Jaffka's gossip thread on the ins and outs at the 'Bok

Worthy4England · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:12 pm

officer_dibble wrote:

William the White wrote:

Just to come late to the wild and joyous party - I'm chuffed Zat has signed. He'll do a real good job for us. Feel free to bookmark anyone that wants.

He has the ability...just needs to 'man up' and take on some responsibility.

I'm with WTW on this.

You seem to base most of your opinions on him around the fact he was "grinning" rather than how he plays - whilst I sort of understand, somewhat, that getting beaten should engender a suitable period of mourning, I'm not going to crucify anyone for smiling at an oppo player..

TKIZ! · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:39 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/euro20 ... -loan.html

Jez · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:46 pm

if zats taken a pay cut and stayed with us then he must be slightly arsed

SmokinFrazier · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:12 am

I'm pretty happy with that deal going through. When I saw him for Leicester at the start of the season, I was impressed with him. He's not remarkable or anything, but I'd say he's good enough for a top Championship/lower Premiership side. If you look at the sides who wanted him, they aren't bad at all - Norwich and Celtic were probably our biggest rivals, so it could be seen as a good deal for us considering we aren't paying anything up front and he chose us over a bigger club in Celtic and a Premiership club in Norwich.

Here's hoping everything works out and we get the player who Leicester thought they were getting.

Abdoulaye's Twin · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:52 am

Jez wrote:

if zats taken a pay cut and stayed with us then he must be slightly arsed

Likely the best/only offer on the table...

CrazyHorse · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:07 am

Jez wrote:

if zats taken a pay cut and stayed with us then he must be slightly arsed

I'd rather he was arsed about pulling his finger out on the pitch instead.

Dave Sutton's barnet · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:58 am

I have less problem with Zat grinning at a former Fulham colleague than I do with his occasional howling loss of concentration and questionable lack of physical presence, considering his size. I also think he quite possibly didn't have a better offer. However, he *should* be good in the second tier and I'll try to give him a clean slate, especially if he helps gives us clean sheets - although with Ream and Mills, he shouldn't be automatic first-choice. (Nobody should, yet.)

ohjimmyjimmy · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:00 am

So what was the second deal expected to be done this week, that Sanchez fella?

Dave Sutton's barnet · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:01 am

ohjimmyjimmy wrote:

So what was the second deal expected to be done this week, that Sanchez fella?

Was it two plus Zat? Probably Sanchez, then. Or Keef Andrews?

ohjimmyjimmy · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:03 am

Nice to get a few done early, and not have to bear weeks and weeks of Nixon's c0ck teasing !

Trotski · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:23 am

Mills seem to be a sensible signing with very little risk. Zat Knight?

Zat Knight might be good enough for the Championship. He was so shite last year though and I'd much prefer not being reminded of his shiteness, so I'd rather get rid of him.

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:24 am

Zat Knight is absolutely fecking shite. England cap? Steve Howey has four. How good must he be? :roll:

Lord Kangana · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:40 am

I hope its Keith Andrews. Could do with someone like him in the middle of the park at grounds like Turf next year. plenty of fire and spirit.

Relentless09 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:59 am

Lord Kangana wrote:

I hope its Keith Andrews. Could do with someone like him in the middle of the park at grounds like Turf next year. plenty of fire and spirit.

That ended in red card for thd Republic of Ireland

Lord Kangana · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:06 am

Big Ged got plenty of those in his time. We need a bit of that.

Lord Kangana · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:36 pm

So anyway, has the Matt Mills deal gone through, or is it just papertalk?

Bijou Bob · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:43 pm

I must admit a little frustration at our transfer policy, or more accurately our scouting. How is it that a club like Wiggin can come up with a great range of players from a multitude of continents and yet we can't??

What happened to our Scandinavian connections? Why aren't we looking a players from across Europe, where wages are fairly low compared to England?

thebish · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:49 pm

Bijou Bob wrote:

I must admit a little frustration at our transfer policy, or more accurately our scouting. How is it that a club like Wiggin can come up with a great range of players from a multitude of continents and yet we can't??

well - for one thing - Wiggin are a Premier League outfit.. we're not! :wink:

Mar · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:52 pm

It could be argued that the Premiership policy of having x amount of players from your own youth system and x amount from the same country has hampered our ability to work under the constraints we used to. So we had to open up markets elsewhere such as looking for players from the lower leagues as opposed to unearthing gems from across Europe/Africa.

We essentially targetted players under Megson that were English and repeated the same feat with Owen Coyle. Unfortunately those players are dearer and less talented than the same amount could buy from a foreign country. I'd love us to start signing more foreigners, each player had their own interesting back story about what life was like growing up abroad and how hard they had to work to get here. Now its a case of each player has gone through the same thing.

Look to the foreigners again, maybe young ones that can be sold on a profit if thats OC's bag.

Worthy4England · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:11 pm

Bijou Bob wrote:

I must admit a little frustration at our transfer policy, or more accurately our scouting. How is it that a club like Wiggin can come up with a great range of players from a multitude of continents and yet we can't??

What happened to our Scandinavian connections? Why aren't we looking a players from across Europe, where wages are fairly low compared to England?

Agree with this, our sole focus abroad, appears to be in Spain, although this Sanchez fella I think plays in France.

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