[Albion] Jurgen Locadia season-long loan to Hoffenheim

[Ninja Elephant]

Maybe mate.

Plenty of 33 year old strikers doing the business, not many 36 year olds. I'd be wishing him well, but father time catches up with everyone.

Nicky Forster was 36 when we signed him I think? Also, I'm thinking about Kevin Phillips and the role he played in helping Palace to promotion. Jason Roberts did a job in the Championship as well, at advanced years. I honestly think Murray in the Championship is almost a guarantee of promotion. There are plenty of teams really struggling for a striker at that level. Murray is probably still about the best available.

 

[blue-shifted]

All those players were much better at 33 than 36. Not to say Muzza couldn't do a job as he wasn't a pace player, but her visibly tailed off last season and has showed nothing in his cameos so far this. I doubt he'd fire a side to promotion and I don't get the impression he even wants another club now. Would be delighted if he has another top season or two in the Championship, I don't see it though. He can't play all those games

 

[Paris]

I completely agree with you - I think he'll want to move in January to get game time. You're a long time retired and at 36 I don't see him wanting to sit around not playing. He doesn't strike me as that sort of character, I definitely think he'll find himself out on loan, probably at a London club so he can commute rather than move. If I were manager of a Championship club, he would be THE name I would want to sign. If someone gets him, I'll be betting on their promotion.

I doff my cap Ninja Elephant. Some sense at last. Brentford might end up being that capital club. A club moving into a new nearby stadium, with reasonable promotion hopes. I'm sure it's been done before...

 

[PoG]

Another pen for Big Jurgs, 90+8

 

[Stat Brother]

Another pen for Big Jurgs, 90+8

2 weeks ago.

 

[PoG]

2 weeks ago.

Oh I'm a silly little bugger. Not sure how I got that so wrong.

 

[Stat Brother]

Oh I'm a silly little bugger. Not sure how I got that so wrong.

T'is ok, no harm no foul.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

T'is ok, no harm no foul.

No, it was definitely a foul. The Hoffenheim player stepped in front of the defender who was absolutely hacking through the ball, and got a lump taken out of his leg. Definite foul and every chance there was some harm to the player as well.

 

[Postman Pat]

Oh I'm a silly little bugger. Not sure how I got that so wrong.

A 1-1 draw with Markus Suttner's Fortuna this week - Jurg subbed off after 60.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

On a point of pedantry, I think it’s die Hoff due to the gemeinschaft part of TSG.

Pedantry in German??!! And should Gemeinschaft have a capital G?

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Locadia climbs off the bench to pop in a consolation in a 4-2 battering.

 

[Beach Hut]

Locadia climbs off the bench to pop in a consolation in a 4-2 battering.

And a header no less

 

[PoG]

So he can score with his bonce

 

[Da Man Clay]

Good header to be fair. Some pretty poor defending mind

 

[sparkie]

Just noticed that Transfermkt says Hoffenheim have an option to buy when the loan ends.

They are terrible with their player valuations, but very reliable with other information.

Perhaps everything is all agreed in advance like the Knockaert deal.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

On the bench for Hoffenheim at Union Berlin tonight. He has a local club gig later so needs to save himself.....

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Hopes and prayers he scores a barrel load for his German village side. Only so they'll stump up some money and we can recoup some small part of his transfer fee from the Dutch Walking League.