’ to the puzzle. Peace and love, Ched x 3 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Is this Fabrizio bloke reliable? No mate he isnt. He has 21.4m people following him on twitter because hes full of shit. 5 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 4 minutes ago, BCFC1512 said: Yes Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 4 minutes ago, cheddarwedlocker said: No mate he isnt. He has 21.4m people following him on twitter because hes full of shit. I’m not on Twitter….or X. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackMarch Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I’m happy just because Fabrizio is posting about us a Bristol City here we go is unheard of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bcfc24 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Is this Fabrizio bloke reliable? Well he has got Sinclair Armstrongs age wrong Edited July 17 by Bcfc24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 22 minutes ago, BCFCGav said: Didn’t expect this deal to get the Fabrizio Romano treatment, but great news. Thats as good as a cert (I’ve said it now). Medical and photos tomorrow morning, announcement tomorrow evening? He tweeted about Reuben McAllister leaving us and joining Hibs a couple of years ago. Now that was random! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) 14 minutes ago, cheddarwedlocker said: Right then chaps some intel to brighten up your Wednesday evening. The club were informed tonight that Sinclair has chosen us. Not a clue re Wages etc Medical attempting to be booked for tomorrow - club want to get it over the line before friendlies on Tuesday. No idea on the announcement, presumably tomorrow evening if the medical does actually happen… No update re Twine. He is still the n1 target and the final ‘Piece’ to the puzzle. Peace and love, Ched x No mate he isnt. He has 21.4m people following him on twitter because hes full of shit. It’s funny, I was at a wedding with lots of well known journalists recently and he isn’t well liked! Can’t say where he gets them from! Sorry cheddar I’ve quoted you by mistake! I meant Fab!! Edited July 17 by Shauntaylor85 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Exciting signing. I hope a lot of the £2.5m is based on performance related bonuses, but on paper could be a shrewd signing. Hopefully can get him over the line and looking forward to seeing him at Aldershot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 6 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: I’m not on Twitter….or X. He's known as being the most reliable source on twitter, has a very good reliability rate. Especially at our level, he wouldn't be highlighting it unless it was a definite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatchersgold Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 19 minutes ago, Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan said: Is this Fabrizio bloke reliable? Prob the most reliable source out there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 minute ago, Shauntaylor85 said: It’s funny, I was at a wedding with lots of well known journalists recently and he isn’t well liked! Can’t say where he gets them from! Sorry cheddar I’ve quoted you by mistake! I meant Fab!! Was about to say similar. He’s created this transfer persona (fair play) that makes Kaveh and Dharma look like amateurs, but he’s often paid to put out stories to unsettle clubs and create moves too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddarwedlocker Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 47 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said: It’s funny, I was at a wedding with lots of well known journalists recently and he isn’t well liked! Can’t say where he gets them from! Sorry cheddar I’ve quoted you by mistake! I meant Fab!! Was gunna say :laugh: Fab is the biggest in the space. Very big headed though, big ego and stinking rich. Most reliable man though, him and IMO Ornstien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddarwedlocker Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Exciting update. Believe fee is less than 2.5m. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 4 minutes ago, cheddarwedlocker said: Exciting update. Believe fee is less than 2.5m. My guess is that circa £2.5m put out there is inclusive of add-ons, and therefore fee is less, maybe as low as £1.5m. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddarwedlocker Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 2 minutes ago, Davefevs said: My guess is that circa £2.5m put out there is inclusive of add-ons, and therefore fee is less, maybe as low as £1.5m. Oh yeah 100%. Ive been told that the fee isnt actually 2.5m including add ons. Considering he has a year left you would hope so anyway. Think flat fee is what u suggested Fevs, around the 1-1.5m mark. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted July 18 Admin Share Posted July 18 55 minutes ago, cheddarwedlocker said: Oh yeah 100%. Ive been told that the fee isnt actually 2.5m including add ons. Considering he has a year left you would hope so anyway. Think flat fee is what u suggested Fevs, around the 1-1.5m mark. And the “good” news is that having saved some money on the £2.5m we had previously been bidding for number 9s, we can add that to our Twine offer and overpay there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly in the air Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Be interesting to see how Conway responds to city bringing in 2 strikers. hopefully in a positive way and he fights for his place. if we get Twinne we will have a very good squad. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Robin Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 9 minutes ago, fly in the air said: Be interesting to see how Conway responds to city bringing in 2 strikers. hopefully in a positive way and he fights for his place. if we get Twinne we will have a very good squad. I think the fact that we're bringing in 2 strikers (aged 21 and 22) is very strong evidence that Conway won't be here come the end of the transfer window. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 3 hours ago, fly in the air said: Be interesting to see how Conway responds to city bringing in 2 strikers. hopefully in a positive way and he fights for his place. if we get Twinne we will have a very good squad. he will probably get injured until december then remarkably put in a few performances similar to haaland. get himself a june deal then get crocked again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westonred Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 I just took a look at the Stoke forum to see how their fans are reacting, there a bright bunch arn't they :laugh: One said he probably wants to stay living in London so chose us he probably doesnt realise that Bristol is not in London its 2.5 hours away. The ones that were really excited a few days ago are now posting Not too bothered anyway he looked shite Same old comments how can a club like us beat the mighty Stoke to a player. Well having 4 of his Irish squad members here probably helps a lot Also our state of the art training facilities must have impressed him Also direct flights from Bristol Airport to Ireland where nearest airport to Stoke is Manchester 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HengroveReds Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 whatever the fee, get excited and get behind this lad cause the sky is his limit, all the attributes to play at the top level (hopefully with us). Get behind him and the new boys, trust manning and co not many young strikers around with his build / pace / power! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Fabrizio Romano thinks he’s coming to us??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 I'm sure it's in this thread somewhere - but for those coming late here is the mandatory youtube video - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderCraig Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 21 minutes ago, INCRED said: Fabrizio Romano thinks he’s coming to us??? 8 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: I wonder if the bit about Stoke needing to trade a bit was true, either way we seem to have won this one. Anyone else getting déjà vu? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westonred Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 7 minutes ago, CiderCraig said: Anyone else getting déjà vu? This Dave Zavoo is signing as well ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRoss Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Medical today and just under £2 million according to Piercy https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-sinclair-armstrong-signings-9419235 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCJK93 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 3 down, 1 to go. Suspect Conway will need to be sold later in the window before we can stump up the cash for Twine to achieve all 4 targeted positions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 I’m pretty sure I posted this earlier, but imho, we’ve missed Antoine Semenyo massively since he went to Bournemouth 18 months ago. Even when he left he wasn’t the finished article, was a bit erratic, but he gave us something very different. At the time the only player out there that I thought was a realistic replacement was Ogbene. We tried to sign him, but Rotherham wouldn’t budge. Luton got him last summer as a PL club. Prior to that I liked Daniel Udoh at Shrewsbury but a bad injury that cost him a season ruled that out, and I think he’d have been a bit of a gamble anyway. And before that I liked the Reading-Meite, not the one I now see at Cardiff, who just goes around fouling defenders. He had cheese-string hamstrings so was never a serious consideration. Physical, but explosively paced strikers aren’t two-a-penny and the only player I’ve seen since that could fit the bill is Sinclair Armstrong. I tweeted this on 14th June: it got the thumbs up from Ian Rossiter, (ex-City coach / scout) who is now at Man Utd, so that’s a good sign. Do I think he’s as good as Semenyo, nope, obviously not. Do I think he’s as good as Semenyo at a comparable age, nope, but not much difference. For me it’s a signing I can get right behind, but will require a bit of patience whilst those rough edges are polished. I completely get why some will be hugely underwhelmed, and there will also be concern that our strike force this season will be relying on a 21 and 22 year old, both new to the club. My own thought is that this signing, along with Mayulu’s transfer, reduces the necessity of Twine. I doubt think that’ll be the same thinking as inside the HPC, but that’s just me. Hope we get a bit more news on this today. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 2 minutes ago, BCFCJK93 said: 3 down, 1 to go. Suspect Conway will need to be sold later in the window before we can stump up the cash for Twine to achieve all 4 targeted positions Worst case scenario the club hedge their accounts to account for a compensation fee if he doesn’t go in this window or January TC will struggle to get much game time now so the club need to find a suitor in this window to optimise his value which is around £1.5m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 8 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: He is more of a Semenyo type, goals and assists. Semenyo wasn't all about the Goals he was a blend- Pace and Power, some Goals, Assists and able to play central and wider. This sounds like if Monty Python did a Semenyo version of the Spanish Inquisition sketch! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 3 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I’m pretty sure I posted this earlier, but imho, we’ve missed Antoine Semenyo massively since he went to Bournemouth 18 months ago. Even when he left he wasn’t the finished article, was a bit erratic, but he gave us something very different. At the time the only player out there that I thought was a realistic replacement was Ogbene. We tried to sign him, but Rotherham wouldn’t budge. Luton got him last summer as a PL club. Prior to that I liked Daniel Udoh at Shrewsbury but a bad injury that cost him a season ruled that out, and I think he’d have been a bit of a gamble anyway. And before that I liked the Reading-Meite, not the one I now see at Cardiff, who just goes around fouling defenders. He had cheese-string hamstrings so was never a serious consideration. Physical, but explosively paced strikers aren’t two-a-penny and the only player I’ve seen since that could fit the bill is Sinclair Armstrong. I tweeted this on 14th June: it got the thumbs up from Ian Rossiter, (ex-City coach / scout) who is now at Man Utd, so that’s a good sign. Do I think he’s as good as Semenyo, nope, obviously not. Do I think he’s as good as Semenyo at a comparable age, nope, but not much difference. For me it’s a signing I can get right behind, but will require a bit of patience whilst those rough edges are polished. I completely get why some will be hugely underwhelmed, and there will also be concern that our strike force this season will be relying on a 21 and 22 year old, both new to the club. My own thought is that this signing, along with Mayulu’s transfer, reduces the necessity of Twine. I doubt think that’ll be the same thinking as inside the HPC, but that’s just me. Hope we get a bit more news on this today. Twine or a 10 is a necessity and a position we need to fill. None of the transfers to date or what we have in the squad fit that profile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Just now, INCRED said: Twine or a 10 is a necessity and a position we need to fill. None of the transfers to date or what we have in the squad fit that profile Just my opinion. I think with the players already here, it’s not as important. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HengroveReds Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Thoughts! Watch Link below - very clicky it’s in my head! LYRICS Below “Oh manning said “We’ve got to sign this Irish Wonderkid", Oooooh words can’t describe, When we see him in the red and white, He looks so fine, Scoring goals all the time That’s why we'll sing this song, For Sinclair Armstrong!# Ohhhhh oh oooohh oh https://m.facebook.com/empireofthekop/videos/stuart-armstrong-song/10155631353356132/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLRed Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Either stokes, bird, knight, benarous and even mehmeti can play the 10. My concern by not having twine is we would lose the dead ball quality that we’ve missed for a long time. His quality at corners actually makes us deadly with the likes of dickie in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, INCRED said: Fabrizio Romano thinks he’s coming to us??? Is there a delay on your end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KegCity Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 7 minutes ago, BLRed said: Either stokes, bird, knight, benarous and even mehmeti can play the 10. My concern by not having twine is we would lose the dead ball quality that we’ve missed for a long time. His quality at corners actually makes us deadly with the likes of dickie in the box. Square pegs, round holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 (edited) 12 minutes ago, BLRed said: Either stokes, bird, knight, benarous and even mehmeti can play the 10. My concern by not having twine is we would lose the dead ball quality that we’ve missed for a long time. His quality at corners actually makes us deadly with the likes of dickie in the box. I'm repeating myself again but I'm ambivalent towards Twine. If we can't get a deal done within the next week fcs let's move on. I think 4 of those mentioned above could play the role, I'm not convinced about Mehmeti as while he sometime played as a no. 10 at Wycombe he's in the Championship now (we hope in the top 6) and I don't think his passing is good enough at this level. As for dead ball situations if a Championship midfielder can't take a corner what's he doing on the pitch. Only James Ward Prowse scores goals regularly from direct free kicks. Edited July 18 by RoystonFoote'snephew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 9 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Hootenanny! I liked Robin Williams in that film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Fete Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Really like this signing as I think someone with that pace and power opens up styles of play significantly whether that be balls over the top, hold up, through balls or direct running which is something we’ve missed since AS left Finishing can be worked on like with AS as when he started playing minutes in the first time he was very raw and I doubted whether he’d break through and look where he took his career year on year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Geography banter aside, him picking us over Stoke is a surprise, Carlton Palmer is chewing a wasp somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HengroveReds Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 (edited) Do you think we could see Wells or Cornick shipped out? If Conway runs down contract and stays for the season that’ll be 1 season with 5 out and out strikers, plus bell. can’t help but feel they will try and shift on Cornick to free up some wages / space. especially as manning looks to play 1 striker too Fally, Conway, Cornick, Wells, Armstrong Edited July 18 by HengroveReds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Well, he did go a few weeks keeping his mouth shut tbf. Must’ve been hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan11 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Are you all happy with this one? He's either going to be superb and end up in the Premier League or be the next Frank Nouble with very little in between for me. I've seen him have games where he looked a real handful but then others when he looked absolutely dreadful with no technical ability at all. A challenge for Manning to improve and get the best out of I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo7 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 I see that it’s Tinnions sons birthday today and he’s used that as a potential little clue to a new signing (presumably Sinclair Armstrong) by posting a picture of JT outside the HPC saying and quote “happy birthday JT I think we will enjoy it” or am I reading into this too much?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 47 minutes ago, downendcity said: This sounds like if Monty Python did a Semenyo version of the Spanish Inquisition sketch! I'll come in again...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyAB Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Tinnion just tweeted wishing our assistant manager a happy birthday and said “I think we will enjoy it” Sounds like the usual language he uses when we’ve got a signing incoming 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo7 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 9 minutes ago, HengroveReds said: Do you think we could see Wells or Cornick shipped out? If Conway runs down contract and stays for the season that’ll be 1 season with 5 out and out strikers, plus bell. can’t help but feel they will try and shift on Cornick to free up some wages / space. especially as manning looks to play 1 striker too Fally, Conway, Cornick, Wells, Armstrong Every year 1 player comes back to training a different beast !! Just imagine if finally we seen a player in Cornick we all hoped for? I always cast my mind back to Bobby Reid who undoubtedly had potential, but it wasn’t until Lee Johnson made the at the time strange decision to play him up top that we seen anything like what he could and has been. I’m not for one minute saying this will be Cornick, but I do believe that he has had quite a difficult start to his City career and hasn’t got going due to being unfit when signed, Change of manager half way through last season, and then a different way of playing last year. At times I seen signs of him being a really awkward sod to manage when he played up top alone. Especially in the last 20 or 30 of games. Now 5 subs are allowed players that can come on and impact in ways like this are almost as important as your first x1. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 2 minutes ago, Dan11 said: Are you all happy with this one? He's either going to be superb and end up in the Premier League or be the next Frank Nouble with very little in between for me. I've seen him have games where he looked a real handful but then others when he looked absolutely dreadful with no technical ability at all. A challenge for Manning to improve and get the best out of I guess. I always feel that the temptation with players like this is to play at 100% all the time, where with their strength and power they could probably be just as effective at 95% and that's a level where their control gets better. As for how OTIB feels, you can see from the posts on here which swing from "if we want him, just pay the money" to "why are we spending so much on him?" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: I’m pretty sure I posted this earlier, but imho, we’ve missed Antoine Semenyo massively since he went to Bournemouth 18 months ago. Even when he left he wasn’t the finished article, was a bit erratic, but he gave us something very different. At the time the only player out there that I thought was a realistic replacement was Ogbene. We tried to sign him, but Rotherham wouldn’t budge. Luton got him last summer as a PL club. Prior to that I liked Daniel Udoh at Shrewsbury but a bad injury that cost him a season ruled that out, and I think he’d have been a bit of a gamble anyway. And before that I liked the Reading-Meite, not the one I now see at Cardiff, who just goes around fouling defenders. He had cheese-string hamstrings so was never a serious consideration. Physical, but explosively paced strikers aren’t two-a-penny and the only player I’ve seen since that could fit the bill is Sinclair Armstrong. I tweeted this on 14th June: it got the thumbs up from Ian Rossiter, (ex-City coach / scout) who is now at Man Utd, so that’s a good sign. Do I think he’s as good as Semenyo, nope, obviously not. Do I think he’s as good as Semenyo at a comparable age, nope, but not much difference. For me it’s a signing I can get right behind, but will require a bit of patience whilst those rough edges are polished. I completely get why some will be hugely underwhelmed, and there will also be concern that our strike force this season will be relying on a 21 and 22 year old, both new to the club. My own thought is that this signing, along with Mayulu’s transfer, reduces the necessity of Twine. I doubt think that’ll be the same thinking as inside the HPC, but that’s just me. Hope we get a bit more news on this today. Fevs if you could ditch the Twine pursuit, but could still bring one more in, what type of player do you think the squad would benefit from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: I’m pretty sure I posted this earlier, but imho, we’ve missed Antoine Semenyo massively since he went to Bournemouth 18 months ago. Even when he left he wasn’t the finished article, was a bit erratic, but he gave us something very different. At the time the only player out there that I thought was a realistic replacement was Ogbene. We tried to sign him, but Rotherham wouldn’t budge. Luton got him last summer as a PL club. Prior to that I liked Daniel Udoh at Shrewsbury but a bad injury that cost him a season ruled that out, and I think he’d have been a bit of a gamble anyway. And before that I liked the Reading-Meite, not the one I now see at Cardiff, who just goes around fouling defenders. He had cheese-string hamstrings so was never a serious consideration. Physical, but explosively paced strikers aren’t two-a-penny and the only player I’ve seen since that could fit the bill is Sinclair Armstrong. I tweeted this on 14th June: it got the thumbs up from Ian Rossiter, (ex-City coach / scout) who is now at Man Utd, so that’s a good sign. Do I think he’s as good as Semenyo, nope, obviously not. Do I think he’s as good as Semenyo at a comparable age, nope, but not much difference. For me it’s a signing I can get right behind, but will require a bit of patience whilst those rough edges are polished. I completely get why some will be hugely underwhelmed, and there will also be concern that our strike force this season will be relying on a 21 and 22 year old, both new to the club. My own thought is that this signing, along with Mayulu’s transfer, reduces the necessity of Twine. I doubt think that’ll be the same thinking as inside the HPC, but that’s just me. Hope we get a bit more news on this today. Dave.....you are the all seeing Oracle....A Bristol City Bhagwan! Lets all hope that he fulfills his potential? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbo7 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 15/07/2024 at 19:09, GrahamC said: Understatement.. However I do get the logic, the guy possesses all the requirements, strong, quick, at 21 plenty of time to improve. Plus he’s Irish, which means he’ll know about 5 of our squad (Rob Dickie from QPR). Ends all this “Lansdown is going to heavily back Manning” nonsense too.. He played for a very poor QPR side in a lot of these games who have been in far more turmoil on the pitch than we have been. a change of scenery for the lad and a different style, which I very much hope we will be playing to suit his style as he’s a Manning signing will work wonders. This is a signing that I am very positive about, and comparisons to Semenyo excite me as in the early days he was raw and somewhat poor to a lot of our fans but once he learned to use his strengths in the correct areas he has turned into a Premier League talent. Please don’t knock the lad before he’s kicked a ball for us! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3rich Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Is there likely to be another striker coming in when Conway leaves? Or is Fally & Sinclair likely to be it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddarwedlocker Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Just now, BS3rich said: Is there likely to be another striker coming in when Conway leaves? Or is Fally & Sinclair likely to be it? Fally, Sinclair, Wells. Still want a No10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 With a 10 in too, think we’ve got a decent squad there, nice blend of players / styles! Also we can prob put out a proper Irish 5 a side team now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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