West Ham maintain interest in Ferdinand

[Cy_sufc]

I'm sure some of that needs to be in another thread... It's all overlapped a bit. Sorry guys.

 

[Cricko]

Great minds think alike and all that, I'm developing a half year report which will be published after the Wimbledon game.

Good stuff Jon :clap:

 

[blue79]

Cy You need to be disciplined in that role. I wouldn't trust Bilel with it at the moment

 

[PITBULL1]

Your abilities get tested in these lower leagues where you get no time on the ball. Of course kane would benefit playing in a higher league team that goes without saying. You are only as good as the players around you. I think he needs to prove himself here first but if a club offers 500k for him i would snap there hand off

 

[fredheim_holm]

If it happens then it may happen early in January, although it sounds like Allardyce is still mulling over 25 players. I'd be surprised if they didn't at least make a bid.

Sam Allardyce targets quick signings in transfer window

EDIT: Not sure if this has been posted, but it's the Daily Mail's take on the current situation. It notes the 25 players that Allardyce is looking over but that Ferdinand and Palace's Wilfried Zaha are notable from that list.

Hands off! Huddersfield reject Hammers bid for £3m-rated hitman Rhodes

 

[dan_mays]

Lets snap their hands off at 300k and Robert Hall their youngster on loan at oxford

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Swapping - interesting idea Dan Mays. It didn't quite work out with Paterson ........... but that's not to say that it would not be to our advantage next time around.

 

[dan_mays]

Robert Hall has played and scored in the league and has alot of pace potentially could be a good young striker to link up with harris and finally play to his strengths. Harris so far has been wasted he needs someone to link up with not upfront alone

 

[Silencer]

500K Package please

250k upfront, another 100k-250k (Promotion/Apps etc) and a sell on clause.

Friendly @ Roots Hall next pre season, 10,000 crowd @ £15 a ticket is also £££££

Finally a loanee or two...Montano, Hall or a wide player

 

[rlb999]

£50 quid and a packet of salt'n'vinegar.
Mind you I said that about Kightly and Hooper.

 

[Cy_sufc]

I can't see Hall coming back to League Two. Wasn't he recalled from his loan with Oxford early? His proved himself at this level, he needs a new challenge, he has a lot of potential. More than Ferdinand dare I say, bloodline or not.

When does or has it already finished - Montano's loan with Dagenham...

 

[Homer]

Lets snap their hands off at 300k and Robert Hall their youngster on loan at oxford

keep up Hall has returned to West ham - he was recalled by the Hammers but he did not appear on the sub bench at Birmingham for there draw, maybe he has been recalled based on a permanent move to another club other than Oxford
watch this space

 

[PITBULL1]

Ferdinand dropped to the bench today and we win 4 1, enough said.

 

[mattytheshrimper]

I don't think Kane had played to well for a while. It would be good to keep him but if a good offer came in and it meant that money would go towards say getting a winger in then I would say it has to be done.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Ferdinand dropped to the bench today and we win 4 1, enough said.

Kane Ferdinand comes onto the pitch and we score inside 30 seconds. Enough said?

 

[Semi-Spanish Shrimper]

Football-Rumours says that he is 'on the verge of joining Ipswich Town.' Don't believe that. :zzzzz:

 

[silentshrimper]

It is nice to be in the position where we could make some money through our youth products and not be to to worried about it. We have plenty of cover in that position, we might just miss a few goals (which will hopefully be solved by any new strikers we sign in Jan).

Seeing he is so young and hasn't shown us his full potential yet, it would be a shame not to keep him though to see how far he can go with us.

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

Certainly think that if/when* we get promoted that Ferdinand would be worth more come January 2013 having proved himself in division 3.

* delete as applicable

 

[Blue_Wes]

Got to say that on this one I side with the scouts who have been queuing up to watch him.

I was a little sceptical of his promise last year when he was deployed as purely a defensive midfielder as I mistakenly thought he'd already reached his ceiling.

But now he's blossoming into the complete package. Our best all-round midfielder since Nicky Bailey, who was a million pound player and you lot want to give him away for £50k or £100k.

They are different players as Bailey's got more drive than Ferdinand, but Ferdinand has a better touch and is more of a goal threat. But what they both share is a superb reading of the game that marks them out as players destined for a higher level.

Ferdinand's strength is that everything he does is unnoticed. The way Kane ghosts into the penalty area unnoticed is a thing of beauty. And it's so unnoticed that you lot don't even realise that he's our leading scorer in the league. As a teenager. From midfield. He doesn't get noticed for his defensive work (which is top notch) because he just closes down and doesn't dive in. He doesn't go chasing the ball like Kalala is prone to, but he knows hows to hold his defensive position and force players into unnoticed errors. His passing isn't flashy but it's considered, measured and consequently goes unnoticed. He doesn't seem to beat players, but he knows how to receive a ball and makes it look easy so he doesn't have to beat a player.

Other than a couple of times when he's been caught in possession (mainly in the first half against Oxford), can anyone remember him actually making a mistake? Can anyone remember him being caught out of position? Misplacing a pass? That's why he's anonymous, because he's not making the mistakes to be remembered by. Instead he's efficiently linking play or closing down, invariably making the right decision.

He's played 12 months of first team football and in that time we've been demonstrating promotion winning form, having previously been a mid-table side. That's not all down to him, but he's an important part of that. He won't be appreciated until he's gone and people then maybe start to wonder why our play has become more disjointed, why our defence is more porous.

Joint top goal scorer, and only by virtue of Alder****'s failing floodlights. (I'm not knocking his goalscoring record btw, just pointing out you're not the only person that notices things, sometimes us humble SZ folk do notice things without the need of the illustrious YB to point it out for us). I do agree his strength is that he goes about his job with minimal fuss, does the simple things well and rarely makes mistakes, but he does become anonymous too regularly in periods of the game, but this could be down to the 'hitting the strikers early' style of play. Either way, for us, £500k is a lot of money, when was the last time we broke even for a season? Would this be enough for us to do that?

Also, with Benyon and Timlin being bought, the money has to come from somewhere, I'm not aware of a new source of cash that's become available, so for me, if it was 300k+ then I guess we have to sell.

 

[McNasty]

Also, with Benyon and Timlin being bought, the money has to come from somewhere, I'm not aware of a new source of cash that's become available, so for me, if it was 300k+ then I guess we have to sell.

RM redeeming his Nectar Points