The generic transfer thread

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by TBM » 05 Sep 2013 10:33

Royalclapper Kaka returning to AC Milan was an interesting one. He seemed to be unstoppable at one point when he won the World Player of the Year in 2007 while playing for Milan and yet seemed to very quickly fade away thereafter.

Didn't live up to his billing at Real Madrid and you would wonder whether Gareth Bale can live up to the hype or if he gets weighed down by similar expectations. Kaka's best years are probably behind him but AC Milan might be hoping to get back what's left of his old self being as he's worshipped there.


He didn't want to leave AC last time though, did he? - didn't he feel like he was being forced out of the club (i remember Man City were very close to getting him before Real came in)

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by No Fixed Abode » 05 Sep 2013 10:45

Royalclapper Kaka returning to AC Milan was an interesting one. He seemed to be unstoppable at one point when he won the World Player of the Year in 2007 while playing for Milan and yet seemed to very quickly fade away thereafter.

Didn't live up to his billing at Real Madrid and you would wonder whether Gareth Bale can live up to the hype or if he gets weighed down by similar expectations. Kaka's best years are probably behind him but AC Milan might be hoping to get back what's left of his old self being as he's worshipped there.


My point exactly where you can't judge a signing until 6 months, a year down the line. Really don't get it when people say "It's a great signing". On paper, perhaps. But in reality who knows how a player will adapt to another club. As you say, Kaka was a shadow of himself at Real.

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by daswonder » 05 Sep 2013 12:07

The groin problem Kaká had aggravated towards the end of his time at Milan relapsed shortly after his €65m move to the Bernabéu and the imbalances it created were impacting on his knee. He’d had surgery and undergone a cutting edge biomechanical study pioneered by his personal physician Toribio Leite.
But the impression gathered was that he was no longer the same player.
That “extraordinary” dynamism which blew Ancelotti and opponents away, the sudden bursts of acceleration and elasticity in his play had, with the exception of a few flashes, gone. Like his former team-mate Andriy Shevchenko at Chelsea, Kaká was considered a huge flop at Real Madrid.


http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pit ... 21636.html

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by Ouroboros » 05 Sep 2013 12:12

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Royalclapper Kaka returning to AC Milan was an interesting one. He seemed to be unstoppable at one point when he won the World Player of the Year in 2007 while playing for Milan and yet seemed to very quickly fade away thereafter.

Didn't live up to his billing at Real Madrid and you would wonder whether Gareth Bale can live up to the hype or if he gets weighed down by similar expectations. Kaka's best years are probably behind him but AC Milan might be hoping to get back what's left of his old self being as he's worshipped there.


My point exactly where you can't judge a signing until 6 months, a year down the line. Really don't get it when people say "It's a great signing". On paper, perhaps. But in reality who knows how a player will adapt to another club. As you say, Kaka was a shadow of himself at Real.


Isn't it pretty similar to saying, say "Chelsea have got a better team than Man Utd this year"? It might be borne out by the next 6 - 12 months, or it might not. Even if Man Utd finish above Chelsea you might say "Chelsea had the better players but underperformed" in the same way as you could say "It was a great signing that didn't work out."

Signing Ozil on a free would be a great signing because of the very high probability of value for money. A mediocre performance from him wouldn't make that any less true. It would have been a great signing that didn't work out.

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by No Fixed Abode » 05 Sep 2013 16:10

If it didn't 'work out' then it isn't a great signing.


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Re: The generic transfer thread

by Ouroboros » 05 Sep 2013 18:38

Well.

This has been fun. Do it again some time?

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by No Fixed Abode » 20 Sep 2013 17:23

Chalobah joins Forest on loan
McEachran joins Watford on loan

Two of Readings promotion rivals sign decent players.

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by St. Brynjar » 20 Sep 2013 17:52

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Two of Readings promotion rivals sign decent players.

Don't be all mysterious, who have they signed?

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by sandman » 20 Sep 2013 18:04

No Fixed Abode Chalobah joins Forest on loan
McEachran joins Watford on loan

Two of Readings promotion rivals sign decent players.


Given Jose's record with developing young players it was probably best for them to get away.


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Re: The generic transfer thread

by jcooper1871 » 15 Oct 2013 18:23

Just came across this on the BBC, would be nice to see him back in English football

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24531770

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by Sanguine » 22 Oct 2013 10:09

Derby continue to turn things around - unbeaten under McClaren, they've now signed Andre Wisdom on loan to the end of the season.

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by stealthpapes » 22 Oct 2013 10:27

McEachran <-- I've only see him play like a weak child. Good touch but he was tiny.

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by stealthpapes » 22 Oct 2013 10:38

Wax Jacket We could cap Ilori, they could cap Eric Dier, see who turns out better


There's a keeper playing in the Primeira Liga as well, English. Got dropped at a youngish age, went over to the States and then back to Europe via a team in the Azores.

I'm a personal fan of the German players with English backgrounds. Hunt and Holtby would probably walk into England squads if they'd had an English footballing background. Still, only Germany, guess they'll make do.


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Re: The generic transfer thread

by Wax Jacket » 22 Oct 2013 11:29

you mean they'd waltz in with a display of one-touch passing beyond 99.9% of our players

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by soggy biscuit » 24 Oct 2013 13:56

Dexter Blackstock joins Leeds on loan

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by John Madejski's Wallet » 03 Nov 2013 13:04

Just LOL at Ashley & Kinnear.

Ashley is a weird one, every time he does something right and gets the fans back onside, he goes and does something stupid

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by genome » 18 Nov 2013 17:20

Bendtner thinks he'll end up at Barca or Madrid:

http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/17/nicklas-b ... e-4189872/

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by soggy biscuit » 03 Dec 2013 07:55

Man City sign 14 year old Brahim Abdelkader Diaz from Malaga for €375,000 rising to €3M

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Re: The generic transfer thread

by Sanguine » 03 Dec 2013 09:50

soggy biscuit Man City sign 14 year old Brahim Abdelkader Diaz from Malaga for €375,000 rising to €3M


Just collecting potential. Hacks me right off. It should be banned. I know you can't, free movement etc. But it should be banned. Kids shouldn't be allowed to sign contracts with foreign clubs.

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