He posted this on his Instagram after returning from his trip to the Vic at the weekend, so maybe there's more to this rumour than initially thought. Or perhaps he just liked the stadium
We had a goalscorer ourselves that we let go back to Holland too soon, he's been scoring for fun since he left us.
If hanging on for a goalless draw vs Palace is his dream, one can only admire his commitment to the Hornet cause. Maybe he’s a huge Elton fan.
I’m worried we’d be signing another porker. Apparently he and his sister Gretel once ate a house made out of gingerbread...
He missed 2 weeks with testicular cancer. Meanwhile Cleverley is out for half the season with a hamstring problem and Kaboul has died from an infected toe nail for all we know. Can we sign Sol and their medical team as well?
Clearly no time for any radiotherapy/chemotherapy in that timeframe, they clearly just lopped one off. We need that sort of no nonsense medical team over here. Just snip-out some of these offending hamstrings, superglue a few breaks, smelling salt a few concussions.
Firstly I would like to add, that there is not one thing slightly amusing about cancer. Having lost far too many close to me I find it far from funny, in any form. Yes I agree that it's a gamble buying any player from a foreign league. But just by his ability in the air eases my anxiety. We've not had a real decent ariel threat since Heidar. Would welcome to be proved wrong there too.
True but the Eredivisie is riskier than most. Players can look so good over there but fail terribly when moving up to a tougher league. Last year Van Wolfswinkel ended up scoring 20 goals in Holland, and we all know he fared in England (sucked in Spain and France as well), the season before that was Tottenham flop Janssen. Just look at all the money Everton spent on Klassen. There are of course plenty of success stories as well (Bony, Suarez, Ibra), but those are much easier to see as they were simply in a class of their own. I'd be willing to bet a large amount of money that this 26-year-old will join the former group.
Unfortunately, for most of his headed goals on his YouTube clips, Sol is almost unopposed. Even Deeney could look like a useful header of the ball in Holland...and TD is one of the worst attacking headers of a ball I've ever seen (weird given that he's quite good at heading a ball on and with defensive headers). I agree though that it seems like decades since we've had a forward who can consistently score headers and it would be great to see some more.
True and the Premier League wouldn’t afford him so many opportunities. On the plus side he appears to have good timing and the ability to lose his markers.
On the last point alone he will be a clear improvement on Gray, our most underwhelming attacking player since Ellington.
You're probably right, especially after banging that list out. I know absolutely nothing about the fella and wouldn't write anybody off until they've had a fair crack though. But I respect your comments. I really depends on what pond Watford will be fishing in during the summer. I was hoping for a real marquee signing. Can see us trying to barter with some of the supposed bigger clubs for Richarlison and Doucoure.
I agree cancer is far from funny. No more or less than any other disease or condition. I made the comment I did as humour has helped me as an individual in dealing with the aftermath of losing yet another family member to cancer barely two weeks ago (five so far of the generation above me, not to mention a close friend and several family acquaintances) and it helped my dad get through his time battling it. One of the things that helped (and continues to help) is laughing at it. Sometimes it's funny funny, sometimes sad funny and often it's funny because it's either that or a much darker place that is visited. No offence is or was meant to anybody.
Thank you for that. I'm sorry for overreacting. As you, I've witnessed the evil that cancer does and you just caught me having a bad day. No offence taken and I need to lighten up.
No worries. You didn't overreact, not in my eyes anyway. You reacted in a way that cancer has made you, myself and many many others feel, angry and sensitive. It's a tricky subject and my flippant comment without context was as crude as it was unfunny and I offer my apologies as well as my word that I'll try not to be so crass in the future.
I would guess that the vast majority of headed goals scored are unopposed. It's the little bit of movement or the ability to read the flight of the ball that gives players the opportunity to score (also why Deeney doesn't score many headers as he pretty much runs in straight lines). Very few strikers seem to rely on outmuscling a defender to score headers these days. The Eredivisie is pants though so maybe you do have a point and he wouldn't find so much space over here...
Would prefer us to get someone who is up to it phscially and has scored goals in one of the big leagues. Jamie Moralee could score 16 goals in Holland.
