Transfer Rumour Bassette to FC Utrecht (12 Viewers)
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StrettoBoy
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If we can I would loan him out for a season - not with an option for the other club to buy him - and see how he develops.
I think with the right coaching and mentoring he could turn out to be a good player.
I think with the right coaching and mentoring he could turn out to be a good player.
Mucca Mad Boys
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At this point, I don’t think there’s a way back for Bassette. Whatever he’s done, it seems to have really rubbed Lampard and his coaching staff up the wrong way.
Bassette started most of Lampard’s first 11 or so games and now he’s not even getting on the bench for a League Cup tie where all the starters were rested.
It’s not looking good and frankly, signing 2 strikers last summer was a big mistake.
Captain Dart
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He should be motivated to make the effort to reinvigorate his career, if he isn't he will never be a valuable player.
chiefdave
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Think its hard to say no way back when we have zero clue what has happened but its not great to be bombing out players. Seems a bit old school and that's what we're supposed to have moved on from with a fleet of staff to solve every problem.
Domo
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dont agree, i think wright normally would have been rested if he was fully fit, so gave wright game time.
arguably it seems obikwu is in over bassette, but i dont think bassettes cov career is over.
SeaSeeEffCee
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Considering he is apparently a £2.5m asset I think the best course of action would be to loan him out for the season and hope that things might have changed a bit come next summer.
Mucca Mad Boys
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You’re not wrong. Equally, when a player is frozen out this badly, it makes you think what has he done to have gone from 1st choice to 5th choice in 8 months.
My impression is that Bassette believes he’s better than he actually is at this moment and probably believes he should be playing. I don’t see how he supplants BTA, Simms or Wright and in fairness to Bassette, he’s at a stage of his career where he needs game time to thrive.
Intuition says he’s really annoyed the coaching staff and they’ve frozen him out. He’s not injured and was even frozen out of preseason games…
Mucca Mad Boys
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Do you think Bassette is happy being 5th choice? Obviously not. He will want a move away.
Common sense is saying that if he’s not being selected in preseason nor a rotated LC game when there’s no injuries or suspensions (Wright was out for Betis and he was still not selected at all), it paints a picture that he’s being punished for something and/or being bombed out.
Domo
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he prob has done something, but we have no idea. id rather it be him being punished and he needs to improve, rather than just being bombed out for no reason.
im sure we'll never find out, but would love to see him bang in goals on loan somewhere.
Grendel
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His attitude is dire on the pitch.
Lampard lost it when some game last season in the dying seconds (Portsmouth?) when he faked a dive and rolled around feigning a bad injury. The ref could have stopped the game and Thomas scored in the follow up.
Wasn’t his attitude questioned at his last club?
Lampard lost it when some game last season in the dying seconds (Portsmouth?) when he faked a dive and rolled around feigning a bad injury. The ref could have stopped the game and Thomas scored in the follow up.
Wasn’t his attitude questioned at his last club?
Shannerz
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Speculation, obviously, but there's nothing to suggest he's 'done' anything.
There's no reason to think it's anything more than not showing the requisite attitude to training or not responding in the correct way to not being selected.
They probably just think he's not trying hard enough / is sulking.
To be fair they've all tried.
Simms banged his head on the door frame. Wright tripped over walking over to it. BTA just ran around in circles for a bit.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Obviously it’s ‘speculation’ because Lampard isn’t going to air the dirty laundry in public.
Considering people said Simms was done here because he didn’t play v Sunderland or Hull… it’s much more serious for Bassette that he’s being left out of the squad in preseason.
This opinion is quite emblematic about how people view Bassette. There’s the hope he’s the next Gyokeres and because he’s high energy, people instinctively like that.
In reality, you can’t coach attitude and this is something Lampard has spoken about on podcasts and if his attitude stinks… the writing is on the wall for him.
To the above quotes, just read between the lines. This isn’t something that a quick loan will fix if the personal relationship is gone. The club will be looking to offload permanently one way or another (ok, that
speculation).
He’s also one to shout at other players and throws tantrums if he makes a run and doesn’t get the ball. Sometimes, the frustration was understandable, other times, he was running into bad positions.
People want to believe he’s the next Vik and unfortunately, he’s not.
skyblueeyesrevisited
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Thank you for the wise words Confusius 
It’s an ill wind that blows through the doctors surgery
It’s an ill wind that blows through the doctors surgery
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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Sorry, my IBS is playing up.Thank you for the wise words Confusius
It’s an ill wind that blows through the doctors surgery
long way home
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Young player that has been left behind by other players and now by the look of it the coaches and manager. This will be resolved in the next 2 weeks, he will be moved on for the good of everyone.
Issue is we paid a fee, Doug wants to recoup and at the minute FL cant get a reaction he wants which makes it hard to get the value. Doug may have to be more flexible than he wants on this one, get him out on loan and hope Norm lights it up somewhere to get a return.
Issue is we paid a fee, Doug wants to recoup and at the minute FL cant get a reaction he wants which makes it hard to get the value. Doug may have to be more flexible than he wants on this one, get him out on loan and hope Norm lights it up somewhere to get a return.
stupot07
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Let's not let facts get in the way of speculation. He's a winker we all know it.
A Lampard doesn’t change his hotshotsThank you for the wise words Confusius
It’s an ill wind that blows through the doctors surgery
AFCCOVENTRY
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Covkid1968#
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I got to the first game of the season later than normal. Was parking up at 12.10 and word came over the security walkie talkie that gates to parking needed to be opened up as Norman had just arrived. So I’m not sure what the rules are around squad players watching games when not playing, but it felt really late to be pitching up and the first thing I thought of was a players discipline over time keeping. Might be perfectly normal but the security guys seemed really surprised. This could be the sort of behaviour Lampard doesn’t accept or it could be completely fine and therefore bullshit made up by me. As I got to the ground Eccles was having some pictures with fans and looked like he was trying to get somewhere quick… are injured or out of favour players even part of the match buildup… I’ve no idea!!
long way home
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This deal needs to be done, no benefit to anyone with how it is now. We may have to cut loses on this one because him sitting in the stand isn't exactly smart or going to turn out well
Terry_dactyl
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That’s interesting, a very similar thing happened a couple of times with the lad and me (thanks the M5!) towards the end of last seas: arrived later than hoped and saw Bassette getting to the ground.
I had wondered at the time that it seemed a bit late but now I’ve got a conspiracy theory/gossip that I can attach to it. Thanks mate!
Do you know anything about this rumour that the earth is flat?
shmmeee
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Kingokings204
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you hate Doug don’t you. He is trying to get the best deal for the club. I don’t get the hate. 2 weeks left no need to give him away.
Imagine we are wanting a fee fixed giving us profit, can understand that given age and still think there are the bones of player there, however clear his attitude is going to be big issue for him.
Think as long as we at least cover what we paid, no issue in getting deal done. Clear lampard has washed his hands of him.
Think as long as we at least cover what we paid, no issue in getting deal done. Clear lampard has washed his hands of him.
shmmeee
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I don’t hate him. I don’t know him. I think he’s fucking up this transfer window with his stupidity but that’s not hate.
Balli001
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Yea getting Kesler Hayden and Rushworth in was really dumb
How is he fucking up this transfer window?! Based on what exactly?