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Josh Laqeretabua - new deal to 2028 plus 1 year club option (p2)

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  • Name pronunciation here if you scroll down - it ain't easy.

    https://www.nameslook.com/laqeretabua?utm_content=cmp-true 
  • Leuth said:
    His name is Josh and he's here to play
    So we'd better get used to how to say
    And spell his surname. Starts LA
    That's the Lakers, the Angels, the Rams. Okay,
    We move to Q. With a U, you say?
    No U. Yes, you! No U today,
    It goes QE RETA
    What's R ETA? No way,
    We should have been here yesterday!
    We end with BU and an A,
    Like you're giving him a boo but then hooray,
    So that's how you can spell and say
    Josh La-qe-re-ta-bu-a!  
    Leaves Deadpan GIF - Leaves Deadpan GIFs
  • Mart77 mentioned Ahmed Kone well he has gone to Qatar on a 5 year deal. Good promising goalkeeper departed.
    I know he travelled out that way over summer but I hadn't heard ab out a move materialising - I believe he only went to a training camp (organised by his agent)

    It will be a real shame if he has gone.  I was told he was touted by someone at the club as the best keeper we have had for years and from what I saw of him I found it hard to disagree
  • edited July 2023
    Swisdom said:
    Mart77 mentioned Ahmed Kone well he has gone to Qatar on a 5 year deal. Good promising goalkeeper departed.
    I know he travelled out that way over summer but I hadn't heard ab out a move materialising - I believe he only went to a training camp (organised by his agent)

    It will be a real shame if he has gone.  I was told he was touted by someone at the club as the best keeper we have had for years and from what I saw of him I found it hard to disagree
    I hope this isn’t ploy to stop an English team having to pay compensation to us. I’d heard there was interest from higher in the football ladder so surprised he’s gone abroad. A January ‘loan’ would be very frustrating.
  • Swisdom said:
    Mart77 mentioned Ahmed Kone well he has gone to Qatar on a 5 year deal. Good promising goalkeeper departed.
    I know he travelled out that way over summer but I hadn't heard ab out a move materialising - I believe he only went to a training camp (organised by his agent)

    It will be a real shame if he has gone.  I was told he was touted by someone at the club as the best keeper we have had for years and from what I saw of him I found it hard to disagree
    Surely that would have been James Beadle? 

  • Didn't Hamza Serrar go to a Middle Eastern club to head up their academy? 
  • MarcusH26 said:
    Didn't Hamza Serrar go to a Middle Eastern club to head up their academy? 
    He’s in the UAE I believe.
  • Class act this lad
  • Leuth said:
    His name is Josh and he's here to play
    So we'd better get used to how to say
    And spell his surname. Starts LA
    That's the Lakers, the Angels, the Rams. Okay,
    We move to Q. With a U, you say?
    No U. Yes, you! No U today,
    It goes QE RETA
    What's R ETA? No way,
    We should have been here yesterday!
    We end with BU and an A,
    Like you're giving him a boo but then hooray,
    So that's how you can spell and say
    Josh La-qe-re-ta-bu-a!  
    Leaves Deadpan GIF - Leaves Deadpan GIFs
    Don't mind the haters, don't mind the squares! 
    If a square be hatin', nobody cares! 
  • Swisdom said:
    Mart77 mentioned Ahmed Kone well he has gone to Qatar on a 5 year deal. Good promising goalkeeper departed.
    I know he travelled out that way over summer but I hadn't heard ab out a move materialising - I believe he only went to a training camp (organised by his agent)

    It will be a real shame if he has gone.  I was told he was touted by someone at the club as the best keeper we have had for years and from what I saw of him I found it hard to disagree
    A ridiculous move if true, for a youngster learning his trade
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  • Would expect him to get called up to the Fiji squad sooner rather than later 
  • edited November 2024
    fenaddick said:
    Would expect him to get called up to the Fiji squad sooner rather than later 
    Yeah surprised that hasnt already happened given he's on their radar having played at the U20 World Cup.

    Think someone on here said he's also on the England radar though, so wonder if he's stalling.

    Whoever put him as the bloke to be marking Sweeney for that penalty appeal needs fining though - It was the one thing in recent games where I completely agreed with what Brownie was complaining about!! - Little things like that need fixing in matches.
  • Can see him starting or coming off the bench against Walsall, interested to see what he can do as all the looks I've had of him at first team level have been cameo appearances, would be pretty fun to have a spine of academy players playing internationally for Fiji, Jamaica and Sierra Leone 
  • edited November 2024
    Can see him starting or coming off the bench against Walsall, interested to see what he can do as all the looks I've had of him at first team level have been cameo appearances, would be pretty fun to have a spine of academy players playing internationally for Fiji, Jamaica and Sierra Leone 
    Add in Uganda and Australia for Asiimwe and Maynard-Brewer
  • edited November 2024
    Going to be interesting to see if either him or Zach Mitchell properly break through this season. Feels like only Jones and Alex Mitchell are suited to playing as two CBs in a back four, while REG, Gillesphey and Potts were all signed to play as wider CBs in a back three. I wouldn’t expect them to be starters ahead of Jones and Mitchell, but there’s a chance to get plenty of games if/when either are out with Gillesphey not being convincing.
  • It would be difficult, even as an inexperienced youngster to be less convincing than Gilleshpey.
  • I dont think the way we are playing at the moment and the fans disillusion with the management/style of play (not sure we have one) its an ideal time to throw him in. However I do appreciate the old cliche if your good enough
  • Anyone that has watched him in the tooth that can give some ideas of strengths/weaknesses and a view as to whether he will make it...?
    ..
  • I hope they have ordered enough "Q"s and extra vowels in the club shop shirt department.
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  • Hal1x said:
    I hope they have ordered enough "Q"s and extra vowels in the club shop shirt department.
    I asked someone in the club shop about this recently. The woman was incredibly polite calling me Sir. I could see they were minding their Ps and Qs not sure about the vowels.
  • Not sure Josh is a CB. Not strong or good in the air. But then neither was Konsa at his age. He is decent on the ball, has some pace, so maybe RB may be his gig to start with, like Konsa, Gomez and Dijksteel in their early days.
  • Well deserved and glad we're continuing to tie these young players down quickly
  • Watch out Wycombe! 

    Congrats Josh
  • What a great couple of months its been for Josh, especially after injury last season... Fully deserves the Contract

    Wonder how much he's still on the England Youth radar, or whether he'll end up representing Fiji Senior Team soon
  • Seems like a long deal to give to a player who’s been plagued with injuries from a young age and not really been involved. Nevertheless, great news for him 
  • Swisdom said:
    Seems like a long deal to give to a player who’s been plagued with injuries from a young age and not really been involved. Nevertheless, great news for him 
    This is because he is THAT highly thought of.  He is 0ften compared with Gomez who was raved about at the club from when he was 14

    Josh Laq will go far in that game once he finishes growing and plays regularly
    That's an extremely high bar, I'm in no position to judge but to be even mentioned in that bracket (and given a commensurate deal) is high praise indeed.
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