Calderon backs Ulloa to make a big difference to Albion (From The Argus)
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Calderon backs Ulloa to make a big difference to Albion
10:15am Tuesday 15th January 2013 in Albion By Andy Naylor
Leonardo Ulloa (left) has his EU passport and is all set to become an Albion player
Inigo Calderon reckons Leonardo Ulloa will be a big hit for Albion.
He expects the Argentinian target man to be a handful for Championship defenders - just as Ulloa was for Calderon and his colleagues back in Spain.
Ulloa now has his EU passport and is poised to complete his move from Almeria to The Amex tomorrow or Thursday after watching Calderon and Albion beat Derby County on Saturday.
Calderon, back in the side after a knee injury, is relieved he will be on the same side as the striker dubbed 'The Cyclone'.
The right-back revealed: "I played against him a couple of times when I was in Spain. When I was at Alaves he was with Castellon so it was maybe four years ago.
"We struggled to defend against him, so hopefully it is going to be a struggle for other defenders.
"I remember he was big and his record is so good. Hopefully he can keep doing the thing he does best, scoring goals. I know for sure he is going to give us a big hand.
"I think he is going to give us something different that we don't have now, a big presence at the top of the team."
Full story in today's Argus.
Comments(51)
jockithenoo
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10:41am Tue 15 Jan 13
heathgate wrote:The agent thing is my concern also
Fingers crossed his agent hasnt got plans to tout him around now, I suspect if he signs he will be bench at best on Saturday, Gus likes to give new signings a customary two and a half minutes action.
I ould love him to be unleashed on the Gunners or Swansea next week, perhps with CMS picking up the pieces around him,... happy days.
Udinese wanted him but had to many players noticed on espn transfers they have moved a forward out to the Watford farm I hope thus isn't to clear the way for our target man.fingers crossed
UTA
mikeygit
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11:02am Tue 15 Jan 13
Bob!
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11:11am Tue 15 Jan 13
WestStander17
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11:47am Tue 15 Jan 13
jockithenoo
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11:48am Tue 15 Jan 13
Bob! wrote:He certainly is i hope he lives up to his tag
He's a BIG lad isn't he!!
THE CYCLONE ! !
OH HAPPY DAYS
UTA
jockithenoo
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11:50am Tue 15 Jan 13
THE CYCLONE ! !
OH HAPPY DAYS
UTA
Alfie T
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11:51am Tue 15 Jan 13
Cory and Trevor
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12:43pm Tue 15 Jan 13
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Hovite
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1:05pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Far gull
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1:13pm Tue 15 Jan 13
:-) , and hope Tony has approved gus moonlighting? guess we've got to pay back debt on stadium somehow.?
Gibseagull
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1:56pm Tue 15 Jan 13
VegasSeagull
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2:02pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Very little movement out and to be honest I thought there would be more.
There is a little voice in the back of my head telling me thta we are not done with inward bound players. I have this gut feeling that someone is within our sights.
klemaniac
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2:09pm Tue 15 Jan 13
12:43pm Tue 15 Jan 13
CanNOT believe this - we've just lost Gus to another local outfit by the looks of it
He does look like Gus doesn't he
PressBoxTeaBoy
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2:11pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Brighton are lining up a move for Plymouth goalkeeper Christian Walton.
The 17-year-old is highly regarded at Plymouth and has attracted the interest of a number of Premier League clubs, including Fulham.
Walton, who has been at Plymouth since the age of 10, has yet to play a first-team game for the League Two club, but he has impressed in their youth sides.
Brighton have now expressed an interest in the shot-stopper and they have taken him on trial so that Gus Poyet and his coaching staff can cast an eye over him.
If Walton impresses during his training stint he could make a move to the AMEX Stadium with Plymouth likely to sell for the right price.
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Gee Jay
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2:17pm Tue 15 Jan 13
As far as any other transfer news, remember that,generally, the club tend to keep things very quite until the guy is officially an Albion player
olebut
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2:30pm Tue 15 Jan 13
In Gus We Trust
saraman
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2:41pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Bob!
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2:53pm Tue 15 Jan 13
saraman wrote:Patrick Moore?
Does anyone think that Ulloa has a resemblence to the guy who presented the astronomy program on BBC the other week? I can't recall his name off hand. Could be an omen if he turns out to be a star.
Brian Cox?
Dara O Briain?
Hovite
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2:55pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Hovite
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3:00pm Tue 15 Jan 13
the taffster
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3:01pm Tue 15 Jan 13
championshipgull
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3:04pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Hovite
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3:09pm Tue 15 Jan 13
PressBoxTeaBoy wrote:Good to see how far in advance we are working.
Some news todaty regarding another development squad signing:
Brighton are lining up a move for Plymouth goalkeeper Christian Walton.
The 17-year-old is highly regarded at Plymouth and has attracted the interest of a number of Premier League clubs, including Fulham.
Walton, who has been at Plymouth since the age of 10, has yet to play a first-team game for the League Two club, but he has impressed in their youth sides.
Brighton have now expressed an interest in the shot-stopper and they have taken him on trial so that Gus Poyet and his coaching staff can cast an eye over him.
If Walton impresses during his training stint he could make a move to the AMEX Stadium with Plymouth likely to sell for the right price.
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mikeygit
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3:17pm Tue 15 Jan 13
VegasSeagull
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3:18pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Hovite wrote:Top six or better is the priority, the cup takes second place.
PressBoxTeaBoy wrote: Some news todaty regarding another development squad signing: Brighton are lining up a move for Plymouth goalkeeper Christian Walton. The 17-year-old is highly regarded at Plymouth and has attracted the interest of a number of Premier League clubs, including Fulham. Walton, who has been at Plymouth since the age of 10, has yet to play a first-team game for the League Two club, but he has impressed in their youth sides. Brighton have now expressed an interest in the shot-stopper and they have taken him on trial so that Gus Poyet and his coaching staff can cast an eye over him. If Walton impresses during his training stint he could make a move to the AMEX Stadium with Plymouth likely to sell for the right price. .Good to see how far in advance we are working.
The beating of Newcastle gave us enough money to buy 3 or 4 young lads for the developement squad. Beat our next opponents and we could buy 3 or 4 more. The cup might be second place in our priorities but the benefits from it can be immense.
I am thinking that the average youngster would cost no more thna 100k each.
saraman
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3:32pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Bob! wrote:Funny, Brian Cox, that's the one.
saraman wrote: Does anyone think that Ulloa has a resemblence to the guy who presented the astronomy program on BBC the other week? I can't recall his name off hand. Could be an omen if he turns out to be a star.Patrick Moore? Brian Cox? Dara O Briain?
ballantrrae
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4:50pm Tue 15 Jan 13
VegasSeagull wrote:VegasSeagull there are lots of 'rumoured' activity on the internet today.
Half way thru the transfer window and we have seen a developement squad defender join us and, as stated by another, a deal basically done for a striker, is that the end?
Very little movement out and to be honest I thought there would be more.
There is a little voice in the back of my head telling me thta we are not done with inward bound players. I have this gut feeling that someone is within our sights.
Outgoing rumours include JFC to Brentford for the rest of the season and Dobbie to Millwall also to the end of the season. A pity if JFC did go out to some extent since he (JFC) seems to have had an excellent game for the DS against Bournemouth today.
Two incoming rumours. Sky Sports Transfer News reports that we are trialling a young goalkeeper from Plymouth called Christian Walton (For the DS I imagine). On Football Transfer Rumours there is yet another posting saying we are interested in Sebastian Fernandez of Malaga. Since Malaga have just acquired young Chelsea striker Piazon on loan it is feasible that Malaga might be selling/releasing a striker themselves.
Rumours of course are one thing actual activity another but given Poyet was quoted on this site yesterday as saying he was hoping/wanting to sign at least one more player this month I think your feeling that someone else will join the club is quite likely.
In fact some of the rumours are almost in a sense linked. If Fernandez was signed then it might be logical for Dobbie to go out on loan.
Godstone Gull
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5:01pm Tue 15 Jan 13
championshipgull wrote:Ha Ha If Maradona has given him that he can use it against Arsenal.
Is that the hand of God on his T-shirt
beanyeye
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5:06pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Bob!
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5:15pm Tue 15 Jan 13
mikeygit wrote:He's 17 years old, one for the future, not to replace current First team squad!
I also saw the bit on Sky Sports re-the Plymouth goalkeeper--BUT WHY do we need yet another goalkeeper---are we getting rid of one of own goalies??? Other than that some good 'rumours' going around--exciting days ahead?? As long as we do not break the bank, which i am sure we will not do---get some good loan players with the option of buying IF we do go up.
VegasSeagull
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5:19pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Many on here, I can understand why, would be of the opinion that we do not need another midfield player, but that could be where Poyet is directing his interest.
I would not be at all surprised if we were checking out play makers. We have one in Vicente and possibly, to a lesser degree another in David or Orlandi but I don't think we can consider ourselves strong in this department.
The previous stated opinon by Gus that we could do with a new center back may have wained a little.
When all our defenders are fit we are reasonably well served at the back, and we now have the young Latvian.
If Gus is restricted in any way by finances I think this is the area where he will forsake his wishes.
If only one more first team addition, then my guess would be an attacking midfield play maker.
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saraman
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5:20pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Godstone Gull wrote:Or Swansea. It's not done and dusted that The Gunners will visit The Amex.
championshipgull wrote: Is that the hand of God on his T-shirtHa Ha If Maradona has given him that he can use it against Arsenal.
Godstone Gull
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5:21pm Tue 15 Jan 13
beanyeye wrote:We built a 100million pound stadium. Does that not tell you anything.It would put a hole in anyone’s accounts.
How can the club be so badly mismanaged as to be annually £8m in the red in view of the income stream that it has and yet to be buying players and paying salaries that it patently cannot afford, so as to be potentially in default of the Fair Play rules. Barber talks inanely about fans needing to support the club. Is that not what manifestly happens now?
bruce beckett
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5:31pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Tommy from the Amex
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5:33pm Tue 15 Jan 13
beanyeye wrote:Are you for real ??? Or just a WUM ?
How can the club be so badly mismanaged as to be annually £8m in the red in view of the income stream that it has and yet to be buying players and paying salaries that it patently cannot afford, so as to be potentially in default of the Fair Play rules. Barber talks inanely about fans needing to support the club. Is that not what manifestly happens now?
saraman
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5:37pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Godstone Gull wrote:The debt is managable to my way of thinking. If say you are on a salary of £30k and you take out a mortgage for £100k you could argue that in the first year you have made a loss of £70k. But if you have an appreciating asset it then becomes irrelevent. The same as The Albion, we will have an appreciating asset. No problems, you have to speculate to accummalate.
beanyeye wrote: How can the club be so badly mismanaged as to be annually £8m in the red in view of the income stream that it has and yet to be buying players and paying salaries that it patently cannot afford, so as to be potentially in default of the Fair Play rules. Barber talks inanely about fans needing to support the club. Is that not what manifestly happens now?We built a 100million pound stadium. Does that not tell you anything.It would put a hole in anyone’s accounts.
VegasSeagull
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5:46pm Tue 15 Jan 13
beanyeye wrote:I think it a big step to say that the club has been mismanaged.
How can the club be so badly mismanaged as to be annually £8m in the red in view of the income stream that it has and yet to be buying players and paying salaries that it patently cannot afford, so as to be potentially in default of the Fair Play rules. Barber talks inanely about fans needing to support the club. Is that not what manifestly happens now?
The only thing we know for certain is that last year we lost 8 million, we have no idea as to how that figure is constructed. It is very possible that a large percentage of that loss was caused by one off payments. Legal fees, consultants and architechts all related to our new training ground may well be included in that figure. The expansion of our scouting team will have added to our overall wage bill, and whilst they are an ongoing cost, they are a justified expense, IMHO.
BHA is a business and it is fair to say that the business only really got launched when we moved to the Amex. Any new business, of a decent size, will be expected to lose money during it's first 3 or 4 years of operating. The long term viability of BHA is solid, if it were not I doubt banks would be prepared to advance us the money we need to expand. Not all of the money being invested is coming from Tony Bloom.
Godstone Gull
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5:52pm Tue 15 Jan 13
bruce beckett wrote:Always full of happiness Aren’t you
Let's hope Ulloa and his agent don't do a Loic Remy on us before he puts pen to paper, although I don't know how much interest there is in him from other clubs outside Spain. Imagine having an 80k-a-week player on your books when you're playing in the Championship? Still, Harry will no doubt have done a runner long before then.
mikeygit
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6:11pm Tue 15 Jan 13
If the new signings plus our current boys can win us promotion with all the financial benefits that go with the Premiership then maybe the £8m loss will be worth it--I trust Mr Bloom not to take any risks with the clubs finances---and his!!!
ballantrrae
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7:14pm Tue 15 Jan 13
saraman wrote:The Presenter is Professor Brian Cox so perhaps we should call Ulloa 'the Professor'.
Does anyone think that Ulloa has a resemblence to the guy who presented the astronomy program on BBC the other week? I can't recall his name off hand. Could be an omen if he turns out to be a star.
ballantrrae
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7:33pm Tue 15 Jan 13
VegasSeagull wrote:VegasSeagull. I agree with you about a midfielder but not quite with the particular midfield role you quote.
Ballantrrae, yeah I saw the rumours to which you refer, and as you suggest rumours are just rumours.
Many on here, I can understand why, would be of the opinion that we do not need another midfield player, but that could be where Poyet is directing his interest.
I would not be at all surprised if we were checking out play makers. We have one in Vicente and possibly, to a lesser degree another in David or Orlandi but I don't think we can consider ourselves strong in this department.
The previous stated opinon by Gus that we could do with a new center back may have wained a little.
When all our defenders are fit we are reasonably well served at the back, and we now have the young Latvian.
If Gus is restricted in any way by finances I think this is the area where he will forsake his wishes.
If only one more first team addition, then my guess would be an attacking midfield play maker.
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I think we are well served with attacking midfielders ie Vicente (when fit), JFC, Orlandi and Dobbie. Barnes can also play just behind a lone striker when Poyet adopts his favoured 4 - 5 - 1 formation.
What we appear to lack is a powerhouse midfielder. Last season Poyet said that to get the best out of Vicente we needed that type of midfielder and after Saturday's performance I think we still do.
i appreciate we might not agree with the detail but we are I think on the same page otherwise (re a midfielder).
Most of all I feel we lack physical presence in midfield. Ulloa will/should provide physicality up front but we still need more further back - El-Arb provides it in the Back 4.
I am sure you will have further comments Vegas..
PressBoxTeaBoy
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8:37pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Bob! wrote:And dont forget, quite often its just good business to be on the look out for talented 15 - 17 yrs olds at lower league clubs where you can pick up stars of the future for a pitance, develop them for a few years and sell them on for 5, or 10 times what you paid. " A la Grant Hall going to Spurs for 1.5Mill, as reported by sportsmole.co.uk, without even establishing himself in the first team.
mikeygit wrote: I also saw the bit on Sky Sports re-the Plymouth goalkeeper--BUT WHY do we need yet another goalkeeper---are we getting rid of one of own goalies??? Other than that some good 'rumours' going around--exciting days ahead?? As long as we do not break the bank, which i am sure we will not do---get some good loan players with the option of buying IF we do go up.He's 17 years old, one for the future, not to replace current First team squad!
Im still amazed at the 1.5Mill we got for him actually, but apparently its true.
Outside of that the whats the worst that can happen,
1) we sell them for what we paid,
2) they play in the 1st team one day.
3) Or we make BIG BUCKS BABY !
Its all good to me and smart future business planning with one eye on cashing in later.
Bucket feet Duffy
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8:45pm Tue 15 Jan 13
beanyeye
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9:45pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Godstone Gull wrote:Fair Play rules are not concerned with capital payments. Annual income against annual expenditure. If they do not equal and the club is in debt it will be fined, face transfer embargo etc.
beanyeye wrote:We built a 100million pound stadium. Does that not tell you anything.It would put a hole in anyone’s accounts.
How can the club be so badly mismanaged as to be annually £8m in the red in view of the income stream that it has and yet to be buying players and paying salaries that it patently cannot afford, so as to be potentially in default of the Fair Play rules. Barber talks inanely about fans needing to support the club. Is that not what manifestly happens now?
Tony the tiger eastbourne
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9:54pm Tue 15 Jan 13
pablobrowno
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10:39pm Tue 15 Jan 13
VegasSeagull
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10:47pm Tue 15 Jan 13
Big day tomorrow, we should see Ulloa pose for a picture of him holding the stripes.
I wonder what tomorrow will bring, other than Ulloa.
Claude Back
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11:39pm Tue 15 Jan 13
bruce beckett wrote:Too true.
Let's hope Ulloa and his agent don't do a Loic Remy on us before he puts pen to paper, although I don't know how much interest there is in him from other clubs outside Spain. Imagine having an 80k-a-week player on your books when you're playing in the Championship? Still, Harry will no doubt have done a runner long before then.
Redknapp will bankrupt QPR like he did to So'ton, Bournemouth and Portsmouth.
the taffster
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2:00am Wed 16 Jan 13
Tommy from the Amex
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6:38am Wed 16 Jan 13
beanyeye wrote:But it's already been stated we are within FFP rules ! Do kep up before you talk crap !
Godstone Gull wrote:Fair Play rules are not concerned with capital payments. Annual income against annual expenditure. If they do not equal and the club is in debt it will be fined, face transfer embargo etc.
beanyeye wrote:We built a 100million pound stadium. Does that not tell you anything.It would put a hole in anyone’s accounts.
How can the club be so badly mismanaged as to be annually £8m in the red in view of the income stream that it has and yet to be buying players and paying salaries that it patently cannot afford, so as to be potentially in default of the Fair Play rules. Barber talks inanely about fans needing to support the club. Is that not what manifestly happens now?
heathgate says...
10:31am Tue 15 Jan 13
I ould love him to be unleashed on the Gunners or Swansea next week, perhps with CMS picking up the pieces around him,... happy days.