CONFIRMED Hamer joins Coventry

[Lane Ender]

You're right that he has a stocky build, but he is carrying. Have a look at photos of him when he was at Coventry, he's about a stone heavier now.

He's some player on his day, but they're becoming rarer. He wanted his move back to Holland in the Summer and didn't get it and now he's mentally checked out. We should've sold.

He needs to leave for us and himself it’s over

 

[ATL Recs]

No fecker is parting with £20m for the current iteration of Hamer - £5-£10m tops

Anything above 5 is a bonus

 

[Houston_Blade]

Worryingly if Bamford leaves he’ll be our main source of goals.

 

[Nick Jansky]

You wouldn’t stay at Stoke for 7 seasons without having underlying problems.

I think he has an underlying chronic back issue? I might be wrong, but I’m sure I heard that somewhere.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

We should see if Coventry or Ipswich will take Hamer, and take some of their scraps in exchange

 

[Bladesthorpe]

Never read as much rubbish, still one of our best players. He can still do things that most of our team can only dream of and can change a game in a second with a great pass or shot.
He's recently been out injured and is still working his way back to full fitness.

 

[MTBlade]

Never read as much rubbish, still one of our best players. He can still do things that most of our team can only dream of and can change a game in a second with a great pass or shot.
He's recently been out injured and is still working his way back to full fitness.

I get what you are saying, but for me, the bits of magic are coming less and less and he's giving the ball away more and more.

An unbelievable player on his day, but those days are becoming less frequent (we'd all love to know why, so he can get back to his best).

With regards to fitness, im no expert but I'd recommend losing the headless chicken approach when he presses, the amount of times he presses but sprints at the player who simply moves to the side and beats Hamer is a decent percentage.

 

[Slugger]

I get what you are saying, but for me, the bits of magic are coming less and less and he's giving the ball away more and more.

An unbelievable player on his day, but those days are becoming less frequent (we'd all love to know why, so he can get back to his best).

With regards to fitness, im no expert but I'd recommend losing the headless chicken approach when he presses, the amount of times he presses but sprints at the player who simply moves to the side and beats Hamer is a decent percentage.

100% agree with this.
His headless chicken sprints look to me like he's playing to the crowd. He doesn't actually believe he'll win possession but it looks like he's really trying.
2 minutes later when he's still recovering he'll play a nothing pass to the opposition.
Frustrating as he has loads more natural ability than anyone else in the squad.

 

[Keen Blade]

He needs to leave for us and himself it’s over

This is just how I feel - sometimes the chemistry fades and both parties need a change.
He came to us for PL and it was an uglier disaster than usual.
He stayed and applied himself and did well.
Then we fail in the last 45 mins of a long season when his fabulous through ball to Campbell put us ahead.
If I were him , I'm sure my Lane mojo would be shrinking fast.
No hard feelings , but he & we should part ways before it turns really sour and good memories get obliterated.

 

[bladesince64]

Some of our 'flair' players do what I call a token press.

Campbell is an expert at this as well as a few others.

Run towards someone, then dont even attempt to stick a leg out.

 

[CPB]

I'll say it again. No way should we be trying to push him out. Sure if a club bids what we deem enough then that's fine. Try and use some money to reinvest. But otherwise we keep him.

Sometimes players go through relative poorer and better spells. For instance last season O'Hare was not as effective as this season generally speaking.

But doesn't mean that's it get rid. Lad was player of the season last season. On his day best player in league.
Why convince ourselves we will be better without?

 

[finlaytheblade]

I'll say it again. No way should we be trying to push him out. Sure if a club bids what we deem enough then that's fine. Try and use some money to reinvest. But otherwise we keep him.

Sometimes players go through relative poorer and better spells. For instance last season O'Hare was not as effective as this season generally speaking.

But doesn't mean that's it get rid. Lad was player of the season last season. On his day best player in league.
Why convince ourselves we will be better without?

Get what we can which will be a lot less than what we paid.
Between 5-10 million if were lucky.
Can do a lot with that money ! Bring it on !!

 

[Keen Blade]

Anything above 5 is a bonus

Which we'll probably waste on something like a Matos

 

[finlaytheblade]

Which we'll probably waste on something like a Matos

Wilder is pretty good with small amounts of money, I think he could use it wisely thats what hes done previously in this situation.Certainly did well in his early days as our manager .

 

[Keen Blade]

Wilder is pretty good with small amounts of money, I think he could use it wisely thats what hes done previously in this situation.Certainly did well in his early days as our manager .

Hopefully so.

What's the limit you'd allow him to spend on an individual player ?

Hopefully it's nowhere near the fee on that cannon that won't fire.

God help us if Bamford leaves and we're looking for a striker in January

 

[bladesmanluke]

I think he has an underlying chronic back issue? I might be wrong, but I’m sure I heard that somewhere.

I heard from a source I'll not divulge, but nothing to do with United that he's very fit, but has been blessed (cursed?) naturally with a larger amount of fast twitch muscle fibres than you'd normally get in a footballer, making him more like a sprinter or powerlifter than an endurance athlete. There's not much you can do about that other than play to your strengths

 

[Blacksea]

Anything above 5 is a bonus

There was a rumour on the Coventry board that we still owed them 6m of his transfer fee.

 

[nopigfansintown]

I get what you are saying, but for me, the bits of magic are coming less and less and he's giving the ball away more and more.

An unbelievable player on his day, but those days are becoming less frequent (we'd all love to know why, so he can get back to his best).

With regards to fitness, im no expert but I'd recommend losing the headless chicken approach when he presses, the amount of times he presses but sprints at the player who simply moves to the side and beats Hamer is a decent percentage.

He's never dominated games in his Sheffield United career. He's always been a moments player for us. He has those big moments that give him breathing space for his more general ineptitude. There's a desperation from a section to compare him to previous United players that have ran games (or indeed the Coventry player), those people are miles off. It's a shame.

 

[nopigfansintown]

I heard from a source I'll not divulge, but nothing to do with United that he's very fit, but has been blessed (cursed?) naturally with a larger amount of fast twitch muscle fibres than you'd normally get in a footballer, making him more like a sprinter or powerlifter than an endurance athlete. There's not much you can do about that other than play to your strengths

I got a lift in a taxi by a Blade the day before the derby. He told me the team and subs for the game and said he knew Gus's nutritionist. I resisted the urge to at the mention of nutritionist..

 

[Sean Thornton]

I got a lift in a taxi by a Blade the day before the derby. He told me the team and subs for the game and said he knew Gus's nutritionist. I resisted the urge to .

He only has one small gravy with his family buckets.

 

[Nick Jansky]

he knew Gus's nutritionist.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

I think the overweight comments are a bit unfair. He just has that stocky body type. He doesn't look out of shape to me on the field.

When you're deeper than you are wide, that's not body shape that's causing it!!

 

[djbaldken]

Worryingly if Bamford leaves he’ll be our main source of goals.

Couldn't agree more.
And knowing us we'll let him go rather than pay him what he's worth.
He's shown he still has it. He gets in the right place at the right time. Something our current crop are incapable of doing.
Letting him go will be the difference between comfortable mid table safety and being involved in a relegation scrap.

 

[HackeyBlade]

I'd get rid. Ask yourself why he's never played for an established Premiership team.

 

[Bladesthorpe]

I'd get rid. Ask yourself why he's never played for an established Premiership team.

How many of our current team have played premier league football? Let's just single Hamer out for criticism.

 

[ComedyClub]

I got a lift in a taxi by a Blade the day before the derby. He told me the team and subs for the game and said he knew Gus's nutritionist. I resisted the urge to at the mention of nutritionist..

Owner of a takeaway in Dronfield?

 

[hamerhammer]

We should see if Coventry or Ipswich will take Hamer, and take some of their scraps in exchange

Dream on

 

[SouthportBlade]

For all his faults, there’s zero chance we get a better player as a replacement.

Best hope is we have someone that fits into our system/team better, but individually more talent - forget it.

If we get a bit more space between ourselves and 22nd before the back end of January, I’d be inclined to sell. We’ll need to cut costs and raise funds in the summer, so if we can get 8-10m in the coffers ahead of that then it would be right time to move on.

 

[LBA_Blade]

I wonder how close we were to actually selling him to Leeds on transfer deadline day, if you believed anyone in that neck of the woods the medical was done and contracts were being sorted

 

[Sky Blues]

Get what we can which will be a lot less than what we paid.
Between 5-10 million if were lucky.
Can do a lot with that money ! Bring it on !!

You still owe money for him as it was over 3 years. And also we get 10% of whatever he is sold for. You will need to get at least 10m for him for it to be worthwhile.