Incoming? Oliver Antman

[mattbianco1]

Does Scott think that 22 full caps for Finland and over 30 Dutch top flight appearances wouldn't qualify him for a work permit?

 

[Wards]

Does Scott think that 22 full caps for Finland and over 30 Dutch top flight appearances wouldn't qualify him for a work permit?

There's a good chance that Scott might be a bit thick.

 

[mattbianco1]

There's a good chance that Scott might be a bit thick.

And why have the owners been sorted into sites?

 

[McGrath]

If the owners want to show ambition, this is the type of transfer we have to make.

Finding cheap players via AI is nice, but you have to sprinkle in some ambitious signings here and there.

The new owners have already shown ambition .... They spent £10 million on Cannon

I am happy for them not to show any more

 

[BigBed]

Come on, Cannon can only get better........can't he!?

 

[Gin&Juice]

I don’t think this is happening. Birmingham, Club Brugge and another club have the same identical article from that site indicating their interest.

 

[KiwiBlade]

Antman on the other hand wouldn’t take an ESC slot and would qualify for a work permit outright due to:

• 10 points from playing in a band 2 league
• 8 points from domestic appearances
• 2 points from international appearances (100% for >50 ranked team)

 

[Yogi]

I don’t think this is happening. Birmingham, Club Brugge and another club have the same identical article from that site indicating their interest.

Dreams crushed

 

[jono_t2000]

Full internationals don’t automatically qualify for a work permit. They still need 15 points by meeting certain criteria such as:

• Strength of the league they’ve played in
• % of league minutes played
• Final league position
• Domestic and European cup runs
• % of international games played over the last 2 years.

The full internationals automatically getting a work permit is a sliding scale based on FIFA rankings:

Ranks 1-10 need to have played 30% of games in 24 months, Ranks 11-20 need 40%, Ranks 21-30 need 60%, Ranks 31-50 need 70% and >50 don’t automatically qualify for a work permit.

Nigeria are currently ranked 43, and Ukaki hasn’t played any international games in the last 2 years. Playing one game would give him zero points towards his 15 point target.

 

[Brownieblade]

He would be the first Finnish player to play for us wouldn’t he ??

 

[TopBoy]

He would be the first Finnish player to play for us wouldn’t he ??

He's not Finnish, he's only 23.

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

He would be the first Finnish player to play for us wouldn’t he ??

We had Toni Kallio on loan from Fulham in 2009 / 2010. Played 8 games.

 

[Brownieblade]

We had Toni Kallio on loan from Fulham in 2009 / 2010. Played 8 games.

I knew when typing it I would have missed someone lol

Still can’t say I remember him much

 

[Brownieblade]

He's not Finnish, he's only 23.

Bravo lol

 

[bertieblade]

Why do we not put any prospective foreign signings in a dingy and ship them over?
No need for work permits and you receive assistance with wages, health care etc. it has to be the way forward

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

We had Toni Kallio on loan from Fulham in 2009 / 2010. Played 8 games.

To be honest, neither do I! The first player that sprang to mind was Mikhel Aksalu. Had a look at the squad list from 09 / 10 & found out he was Estonian… then spotted Kallio just underneath

 

[Houso]

Not just based on the Ant Man, but I'm a touch twitchy about the initial excitement of savvy international signings. I'm curious how Jeff and the Nigerians* do, but I'd very much like us to sign some more established foreign lads too. There's time obviously.

* catch them playing llo-fi indie at the Foundry in October.

 

[Tommy_P]

There's a good chance that Scott might be a bit thick.

And why have the owners been sorted into sites?

Come on now give him a break. Scott's probably an aspiring 6-year-old YouTube journalist. His strong suits are probably making wacky videos analysing players to some clap-trap Drill beat!!

 

[Houso]

Think Kallio exemplified the phrase 'solid but not spectacular' from memory.

File next to Besic, Mo.

 

[brownblade]

Think Kallio exemplified the phrase 'solid but not spectacular' from memory.

File next to Besic, Mo.

Besic is filed under Club Legend.

 

[DifferentClass]

Think Kallio exemplified the phrase 'solid but not spectacular' from memory.

File next to Besic, Mo.

Is Kallio one of Anel's bessies though?

 

[Blade56]

He would be the first Finnish player to play for us wouldn’t he ??

So he’d start and Finnish……?


I’ll get me coat

 

[Colombia Blade]

I don’t think this is happening. Birmingham, Club Brugge and another club have the same identical article from that site indicating their interest.

And Leicester. And Southampton. And also mentioned as interested are Anderlecht, Brighton and Brentford. Would be a fantastic signing but not sure if we've been duped by a story completely made up for a few clicks

 

[Grappler]

And why have the owners been sorted into sites?

It's an American corporate thing. Or something like that. Probably.

 

[Toronto Blade]

I don’t think this is happening. Birmingham, Club Brugge and another club have the same identical article from that site indicating their interest.

When Birmingham come calling

 

[Booker4]

Come on, Cannon can only get better........can't he!?

Cannon still impresses me more than Brewster did when he played as many games as Cannon has and Cannon was half price of Brewster; bargain !

 

[Silent Blade]

He would be the first Finnish player to play for us wouldn’t he ??

Ville Lehiten ( not sure of the spelling!)

 

[Grandmanasty]

I’ve been a massive fan of Oliver Antman ever since I read about him on the other Oliver Antman thread about 10 minutes ago.

 

[BigBed]

Cannon still impresses me more than Brewster did when he played as many games as Cannon has and Cannon was half price of Brewster; bargain !

Ohare was free....

 

[Blade56]

Ohare was free....

Apart from rumoured £4m sign on fee