[Albion] Knockaert joins Fulham on initial one-year loan

[Weststander]

Just a read through this thread makes me think about how unrepresentative of Brighton fans NSC is. No player we have has a song sung as loud and as genuinely by our supporters, (ie the ones at the matches) than Knockeart.

I reckon the Brighton supporting public are wholly behind Knocky and want him to stay. The subset of NSC .. much more divided

Definitely this.

Muzza and March too, they’ve much loved at games, thousands applauding them in the warm up, or if they warm up as a sub.

Their haters are all signed up and active on NSC. But still heavily outnumbered!

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

Love Knocky, hope he stays.

 

[B-right-on]

Spend five minutes with him. You'll know.

Another ridiculous statement. NSC again at its best. Poster spouting crap he knows F all about.

 

[smudge]

Knocky gets me out my seat, has defenders on the back foot. One of my favourite EVER players in the stripes. Has so much left to give, he's at his peak I'd say, but with still a bit to prove in the PL to the doubters. What sort of game will he bring under Potter? That's the exciting part for me. Knocky totally unleashed to cause mayhem is what I'd love to see.
DO NOT want him to leave.

 

[Billy the Fish]

The problem this attacking option scores 3 or 4 goals a season and with his "antics" concedes a couple too, so the return isn't great, add in a couple of red cards and pointless bookings (just imagine if that Palace early doors tackle had been a red, we'd be in the Championship now) and I think you see that £15m is a very good price for the player.

Utter nonsense

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Knocky gets me out my seat, has defenders on the back foot. One of my favourite EVER players in the stripes. Has so much left to give, he's at his peak I'd say, but with still a bit to prove in the PL to the doubters. What sort of game will he bring under Potter? That's the exciting part for me. Knocky totally unleashed to cause mayhem is what I'd love to see.
DO NOT want him to leave.

I don't disagree with any of that - he is exciting, he's that sort of player. But so was LuaLua. Knockaert, to a certain extent, was the upgrade on LuaLua that we needed to progress the team. I don't think the final product has been good enough, which is why I would take the money from Fulham and allow Jahanbakhsh and March to regularly play from the side that their strongest on.

 

[Birdie Boy]

Depends more on the song than the player. Ulloa's was belted out as it was easy to sing and catchy, same as Bissouma. Not necessarily to be confused with any popularity.

So, Ulloa's goals, Bissouma's undoubted potential and Knockaert's exciting attacking play had nothing to do with their popularity, just their songs... :doh:

 

[Knocky's Nose]

Knocky gets me out my seat, has defenders on the back foot. One of my favourite EVER players in the stripes. Has so much left to give, he's at his peak I'd say, but with still a bit to prove in the PL to the doubters. What sort of game will he bring under Potter? That's the exciting part for me. Knocky totally unleashed to cause mayhem is what I'd love to see.
DO NOT want him to leave.

This.

 

[blue-shifted]

I don't disagree with any of that - he is exciting, he's that sort of player. But so was LuaLua. Knockaert, to a certain extent, was the upgrade on LuaLua that we needed to progress the team. I don't think the final product has been good enough, which is why I would take the money from Fulham and allow Jahanbakhsh and March to regularly play from the side that their strongest on.

Taking £15m for Knocky so that Ali J can get regular starts on the right would be an astonishing gamble. Ali J could have played on the right all of last season ... were he good enough to displace Knockeart from the side.

 

[Silverhatch]

We intimately know how good AK is/was in the Championship. So ask yourself this, how many goals would Knockaert get in Eredivisie?

 

[Surrey Phil]

I can’t see Knocky leaving unless Potter tells him he’s surplus to requirements, which is unlikely.

 

[Justice]

I can’t see Knocky leaving unless Potter tells him he’s surplus to requirements, which is unlikely.

He’s already said he wants him in the squad it’s now up to AK and the club out of his hands so to speak.

 

[b.w.2.]

If they're lower PL at best, they can and do - voluntarily if they want to shine again like they did when previously at the lower level, or voluntarily if their PL team doesn't want them/wants to sell them, and no other PL team comes in with an offer.
Knocky can shine in the Championship in a way that he can't in the PL - he's lower PL standard.

Lower PL standard is still PL standard...


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[Herr Tubthumper]

Lower PL standard is still PL standard...


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He’d be a bigger fish in The Championship. I think this might suit his character better.

 

[chaileyjem]

The same Naylor whose contacts said Dunk to Leicester was....

The same Leicester who haven't and don't want to sell Maguire, are "miles away" from agreeing a deal, have priced him so high that Man United are pausing for thought, haven't made a bid for Dunk and have other targets and Bloom has priced him so high that everyone is freaking out.
How likely do you think it is ? .

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Utter nonsense

Which part?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Now that Potter has publicly said he wants Knockaert to stay, I can't see this transfer going any further.

 

[TSB]

Another ridiculous statement. NSC again at its best. Poster spouting crap he knows F all about.

Well, I've spent five minutes with the egotistical midget.
Have you?
Seems to me you are acting a bit pissy because I've suggested your 100-mile-an-hour hero isn't a shining light in the community or model member of society.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Which part?

The part where you attribute a personal goal difference to him. The part where you highlight the word "antics" as if to insinuate, again, the falsehood that he's got a bad attitude.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I don't disagree with any of that - he is exciting, he's that sort of player. But so was LuaLua. Knockaert, to a certain extent, was the upgrade on LuaLua that we needed to progress the team. I don't think the final product has been good enough, which is why I would take the money from Fulham and allow Jahanbakhsh and March to regularly play from the side that their strongest on.

I largely agree with this. His skills were well suited, and tricky enough, for the Championship where he could beat multiple players before cutting back onto his left peg for a shot. Move this up a division where players are more savvy and it loses its effectiveness. Over the past 2 seasons there’s been many moments where players have completely read him and negated his impact especially that moment where they know he wants to tee up the ball on his left.

Take the money and invest.