The 'Andrea Orlandi from Swansea' thread (merged)

[Davemania]

Or is he Spanish? He just played for a Spanish team....shiiit if he's not Spanish, dont sign him

 

[Zebedee]

Happy to see how this signing pans out, and am quietly optimistic - hopefully he'll be on the pitch more often than in the treatment room.

 

[greyseagull]

I'm going out.

 

[Safeway]

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[sam86]

Swansea accept bid for Andrea Orlandi from Brighton

Brighton & Hove Albion are closing in on the signing of midfielder Andrea Orlandi after agreeing a transfer fee with Swansea.
Swans boss Michael Laudrup confirmed on Thursday that he has accepted a bid from the Championship side for the 28-year-old Spaniard.
Orlandi has made 90 appearances for the Welsh side, scoring three goals, since joining from Alaves in 2007.
However, he was restricted to just five games in all competitions last season.

I <3 that kit...

 

[NickBHAFC18]

If he was at Alaves, that probably means he already knows Inigo Calderon.

No idea if that has been mentioned in the big thread, but it's been mentioned here now.

They did play together and I mentioned it in the other thread

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

more flair

 

[ditchy]

Brightons version of Xabi Alonso !

 

[brightn'ove]

As we've seen with the boyd/taylor thing at ipswich, ill start celebrating a new signing when its on the club website.

 

[Bladders]

Don't know and don't really care if this has been posted yet but check out this vid and the comments below. This on in particular...

"Andrea Orlandi is one of the most technical players I have ever seen wearing a swans shirt.
He draws players in and oftern beats them with skill, a key member of our 2010/2011 season and one of the main reasons we got promoted and played a key role in a match against cardiff (we won 1-0). Would have played more this season if it wasn't for injury. Hes the kind of player who can slow down the tempo when your team are under attack and can find a killer ball!
Very good player and a icon in swansea!"

Some of those slide rule passes were from the top draw

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Looking at that vid there is a striking similarity to Noony except Orlandi looks a class better. Early thoughts - good biz Gus.

 

[bennibenj]

In reality, no he doesn't.

More like Jensen Button

 

[Bladders]

Looking at that vid there is a striking similarity to Noony except Orlandi looks a class better. Early thoughts - good biz Gus.

..........in the fact that they both have arms and legs but that's about it for me.

Orlandi looks to have a much better first touch, better balance on the ball and a better final ball, and some of those passes I've never seen Noone make.

 

[empire]

Read that in the Argus in fairness.

Putting you "in the frame" for Orlandi and a striker though

orlandi signing has nothing to do with nooney,he was being signed whatever(cover or replace dicker who knows),now i have been given a name of a striker but i would wet my y fronts if true,ans as i have a pretty good track record,im not stupid enough to put it up here im afraid,

 

[FourFourTwo]

orlandi signing has nothing to do with nooney,he was being signed whatever(cover or replace dicker who knows),now i have been given a name of a striker but i would wet my y fronts if true,ans as i have a pretty good track record,im not stupid enough to put it up here im afraid,

Has he already been mentioned on here?

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

*am trying to be nice to Noony*
They are both left sided and a bit skinny.....there you go, striking

 

[Mo Gosfield]

I have seriously good and reliable Swansea connections and the vibes are not that good about Mr. Orlandi. Don't get too excited over this deal. IMHO HE is no better than the two Man City boys we had on loan.
Hey ho!

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

Or is he Spanish? He just played for a Spanish team....shiiit if he's not Spanish, dont sign him

born in Barcelona and played for them

Born

03/08/1984 - Barcelona



Height

5'10"

Weight

12.3st



Honours

Champions League : 2006 (FC Barcelona); League One : 2008 (Swansea City); Liga : 2006 (FC Barcelona); Spanish Supercopa : 2005 (FC Barcelona)



Clubs

Swansea City

 

[We're the Stripes]

Some of those slide rule passes were from the top draw

Get Kazenga spinning onto those balls in behind the full-back (instead of Nathan Dyer) - and we're onto a winner.

Orlandi looks a classy addition.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I have seriously good and reliable Swansea connections and the vibes are not that good about Mr. Orlandi. Don't get too excited over this deal. IMHO HE is no better than the two Man City boys we had on loan.
Hey ho!

What the QUALITY Razak who now gets on Man Citys bench and the tricky barcelona-trained Assulin who both only left due to poor attitudes?

Yeah. that would be RUBBISH.