blockhseagull
Well-known member
Where is Van Hecke though ?
Read he had some great reviews last season and lots of clubs monitoring him yet not seen him at all pre-season in either photos or friendlies
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[Albion] Ostigard - Sold To Napoli 18/07/2022
- Thread starter Juan Albion
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Where is Van Hecke though ?
Read he had some great reviews last season and lots of clubs monitoring him yet not seen him at all pre-season in either photos or friendlies
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Naylor mentioned a while back that he is injured. No indication of whether it is a minor injury or longer term.
So he's training to be an Albion striker then.
It's a crazy plan but it might just work.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 12,269
If Duffy is happy to be a squad player, I'd definitely keep him.
Not gonna start many, especially against ball playing teams, but would start him v burnley/West ham etc. V good option if a goal up or playing for a draw with 10 mins to go. Also a good option if going long trying to chase a game. Best defender for heading/scoring in attacking 3rd.
There's still life in the old dog. He's a decent defender who just isn't the best with his feet. But he's a useful experienced squad member
blockhseagull
Well-known member
Cheers, missed that … was wondering what had happened
He is also useful to removing Maupay from a situation when he sees red mist.
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
- 10,466
Soooo.
This leaves us with 4 centre backs as our only recognised first team defenders to play Burnley. Dunk, Webster, Duffy and Veltman plus a LWB in March. At least Potter won’t have too much of a headache over which defenders to pick
Duffy would be my first name on the sheet to play Burnley. We'll need plenty of blood and thunder at the back for that one.
Finchley Seagull
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Interesting timing for Ostigard move. We could have done with an extra central defensive option for the weekend. Surely we could wait until the end of the month and loan him out then if we're well covered in the position.
I hope he's not going to be another like Clarke, where we continually loan him to Championship clubs. Hopefully it will be one more loan and then come into the squad
I hope he's not going to be another like Clarke, where we continually loan him to Championship clubs. Hopefully it will be one more loan and then come into the squad
Lurker
62 years and counting ...
I live in the CCFC catchment area, and nearly all my close relatives up here are CCFC fans, several of them season ticket holders.
Inevitably therefore, last season I watched a vast number of Cov games very much with Ostigard as the focus, and also had reports on him from my relatives on any games I missed.
He was not popular to start with, made lots of early mistakes, but as the season progressed he got better and the fans warmed to him, to the point they were gutted to see him leaving at the end of the season.
His strength was his defending, he virtually single handedly won every ariel duel in both boxes all season, but his nickname amongst some fans was '50p head' because his headers frequently went off at odd tangents.
My overall impression of him is that he definitely has potential, but equally he isn't the finished article yet, and in my view is not ready for Premier League football.
I think another season in the Championship is a great idea, use it to burr off some of those rough edges he still has, and hopefully next season he could be our next Ben White.
Inevitably therefore, last season I watched a vast number of Cov games very much with Ostigard as the focus, and also had reports on him from my relatives on any games I missed.
He was not popular to start with, made lots of early mistakes, but as the season progressed he got better and the fans warmed to him, to the point they were gutted to see him leaving at the end of the season.
His strength was his defending, he virtually single handedly won every ariel duel in both boxes all season, but his nickname amongst some fans was '50p head' because his headers frequently went off at odd tangents.
My overall impression of him is that he definitely has potential, but equally he isn't the finished article yet, and in my view is not ready for Premier League football.
I think another season in the Championship is a great idea, use it to burr off some of those rough edges he still has, and hopefully next season he could be our next Ben White.
We always had the option to trigger another year, so looks like we did that. But agreed doesn't inspire confidence, unlike Ben White who signed for 3 years I think it was before he went out on loan.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
It either means an extra year or another option at the end of this year.
Otherwise there is no point in the new contract for the club.
That was done in May (?) though. While I'll guess we'll know more later, it sounds like this is a different deal. Perhaps with another option to extend.
Yes, nothing else would make sense - a new one year contract with an option to extend.
albionalex
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I think Ostigard has made it clear he would not sign a long term contract if he isn't going to be in the 1st team.
One year contract (presumably with a one year option) would make sense.
At the end of the loan he either signs a long term contract with us and moves into the 1st team or is sold.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 12,269
it may because of the player not the club.
Someone else wrote earlier in the thread (and no idea where it comes from tbh) that Ostigard didnt want to sign a new contract with us, unless he had some sort of chance at first team football here, he would sooner move.
So, it could well be that the club were willing to offer something a bit longer, the player was reluctant and so the club exercised the 1 year option to stop him walking on a free??
If he starts doing great at Stoke, they can always re address it in January.
“I need to take a choice and as I have always said, I need to play. I am not going to risk my career to sit on the bench so that’s my main thing as a football player.
“So I want to play for a team where I can play rather than sit on the bench for a better team, so that’s my opinion on being a footballer, and that will be my main thing to think about.”
While its not exactly the same thing, I think it kind of indicates that he would be unwilling to sign a long term contract if he sees little chance of getting into the starting eleven - which is apparently not the case right now.
Stoke, the poor sod.
nwgull
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Probably thought nothing could be worse than Coventry.