Leon best [signs on a half-year loan]

[saafend_seagull]

Friend has played power league with him in nottingham.

Anyway, our championship strikers records in the league

Baldock - 13 games, 1 goal
CMS - 16 games, 1 goal
COG - 11 games, 0 goals

40 games, 2 goals

Best would be a welcomed addition for me, and is better than CMS 100%.

 

[Rugrat]

These are the 2 key things in this:

1. O'Grady was a laughing stock here for the majority of this season and his upturn in form is still not exactly world-beating. His also benefits in comparisino to our other "strikers"
2. So Hughton has said we need a striker of his ilk, he knows Best and knows he's exactly that. Where's the problem? I fail to see the benefit of writing Best off until at least 10 minutes into his debut. If he hasn't scored 3 by then, bin him off...

Laughing stock? Well amongst those who wrote him off before he even kicked a ball. Pity we didn't sign some unknown from a Spanish 2nd div club who I assume would have acquired cult status immediately.

We sell Ulloa and bring in O'Grady and unless he had done what you suggest Best might need to, he never stood a chance with all those that suddenly think we should be buying or producing multi £M players

 

[The Fifth Column]

Friend has played power league with him in nottingham.

Anyway, our championship strikers records in the league

Baldock - 13 games, 1 goal
CMS - 16 games, 1 goal
COG - 11 games, 0 goals

40 games, 2 goals

Best would be a welcomed addition for me, and is better than CMS 100%.

There's nothing good about those stats, nothing at all, shocking return from our front line this season.

 

[severnside gull]

There's nothing good about those stats, nothing at all, shocking return from our front line this season.

100% agree.
But just a question...........has Baldock actually been played "up front" this season? It feels like someone made a mistake and told our manager(s) that he had signed as a winger

 

[chaileyjem]

Barber.

He might be deliberating as we speak about whether to put another 10p on to a pint of beer and all manner of other dastardly acts but he certainly doesn't get involved in recruiting players. Although its his job to negotiate the fee when they are sold. Something he's unfortunately had to be rather good at. There's no replacement for Burke as Burke's job had a wider brief than just finding players but Paul Winstanley has now stepped up to be in charge of "player identification", working with Hughton...and a team of scouts. He was previously Head of Recruitment at Derby.

 

[jamie the seagull]

Not sure who people are expecting to sign for us at this time of the year when they are sitting on large salary contracts.
It maybe that Hughton cannot get his 1st choice so is going back to someone he knows rather than someone who he does not.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Best is probably not a bad signing, and better than what we have.

Maybe we are getting 2 new strikers

 

[LamieRobertson]

He might be deliberating as we speak about whether to put another 10p on to a pint of beer and all manner of other dastardly acts but he certainly doesn't get involved in recruiting players. Although its his job to negotiate the fee when they are sold. Something he's unfortunately had to be rather good at. There's no replacement for Burke as Burke's job had a wider brief than just finding players but Paul Winstanley has now stepped up to be in charge of "player identification", working with Hughton...and a team of scouts. He was previously Head of Recruitment at Derby.

Thanks for that update

 

[708785]

Best

Zero goals in 20 appearances in all competitions this season- Albion have plenty of strikers like that. why do we need another?

 

[leigull]

He might be deliberating as we speak about whether to put another 10p on to a pint of beer and all manner of other dastardly acts but he certainly doesn't get involved in recruiting players. Although its his job to negotiate the fee when they are sold. Something he's unfortunately had to be rather good at. There's no replacement for Burke as Burke's job had a wider brief than just finding players but Paul Winstanley has now stepped up to be in charge of "player identification", working with Hughton...and a team of scouts. He was previously Head of Recruitment at Derby.

Sorry it was somewhat tongue in cheek. Just anticipate Barber will get the blame now if the players we sign don't perform.

 

[chaileyjem]

Sorry it was somewhat tongue in cheek. Just anticipate Barber will get the blame now if the players we sign don't perform.

Ha ! I think he does already amongst some of his "fans".

 

[JBizzle]

Laughing stock? Well amongst those who wrote him off before he even kicked a ball. Pity we didn't sign some unknown from a Spanish 2nd div club who I assume would have acquired cult status immediately.

I'm not saying it was fair, or even something with which I agree, but the guy was ridiculed on here from pretty much day one and it didn't improve even after people saw him play.

All I'm suggesting is it's perhaps not best to compare the two, or to write off Best before we've seen what he can contribute.

 

[mothy]

Leon scored one pf the best own goals ever for saints v derby in champ play offs. From a corner he kicked it over is shoulder from 12 yds into the top corner

 

[Rugrat]

I'm not saying it was fair, or even something with which I agree, but the guy was ridiculed on here from pretty much day one and it didn't improve even after people saw him play.

All I'm suggesting is it's perhaps not best to compare the two, or to write off Best before we've seen what he can contribute.

Well I agree he has been ridiculed but I think the basis of the ridicule is unfounded, even absurd.

Not writing Best off at all, I just don't get the transfer or why Best should be a better option than O'Grady ... certainly not recent form.

If Best does "replace" O'Grady then I hope both of them are hugely successful

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Best is probably not a bad signing, and better than what we have.

Maybe we are getting 2 new strikers

Really? His stats this season in the Championship suggest he is at best exactly the same as we have available.

 

[GT49er]

Best is probably not a bad signing, and better than what we have.

Maybe we are getting 2 new strikers

Better get in one - one good one is better than two not so good ones, especially as we've got a bunch of the latter already on the payroll.

1 goal in 4 doesn't inspire, but it's better than our current mob are doing, and if CH knows the bloke and thinks he can get the best out of him (no pun intended) then OK, let's see what happens.

 

[skipper734]

In 2010 Burke was employed to do a similar job for Southampton, after leaving Man City and before that Fulham. He must have been just as bad at Southampton, as they are now only 3rd in the EPL. The rest of the Southampton team of two years ago was sold to Liverpool and they are only 8th. He couldn't have had anything to do with that, could he?

 

[8ace]

Leon Best has a large collection of trainers

 

[midnight_rendezvous]

Half season long loan. Clubs Twitter just confirmed.

 

[stss30]

Horrendous signing.