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    Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

    Posted by Earls on 15/8/2025, 8:38:09

    A few EFL accounts are saying we’re getting Al-Hamadi on a season-long loan. Might be one bullshitter getting copied by everyone (including me, yes), I don’t know, but great if it is true.

      Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

      Posted by Farhat on 15/8/2025, 11:46:04, in reply to "Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

      Ipswich appear to be offloading ALL of their forwards.....

        Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

        Posted by Cuba on 15/8/2025, 12:19:52, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

        What about left sided creative midfielders?

        Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

        Posted by Jo on 15/8/2025, 11:07:20, in reply to "Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

        Lad at work who is an Ipswich fan says he's dogshit

          Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

          Posted by Buzzard on 15/8/2025, 11:02:41, in reply to "Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

          Genuine question but is he actually any good?

          I've read a few comments from people suggesting he is massively overrated.

          I watched a few highlights from him the other night and he didn't offer much.

          Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

          Posted by Caught Jester on 15/8/2025, 9:12:16, in reply to "Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Al-Hamadi

          A scouser and an asylum seeker. That should trigger a few on here

            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

            Posted by Macatacanski on 15/8/2025, 13:44:01, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

            I'm trying to pinpoint the exact time where everyone suddenly became massive racists and what caused it...any ideas?


            Rant over

              Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

              Posted by Caught Jester on 15/8/2025, 17:42:32, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

              I’ll hazard an educated guess. Around June 2016.

                Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                Posted by Macatacanski on 15/8/2025, 22:04:15, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                Yup...sad to see how much it's spreading


                Rant over

              Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

              Posted by The Outsider on 15/8/2025, 11:16:24, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"
              VIP

              You have to question the judgement of his parents Out of the frying pan.....

              Ali was born in Maysan, Iraq, on 1 March 2002. In 2003 during the early stages of the Iraq War, at the age of one, he and his family moved from Iraq to Toxteth, Liverpool, where they would settle and he would grow up.

                Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                Posted by Round Green Hatter on 15/8/2025, 9:23:21, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                Seems to bother you, no one else mentioned it.

                  Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                  Posted by Andy Cappuccino on 15/8/2025, 9:54:46, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                  Obviously likes a bit of shit stirrjng

                    Correction

                    Posted by Caught Jester on 15/8/2025, 10:03:08, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                    https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/msg/1755004484.html

                      Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                      Posted by Caught Jester on 15/8/2025, 10:00:17, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                      https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/msg/1755251686.html

                      That’s unlike you to come across as a raging hypocrite

                        Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                        Posted by Andy Cappuccino on 15/8/2025, 10:21:04, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                        Eh? Like many millions of others I do not agree with mass immigration, why am I a hypocrite?

                          Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                          Posted by Caught Jester on 15/8/2025, 10:46:48, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                          But he’ll be alright if he joins then bags 25 goals right?

                          Or will you still have preferred that he (they, his family) had claimed asylum in the ‘first’ country?

                            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                            Posted by Round Green Hatter on 15/8/2025, 11:39:01, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                            Well yes obviously as that's what should have happened, but he didn't.

                            On the flipside, is it ok to have 700k people (net) added to the population every year?

                            Some of them can play football in the 3rd division so yes?

                              Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                              Posted by TheDunstableWindsock on 15/8/2025, 11:49:04, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                              On the flip side of the flip side how many is enough? 50k, 100k, 500k, or none at all?

                              Just talking numbers isn't really practical or helpful and certainly isn't humane.

                                Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                Posted by Round Green Hatter on 15/8/2025, 11:57:21, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                40 to 50k seemed manageable through the 80's and 90's (and fair) then Blair got in and 1 million Polish turned up in a couple of years.

                                You can't ignore the numbers or "data" as everyone says these days.

                                None clearly is unrealistic but 700k is too many in my opinion.

                                  Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                  Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 13:38:59, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                  Immigration numbers rocketed after Brexit and that consists mostly of people from places outside Europe. That's where the massive jump occurred

                                  Net migration was around 250,000 in 2019 and jumped to 800,000 in 2023.

                                  A lot of immigration is, I believe, temporary student immigration. But I could be wrong on that and I can't be bothered to check

                                  Asylum figures were pretty low from around 2005 until 2019 and an awful lot of applications were rejected in that time too

                                  https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01403/SN01403.pdf

                                  https://www.statista.com/statistics/283287/net-migration-figures-of-the-united-kingdom-y-on-y/

                                  Net migration was negative in the 60s and 70s but that's because of emigration more than balancing it out. The numbers coming in were basically steady from 1964 to the mid-80s (just below 250,000). Then it started to climb slowly basically cancelling each other out until the turn of the century when it then accelerated for 2 decades with a couple of blips in that trend. Then came the huge leap from 2019 and that really started to move post-Covid

                                    Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                    Posted by Ramridge Raider on 15/8/2025, 12:23:16, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                    The majority of that '700k' are made up of overseas workers on the health and social care visa and dependents and overseas students and dependents.

                                    Both these routes were driven by Boris. One to prop up the health and social care sector and one to prop up the Uni's.

                                    Starmer has taken steps to reduce these numbers.

                                      Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                      Posted by MG on 15/8/2025, 12:34:36, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                      Do you know how much we charge these foreign students, the value they bring to the local economies?

                                      Not to mention how the NHS would have collapsed without immigrant workers . . .

                                        Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                        Posted by Ramridge Raider on 15/8/2025, 14:21:40, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                        I wasn't saying it was a bad thing, purely highlighting to RG Hatter that the 700k wasn't made up of all asylum seekers.

                                        Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                        Posted by Round Green Hatter on 15/8/2025, 12:55:23, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                        Yes but large swathes of people don't care about that type of argument, which just feeds the far right.

                                        In 4 years we're probably going have a toad for PM and it will largely be down to the huge numbers that have been coming here since 2004, which no one has done anything tangible about.

                                        If Starmer doesn't bring it down under 100k net by 2029, (almost impossible) then we are proper fcuked.

                                  Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                  Posted by Farhat on 15/8/2025, 11:44:20, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                  Yes.

                      Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                      Posted by Notorious D on 15/8/2025, 9:14:32, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                      🙄

                      Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                      Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 9:01:04, in reply to "Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                      Good news, if true

                      We would then just need some creativity in the middle of the pitch and 2 quality, specialist full backs/wing backs

                      All that would, IMO, elevate this window from ok to very good

                        Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                        Posted by Zobra The Greek on 15/8/2025, 9:59:13, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                        I agree we've been lacking a bit of creativity, but we are quite stacked in central midfield/attacking midfielders aren't we?

                        Saville, Baptiste, Walsh, Odoffin, Fanne, Richards, Clark, Nelson, Chong (presuming he stays), Alli.

                        Wells can also play a bit deeper, and Jacob Brown to be back soon as well.

                        Tricky balancing have a deep enough squad and a bloated one. Maybe if Fanne is leaving, that frees up some space.

                          Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                          Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 10:26:27, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                          We are indeed. That's why we might have to ship some out

                          The first 5 on your list are deeper-lying and/or give box-box energy but they're not necessarily that creative. I wouldn't be relying on a 17-year-old Richards. Nelson, I'm not sure about. Clark is a bit more creative but I think we need more

                          Chong - who knows? I'm still hoping a C'ship club come in for him

                            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                            Posted by Sick Boy on 15/8/2025, 11:46:59, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                            I dont quite get why Walsh isnt considered in a more advanced role? He has two good feet, quick with them, has an eye for a pass, and the actual balls to try it (its easy to pass sideways). I dont see him playing that role worse than Clarke for example.
                            Plus i dont see he has the physicality for the deeper role which is far better left to Baptiste and Fanne.

                              Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                              Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 12:55:15, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                              I see Walsh as a bit more box to box but I see where you're coming from

                          Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                          Posted by MG on 15/8/2025, 9:18:02, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                          Honest question.

                          Why are we so convinced about how good he will be? his goal stats don't exactly shout that he'll definitely succeed in League One, though they are rather better than some of the other options we've been rumoured to be interested in.

                          If we do get him though I think it might give a certain Caribbean location some food for thought.

                            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                            Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 9:33:40, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                            He was very good in L2 and on the odd occasion I've seen him, he's been alert, has decent movement and is quite quick. Not sure about his finishing but his goal record isn't bad albeit in a lower league

                            Ipswich saw something in him too when they were C'ship and their recruitment has been pretty good

                            I think he's a good age. No guarantees but surely a better bet than some of the names that have been floating around

                              Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                              Posted by MG on 15/8/2025, 9:42:56, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                              Yes, indeed, a lot better! I was just a bit surprised when I saw that basically as a striker he appears to have had one good season in L2 and a not so good one in the Championship. Again, just going by his goal stats.

                              From what you say he does sound very promising though. *If* we've secured an option to buy as well it might make him very interesting.

                                Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                Posted by Notorious D on 15/8/2025, 9:56:39, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                Harford has been a long term admirer of his. We were in for him at the same time as Ipswich, but he chose to go there.

                                Over the long term, Harfords eye for a player has been very good, so I’m sure there’s a real talent in there.

                                I believe he was also at Wycombe at the same time as Bloomfield; therefore, I imagine it’s a collective decision, from the recruitment team and Bloomfield.

                                  Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                  Posted by MG on 15/8/2025, 9:59:03, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                  Okay, I'm convinced .

                                  This feels like a big step forwards for the squad.

                                  Of course time will tell but if it's happening it sounds like a move of some intent.

                                    Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                    Posted by Notorious D on 15/8/2025, 10:09:06, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                    +1. He’s playing style is similar to Morris/Elijah, which is an area we’ve been lacking, for me.

                                    Sort the LWB out and possibly another attacking player and I’ll be very happy.

                                      Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                      Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 10:30:21, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                      Yep. Quicker than Eli or Morris, though. From what I've seen

                                  Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                  Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 9:50:19, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                  Yep, agreed

                              Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                              Posted by Notorious D on 15/8/2025, 9:07:30, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                              Agreed, although I think Kodua will be a real hit at RWB, based on what I saw the other night.

                              Very similar to Izzy Jones. For me, it’s Al -Hamadi, another creative player and a LWB, then we’re done.

                                Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 9:09:32, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                Yes, I didn't see Tuesday night but I heard Kodua looked decent

                                  Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                  Posted by Notorious D on 15/8/2025, 9:14:19, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                  Ran out of steam second half, so I imagine his minutes will have to be managed over next few weeks.

                                  From an attacking perspective, he’s levels ahead of Walters.

                                    Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                    Posted by HH on 15/8/2025, 9:54:51, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                    It's genuinely quite perplexing how poor Walters is.

                                    He was quite highly rated at Arsenal, they even offered him a new contract.

                                    Yet for us he seems mediocre at best and poor most of the time.

                                    He's really got to start showing something, soon.

                                      Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                      Posted by Zobra The Greek on 15/8/2025, 10:40:42, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                      *Very highly rated at Arsenal. They valued him at 12 million.

                                      Zinchenko certainly rated him, anyway:

                                      'I like so much centre-back Reuell,’ the Ukraine international said.

                                      ‘I think the qualities he has, he is aggressive. I swear to God, one time he pushed Gabriel Jesus in a shoulder-to-shoulder.

                                      It is not easy to push Gabriel because he is very strong, and he was confident on the ball afterwards, he kept the ball well and passed. Wow. He impresses me I think the most.'


                                      He was a centre back there, mainly. So maybe that explains it. Personally I don't think he's as poor as everyone makes out. He's only 20 and has started less than 10 professional games I think?

                                      I remember Emerson Boyce looking absolutely woeful the first few games he played for us, but then become one of our best youth products.

                                        Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                        Posted by HH on 15/8/2025, 11:07:05, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                        Yeah, similarly with Boyce, I think we used him as a right back before he moved to the centre?

                                        Walters might benefit from the same.

                                        But it all feels very us, square pegs - round holes. Making do etc. To the detriment of us and the players.

                                          Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                          Posted by Zobra The Greek on 15/8/2025, 11:34:04, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                          I know what you mean.

                                          With Walters I think the opportunity to sign him must have been too good to turn down, and we thought he's 19 so we have time to find his best position. Little did we know he'd be thrust into a bloody relegation fight.

                                          Why we didn't sign two experienced wing backs last summer (DRAMEH ON A FREE FFS) is something that still baffles me.

                                            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                            Posted by HH on 15/8/2025, 12:21:50, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                            Yeah, although I think we were perhaps in for Drameh and he went elsewhere.

                                            Bree isn't getting much game time at Southampton (not sure if he's injured or not) but I wonder if he's worth a punt on loan? He would be exceptional at this level.

                                              Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                              Posted by Zobra The Greek on 15/8/2025, 14:16:46, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                              Not sure he’d want to come back after the unwarranted stick he was getting towards the end of his time with us.

                                              But I agree!

                                            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                            Posted by Music Critic on 15/8/2025, 11:27:32, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                            But it all feels very us, square pegs - round holes. Making do etc. To the detriment of us and the players.

                                            +1

                                          Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                          Posted by Brko's Bicycle on 15/8/2025, 10:26:21, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                          I thought he looked decent enough in the first few games of last season. There's a player there somewhere.

                                            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                            Posted by HH on 15/8/2025, 10:33:35, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                            Yeah, I agree there is potential with him, on paper at least.

                                            It's whether we can coax that out of him.

                                            I'm also well aware we've perhaps not been the best environment for a player's development over the last 12 months or so.

                                            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                            Posted by Notorious D on 15/8/2025, 9:58:07, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                            He might be reasonable as a full back, in a 4. But his attacking abilities are nowhere near good enough, for a WB, in a back 5.

                                    Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                    Posted by Notorious D on 15/8/2025, 8:57:37, in reply to "Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                    Could be some truth to it…This was the account that broke the news about Makosso being charged, about 24 hours being officially confirmed.

                                    Would be delighted, if true.

                                      Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                      Posted by Notorious D on 15/8/2025, 8:57:36, in reply to "Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                      Could be some truth to it…This was the account that broke the news about Makosso being charged, about 24 hours being officially confirmed.

                                      Would be delighted, if true.

                                        Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                        Posted by Round Green Hatter on 15/8/2025, 8:40:56, in reply to "Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                        I read it on here we're getting him for a year on loan.

                                        Just now.

                                        Don't know how true it is though.

                                          Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                          Posted by m on 15/8/2025, 8:51:15, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                          Season long with an option to buy would be ideal. He’s a good age for us imo. Hard worker and runs the channels really well.

                                            Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                            Posted by Melbourne Hat on 15/8/2025, 8:59:02, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                            Not sure this one has any legs TBH.

                                            Every single rumour about potential targets this summer has come to nothing. Either because we missed out or they were never actually on the cards in the first place.

                                            Is this one any different? I'm giving it a 10% chance that it is in fact true and we manage to sign him.

                                            You never know, but not holding my breath.

                                            Come on recruitment team, surprise me...

                                              Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                              Posted by Earls on 15/8/2025, 9:11:19, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                              Eh? There were a lot of rumours about Keeley, Kodua, Bramall and Wells before they joined.

                                                Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                                Posted by Madpig on 15/8/2025, 9:11:08, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                                Yeah, that's seems to be how it pans out. Pity

                                                  Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?

                                                  Posted by Vladimir Luton on 15/8/2025, 9:11:00, in reply to "Re: Al-Hamadi season-long loan?"

                                                  The outgoing rumours seemed to be on the money. Doughty to the Championship, Aasgaard to Rangers etc.
                                                  Also, the Yates transfer was mooted about 48 hours before it came through. But I suppose if you throw enough sh*t then some of it will stick.

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