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06 Jun 2016 14:27:04
Afternoon bears and bearettes, this is my first post on the site after many months spent as a very active visitor.
News out of Turkish media today is that we're being linked with Costa Rican international 'keeper Esteban Alvarado, who plays with Trabzonspor. The guy is 6'3, 27 years of age and (if my memorys serves me correctly) spent a long time in Holland with AZ Alkmaar, where he became a bit of a cult hero following an incident involving him kicking an Ajax fan who had ran onto the pitch in 2011.
Article below is in Turkish and the translated version isn't the most accurate, but it seems Trabzonspor are wanting rid of their big name players.
goo.gl/XqTHVi
1.) 06 Jun 2016 17:42:42
We need a dependable no.1 for sure although know nothing about this guy.
2.) 06 Jun 2016 19:22:07
I still think wes has done well over the course of the season and deserves his chance in the premises, another keeper to challenge fair enough but to replace him would b harsh.
3.) 06 Jun 2016 19:48:50
He's a great shot stopper but he can be a bomb scare at the back. Good keeper not great. Think we need a better standard for the prem than Wes.
4.) 06 Jun 2016 20:30:05
For me it seems Alvarado would be an improvement on Wes. Fair enough Wes has had a good season in the grand scheme of things, but my heart is in my mouth every time the ball is played back to him.
We would be bringing in a GK who has international experience and (from the video below) has shown he can produce top quality saves vs strikers from Ajax/ PSV and other Dutch teams in a league far with far higher standards than our own top division. At 27 too he would likely have a more than decent resale value if things didn't work out/ we for whatever reason decided to sell him.
Few top saves in here from his AZ Alkmaar days:
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Some remarkable stops in this one too for Trazbonspor, just 3 months ago:
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08 Jul 2016 14:40:46
Interesting from MW last night in the Record.
Says we're looking at the 4th choice CB and striker positions. To me that says Hill, Wilson and Kiernan will all start ahead of any CB we sign before the window closes. As for a striker he's said it is not anyone that has been mentioned thus far, which casts doubt over players like Grigg and Bradshaw.
Could the striker comment from Warbs be him throwing the media off? With the bookies giving odds of 10/ 11 for us to sign Grigg its a rumour that's hard to ignore.
1.) 08 Jul 2016 15:13:02
Remember the bookies will base their odds on what people are betting. As stated a few posts ago C*ltic were 2/ 1 to sign Ibra a few weeks back, the odds mean nothing. Exciting times to be a bear none the less!
2.) 08 Jul 2016 19:23:09
I assure every bear on here, rangers are not signing will grigg!
3.) 08 Jul 2016 22:35:43
At the moment Bears our two CB's are going to be Hill and Crooks.
09 Jun 2016 14:03:46
Fulham have today released Jamie O'Hara, Alexander Kacanilkic and Shaun Hutchinson. With Hutchinson having played up here and our need for a new CB I can see us being linked with him for sure. Would you take any of the three?
1.) 09 Jun 2016 15:22:17
Surely Dan Burn who has also been released is a shout at CB?
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06 Jun 2016 20:30:05
For me it seems Alvarado would be an improvement on Wes. Fair enough Wes has had a good season in the grand scheme of things, but my heart is in my mouth every time the ball is played back to him.
We would be bringing in a GK who has international experience and (from the video below) has shown he can produce top quality saves vs strikers from Ajax/ PSV and other Dutch teams in a league far with far higher standards than our own top division. At 27 too he would likely have a more than decent resale value if things didn't work out/ we for whatever reason decided to sell him.
Few top saves in here from his AZ Alkmaar days:
DyyinBfaJOY
Some remarkable stops in this one too for Trazbonspor, just 3 months ago:
z-rLUKN5fwE
06 Jun 2016 20:35:35
Looks a prospect with 20 goals for Coventry in League One last year and I doubt he'd get a start for Newcastle even though he's Championship quality simply because of Mitrovic, Cisse and Perez.
I reckon he'd bang them in up here but I just can't see him coming to us. Lee Clark will undoubtedly have better connections with Newcastle/ Ashley than us, so if he moves up here on loan I'd expect it to be Killie.
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