Christensen Departs

Toby Ward-Smith · July 18, 2017, 02:12:01 PM

Gone to Brondby IF for an undisclosed fee.

For me this is a big loss, he looked like a really hot prospect until his injury. And at Burton it just looked like he might be picking himself back up again. What do people think? We must have players lined up then to come in.

Woolly Mammoth · July 18, 2017, 02:15:19 PM

Blimey another one through the exit door which already needs oiling. Is now the time to consider joining a five aside League.

Woolly Mammoth · July 18, 2017, 02:17:50 PM

All I can think of, is that the club must have players lined up surely, at this stage of proceedings, if they feel they can let LVC go, unless they need the extra finance to complete a certain deal.

Tabby · July 18, 2017, 02:18:19 PM

Not exactly unexpected since he said he'd likely leave the club at the end of last season.

Too bad that it didn't work out for him, hope he does well at Brøndby.

love4ffc · July 18, 2017, 02:18:36 PM

Another player who just never could get his footing right with any of the Fulham managers. Wish all the best.

AlexW132 · July 18, 2017, 02:19:18 PM

The club better have some good signings coming up because I've had it up to here with them this window.

ToodlesMcToot · July 18, 2017, 02:20:44 PM

Seemed to always be on the cusp of something really good for us only to have it derailed by injury or a loan. Wish him the best but would have preferred to see the best here.

therealjaybee · July 18, 2017, 02:28:15 PM

Could be that this move comes off the back of O'Reilly looking good in preseason and Tayo Edun getting plaudits during the World Cup. People saying we are selling our backup aren't looking deeper to some great talent we have already in the squad

Chutney · July 18, 2017, 02:31:42 PM

Always rated LVC and wish him all the best, I don't think this will be the last we'll see of him, has all the potential to be a top player. Might well get to play in Europe with Brondby as they are 2-0 up in the first leg of their qualifier.

Woolly Mammoth · July 18, 2017, 02:45:56 PM

Quote from: therealjaybee on July 18, 2017, 02:28:15 PM
Could be that this move comes off the back of O'Reilly looking good in preseason and Tayo Edun getting plaudits during the World Cup. People saying we are selling our backup aren't looking deeper to some great talent we have already in the squad

You make some good points actually.
My information is that Fulham are looking at bringing England U21 International Sheyi Ojo on loan from Liverpool.

Carborundum · July 18, 2017, 02:52:49 PM

Good luck to him. The wonder goals he scored in our first autumn in the Championship were rays of sunshine during a time of unrelenting gloom. But the thing I appreciated just as much was his willingness to track back and cover, which often put his teammates to shame.

ffc73 · July 18, 2017, 02:53:20 PM

Disappointing but not unsurprising. I know many disagree with this viewpoint, and others agree, IMO LVC = Piazon

Piazon came in last year and LVC did not game time + was loaned out in January

Piazon comes back for 17/18 = LVC departs

Stearman, Jozabed and now LVC. None were part of Joka's 16/17 plans so if we have moved them all on for money then that is good business. It also does not necessarily mean that we are planning to bring in replacements for 17/18. They were effectively not with us and therefore do not need replacing. Especially if Edun, Adrenian, O'Reilly are coming through

bill taylors apprentice · July 18, 2017, 03:06:04 PM

A shame he has departed, I liked his energy and his attacking play but IMO he's a little lacking in his positional play and defensively and this is why he wasn't rated.

Its also true there are good youngsters coming through on the conveyor belt and that's how it should be, so do you give him a pay rise and a new contract or move an equally good (or better) youngster into his slot?

A nice problem to have!

Kavanagh next hopefully!

dannyboi-ffc · July 18, 2017, 03:07:01 PM

Quote from: FFC73 on July 18, 2017, 02:53:20 PM
Disappointing but not unsurprising. I know many disagree with this viewpoint, and others agree, IMO LVC = Piazon

Piazon came in last year and LVC did not game time + was loaned out in January

Piazon comes back for 17/18 = LVC departs

Stearman, Jozabed and now LVC. None were part of Joka's 16/17 plans so if we have moved them all on for money then that is good business. It also does not necessarily mean that we are planning to bring in replacements for 17/18. They were effectively not with us and therefore do not need replacing. Especially if Edun, Adrenian, O'Reilly are coming through

Makes perfect sense to me.

e4b · July 18, 2017, 03:24:36 PM

Good luck to him. Never quite made it here after his injury.

Mullers OG · July 18, 2017, 04:00:27 PM

This is really sad news for many of the supporters and also I fear for the team. For LVC it is probably a relief, getting away from a manager who didn't appear to appreciate him and moving to a club where he can play European football and push his claims for a place in the Danish international team.

Together with many others who support FFC I wish him well. I suspect we will see much more of him in the future playing at a very high level and we will look back and regret his departure.

There does seem to be a problem with the psychology of the club. There are those whose faces just don't seem to fit with the management whatever the views of us, as supporters, might feel. If they do find themselves in that position they are well off leaving rather than rotting. I think of LVC, Woodrow, Betts, (Madl?) etc

I wish it were different

Marcel_Gecov · July 18, 2017, 04:04:33 PM

Quote from: Mullers OG on July 18, 2017, 04:00:27 PM

There does seem to be a problem with the psychology of the club. There are those whose faces just don't seem to fit with the management whatever the views of us, as supporters, might feel. If they do find themselves in that position they are well off leaving rather than rotting. I think of LVC, Woodrow, Betts, (Madl?) etc

I wish it were different

How it should be IMO - the management see these players every day on the training pitch and ultimately it's Joka's job if they don't perform. If they aren't deemed good enough then fine. Joka needs players who he can trust. As long as better comes in/is promoted from youth then I'm all for it.

Fulhamerica23 · July 18, 2017, 04:17:58 PM

Fan favorite for sure, but really never showed much for us aside from being one of our best players in one of our worst teams in recent times. Slav obviously didn't rate him. We had an offer we probably couldn't refuse for a player not in the plans. Wish him well, but this isn't doom and gloom info. As others have said, he didn't contribute last season so we can't really say we got worse today.

Southcoastffc · July 18, 2017, 04:32:42 PM

Big big shame (albeit it may be the right thing for the club and for LVC). What talent he has, and I hope he can rediscover it. Here's what might be his finest moment with us:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHi5ppHwq0I

elgreenio · July 18, 2017, 04:35:58 PM

Remember being completely underwhelmed by him the first few times I saw him for the 18s, he looked so slow (and that's saying something when he was next to Samboh). Gotta say he turned it around and clearly got used to the English game well, it's a shame to see another one from the golden couple of years of youth football depart but it's clearly the right move for him instead of being bit part yet again

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