[Archived] Formica Gone to Palermo

[den]

Never good enough to hold down any particular position. There have been many decent footballers who haven't made it in the game because of that reason.

[Doug]

Its only a loan deal until the end of the season......

[LeChuck]

Its only a loan deal until the end of the season......

A lot of January deals are loans with view to a permanent. If he does well hopefully he'll stay there.

[perthblue02]

Also according to transfermarkt.com seems to have changed his agency recently two weeks ago was Kentaro Talent Management and is now listed as prosoccer 24

[rog of the rovers]

Another Kean signing leaves the club!

All Keans signings

Ruben Rochina - Still at club

Mauro Formica - Loan -> likely to leave at end of the season

Roque Santa Cruz - Loan, returned to Manchester City

Jermaine Jones - Loan, returned to Schalke 04

Myles Anderson - Released

David Goodwillie - Still at club (Loaned to Crystal Palace earlier in year)

Radosav Petrovic - Sold to Genclerbirligi

Bruno Ribeiro - Loan -> likely to leave at end of the season

Simon Vuckevic - Still at club

Scott Dann - Still at club

Jordan Slew - Still at club, Loaned out to Oldham earlier in year. (1 sub appearance)

Yakubu - Sold to Guangzhou

Marcus Olsson - Still at club

Bradley Orr - Loaned to Ipswich

Danny Murphy - Still at club

Leon Best - Still at club (Yet to play due to injury)

Nuno Gomes - Still at club

Paulo Jorge - Still at club (1 sub appearance)

Edinho Junior - Still at club (45 minute Rovers career so far)

Dickson Etuhu - Still at club

Jordan Rhodes - Still at club

Diogo Rosado - Still at club (2 starts and 1 sub appearance for Rovers)

Nuno Henrique - Still at club (Yet to play any minutes in a Rovers shirt)

Colin Kazim-Richards - Loan, at club until end of 12/13 season

Gzregorz Sandomierski - Loan, at club until end of 12/13 season (Made 1 unused substitue appearance so far)

An awfully poor list! Mauro being the latest one to move, as the club moves on from the Kean era!

[thenodrog]

2.5% of their combined income would stack up nicely wouldn't it? 5% would be a real result.

only saying of course.

[Amo]

Good luck to Gato. Hope he has a successful stint there with a view to moving on with his career. Always gave his all for the cause but just couldn't find a settled position in the side.

[RoyRover]

I always thought that he looked like a good player and if we could have found the right position for him, he would have been a decent player. He worked his socks off (unlike most of our players) and scored a couple of goals. Good luck to him in Italy. Marcus Olsson, Danny Murphy, CKR, Bradley Orr, David Goodwillie and the Portugese Under 21 team, apart from Nunes, can clear off too.

[philipl]

Rovers let him down.

Like so many others, we will never know how good (or not) he really was.

[Tom]

Rovers let him down.

Like so many others, we will never know how good (or not) he really was.

Maybe but he had plenty of time to prove himself

Always thought he was decent but lacked a bit of acceleration, always gave his all though

[Ricky]

I'm hoping he does amazingly well and we end up getting a decent fee for him in the summer.

[Kelbo]

Maybe but he had plenty of time to prove himself

Always thought he was decent but lacked a bit of acceleration, always gave his all though

Yes Tom, that is correct, could beat a man but no accelleration to take him away and a little lightweight, think Spain would have been a better destination than Italy, they will bully him in Italy!

[Baz]

Another Kean signing leaves the club!

All Keans signings

Ruben Rochina - Still at club

Mauro Formica - Loan -> likely to leave at end of the season

Roque Santa Cruz - Loan, returned to Manchester City

Jermaine Jones - Loan, returned to Schalke 04

Myles Anderson - Released

David Goodwillie - Still at club (Loaned to Crystal Palace earlier in year)

Radosav Petrovic - Sold to Genclerbirligi

Bruno Ribeiro - Loan -> likely to leave at end of the season

Simon Vuckevic - Still at club

Scott Dann - Still at club

Jordan Slew - Still at club, Loaned out to Oldham earlier in year. (1 sub appearance)

Yakubu - Sold to Guangzhou

Marcus Olsson - Still at club

Bradley Orr - Loaned to Ipswich

Danny Murphy - Still at club

Leon Best - Still at club (Yet to play due to injury)

Nuno Gomes - Still at club

Paulo Jorge - Still at club (1 sub appearance)

Edinho Junior - Still at club (45 minute Rovers career so far)

Dickson Etuhu - Still at club

Jordan Rhodes - Still at club

Diogo Rosado - Still at club (2 starts and 1 sub appearance for Rovers)

Nuno Henrique - Still at club (Yet to play any minutes in a Rovers shirt)

Colin Kazim-Richards - Loan, at club until end of 12/13 season

Gzregorz Sandomierski - Loan, at club until end of 12/13 season (Made 1 unused substitue appearance so far)

An awfully poor list! Mauro being the latest one to move, as the club moves on from the Kean era!

A great post, and highlights the problem. How many of that list would get in a premier league team, because we have let more or less an entire mid table premier league squad go in order to buy them.

Our best players are still the ones who have survived the cull, plus Rhodes.

[Stuart]

A great post, and highlights the problem. How many of that list would get in a premier league team, because we have let more or less an entire mid table premier league squad go in order to buy them.

Our best players are still the ones who have survived the cull, plus Rhodes.

Jermaine Jones

Leon Best

Simon Vukcevic

Jordan Rhodes

Rueben Rochina, possibly - in the right squad.

[imy9]

Rovers let him down.

Like so many others, we will never know how good (or not) he really was.

+1

[den]

I know how good he was. Watched him many times.

[LeChuck]

Jermaine Jones

Leon Best

Simon Vukcevic

Jordan Rhodes

Rueben Rochina, possibly - in the right squad.

If Vukcevic or Rochina were PL quality somebody would have taken them off us. Rochina in particular is struggling to show he's Championship quality despite having a decent run in his favoured second-striker position this season.

Massive question mark over Rhodes, but Jones and Best are definitel good enough as they have proven to be so already.

[Amo]

If Vukcevic or Rochina were PL quality somebody would have taken them off us.

Couldn't you make that argument for some of our promotion side? A lot of them we knew had the ability but flattered to deceive until Souness straightened 'em out.

[Sparky Marky]

If Vukcevic or Rochina were PL quality somebody would have taken them off us. Rochina in particular is struggling to show he's Championship quality despite having a decent run in his favoured second-striker position this season.

Massive question mark over Rhodes, but Jones and Best are definitel good enough as they have proven to be so already.

Vuckevic is a class act...we just never got anything like a consistent tune out of him. He'll be playing at a higher level than us when he finally gets out.

[roversfan99]

Couldn't you make that argument for some of our promotion side? A lot of them we knew had the ability but flattered to deceive until Souness straightened 'em out.

I would agree with LeChuck. For quite a while its been obvious that they are technically capable, but they are nearly players, they show just enough in a game to give you that hope that they will suddenly put a run of form together and it never happens.

I would prefer us to build a team around Rhodes and Best up front with 2 wingers, I'd like Nunes to be one as he comes up with an end product, and someone like Burke down the other side. We need to forget the 'number 10's' and play more directly.

[Rovermatt]

I always found him to be a woeful player. Incredibly slow and second to every breaking ball.

[pick32]

Rochina is the most talented footballer we have had since duff shame he has the footballing brain of a goldfish

[den]

Vuckevic is a class act...we just never got anything like a consistent tune out of him. He'll be playing at a higher level than us when he finally gets out.

He's where he is, because he isn't a "class act".

[A cup of beans]

http://www.football-italia.net/29888/formica-palermo-move-was-quick

I've always admired his efforts. Gave his all and grafted. He was our best player at Burnley too.

He's joined my favourite league. Serie A

Has everything. Great football, scandal, controversy, fierce rivalries.

Its sheer theatre.

Gato may get a new nickname.

Formica means ant in Italian.

He'll be surrounded by South Americans 5 Argentinians (Boselli on his way too, will make it 6)

2 Uruguians

A Brazilian and Paraguian.

Palermo seem like the perfect fit for Mauro.

[donnermeat]

Have to admire his work rate for sure but was ultimately rubbish. I didn't see an ounce of any 'South American flair' from him and I wasn't too impressed with his technique. If he was called Maurice Formington he would never play in any of Europe's top leagues.

I'll hold my hands up if he proves me wrong at Palermo though.