[Archived] Summer Transfer Topic

[BPF]

Just checked.

TUNCAY - not on...fee huge...got a couple of German clubs.

REO-COKER - agent is Tony Finnegan [ex Rover] who is telling him to go...however Reo-Coker may stay at Villa for other reasons that I can't go into here [or anywhere for that matter]...not financial...that may take time to pull off.

Crazy times at the moment.

It seems as though all your recent '11 o clockers' have been none existent twelve hours later.

[Guest Kamy100]

REO-COKER - agent is Tony Finnegan [ex Rover] who is telling him to go...however Reo-Coker may stay at Villa for other reasons that I can't go into here [or anywhere for that matter]...not financial...that may take time to pull off.

Thanks Alan.

To be honest if he has issues in his private life then don't want him at Rovers, he will not be focused and that will just lead to poor performances.

[philipl]

Go ahead and get your Reo Coker and Tuncay shirts made, boys.

Gives me no pleasure....

[nicko]

Crazy times at the moment.

It seems as though all your recent '11 o clockers' have been none existent twelve hours later.

Reo-Coker is still alive...very much so...but there is a factor involved here that has to be addressed.

To be honest if he has issues in his private life then don't want him at Rovers, he will not be focused and that will just lead to poor performances.

No, no, no...nothing like that.

[Tooogs]

Hopefully get Nigel in and a fairly decent striker. Hopefully two if Roberts leaves... I would have liked to see Tuncay but if we can't afford him we can't afford him.

[knobs]

is nigel another burger boy?

[Iceman]

If thats the case, then Faty will do. Reo Coker, if i remember correctly, turned us down because we not big enough as a club for him.

[Bazrakats]

Nicko any idea how Faty's trail is going. I guess its going to be one or the other between him or Reo-Coker.

Didnt Sam say he prefers players who could play numerous positions which i think moves more towards Faty as he can play at the back and in midfield.

[brfc_jonesy]

If thats the case, then Faty will do. Reo Coker, if i remember correctly, turned us down because we not big enough as a club for him.

I might be wrong but did Tugay say the same thing before he joined us? Like I said I could be wrong, before someone starts giving it large.

[nicko]

Reo-Coker has not turned you down. It as alive as of an hour ago. Keep it real, ffs.

Faty has been training, but will be hoping to get a run-out to really impress.

[unleaded]

Villa fans Take ON Rio After last nights game V Valencia.......................

**NRC should be captain

**Ok the fact it was a friendly aside, very impressed with him tonight. IF he can show it more often, cant see why he wont stay in the team.

**He certainly has a fantastic attitude.

**Ok the fact it was a friendly aside, very impressed with him tonight. IF he can show it more often, cant see why he wont stay in the team

**Put in a good shift tonight ... deserving of second chance, hopefully MON sees it that way

**Look, I tried to prove with stats from the Guardian or the Independent (can't remember) a couple of seasons ago that NRC was a better passer of the ball than what he was being given credit for. He was well up in the 80's. Didn't work as people had already made their minds up.

**I've said it before and I'll say it again, if our Nige can learn to lay it off to the nearest man once he's won the ball for us instead of going for the difficult option (which shouldn't really be his job anyway) he will be a very effective defensive midfielder for us, and work splendidly in a 4-2-3-1 alongside Petrov, like he did tonight.

**NRC should be in our midfield (central) most weeks.

**Let's hope we see more of him this season - he's someone that will always give 100% and I'd much rather see him in there than Sidwell!

**So one half decent game against Valencias youth team and all of a sudden he is an amazing player. Get real people, he's blindingly average and shouldnt be anywhere near our first team if we want to progress.

**It wasn't Valencia's youth team at all and you know it wasn't just one decent game. Every game NRC plays he plays well IMO. Valencia game was just a typical NRC performance.

[Baz]

Reo-coker is a Mr Average who when I've seen him is consistently poor.

Tuncay would be a brilliant signing as support striker / attacking winger, but he was on massive wages at Boro, and even bigger wages at Stoke.

To be honest, it doesnt take a lot to improve on our midfield!

[thenodrog]

Im in 2 minds, hes talented theres no denying that, im just unsure he can play the lone striker role, he dosent have the physical attributes.

I wouldn't think he'd play lone striker, he'd play attacking midfield I'd imagine. Bit of a Dunny/Berko role.

[Roversider]

Reo-coker is a Mr Average who when I've seen him is consistently poor.

Tuncay would be a brilliant signing as support striker / attacking winger, but he was on massive wages at Boro, and even bigger wages at Stoke.

To be honest, it doesnt take a lot to improve on our midfield!

Reo-Coker has been much less than he was promising to be in the earlier part of his career. He was an outstanding under-21 international and that was why O'Neill spent so much on him. Was he a problem at West Ham? Pardew must have thought so.

So classic signing for us, damaged goods picked up via a different route. We have to look to resurrect players careers or take on promising young talents. I think Reo-Coker would fit the bill nicely, he is combative and passes the ball well. It's up to Sam and the backroom staff to ensure his focus is right.

As for Tuncay? Well if he was at the right price maybe, but I reckon he is going to be too, too rich a price for us to pay. He has flashed and sparkled intermittently in my opinion and not enough to justify his cost. Pulis clearly doesn't rate him enough to keep him. Mind you Tony P is a bit of a 'heed the ba'.

Anyway, as Mr. Nixon has pointed out it is just another piece of unfinished business until the close of any deal.

I am more interested where the funds maybe coming from, is Roberts definitely going to find another club - QPR maybe? Plus is Grella actually going to Gala?

[Hughesy]

Reo-Coker has not turned you down. It as alive as of an hour ago. Keep it real, ffs.

So was his agent up here yesterday?

When are we likely to get to meet up with Reo-coker then, or isnt he keen?

[AHoyle90]

I hope Reo Coker signs. I'm not fussed about Tuncay as even if we had the money, I don't think he's worth as much as people think.

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

Reo Coker would be a good signing but do we need him with Nzonzi, Faty and/or Teymourian? He's not a proper centre midfielder, he's a defensive midfielder.

[67splitscreen]

Reo Coker would be a good signing but do we need him with Nzonzi, Faty and/or Teymourian? He's not a proper centre midfielder, he's a defensive midfielder.

Reo Coker would be a good signing but do we need him with Nzonzi, Andrews and Grella, He's not a proper centre midfielder, he's a defensive midfielder.? answered.

That's more the point in question.

[thenodrog]

I understand what your saying but who is going to score these goals??? Sam won't play 2 up top, so buying a player for the hole with every penny of our budget is pointless as what do you do with Dunn. He may make a good partner but we will mostly play one up top so for me it would be wasted money.

Dunny's got fantastic ability and is suited to 4-5-1 but....

1. how many games do you think he will play?

2. How many of those games will he play the full 90 mins?

We cannot afford 4 Prem quality strikers so we have to play 4-5-1 in which case 3 will suffice. With that formation a top talent is necessary to play at the point of a 5 man midfield and link with the lone front man and fast raiding wingers, if Dunn is missing for half the season which unfortunately we all know is an odds on bet then who have we other than possibly Hoillett who could play that role with any kind on menace?

[Taggart]

Just checked.

TUNCAY - not on...fee huge...got a couple of German clubs.

REO-COKER - agent is Tony Finnegan [ex Rover] who is telling him to go...however Reo-Coker may stay at Villa for other reasons that I can't go into here [or anywhere for that matter]...not financial...that may take time to pull off.

Personally would love NRC to come to Rovers, if he can re-discover his form he will be a regular starter for me. He is a Defensive midfielder, but he also gets forward more than your average defensive midfielder to support the attack, good in the tackle, very good engine and would certainly improve the first eleven. Not fussed about Tuncay at all, and hope that doesn`t have the legs at all !

Nicko - are Rovers looking to wrap up a deal for NRC quickly to fend off interest from elsewhere, i.e are they trying to get it rubber stamped this weekend ?

[Tim Southampton Rover]

What Reo-Coker has is a great engine. He can get up and down the pitch and isn't afraid of pulling his sleeves up and get stuck in and he's got a pretty good shot on him too. We saw that when he bossed the midfield when we played West Ham a few years ago and scored when they thumped us at Upton Park.

The important question is:

Would NRC be an improvement on any of our first choice players. The answer would be yes. He would be better than Andrews and the injury plagued Grella.

[rebelmswar]

Reo Coker would be a good signing but do we need him with Nzonzi, Andrews and Grella, He's not a proper centre midfielder, he's a defensive midfielder.? answered.

That's more the point in question.

While I agree with you that we seem to have a flush midfield at the moment we in fact do not.

Dunn - Injury prone

Grella - Injury prone cubed

Andrews - awful gash performance and chocking prone

Nzonzi - Our rock of Gibraltar

NRC would be a great addition to a midfield that has the stability the gulf during a hurricane. As someone quite rightly pointed out, our club has the ability to resurrect players and bring out their best. NRC is a talent and a very decent player; he would fill a hole that has not been addressed for a few seasons.

Tucany can bugger off though.

[Drunx2002]

Maybe you should take a leaf out of your own supposed book, mate. He was talking about Diouf being an improvement on Di Santo, not on Roberts, and suggesting we replace Roberts with somebody who IS better. He is also clearly aware we haven't signed Reo Coker, as we all are, he is just praising the idea, which is his right. Saying "When fit" and "Grella" in the same sentence is kinda like putting "Charity work" and "Hitler" in the same sentence. You've asked him to be concise, then made a much longer post in response. And finally, you've said we can't choose who we attract buyers for, then say it is better to sell Chimbonda, who we have had NO known interest in.

I don't know what it is about people sniping and deriding others views needlessly on this board, but when they do it inclines me to point out their own stupidity/hypocrisy.

Well done on missing all of my points. Perhaps you'd had even more beer than me.

I didn't say it was better to sell Chimbonda at all. I simply said that, in my opinion, Jacobsen is a better player. What is the point in selling the better player simply because we may have a buyer for him? My point on being more concise wasn't specifically about one post....it is the sheer number of posts asking the same bloody questions all the time. A rather baffling comparison with Hitler by the way, thanks for pointing out my stupidity, I can see why Keele University has a great reputation for being a centre of learning excellence

Reo Coker would be an improvement, but if he turned us down in January why would he have a change of mind now?

[Amo]

Isn't Reo-Coker more of a box-to-box midfielder? That's the type of player we've been missing for so long. He's no replacement for Grella - that would be Faty.

[rebelmswar]

Isn't Reo-Coker more of a box-to-box midfielder? That's the type of player we've been missing for so long. He's no replacement for Grella - that would be Faty.

Its a sad thing to say but a mannequin propped in the midfield would be more than an adequate replacement for Grella. I thought that Reo-Coker was a Savagesque type of player - the movement and tracking back not the winding up and niggling skills. I have always thought that he has serious energy and commitment whilst on the field.