Samba

[Shania]

Said himself that he was not fit at all when he came. A pre-season will work wonders in that respect. Like Youzef, I doubt he is outbound, at least I sincerly hope he isn“t..

[PeterG]

"Samba never looked like scoring once last season"


Well i swear i saw at least 2 headers from him cleared of the line from corner kicks, so i would say the statement above IS BS

[MattyRangers]

"Samba never looked like scoring once last season"


Well i swear i saw at least 2 headers from him cleared of the line from corner kicks, so i would say the statement above IS BS

Yep. Had 2 in 1 game in fact; I believe it was Villa away? One of em hit the post?

[jmelanie]

It's hard to believe that this is the player everybody was raving about when he signed in January. For months there was posts saying "Why don't we sign Samba." He clearly wasn't fit when he came in January and went into a club which was bottom of the league and really wasn't going anywhere (unless a miracle had happened). It's not too surprising he wasn't at his best. Give him a good preseason and I think he will be a different player this year. I've not seen any rumours about anybody him being for sale.

[OneEyedWilly]

You think Samba is Premier League level? based on what? been relegated twice and had 1 decent season with Blackburn. Poor mans Danny Sh1ttu. Wont get rid of him and get our money back so may as well keep him but ffs dont "build" a team around him cos he just aint that good.

Yes I definitely do think he is premiership quality. One bad game against Fulham and all of a sudden he is not good enough? You are having a laugh if you dont think Samba is top draw.

I agree with Matty saying that the problem lies with the club and that most of these players when moved on will no doubt be awesome.

[vblockranger]

Yes I definitely do think he is premiership quality. One bad game against Fulham and all of a sudden he is not good enough? You are having a laugh if you dont think Samba is top draw.

1 good season with Blackburn and you think he is top drawer? Even remember some gushing on here about him being one of the top 5 CB's in the world! So we should have no problem selling him for £12 million then? Dawson was valued about the same and is 3 times the defender that Samba is but unfortunately for us was not motivated by money enough to come and play for a bottom 3 team last season. Only managed 8 appearances for us last season and how many did this top CB stand out in? People saying the big lump is unfit and takes more than 3 months to get fit so lets see how he does next season. I actually think he is a good Championship player but being a £12 million valuedPremiership class player in your eyes he should win player of the season...guess we will see but best case scenario in my eyes is we find some other mugs to pay £12 million for him and we go out and buy 3 defenders of equal standard.

[Shania]

Said himself that he was not fit at all when he came. A pre-season will work wonders in that respect. Like Youzef, I doubt he is outbound, at least I sincerly hope he isn“t..

[WeAreQPR12]

The main problem with Samba is clearly fitness.

He could do with shifting about 3 stone in weight and that is me trying to be kind.

His turning circle is similar to that of an oil tanker and the rest of his assets become irrelevant because of it.

Playing as a centre half in what is the fastest league in the world is clearly going to make him look woeful in his current state.

Personally think we should sell him, whatever his wages are it's definitely zero value for money and he is 1 player that could easily be replaced if we had a scouting system that worked.

[OneEyedWilly]

1 good season with Blackburn and you think he is top drawer? Even remember soime gushing on here about him being one of the top 5 CB's in the world! So we should have no problem selling him for £12 million then? Dawson was valued about the same and is 3 times the defender that Samba is but unfortunately for us was not motivated by money enough to come and play for a bottom 3 team last season.

Forget Blackburn, just watching him play for us at a supposed 40% fitness was enough for me to think he is the t!ts. Im hoping he stays and gets fit for next season, I can see him doing a proper job for us.

I wouldn't say Samba is in the top 5 but then we are not a top club to attract those types of players, we would have to pay a lot more than some top clubs to get a top 5 CB. So comparing values of players is silly because clubs such as ours are always going to have to pay extra.

[vblockranger]

The main problem with Samba is clearly fitness.

He could do with shifting about 3 stone in weight and that is me trying to be kind.

His turning circle is similar to that of an oil tanker and the rest of his assets become irrelevant because of it.

Playing as a centre half in what is the fastest league in the world is clearly going to make him look woeful in his current state.

Personally think we should sell him, whatever his wages are it's definitely zero value for money and he is 1 player that could easily be replaced if we had a scouting system that worked.

takes the geezer 25 minutes to turn around in the dressing room at half time. On top of that his distribution is poor and he looks terrified when in possesion. Just saying if get offered decent money then sell him and buy a couple of equally good defenders.

[Shania]

Get him fit, make him captain and build a unit around him.

This^^
Imagine how difficult it must have been for an unfit player to try to save a team with zilch confidece and a total lack of cohesion and fighting spirit in them?

[zeberdee]

You mean the claim that Samba is premier league level Matty?

as i said i dont agree with you about samba but i am interested to know your list of players in the squad that last season that you think were of premier league level.

aside from the january imports there are very few imo

[W12hoops]

I reckon he'll stay, will be an absolute beast in the championship as matty said.

[vblockranger]

as i said i dont agree with you about samba but i am interested to know your list of players in the squad that last season that you think were of premier league level.

aside from the january imports there are very few imo

Totally agree. We finished bottom of the league for a reason. In a perfect world i would keep Remy, Cesar, Ned, Green, Hill, Derry, Mackie, Hoilett and Barton (if motivated), Faurlin and Adel and get rid of the rest of the wasters. Even out of the ones i have listed i believe only 4 or 5 are good enough for the premiership. We have gone backwards not forwards in the last couple of seasons and now find ourselves weighed down with debt and a squad full of rubbish. Huge mistakes have been made that will ultimately cost us millions...but its alright cos we got a rich owner

[Rich]

The only 2 teams that have paid £10 million plus are Anzi and us and both could be labelled as being run by people with more money than sense. Blackburn paid £450k for him and lets be honest he should never have be bought for more than £3 - £5 million but unfotunately we panicked and chucked lots of money at him (thats our business model last 2 seasons).

I like the way you picked up on one of my points, which I accept you may have a point about. What about the other 90% of my post lol