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Brian Howard

golfaddick
golfaddick Posts: 33,633
edited September 2008 in General Charlton
according to BBC sport he is now not going to The Blades as Barnsley have had another bid in for him......... us perhaps????
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,229
    [cite]Posted By: golfaddick[/cite]according to BBC sport he is now not going to The Blades as Barnsley have had another bid in for him......... us perhaps????

    Good player but he couldn't play until jan. What's his contract status?
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,169
    Good player I think and would add to our team. Could be brought in on loan I believe and then signed permanently in Jan, so could play. Not sure we have budget for another midfielder at the mo though although I know Pards rates him and it might be a prelude to ZiZi moving on in Jan.
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    why cant he play till January?
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,569
    edited September 2008
    I like him, wouldn't say no. I suppose there is a chance we could offload say Ambrose on the same basis, loan with perm move in Jan, esp as he is out of contract in June and must be one of the higher earners seeing as he was a PL player when signed. More likely he's off to Brum though.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    edited September 2008
    Birmingham according to several online news sites: http://sportinglife.com/football/story/0,16368,1786_4223041,00.html
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,633
    thats them promoted then.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    [cite]Posted By: golfaddick[/cite]thats them promoted then.


    Cos without him they'd have really struggled!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,229
    [cite]Posted By: Chris_from_Sidcup[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: golfaddick[/cite]thats them promoted then.


    Cos without him they'd have really struggled!

    How many point above us are they? Uncatchable!
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    9 points ahead of us after 8 games. Carry that on over a season and they'll finish 51 points ahead of us!!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,229
    It's the "carry that on over a season" that matters

    We were 3rd after 8 games last season
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  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    According to this article we've had an offer accepted but he wants to go to Sheffield Utd



    Brian Howard
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    [cite]Posted By: mart77[/cite]According to this article we've had an offer accepted but he wants to go to Sheffield Utd


    What the player wants, the player gets.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    If Howard is a local Yorkshire lad, then maybe staying in Yorks by moving to Sheff Utd is no upheaval at all.
    Maybe, his partner/wife won't go south.
  • charlton_carl
    charlton_carl Posts: 926
    i think he was born down here, i seem to remember them saying he was at chelsea as a kid
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,569
    born in Winchester, probably wants to join a club with a chance of promotion. Interesting though seeing as centre mid is a position in which we are pretty well covered, Holland, Bailey, ZZ, Semedo, Racon, Shelvey etc.
  • Charlton Dan
    Charlton Dan Posts: 4,937
    [cite]Posted By: LargeAddick[/cite]born in Winchester, probably wants to join a club with a chance of promotion. Interesting though seeing as centre mid is a position in which we are pretty well covered, Holland, Bailey, ZZ, Semedo, Racon, Shelvey etc.

    Not last night we werent. Bailey and Holland were utterly outplayed by Derry and Watson. Thats where the game was won and lost because it allowed them a platform we just didnt have.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    [cite]Posted By: LargeAddick[/cite]born in Winchester, probably wants to join a club with a chance of promotion. Interesting though seeing as centre mid is a position in which we are pretty well covered, Holland, Bailey, ZZ, Semedo, Racon, Shelvey etc.


    Assess our midfield though and what have we really got besides Bailey.

    Holland - too old. Can't do it every week now.
    ZZ - from a rumour i heard last night, he won't be here after January.
    Semedo - not a creative midfielder
    Racon - injured
    Shelvey - too young and inexperienced to perform every week, he'd burn out.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,569
    [cite]Posted By: Charlton Dan[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: LargeAddick[/cite]born in Winchester, probably wants to join a club with a chance of promotion. Interesting though seeing as centre mid is a position in which we are pretty well covered, Holland, Bailey, ZZ, Semedo, Racon, Shelvey etc.

    Not last night we werent. Bailey and Holland were utterly outplayed by Derry and Watson. Thats where the game was won and lost because it allowed them a platform we just didnt have.

    point taken re last night but from what we have we can find a decent enough combination, Semedo and Bailey, Bailey and ZZ, Semedo and ZZ, Bailey and Shelvey etc. The only reason I can see us signing Howard is if another one is on the way out.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    edited October 2008
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  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    Just signed for Sheff Utd.
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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    That's what he wanted.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,229
    Joined the Spanners on loan
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    That's a pity. I think Parky tried to sign him not long before he left us.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,751
    edited September 2011
    He's great in the air but i'm not sure he would have suited our style of play.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    He's great in the air but i'm not sure he would have suited our style of play.

    Think you've got the wrong Howard. This is Brian Howard (Reading, ex-Barnsley) not Steve Howard at Leicester.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    He's not done anything good for a long time.  Looked fat last time I saw him.

    Would not improve our midfield at all
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,751
    He's great in the air but i'm not sure he would have suited our style of play.

    Think you've got the wrong Howard. This is Brian Howard (Reading, ex-Barnsley) not Steve Howard at Leicester.
    I think i have ! Who the hell is Brain Howard ;-)
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,665
    He's not done anything good for a long time.  Looked fat last time I saw him.

    Would not improve our midfield at all


    Agree with that. Used to be a quality midfielder and remember him scoring against liverpool at anfield in the cup. Gone down hill over the last year or 2
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,569
    Thought he was awful in the Carling Cup for Reading against us, a shadow of his former self.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    He's not done anything good for a long time.  Looked fat last time I saw him.

    Would not improve our midfield at all

    Think you're thinking of Frankie....

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