João Pedro Ferreira „Jota“ Silva ("Portugrealish")

[Sal]

You have to laugh at that West Ham News slant. "We faked Forest into getting a player they wanted, at a cheaper price, so we could get someone totally different for more money....". Even if this rubbish had a sliver of truth, I'm sure player agents would be thrilled that their clients were wasting time being unwitting decoys

 

[Strummer]

Think we were in for Mavropanos last summer weren't we? Though as far as I know he hasn't (mavro) panned out that well.

Not really - apparently Forest made an enquiry, but that’s about as far as it went, there was not (to my understanding, anyway) any formal bid from the Reds, and the player (a personal favourite of mine, as anyone who perused the „European Football“ thread could tell you) quite fancied a move to London.

The VfB have now sold three central defenders for a combined €65m, over the last couple of seasons, which is a tidy production line!

 

[Notcher]

So West Ham are the Alan Partridge of the Premier League?

Maybe they've brought a big plate

 

[andover red]

Summerville is a good signing for them though.

He might turn out to be, but I think it's a risk for them. Looked great in games that Leeds were bossing but was a bit invisible in the big games.

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[Farmer Jack]

His eyebrows are too big, I don't trust him.

 

[Dr_Horse]

Apparently West Ham have pulled off a 'master stroke' in allowing us to sign Jota Silva for £13m instead of the £17.5m they were looking to pay, because it turns out it was just a distraction to enable them to sign Summerville from Leeds for £25m instead.

West Ham have last laugh after Forest thought they'd outdone them

Forest fans had been revelling in beating the Hammers to another player

www.hammers.news

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That is like something north Korea put out.

"Our glorious leader, in his infinite wisdom, has chosen to withhold our plentiful stockpiles of grain from the people deliberately, to demonstrate to the western imperialist scum our great resolve. We thank him for this opportunity to celebrate our fortitude in the face of great difficulty."

 

[Strummer]

That is like something north Korea put out.

"Our glorious leader, in his infinite wisdom, has chosen to withhold our plentiful stockpiles of grain from the people deliberately, to demonstrate to the western imperialist scum our great resolve. We thank him for this opportunity to celebrate our fortitude in the face of great difficulty."

Ah yes, that’ll be the same North Korean leader who’s only ever played Golf once, and went round gaining a hole-in-one on every single hole, for a scorecard-busting round of 18?

 

[Gyros Peter]

Ah yes, that’ll be the same North Korean leader who’s only ever played Golf once, and went round gaining a hole-in-one on every single hole, for a scorecard-busting round of 18?

Leeds did it in 17.

 

[andover red]

Good piece on the BBC website today.

Why Nottingham Forest signed Jota Silva - the 'Portuguese Jack Grealish'

Jota Silva has been dubbed the 'Portuguese Jack Grealish' - here is why Nottingham Forest signed the forward.

www.bbc.co.uk

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[Gyros Peter]

Good piece on the BBC website today.

Why Nottingham Forest signed Jota Silva - the 'Portuguese Jack Grealish'

Jota Silva has been dubbed the 'Portuguese Jack Grealish' - here is why Nottingham Forest signed the forward.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Interesting one from his former coach:

"Although he's more used as a winger, I still believe his best position is as a striker – either operating as a target man or as a second forward.

"He has that killer instinct in the box and also a great aerial ability. However, because he's not very tall [he is 1.79m], other coaches prefer to have him wide."

 

[Gyros Peter]

Interesting one from his former coach:

"Although he's more used as a winger, I still believe his best position is as a striker – either operating as a target man or as a second forward.

"He has that killer instinct in the box and also a great aerial ability. However, because he's not very tall [he is 1.79m], other coaches prefer to have him wide."

Although should be noted he was the coach who played him there, so really he would say that (probably - ego often plays a part but maybe I'm doing him a disservice)

 

[Notcher]

Interesting one from his former coach:

"Although he's more used as a winger, I still believe his best position is as a striker – either operating as a target man or as a second forward.

"He has that killer instinct in the box and also a great aerial ability. However, because he's not very tall [he is 1.79m], other coaches prefer to have him wide."

Haha, I'm willing to take the rest of it at face value, but "target man" . Give over coach

 

[marshal99]

antonio is only 1.80m but he can jump like a salmon and can be considered as a target man , jota similarly can jump very well for his height , can hold up the ball from his highlights and is quite direct. A target man doesn't have to mean some big tall guy.

 

[Notcher]

antonio is only 1.80m but he can jump like a salmon and can be considered as a target man , jota similarly can jump very well for his height , can hold up the ball from his highlights and is quite direct. A target man doesn't have to mean some big tall guy.

Antonio is also an absolute unit. I'm more than happy to eat my words on this in the future, but I can't see a world where Jota is a bonafide PL target man

 

[Sib]

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I've just noticed that he is wearing two watches and has a clock tattoo.

Must be a sign of the times...

 

[Notcher]

I've just noticed that he is wearing two watches and has a clock tattoo.

Must be a sign of the times...

He's got some way to go before he tops flava flav

 

[MaxiRobriguez]

Haha, I'm willing to take the rest of it at face value, but "target man" . Give over coach

Do you not see the resemblance between him and Drogba?

 

[Samba's Water Bottle]

Appreciate he only had 20 mins or so last night, but how did Jota look? What position did he play in when he came on? First impressions?

 

[Monkman]

He kind of played the number 10 role as he had Elanga one side and CHO the other. Maybe you'd call it second striker. Either way he hardly had a touch, it had got pretty disjointed by that point. Won a header in midfield, I think, ran around and looked fairly hungry, but yeah that's about it. Not enough to go on.

 

[Cureboy]

Appreciate he only had 20 mins or so last night, but how did Jota look? What position did he play in when he came on? First impressions?

I don't remember him touching the ball. I was only half watching by that point though...

 

[Trents]

Lots of running around, I don't remember him touching the ball once though.

 

[Monkman]

He definitely headed it towards Taiwo at one point.

 

[Matt]

Appreciate he only had 20 mins or so last night, but how did Jota look? What position did he play in when he came on? First impressions?

I only had half an eye on the game but had absolutely no idea he came on

 

[Monkman]

Could be off to Oly on loan if we get Sosa and another winger according to Percy.

Forest completed the capture of Portuguese attacker Jota Silva last week, though it is understood there is a slim chance he could join Evangelos Marinakis’s Greek club Olympiacos on loan if Sosa and another winger arrive before the transfer deadline.

 

[It's Baggio]

Will be interesting to see if he gets picked in the first few games then.

He played for Vitoria in the Conference League quaifiers, so if he playes for us he'll be 'club-tied' under the 2 club rule. Assuming qualifiers count as a 'proper' fixture.