Bolton wait on Gestede deal

Bolton Wanderers boss Dougie Freedman will have to wait to do a deal for Cardiff City's unsettled French striker Rudy Gestede.

Freedman hopes to land the hit man on loan, but the move is on hold until the 'emergency' window is shut later in the month.

Cardiff chief Malky Mackay will consider letting Gestede out once big-money buy Andreas Cornelius is fit and that is due to happen in a couple of weeks.

Gestede could even move to Bolton permanently as David Ngog is out of contract at the end of the season.

Freedman has been tracking Gestede for weeks but the internal problems at Cardiff - and doubts about Mackay's own long-term future - have been snags.

Gestede's contract is running out in Wales and he would be interested in a fresh start, even dropping down to Championship level.

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Seems like we are being linked with another Ngog type player  

It wont even happen anyway. 

We couldn't even afford to pay Millwall a few peanuts for a 3 month loan of Feeney...

Reebok_Rebel wrote:It wont even happen anyway. 

We couldn't even afford to pay Millwall a few peanuts for a 3 month loan of Feeney...

I think that was more to do with Millwall taking the piss.

Gestede isn't a prolific striker by any means, but on the positive side he's a big lad who is decent in the air. Not quite sure what Dougie has in mind for him or moreover how he would fit in to Dougie's current playing style.

we have a 'playing style' 

AS far as im concerned, our tactics consist of waiting for the opposition to misplace a pass to give us possession (or waiting till the keeper makes a save or wins a goal kick - this is then taken and given straight back to the oppositions furthest defender back) our 2 CBs pass it to each other a bit, then hoof it forward back to the opposing teams defense about 5 meters in front of our strikers.

we have a 'playing style' 

AS far as im concerned, our tactics consist of waiting for the opposition to misplace a pass to give us possession (or waiting till the keeper makes a save or wins a goal kick - this is then taken and given straight back to the oppositions furthest defender back) our 2 CBs pass it to each other a bit, then hoof it forward back to the opposing teams defense about 5 meters in front of our strikers.

  and its piss poor to watch! Sometimes we might as well play the under 18s to pass it side to side and then hoof as far as possible. Maybe we could invent a new game!

His name is too much like Gartside, no thanks

If he wants a tall target man then surely it would just be cheaper to give Eaves a run out instead of on loan at a lower league club.

aaron_bwfc wrote:If he wants a tall target man then surely it would just be cheaper to give Eaves a run out instead of on loan at a lower league club.

You could literally say that for any potential signing in the world though, if Gestede's a better player than Eaves then the reasoning is obvious.

We need someone that runs at defenders and scores goals, if Gartside Jr is that then get him signed up quick.

aaron_bwfc wrote:If he wants a tall target man then surely it would just be cheaper to give Eaves a run out instead of on loan at a lower league club.

Tom Eaves can't even get in the Rotherham team, don't think he is the answer to our striking problems.

I have to say I don't really know much about this player; I heard his name bandied about a little in the summer but nothing looked to be coming of it so I never bothered to look into it much. Is he any good? If he is then go for it if we can afford it because with all the best will in the world we need to score a lot more goals given how shaky our back line has looked all season.

JAH wrote:

we have a 'playing style' 

AS far as im concerned, our tactics consist of waiting for the opposition to misplace a pass to give us possession (or waiting till the keeper makes a save or wins a goal kick - this is then taken and given straight back to the oppositions furthest defender back) our 2 CBs pass it to each other a bit, then hoof it forward back to the opposing teams defense about 5 meters in front of our strikers.

  and its piss poor to watch! Sometimes we might as well play the under 18s to pass it side to side and then hoof as far as possible. Maybe we could invent a new game!

Quite right, but it is a playing style nonetheless. I don't like it, but in our position results are all that matter and if it gets results it's difficult to argue against.
TBH it amazes me how we get any positive results giving the ball away so much.
I was just wondering how Gestede would fit in with that as although we lined up with Ngog and Beckford last week, Ngog was playing as a midfielder who worked hard in defence as well as attack - effectively leaving Beckford as a lone striker when we were under the cosh.
If Ngog leaves and is replaced by Gestede I am guessing that Gestede would be asked to play as a forward-thinking midfielder rather than an out and out attacker.

Its bolocks again! 

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In fact have any bwfc rumours turned out to be true??????

Dougie Freedman rejects interest in Cardiff City's Rudy Gestede

Cardiff City striker Rudy Gestede is definitely not on Wanderers’ radar.

The Bluebirds target man has been persistently linked with a loan move to the Reebok over the last few days but Dougie Freedman stamped out the rumour yesterday at his pre-match press conference prior to this weekend’s clash with Millwall.

“There is definitely nothing in it at all,” he said.

“We’re looking to strengthen our squad, yes, but there has been no contact whatsoever with Cardiff about him.”

Source: From JAH's link above