Boab 73 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 ANDRIUS VELICKA is poised to join English outfit Bristol City on a year-long loan. The Lithuanian striker, whose appearances were limited last season, has been allowed to head south to kick-start his career. Velicka is holding discussions with the Championship side and will undergo a medical. All going well the deal should be completed tonight. The former Hearts hitman will be joining with former Tynecastle team mate Paul Hartley and will be reunited with ex-Hibs front man Ivan Sproule. City have made a decent start to the season with a win and a draw and face Crystal Palace tomorrow but it is unclear of Velicka will be involved. The 30-year-old striker scored the opening goal of last season when Rangers won 1-0 at Falkirk following a £1m move from Viking in Norway. However, he did not appear again until April when he had an important burst of games scoring against Motherwell, Hibs, St Mirren - in the Cup - and Hearts. His top team chances at Rangers seem limited this season and that's why the Light Blues agreed to let him go down to Gary Johnson's side. http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/He...1755297,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzapat 83 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 DJ just confirmed it on Clyde Wan about 10 mins ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macka1990 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I dont know why he was even brought in in the first place tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigRFC 1 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Noticed it on the rangers site about 10 minutes ago but thought that it would already be posted tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigRFC 1 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I dont know why he was even brought in in the first place tbh For cover, also he scored very valuable goals last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,924 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I dont know why he was even brought in in the first place tbh As he said, waste of space imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Noticed it on the rangers site about 10 minutes ago but thought that it would already be posted tbh I was surprised it wasn't on here too tbh but oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 69 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Noticed it on the rangers site about 10 minutes ago but thought that it would already be posted tbh I was surprised it wasn't on here too tbh but oh well. it was. before you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 DJ just confirmed it on Clyde Wan about 10 mins ago. It is DJ tho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBoyd 355 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 So we now have Boyd, Miller, Naismith, Novo and Lafferty, with Novo and Lafferty being out, that leaves Boyd, Miller and Naisey as striking option for us. Sounds a good front 2/3 to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,818 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 So we now have Boyd, Miller, Naismith, Novo and Lafferty, with Novo and Lafferty being out, that leaves Boyd, Miller and Naisey as striking option for us. Sounds a good front 2/3 to me. With Little and Loy as back-up also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Good move but it came out of the blue. Hopefully it can help us strengthen the squad! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie2909 21 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 What the hell did we sign him for? a complete waste of £1million Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 912 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hmmm. This has made me think that Walter must have SOMETHING up his sleeve in terms of a signing. I think our pool of strikers is very overrated as it stands and this will weaken it. Very interesting! I am intrigued Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggaman88 10 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Out of the blue as had been said.. Decent backup player not worth 1 million though.. had he have been bought for less then it would have been a decent buy for the valuable goals that he has scored. Hope they are paying the wages in full and buy him at the end of the loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,986 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 tbh this severly weakens the team in terms of putting a battering ram up front in a desperate search of a late winner/equaliser means if we need a battering ram up front then mcculloch is the man maybe smith is planning to use big lee as the target man this season either way velicka going is purely to get rid of the wages for a year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hmmm. This has made me think that Walter must have SOMETHING up his sleeve in terms of a signing. I think our pool of strikers is very overrated as it stands and this will weaken it. Very interesting! I am intrigued He msut have something in his mind. Maybe Blumstein? And your comment on our strikers is spot on. If we could gather Lafferty, Miller, Boyd and Velicka and sell them all and make around £7-9m and sign 2 or 3 quality strikers I would be more than happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jardy 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hmmm. This has made me think that Walter must have SOMETHING up his sleeve in terms of a signing. I think our pool of strikers is very overrated as it stands and this will weaken it. Very interesting! I am intrigued and wattys plan works Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmurray 0 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 We better get someone in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 761 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hopefully we've got a recall option in the loan, in case of injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 We are not going to have a squad at this rate. We need signings before this window closes! Another great £1m spent by Walter Smith. This leaves us with three injury prone strikers; Lafferty, Novo, and Miller. We also have Fleck (who is unproven), Naismith, and Boyd. Hardly mouthwatering stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,737 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 If boyd is off form, Velicka is an like for like 100% replacement, which is why this confuses me a little that he has gone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,488 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 So we now have Boyd, Miller, Naismith, Novo and Lafferty, with Novo and Lafferty being out, that leaves Boyd, Miller and Naisey as striking option for us. Sounds a good front 2/3 to me. We still need an out an out target man. Just look at what Carew did to Scotland the other night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 We can dream Dado. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Have to admit Velicka going out on loan has come as a bit of a shock, especially with Kris Boyd contract situation still not resolved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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