to be honest if Igor has injury problems which mean him being handled carefully, as with Solly, then I'd probably take that as long as we got another decent striker in. No doubt Igor has talent but ....
Agree - Watt, Makienok, ANO striker with Champ experience, Ahearne Grant - being fed by JBG and Bulot wouldnt be the end of the world.
From what I've seen Bulot is as good as a Reims player, and to be honest a straight swap isn't worth it. An injury free Igor is on a whole different level to Bulot, has the potential to be one of the best players in this division.
I would rather keep Bulot than Igor, Igor got found out halfway through the season, most teams put 2 on him. Injury or no injury Igor won't be the player he was in the first 10 games of last season.
Igor will be much better this season I reckon... Our attack was easy for Championship Defenders last season as neither Watt / Vetokele were the aggressive type so the Defenders had no issue getting tight to either player because they know they wouldnt have a fight on their hands.
This is the difference that Simon Makienok will hopefully bring, he might not score heaps of goals but if he can give as good as he gets from the opposition Defence, they'll know they've got a fight on their hands and wont want to mark so tightly... that'll give Vetokele the space to run at Defences with his pace and hopefully create more chances like his goals against Brighton at the Amex last season
Amazes me how some people think swapping Igor for Bulot would be a good deal for us!
Well Igor would be no good for us if his achilles is in anything like the same state as it was post Christmas last year. Rumours that he is still limping dont fill you with confidence that it is any better.
Amazes me how some people think swapping Igor for Bulot would be a good deal for us!
Well Igor would be no good for us if his achilles is in anything like the same state as it was post Christmas last year. Rumours that he is still limping dont fill you with confidence that it is any better.
exactly, a fit Igor and it's a no brainer but if it's an injury we have to manage carefully then that is a different kettle of fish entirely
The apparent swap deal doesn't make any sense for us. People are forgetting that Igor has 4 years left on his contract, Bulot at Standard has 1 year left.
Even with Vetokele's achilles problem, he has to be worth more than Bulot because of length of contact and potential Vetokele still has, as we could manage to sort out this problem and we would have a brilliant player on our hands again.
Not to mention he has just got married and has a new apartment here in England, the man is finally settled, he won't be going anywhere.
Stade de Reims @Stade_de_Reims 9m9 minutes ago Bienvenue @FredericBulot qui rejoint le #SDR pour deux saisons. Le milieu offensif portera le numéro 18 #TeamSDR
Welcome @FredericBulot who joined the #SDR for two seasons. The midfielder numbered 18 #TeamSDR
What an almighty cock up. Deal should have been done and dusted at the end of last season.
Still, I would much rather have Igor if it was ever a choice between the two. Some people under-estimating him, I think. Unless his injury is more serious than we know, he is a guaranteed 10-15 goals a season guy at least.
What an almighty cock up. Deal should have been done and dusted at the end of last season.
Still, I would much rather have Igor if it was ever a choice between the two. Some people under-estimating him, I think. Unless his injury is more serious than we know, he is a guaranteed 10-15 goals a season guy at least.
Deal was not going to happen once RD fell out with the new owner over the Tony Watt deal ....they were not going to allow us to have him Cheaply as they were paying percentage of his wages last season
Then why the heck didn't we drop it weeks ago instead of having him train with us etc?
Don't really see how it got to this point. Katrien said last season he wasn't cheap, so they knew his wages and what likely package it would be. If we were interested, it should have been done straight away. If not, there is no way he should have been over here training etc.
We dont need to be trading away any of the few decent first teamers we've got. We need to build up numbers, and we should have cash to do it. There are other wingers out there so whilst Bulot was decent it's not like we've missed out on Bale.
Do need some bodies in quick though, particularly on the wing.
We dont need to be trading away any of the few decent first teamers we've got. We need to build up numbers, and we should have cash to do it. There are other wingers out there so whilst Bulot was decent it's not like we've missed out on Bale.
Do need some bodies in quick though, particularly on the wing.
This club is a fecking joke...............players leaving faster than rats from a sinking ship . You want get anywhere by choping & changing the squad year after year - we need stability. 4 players brought in last season have already gone (TBH, Buyens, Nulot & Tucudean) another 2 (Bikey & JBG) wont be here by xmas and even the short term contractor in Johnson & eagles were discarded as soon as the season finished.
Until we get a settled squad for 2 or 3 years' with the odd player coming & going, then we continua to struggle..
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For that reason, I'M OUT
Injury or no injury Igor won't be the player he was in the first 10 games of last season.
This is the difference that Simon Makienok will hopefully bring, he might not score heaps of goals but if he can give as good as he gets from the opposition Defence, they'll know they've got a fight on their hands and wont want to mark so tightly... that'll give Vetokele the space to run at Defences with his pace and hopefully create more chances like his goals against Brighton at the Amex last season
Football fans are the human equivalent of Goldfish.
Even with Vetokele's achilles problem, he has to be worth more than Bulot because of length of contact and potential Vetokele still has, as we could manage to sort out this problem and we would have a brilliant player on our hands again.
Not to mention he has just got married and has a new apartment here in England, the man is finally settled, he won't be going anywhere.
Stade de Reims @Stade_de_Reims 9m9 minutes ago
Bienvenue @FredericBulot qui rejoint le #SDR pour deux saisons. Le milieu offensif portera le numéro 18 #TeamSDR
Welcome @FredericBulot who joined the #SDR for two seasons. The midfielder numbered 18 #TeamSDR
Still, I would much rather have Igor if it was ever a choice between the two. Some people under-estimating him, I think. Unless his injury is more serious than we know, he is a guaranteed 10-15 goals a season guy at least.
Don't really see how it got to this point. Katrien said last season he wasn't cheap, so they knew his wages and what likely package it would be. If we were interested, it should have been done straight away. If not, there is no way he should have been over here training etc.
Do need some bodies in quick though, particularly on the wing.
This club is a fecking joke...............players leaving faster than rats from a sinking ship . You want get anywhere by choping & changing the squad year after year - we need stability. 4 players brought in last season have already gone (TBH, Buyens, Nulot & Tucudean) another 2 (Bikey & JBG) wont be here by xmas and even the short term contractor in Johnson & eagles were discarded as soon as the season finished.
Until we get a settled squad for 2 or 3 years' with the odd player coming & going, then we continua to struggle..