Danny Holla Signs

[GoingUp]

and he's already got a pre-made song! (maybe not though...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFBWbH5CeRE

I think this one is better

 

[LamieRobertson]

I'm keeping an open mind

 

[Albumen]

What.....Where did I say anything about fitting into any system I hope the guy is amazing, but it will probably be at least a month, till he is fit and I was mearly pointing out, he is most likely a cheap alternative to Clayton. Let's hope he is better than Clayton, but let's not hold our breath eh, with Burke's track record.

But you're saying this cheap option is a bad thing how would you know when you don't know the player?

 

[symyjym]

Hopefully he will perform well for us, so we can sell him to meet our FFP target.

Thanks for the thumbs down TSB & Rod Marsh. Why so sensitive over a harmless playful comment?

Please try and lighten up a bit and try not to take things too seriously

 

[kevtherev]

It all depends on the whether you rate Clayton or not. Is he a lot better than what we have with a fully fit midfield?

I will say one thing, if this Holla can take a corner or a free kick, then he is an improvement on anything we got atm....Then we would just need someone to get on the end of them.

 

[Bladders]

Danny Holla

I'm keeping an open mind

You have to really, if he turns out to be rubbish then people can moan about penny pinching but as of now no one knows .

We might have pulled off a blinder of a deal for all we know

 

[Stat Brother]

The negativity seems odd.

Does every other team replace squad players with superstars?

If so who do they replace their superstars with?

Orlandi, Spanish Dave, Bridcutt, Barnes, Andrews & to a lesser extent Hoskins have all left our midfield.
Why get bent out of shape about Holla.

Do people actually believe the club will replace 5 or 6 players with £5,000,000 worth of signings.

 

[Albumen]

I'm keeping an open mind

So you're the one that has it! Hogger.

 

[Bladders]

I will say one thing, if this Holla can take a corner or a free kick, then he is an improvement on anything we got atm....Then we would just need someone to get on the end of them.

We've lacked guile in midfield for a while now, hence lack of goals. Hopefully this lad and Tex might be the answer

 

[LamieRobertson]

I will say one thing, if this Holla can take a corner or a free kick, then he is an improvement on anything we got atm....Then we would just need someone to get on the end of them.

Lol...we are crap at corners....i was thinking the chap from Liverpool might help there

 

[kevtherev]

But you're saying this cheap option is a bad thing how would you know when you don't know the player?

Oh come on please....even a blind man can see it's got cheap written all over it. That doesn't mean to say he is crap, let hope not eh. Two weeks ago everyone was putting Toko in there starting XI, based on a few youtube clips. Our signings so far have not inspired confidence, apart from Hughes and Stockdale, both of whom we all knew exactly what we were getting.

 

[LamieRobertson]

We've lacked guile in midfield for a while now, hence lack of goals. Hopefully this lad and Tex might be the answer

Slightly OT ..but did you hear WA giving JC advice on how to pronounce Tex's name....made me chuckle

 

[Bladders]

I stick got stuck on the old Liverpool system. Liverpool looked more like 4-3-3 to me but I did not see enough of their play.

Player at the point of the diamond has got to be mobile. Or else it is too easy for the opposing defence. Rigidity of the system makes it popular amongst some players.

Really don't like it though, but mostly the shape employed by a wing-back system. a few tweaks and it reverts to a more conventional shape. With hardly any left footers in the side favours a classic 4-3-3 to me. Absence of a good central midfielder counts against 4-3-3.

But Leicester played a classic 4-3-3 at he Amex last season and they got instantly kippered. Every system has its weaknesses and strengths.

PS: I think QPR played a diamond at the Amex and they were easily the better side in midfield. I think this was because they had better players and Oscar Garcia picked the weaknesses of the system eventually after spending most to the match firing blanks. To me that showed the diamond can be defeated by less talented teams.

They did switch about between 433 and 442 diamond , though iirc stuck more with the diamond second half of last season during good run

 

[TSB]

Thanks for the thumbs down TSB & Rod Marsh. Why so sensitive over a harmless playful comment?

Please try and lighten up a bit and try not to take things too seriously

Didn't realise it was tongue in cheek. Hard to tell here!!
Balance redressed.

 

[LamieRobertson]

The negativity seems odd.

Does every other team replace squad players with superstars?

If so who do they replace their superstars with?

Orlandi, Spanish Dave, Bridcutt, Barnes, Andrews & to a lesser extent Hoskins have all left our midfield.
Why get bent out of shape about Holla.

Do people actually believe the club will replace 5 or 6 players with £5,000,000 worth of signings.

I think some might be puzzled considering all the cash we've taken in over the last 8 months

 

[kevtherev]

The negativity seems odd.

Does every other team replace squad players with superstars?

If so who do they replace their superstars with?

Orlandi, Spanish Dave, Bridcutt, Barnes, Andrews & to a lesser extent Hoskins have all left our midfield.
Why get bent out of shape about Holla.

Do people actually believe the club will replace 5 or 6 players with £5,000,000 worth of signings.

No I don't for a second think we will spend anywhere near that. But we should be, with what's gone out and what the club charge. And they would still have £10m and spare left over.

 

[Bladders]

Spurs got £85 mill for Bale then done their money in one window on ordinary players. We don't necessarily have to blow it all in the next two weeks .

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Get out the evergreen, 'Holla, Holla, Holla, Oi, Oi, Oi...' chant

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Sami has said that he does all his scouting from DVDs, but this sounds as if he hasn't even done that. Okay, the days of Peter Taylor (the elder) driving 300 miles to stand behind the goal in freezing rain and a heavy disguise are long gone, but I wonder if things haven't gone a little too far in the opposite direction ...

I have been assured that Sami has seen him play. Get your facts right, idiot.

 

[perseus]

Lol...we are crap at corners....i was thinking the chap from Liverpool might help there

I can't see how! It is not the delivery of the corners it is the forwards (or advancing defenders) on the receiving end. Dunk should have had a hatrick against Cheltenham instead of the corner routine which he scored from.