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Taken from Teamtalk, so how true it is i don''t know Coca-Cola Championship sides Stoke and Norwich are tracking Hungarian midfielder Zoltan Boor, according to the player''s agent. The 27-year-old, who plays for Vestel Manisaspor in Turkey and was recently on trial at Leeds, is hoping to secure a move within the coming week, and his English representative Sam Stapleton is preparing for talks at the Britannia Stadium and Carrow Road. "Zoltan did very well in his trial at Leeds and was very close to signing for them," said Stapleton. "However, he has been playing out of position for Manisaspor and was not at his best when Leeds played him on the right wing in a trial match. "He is very highly regarded in Hungary and is the kind of player who will make the jump to the Premiership very quickly once he arrives in England." Boor joined Manisaspor from Hungarian outfit Debrecen but the Turkish club offered him a transfer after his family struggled to settle in the country. He will though return to Manisaspor if no deal is done. Having won 20 caps for Hungary, Boor is an experienced international but he has endured a difficult season at Manisaspor. Following a spell playing as a forward, Boor is keen to return to his natural position on the wing - the position in which his compatriot Zoltan Gera has shone since joining West Brom. New one on me..[:#]

No unfortunately. Sitting here in not so sunny Gorleston freezing me nads off! Back away next week though, so at least i''m home for the derby. First one i''ve been home for in the last 12 years or so. Hoping for big things![B][:)]  

"Why does everyone have this assumption that just because a player has been playing in the "premier league reserves" that they are any good? Surely if they were that good they wouldn''t BE in the reserves - I mean lets take some examples. I''m sure Elvis Hammond spent plenty of time playing in the "Premier" reserves, as did Carl Robinson and no doubt Johansson too. Just because they''re in the Premier reserves doesn''t mean they''re up against Premier quality players. More likely, this is where managers drop their Championship cast-offs to once they win promotion..." True, playing in the Premier Reserves doesn''t mean that he is premier quality. My point was, that, because he was playing for much of this season in a reserve team, it doesn''t mean to say that he is no good. I was drawing the comparison between playing against Premiership reserve sides each week, against quality opposition, compaired with reserve team football that we had to put up with, when you could be upto 3 or 4 weeks without a game, and playing teams from lower divisions that struggled to get a side together. You only have to look at recent results from our reserves this term, to see just how big the gulf is. As for," this is where managers drop their Championship cast-offs to once they win promotion...," Established premier clubs don''t keep cast off''s. With squad sizes generally smaller than they used to be, they are at least expected to do the job when called upon. The very heart of my point was, just because they were signed by Worthington, it seems that they are instantly low quality players, which seems to be the general consensus of alot of people on this board. And before you say it, no i''m not pro Worthy, i just think the new players which includes Etuthu, and Robinson should be given a fair crack of the whip before being crucified.

Rehman has played most of his football in the Premiership Reserve league, meaning he played against prem. quality players week-in week-out. Unlike our own reserves, who had to unfortunately play against, shall we say lesser quality sides for best part of nine years. I think this was a major factor in the club not producing the standard of player coming through the ranks, that we have been used too. Once again, too much hole picking, and not looking for the posatives.