Got to agree when he gets going he is quite fast but the way his feet move makes him look like Charlie Chaplin so he doesn't look capable of being speedy.
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[Albion] Jurgen Locadia season-long loan to Hoffenheim
- Thread starter jamie the seagull
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Got to agree when he gets going he is quite fast but the way his feet move makes him look like Charlie Chaplin so he doesn't look capable of being speedy.
doogie004
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Plus the fact he admitted he couldn’t head the ball . Whoever scouted him wants to let go as well joke of a player at this level
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Agreed - and I was thinking this several times during the Rovers match on Tuesday. It was pretty frenetic at times, and I just couldn’t see Locadia fitting in. Connolly and Alzate, however, seemed much more attuned to the tempo of the game (as did everyone else, with the possible exception of Mooy....but we can cut him some slack at the mo)
symyjym
Banned
Nah, Locadia tries and wants to play tbf. Nothing like Kemy.
Bwian
Kiss my (_!_)
- Jul 14, 2003
- 15,898
I think we've seen the last of Locadia in a Brighton shirt so no need to worry about trying to re-integrate him. Besides, he'll be busy playing in BG's local pub team.
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southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 6,049
Agree but how much of our £17m will we recoup? Or is all pissed up the swanny?
Meade's Ball
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I hope he does well. I don't want him to come back and i'd like a reasonable portion of money, even if it was half his original price, for him to remain elsewhere, but i'd rather he found merriment and a style that suited him better. He was a bit bobbins for us though.
southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 6,049
Agreed, but I could say that about my VW Polo, when it gets going it can go quite fast, but it take ages to get going!
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Barham's tash
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I would be but hope it’s not the case.
We would go from an A- transfer window to B- purely on a relative strength in depth basis alone.
Whilst I love the idea of having an actual pathway from U23 to first team squad I don’t believe having as strong as possible 25 man squad with supplementary competition from the upper echelons of the U23s is a bad thing and therefore moaning or selling two of the more peripheral members of the 25 seems like a slightly backward step.
If we can’t manage their respective ‘egos’ of wanting to play but not getting game time then our much vaunted ‘no dickheads’ filter is broken.
Angry about not playing? Then try harder or take your chance when you do. Not sit on the side and bitch and moan.
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
- 9,126
I'm actually not as down on Locadia as most people but I like that this move seems to mean a promotion for Connolly and Alzate. This is one of the reasons Potter was hired and I am looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
We have been crying out for players to come through the youth/under 23 set up and it looks like it may now start to happen. It’s a risky strategy at this level but if it works it bodes well for getting genuinely talented youngsters to come here.
Sorry to see JL go myself but if Potter can bring through youth and it works it will be bloody fantastic
Fingers crossed that Alzate and Connell are the real deal.
BIG change in direction from the club
madinthehead
I have changed this
Yeah, pretty much how I feel.. If they cant step up to the mark or if we feel we need to, we can still strengthen in Jan.
You make some good points, but the "rejoicing" as you put it, is purely down to the fact that Potter has very quickly concluded that he's not worth a squad place. We have no reason to wish ill of Locadia - he probably felt mismanaged under Hughton who asked him to be play far more defensively than he assumed he'd need to.
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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My thoughts exactly
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I've got room for ONE more in the car , anyone INTERESTED 
Perfidious Albion
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Potter said .
"We’re in a good position for Jurgen to make this move, on the back of the great progress some of the younger players have made over the summer, and in particular Aaron Connolly and Steven Alzate.
“Those two have been excellent throughout pre-season, not looked out of place with the first-team squad and showed on Tuesday night that they are capable of producing for us at first-team level."
Cllub website
"We’re in a good position for Jurgen to make this move, on the back of the great progress some of the younger players have made over the summer, and in particular Aaron Connolly and Steven Alzate.
“Those two have been excellent throughout pre-season, not looked out of place with the first-team squad and showed on Tuesday night that they are capable of producing for us at first-team level."
Cllub website
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Bit early for that kind of talk, IMO. I mean, he's changed the system and we've won an away game, but it's pretty early days...
Connolly to score the winner at the ETIHAD at the weekend?
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Does his loan necessarily suggest this? He was selected in all 3 match-day squads ? Seems a strange decision if the coach had concluded as you suggest? He started and played pretty well at Watford.. can't remember if he got minutes vs. West Ham ( and was chucked on with reasonable time to go vs. Saints. That suggests that he did see him worthy of a squad place, but could it be just that JL wasnt happy that again he was not guaranteed starts and asked for a move that GP can accept, reluctantly, as he has a back-up in Connolly. I accept that GP has decided we can afford to let him go, but not sure his actions simply say "not worthy".
TottonSeagull
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Complete waste of a shirt for nearly 2 years. Maybe GP can now find a home in Europe for the equally useless AJ as well!!