No - he is an addition to the midfield that we needed anyway. Still need Quinn or someone similar I think to replace Stephens passing and set piece ability.
Don't know much about Hammond. How would you describe his style please ?
Pretty similar to Hollands having seen him play except he does actually stay back and play the holding/defensive role quite well and his passing is pretty good to. Also a very tough tackler. I saw them play a couple of times last season and I think he would be a good signing.
I think he'd be perfect to play alongside Hollands. For me last season, Hollands played his best football and became a goalscoring threat when he was with a defensive midfielder which was Andy Hughes. Think Hammond could happily sit and let Hollands bomb forward. Quite excited about this one if we do get him
Need a midfielder who makes the opposition midfield uncomfortable on the ball, if that makes sense! Someone like Parker who you knew would either close someone down or put in a crunching tackle within seconds of them getting the ball.
What sort of player is he etc? Anything we should know? Would be good to get a better idea of his strengths and weaknesses.
Very hard worker, likes to get stuck in and a good leader. Was probably unlucky not the play more last season but Schneiderlin and Cork formed a good partnership while he was injured.
Not exactly the quickest but don't think that matters, likes to keep the passes simple which can be frustrating sometimes but all in all a decent player for this level.
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I would still sell Stephens for £2 mill as mentioned in the article above.
LESS THAN 12 HOURS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saying good things about him, we should worry then
http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/120831/southampton-ready-offload-hammond-charlton-179939?
Don't know where to look though; BBC, Charlton Life, OS, Sky...or should I actually do some work today?
(Also shows Hammond as their captain at the beginning of last season.)
Would this member of the family, be, allegedly, a young female by any chance?
Not illegally young of course. Allegedly
Not exactly the quickest but don't think that matters, likes to keep the passes simple which can be frustrating sometimes but all in all a decent player for this level.