Summer '08: Ins and Outs

There's a blast from the past. First foul ball I ever caught at an MLB game came off his bat. 3rd deck behind home plate, old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore v Oakland, circa '81 or so. Guess I was 10 at the time.

 

Stockdale signs per the offal.

 

BarryP...are Fulham loaning him back to Darlington for next season?

 

No 'one upmanship' intended but Willie McGee, formerly of my beloved Giants and the Cardinals, could be right there with Cliff.

 

I have no idea. LorkSwift posted that on the offal message board but I don't know what his source for the info is. Signing him for two years and agreeing to loan him back for one seems a bit odd to me but I am sure stranger things have happened. In fact, I think I remember Don and PF agreeing on a political thread not so long ago.

Perhaps Mike can shed some light on this?

Edited: LorkSwift's Offal post which was taken from TiFF from a poster named Surbiton White.

I think making this post qualifies me to be an English sports journalist.

 

Thanks BarryP. I saw some chatter on one of the forums with a comment that he would be heading back to Darlo for a season on loan. But judging from the Offal it looks like Fulham intend to keep him around at least initially.

 

The one thing that jumped out at me from the comments attributed to Roy was:

"David Stockdale is a welcome addition to the squad and I’m delighted that he joins us for the start of pre-season. He is one of a number of highly rated young English goalkeepers and he will continue to develop his skills and realise his full potential at Fulham under the guidance of Mike Kelly and the rest of my coaching staff. We are hopeful of great things from David and I am confident that he will be a valuable asset to the team in the future."

When I read this I was thinking that Roy sees him playing with the reserves with a possible appearance in a cup game or on the subs bench.

 

TRANSFERS IN

Goalkeepers

1) David Stockdale - From Darlington - £600,000 - *SIGNED*

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.j ... dar112.xml

2) Scott Carson - From Liverpool - £?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... to=newsnow

3) Wayne Hennessey - From Wolves - £?

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cc ... ationwide1

4) Andreas Isaksson - From Man City - £?

http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=93636

5) Mark Schwarzer - From Boro - Free transfer - * SIGNED*

http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsA ... rNews.aspx


Defenders

1) Andre Bikey (CB or RB) - From Reading - £?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 ... ur.chelsea

2) Hugo Campagnaro - (CB) - From Sampdoria - £?

http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=91802

3) Steve Finnan - (RB) - From Liverpool - £2 Million

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... -20424539/

4) Ragnar Sigurdsson - (CB) - From IFK Gothenburg - £?

http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=87885

5) Jay Demerit - (CB) - From Watford - £1.5 Million

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ummer.html

6) Bernard Mendy - (RB) - From PSG - Free

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/ ... on-future/

http://blogs.notw.co.uk/sport/exposed/

7) Jean Calve - (RB) - From Le Mans - £?

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/ ... -contacts/

8) Sami Hyypia - (CB) - From Liverpool - £?

http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/Messageboa ... icID=46057

9) Oguchi Onyewu - (CB) - From Standard Liege - £3 Million

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/ ... _page.html

10) Paul Scharner - (CB) - From Wigan - £?
(NEW ENTRY)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... 239030.ece

Midfielders

1) Gary O'Neill - (CM or RM) From Boro - £?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... 174759.ece

2) Stephen Hunt - (LW) From Reading - £?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008 ... ur.chelsea

3) Jason Puncheon - (LW, LM, ST or RW) From Barnet - £?

http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/Messageboa ... icID=38592

4) Kieran Murtagh - (RW or LW) - From Fisher Athletic - £?

http://www.fisherathletic.co.uk/news_detail.php?ID=251

5) Bonaventure Kalou - (AM or LW) Free agent

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/ ... in-Fulham/

6) Harry Kewell - (LW) From Liverpool - Free

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... 132418.ece

7) Zoltan Gera - (CM) From West Brom - Free
(UPDATED)

http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingha ... -21026865/

http://www.everton.vitalfootball.co.uk/ ... p?a=110019

8) Baris Özbek - (CM) From Galatasary - 4m Euros?

http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/Messageboa ... icID=45778

9) Joe Ledley - (LW or CM) From Cardiff City - £?

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/football ... -20946363/

10) Olivier Kapo - (AM) From Birmingham - £?

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/ ... 69,00.html

11) Sebastian Larsson - (RW, RM & RB) From Birmingham - £?

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/ ... 69,00.html

12) Roman Eremenko - (CM) From Udinese - £3 Million

http://www.aboutaball.co.uk/footballnew ... icleID=672

13) Brahim Hemdani - (DM) From Rangers - £?

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/ ... 77,00.html

14) Blerim Dzemaili - (CM or RM) from Bolton - Free

http://www.bolton.vitalfootball.co.uk/a ... p?a=111117

15) Mark Bresciano - (LM) from Palermo - £5 Million

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/ ... am-sights/

16) Zheng Zhi - (AM) from Charlton - £4 Million

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 93,00.html

17) Gaby Mudingayi - () from Lazio - £?

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 99,00.html


18) Steve Sidwell - (CM) from Chelsea - £6 Million
(NEW ENTRY)

http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=96272

Forwards

1) Daniel Cousin - From Rangers - £3 Million

http://www.fulham.vitalfootball.co.uk/a ... p?a=109898

2) Louis Saha - From Manchester Utd - £4 Million (NEW ENTRY)

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/ ... _page.html

3) Djibril Cisse - From Marseille - £6 Million

http://www.eyefootball.com/news/5918/Fu ... il-Cisse?/

4) Marlon Harewood - From Aston Villa - £?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... -20432271/

5) Kris Boyd - From Rangers - £2 Million plus Konchesky

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/ ... _page.html


6) Carlos Costly - From GKS Belchatów - £?
(NEW ENTRY)

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 49,00.html

7) Roland Linz - From Sporting Braga - £?
(NEW ENTRY)

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 15,00.html

TRANSFERS OUT


1) Diomansy Kamara - Anywhere but here

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/ ... _page.html

http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=89356

2) Steven Davis - To Rangers - £3 Million or Newcastle for £4 Million

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/foot ... -20387775/

http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/Messageboa ... icID=44013

3) Moritz Volz - To Watford - £?

http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=91622

4) Lee Cook - To QPR - £?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... to=newsnow

5) Gabriel Zakuani - To Stoke - £?

http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/Messageboa ... icID=44013




6) Kasey Keller - to Bayern Munich - £?

http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=90488

7) Hameur Bouazza - to Sunderland - £?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 760947.ece

8) Collins John - to QPR - £500,000

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... -John.html

9) Paul Konchesky - to Rangers - £?

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/ ... _page.html

10) Chris Baird - to Southampton - Loan

http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=95572

11) Seol Ki-hyeon - to Wolfsburg - £750,000
(NEW ENTRY)

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 62,00.html

12) Antii Niemi - to Hull - £1.2 Million
(NEW ENTRY)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... talks.html

13) David Healy - to Hull - £?
(NEW ENTRY)

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport ... 738984.ece

 

agree donny. bobby mcmahon said the exact same thing a few weeks ago. and it makes sense because a) the transfer market doesn't open until then and b)the EURO's will dominate the press until then.

see everyone in July!

 

And I stick by that Don, it's a f'n awful site that should never be used to reference and I will ban anyone who uses it. Hypocritical? Yes, but that was just a test you see, and you passed. Well done.

 

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 93,00.html



Now Bouazza is getting linked to some teams in Spain. Personally, i kind of like the guys potential and think we could unlock a gem with Roy's tutelage. I say keep him if he's willing, but if not, recoup the 3 mil he cost us if unable to get more.

 

Technically we do also have Cook.

Not to mention, the rumor of Bouazza moving to Osasuna is really no more solid than the rumors linking us to left-sided players like Hunt and Kewell and Kapo and Bresciano, so I'm not terribly concerned. In Roy we trust, after all.

Edit to add: Though given what we know about Roy, he probably won't sign any of those players but will bring in some young Scandinavian hotshot who we've never heard of who will turn out to be awesome.

 

http://www.fulhamweb.com/-7613-/Premier ... zoltan.htm

Apparently We've got Gera, and we beat Portsmouth, Everton, and Bolton to get him

 

And monkeys might fly out of my butt!