J A Risse - Great Signing v Average Age of Squad

[CULTUREVULTURE]

Great signing who will add quality to the squad and be invaluable on any extended Euro run. But what about the average age of the squad - I thought the aim was to bring this down?

[Mr Fulham]

If you are able to bring in a player of Riise's quality the average age is nothing to worry about especially if he replaces Salcido, who is also a 1980-born.

In this case, I couldn't care less.

[finnster01]

Agree with Mr Fulham. Riise is quality.

How many 30 year olds has racked up 96 internationals? Granted, it is Norway, but he still has 20 caps more than Hangeland (and he is only 1 year younger)

[ToodlesMcToot]

I was just considering the same thing and wondering if summer is the season of opposites for the Dutch or something.

First Jol says we need to get younger. So we sign a nearly 31 year old left back in JA Riise.

Then Jol says we don't need a keeper as he's going to challenge Stockdale to compete with Schwartzer for the starting job. So, what do we do? Sign a nobody Hungarian keeper and start looking for loan destinations for Stockdale.

I'm really looking forward to seeing that Jol's said categorically that we are not going to sign Kakuta permanently, that we aren't signing this Gerndt character, and that I'm not going to win the Mega-Millions lottery this weekend.  :54:

[ElissonSnygg]

I'm really looking forward to seeing that Jol's said categorically that we are not going to sign Kakuta permanently, that we aren't signing this Gerndt character, and that I'm not going to win the Mega-Millions lottery this weekend.  :54:

Haha, agree.  :clap_hands:

[FulhamMic]

I really don't see what the problem is. Riise is six months younger than Salcido thereby achieving Jol's aim of lowering the average age of the squad and to boot he's replacing a suspect (at best) Mexican with a proven Norwegian whose competed at the highest level. I tip my hat to Jol.

[SCFulhmFan]

But what number will he wear?    :011:

[Lighthouse]

Jol says many things, speaks with forked tongue.

[ToodlesMcToot]

I really don't see what the problem is. Riise is six months younger than Salcido thereby achieving Jol's aim of lowering the average age of the squad and to boot he's replacing a suspect (at best) Mexican with a proven Norwegian whose competed at the highest level. I tip my hat to Jol.

I don't see that anyone has a real problem with JAR. Quality signing, plain and simple. And a very good move for us IMO.

For the most part, I think most are having fun with Jol's categorical statements about youth movements and such and how that hasn't exactly been the reality.  089.gif

[richie17]

as discussed before, I think you want experience at the back and youth up front.  Really good signing.

[FulhamMic]

For the most part, I think most are having fun with Jol's categorical statements about youth movements and such and how that hasn't exactly been the reality.  089.gif

I totally get that, which is why I was being pedantic.

Jol has signed two players, a quality defender in a position where we're in dyer need of some real quality. And a 26 year old goalie who in a goalkeeping context is young, and is considerably younger than the outgoing 40 year Zuberbuhler he's replacing.

Lets see where we are come September 1st shall we before judging Jol, his comments and his acquisitions.

[Steve_orino]

as discussed before, I think you want experience at the back and youth up front.  Really good signing.

lol, just read an article yesterday about that theory and how Sir Red-Nose continues to rack up silverware with expericence in goal & how Arse uses a 3-headed monster of goalies and comes up empty handed.

Agree, though.  Would like to see us get younger up top.  Trust the experience of an older back-line & keeper.