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Post by dezzly on Jul 1, 2024 21:19:40 GMT 1
Genuine question : Speaking from a position of ignorance, could someone please tell me why we would want Herbie Kane ? I've looked at his history/stats and they are not too impressive and he's been released by Barnsley. Apartrt from being another "free" - what's so good about him that Doncaster, Hull and Oxford United (0 goals in 35 appearances) didn't want him ? Thank you. He’s steadily improved ,defo on the goals front.he’s played under duff before.from what iv seen and that isn’t loads in fairness he’s tidy on the ball and can pick a pass or two.if he’s upped his goal tally more recently that’s a bonus.knows the level very well and coming to a good age. I could be wrong also but I think they offered him a new contract but he fancied moving on….someone may put me right on that though. Think Barnsley fans were fairly sad to see him go
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Post by JoelG on Jul 1, 2024 21:19:41 GMT 1
Genuine question : Speaking from a position of ignorance, could someone please tell me why we would want Herbie Kane ? I've looked at his history/stats and they are not too impressive and he's been released by Barnsley. Apartrt from being another "free" - what's so good about him that Doncaster, Hull and Oxford United (0 goals in 35 appearances) didn't want him ? Thank you. He’s a good footballer. Only 25 so will have sale value. Goalscoring threat from midfield. Good qualities in possession. First touch, weight of pass, able to control the tempo etc. Quality from dead balls. Vast League One experience, worked with Duff before. Barnsley would’ve kept him if they could. Was not released for sporting reasons.
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Post by boothyisourking on Jul 1, 2024 21:24:20 GMT 1
Why? Are they buying all 3 promotion spots? Well they're buying one of them. It would have been easier with Plymouth instead for example Not too convinced about that. I can’t think of any team that has spent a fortune and had instant success. Teams have spent a lot and built over time. Spending big hasn’t worked for Chelsea last year or l**ds back in the day. Even Man City took time to build it up. Could easily see Birmingham getting off to a slow start and giving themselves too much to do and missing out/ losing in the play offs. Only team that springs to mind is Fulham back in the day but I’m pretty sure they had Louis Saha upfront in league one.
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Post by m040702 on Jul 1, 2024 21:25:17 GMT 1
Genuine question : Speaking from a position of ignorance, could someone please tell me why we would want Herbie Kane ? I've looked at his history/stats and they are not too impressive and he's been released by Barnsley. Apartrt from being another "free" - what's so good about him that Doncaster, Hull and Oxford United (0 goals in 35 appearances) didn't want him ? Thank you. he was one of the best midfielders in the league last season and is very versatile being able to play 6/8. A great addition to what I hope is a big revamp of the midfield. Basically in short, he’ll bring the extra quality to our midfield that we don’t have aswell as knowing duff.
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Post by pauldaltonsboots on Jul 1, 2024 21:25:25 GMT 1
Kane had good stats last season - 9 goals and 5 assists in the league. 12 bookings too which I like. Only 25 and been getting better every season. Plays CM in the same system we will play.
Free transfer? I’d take him in a second
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jul 1, 2024 21:28:17 GMT 1
Kane is a very tidy footballer, the only concern is that he is yet another who spends a bit of time in the physio room.
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Post by dezzly on Jul 1, 2024 21:35:02 GMT 1
Kane is a very tidy footballer, the only concern is that he is yet another who spends a bit of time in the physio room. Managed 40 plus games last couple seasons in league 1
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jul 1, 2024 21:35:19 GMT 1
Kane is a very tidy footballer, the only concern is that he is yet another who spends a bit of time in the physio room. Spends a lot of time in Turkey, not sure about the physio room.
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Post by Jimuano on Jul 1, 2024 21:35:49 GMT 1
Kane announcement tomorrow Excellent. Definite upgrade to what we have, in a position we're desperate to improve. When was the last time we had a combative, creative, technically decent, goalscoring central midfielder?
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Post by boooothy on Jul 1, 2024 21:39:52 GMT 1
Genuine question : Speaking from a position of ignorance, could someone please tell me why we would want Herbie Kane ? I've looked at his history/stats and they are not too impressive and he's been released by Barnsley. Apartrt from being another "free" - what's so good about him that Doncaster, Hull and Oxford United (0 goals in 35 appearances) didn't want him ? Thank you. He's good on the ball. We don't have one other midfielder who we can say that about Like a pound shop Mooy Good comparison. Has a good a first touch as you’ll ever see, Grealish and Foden like but he doesn’t run a lot. Which seems the main criteria for our recent midfield.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2024 21:40:17 GMT 1
Cracking signing is Kane.
Beat off champ signatures for him by the sounds of it.
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Post by boooothy on Jul 1, 2024 21:46:10 GMT 1
Cracking signing is Kane. Beat off champ signatures for him by the sounds of it. Who did we beat off?
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Post by rothwellterrier on Jul 1, 2024 21:47:28 GMT 1
Cracking signing is Kane. Beat off champ signatures for him by the sounds of it. Who did we beat off? Think Derby were linked.
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Post by arry11 on Jul 1, 2024 21:48:37 GMT 1
Cracking signing is Kane. Beat off champ signatures for him by the sounds of it. I would hold off giving it another tug till its announced.
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Post by boooothy on Jul 1, 2024 21:51:48 GMT 1
Cartwright is going above and beyond to get these signings
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 1, 2024 21:52:56 GMT 1
Cartwright is going above and beyond to get these signings wow lets not go that far lol.
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Post by Jimuano on Jul 1, 2024 21:59:57 GMT 1
Cracking signing is Kane. Beat off champ signatures for him by the sounds of it. Who did we beat off? Derby and Plymouth apparently. This guy is a championship level player.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 1, 2024 21:59:59 GMT 1
Cartwright is going above and beyond to get these signings Like a scene from Wandsworth prison in his office
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jul 1, 2024 22:00:01 GMT 1
Kane is a very tidy footballer, the only concern is that he is yet another who spends a bit of time in the physio room. Managed 40 plus games last couple seasons in league 1 So that's 2 half seasons then
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 1, 2024 22:02:34 GMT 1
Managed 40 plus games last couple seasons in league 1 So that's 2 half seasons then i think he means 40 games each season, over the last 2 i think....
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Post by ringdisco on Jul 1, 2024 22:03:41 GMT 1
Managed 40 plus games last couple seasons in league 1 So that's 2 half seasons then Fucks sake... 47 in all competitions last season (10 goals). 48 season before that, then 38.
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Post by Up the Duff. on Jul 1, 2024 22:04:50 GMT 1
Personally, I would like to see a few transferred out sooner rather than later, as I expect there will be a limit on what we can spend without freeing up some wages and getting some transfer fees in.
Permanent out preferences are:
Jackson Koroma Ruffels Ward Hudlin Harratt Simpson
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Post by Richard1986 on Jul 1, 2024 22:05:35 GMT 1
Free agent but he turned down a deal at Plymouth and has worked with Duff before! Need some good wingbacks to play 3-5-2. Still massive work needed to revamp squad
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jul 1, 2024 22:06:23 GMT 1
So that's 2 half seasons then i think he means 40 games each season, over the last 2 i think.... Ah fair enough, I'm sure he has had injury problems in the past but the last 2 seasons have been decent then.
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Post by dezzly on Jul 1, 2024 22:06:38 GMT 1
Managed 40 plus games last couple seasons in league 1 So that's 2 half seasons then I mean i don’t know the total facts ins and ours but just looking at games played and seasons…plus 40 last two seasons,35 on loan at Oxford the year before.Two seasons in the champ preceded that where he played 24 one season and only 7 on loan at hull another season.I don’t know if those numbers are down to injuries or that at a younger age in the champ he was more of a squad player.The season before that in league 1 he played 38 times for Donny.So overall numbers wise they don’t scream injury prone.But like I said I don’t know the ins and outs
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Post by dezzly on Jul 1, 2024 22:07:19 GMT 1
i think he means 40 games each season, over the last 2 i think.... Ah fair enough, I'm sure he has had injury problems in the past but the last 2 seasons have been decent then. But yes that was what I meant 👍🏻
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jul 1, 2024 22:11:40 GMT 1
So that's 2 half seasons then I mean i don’t know the total facts ins and ours but just looking at games played and seasons…plus 40 last two seasons,35 on loan at Oxford the year before.Two seasons in the champ preceded that where he played 24 one season and only 7 on loan at hull another season.I don’t know if those numbers are down to injuries or that at a younger age in the champ he was more of a squad player.The season before that in league 1 he played 38 times for Donny.So overall numbers wise they don’t scream injury prone.But like I said I don’t know the ins and outs That's great mate, thanks, I mis-understood your post.
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Post by Big Jim on Jul 1, 2024 22:12:26 GMT 1
Very happy with Herbie Kane if true. Been great for the past couple of seasons and comes from good stock.
The fact that Duff wants him having already worked with him speaks volumes.
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Post by Richard1986 on Jul 1, 2024 22:12:39 GMT 1
The word in Brest is that he is after €2M per year (£33K per week) They haven't let him go as such - his contract has expired without them being able to agree a deal. Tell him tiny heath alliance will give him 40k a week I dunno, surely there’s some lower league big cf who can put few elbows in and win some headers cheaper?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2024 22:12:55 GMT 1
Yep and Plymouth i’m pretty sure Nixon said.
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