SSN reporter at Sunderland said they are in talks about loan for McCarthy along with 2 other clubs....West Brom and Palace.

One of his greatest strengths is his speed! The videos show that -and the Venezualan who contributed a great post to this thread earlier on confirmed it.
I'm convinced this guy is far better than Jedi - much as I like him and appreciate how much he did for us when he was our stand out player. As someone else said, he doesn't have Jedi's aerial power, but in all other respects I'm prepared to believe that Rincon is a step up & would have been (I'm hoping he still might be) a hugely influential signing for us.

I believe Everton are in for Sissiko. If that goes through, they may recoup by selling McCarthy on...maybe to Palace. But why pay so much for a player who needs a groin operation?

I heard that as well. That was Tim Vickery, an excellent football journalist based in Brazil who knows a great deal about South American players.

I liked what I had read and heard about Rincon over the past few days, but was a little disappointed to hear he was 'a little bit old' (he's 28 years old), 'isn't the quickest' and that Jedinak was better defensively. He does seem to have some great attributes though, as according to Vickery he 'links the play very well', is 'good on the ball' and has 'a nice range of passing'.

You can hear the short interview here from 13:11 in the 15:00-15:30 segment: [Link]

You can also hear an interview with Palace fan Mark Butcher from 21:06.

Edited by Dan Theolmesdaleroad (31 Aug 2016 7.14pm)

Gutted this didnt happen but a great window all in all.. COYP

The game was live here in the US. I watched out of curiosity and was not that impressed. He looked busy and his passing was better than Jedi's, but the latter could be said of most players. That being said, Venezuela were poor and Colombia easily could have won by 4-5 goals (they missed two penalties).

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.