norwich looking at JOEL LYNCH if they go up to prem

[kalinx]

Norwich City linked with move for Nottingham Forests Joel Lynch | FootyBunker.com

say he is one for the premiership - thoughts?

 

[maresfield seagull]

Agent at work again IMHO

 

[severnside gull]

Agent at work again IMHO

exactly what I was thinking

 

[Scotty Mac]

i still cant believe that his demise from the albion started because micky adams insisted that colin f***ing hawkins was a better player

 

[Barrel of Fun]

i still cant believe that his demise from the albion started because micky adams insisted that colin f***ing hawkins was a better player

Far be it from me to defend MA mkII. He didn't, did he? Lynch was injured. Hawkins played for a few games and proved to be a decent player (at the time). Lynch should have bided his time. Still, he got his move in the end, even if it did result in a handful of games per annum. I am sure the money made things easier.

The subsequent actions of Lynch would suggest that he was not in it to win it (for Brighton, at least).

 

[Brighton til I Die]

Unless he's ten times the player he is now than he was for us, he aint playing Prem football next season, have heard so litle about him i thought he was out in the cold at Forest.

 

[NMH]

Norwich can't be very ambitious then!

It'll be funny to be able to say "I saw him get done twice, by the same move, by a bottom-of-the-league Mansfield player" if he ever turns out for anyone in the Prem.

 

[strings]

I nalways thought Lynch had the potential to be a great player. He showed flashes of brilliance, often followed by rookie mistakes. I remember one brilliant moment against Crewe away where an opposition player was timewasting in the corner. Lynch came flying in with a tackle and, rather than just lumping the ball out of play, managed to win the ball and start a break.

 

[Harold]

Unless he's ten times the player he is now than he was for us, he aint playing Prem football next season, have heard so litle about him i thought he was out in the cold at Forest.

On very good authority. He was doing Ok...in fact Davies assured him he was part of the clubs plans at full back a mere day or so before signing Konchesky. I suspect the transfer speculation is down to his unhappiness at that.

 

[ROSM]

i still cant believe that his demise from the albion started because micky adams insisted that colin f***ing hawkins was a better player

I believe his demise started with his poor attitude toward some senior players and also some doubts about his stomach for the fight. He had a history of dropping clangers and then having 'an injury' which needed the bemused physio to run on and find nothing wrong with him. The Blackpool game that was on TV has an example of this where he loses possession, goes down injured and they score from it.

So I doubt it was a case of anyone insisting (or even thinking) that Hawkins was a better player, but more likely thinking that there were things happening off the pitch (as with many other of the youth team players who were in the first team squad then) which led to decisions about selection. Maybe he's learned from that experience and is a better all round player and person for it now.

 

[LeicesterGull]

I went to a Forest game earlier in the season and got speaking to Steve Hodge. He basically said they were very disappointed with Joel's progress.

 

[Icy Gull]

He had a history of dropping clangers and then having 'an injury' which needed the bemused physio to run on and find nothing wrong with him. .

That is EXACTLY how I remember him. Bad attitude too, we are well shot of him and no I don't think he'd last more than a couple of games in the Premiership. Powers of concentration were shit too.

 

[severnside gull]

You have to think the off-field issues persist and all the time they do his on field performances will continue to show his genuine potential but be strewn with errors.

 

[BensGrandad]

This is rather suprising if true because he hasnt been an ever present demandinga place in the Forest team, something is obviously wrong.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Not good enough for Champ, so why Norwich? Must be agent or someone on a wind up! Fair enough he was an odd personality so if rather have a job sat on a bench than working hard in a league down to win a massive pay day, earn a slightly better safe wage for doing less if that's all you interested into. But then you've not got the long term career unless you break into the side. He seems to have had chances but never taken them!

 

[Mammoth]

Not good enough for the prem.
Not good enough for us now.

The futures yeovil or torquay lol

 

[OSRGull]

I always thought he was a good player but his attitude and cockyness ruined it for him.

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

Agent at work again IMHO

This is definitely the case, I remember Rio Ferdinand going on record stating that JL was the next big thing which I thought was high praise indeed until I realised that they have the same agent & Rio has a fair bit to do with the agency.