Robert snodgrass

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:21 am

http://www.football.london/west-ham-uni ... m-13254956" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; the mirror say were lining up a bid for him . Whats everyones opinions on him ?

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:22 am

Not another left footer

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:24 am

If as the report says they would take a hit on the 10m they paid he would be worth looking at, if they fancy making a profit on him I think he will still be there at the end of August. Never seem to have a bad game when I saw him play for Hull but his few games I have seen at West Ham he was invisible.

Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:27 am

At £50k a week, he could just about be within our wage budgets assuming they have moved up a bit again.

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:28 am

Snodgrass is definitely worth a look as a replacement for Boyd surely? If we can get him for anywhere around £8 million he'd be decent business. West Ham don't really play to his strengths like Hull did, but I think he'd be suited to us nicely. Along with Brady, his set piece delivery would give us real threat and would hopefully see an end to Arfield taking any corners or free kicks!! A midfield 4 of Brady, Westwood, Hendrick and Snodgrass wouldn't be too bad you know.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:29 am

Quality player.

West Ham was always a strange move for him (money probably) and them (not what they needed).

Whilst I rate him and think he would be a decent signing, £10m for a 29 year old is pushing it for a club like ours. I'm all for us spending 10 to 20 million on a player or two, but they would ideally be ones that we have a chance to turn a good profit on - young, hungry, good character and talented.

I'm hoping that Butterfield has his eyes firmly on this sort of player from Europe.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:41 am

Didn't SD say things along the lines of "he's motivated by other things" when we had the bid accepted in Jan?

Not sure he'd be interested if that was the case

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:43 am

Never seen him have a bad game for Hull either. Though admit I've not watched them that much.
As a replacement for George, yes please!
If the price is right, of course.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:50 am

He chose West Ham over us. I know it didn't work out for him but we've moved on. So should he.
We've bigger priorities than another winger, especially if Taylor signs next Monday.

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:51 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:Didn't SD say things along the lines of "he's motivated by other things" when we had the bid accepted in Jan?

Not sure he'd be interested if that was the case

Nail on the head LC , money ......................

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:52 am

Looking at him I'd say it was more Buckfast than money

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:10 am

Colburn_Claret wrote:He chose West Ham over us. I know it didn't work out for him but we've moved on. So should he.
We've bigger priorities than another winger, especially if Taylor signs next Monday.

Wing should be pretty high on the priority. I'd hope so at least.

Jakubs Tash · Post by **Jakubs Tash** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:25 am

Good player. I would certainly be interested if, as mentioned above, we could steal him. Not interested at £10m + big wages.

Interestingly, saw some stats on Snodgrass last season and he was right up there for ground covered/hard work so his work rate can't be questioned and he has a bit more ability on the ball than other options we have been relying on over the last couple of years.

Whilst he's not slow he isn't particularly quick either. I would like to see us add some pace in wide areas which will help with ball retention and playing on the break away from home.

ewanrob · Post by **ewanrob** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 10:43 am

Apart from the money, he probably chose WHU because he thought they had more chance of remaining in the league than we did...cant really blame him for that. Quality player though, would love to see him here.

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:04 am

DCWat wrote:Wing should be pretty high on the priority. I'd hope so at least.

Not sure about that myself. We have two very good wingers IMO with a decent back-up in Arfield (if he stays). I would suggest a new CB, RB, CM and (goal scoring) CF would all be more of a priority than a winger, unless the right one becomes available at the right price (which IMO Snodgrass isn't).

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:31 am

Goobs wrote:Not sure about that myself. We have two very good wingers IMO with a decent back-up in Arfield (if he stays).

If youre classing JBG as one of the two very good wingers then youre being a bit hopeful as whilst he looks like a good footballer and has shown glimpses of real talent he has not nearly played enough for us and at this level to say he will be a very good Premier League winger

Getting Snodgrass and having a player like JBG as your 3rd choice pushing the other two is exactly where we should be heading and would be a real sign that Dyche is taking this club forward and up yet another level

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:33 am

Colburn_Claret wrote:He chose West Ham over us. I know it didn't work out for him but we've moved on. So should he.
We've bigger priorities than another winger, especially if Taylor signs next Monday.

Yes we should move on and not care about the fact he chose West Ham over us and now make a decision on whether signing him this summer would be a good move for our club

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:43 am

An excellent player for many years at Hull, never quite seemed to fit at WHU but there's still a quality player underneath.

Might put the wind up Brady a bit who seemed to be second on the list when we lost out on Snodgrass in January.
Brady also seemed to be our key set piece taker which I'd put Snodgrass straight on If he came.
His free kicks literally picked up points for Hull, like that bl**dy 94th min equalizer...

KateR · Post by **KateR** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:57 am

would like to see him here, but like most other rumours not getting excited yet bit like Walters, we will probably be offering less than the 10MM so will also depend if WH are prepared to let him go for what we offer.

lucs86 · Post by **lucs86** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:57 am

£8M and £40-50k p/w is about as expensive as we'd be able to go I imagine and I'd rather our marquee signings were ones we've got a chance of bringing on a bit and making a profit on - I was one of the ones preferring Brady to Snodgrass in January. But Snodgrass is class and I could see him winning us games cutting inside from the right. Yeah get him, we got loadsa money now.

billyhamilton82 · Post by **billyhamilton82** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:09 pm

With Brady and Snodgrass we would have the most creative wingers playing together since Morley and Cochrane.

That really is a mouth watering prospect.

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:12 pm

Would have been an outstanding signing in January, even moreso now as it will be cheaper.

Yes please.

jojomk1 · Post by **jojomk1** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:13 pm

I think he's way over the top of our wage structure (Brady thought to be our current highest on around £35k)

Would like to see us dig deep for a marquee signing but, for me, Snodgrass does not come into that bracket

Selby Claret · Post by **Selby Claret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:15 pm

Regardless of age, foot etc I believe that - potentially one year on from promotion:

Snodgrass + JBG + Brady > Boyd + Arfield + Kightly

Its a yes from me

ksrclaret · Post by **ksrclaret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:18 pm

If we can get him for less than the £10m we were ready to pay in January, and his wages fit our structure, then I'd be happy with Snodgrass. He's not had a good spell at West Ham, but he's got bags of quality and would certainly add value to us.

Another one to look at could potentially be Enner Valencia, who West Ham are also willing to let go. Again there are doubts about whether he'd fit our budget though.

South West Claret. · Post by **South West Claret.** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:19 pm

Definetly no.

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Right_winger · Post by **Right_winger** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:46 pm

People are happy to pay £3m for a crap forward who doesn't score many goals and is nearly 34 yet are moaning about the prospect of a genuinely good player who is 29.

Where does your logic come from. Smh

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:59 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:Yes we should move on and not care about the fact he chose West Ham over us and now make a decision on whether signing him this summer would be a good move for our club

We bought Brady because he chose West Ham, or do you think we would have bought them both.
I'm happy having JBG on one wing, Taylor on the other, Brady who can play either and Scotty as cover for all 3.
It's not that Snodgrass is no good, but if/when Keane moves on, and even if AG stays, I still think we need to be spending our money on other priorities.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:02 pm

I think he would be a good signing. Always seems to cause problems when laying against us.

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:08 pm

He's more interested in money than playing. No thanks.

lucs86 · Post by **lucs86** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:24 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:I'm happy having JBG on one wing, Taylor on the other, Brady who can play either and Scotty as cover for all 3.

How confident are you that Taylor's coming to play on the wing? Far as I know (I hear a lot about Leeds from mates) he's not played as a winger.

Holtyclaret · Post by **Holtyclaret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:58 pm

Taylors a LB surely?

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:01 pm

lucs86 wrote:How confident are you that Taylor's coming to play on the wing? Far as I know (I hear a lot about Leeds from mates) he's not played as a winger.

He's an attacking left back, with a good delivery.
SD's preference is to have his wingers play as extra defenders. So far we've had wingers (Boyd and Arfield) converted into extra fullbacks, I think he would like to try a natural defender, and turn him into a winger.
Only my opinion mind, but playing Taylor in front of Ward, and not replacing him, is the way he's going.

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:07 pm

Isn't Snodgrass one of those players we need to sign so he doesn't play against us?

(like Nugent and a few others)

Newty · Post by **Newty** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:21 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:He's an attacking left back, with a good delivery.
SD's preference is to have his wingers play as extra defenders. So far we've had wingers (Boyd and Arfield) converted into extra fullbacks, I think he would like to try a natural defender, and turn him into a winger.
Only my opinion mind, but playing Taylor in front of Ward, and not replacing him, is the way he's going.

We've never played with wingers under Dyche, Wingers are forwards. Boyd and Arfield have been used as wide midfielders. And if they've been converted to/from anything, its to wide midfielders from attacking and center mid, respectively.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:30 pm

Hipper wrote:Isn't Snodgrass one of those players we need to sign so he doesn't play against us?

(like Nugent and a few others)

That's just plain cynical!

ashtonlongsider · Post by **ashtonlongsider** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 2:41 pm

Not for me. We had a narrow escape when he chose WHU.

jurek · Post by **jurek** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:18 pm

I'm not sure Snodgrass hasn't peaked, so to speak and would need to recover his form
from his days at Hull. Don't see him wanting to drop in wages and don't see us
wanting to shell out 50k a week either.

So a 'no-no' for me althuogh would be happy to be proved wrong.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:23 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:We bought Brady because he chose West Ham, or do you think we would have bought them both.
I'm happy having JBG on one wing, Taylor on the other, Brady who can play either and Scotty as cover for all 3.
It's not that Snodgrass is no good, but if/when Keane moves on, and even if AG stays, I still think we need to be spending our money on other priorities.

I wasnt disagreeing there may be other reasons why we shouldnt sign Snodgrass but didnt see what him choosing West Ham last Jan has to do with our decision this summer

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:32 pm

jurek wrote:I'm not sure Snodgrass hasn't peaked, so to speak and would need to recover his form
from his days at Hull.

Those long forgotten days and his peak being all the way back in... January?

He was great for Hull up until the day he left, 2 goals and an assist in his last 5 games. Then spent four months at West Ham where it never really clicked.
I'd be amazed If he'd suddenly forgotten how to be a good footballer in four months. More likely he didn't fit in the new team he was playing for.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:38 pm

lucs86 wrote:How confident are you that Taylor's coming to play on the wing? Far as I know (I hear a lot about Leeds from mates) he's not played as a winger.

It's Burnley, some of our fans like to change a players position.

See Darikwa, Trippier and Tarks for previous examples.

Right_winger · Post by **Right_winger** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:46 pm

Sidney1st wrote:It's Burnley, some of our fans like to change a players position.

See Darikwa, Trippier and Tarks for previous examples.

See I think ablue has missed a trick here, deploying Tarkowski on the wing could be a stroke of genius. He'd have that defensive acumen Dyche craves and his height would be useful from preventing overhit passes sailing harmlessly out of play. He has that Arfield ability of running with the ball into trouble and losing it.

Up your game ablue defensive mid was so 2015

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:49 pm

Sidney1st wrote:It's Burnley, some of our fans like to change a players position.

See Darikwa, Trippier and Tarks for previous examples.

I remember one poster suggest Hennings in central midfield.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:50 pm

I didn't see that one Frank.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:06 pm

Sidney1st wrote:I didn't see that one Frank.

Neither did Hennings

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:23 pm

Newty wrote:We've never played with wingers under Dyche, Wingers are forwards. Boyd and Arfield have been used as wide midfielders. And if they've been converted to/from anything, its to wide midfielders from attacking and center mid, respectively.

A bit pedantic but I don't disagree, only what I said still stands, maybe he wants to see his wide midfielders get past a man and deliver a cross, as well as defend as strong as Arfield and Boyd.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 6:15 pm

Would love us to get Snodgrass.

When there was talk of him brady and snodgrass.

Preference for here and now was him or grosicki. With long term preference brady.

Would be delighted if we ended up with two of them.

HatfieldClaret · Post by **HatfieldClaret** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 6:20 pm

sign him up; unless SD knows better.....