Another Defender Wanted By Lambert - But Who?

Hangelaand !!!

being linked with Texiaria from Twente

Brede Hangelaand or Ryan Shawcross for me. If thats out of reach then whats going to happen with Michael Dawson now Spurs have that Jan Vertonghen chap? Kaboul had a good season so doubt he'll be on the bench.

lol@57...! Not seen that link astonsteve, where as that?

Too many people think this is Football manager on here...Not a clue where some of these are getting Hangelaand from, I wan't Messi here ain't gonna happen.

Koolbill not being insulting, facing facts. For starters, this is all just Football manager stuff, just naming a player which has not been linked at all with the club, not gonna happen. And if you didn't know, Fulham have finished above us in the past 2 seasons, not been relegation candidates like us and are a London based club which is a big thing for players, you might not like it but they are a bigger attraction currently, we have a lot of rebuilding to do.

Oh and Bergkamp please ;-)

koolbill Vlaar and El Ahmadi's names were threw around for weeks especially Vlaar? And I still don't agree, just because we have brought players who are still 'unproven' doesn't make us the team we use to be...Fulham have achieved more in recent seasons, and being a London based club makes them more of a prospect, that may well change this year who knows, we are not bigger than Fulham because we have a dusty European cup in the cabinet. There is nothing wrong with speculating on players, but that's all it will stay as 'speculation', nothing more especially with Hangeland and I would bet on that.

Douglas would be a excellent capture if we could somehow manage it. Don't think he is on mega wages in Holland either.

p.aVfc We certainly are a bigger club than Fulham mate, i totally disagree with the points your making just because they finished above us so what, so too did Norwich and Baggies are they bigger? Just because a club is in Londin does not make them bigger either over many years we have signed players over Fulham who they also wanted plus they pay peanuts to what we pay players our ground is superior and history wise which need not be mentioned!

Okay first lets leave this boring 'history' argument out of it Clive, it's all we ever seem to bring up when arguing with opposition fans, it's ancient times, it's the present day that counts. I can see your point when you say Fulham aren't bigger, because apart from the league position they don't have much on us, I think 'prospect' is the better word. We have been relegation candidates 2 years running, apart from us Villans most the fans I've spoken too still expect us to be around the same spot this year, I disagree. At the end of the day, I do think being a London club matters, ask yourself this, two clubs who have not won anything recently, one in relegation battles, the other who have maintained comfortable positions in the league and can potentially challenge for Europe, one located in Birmingham the other in central London...I'll probably have some biased cocky reply but I'm thinking the latter is the better option. We have only words to persuade players, we have been an embarrassment for 2 years, a laughing stock and have points to prove before we get back to how we was which also covers your point on us signing Fulham players in the 'past', hence the word 'past'. And No Fulham probably wouldn't pay that for Darren Bent, don't see your point, won't make us finish any higher will it? We are a bigger club than Fulham, I take back what I said but It's difficult to 'currently' see how their best players would want to come to us, same goes for any top 10 club.

Well we both have different opinions, I think mine are valid but It seems like we are debating over several different things at once...I do feel Hangeland is out of reach, and with all these names being thrown around it does seem a little football managerish to me, but yeah that's just me, doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with that.

Peace breaks out!!! However two points. 1) A lot of people enjoy speculating on what players we may or may not purchase and it provides a good basis for debate. Which is the point of this site I guess. and 2) Its the money that counts to the majority of players (and people in general), not history, location, previous managers etc. In a 10 to 15 year career you need to earn as much as possible whenerver possible. Oh and your agent needs you to make him money also.

Let's get Heskey as our NEW CB a la Dublin