[Albion] Locadia Today

[NooBHA]

Locadia is like one of those one off pop music releases that get to No#2 in the hit parade, never to be heard again.
Until a novice DJ (BHAFC), play that tune again, but its too late

LOL LOL

One of those phrases where people give their age away

 

[Cheshire Cat]

But possibly still better than any of the other options currently up front?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

But possibly still better than any of the other options currently up front?

Good grief. No, no he isn’t better than ANY of the other options up front.

And when I say ANY I’m including Zeqiri, Reda Kahdra, Danny Cashman, and Big Dan Burn stuck up top.

He’s lazy, disinterested, and shit.

 

[AZ Gull]

Initial loan was from January to June (or July) and he started well in the few games before Covid, so Cincinnati decided to extend the loan with a full year (until summer 2021). They are likely paying his full wage so Bloom was probably delighted that they wanted to take him on for another year.

Cant see them using that option, think he will return in the summer unless he is completely brilliant for the first half of 2021. While not official, rumour is that the buy option means they would have to pay $10m and that is a lot of money for a small MLS club to pay for a goalless striker who at his best is considered a decent target man.

When the loan was extended in June there was reporting from journalist Laurel Pfahler at their end that there was still the option to buy at the end of the loan "..unless it's automatically triggered sooner by way of games played." Let's hope he starts banging in the goals next season so they feel duty bound to play him every game....

She also reported that Cincy had negotiated a "Covid discount" on the potential transfer fee; while she didn't divulge the number, another tweeter suggested it was now $7million.

 

[Blue3]

CINCINNATI – FC Cincinnati today announced the majority of their upcoming roster decisions for 2021

“We have seen the potential in a number of players who have shown their quality and how they can fit within the club’s playing style. We’re also utilizing our partnership with TSG Hoffenheim to evaluate the opportunity with Franko Kovačević to see if there is a fit within our roster following the 2021 preseason.”

The club’s current roster decisions for 2021 listed alphabetically by position, is below:

Goalkeepers (2): Ben Lundt, Beckham Sunderland

Defenders (4): Saad Abdul-Salaam, Zico Bailey Tom Pettersson, Maikel van der Werff

Midfielders (6): Frankie Amaya, Alvaro Barreal, Allan Cruz, Yuya Kubo, Haris Medunjanin, Kamohelo Mokotjo

Forwards (3): Franko Kovačević, Jürgen Locadia, Brandon

Information about seating options at the club’s state-of-the-art West End Stadium – which will open in Spring 2021 – is now available at westendstadium.com.

 

[Justice]

We spent £14m on a DJ from Holland

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Good grief. No, no he isn’t better than ANY of the other options up front.

And when I say ANY I’m including Zeqiri, Reda Kahdra, Danny Cashman, and Big Dan Burn stuck up top.

He’s lazy, disinterested, and shit.

But apart from that, fine?

 

[AmexRuislip]

We spent £14m on a DJ from Holland

I'm sure Fat Boy Slim would've been a cheaper option.
Local lad apparently

 

[blue-shifted]

Good grief. No, no he isn’t better than ANY of the other options up front.

And when I say ANY I’m including Zeqiri, Reda Kahdra, Danny Cashman, and Big Dan Burn stuck up top.

He’s lazy, disinterested, and shit.

I agree with whoever was saying he did show some early career promise and we took a punt on that basis.

But players don't develop at a linear rate.

All the while our recruitment strategy is to go for untested players who've not played or excelled in a top league we can expect a significant failure rate.

 

[AmexRuislip]

I agree with whoever was saying he did show some early career promise and we took a punt on that basis.

But players don't develop at a linear rate.

All the while our recruitment strategy is to go for untested players who've not played or excelled in a top league we can expect a significant failure rate.

Yeh, but not £14 million worth of failure, that's a hell of loss for our clubs coffers.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I agree with whoever was saying he did show some early career promise and we took a punt on that basis.

But players don't develop at a linear rate.

All the while our recruitment strategy is to go for untested players who've not played or excelled in a top league we can expect a significant failure rate.

I agree. My criticism is aimed more squarely at Mr Locadia himself, than the recruitment team.

There are some tools there. With sufficient effort and application he might have come to ‘something’.

 

[GloryDays]

Good grief. No, no he isn’t better than ANY of the other options up front.

And when I say ANY I’m including Zeqiri, Reda Kahdra, Danny Cashman, and Big Dan Burn stuck up top.

He’s lazy, disinterested, and shit.

I'm really excited to see Zeqiri if he ever plays. Judging by YT alone, he looks like a natural finisher that mixes power and placement. Largely LF yes, and not many headers, granted.

But looking at the smaller details....the goals with one touch directed in to the net. Combine that with the movement he shows in these clips and he'll certainly have 2 good chances a game which NM would take 6 touches for. He looks hungry and instinctive. Notice the number of goals that clip the woodwork. Goals never change size regardless of the league. It's a gamble, and an untapped talent...but glimpses of a gem. I have more confidence in the AZ gamble than I did with NM, Hemed (who stats were largely massaged by penalties) and JLoc, who even on his video looked painfully slow and scared of heading.

I'm not knocking Tomer too much. He was a good player for us for a time, but I have too many memories of seeing him miss from 3 yards out.

I'm happy to eat humble pie on AZ, too...but with a fraction of the right gym work he's PL ready IMO - certainly against the teams around us.

 

[vagabond]

Locadia today. Really seized his big opportunity. Absolutely ran himself into the ground and looked worth every penny of the £14 million we spent on him. Think he is really going to kick on from here.

[emoji38]

 

[blue-shifted]

Yeh, but not £14 million worth of failure, that's a hell of loss for our clubs coffers.

Not really in the scheme of things.

£14m for a premier league striker is f all.

I'd say it gets you about a 30% chance of success
£20m gets you about a 50/50 chance of a decent player
£30 or £40m is far from a guarantee, as per Haller, Joelinton etc

 

[blue-shifted]

I'm really excited to see Zeqiri if he ever plays. Judging by YT alone, he looks like a natural finisher that mixes power and placement. Largely LF yes, and not many headers, granted.

But looking at the smaller details....the goals with one touch directed in to the net. Combine that with the movement he shows in these clips and he'll certainly have 2 good chances a game which NM would take 6 touches for. He looks hungry and instinctive. Notice the number of goals that clip the woodwork. Goals never change size regardless of the league. It's a gamble, and an untapped talent...but glimpses of a gem. I have more confidence in the AZ gamble than I did with NM, Hemed (who stats were largely massaged by penalties) and JLoc, who even on his video looked painfully slow and scared of heading.

I'm not knocking Tomer too much. He was a good player for us for a time, but I have too many memories of seeing him miss from 3 yards out.

I'm happy to eat humble pie on AZ, too...but with a fraction of the right gym work he's PL ready IMO - certainly against the teams around us.

He may turn out to be a fine player, but youtube clips of his performance in the Swiss second division basically counts as nothing in times of evidence IMO

 

[AmexRuislip]

£14m for a premier league striker is f all

Maybe, but I'd say for a Man City etc....
But not BHAFC IMO

 

[middletoenail]

I'm still clinging to the hope that the £14m is heavily performance related, and that amount will never be realised.

 

[durrington gull]

Loco a complete 'write off' - cut our losses and give him away

 

[Robinjakarta]

I agree. My criticism is aimed more squarely at Mr Locadia himself, than the recruitment team.

There are some tools there. With sufficient effort and application he might have come to ‘something’.

Spot on. He did have some some talent, but he didn't try! I saw him several times just give up running for balls he might have caught with a bit of effort.

 

[Swansman]

Watching Cincinnati vs Inter Miami.... Cincinnati are completely shit, yet Locadia cant get into their side (he is on the bench). How to get rid of him will be one of the great complexities this summer...