andyD Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Seen a claim that Wednesday are also in for Ross McCormack for 11.5m. Would be a good move for him, getting out of a poor fulham team that has already lost dembele, remains to be see if it comes off tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 http://www.swfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/sheffield-wednesday-sign-striker-steven-fletcher-3164073.aspx Steven Fletcher to Sheffield Wednesday. 4 year deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Ritchie signs for Newcastle for £12millon. Benitez says "he has great ability and pace". Has he got the right player? Ritchie is one of the slowest international footballers I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Ritchie's not quick.. so.. yeah. Disappointing to see a player 'aspire' to drop down a league as well, given that he played 42 times for Bournemouth last season. For Fletcher, a good move probably. He'll be the main man there, probably score a hatfull and be at the right end of a league table for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 17 minutes ago, andyD said: Ritchie's not quick.. so.. yeah. Disappointing to see a player 'aspire' to drop down a league as well, given that he played 42 times for Bournemouth last season. For Fletcher, a good move probably. He'll be the main man there, probably score a hatfull and be at the right end of a league table for a change. Yes, if Fletcher gets games and goals it's good news, if uninspiring. He'd have been better at Marseille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Perhaps, yeah. But dropping down and getting regular, winning football seems to have done Bannan the world of good. If it can do the same for Fletcher, and he is finding the next every other week, then that'll be great news for us. Striker and confidence and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest allyc Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Bannan was non existent in playoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman4 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, allyc said: Bannan was non existent in playoff. He may have been but he was in the Championship team of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmcca5 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Thats Newcastle buying their way out of the Championship. Ritchie will be EPL next season no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 18 minutes ago, kmcca5 said: Thats Newcastle buying their way out of the Championship. Ritchie will be EPL next season no doubt. Although at first glance it looks like a step back you can really understand why Ritchie has taken the move.  No doubt he'll be getting paid a shit load more money.  He joined Bournemouth when they were in League One and while no doubt he's had some increases and bonuses I doubt he was on "Premiership wages".  It's also the first "big" club he's played for in his career so again the move is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 42 minutes ago, allyc said: Bannan was non existent in playoff. Disagree, he wasn't a stand out but Weds as whole were poor. Â Most of Weds attacks particularly in the second half originated from him. Â One pleasing thing about watching him at Wembley was he rarely lost possession and completed most of his passes, those are key qualities at international level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Mad that Scotland's most expensive player earned the fee moving down the leagues! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) Depressing to see Ryan Gauld being linked with a move to the Championship. Much rather see young Scots lads learn their trades overseas where technique is valued over the ability to run fast and kick the ball a long way. Hope Gauld sticks with it at Sporting. Edited July 5, 2016 by Yorkie Spelt his name wrang!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 It's only rumoured to be a loan, to get some more competitive game time. It'd be good to get a barometer of how he's developing, since it's hard to judge in a lot of the Sporting B games. He's shifted position a bit, becoming more defensive, so whether he can do that job against more physical opposition would be interesting to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
er yir macaroon Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, andyD said: It's only rumoured to be a loan, to get some more competitive game time. It'd be good to get a barometer of how he's developing, since it's hard to judge in a lot of the Sporting B games. He's shifted position a bit, becoming more defensive, so whether he can do that job against more physical opposition would be interesting to see. I can't understand why they see him in a deeper role. His stand out attributes were threading balls into strikers feet or hitting shots way before the keeper was set. Edited July 5, 2016 by er yir macaroon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 That is efin bollocs if Gauld goes to a championship club. To me it's says "unless you rip up that league son we're not wanting you back here" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyD Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 25 minutes ago, er yir macaroon said: I can't understand why they see him in a deeper role. His stand out attributes were threading balls into strikers feet or hitting shots way before the keeper was set. He seems to be doing ok in that role. Seems to have good timing to his tackling, and he still makes the passes and runs he used to, just from deeper and slightly less frequently. If he did go to Wednesday, it'd be interesting to see how they deployed him. Obviously it's had to picture him competing in a very physical league, so would he end up wide instead, perhaps. He's unlikely to play as a 2nd striker given they now have Gary Hooper, Steven Fletcher and Fernando Forestieri. Keiran Lee and Barry Bannan seem settled in midfield, so wide right seems a likely spot. I think he's better central than on the flank tho. As for whether going to the Championship would hurt his chances back at Sporting. It's not a case of them sending him out on loan, he's been asking to go on load for a while now. I think he was desperate to make a move to a more competitive league back in January and was gutted it didn't happen. If he's not going to play for Sporting's A team, then I think he feels he needs to play for someone's A team, especially as he's starting to see people go past him into the international squad. There's been a suggestion that he's been moved up from Sporting B to Sporting A with the start of this season tho, so this could all just be paper talk, based on the fact that Wednesday have a Portugese manager and Gauld was seen to be unhappy. 2+2=47 and all that. If he's not in the manager's plans as Sporting, it makes sense to move, he'll be 21 this year, with 120 competitive appearances to his name. He's not a kid anymore and he does need to be playing. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Middlesbrough have signed defender Jordan McGhee on a season-long loan from Hearts. Strange- thought the loan system worked the other way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 51 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: Middlesbrough have signed defender Jordan McGhee on a season-long loan from Hearts. Strange- thought the loan system worked the other way! He was suppose to sign for them on deadline day earlier in the year, but deal did not go through in time.... Reports he will be going into their development squad rather than the first team (probably just a extended trial with a fee agreed for the end of the season if he impresses) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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