Philip Billing

[CaptainMorgans]

Make it £5 million and quality signing. There would likely be wage issues I'd guess.

I think £8m up front is too steep for us given his age profile.

Agree, at £5m he would represent good value.

Really not sure where he fits in with Hamer & O'Hare though.

 

[robbiez666]

I think £8m up front is too steep for us given his age profile.

Agree, at £5m he would represent good value.

Really not sure where he fits in with Hamer & O'Hare though.

He's more box to box, isn't he? Can definitely tackle better than those two put together!

 

[RMBlade]

I think £8m up front is too steep for us given his age profile.

Agree, at £5m he would represent good value.

Really not sure where he fits in with Hamer & O'Hare though.

Hamer----Billing
----Soumare----

I would have thought.

 

[bertieblade]

Absolutely zero idea if this is true, but a huge emphatic YES if it is.

Reminder for those perhaps unaware, but Billing was part of the Napoli squad that won Serie A last season. Even scored to earn them a draw against Inter Milan in one of his first appearances.

If we're able to do a deal for this guy, he absolutely should be a priority.

Did not realise he had been at Napoli

 

[Cheeky Blade]

Peckers out.
Billing in?

 

[Addison]

Mentioned him before a number of times. Ideal replacement for Souza. His height and strength fits with the Championship. We need to make it happen, its a no brainer if we want to progress. It would be a statement signing if we were able to achieve it. More important the gaping whole in front of our back four would be filled with Soumare as back up ensuring we have 2 players available in what for me is the key position this season for Selles ball.

 

[brownblade]

Any fu(ker....we are a serious soft touch at present. Putting Billing in front of our back 4 at CDM would be a game charger. Hes solid in the tackle, can get forward and hes tall. Did you see our midfield at Swansea?

Id drop Peck for starters but more likely hed initially play instead of Soumare whilst he gets up to speed. Billing would make a hell of a difference to our midfield.

He's more of an attacker than a defensive midfielder.
Too good for the Championship... Find this one hard to believe unless all necessary circumstances happen to align.

 

[CyloCybin]

This would be a huge signing for us. CBs first priority, but man if we get this guy....

 

[Bladeinleeds]

I’ve always liked billing and his style of play.

I’d be very interested if we could do something to bring him in.

I wonder if we end up settling on something like

Soumare Billing (or Similar) O’Hare

Hamer Campbell Barry

We have to have Hamer on the pitch and he’s talented enough to play on the right given he played LW last season.

 

[Eric_Brooks]

How is Lucas Badonde getting all this info on us?

It’s Max

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

It’s Max

Who is?

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

He's more of an attacker than a defensive midfielder.
Too good for the Championship... Find this one hard to believe unless all necessary circumstances happen to align.

Yeah for me he'd be a replacement for Hamer if he went

 

[Mouth of the South]

It’s Max

WUEDP?

 

[Hamer's Right Peg]

Billing is more of a 6/8 type or in non woke terms a true box to box player.

 

[BrisBlade]

4-2-3-1 with Billing and Soumare holding and O'Hare, Hamer, and Barry behind Campbell would work for me. Especially if we get the back four sorted.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Mentioned him before a number of times. Ideal replacement for Souza. His height and strength fits with the Championship. We need to make it happen, its a no brainer if we want to progress. It would be a statement signing if we were able to achieve it. More important the gaping whole in front of our back four would be filled with Soumare as back up ensuring we have 2 players available in what for me is the key position this season for Selles ball.

Billing plays far more advanced than Souza.

 

[wizadry]

How we set up from the midfield upwards all depends on how good our defensive reinforcements are if or when they arrive.

 

[Gimli]

Billing is more of a 6/8 type or in non woke terms a true box to box player.

4/8 if you’re truly non woke!

 

[CrookesBlade]

4/8 if you’re truly non woke!

The “Number 6” thing baffles me.

Number 6 is a centre half!!!! Always has been. Can’t think of any deep lying midfielder who wore number 6 in the days when numbers meant something.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

The “Number 6” thing baffles me.

Number 6 is a centre half!!!! Always has been. Can’t think of any deep lying midfielder who wore number 6 in the days when numbers meant something.

................1
2........5.......6........3
7........4......8.........11
..............10
...............9

4 sits, 8 goes.

 

[Kevin Arnott]

The “Number 6” thing baffles me.

Number 6 is a centre half!!!! Always has been. Can’t think of any deep lying midfielder who wore number 6 in the days when numbers meant something.

Only from my distant days Duncan Edwards and Dave Mackay but yes, I've always seen 4 as the midfield number.

 

[Thrice]

Should be tough to get over the line if Ipswich are interested and serious about it.

 

[Houston_Blade]

We won't be paying 8.5M for a 29 year old. That's the sort of money you pay for younger players with potential for profit.

We just lose them for nowt at the end of their contract anyway so what difference does it make whether he’s 17 or 29?

 

[Snowflake]

The “Number 6” thing baffles me.

Number 6 is a centre half!!!! Always has been. Can’t think of any deep lying midfielder who wore number 6 in the days when numbers meant something.

Wasn’t 6 the left half and 4 the right half ?
5 was the centre half in between fullbacks 2and3.

 

[Sithblade]

The “Number 6” thing baffles me.

Number 6 is a centre half!!!! Always has been. Can’t think of any deep lying midfielder who wore number 6 in the days when numbers meant something.

Everton in the 80s had Peter Reid in the no. 6 shirt, as their CB captain, Ratcliffe wore no. 4.
Also the Denmark team at the '86 World Cup, had their CB captain Morten Olsen wear 4, and midfielder Lerby in 6.
There ends the number nerd sermon.

 

[Newbury Blade]

Wasn’t 6 the left half and 4 the right half ?
5 was the centre half in between fullbacks 2and3.

Hodgkinson
Caldwell-G Shaw
Richardson-J Shaw-Summers
The most perfect example of this classic formation.

 

[Newbury Blade]

Hodgkinson
Caldwell-G Shaw
Richardson-J Shaw-Summers
The most perfect example of this classic formation.

(I typed Coldwell but for some stupid reason the autocorrect changed it to Caldwell FFS)

 

[Blade1959]

The “Number 6” thing baffles me.

Number 6 is a centre half!!!! Always has been. Can’t think of any deep lying midfielder who wore number 6 in the days when numbers meant something.

Trevor Hockey played at 6 in midfield for us and John Flynn at 4 in defence.

 

[Aston max]

I always took number 6 !! Off topic I know my fellow centre half and I swopped shirts at half time once (for the laugh ) , it's true at that time most refs were blind !! He,d already booked me and sent off my mate

 

[bonobo]

Billing has played several positions in midfield. He had his best season at Bournemouth playing off the striker. He would most obviously be a box to box option alongside Soumare/Peck/Arblaster for us, I would think.I don't think we are going to see a Vini like player and set up. For the price quoted he would seem great value. But whether it is worth it depends on the overall budget.There are a lot of long term needs elsewhere that would benefit from a cash signing.