Icelandic striker on trial

[Focher]

i will never judge a player by You Tube clips.

I remember the Udo Nwoko thread he looked like Pele

[Ian Royal]

Judging just on those clips I'm not impressed.

Which is why judging players based on Youtube clips is probably not the way to go !

I never said it was!

Focher: Udo Nwanko always looked shit even in those clips once you actually looked at them properly. He was quite obviously playing against pub teams, and never actually looked like he really had the ball under control. IIRC half the clips were of him not even scoring or setting up a goal. You know someone is bad when their best of youtube compilation includes half chances and nearly goals.

[Sun Tzu]

Judging just on those clips I'm not impressed.

Which is why judging players based on Youtube clips is probably not the way to go !

I never said it was!

Focher: Udo Nwanko always looked shit even in those clips once you actually looked at them properly. He was quite obviously playing against pub teams, and never actually looked like he really had the ball under control. IIRC half the clips were of him not even scoring or setting up a goal. You know someone is bad when their best of youtube compilation includes half chances and nearly goals.

Some contradictions there Ian !!

If you've only seen him on Youtube how do you know the random selection accurately reflect his ability ?

I'm sure the Icelandic coach and the Hannover manager selected him based on those clips !

Let's hope we get to make some sensible judgements based on actually seeing him play !!

[Ryn]

To be fair Ian was highlighting the fact that youtube clips are a bad way to go.

If the best collection you can get of a player to 'showcase' them on youtube is a load of half chances and misses, the rest of his game must be terrible.

Ergo, judging players based on youtube clips is pointless.

You're being a pedant again, Sun Tzu

[Ian Royal]

Which is why judging players based on Youtube clips is probably not the way to go !

I never said it was!

Focher: Udo Nwanko always looked shit even in those clips once you actually looked at them properly. He was quite obviously playing against pub teams, and never actually looked like he really had the ball under control. IIRC half the clips were of him not even scoring or setting up a goal. You know someone is bad when their best of youtube compilation includes half chances and nearly goals.

Some contradictions there Ian !!

If you've only seen him on Youtube how do you know the random selection accurately reflect his ability ?

I'm sure the Icelandic coach and the Hannover manager selected him based on those clips !

Let's hope we get to make some sensible judgements based on actually seeing him play !!

You're struggling there, even with your selective highlighting of half a sentence.

I don't think the Icelandic or Hannover manager has ever picked Udo Nwanko.

You also seem to be unable to understand the difference between not being being impressed by a player based on Youtube footage, and saying that player is shit or writing them off in some way. I have simply commented on the only real information available for me to base an opinion. And it's quite rightly only a tenatative preliminary one.

If we've got him on trial it'll be because of more than that footage and if we sign him, I'll be happy that he's shown enough for us to do so.

[Geekins]

But he's got one good leg still ?

Sign him up, he would still be better than Long

[Franchise FC]

Unless it's Eidur Gudjonson I'm not interested.

[stuart sweden]

He was good 5 years ago at Halmstad. Esbjerg are a pile of dog mess so he cant be that good now if he´s ended up there. Mind you he´s probably better than what weve got now.

We should be looking at Daniel Larsson who was at Malmö last season i reckon he could be what we need. Scored 11 goals in a very very poor team.

[IcelandicStokie]

Thorvaldsson scored one goal and had one shot saved off the line when Reading reserves beat Bristol Rovers 2-1 in a friendly today.

In Icelandic:
http://www.fotbolti.net/fullStory.php?a ... y&id=83981

[silas]

Official site says he scored them both

[Royalee]

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2061511_icelandic_trialist_scores_twice_for_reading_fcs_reserves?

Did indeed score both for the reserves today, sign him up!

[brendywendy]

greed

get him in!

[yappy]

Im confused, is he a free agent? EP says Rodgers could tie up a deal in the next 48 hours, but does that mean we can sign him now, or will it just be an agreement to sign him in January?

[ZacNaloen]

He may have an agreement with his club that if we decide we want him they'll essentially rip up his contract, or let him buy it out. I assume that would basically make him a free agent.

[Ian Royal]

He may have an agreement with his club that if we decide we want him they'll essentially rip up his contract, or let him buy it out. I assume that would basically make him a free agent.

Not sure about this.

We could do a deal and have him join us but just not be eligible to play until January... Or if we get our arse in gear we might be able to get a loan in before the deadline...

[Sun Tzu]

He may have an agreement with his club that if we decide we want him they'll essentially rip up his contract, or let him buy it out. I assume that would basically make him a free agent.

Not sure about this.

We could do a deal and have him join us but just not be eligible to play until January... Or if we get our arse in gear we might be able to get a loan in before the deadline...

If we got him on loan he still wouldn't be able to play until January as the window closed in September for moves from outside the English leagues. He would need to be a free agent, and ripping up contracts wouldn;t make him a free agent.

[ZacNaloen]

Anyone have any actual information on what would actually be required?

Sol Campbell's contract was annulled by mutual consent, for some reason I'm remembering that the reason given for why he can't join another club immediately was related to having appeared for portsmouth already in the season or is that bollocks?

[Sun Tzu]

Anyone have any actual information on what would actually be required?

Sol Campbell's contract was annulled by mutual consent, for some reason I'm remembering that the reason given for why he can't join another club immediately was related to having appeared for portsmouth already in the season or is that bollocks?

Campbell can't join a club on loan because he's not got a club therefore can't be loaned.

He can't sign for a club because he wasn't a free agent when the window closed.

There is also the factor that you can't play for more than two clubs in one calendar year (although I believe Mascherano managed to and I'm not sure whether it applies to Football League clubs as Mooney has played for Norwich, Charlton and us and Antonio has played for Cheltenham, Saints and us !)

I've never worked out whether Campbell stitched himself up by asking fo rhis contract to be ripped up in a moment of madness or whether County stitched him up by 'agreeing' to rip it up. It would have been better for Campbell to have gone on loan for the remainder of the year.

In terms of the Icelandic guy I think the situation is as I already described. You can't loan players from outside England during the emergency window and you can only sign (and then use) players who were free agents when the September window closed. You cannot become a free agent during the window. We could sign him now but he couldn;t play until January 1st.

[Royalwaster]

He may have an agreement with his club that if we decide we want him they'll essentially rip up his contract, or let him buy it out. I assume that would basically make him a free agent.

Not sure about this.

We could do a deal and have him join us but just not be eligible to play until January... Or if we get our arse in gear we might be able to get a loan in before the deadline...

If we got him on loan he still wouldn't be able to play until January as the window closed in September for moves from outside the English leagues. He would need to be a free agent, and ripping up contracts wouldn;t make him a free agent.

Isn't it that he had to be a free agent before the transfer window closed?

[ZacNaloen]

Anyone have any actual information on what would actually be required?

Sol Campbell's contract was annulled by mutual consent, for some reason I'm remembering that the reason given for why he can't join another club immediately was related to having appeared for portsmouth already in the season or is that bollocks?

Campbell can't join a club on loan because he's not got a club therefore can't be loaned.

He can't sign for a club because he wasn't a free agent when the window closed.

There is also the factor that you can't play for more than two clubs in one calendar year (although I believe Mascherano managed to and I'm not sure whether it applies to Football League clubs as Mooney has played for Norwich, Charlton and us and Antonio has played for Cheltenham, Saints and us !)

I've never worked out whether Campbell stitched himself up by asking fo rhis contract to be ripped up in a moment of madness or whether County stitched him up by 'agreeing' to rip it up. It would have been better for Campbell to have gone on loan for the remainder of the year.

In terms of the Icelandic guy I think the situation is as I already described. You can't loan players from outside England during the emergency window and you can only sign (and then use) players who were free agents when the September window closed. You cannot become a free agent during the window. We could sign him now but he couldn;t play until January 1st.

So it was bollocks then. And thanks I was well aware Sol Campbell isn't at a club hence I said "contract anulled"... not sure why you thought to mention that