Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Highly rated central defender and at a good age, 24. Having a trial at Liverpool this week, beginning tomorrow, but Norwegian journalists claim we are the favourites to land him. BBC article claims that us and Reading are interested. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21016927 Maybe not worth a new thread but there doesn't seem a lot going on at the moment.
Dig Dig Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Was linked with is a couple of weeks ago. I think he was expected to sign for everton or fulham. Strange how he's at trial at Liverpool but we are supposedly favourites to sign him. What would be the point of the trial
Saint Martini Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Does anyone know if he can play leftback aswell? He is both a CB and a LB in football manager but that doesn't have to mean anything.
Matthew Le God Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Norwegian journalist thinks Saints more likely club than Liverpool... http://fotball.rbnett.no/england/article263826.ece
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 14 January, 2013 Author Posted 14 January, 2013 Thinking about it, Liverpool are perhaps being a bit disrespectful to the lad, even though they have right to see him play of course, by putting him on trial. He is a top player over in Norway and now an international. He will no doubt be playing second fiddle to Agger and Skrtel at Anfield, and Carragher of course......
JustMike Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Norwegian journalist thinks Saints more likely club than Liverpool... http://fotball.rbnett.no/england/article263826.ece So why go on trial at Liverpool?
Saint Charlie Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 He has been highly rated and linked to the Prem for ages.
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 14 January, 2013 Author Posted 14 January, 2013 Does anyone know if he can play leftback aswell? He is both a CB and a LB in football manager but that doesn't have to mean anything. He's left footed and so I imagine he plays towards that side.
Saint Charlie Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Imagine this will conclude pretty quick. If he goes on this trial then he won't be coming here.
Dig Dig Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 He has been highly rated and linked to the Prem for ages. Good contribution to the thread
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Jan Aage Fjortoft @JanAageFjortoft TV2 just reported that Molde have accepted bids both from Liverpool and Southampton for Forren. #lfc #saintsfc Bid accepted?
Saint Charlie Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Good contribution to the thread Would it be better if I mentioned Football Manager? BTW I hope we don't sign this laird because the last Scandinavian CB we signed was Jakobsson and we went down.
DT Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Molde accept bids from us and Liverpool acc to jan age fjortoft on twitter
Saint Charlie Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Some Liverpool helmets on Twitter saying they don't want Forren because if he is also linked to us he must not be of the quality they need!
Dig Dig Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Would it be better if I mentioned Football Manager? BTW I hope we don't sign this laird because the last Scandinavian CB we signed was Jakobsson and we went down. Agree with this. If we can't learn lesssons from the past, we have no chance.
Dig Dig Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Some Liverpool helmets on Twitter saying they don't want Forren because if he is also linked to us he must not be of the quality they need! He's not English and grossly overpriced, that's the real reason.
Saint Charlie Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 He's not English and grossly overpriced, that's the real reason. The trial business is bizarre though, he is quite established.
Dazza82 Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Would it be better if I mentioned Football Manager? BTW I hope we don't sign this laird because the last Scandinavian CB we signed was Jakobsson and we went down. But the last Norwegian CB we signed was our Claus
Dig Dig Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 The trial business is bizarre though, he is quite established. Yes, very strange indeed. Even more so if we've both had bids excepted.
Turkish Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 The trial business is bizarre though, he is quite established. Maybe he got nicked for shoplifting when he flew to Liverpool to discuss terms, the trial at Liverpool is actually a real court trial, not a trial with LFC???
Colinjb Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 (edited) correct, they are totally meaningless. As is every post on this forum. It has no impact whatsoever on what SFC does, depsite what some on here think. Neither does a footballer postion on a computer game have any meaning as to where he plays in the real world. At least we now have confirmation that the persona you reflect on here is a complete fallacy. So, away from Turkish's madness. Vegard Forren. 24 years old (assuming that all electronic sources of information can be in any way trusted....) not as young as many of the players we have been chasing. Younger then Astori though and capped a few more times, albeit for a 'weaker' international nation. And another player (after Ramirez, Astori....) who Liverpool are also trailing. Do we use the same agents to source our players? Edited 14 January, 2013 by Colinjb
St Chalet Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Gents, please stay on the topic. If you want to discuss the merits of FM please do it via PM or on some other part of the board.
manji Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 I think Turkish makes a good point. We were only talking about this the other day. There seems to be a new breed of Football "fan" . Cant think of a name for them yet but football computer games seem more important than actual matches. Of course they watch all the big games on Sky. They all support Man Utd, Chelsea etc but have never seen them actually play live. A lot of them support both Man Utd and Saints etc. and talk about Football Manager as if it were real. The only two people where I work who actually go to games are myself and a Skate fan and frankly I have more in common with him than the other plastic ****s.
dubai_phil Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Jesus. We have a bid accepted for a player and the muppets are discussing Computer Games on the same thread. How about "Bloody Hell we appear to have had a bid accepted for a player" type posts As in will this stop the mountains moaning? What does this mean for Astori? etc etc etc
Turkish Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 anyway, away from football manager and back in the real world i've never heard of this guy. Although on paper he looks decent, 24 which is good age for a Centre half, supposedly a top player in Norway and got a few international caps. Looks decent. Has anyone actually seen him play? We've got a few scandanavian based fans on here i believe.
dubai_phil Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 anyway, away from football manager and back in the real world i've never heard of this guy. Although on paper he looks decent, 24 which is good age for a Centre half, supposedly a top player in Norway and got a few international caps. Looks decent. Has anyone actually seen him play? We've got a few scandanavian based fans on here i believe. DiS will be along with a thesis shortly no doubt
Turkish Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 DiS will be along with a thesis shortly no doubt I'll look forward to it.
Dig Dig Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 DiS will be along with a thesis shortly no doubt We need David in Norway, not Swedish Dave FFS
St Chalet Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Someone go to their local pub and find Claus to get an opinion on his fellow countryman.
sotonist Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 I think Turkish makes a good point. We were only talking about this the other day. There seems to be a new breed of Football "fan" . Cant think of a name for them yet but football computer games seem more important than actual matches. Of course they watch all the big games on Sky. They all support Man Utd, Chelsea etc but have never seen them actually play live. A lot of them support both Man Utd and Saints etc. and talk about Football Manager as if it were real. The only two people where I work who actually go to games are myself and a Skate fan and frankly I have more in common with him than the other plastic ****s. Hang on, you ight be on to something Newspapers, Twitter, and Wikipedia all indicate Davide Astori is a defender. I've not seen him play as a defender. His goal record is very poor which could be indicative of a defender, but i've not seen all the games so I can't be sure. Better just ignore him all together until i've seen him play week in, week out. That's if he's even a footballer, or exists at all.
LGTL Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 anyway, away from football manager and back in the real world i've never heard of this guy. Although on paper he looks decent, 24 which is good age for a Centre half, supposedly a top player in Norway and got a few international caps. Looks decent. Has anyone actually seen him play? We've got a few scandanavian based fans on here i believe. I've seen him play on Football Manager only. Good player IMO.
Patrick Bateman Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 DiS will be along with a thesis shortly no doubt What with David and his weird font stuff and you and your golf stories, you're a right pair. Actually would be pretty amusing to be in a pub with both of you!
dubai_phil Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 What with David and his weird font stuff and you and your golf stories, you're a right pair. Actually would be pretty amusing to be in a pub with both of you! Oh don't worry, I'm sure I'll have more stories after the HSBC in Scabi Dhabi this weekend Still at least I won't get stalked by that maniac Polish American Danish Blonde Tennis Player this week (unless she gets beat down in Aus I suppose)
St Chalet Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Please discuss FM here http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?42354-Football-Manager and the CB we are crying out for on this thread.
ottery st mary Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Expect Man Utd to jump in here ala Buttner....
Bananaman Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 plus the original reference to FM simply used it as evidence to support the idea of Forren also playing LB. Some people get really angry when others disagree with their point of view, this makes me giggle
Dig Dig Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 What are his FM stats? Would be interested in seeing those.
Golden Balls Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 not sure if trolling. Really? You're not sure?
St Chalet Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Expect Man Utd to jump in here ala Buttner.... If United wanted him then OGS would have pushed him Fergie's way.
ottery st mary Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 If United wanted him then OGS would have pushed him Fergie's way. Time will tell. If he is that good he would be at Chelsea by now.....but Utd still need a centre back... Is he actually on trial or just looking at prospective clubs in order to make a choice from the alleged offers?
Saint Charlie Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Think this one is over. There is a pic of him at Manchester Airport this eve and the photographer said Forren said he was excited about training with Liverpool tomorrow.
Tokyo-Saint Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Please discuss FM here http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?42354-Football-Manager and the CB we are crying out for on this thread. You're more of a FIFA man, I can tell. In all seriousness, FM stats or not, what kind of player is he? Ball player, limited defender, quick etc?
St Chalet Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Possibly our way of trying to apply pressure to the Astori deal?
Dig Dig Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 You're more of a FIFA man, I can tell. In all seriousness, FM stats or not, what kind of player is he? Ball player, limited defender, quick etc? 14, 15, 13
St Chalet Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 You're more of a FIFA man, I can tell. In all seriousness, FM stats or not, what kind of player is he? Ball player, limited defender, quick etc? Last football game I can remember playing was Sensible Soccer on my Commodore Amiga.
dubai_phil Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Possibly our way of trying to apply pressure to the Astori deal? Oh finally........ only took 19 posts to get there Christ I hope the Cagliari crew aren't as slow on the uptake
Tokyo-Saint Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Last football game I can remember playing was Sensible Soccer on my Commodore Amiga. Good game but stay on topic please. This is a thread about Liverpool defenders, let's keep it like that. My favourite Liverpool defender is Skrtel, nice tattoos.
St Chalet Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Oh finally........ only took 19 posts to get there Christ I hope the Cagliari crew aren't as slow on the uptake Easy Tiger.
norwaysaint Posted 14 January, 2013 Posted 14 January, 2013 Don't really know a lot about him to be honest, so I won't pretend I do. On the whole I'd say defenders aren't too bad and if you're going to buy a player from the Norwegian league, make it a centre back, a goalie or a solid striker. Most quick or skilful players here come in for a shock when they move to a better league. Huseklepp, for example was a big star here, but has really come back with his tail between his legs. My wife works for the owner of Molde though and speaks to him pretty regularly. I used to have Jan Åge Fjørtoft's home number, but sadly not any more.
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