Albion today kicked off a three-day £6m spending spree by signing Luke Moore and Kim Do-Heon on permanent deals.
Moore has sealed a £3m switch from Villa, while Kim moves from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma for £550,000 after both men ended last season on loan at The Hawthorns.
Goalkeeper Michal Danek has extended his loan from Victoria Plzen until January 1 and spending will rise to £6m by the end of the week, when Roman Bednar moves from Hearts for £2.5m.
Boss Tony Mowbray has also confirmed that Slovenia defender Bostjan Cesar will not be staying after a season on loan from Marseille.
The Baggies and Villa completed the paperwork yesterday to make Moore’s transfer permanent, while Kim has signed a deal that will make him an Albion
player on Sunday.
Moore has signed a three-year contract with an option for a further year, while Kim has signed for two years with an option for a third.
100 Comments
hmmmm, fresh faces needed to bridge the gap from the two divisions.
1 - Moore and Kim ARE two new faces - they played about three games between them for us last season.
I have said on another thread that although these aint new players to the club, they are two great signings - Kim looks fantastic.
Just need a little steel to go with all the skill and we will have a great chance of developing in the premier league next season.
Luke Moore…. “A waste of money in my opinion”
3 - and your opinion means “what” to us ….???
You just keep getting excited about signing Bournmouths 18 yr old unproven kid, and leave the under 21 english internationls with premier league experience to us.
moore wasnt good enough for villa but maybe good enough for a relegation fight…….
Underwhelming so far…
I have no doubt that Moore will be a success at the Albion, not so sure about Kim & Bednar in the top flight though….
Luke Moore isn’t going to keep you in the premiership. £3 million for a villa reserve?
The jury is still out on Moore but I am sure he will become a hit with the Baggies. I actually think that he was trying to hard in the couple of games he played last year(if you can try to hard!)
Agree with HB on Kim looks good with a clever football brain.
We do need a tough “tackler” in midfield just to bolster the flair type players we have.
I cant see JP allowing TM to spend much more than another 5/6 million but money does not buy you class and I am sure TM will get some new cheap gems
Luke Moore for 3mill!! HA Ha what a signing. I saw him for EngU21’s & he was absolutley useless!! He can replace Phillips when he pops off for a 2yr deal!!
Come on lads have faith in our Moore. He’s got a proven Premiership record at the Villa & what was it 2 hatricks in one season for him ? With a full pre season behind him he will bang in the goals. He will be our top scorer next season & get the winner against the Ville. Going onto Kim i think 550k is a bargain for him. Only downpoint is he;s not physical. Iv’e seen no confirmation about Danek, Anyone got a link? The futures bright! The futures blue & white. Boing Boing.
Luke Moore……has hardley played, and can therefore not be clased as a waste of money
young player, quick, and a good eye for goal…
good signing, and will be brilliant next year with a full pre-season behind him, which was his main problem when he was with us on loan.
Kim looks a good bit of business, £550,000 for an established international, and although we have only seen a few cameo performances, he looks a typical Mowbray player (technically sound but physically weak). I think once all these niggly bits of business are out of the way we will see some new signings start to come through the door. I wouldnt be surprised to see a few loan signings from abroad towards the end of the transfer window.
Well was hoping Bednar would go but happy with Moore and Kim. Don’t get me wrong Bednar has had a good season with us in the Championship but think he is not good enough for the Premiership. I think the 2.5m that we have spent on Bednar would be better spent on a younger player?
luke moore your 4th choice striker in the championship. 0 goals in the championship. hear jonnos been saying that kamara, koumas and mc shane should of stayed at albion even though they are all at bigger, established premiership clubs, pathetic comments weak attempts to keep the captaincy by saying things the fans want to hear. gera and phillips signed yet?
4. you mean the full welsh international sam vokes? at least know what your talking about before making a point! look at the facts 0 goals in the championship!
boing boing
Daneks loan has been extended until Jan 09.
Moore is only 22, he is a striker and therefore feeds of confidence, he has undoubted ability but will need to be encouraged by not only the coaching staff but also by us the fans, it also means my mate can wear his four year old “Moore” shirt again!!
But seriously, we the fans need to provide the support for the lad to conquere his demons and help him get back to the sort of form that made him one of the most exciting English players of his generation.
Bomber - since when has a typical TM player been physically weak ??
I bet you couldn’t knock Tex off the ball…. Yes we do seem to buy “small” players - but weak ?
Judge Yoda by his size do you…??
five games in and you will see wot the tesco fans will say about moore and co
If Albion seriously think that they can spend £6 million on players they had last season plus only another £6 million (see 9), they are in serious trouble. Wolves and Blues need to be spending that more or less in our division Luke Moore’s senior record- 103 apps and 18 goals for Wycombe, Villa and Albion. Poor but could get better!
8 - what a stupid argument - its like saying “250k for a conference player” ?
Players fall out of favour at clubs, or new players come in for big money. LM cost Villa nowt - they aint gonna play him before harwood, Carew and Young ect who cost millions.
16 - has he been capped ? I didn’t realise belamy and earnshaw were injured.
This is pointless because the dingles have this belief that Albion only buy rubbish - and we all know what happens next don’t we !!!!
I remember all the “who” comments from last season - Koren - who, Tex - who, Morrison - who and so on… i bet you know who they are now.
jus been on wikleipedia and sen that sam vokes has played 54 games for bournmouth(who play in league 2) and scored 16 goals… great stats.. cud be the next kevin kyle..
SUPERSTARDJWOLVES said: May 28th, 2008 at 11:01 am Luke Moore…. “A waste of money in my opinion”
Frankowski? Eastwood? Ward? Hmmmmm?
Think you’ll find Moore has scored more Prem goals than the three of them combined!?
16. Please explain exactly how Sam Vokes is a Full Welsh International?
to quote yourself - “at least know what your talking about before making a point!”
absolute dingle plank!
Spending £6million and only having the same squad as last season! Good Luck Boggies!
Not the sort of transfer activity i was hoping for.
TM done us proud so far so we will have to be patient.
Luke Moore arrogant,petulant and over priced.
This is good business for villa not for us.
HB
I have eaten bigger dinners than half the players in our squad, and if you seriously think i couldnt knock Tex off the ball, well you have never seen me play!!!
Other players used to think when looking at our team sheet after games that i was the only player getting ratings from the manager………………..
11. Jarrod Hill (Fine)
All together now after three………reel em in they are biting today !
i think we had a striker for 25 grand from sumwhere,hit 306 goal and sum for england.hit 1 in last minute i think
HB
and by weak i was referring to the fact that 73% of all our goals conceded were from set peices.
Oh and 41% of all statistics are made up!!!
stop upsetting Happy you know he only likes people who agree totally with his opinion.
what a pathetic excuse he is.
The ball is now rolling. Just like last season the transfers will start to flow. I still think we need another 3 or 4 Mowbray gems and a couple of proven quality players to have a good season next year.
Anybody have any ideas for a tough tackling midfielder within our price range??
Where are you Terry ?
We’re waiting for your crazy comments and quality grammar…
Well, i would like to say i think the signings are fantastic, Kim is apparently the one to watch next year and i think he will have is part to pay during the busy chrimbo period etc.
Lets be under no illusion, luke moore has the potential to be an amzing player, his technical ability is there for sure, and his finishing as a boy had him tipped to shine for england with rooney. its been tough for him so far but lets face it, if any manager is gonna make this kid shine, its TM! he will hit us 10 plus next year and as long as the rest of our players chip in that will more than do!
Also, there is no shame in not getting in the villa team at the moment, they are pushing for europe and aiming to sign top international stars!
roll on the premiere league, cant wait for west brom to prove a lot of jealous people wrong next year!
From what i’ve seen of Moore in the few games he played for us, he didnt cut it! Not sure he’s worth 3.5million! Think the Money could have been better spent!
I have to say that I’m sill not convinced on Luke Moore. We could have spent half that amount on keeping Philips, who I’m sure would give us a better short term return on the cash. I can see Luke Moore has potential, but he seems to lack the killer instinct that Phillips has. I fear that Moore, despite improving, will not be up to scratch next year. I hope I’m wrong.
Kim is an absolute bargain at that price and I’m sure he’ll be one of our better players next year.
Bednar is a star for me. He’s gone off the boil since he got an earnia, but he’ll come back fighting fit. Out of our current crop, I can see Bednar being our top goal scorer next year.
Just my opinion
Bomber - olofinjana couldn’t knock him of the ball and we all know what a physical player he is (see previous thread for joke).
Anyway - you wouldn’t catch him.
31 - great post. Thanks for joining in.
36 - is an ernia what players get after carrying their heavy wallets ??
Or was he run over by the fastest milk float in the west ?
Luke Moore Could end up being the next Steve bull TBF….
Out of favour at Villa…. Moves to local rivals…. Scores 306 goals in 475 appearance.
Ouch i bet that still hurts You little Boggy hearts ? *Oh and 2 hatricks in one season? Try 52 goals in one season ;)*
Roman bednar, Ishmael miller and even craig beattie over Luke moore any day. He reminds me too much of Leon clarke!
Atleast sam vokes has Scored for Wales Under 21′z And has been called up to the full team. Luke more played 5 games for england under 21’s including the basically non exsistant appearance at molineux and is yet to score? Proven international NOT!
And as for a proven premiership player. 5 Years in the premiership with Villa and 14 goals? Keep kevin phillips jesus he scored 30 in one season before lol
Baggiez and stoke to come down with record low Points
You wolveeeeeeeeeeees x
16 Lafin um wulf….
No offence to the welsh but my dad is 70 years old, he has had 2 new hips a brain tumour removed and uses a walking stick to walk and I reckon he would get in the welsh squad if he tried.
I reckon England under 18’s would give the full welsh squad a good run for there money
Michael
What a wonderful jester!!!!
(Yes mate i havent forgotten!!!!)
Forever dingle
Terry is away with work, he is lecturing this week at Harvard University, his specialist subject is how to blogfish, he is regarded as the best in his field, although his critics have suggested that some of his most recent captures have been far too easy targets due to their inferior intelligence.
Ok, sorry, he is on holiday!!!
Half term is it Shandee. Your parents should be concerned at you visiting this baggies thread….
Michael
You said you were not going to bother any more and yet here you are posting again ! You having a jest ?
Guess I cannot believe what you have to say anymore. Then I never did anyway
I LOVE HOW WOLVES FANS COME ON WITH THEIR OPINIONS - WOULDNT IT BE BETTER STICKIN TO YOUR OWN TEAM AND TRYING TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE ????
PREMIERSHIP !!!!!!!
4.Happy
You can talk Mate you spend half your life on the Wolves page..lol
39. Over 50 goals in two seasons, but in the old Divisions 3 and 4. The guy however never ever finished top scorer in the second tier of English football.
Moore is an ok player and thats about it.
If he was that good do you think the Villa would have let him go as they are a bigger club with lots of money..
Bit of a come down move Luke but good luck anyway as you were never good enough for us…
surely with 60 mill plus we can bring in a few top quality players..
47..Does scoring for England count as TOP TIER FOOTBALL,
mind you… you would not understand that really boy???
Naa Mate day off work … Anyfin else to say …?
Didnt realise Boggy fans were so hypocritical.. You lot spend day after day refreshin the wolves pages, seeing if theres a new blog you can criticise and try and be funny about.
And i dont care what division he was in 50+ goals in the third tier is amazing. For instance.. A third english tier football team.. Leeds United…. Imagine if Jermaine beckford scored 52 goals next season..
And he might of not got top goal scorer but the only reason for that is because some1 elswhere was scoring amazing amounts
88/88 - Bully scores 52
88/89 - Bully scores 50
89/90 - Bully scores 27 in the 2nd tier
90/91 - Bully scores 27 again in the 2nd tier
More than ur beloved Kevin phillips and even our beloved SEB
Less of the pessamistic comments baggies fans. I would have thought you trusted TM by now!!!
48 and 49….. hmmm I wonder if you two are the same person - both posting about how great / big the villa are, and only 1 minute apart.
Nah that would be too sad and just make you a MUG.
I’m sure Baggie 11 is a genuine Albion fan who just thinks the Villa are great.
MUG.
51 - no. Unless England were playing manchester United or arsenal.
Sorry if the whole league / international thing is confusing.
p.s - Who do think will be relegated next season - I reckon trinidad and tobago.
Calm dowm everyone. It´s still only May for Christ´s sake. All T.M. is doing at the moment is tidying up contracts of present squad players. Real business will be done in two months time; same as all the other clubs.As for `dingle shandee´, I can´t believe you lot are still going on about Bully. How long has it been now? Surely you´ve had someone to shout about since. Answers on a postage stamp please.
Grow up Happy if you can’t take other clubs comments.
Yes i am only one person so who’s the Mug now..lol
Luke Moore £3.5m, has the world gone mad!!
You must be disappointed with that Sandwell, come on, £4m would get you David Dunne from City.
Doomed.
Im lovin it!
Moore is a reject and you know he is, now take it and grow up..
Reminds me of this time last year, the wolves fans rubishing all our signings and expecting the Wolves to win the league by christmas, have they forgotten last season already, Micks judgement was so good they hardly scored a goal and Mowbrays so bad we scored 100 again. Luke Moore so far has been a dissapointment but he is 22 and got loads of potential.
56 - err… you ?
58 - and what do you call £10 million for an injury prone defender ??
Its about time we got some’et off them “seals with the clap” He’s got through their “one way net” Remember the “leauge” we beat ipswitch, that got em into that cup! then they gid us “Ron” nowonder i only hate them “we gid the ground too” I need a drink,down the local…..go go!
16 Laffin, I agree with Baggie Boy, Tom Jones or Shirley Bassey could get a spot in the Welsh team !
I can almost hear the other premiership teams quaking in their boots with those two signings…………….
Just been on the teamtalk web-site. I couldn’t find the Albion listed with the other championship sides,
Any idea where they might have gone Dingles?
Enjoy your trip to Doncaster !!
Baggie Stu said: May 28th, 2008 at 11:48 am SUPERSTARDJWOLVES said: May 28th, 2008 at 11:01 am Luke Moore…. “A waste of money in my opinion”
Frankowski? Eastwood? Ward? Hmmmmm?
Think you’ll find Moore has scored more Prem goals than the three of them combined!?
WHAT A STUPID POST, I think you will find that the 3 strikers mentioned have not played in the premiership so DUMMY! WHAT IS YOUR POINT! MOORE HAS NOT SCORED IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND FREDDIE, WARD FRANKY DID!
NO WONDER YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF THICKO’S
As always lets wait and see shall we.
I admit I have not been impresswed with Moore in his displays thus far, but we have a manager who knows what he is doing so lets trust his judgement. As for our lower league mates down the road, who cares!!!!
Come on lads, its so predictable. Would you join them?
“I love the baggies - but even i admit in the premier league disco we are a bit of a five pinter.” (Happy_baggie, 22 May 2008)
This is only the start it is only fair to sort out the players at the club first before bringing in new sigings gera and phillips will be sorted next and the 6 million it has cost is only the davies 9 million from villa so villa have paid themselves for moore and we havent touched our prem money yet
41 Bomber.
Michael hasn’t posted again. ‘It was jest u’re imagination. Running away with you.’
67 - At least we have a ticket for the disco and aint outside with our noses flat against the window and a bottle of flat cola in our hands….
Sorry wulfies - no trainers, no jeans, no mediocre championship teams allowed in.
TRB - were you Jest - iculating at me ?
There is no jest-ification for laughing at michael.
65. I think the fact none of them have played in the premiership because they’re not good enough is his point!!
The fact Moore has no championship goals is hardly an argument when he has scored goals in the top flight. Or am I wrong and Eastwood is better than Rooney?
You wally! Keep trying tho
48, 49, 50, 51, 52.
You’re the same person aren’t you. Inventive but quite sad.
Happy.
Sorry. After a pregnant pause I was jestating the obvious.
By the way. Who do you reckon are most worried about Luke Moore being a success? The Vile uns, the Dingles or some of our own fans who should at least give the lad a chance.
PS. 65 SUPERSTOREALDI.
PLEASE STOP SHOUTING. YOU’RE GIVING ME A HEADACHE.
Whats 3 million today in the footballing world northing,look at Sunderland they spent 9 million on a goalkeeper and something like a total of 50 million alltogether and stopped up only by three points,so Albion know they have to spend a few quid to stop in the Prem,least the lads English unlike CHELSKI & ARSENAL whos youths teams are full of foreigners,Lets have more young British talent down the Wolves & the Albion.
Funny Villa fans are on here saying thanks for the 3m but they have made no comments about any of there story’s
Comment 72………………
The reason why Villa didnt want Moore is that he is not good enough for the top flight.
Try again!
52… Boring in the past rubbish move forward stop living in the past your talking nearly 20 years ago stuff
Guys with all this banter going on what are we going to do without a Black Country derby next season??
Is it me or has the banter on here today been excellent???
I just hope that Michael the Jester comes back, come on mate it jest-aint the same without ya!!
77. Villa’s opinion of Moore was never mentioned in any of the posts by Baggie Stu or yourself……so not sure how your last comment (77) is relevant.
You stated that in YOUR opinion he was a waste of money.
(3. Luke Moore…. “A waste of money in my opinion”
Baggie Stu’s reply implied Frankowski, Eastwood and Ward were more of a waste of money because they’re not good enough for the premiership…..where as Moore has played and scored at the top domestic level.
You then tailored a magnificent comeback with:
“WHAT A STUPID POST, I think you will find that the 3 strikers mentioned have not played in the premiership so DUMMY! WHAT IS YOUR POINT! MOORE HAS NOT SCORED IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND FREDDIE, WARD FRANKY DID!”
Being as simple and stupid as you obviously are I have to come to the conclusion that you are infact Michael
Makes me laugh all these posts about Bully, yes, he’s scored a lot of goals but the 2no 50 odd goal totals were in the bottom two divisions and the 2no 20 odd goal totals were in the Championship………Wow! Oh and the goal that he scored for England was against………………………………………………………………………………….Scotland! Hilarious, keep posting you lot you’re making me laugh.
Talking of which I actually played Bully at a game of snooker a couple of years ago, me and a mate played him and his mate. Anyway we beat him, he never paid up on the £5 bet and as he was leaving he turned to me and said “next time me and him will play you and him in a game of Five-A-Side”!!!! So, let me count?
I cannot believe the amount of people on here taking the michael out of ….err….michael.
I must say Happy, Bomber, Bully, Beeover, etc
it is not a very noble jester.
Luke Moore didnt impress me at all while on loan to us and I think Villa are just off setting the 9.5 million they owe us for Curtis Davis,so Moore hasnt cost us a penny realy and weve still made a profit on Davis, TM must see something in him or he would have sent him back to Villa. Kim Do is a bargain,looked realy good in the little we saw of him.Bednar should be okay in the Prem with the service from Brunt and Morrison,so Tm has just spent 6m on 3 players,that still leaves 3.5m from the Davis deal and we aint touched the Prem money yet
41. not forgotten but still not understood.
The immaturity on these forums is umbelievable!
Luke Moore has played in the prem and done ok, I think it is a gamble and he does need to prove himself!
As A wolves fan, I think from Midfielders to forwards Tony Mowbray has done very well in the transfer market and yes Luke Moore should be given a chance! Tony has only made errors in the back four as i see it and he had to go to clement to sort it out.
So lets just wait and see!
Lets grow up, the only real negative comment that could be made from albions point of view is 3m of transfer budget is alot!
Redge999 - you come on here and post reasoned and practcal views - you are in danger of being attacked by your fellow fans !!!
Yes ANY signing is a risk - Chelsea risk millions and millions - sometimes it comes off (Drogba) and some times it doesn’t (Anelka and Shevchenko).
But without the gambles we go nowhere - TM has had plenty of success and some that aint done so well (Martis, tininho) - but we move on.
And to balance things up - MM has had success in the transfer market too - but the wolves fans seem to forget that when shouting for his head….
85 Michael.
Pull the other one. It’s got bells on it.
TRB - I think he is trying to “court” these comments now,…
I will think of another one in jester minute…
Happy you are right and I hope your signings pay off, i want a black country Derby in the prem with a competetive wolves side!
Seems to me that certain Wolves and Villa fans are creating a rod for us to beat them with. Admittidly, I’m not totally convinced by Luke Moore yet.
However, he has really only made sub appearances for us so far so it’s a bit unfair for people to be judging him just yet.
Laughing Wolves just remember what you said, because I will remind you of your comments if Luke Moore does well for us!! I’ll hold my hands up if he’s rubbish.
The bitterness from these Wolves fans never ceases to amaze me, you can try and convince us all you like that you’re trying to reel us in, all you’re doing is making yourselves look stupid, keep it up, not sure where I’d be without my daily dose of laughs on the express and star.
BOING BOING UP THE BAGGIES, I’M LOVING IT TOO!!!
The banter’s interesting,but opinions (especially from the vile and wulfs)count for very little in May.Come august,wulfs and blues will be looking up,wishing they were in the elite,while the witton whingers expect us to be pushovers-can you see TM standing for that?Against a Toto team turned over at home by Wigan?Don’t make me laugh.
Oh deary me you Dingle jokers. I feel truly embarrassed for you. The envy and jealousy seeps out with every single comment.
im sure tm knows what he is doing .
Some utter rubbish posts from our Dingle friends yet again.I like the one comparing bully to phillips where did the wonderfull tipton tatter get most of his goals?In front of empty stands when you were divisions below us,things dont change much do they.
Spent 5.5Mil on strikers that struggled in Championship…..Bendar,Moore.
Well Done Mr.Morbid Mowbray.
OOOOOHHHH I forgot bout this George Best double over in Ireland - was his name PADDY McCOURT.
OOOOOHHHH Think he wanted a well stuctured ambitous club in the Premiership - ya’ve lost out to Hull City.
Little Club,Little Ambition,Little Fanbase!!!
stevecorica.legend - spent 5.5 Mil and were top goalscorers in ALL divisions. If you had scored a few more goals (or was it two) you would have got a run out in the play offs. Premiership club, Big Ambitions, Sold out every game next season, the novelty of beating you has now worn off - on to bigger things.
97 - How many times did ya sell out in Championship???
Wait a minute - was it reduced admission last few weeks to ensure The Boggies could’nt see all the empty seats eh.
98. How many times did YOU sell out? Your average attendance was a little over ours i recall. How many times will you sell out in the CHAMPIONSHIP next season??
poor targets to date.luke moore-poor unproven purchase-begin to worry fellow baggies fans.happy baggy-you really have not got a clue about football -this is evident in your waffle try to baffle comments.do you actually support wba?