TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Just now, Hamilton said: Makes you think with 120m we can buy 2 great players,, but probably we buy 2 drinkwaters.. 🤔 Could've had Gvardiol and Enzo, both keen to join and whole future to look into, now we look at Badiashile, Koulibaly and Rice for years to come. Costa19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Desperation settling in I guess. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Hamilton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I was busy over the weekend and missed this one. How many favorite clubs does he have? Fernando, Hamilton and Vesper 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, milka said: 10M for a 6 month loan, 20 games and no buy option, this club is putrid. Edited January 9, 2023 by TheHulk Antonio8, Fernando and bigbluewillie 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,941 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Pretty strange signing and fit, ngl. I’ve said here before that I like Felix as a player but he’s an odd fit in this team. He’s not a wide player and he’s not a classic striker. So where exactly does he play for us? Anyways, he must have been TRULY desperate to leave Atleti if he agreed to come to this dumpster fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Thiago needs an extension at all costs considering our backline.. Vesper and Hamilton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,147 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 17 minutes ago, TheHulk said: Just no, no, no. He is a very exciting youngster but to spend this money on a player who moved for peanuts in summer is crazy. Especially that Southampton may well go down this year. Also need to stop panic buying because we haven't got plan A. Wait till summer please and then assess our options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Just now, Stats said: Just no, no, no. He is a very exciting youngster but to spend this money on a player who moved for peanuts in summer is crazy. Especially that Southampton may well go down this year. Also need to stop panic buying because we haven't got plan A. Wait till summer please and then assess our options. To be honest, he is a very good prospect, I'd trust him to be a top player more than Santos and that Italian guy but yeah way overpriced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa19 858 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, milka said: Well Chelseas ”verbal agreements” means jack shit under Boehly.. Edited January 9, 2023 by Costa19 Vesper and Laylabelle 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 16 minutes ago, Pizy said: Pretty strange signing and fit, ngl. I’ve said here before that I like Felix as a player but he’s an odd fit in this team. He’s not a wide player and he’s not a classic striker. So where exactly does he play for us? Anyways, he must have been TRULY desperate to leave Atleti if he agreed to come to this dumpster fire. Felix isn't just an odd fit for us, but I think in general. Like you said he does have a lot of talent and he's still young and likely to develop further but you feel to get the best out of him he needs to play as a second striker in very much a free role. It's a formation and style that isn't used very regularly anymore. Unless this is something that Potter is looking at, he feels very much like another square peg like Havertz is. Havertz effectively needs that role too. The problem for both of them is we still don't have that central striker (not named Auba) that can play with either of them. The one thing I would say is at least it's a loan, albeit an expensive one. It's up to him to prove himself and I'd assume he will want to in order to get out of Atletico permanently. If he was a great success then we can look at buying him in the summer. If he struggles then at least it's not another player we'll be looking at on the books wondering how we'll move him on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Superblue said: Felix isn't just an odd fit for us, but I think in general. Like you said he does have a lot of talent and he's still young and likely to develop further but you feel to get the best out of him he needs to play as a second striker in very much a free role. It's a formation and style that isn't used very regularly anymore. Unless this is something that Potter is looking at, he feels very much like another square peg like Havertz is. Havertz effectively needs that role too. The problem for both of them is we still don't have that central striker (not named Auba) that can play with either of them. The one thing I would say is at least it's a loan, albeit an expensive one. It's up to him to prove himself and I'd assume he will want to in order to get out of Atletico permanently. If he was a great success then we can look at buying him in the summer. If he struggles then at least it's not another player we'll be looking at on the books wondering how we'll move him on. If Felix has a successful loan what makes you think he won't pick Arsenal or United in the summer to play CL? The lack of buy option is so stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) It almost feels like Boehly is looking for least attractive deal possible and jumping on it. Somehow not burned 120 million on some one-hit wonder, so time to jump onto Felix, who is pretty much copy of Havertz, except also suffering like Saul. Other clubs laughed off the offer to loan him, so obviously we are all over it! But yeah, strikerless formation with 2 suffering false 9's is gonna be some seriously avant-garde shit for sure. Edited January 9, 2023 by Vegetable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 24 minutes ago, Stats said: Just no, no, no. He is a very exciting youngster but to spend this money on a player who moved for peanuts in summer is crazy. U talking about Enzo or Lavia? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Felix can't be any worse than Havertz or Sterling, simply cannot be. Anyway, I spoke to both Billy Gilmour and Levi on Saturday before their game with Boro, two absolute top guys Costa19, Vesper, Fernando and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 31 minutes ago, TheHulk said: 10M for a 6 month loan, 20 games and no buy option, this club is putrid. We value people expressing their point of view, but you are going to need to tone down the negativity about the club. It is a transition and it has been a rough one where the new owners have done some serious naïve moves. This is however a place that people come to to enjoy being a fan of the club. The club is much more than just the new owners. It is a part of the fabric of many people's lives long before Roman owned it. Vegetable, ulsterchelsea, Vesper and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, TheHulk said: If Felix has a successful loan what makes you think he won't pick Arsenal or United in the summer to play CL? The lack of buy option is so stupid. From what I've seen reported Atletico don't want a buy option (probably for that very reason that they're hedging their bets a successful loan will stir interest) - it's either been no option or an obligation. Personally, I wouldn't have entertained this deal. However, I think no option is better than an obligation because the risking of losing out to him is not as bad as the risk of being stuck with another expensive player who struggles. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Is a loan treated differently under FFP? Just curious about the expense of a six month loan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,208 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 21 minutes ago, TheHulk said: Desperation settling in I guess. WTF IF we sign both Felix and Rice, I am going to go insane might be time to stop caring about what we do as the yanks are looking like clowns atm I know it sounds crazy arrogant but FFS I think my transfers targets in terms of both who to buy and who NOT to buy blow away what we have done in the past 5 to 7 years we have shit away at least 750m quid on shit buys (I listed them out) and that could go up to one billion if the ones we have who are still up in the air as to good or bust go bust that a LOT OF FUCKING MONEY THAT I WOULD HAVE PUT TO FAR BETTER USE I approved of and wanted Kante Pedro Kova Rudiger (and I would NOT have let him go on a free) Giroud and also was not unhappy (I cannot say I was all-out to bring him in then) at all with Thiago on a free those 6 are THE ONLY decent, truly good to great business we have done counting the 2015/2016 windows up until NOW thats crazy Jorginho is arguably in there, as is Alonso but I would have sold Alonso in summer 2018 to Real for that £55m offer and replaced him (Theo, who I already had liked since his 2016/17 breakout loan with Alaves, or Jose Gaya or Alex Sandro (was 27yo then) or Alex Telles, who would have done far better IMHO in a Chels wingback role that he did at Manure), and would have sold Jorginho off and replaced him as well, after the 2021 CL win, with Bruno Guimarães (who I like from when he was in Brasil, at CAP), and sold Kante then as well and replaced him with Aurélien Tchouaméni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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