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Post by kennyk2 on Jan 5, 2024 13:53:17 GMT 1
One thing if this comes off... dirtyoldtown is getting a bit of a reputation as an ITK poster. |
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jan 5, 2024 13:55:21 GMT 1
It's the fact that if you look at his posting history he gives the impression of someone who is trying to convince people he is itk without actually saying as much. He's got plenty on here fooled so must be quite good at it I guess. He won't reveal anything that isn't guess work or rumour and nothing concrete. But a lot of what is posted happens. I don't get why people want concrete things. It isn't possible and depending on how people get info, they may have to be careful about how much or little they share. Plus rockwell- he seems to think all is rosey doesy, behind the secnes in terms of Moore etc. When in actual fact it is very much not the case. Plus he posts stuff, that is clearly after the fact comments. For example the subject of this thread was mentioend well before castlehill said anything about him. |
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Post by tepidterrier on Jan 5, 2024 14:13:45 GMT 1
Total Football Analysis did a reasonable scouting analysis of him in their November 2023 edition. It's free to download, but be warned the total file is 154MB (Radulovic article is on page 109-133) totalfootballanalysis.com/app_download/TFA_Scouted_November_2023.pdfI have to admit, despite his Conference League participation, I'd personally been looking at this potential signing as the latest in a string of cheap punts on strikers. Having read this I'm a bit more enthusiastic. In a nutshell: Instinctive poacher, good movement, decent pace, willing presser, happy to track back and link up play. Similar player profiles (according to their "xGOLD" data modelling): Ollie Watkins, Sebastien Haller. Expected transfer value €1.2m. Great find & an interesting read. Must admit my first impression was somewhere between open minded and pessimistic. Highlights videos showed me someone who reminded me of Kian Harratt. We've already got one of those. Stats showed someone scoring goals, but at a level similar to Lg2. Harratt would do well if he went to Lg2 now. Also, that BR failed to make much impact prior to joining HJK. Brighton saw fit to sign him, and they've got a great scouting network? Yes, they have - but scouting is not just about finding players who are good, or even players who have potential to improve - but also players who will suit your playing style (pump a load of high crosses into Lionel Messi & he'll look shite). Also worth noting that BHA got rid, although that's perhaps unfair. Optimistically, you could point to his age & say maybe he's improved since then. Optimistically, he looks to be good enough for a team at this level. Pessimistically, he doesn't look a good fit for our playing style: "Assessing teams by their playing style and finding a suitable match for Radulovic: Teams that average a high number of shots and touches inside the penalty area per 90 minutes"Unless we're planning to radically change our approach and playing style, I can see him being even more isolated up front than Danny Ward tends to be when fit. Basing this on their games against us this season but maybe he'd be a hit somewhere like Stoke or Sunderland? Of course, that then puts the question back to who we should go for instead. And, well... I have no idea. Nobody else on that article seemed a good fit for us either. I imagine our touches in the box would improve with him in the side as we lack a focal point which he'd hopefully provide. He seems like potentially a great foil for Burgzorg based on that description. Burgzorg is agile in the box, gets into good positions, and a good finisher from 12 yards plus. Having someone who can do better at the hold up play, aerial duels, and poaching, should make up for Burgzorg lacking in each of those areas. |
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Post by uw2ba on Jan 5, 2024 14:20:07 GMT 1
Obviously we have no idea how are going to get on in the second half of the season but
Hogg, Matos, rudoni playing in midfield
Thomas, burgzorg/koroma and bojan upfront
Looks a hell of a lot more promising than 8 defenders in the team and 5 of them left backs with hudlin upfront on his own 😂
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Post by Boothys Knees on Jan 5, 2024 14:45:32 GMT 1
Total Football Analysis did a reasonable scouting analysis of him in their November 2023 edition. It's free to download, but be warned the total file is 154MB (Radulovic article is on page 109-133) totalfootballanalysis.com/app_download/TFA_Scouted_November_2023.pdfI have to admit, despite his Conference League participation, I'd personally been looking at this potential signing as the latest in a string of cheap punts on strikers. Having read this I'm a bit more enthusiastic. In a nutshell: Instinctive poacher, good movement, decent pace, willing presser, happy to track back and link up play. Similar player profiles (according to their "xGOLD" data modelling): Ollie Watkins, Sebastien Haller. Expected transfer value €1.2m. Great find & an interesting read. Must admit my first impression was somewhere between open minded and pessimistic. Highlights videos showed me someone who reminded me of Kian Harratt. We've already got one of those. Stats showed someone scoring goals, but at a level similar to Lg2. Harratt would do well if he went to Lg2 now. Also, that BR failed to make much impact prior to joining HJK. Brighton saw fit to sign him, and they've got a great scouting network? Yes, they have - but scouting is not just about finding players who are good, or even players who have potential to improve - but also players who will suit your playing style (pump a load of high crosses into Lionel Messi & he'll look shite). Also worth noting that BHA got rid, although that's perhaps unfair. Optimistically, you could point to his age & say maybe he's improved since then. Optimistically, he looks to be good enough for a team at this level. Pessimistically, he doesn't look a good fit for our playing style: "Assessing teams by their playing style and finding a suitable match for Radulovic: Teams that average a high number of shots and touches inside the penalty area per 90 minutes"Unless we're planning to radically change our approach and playing style, I can see him being even more isolated up front than Danny Ward tends to be when fit. Basing this on their games against us this season but maybe he'd be a hit somewhere like Stoke or Sunderland? Of course, that then puts the question back to who we should go for instead. And, well... I have no idea. Nobody else on that article seemed a good fit for us either. He's scored a no. of goals in European competition this season, can't imagine Harratt doing that. |
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Post by dirtyoldtown on Jan 5, 2024 14:55:30 GMT 1
One thing if this comes off... dirtyoldtown is getting a bit of a reputation as an ITK poster. If??  |
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Post by oneneilwarnock on Jan 5, 2024 14:58:05 GMT 1
One thing if this comes off... dirtyoldtown is getting a bit of a reputation as an ITK poster. If?? Yeah you are definitely in the know regardless of this one. Said it before but cheers for posting when you do. |
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jan 5, 2024 15:12:26 GMT 1
You can never tell before they get here & play (e.g that fucking dwarf Pritchard, who I think most of us were really happy to sign) but I think the club have made a great start with these 2. Matos has had a lot of faith put in him by Chelsea & I hope they now see us as THE club to go to when a very promising prospect wants a club at Championship level to start his career with & Radulovic, for any fee around 600k-1M, is the sort of player we have to gamble on - lower league English clubs would want far too much money for their goalscorers.
Great start by Town, which should be applauded, the quality & the early signings is better than I had hoped for.
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Post by callum9061 on Jan 5, 2024 15:32:37 GMT 1
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Post by Big Ern on Jan 5, 2024 15:45:44 GMT 1
I think I just had a member of Duran Duran in my trousers |
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Jan 5, 2024 16:00:59 GMT 1
If this is done I don't think you could have expected much more from the first 5 days of January - two on paper very good signings plus Spencer back. We also I guess have the option to bring Rhodes back if we want as we do more strikers. With luck Rhodes won't be needed as we'll sign another striker Still a lot of work but we're looking more competitive in terms of options - two or three more and we'll have had a good window If this lad is confirmed it's a very good start. Not seen the young Chelsea lad play bur on the whole young lads from Chelsea tend to have something about them. This striker seems promising, looking at his stats he seems a clever pick. Really promising As others have said we could have a very dangerous front line; Bojan, Burgzorb, Thomas, Koroma We may yet see Rhodes as well - he's bang in form and would cause tiring teams problems coming off the bench for the last 30 mins. The bloke is very clever at finding space and could still do a very good super sub job IMO |
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Post by Dan on Jan 5, 2024 16:10:29 GMT 1
£600k + add ons on the face of it looks like good business...
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Post by Tinpot on Jan 5, 2024 16:11:58 GMT 1
Great find & an interesting read. Must admit my first impression was somewhere between open minded and pessimistic. Highlights videos showed me someone who reminded me of Kian Harratt. We've already got one of those. Stats showed someone scoring goals, but at a level similar to Lg2. Harratt would do well if he went to Lg2 now. Also, that BR failed to make much impact prior to joining HJK. Brighton saw fit to sign him, and they've got a great scouting network? Yes, they have - but scouting is not just about finding players who are good, or even players who have potential to improve - but also players who will suit your playing style (pump a load of high crosses into Lionel Messi & he'll look shite). Also worth noting that BHA got rid, although that's perhaps unfair. Optimistically, you could point to his age & say maybe he's improved since then. Optimistically, he looks to be good enough for a team at this level. Pessimistically, he doesn't look a good fit for our playing style: "Assessing teams by their playing style and finding a suitable match for Radulovic: Teams that average a high number of shots and touches inside the penalty area per 90 minutes"Unless we're planning to radically change our approach and playing style, I can see him being even more isolated up front than Danny Ward tends to be when fit. Basing this on their games against us this season but maybe he'd be a hit somewhere like Stoke or Sunderland? Of course, that then puts the question back to who we should go for instead. And, well... I have no idea. Nobody else on that article seemed a good fit for us either. He's scored a no. of goals in European competition this season, can't imagine Harratt doing that. Who did he score against? Genuine question btw - I don't know. I can't see Harratt tearing West Ham or a Serie A giant a new arsehole, but someone from the Faeroes, I could. My main concern though is not the level. I've advocated for Al Hamadi at Wimbledon and their level is similar. My main concern is whether we're a good fit for BR. Because if he needs to play in a side that frequently gets the ball in the box to be effective, then I'd suggest his talents will be underappreciated here. |
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Post by Dan on Jan 5, 2024 16:18:10 GMT 1
He's scored a no. of goals in European competition this season, can't imagine Harratt doing that. Who did he score against? Genuine question btw - I don't know. I can't see Harratt tearing West Ham or a Serie A giant a new arsehole, but someone from the Faeroes, I could. My main concern though is not the level. I've advocated for Al Hamadi at Wimbledon and their level is similar. My main concern is whether we're a good fit for BR. Because if he needs to play in a side that frequently gets the ball in the box to be effective, then I'd suggest his talents will be underappreciated here. We're probably down the pecking order in terms of chances created etc, but no-one has made more crosses in the league this season than Sorba Thomas. With a proper number 9 in the box, you'd hope it would lead to more chances... Crosses 1. Sorba Thomas • Huddersfield 235 2. Leif Davis • Ipswich Town 184 3. Daniel James • Leeds United 153 4. Gabriel • Norwich City 149 5. Ryan Manning • Southampton 147 6. Ken Sema • Watford 139 7. Kenneth Paal • QPR 127 8. Ilias Chair • QPR 124 9. Josh Eccles • Coventry City 119 10. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall • Leicester City 114 |
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Post by richhtfc on Jan 5, 2024 16:18:18 GMT 1
If this lad is confirmed it's a very good start. Not seen the young Chelsea lad play bur on the whole young lads from Chelsea tend to have something about them. This striker seems promising, looking at his stats he seems a clever pick. Really promising As others have said we could have a very dangerous front line; Bojan, Burgzorb, Thomas, Koroma We may yet see Rhodes as well - he's bang in form and would cause tiring teams problems coming off the bench for the last 30 mins. The bloke is very clever at finding space and could still do a very good super sub job IMO No Burgzorg “anytime soon” according to the presser 😢 |
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Post by Big Ern on Jan 5, 2024 16:19:36 GMT 1
He's scored a no. of goals in European competition this season, can't imagine Harratt doing that. Who did he score against? Genuine question btw - I don't know. I can't see Harratt tearing West Ham or a Serie A giant a new arsehole, but someone from the Faeroes, I could. My main concern though is not the level. I've advocated for Al Hamadi at Wimbledon and their level is similar. My main concern is whether we're a good fit for BR. Because if he needs to play in a side that frequently gets the ball in the box to be effective, then I'd suggest his talents will be underappreciated here. Sorba Thomas used to do that all the time and we never had anyone on the end of it hence why his role changed. Getting him to get them back in with an effective target man should be ideal. Isn't he top of the stats for most crosses into the box? |
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Post by Tinpot on Jan 5, 2024 16:19:53 GMT 1
Radulovic has just signed for Sac. Republic! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2024 16:22:30 GMT 1
Heard a couple of mates say it was 6 weeks for Burgzorg,they are not ITK though
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 5, 2024 16:29:49 GMT 1
If in fact he has signed has it been in time to play in cup Is it 12 today they have to be registered by? Town and quick international clearance aren't things that are ever seen together 🤔 |
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 5, 2024 16:31:30 GMT 1
One thing if this comes off... dirtyoldtown is getting a bit of a reputation as an ITK poster. He dreams of being CastleHillTerrier 😉 |
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 5, 2024 16:37:22 GMT 1
Heard a couple of mates say it was 6 weeks for Burgzorg,they are not ITK though Makes you wonder, if it was from the dirty fucker from Blackburns tackle, how/why he managed to finish the game if the injury was bad 🤷 |
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Post by terriersyndrome on Jan 5, 2024 16:40:39 GMT 1
He's scored a no. of goals in European competition this season, can't imagine Harratt doing that. Who did he score against? Genuine question btw - I don't know. I can't see Harratt tearing West Ham or a Serie A giant a new arsehole, but someone from the Faeroes, I could. My main concern though is not the level. I've advocated for Al Hamadi at Wimbledon and their level is similar. My main concern is whether we're a good fit for BR. Because if he needs to play in a side that frequently gets the ball in the box to be effective, then I'd suggest his talents will be underappreciated here. Last season in the Europa league he scored against Viktoria Plzen and Maribor. This season he scored against Larne in C/L qualifying. Two against FCV Farul in E/C/L qualifying. Two against PAOK and one against Aberdeen in the E/C/L. |
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Post by 90sterrier on Jan 5, 2024 16:40:39 GMT 1
Heard a couple of mates say it was 6 weeks for Burgzorg,they are not ITK though Makes you wonder, if it was from the dirty fucker from Blackburns tackle, how/why he managed to finish the game if the injury was bad 🤷 I remember thinking at the time he should have been brought off. Spent the last 10-15 minutes hobbling round the pitch, can’t have done him any good |
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Post by Dan on Jan 5, 2024 16:49:46 GMT 1
Heard a couple of mates say it was 6 weeks for Burgzorg,they are not ITK though Makes you wonder, if it was from the dirty fucker from Blackburns tackle, how/why he managed to finish the game if the injury was bad 🤷 Poor lad was being dragged round the sponsors boxes and white rose club after the game. Could barely walk. Even so, he couldn't do enough in terms of stopping for selfies with kids etc, having to crouch down with his knackered ankle - top boy is Delano. |
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Post by royrace on Jan 5, 2024 16:56:34 GMT 1
It's the fact that if you look at his posting history he gives the impression of someone who is trying to convince people he is itk without actually saying as much. He's got plenty on here fooled so must be quite good at it I guess. He won't reveal anything that isn't guess work or rumour and nothing concrete. But a lot of what is posted happens. I don't get why people want concrete things. It isn't possible and depending on how people get info, they may have to be careful about how much or little they share. Happy to read rumours and hear say and complete bollocks, what's annoying is when someone is clearly trying to convince people they're itk when they're not and creating a fake persona. Maybe I'm wrong and it's Darren's best mate or Cartwright. It's not though. |
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Post by ambryboy on Jan 5, 2024 16:58:56 GMT 1
I didn't realise Kevin was a fully paid up member of the NRA |
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Post by Hank Hill on Jan 5, 2024 16:59:08 GMT 1
Here we go...
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 5, 2024 17:01:56 GMT 1
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jan 5, 2024 17:02:45 GMT 1
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Post by leroy212 on Jan 5, 2024 17:03:20 GMT 1
I like this getting deals done early
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