CONFIRMED Hamer joins Coventry

[Frank the tank]

glttl

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

So have they got £15 + million to spend!?

They will have if they sell Veerman upto now they have rejected bids of £25m for him..Brentford interested.

 

[Bladesman]

Not surprised, I expected him to leave last summer.

 

[Rodley]

This season just gets better and better.

 

[DifferentClass]

Don't worry, he's failing his medical due to wolfing down 10 kebabs at the GP.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Don't care

We now need to panic sign the best attacking talent we can

 

[jono_t2000]

Not surprised and also surprisingly not too bothered.

He has immense ability but also some pretty noticeable flaws.

I don't think a midfield eith Hamer was ever going to work and I can see now why Wilder played him on the wing.

Hard to build a midfield around someone who plays to the beat of their own drum.

Glttl and thanks for the memories Gus

 

[Blade56]

Meh. Flashes of brilliance but a luxury player, overweight, poor discipline line and can’t seem to play in a system. To individual in a team.
It’s been good in places but he’s no Ndiaye or MGW. Hopefully it will free up 2 or three signings, just hope they’re not under Selles in 48hrs time.

 

[hull-Blade]

Jesus weeps . Gutted if we lose Gus .

 

[LondonBlade89]

Is this really the only way to stop Selles playing that midfield three?

 

[ComedyClub]

There will also be 10 or 15% to Coventry I think - on any profit.

Didn’t we pay cov more? So they’d be due fuck all I think.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Bound to happen. I can just see the board keeping selles sellin hamer and just signing 3 midfielders for his system which is going to be great

 

[CaptainMorgans]

If Hamer goes, we might as well write this season off.

He's our only player capable of making something happen.

The timing is awful and I have zero faith that our chaotic Board have a contingency plan. Unless they think they've replaced him in the aggregate with Chong, Matos etc.
They absolutely haven't.

 

[NerdyBlade]

After Saturday? Fine by me

 

[mattbianco1]

Pete O'Rourke saying it means it's true

 

[Scarebus]

If Hamer goes, we might as well write this season off.

He's our only player capable of making something happen.

The timing is awful and I have zero faith that our chaotic Board have a contingency plan. Unless they think they've replaced him in the aggregate with Chong, Matos etc.
They absolutely haven't.

What's he making happen? Apart from a halfway line punt lads been absent for months.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

What's he making happen? Apart from a halfway line punt lads been absent for months.

Must've forgotten his contribution at Wembley.

 

[Scarebus]

Must've forgotten his contribution at Wembley.

We lost that game. Apart from a few daft fouls Hamer checked out months ago.

Fwiw, I love Hamer. He's a bit of a renegade, but we've never allowed rogues to shine.

 

[Frank the tank]

If Hamer goes, we might as well write this season off.

He's our only player capable of making something happen.

The timing is awful and I have zero faith that our chaotic Board have a contingency plan. Unless they think they've replaced him in the aggregate with Chong, Matos etc.
They absolutely haven't.

No
They absolutely haven't

 

[drblade]

So the club are trusting Selles to bring in a replacement/re-invest the money? Can't see Selles going in that case...

 

[DronnieBlade]

Being consistent with my previous posts, and understanding our place in the food chain, whenever we bring in a player who goes on to provide us with solid service while here, and is then moved on for a fee that at least recoups our outlay and hopefully generates a profit, it has to be considered as a success for all concerned.

So a lot depends on the “how much” in reality.

Never good to see your better players depart but he was never gonna commit to another contract so maybe sensible to cash in now.

As long as we invest well with the proceeds, it could end up best for all parties.

I guess we will see. A club like ours needs to learn from the horrid Brewster / McBurnie / Moose / Freeman type transfers we have made in the past.

UTB

 

[Rodley]

The consistent thing about this club is selling our best players at stupid fucking times. What was usually a slow, drawn out death by 1,000 cuts of parsimony and bad stewardship under previous ownerships appears to be replaced by COH’s particular brand of put the pedal down, unclick yet seat belts and brace-brace-brace as we approach the cliff.

We’ve had 60 years of mediocrity as others have risen and fallen with a sprinkling of time in the sun. We go again, but fucking hell these fuckers are unprecedented in their fuckwittery. You have to laugh.

 

[Badger Blade]

I'd sooner he went there than some Premier League drain circlers and end up back in the Championship on loan to a rival because he's not fit enough or disciplined enough.

Massive amounts of talent and like with Anel at Feyenoord, they're a bigger deal than what we are, like it or not.

He was our best player in the Prem but last year Wilder didn't really know where to put him to get the best out of him and 433 seems to come over keeping your most talented player.

Will be sorry to see him go but it's could also be a bit like Spurs letting Kane go but not necessarily being any worse off for it.

 

[Macfarlane21]

As dissapointing as this is / probably will be, as long as we get 15-20m for him and spend tomorrow then i'm ok with it.

Let's be honest, if you were him, would you sit in the backseat of this car crash of a season so far?!

My worry is the reality will be that COH will be considering Chong or Matos as his replacements and won't spend any more tomorrow to properly rebuild the squad.

 

[Rodley]

As long as we invest well with the proceeds, it could end up best for all parties.

UTB

In one fucking day?

 

[Paisley Blade]

Aye, he's a goner.

Stings a bit, nowt like Ndiaye, but aye, stings.

 

[redandwhitewizard]

There must be a 35 year old misfit that hasn't played for 2 seasons and is on huge wages that we can replace him with.

 

[JD88]

Great move for him but it’s a huge blow for us. Our best player by a million miles.
Rumour is someone is lined up on a permanent to replace

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Are there any realistic options out there who could replace Hamer?

Genuine question - who could we target if we did things right and had contingency plans?

 

[designedbyross]

Been resigned to losing him since Wembley. Have been crying out for him this season when we’ve looked crap to come up with a bit of magic, just like we used to with N’Diaye a couple of years ago but he’s just not been able to (Brum aside - partly down to being played totally wrong). His general play is very hit and miss but you just never know if he’ll score a screamer, the only player in the squad that might do so. If the fee is good then again it goes towards sustaining us as a club, so long as we don’t get relegated!