Transfer Gossip

[Nowack]

He may not be that bothered about the money. To be fair he could phone (or fax) any club in the world and get a game if he wanted. 

[Rudy]

Leeds signed Rodrigo, remember him 

[Zico]

3 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Leeds signed Rodrigo, remember him 

£35m, he's come on a lot

[radcliffe white]

Only goal was wigan I think 

[DazBob]

3 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Only goal was wigan I think 

Aye, wasn't that the only game he was played as a striker too?

He's very highly rated and must be a good player to be in and around the Spain squad, but his goal record in the last 5 years is distinctly  average. Be interesting to see how he does at Leeds.

[Rudy]

I would have thought he had a better goal return than he does. 

[Casino]

1 hour ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Only goal was wigan I think 

Maybe

Or burnley?

Playing him on the right wing at blackburn was a particular highlight

[Andy Gee]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12053553/flashback-rodrigos-only-pl-goal

[Casino]

Actually remembered the goal quite clearly, but i was sure it was against burnley

 

[Johnnyrotten]

My recollection of that goal, on a freezing night with no atmosphere, was a scrambled effort.  Watching that video, it was a class build up and goal.  Mark Davies, what a natural talent, and Rodrigo too.  Playing players out of position gets right on my nerves, what a waste of Rodrigo's time coming here, and if he'd been used correctly we'd have made a few million that might have staved off some of our financial troubles.

[Casino]

aye, that ten yard forward burst by davies showed his class, just didnt see it enough

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

My recollection of that goal, on a freezing night with no atmosphere, was a scrambled effort.  Watching that video, it was a class build up and goal.  Mark Davies, what a natural talent, and Rodrigo too.  Playing players out of position gets right on my nerves, what a waste of Rodrigo's time coming here, and if he'd been used correctly we'd have made a few million that might have staved off some of our financial troubles.

Wasn't he on loan?

[London Wanderer]

19 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

My recollection of that goal, on a freezing night with no atmosphere, was a scrambled effort.  Watching that video, it was a class build up and goal.  Mark Davies, what a natural talent, and Rodrigo too.  Playing players out of position gets right on my nerves, what a waste of Rodrigo's time coming here, and if he'd been used correctly we'd have made a few million that might have staved off some of our financial troubles.

Aye Davies was a class talent with a lot more potential under the right manager. 

[Tungsten3]

7 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

Aye Davies was a class talent with a lot more potential under the right manager. 

According to norris episode on the under the cosh podcast mark davies was often on a bender around town so it sounds a lot like he pissed away a better career with less injuries as well.

[Johnnyrotten]

12 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

Wasn't he on loan?

Fair point, you're right.  I just got the impression at the time we could have kept him (ie signed him permanently) if we'd wanted, its not like any other club was desperate to have him, and he went to Valencia on loan as well.  Whatever the circumstance, we definitely didn't get the most out of him.

[Rudy]

17 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

Wasn't he on loan?

Yeah and I think they wanted big money for us to buy him 

[Andy Gee]

Hadn't he just signed for Benfica when we signed him on loan? So couldn't imagine them selling him straight away  

[Zico]

We only got him on loan to keep Alonso company 

[BWFC_LOVE]

I thought Rodrigo was criminally underused and never got a chance up top, despite starring for Spain U21s.

I remember it being rumoured that he was to start up front before the Stoke game, and I was all for it.

Instead we had an isolated Klasnic, who could hardly move on a big pitch and barely touched it.
Not knocking Klasnic, I was a massive fan of him, and he deserved to start after scoring in several rounds. Just something I wonder about in hindsight. An quick unknown quantity who could’ve made a difference.

And let’s not forget Elmander in centre mid.

[Zico]

9 minutes ago, BWFC_LOVE said:

I thought Rodrigo was criminally underused and never got a chance up top, despite starring for Spain U21s.

I remember it being rumoured that he was to start up front before the Stoke game, and I was all for it.

Instead we had an isolated Klasnic, who could hardly move on a big pitch and barely touched it.
Not knocking Klasnic, I was a massive fan of him, and he deserved to start after scoring in several rounds. Just something I wonder about in hindsight. An quick unknown quantity who could’ve made a difference.

And let’s not forget Elmander in centre mid.

Yeah our problems that day weren't about who was up top

[Rudy]

1 hour ago, ZicoKelly said:

Yeah our problems that day weren't about who was up top

It was a manager wearing shorts

[frank_spencer]

1 hour ago, ZicoKelly said:

Yeah our problems that day weren't about who was up top

We were shit from 1 - 11 that day. Players that would normally not put a foot wrong looked like shit versions of Ali Dia

[Farrelli]

Charlie Adam not being offered a deal according to reports in the BN.

[Escobarp]

Was revealed on Twitter two days ago this. 
BN at the cutting edge of news again 😁

[Casino]

14 minutes ago, Farrelli said:

Charlie Adam not being offered a deal according to reports in the BN.

I think he still wanrs more than we have got