Window Watch – Nicky Shorey to Fulham (Loan)
In a flashback to the days of yore on Fantasy Football Scout (read through the comments to reminisce/have a chuckle), Roy Hodgson is now the man looking to Shorey up his defence. The Aston Villa left-back has been signed on loan from Aston Villa until the end of the season.
With Paul Konchesky currently injured (for an as of yet undetermined time), Fulham are short of options in the left-back position. Chris Baird has recently covered in that role, while Toni Kallio appears to be nothing but a last resort.
That should lead us to believe that Nicky Shorey will go straight into the startling line-up in the absence of the aforementioned Konchesky. Coming in at only £4.4m he will join Baird as as a cheap alternative in the Fulham defence, and with a sharp left foot he might even offer some assist potential from open play and set pieces – his record at Reading was in fact rather good. Shorey returned 10 assists and 3 goals in the 2007-08 season.
The fixture list falls nicely for Shorey and Fulham, with three home games in the next five against kind opponents. That could see immediate returns for Shorey if Hodgson’s men can stop the rot that has seen them slump to five straight defeats. Fulham host Portsmouth in their second fixture of gameweek 24 on Wednesday. Shorey would seem likely to be handed his debut in that one.
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Hart,robinson
ivanovic,insua, cahill,dawson,ridgwell
fab,lamps,valencia,dunn,gera
tevez,anelka,bent
gonna use my wildcard this week, who should i get in?
2 goalkeepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders, 3 strikers i reckon!!
I like it Cesc, good thinking mate.
Thinking of taking out one of my Chelsea defenders for Dann, either Terry or Ivanovic. Which one do you think? I’m thinking Ivanovic, as Bosingwa is probably back pretty soon.
Terry, too expensive.
Agree.
If you have the cash then Terry, but if you have a plan for it then it would be better spent in the middle or upfront??
Hmmm, ok guys. Thanks. Just a bit weary of the Bosingwa return tbh. I’ll have little look at where the extra cash could be spent!
i can’t see bosingwa shifting ivanovic striaght away
these are my transfers this week
anelka – rooney
lampard
good moves?
thanks in advance
Lampard?
lampard – petrov
Many better options than petrov, he’s a rotation risk.
who?
Ah, I dunno about that one, Petrov is a rotational risk and has pretty wank fixtures after the DGW. I’d get in Tuncay, slightly cheaper, has good fixtures over the next 7-8 GWs and has 2 DGWs. If it helps I’ll be doing Tuncay in I think if he starts tonight.
Good shout with Tuncay.
People seem to have forgot about him, since scoring and coming off injured against Fulham he’s only played one game, against Liverpool. Probably Stoke’s most talented player also.
I would want to keep a part of Chelsea’s attack, whether it’s Anelka, Drogba or Lampard
i’m gettin drogba in the following week so the i’ll have tevez,dogba and rooney. so which midfelder should i get in?
I know he’s another rotation risk, but maybe Nani??
Holding on to Dunne, Milner and Fabregas is going to be annoying for the next few weeks but their fixtures after that look so good I might just lump it. Anyone got other ideas? Possibly better ones? =D
Sell Anelka, sell Lampard, and then get in Drogba after the next DGW for Tevez.
if i sell anelka without selling lampard i wont be able to get rooney
Sell them both mate, and I definitely wouldn’t get in Petrov, do.
Anelka > Rooney
Lampard > Tuncay
?
Mido to West Ham?
What’s next, Zaki to Hull?
Wait…
tutankamen to wolves?
FOOOKIN oyster card phone line! Pissing me off! been on hold for 12:37 seconds!
do they not understand i’m tying to cook up a toad in the hole to save a mouf full from my girlfriend!
Don’t have to ditch Sorenson now it seems…
Ahh, I really want to get rid of him.
Ditto, but it isn’t exactly the most pressing of transfers is it? Especially with a double coming up in gameweek 26.
Suppose, still doing my head in though, hopefully its a sign of good things to come and Stoke get back to their old solid defensive ways.
I’m with you there. If Faye makes it back tonight I am even contemplating playing a back three of Cahill, Faye and Ridgewell (with Sorenson in goal) next week leaving Dunne and Ivanovic on the bench.
Will prob end up playing Ivanovic though, Chelsea at home are hard to ignore.
I have similar but not Faye, might be getting in Cahill for R Johnson and have Dann anyway, also Ashley Cole and Evra, so were in similar situations defensively tbh. Will probably play Cahill, Dann, Ashley Cole, Evra and leave Baird on the bench.
Sunds good. The Ashley decision may be taken away from you if his ankle his anything worse than a slight knock. I guess you’ll know more on that tomorrow.
R Keane to Celtic rumour on SSN right now, as it can still happen until 12pm
Surely not. it finishes at 6pm in England, and he plays in England??
he’d move TO Scotland, so it’s their deadline – midnight.
also, 48 transfers! blimey
I can’t see a team with a strike force of Benni McCarthy and Carlton Cole going down. Good work Zola.
Neither can I. They will score enough goals against the poorer teams to stay up.
If they can stay fit.
Iffffffffffffffff!!!!!
Owen, Martins & The Duke?
These things happen.
That they do Andy.
Owen wasn’t the ‘real Owen’ by his Newcastle days. The Duke was never fit even when he played and Martins was either amazing or plain balls.
I see a little more consistency in the Cole and McCarthy pairing.
Talking about Martins he has a scary stat
For both Inter Milan and Newcastle he played the same amount of games and scored the same amount of goals.
88 games 28 goals.
Freaky! Some of them were absolute belters too. That one he scored at The Lane was awesome.
I remember him, Julio Cruz and Andy Van Der Meyde ripping open Arsenal’s defence at Highbury a few years ago in the Champions’ League.
Vieri & Crespo then got restored to the Inter line up for the reverse fixture and we hammered them. That was a bit of a head-scratcher.
I’m pretty sure they’ll stay up on the basis that there are at least three worse teams than them down there (I put money on Pompey, Hull & Burnley at the start of the season, and am feeling pretty confident).
But like you say, there were 4 or 5 teams down there who were worse than Newcastle last season.
Pompey/Wolves/Burnley imo
Indeed, I agree that West Ham can (and probably should) stay up… but strangers have happened, as shown last season.
Sometimes the weak scrape by, by the skin of the yellow country teeth while the (comparative) Goliaths will fall.
Noticed yesterday that outfield players can get save points!!
Yeh I suppose it’s in the rare event Rio has to go back in goal when Van Der Sar sees red.
Cole A > Cahill (DGW)
Ivanovic > Caldwell (DGW)
Rodallega > Drogba
Who should I get in for Milner? Hmm…
Petrov?? and i would keep Rodallega for the dgw if i were you??
The next dgw is a bit of a mindfield as all the teams play each other, but WIG looks the best, but they are really inconsistent
WIG stk
MCY bol
STK mcy
WIG bol
My strikers this week are Anelka, Tevez and Jerome. I should transfer one of them out for Ronney for GW25 shouldn’t i?
May get rested???
Yeah. Anelka. Price nearly same, and he’ll PROBABLY be overshadowed by Drogba. I’m saying probably because I’m losing my confidence in this game. Seriously.
17.30 Sky Sports News understands that Aruna Dindane will not be joining Blackburn Rovers because talks have broken down at Ewood Park.
who looks good between; olsson, caldwelll, shorey/baird and garrido?
I knew the Shorey thread would be back, I knew it. Its like finding an old copy of Shoot in the attic.
Cheers leader.
and you as well Andy.
Hello Pops! Glad to see that you’re doing well. I’m hanging around, just not commenting much. I’m always glad to see you and Puff getting involved every now and then. Take care.
Howdi to The Mighty One. Come back. I will try and keep the ‘shorey to fulham thread’ going.
Howdy Yer Dad! Shorey is a magic word. Brought you back. I ‘m glad.
Hi greek fan. Yes, shorey always gets my juices flowing whether I have him in my team or not. Keep up the good work on the site and please don’t go on strike when it comes to the tweets.
Thanks. I won’t, but what about you? Greek farmers are on strike and they protest by blocking roads. Why don’t you come down here to join your colleagues and have some fun?
Although I do have an allotment which in England can be classed as a little farm without the tractor.I would be there if the miners where on strike and be fully prepared to fight for tax cuts and offer free coal for all over 10 year olds in Greece.
COME ON LEEDS!!!!!!