[Albion] Fenerbahce are showing an interest in Brighton forward Jurgen Locadia.

[Wiggy Power]

Agree - i would sell if we could recoup all our money and look to invest somewhere else

What a ridiculous thing to say. We haven't even given the guy a chance to see what he can do so why would would we sell and take a punt on someone else.......I suppose that's JCL for you!

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[el punal]

I'm hoping this too, but I'm sure there would be a few offering to drive him

And those wishing to drive him might be better off staying there. The poor guy has only played a handful of games and yet some have already judged him to be this side of useless. God help us! Just as well those individuals are not responsible for player recruitment or selection, we wouldn’t have had Murray, Stephens, Duffy, Dunk, Ryan, Bong and many more still in our ranks if they had their way. A slight dip in form or a poor game - get rid.

 

[Beanstalk]

Seems like lazy journalism around this tweet where JL wishes Philip Cocu good luck.

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[schmunk]

He's going to get 15 goals in an Albion shirt next season...

Does that include training kit...?

 

[Bwian]

I'm hoping this too, but I'm sure there would be a few offering to drive him

That might well be down to the fact that he has looked disinterested, as anybody who had the misfortune to be at Palace will likely confirm. Not for the first (or last) time.

He needs to show massive improvement next season. There won't be the 'He hasn't had a full pre-season' excuse either. I still don't get that excuse!

Let's hope he does the business for us.

 

[Triggaaar]

He's going to get 15 goals in an Albion shirt next season...

Good cup runs?

 

[Sheebo]

If we could recoup all (or least most) of what we paid, go for it, and take another punt elsewhere.

As a LOAN deal though - can't see any benefit for us, so no chance.

We haven't even 'taken a punt' on Locadia yet though have we...? He needs a run of games in his correct position. It was just Murray's sparkling form that meant that rightly never happened. I think we need some patience on this one myself.

 

[Simster]

Loan deal?

What a ridiculous idea.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

And those wishing to drive him might be better off staying there. The poor guy has only played a handful of games and yet some have already judged him to be this side of useless. God help us! Just as well those individuals are not responsible for player recruitment or selection, we wouldn’t have had Murray, Stephens, Duffy, Dunk, Ryan, Bong and many more still in our ranks if they had their way. A slight dip in form or a poor game - get rid.

I'm sure the NSC knifemen battalion will be logging in later.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Loan deal?

What a ridiculous idea.

That's the bit that got me. That would basically amount to us lending them 10m for a year. Yes i can really see that happening.

 

[perseus]

Rashford can't head the ball either

 

[Icy Gull]

I see quite a few NSCers have written Jurgen off already. How can you do that given how little he has played?

 

[Wiggy Power]

I see quite a few NSCers have written Juergen off already. How can you do that given how little he has played?

I suspect it's the same ones who wrote off Izquierdo.

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[DavidRyder]

They can bugger awf.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

The poor guy has only played a handful of games and yet some have already judged him to be this side of useless.

I don't think anybody has written him off as useless. I certainly haven't suggested that.

But this lad wasn't a speculative £1m punt, for the development squad. £15m is a lot of cash, even for the newly minted Albion. For that kind of outlay, whatever kind of pre-season he had, however match-fit he was, and however much settling in he needs, I would still have expected to see more from the lad than we did. Chris Hughton seemed to agree.

We haven't even 'taken a punt' on Locadia yet though have we...? He needs a run of games in his correct position. It was just Murray's sparkling form that meant that rightly never happened. I think we need some patience on this one myself.

He was £15m Sheebo, and an experienced pro, from a decent league. He should be able to adapt. At the very least he should be able to work his Dutch nuts off - we haven't even seen that from him yet. And the 'in his right position' argument is the fans being very generous to him - out wide in a three IS where he played most games for PSV. Just because we all WANT him to be the star centre forward, doesn't make him so.

I see quite a few NSCers have written Jurgen off already. How can you do that given how little he has played?

He's played enough for some to question his effort levels, which I don't think is unfair. Unless he sorts out his awareness of his role in the side, and works harder, he will never, ever earn the 'run of games' that people are hoping will magically transform him into Patrick Kluivert.

 

[Icy Gull]

I don't think anybody has written him off as useless. I certainly haven't suggested that.

But this lad wasn't a speculative £1m punt, for the development squad. £15m is a lot of cash, even for the newly minted Albion. For that kind of outlay, whatever kind of pre-season he had, however match-fit he was, and however much settling in he needs, I would still have expected to see more from the lad than we did. Chris Hughton seemed to agree.



He was £15m Sheebo, and an experienced pro, from a decent league. He should be able to adapt. At the very least he should be able to work his Dutch nuts off - we haven't even seen that from him yet. And the 'in his right position' argument is the fans being very generous to him - out wide in a three IS where he played most games for PSV. Just because we all WANT him to be the star centre forward, doesn't make him so.



He's played enough for some to question his effort levels, which I don't think is unfair. Unless he sorts out his awareness of his role in the side, and works harder, he will never, ever earn the 'run of games' that people are hoping will magically transform him into Patrick Kluivert.

I guess we’ll need to leave this in the “we’ll see” box for a couple of months...assuming we don’t loan him to Turkey, when I think we can assume CH agrees with you.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I was in favour of the Locadia purchase but the signing of Andone suggests that we will continue with the 4-2-3-1 formation, and therefore I don't see how Locadia starts in this formation.

He's still miles better than Hemed and Baldock though.

 

[Megazone]

I suspect it's the same ones who wrote off Izquierdo.

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We signed him in January. He's our record ever signing and Hughton has barely played him. I'm not optimistic CH rates him.

 

[Trufflehound]

Poppycock

Poppycocu, surely?

 

[Wiggy Power]

We signed him in January. He's our record ever signing and Hughton has barely played him. I'm not optimistic CH rates him.

Let me use Izquierdo as an example again. For the first 20 games of the season, he only managed 6 starts, as opposed to 18 starts after Christmas. Players from abroad take time to settle and get to grips with the English game and Chris always eases them in slowly. Locadia was still recovering from a 2 month layoff so to expect him to hit the ground running is very nieve. No one know if Chris rates him or not, but one thing for sure, it's too early to off load him and start the whole process again.

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