GLENN LOOVENS - DONE DEAL!!

I have been up in Glasgow on business for the last couple of days and there's strong talk that Loovens is about to complete a move to Cardiff and the deal is about to be done and dusted.

P.S. Mix feelings on Loovens' form/ability from a lot of Celtic fans in the office, but Glenn hasn't played since the end of October. Obviously the lad is not wanted by Celtic.

My question would be if this is true, how long would it take him to get fit??? We could have another Riggott on our hands.

My opinion - good signing....

i hope he hasnt signed i dont like him or his atitude

no thanks

i hope he hasnt signed i dont like him or his atitude

Isn't he better at playing "Hide The Sausage?"

i think it would be a great sigining to be honest. we were solid when he was in defence for us!! i did hear they were asking for 3 million though!! so it will be interesting to see what happens!!

brewer tbh with you i think roger johnson made loovens look good by doing all the defending

Past his best. Would be the same scenario as Koumas coming back, we would be expecting great things but would be left disappointed.

I heard he's off to Derby

Past his best. Would be the same scenario as Koumas coming back, we would be expecting great things but would be left disappointed.

I think so as well....if the mong jones signs him then that's another feck up

Danny Wilson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Glenn Loovens, please ONE TIME DJ

he cant do any worse that what we have at present.

loovens would be a typical jones buy .

any idea what wage he is on up there??

i would not have him back he has not got his heart in it we need fighters not sulkers.

he cant do any worse that what we have at present.

loovens would be a typical jones buy .

I agree - he MUST be better than Geypes and more consistant than Hudson? Taller and stronger than Blake.

and if he comes at a good price? might be worth a punt again as he has previously played at this (better than SPL) level before so knows what to expect!

Danny Wilson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Glenn Loovens, please ONE TIME DJ

now that would be outstanding!!

he cant do any worse that what we have at present.

loovens would be a typical jones buy .

I agree - he MUST be better than Geypes and more consistant than Hudson? Taller and stronger than Blake.

and if he comes at a good price? might be worth a punt again as he has previously played at this (better than SPL) level before so knows what to expect!

he's in the same boat as Koumas imo...if he cant perform at SPL (im sorry, I could do better than him), Icant see him performing at CCC, hope he will prove me wrong if he joins

Gypes and Hudson are decent defenders...christ it annoys me when they get slated hudson doesnt perform when hes captain and this season he aint captain...for me hes doing pretty good (bar some games prolly) and gypes...well hes alright like

Loovens is believed to be on 14k per week.

You've all forgotten just how good Loovens was. Him and Johnson were as good a pairing as Gabbs and Collins. I think he'd be a great signing if this is true.

brewer tbh with you i think roger johnson made loovens look good by doing all the defending

thats a good shout!! those pair were awesome together but he still did the job for us!!

Gypes and Hudson are decent defenders...christ it annoys me when they get slated hudson doesnt perform when hes captain and this season he aint captain...for me hes doing pretty good (bar some games prolly) and gypes...well hes alright like

I never slated Hudson - I said he is too inconsistent!

Loovens would be a good signing, though not sure if him and Hudson would work. Roger was the big dominating CB next to him, exactly type of player needs.

Was hoping he'd go Derby. Surely Jones has heared about his alarming dip in form.

have we defo signed him?

My opinion: Poor signing.

Loovens has gone back a mile since his days at Ninain Park, he can't be fit then if City are interested in him!!!

Loovens is nothing without johnson He's a slow big lump who gets in the way good in the air but capable of a blunder or two...
a bogus signing in my eyes nothing to jump about, but the world is his oyster as holloway would say , maybe he can prove us wrong

brewer tbh with you i think roger johnson made loovens look good by doing all the defending

So what about when Loovens played with Purse and we went top. (Prior to Loovens getting injured).

Loovens WAS class for us, in fact his contribuion here was more than Johnson's IMHO.

Whether he can repeat that I dont know.

Darren Purse was a decent cb too..i was gutted when he went

i hope he hasnt signed i dont like him or his atitude

Darren Purse was a decent cb too..i was gutted when he went

By the time he left he was past it.

But Purse certainly didnt carry loovens.

Loovens was an excellent centre half in his own right. Check out his record in his last 2 years here (one with Purse one with Johnson) .Its superb. he kept Johnson out of the side, and then when Johnson came in he kept Purse out.
he was relatively quick, good in the air (not dominant though -the real big lumps gave him a hard time), very good int he tackle and extremely comfortable on the ball.
He did however miss almost 1/3 of the games with injury.

wiah he would stay in scotland, his heart isnt in Cardiff, and friends of mine who support Celtic reckon he a Div 1 player at best.