Never mind our football hiring and firing department. Just find me one example of NSC complaining about letting him go at the time.
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David Rodriguez, here we go again
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Yoda
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Well, Leo Ulloa was playing with Almeria in the Spanish 2nd Division when we signed him.
Phat Baz 68
Get a ****ing life mate !
- Apr 16, 2011
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The operative words being "Spanish Second Tier " !!
Equivalent to about Ryman Premier/South, poor record at that level even.
He was shite, no where near Championship level.
Equivalent to about Ryman Premier/South, poor record at that level even.
He was shite, no where near Championship level.
Phat Baz 68
Get a ****ing life mate !
- Apr 16, 2011
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Well, Leo Ulloa was playing with Almeria in the Spanish 2nd Division when we signed him.
We got very lucky with him as we did with Zamora from Bristol Rovers
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
...as indeed we did from Preston with Lawro.
West Hoathly Seagull
Honorary Ruffian
He'll presumably make it with Atletico next season then. I don't think Zaragoza have been promoted, or are likely to be. Trouble is the Championship is a good bit more physical than either La Liga or the Liga Adelante. As others have said, we were fortunate with Ulloa in that he has skill as well as a strong build.
BensGrandad
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My point is that he was on loan and Athletico may want him nearer to home than in England with us unless they are prepared to sell him at a sensible price.
It really isn't. The top sides are every bit as good as most Championship clubs, the football is just different. The physicality necesary for strikers in the Championship is what he was missing. You either need to be big and strong, or really quick. Rodriguez is neither of those, and neither is Colunga, unfortunately.
HantsSeagull
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this is the point - he wasn't given a chance at all - let alone in the right position
West Hoathly Seagull
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Sure, I had no idea that he was on loan; the site I found the Liga Adelante statistics on didn't mention whether leading scorers were permanent signings or on loan. I just wondered whether he was the sort of player that Oscar supposedly had listed for Bloom and had rejected. Weren't there rumours of Gerard Delofeu coming to us? He of course went to Everton. Besides, I would never expect us to be competing for fringe top La Liga side players (although I think Bruno, Calde and David Lopez were seen as quite striking signings by Gus at the time).
W.C.
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Are you serious?
.....and Peter Ward from Burton Albion, and Mark Gall from Maidstone, and Garry Nelson from Plymouth, and Kurt Nogan from Luton, and John Keeley from Chelmsford
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Sorry, but aside from Peter Ward, I would hardly put Gall, Nelson, Nogan and Keeley in the same 'discovery from a small club and class' bracket as Ulloa, BZ and Lawro.
*Cough* Vicente *Cough* Agree though. I think signings of that ilk are past us for now. I expect more hard as nails British signings under Hughton.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
**** me he was dire. For a min there I had to do a doubnle take and thought you meant the one and only Spanish Dave
Fair enough...........Glenn Murray from Rochdale!!
Megazone
On his last warning
We paid 300k which was a huge fee for us back then. I don't think we can call that one a steal.
For someone who is scoring regularly in the Premier League we can.
Megazone
On his last warning
and there was me thinking we got robbed.....