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Post by gascade on Feb 9, 2018 10:36:56 GMT
Last year it was stated after a succesful trial that we had signed him for the developement squad since then i havent seen his name in any of the squads,is he still with us or was he ever signed ?
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Post by thegasman on Feb 9, 2018 12:30:40 GMT
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Post by HarryBayles on Feb 9, 2018 13:25:03 GMT
I'm more concerned about Ghassan Abu Hassan - believed to be the first Jordanian player to sign a professional contract with a UK club... doesn't seem to get in the team for the development squad ever but apparently went on loan to Mangotsfield United for a month in November where he was an unused sub on one occasion. Not good enough or not in the country? I've always felt a bit odd about this one as i can't imagine DC or Hargreaves having much chance to take a look at him before the bizarre contract signing in Waels office...
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 9, 2018 13:35:52 GMT
I'm more concerned about Ghassan Abu Hassan - believed to be the first Jordanian player to sign a professional contract with a UK club... doesn't seem to get in the team for the development squad ever but apparently went on loan to Mangotsfield United for a month in November where he was an unused sub on one occasion. Not good enough or not in the country? I've always felt a bit odd about this one as i can't imagine DC or Hargreaves having much chance to take a look at him before the bizarre contract signing in Waels office... If it was just a PR type stunt does it really matter?
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Post by HarryBayles on Feb 9, 2018 15:16:23 GMT
I'm more concerned about Ghassan Abu Hassan - believed to be the first Jordanian player to sign a professional contract with a UK club... doesn't seem to get in the team for the development squad ever but apparently went on loan to Mangotsfield United for a month in November where he was an unused sub on one occasion. Not good enough or not in the country? I've always felt a bit odd about this one as i can't imagine DC or Hargreaves having much chance to take a look at him before the bizarre contract signing in Waels office... If it was just a PR type stunt does it really matter? Well no it doesn't tbf but this is a forum for Bristol Rovers and apparently he is a Rovers player. Plus this is definitely something i'd chat to my mates about at matches so why not bring it up? I don't think there is any strange conspiracy here other then perhaps Wael doing some amateur scouting, DC saying lets give it a go and Ghassan not quite quite being ready. It just seems to me to be a really interesting and odd event to be honest that doesn't get enough mention and possibly for good reason - its a bit embarrassing / not as important to people as whether or not Hani is bothered or has money.
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 9, 2018 15:33:52 GMT
I'm more concerned about Ghassan Abu Hassan - believed to be the first Jordanian player to sign a professional contract with a UK club... doesn't seem to get in the team for the development squad ever but apparently went on loan to Mangotsfield United for a month in November where he was an unused sub on one occasion. Not good enough or not in the country? I've always felt a bit odd about this one as i can't imagine DC or Hargreaves having much chance to take a look at him before the bizarre contract signing in Waels office... Doing well I think. Went on loan to Dorchester before Christmas and scored something like 6/7 goals in about 8/9 matches in Southern Premier League. Came back and is now on loan at Poole Town in Conference South. Has played 3/4 games and again is doing well. Scored at least one goal. Was thinking of going tomorrow as Poole are home to Havant and Waterlooville and Rovers are away, it’s only a 15 minute ride for me. So to answer I think there’s a definite plan for him and he’s getting proper good quality non league football. On the Rovers website they usually do a summing up of all our players out on loan on a Monday. Think CH and DC know he is good player and are treating him as a serious prospect. UTG!
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Post by HarryBayles on Feb 9, 2018 15:39:28 GMT
I'm more concerned about Ghassan Abu Hassan - believed to be the first Jordanian player to sign a professional contract with a UK club... doesn't seem to get in the team for the development squad ever but apparently went on loan to Mangotsfield United for a month in November where he was an unused sub on one occasion. Not good enough or not in the country? I've always felt a bit odd about this one as i can't imagine DC or Hargreaves having much chance to take a look at him before the bizarre contract signing in Waels office... Doing well I think. Went on loan to Dorchester before Christmas and scored something like 6/7 goals in about 8/9 matches in Southern Premier League. Came back and is now on loan at Poole Town in Conference South. Has played 3/4 games and again is doing well. Scored at least one goal. Was thinking of going tomorrow as Poole are home to Havant and Waterlooville and Rovers are away, it’s only a 15 minute ride for me. So to answer I think there’s a definite plan for him and he’s getting proper good quality non league football. On the Rovers website they usually do a summing up of all our players out on loan on a Monday. Think CH and DC know he is good player and are treating him as a serious prospect. UTG! I think you are thinking of Mo Baghdadi.
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 9, 2018 15:43:21 GMT
On the same theme about younger players it’s good to see Rovers taking these younger players and the development squad so seriously. Getting them out on loan to play non league football must be good for them. With Hassan and Broome playing the Conference, sorry National League it will be a serious preparation for them. The hope must be that those playing in the southern league will be found a place in the National League next, more likely next season. Considering they’ve just started the squad this season it’s good that it’s going well because it is such a long term thing but if some of these youngsters can be pushing for a place in the league squad this time next year it would be good news. Some will obviously fall by the wayside which is always a shame but if we can start getting some in the squad it will encourage everyone and I would think CH is exactly the right guy to be overseeing them. Was well respected here in Bournemouth in a similar capacity before leaving for Torquay. UTG!
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Post by HarryBayles on Feb 9, 2018 15:52:07 GMT
On the same theme about younger players it’s good to see Rovers taking these younger players and the development squad so seriously. Getting them out on loan to play non league football must be good for them. With Hassan and Broome playing the Conference, sorry National League it will be a serious preparation for them. The hope must be that those playing in the southern league will be found a place in the National League next, more likely next season. Considering they’ve just started the squad this season it’s good that it’s going well because it is such a long term thing but if some of these youngsters can be pushing for a place in the league squad this time next year it would be good news. Some will obviously fall by the wayside which is always a shame but if we can start getting some in the squad it will encourage everyone and I would think CH is exactly the right guy to be overseeing them. Was well respected here in Bournemouth in a similar capacity before leaving for Torquay. UTG! I agree it is very exciting to see rovers with a development squad and players on loan at various levels. Although i don't think Hassan is playing in the conference.. Menayese is in League 2 though.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 9, 2018 16:21:13 GMT
If it was just a PR type stunt does it really matter? Well no it doesn't tbf but this is a forum for Bristol Rovers and apparently he is a Rovers player. Plus this is definitely something i'd chat to my mates about at matches so why not bring it up? I don't think there is any strange conspiracy here other then perhaps Wael doing some amateur scouting, DC saying lets give it a go and Ghassan not quite quite being ready. It just seems to me to be a really interesting and odd event to be honest that doesn't get enough mention and possibly for good reason - its a bit embarrassing / not as important to people as whether or not Hani is bothered or has money. Lot of assumptions going on there. Istm a lot of players will come into the development squad and we don't hear much about them. Attaching all this assumed sh** to it, just coz he comes from Jordan seems a bit unfair. Why don't you make up some bullshit about Brandon Scott, too. That would be more on topic.
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Post by warehamgas on Feb 9, 2018 16:52:30 GMT
Doing well I think. Went on loan to Dorchester before Christmas and scored something like 6/7 goals in about 8/9 matches in Southern Premier League. Came back and is now on loan at Poole Town in Conference South. Has played 3/4 games and again is doing well. Scored at least one goal. Was thinking of going tomorrow as Poole are home to Havant and Waterlooville and Rovers are away, it’s only a 15 minute ride for me. So to answer I think there’s a definite plan for him and he’s getting proper good quality non league football. On the Rovers website they usually do a summing up of all our players out on loan on a Monday. Think CH and DC know he is good player and are treating him as a serious prospect. UTG! I think you are thinking of Mo Baghdadi. Sorry. You are correct! 🤔 UTG!
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Post by HarryBayles on Feb 9, 2018 21:33:54 GMT
Well no it doesn't tbf but this is a forum for Bristol Rovers and apparently he is a Rovers player. Plus this is definitely something i'd chat to my mates about at matches so why not bring it up? I don't think there is any strange conspiracy here other then perhaps Wael doing some amateur scouting, DC saying lets give it a go and Ghassan not quite quite being ready. It just seems to me to be a really interesting and odd event to be honest that doesn't get enough mention and possibly for good reason - its a bit embarrassing / not as important to people as whether or not Hani is bothered or has money. Lot of assumptions going on there. Istm a lot of players will come into the development squad and we don't hear much about them. Attaching all this assumed sh** to it, just coz he comes from Jordan seems a bit unfair. Why don't you make up some bullshit about Brandon Scott, too. That would be more on topic. This is what i mean, its like nobody wants to talk about Ghassan. But yeah back to the topic it seems the premier Bristol media outlet thought we had signed this Brandon - www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/jamie-vardy-v9-academy-player-260618 perhaps he had a bad attitude or Wael was involved somehow hmm ?
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Post by gasify on Feb 9, 2018 22:20:38 GMT
Doing well I think. Went on loan to Dorchester before Christmas and scored something like 6/7 goals in about 8/9 matches in Southern Premier League. Came back and is now on loan at Poole Town in Conference South. Has played 3/4 games and again is doing well. Scored at least one goal. Was thinking of going tomorrow as Poole are home to Havant and Waterlooville and Rovers are away, it’s only a 15 minute ride for me. So to answer I think there’s a definite plan for him and he’s getting proper good quality non league football. On the Rovers website they usually do a summing up of all our players out on loan on a Monday. Think CH and DC know he is good player and are treating him as a serious prospect. UTG! I think you are thinking of Mo Baghdadi. Awkward!
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Post by gasify on Feb 9, 2018 22:26:01 GMT
On the same theme about younger players it’s good to see Rovers taking these younger players and the development squad so seriously. Getting them out on loan to play non league football must be good for them. With Hassan and Broome playing the Conference, sorry National League it will be a serious preparation for them. The hope must be that those playing in the southern league will be found a place in the National League next, more likely next season. Considering they’ve just started the squad this season it’s good that it’s going well because it is such a long term thing but if some of these youngsters can be pushing for a place in the league squad this time next year it would be good news. Some will obviously fall by the wayside which is always a shame but if we can start getting some in the squad it will encourage everyone and I would think CH is exactly the right guy to be overseeing them. Was well respected here in Bournemouth in a similar capacity before leaving for Torquay. UTG! I agree it is very exciting to see rovers with a development squad and players on loan at various levels. Although i don't think Hassan is playing in the conference.. Menayese is in League 2 though. Absolutely, only good can come of this. In fact in January, the most exciting piece of business we did for me was sending Mayenese to Swindon. Just after he signed a long term contract, we have a player that is getting game time in league 2. He can only come back stronger and more experienced to be a legend for us at a great price!
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 9, 2018 22:29:48 GMT
Lot of assumptions going on there. Istm a lot of players will come into the development squad and we don't hear much about them. Attaching all this assumed sh** to it, just coz he comes from Jordan seems a bit unfair. Why don't you make up some bullshit about Brandon Scott, too. That would be more on topic. This is what i mean, its like nobody wants to talk about Ghassan. Happy to talk about how he's getting on. You don't seem to know how he's getting on though, so you're just making stuff up. Seems a bit weird to talk about imaginary stuff based on guesses coz he's Jordanian. Why not talk about imaginary stuff like Olly Mehew only getting to play at BRFC coz of who his dad is, or some other youth team member being picked by his gran coz she's a tea lady? Usually, as fans, we lay off youth team, and development players, and don't start talking crap about them and casting aspersions on their abilities until they get in the first team.
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Post by HarryBayles on Feb 9, 2018 22:31:18 GMT
I agree it is very exciting to see rovers with a development squad and players on loan at various levels. Although i don't think Hassan is playing in the conference.. Menayese is in League 2 though. Absolutely, only good can come of this. In fact in January, the most exciting piece of business we did for me was sending Mayenese to Swindon. Just after he signed a long term contract, we have a player that is getting game time in league 2. He can only come back stronger and more experienced to be a legend for us at a great price! Yes - nice to loan a player to a rival, finally plenty of Rovers contracted players getting game time & experience at various levels of mens football - can only be a good thing. But where's Ghassan Hassan...
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Post by HarryBayles on Feb 9, 2018 23:03:30 GMT
This is what i mean, its like nobody wants to talk about Ghassan. Happy to talk about how he's getting on. You don't seem to know how he's getting on though, so you're just making stuff up. Seems a bit weird to talk about imaginary stuff based on guesses coz he's Jordanian. Why not talk about imaginary stuff like Olly Mehew only getting to play at BRFC coz of who his dad is, or some other youth team member being picked by his gran coz she's a tea lady? Usually, as fans, we lay off youth team, and development players, and don't start talking crap about them and casting aspersions on their abilities until they get in the first team. Woah. Maybe i didn't type that right apologies. I am interested in all levels of rovers teams. I was particularly interested in Ghassan whom was our first summer signing and a (little) big deal was made about the signing. I found it odd at the time as we had never seemingly signed a player in such a manner before. I have looked out for his progress a number of times with interest and have been seen that there's not been much game time for him. I mentioned that on this forum (my first post on this thread). Topper suggests it as a PR stunt, as if i was suggesting it, i go with this and make some more assumptions on this theme. You tell me off.
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Post by gasify on Feb 9, 2018 23:46:18 GMT
This is what i mean, its like nobody wants to talk about Ghassan. Happy to talk about how he's getting on. You don't seem to know how he's getting on though, so you're just making stuff up. Seems a bit weird to talk about imaginary stuff based on guesses coz he's Jordanian. Why not talk about imaginary stuff like Olly Mehew only getting to play at BRFC coz of who his dad is, or some other youth team member being picked by his gran coz she's a tea lady? Usually, as fans, we lay off youth team, and development players, and don't start talking crap about them and casting aspersions on their abilities until they get in the first team. I wonder if you are being a little harsh here AF? There are a couple of good questions here: 1. Does DC select the players for the development squad? 2. How did Ghassan do in the confederations cup as a full international for Jordan? 3. If a development squad player isn't on loan, is there anything to report about them?
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Post by pirate on Feb 10, 2018 4:47:37 GMT
Happy to talk about how he's getting on. You don't seem to know how he's getting on though, so you're just making stuff up. Seems a bit weird to talk about imaginary stuff based on guesses coz he's Jordanian. Why not talk about imaginary stuff like Olly Mehew only getting to play at BRFC coz of who his dad is, or some other youth team member being picked by his gran coz she's a tea lady? Usually, as fans, we lay off youth team, and development players, and don't start talking crap about them and casting aspersions on their abilities until they get in the first team. I wonder if you are being a little harsh here AF? There are a couple of good questions here: 1. Does DC select the players for the development squad? 2. How did Ghassan do in the confederations cup as a full international for Jordan? 3. If a development squad player isn't on loan, is there anything to report about them? Jordan weren't in the Confederations Cup and Ghassan has only appeared up to U19 level.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Feb 10, 2018 7:52:36 GMT
I wonder if you are being a little harsh here AF? There are a couple of good questions here: 1. Does DC select the players for the development squad? 2. How did Ghassan do in the confederations cup as a full international for Jordan? 3. If a development squad player isn't on loan, is there anything to report about them? Jordan weren't in the Confederations Cup and Ghassan has only appeared up to U19 level. People need to look "outside the box" with regards to Young Ghassan.... How much are the Jordanian paying us to progress his football career ?
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