Hogan Ephraim

Although earlier in the summer Teddy Sheringham tried to woo Hogan to his new Colchester side, citing that he was "a great little player" (the reality is he probably needed another poker partner) ... It is looking more and more like Ephraim will be snubbing Colchester to join Crystal Palace on loan. Terms of the loan have not been set from what I can tell and no official word has been given.

Since I have an affinity for the Academy, I would like to see Hogan go out for only a 3 month loan so he would be available for action during the holiday fixture crunch. With 4 other strikers on the books right now Hogan could provide coverage if one of them went down. Hogan is versatile though as he can also play the role of attacking middy in the hole but I could see him playing the Bellamy/Tevez high energy in a small package role to complement Ashton or Zamora.