CONFIRMED Yasser Larouci

[SouthEssexBlade]

At this rate, Jack and Hecky playing in January.

 

[YES Blade]

Who's the lad with the grumio haircut??

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[SouthStandGBlock]

Excellent, French U21 player, fast as you like, ex Liverpool, for free.

He'll do.

Gerrim in.

GLTTL.

 

[Cruyff Turn]

Just had a neb on't Blades Twitter. Few pics of players getting off the plane. Not that any of these are him, but I only recognise Wes, Max and Illy from this pic: Any ideas?

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Is he the one in the Air Portugal uniform driving the plane?

 

[John Cutsbushes]

Is he the one in the Air Portugal uniform driving the plane?

No he's the one doing the safety signals and blowing the whistle
He'll be round with the duty free and rubber breakfasts shortly

 

[derfblade.3]

 

[Maryland_blade]

Deal done according to Sky

 

[Blade58]

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Deal done according to Sky

Sky ticker tape says ”close” to signing

 

[Balboni]

He's already signed, GLTTL

We'll see, I think there's better established options out there but that's the pond we're fishing in and he might be superb. I hope he is.

 

[Bookers Mullet]

Optimistic on this one, think he'll turn out to be a good signing

Also allows us more leeway with RND, don't have to rush him back

 

[Hamandcheese]

He'll have to be good to be a better option than Maouassa

Don't know what to expect, going off the youtube video. It's very inconclusive. I was hoping more for someone who would obviously relegate Max Lowe to the bench at best. Not sure Larouci is quite that - I expect Lowe to start v Palace now

The positive is we seem to have a favourable permanent option, in which case we could end up with a highly rated young LWB at a good price

 

[brownblade]

He'll have to be good to be a better option than Maouassa

Don't know what to expect, going off the youtube video. It's very inconclusive. I was hoping more for someone who would obviously relegate Max Lowe to the bench at best. Not sure Larouci is quite that - I expect Lowe to start v Palace now

The positive is we seem to have a favourable permanent option, in which case we could end up with a highly rated young LWB at a good price

Yeah I've never seen him play, but YouTube highlights suggest he'd suit our LWB role with a lot of one twos down the sides, overlapping, carrying the ball a bit. So fingers crossed he's an excellent long term Enda replacement (or rotation option if RND is favoured there when fit).

Crossing and shooting looked a bit crap on the YouTube reel, but that can be learnt!

 

[Berkshire Blade]

I have absolutely no opinion or idea of what he's like and will only judge when I see him play

 

[Champagneblade]

Optimistic on this one, think he'll turn out to be a good signing

Also allows us more leeway with RND, don't have to rush him back

That's the good thing isn't it?

We can hopefully have him and Traore on the books soon.

That means we already have Lowe, Larouci as options on the left and we have (hopefully) Ndiaye, McBurnie, Jebbison and Traore.

As time ticks on we can have two genuine first teamers in Norrington-Davies and Brewster back in the mix.

Start looking for a good LCB and then we are well set to boost the midfield as the window enters the final stages.

Like what we've done so far. We've not been silly with money but have added either pace or skill to the team.

You look at the mess of that second season and we seem far more equipped.

 

[BLADES1988]

Hope these 3 players are better that Retsos, Zivkovic and Ampadu. They can hardly be worse......or can they

 

[Weasel]

Ampadu.... Nice lad but fuck me he was nesh (I still can't get over how he ran away from tackling the Palace lad who then proceeded to waltz all the way through us).

Still, at least Ampadu ran back to defend when we were hot on the counter attack unlike some (LunnyTwat at Leeds and Southampton at the Lane springs to mind). I'll give him that.

What an absolute shit show of a season that was. Shudders....

 

[mattbianco1]

I have absolutely no opinion or idea of what he's like and will only judge when I see him play

Cool hair cut though

 

[Aston max]

Hope these 3 players are better that Retsos, Zivkovic and Ampadu. They can hardly be worse......or can they

Tbf retsos wasn't given minutes

 

[BLADES1988]

Tbf retsos wasn't given minutes

Even worse for him then, if he couldn't even get in that side .

 

[CaptainMorgans]

That's the good thing isn't it?

We can hopefully have him and Traore on the books soon.

That means we already have Lowe, Larouci as options on the left and we have (hopefully) Ndiaye, McBurnie, Jebbison and Traore.

As time ticks on we can have two genuine first teamers in Norrington-Davies and Brewster back in the mix.

Start looking for a good LCB and then we are well set to boost the midfield as the window enters the final stages.

Like what we've done so far. We've not been silly with money but have added either pace or skill to the team.

You look at the mess of that second season and we seem far more equipped.

Impossible to say how well equipped we are, the signings are total unknown entities.

Hope these 3 players are better that Retsos, Zivkovic and Ampadu. They can hardly be worse......or can they

Cautionary tale above.

 

[Stretch]

Hope these 3 players are better that Retsos, Zivkovic and Ampadu. They can hardly be worse......or can they

I still feel sorry for Retsos. He looked absolutely buzzing to have signed for us, and then the arse fell out of the world.

I reckon he would have decent if he had stayed.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Even worse for him then, if he couldn't even get in that side .

Didn't he sign at the end of the good PL season? Same as Zivkovic.

 

[Tarqs]

Even worse for him then, if he couldn't even get in that side .

The side that had the highest finish in decades?

 

[SufcBilly]

Didn't he sign at the end of the good PL season? Same as Zivkovic.

The January of the good season

 

[Tarqs]

Didn't he sign at the end of the good PL season? Same as Zivkovic.

Wilder also managed to bring him on for his debut - in central midfield for some stupid reason.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Wilder also managed to bring him on for his debut - in central midfield for some stupid reason.

I remember him running around a lot and not achieving much because he clearly didn't know how to play the position.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Wilder also managed to bring him on for his debut - in central midfield for some stupid reason.

No idea if true, but I had an impression that those signings weren't Wilder's choice.

 

[sufc95]

Looks like he’s with squad

 

[Grizzly blade]

Looks like Buyabu again to me

 

[SUFCinks]

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