Emmanuel Ledesma on loan...

[1066familyman]

not in the present squad no
but I bet Barnes would have given him a run for his money, and what ever you say some of the present lot could have learned from Barnes how to be testy,fiesty and just damn well hard to put down

How do you mean - "what ever you say"? You've no need to make a case for Barnes to me, I always knew what he had to offer and as such was always a fan.
That's digressing anyway. The point I'm making I think most will agree on, namely - we currently lack any real bite, especially in midfield where it's needed most.
Perhaps Kayal will give us some and potentially Ledesma if he comes too? Although neither will have been signed for that purpose I'm sure.

 

[Medwayseagull]

not in the present squad no
but I bet Barnes would have given him a run for his money, and what ever you say some of the present lot could have learned from Barnes how to be testy,fiesty and just damn well hard to put down

As well as tripping a referee and getting a lengthy ban ?

 

[LamieRobertson]

Basically a player who can't get into another championship squad - massively underwhelmed

i wonder how many championship clubs would be happy to let a perceived valuable member of there squad go out on loan at this stage of the season? Half the sides are threatened by relegation the other half going for playoffs/promotion ..its a limited field to pick from

 

[sydney]

:ffs: more shyte.

 

[Albumen]

He'll be shit until he scores or assists. Then he'll be great until he's shit again. Then he wont join on a permanent and it'll be the boards fault. Then we won't miss him.

 

[carlzeiss]

i wonder how many championship clubs would be happy to let a perceived valuable member of there squad go out on loan at this stage of the season? Half the sides are threatened by relegation the other half going for playoffs/promotion ..its a limited field to pick from

If he is effective here then he will assist in depriving boro's rivals of. points thus helping their promotion push .

 

[perseus]

Its all wild shit !

Pity we could not sign Yanic Wildschut instead!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Every since Barber set foot into this club its been nothing but decline on the playing front. Wait till the end of the summer window? Well I waited and all that turned up was shite like Gary Gardner.

A salient point and well worth the money he is paid of course.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

A midfield that includes a selection of Lua Lua, Ince, Kayal, Texiera, Ledesma, Stephens, Baldock and March should really be moving up the table... but we'll see.

You would think so yes, but even if we had truly world class players in our midfield, who were creating chance after chance for our striker(s), it's worthless unless we have players capable of scoring from them.

Alas so far this season we haven't.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Will he be able to play last game of the season?

 

[ditchy]

You could say exactly the same about about Albion last season and how they responded to 2012/13. .

What about Boro ?
Just missed out on play offs in 11/12 (7th), then dusted themselves down and er, 16th in 2012/13. Another disappointing season in 2013/14 - only 12th.
And now er, top of the table. What lesson should we learn from that ?

PS: Are Derby and Ipswich really of a similar status to the Albion. Currently our crowds are similar but they've both had long periods in D1 / Prem League and actually won a few things.

When did Derby or Ipswich last win anything ? Granted were in Prem a while back but well before the differentials we are seeing between Champ and Prem as is in the present form . My point is that they have had continuity over the last 18mths / 2 years which is starting to pay dividends .

We havent and have been a shambles on the recruitment side over that period .

 

[gripper stebson]

Confirmed by the club. Initial one month.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Ha! appreciated. As for the positivity, you should see my gloomy face on far too many post Amex saturday nights this season pacing round the house with a thundercloud above my head...

For what it is worth, I find your posts to be refreshingly realistic!

 

[Biscuit]

We needed a winger, so I'm happy.

 

[brightonmark1234]

We needed a winger, so I'm happy.

yeh will we play him as a winger or play him like we do with lua lua down the middle and not out wide

 

[Rod Marsh]

yeh will we play him as a winger or play him like we do with lua lua down the middle and not out wide

If he can do either role/position then that's all good. We need options, particularly with March sidelined.

 

[glasfryn]

How do you mean - "what ever you say"? You've no need to make a case for Barnes to me, I always knew what he had to offer and as such was always a fan.
That's digressing anyway. The point I'm making I think most will agree on, namely - we currently lack any real bite, especially in midfield where it's needed most.
Perhaps Kayal will give us some and potentially Ledesma if he comes too? Although neither will have been signed for that purpose I'm sure.

Barnes had passion which is sadly lacking now Kayal maybe, maybe its the coaching as it seems that most who have that spend a lot of time banned.
I am of the old school if a tackle is fair no matter how hard its still fair,and lots of players now come into the "big girls blouse" catagory rolling around on the floor like they have been shot by a sniper, although lately the refs seem to be letting some hard tackles go, or it could be the fact that we have a lot of foreign players now, who knows.

 

[B.W.]

How exciting. A former rejected trialist for a whole 1 month. Still, we definitely need a winger in. Should have been sorted in Jan, but hey ho.

 

[SweatyMexican]

Skip forward to 1:40, what a goal that was from Ledesma.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N95doKhFYEk#t=105

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Confirmed by the club. Initial one month.

I wonder what "initial" means.

If it's down to us, we play him and decide if we want to keep him for the rest of the season that's fine. A no lose for us. He does well, he stays. He doesn't, he goes.

But if it's down to Middlesborough that's not so good. If he does the business with us then they'll call him back after his month.