Popular Post! NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted July 28, 2023 Popular Post! Share Posted July 28, 2023 Our fans all over Brighton socials with free Caicedo. We gave them Lamptey and Gilmour for peanuts. Colwill on loan. Overpaid for Cucurella. We should really stop doing business with them. They are acting like cunts. Norfolkblue1961, kc_blue, mkh and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Quite a lot of good moves this summer but I can't believe that once again we're falling short in midfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I better wake up to some good news. This transfer window has run dry as fuck. Hamilton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 35 minutes ago, DDA said: I better wake up to some good news. This transfer window has run dry as fuck. It's Friday again, then Saturday, Sunday what? Don't expect anything this week. xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I was hoping Caicedo might go full on statement like he did with Arsenal in January. You'd think the people around him would be throwing chairs and allsorts round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,315 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Imagine if Man City had wanted him - the whole thing would have been done and dusted in 48 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,097 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I don't think Caicedo is going to push or throw his toys out of the pram now - signed a long term contract with them in just March, and apparently didn't secure a sensible clause to leave so can't really complain. I think the reason is incredibly obvious: he was on just 15k a week when he threw his toys out last time. It got him a new contract with them on 4x the salary but he had to commit with no clause to get it which was clearly his priority (money), and now he's stuck there for 4 years at least while Brighton play around trying to get stupid money for him. Same tricks Levy pulls on players and why Harry Kane ended up stuck at Spurs for his whole career. We should ofc take note with Colwill, who is also on 15k a week and just like Moises making some noises, guarantee that all goes away if we put him on a decent deal at 60k a week. manpe and Fernando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Fulham Broadway said: Imagine if Man City had wanted him - the whole thing would have been done and dusted in 48 hours They aren't as robotic as we think- just look at the Gvardiol situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) I honestly think we should just move on. I haven't been sold on Caicedo full stop, let alone for £70m+. The guy has had one good season. Additionally, Brighton always feck us over. A big concern for me, is that he couldn't even pin down his preferred position in the that Brighton side last season. I am not saying he is rubbish but whilst some people are seeing a heir to Kante, I can also see an heir to Ramires. He needs a much bigger body of work to be commanding £70m+. Where that leaves us however, is in a massive hole as we've spent so much time on trying to get him. For me, if we do have such money for a fee floating about we should now start trying to go for a Tchou or Barella. If those players are also impossible, maybe look at Lavia - although I see him being too far down the line with Liverpool. The next option for me, would be to switch Reece to DM and look at Livra or even roll with Maatsen a a utility player for RB/LB/AM - he has already made comments about being willing keep his head down to get opportunities so he may be up for that. The only issue here is it may cause issues with Reece as we don't know what his postion is on it. If the latter is the option that we go with, then find a No.8 and let's actually get a GK who is capable of commanding their area. Edited July 28, 2023 by King Kante enzoforever and Mhsc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I am curious was there any hints that James will be playing as CDM or is it pure fantasy based on the fact he played 13 matches on this position in Wigan 5 years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,506 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 53 minutes ago, King Kante said: I honestly think we should just move on. I haven't been sold on Caicedo full stop, let alone for £70m+. The guy has had one good season. Additionally, Brighton always feck us over. A big concern for me, is that he couldn't even pin down his preferred position in the that Brighton side last season. I am not saying he is rubbish but whilst some people are seeing a heir to Kante, I can also see an heir to Ramires. He needs a much bigger body of work to be commanding £70m+. Where that leaves us however, is in a massive hole as we've spent so much time on trying to get him. For me, if we do have such money for a fee floating about we should now start trying to go for a Tchou or Barella. If those players are also impossible, maybe look at Lavia - although I see him being too far down the line with Liverpool. The next option for me, would be to switch Reece to DM and look at Livra or even roll with Maatsen a a utility player for RB/LB/AM - he has already made comments about being willing keep his head down to get opportunities so he may be up for that. The only issue here is it may cause issues with Reece as we don't know what his postion is on it. If the latter is the option that we go with, then find a No.8 and let's actually get a GK who is capable of commanding their area. It's a shame that we didn't seriously look at Barella whilst Inter were trying to negotiate for Lakaka. I really don't see us getting a DM now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, ulvhedin said: I am curious was there any hints that James will be playing as CDM or is it pure fantasy based on the fact he played 13 matches on this position in Wigan 5 years ago? I am 100% sure this is pure speculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,271 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 eheh Norfolkblue1961 and Blue Armour 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,615 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 7 hours ago, Strike said: that's the right valuation for Caicedo that was not my point at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Have a feeling we will get Caicedo but spending 100m on him is lunacy. Having two 100m midfielders, you better win something. The pressure on the players and manager will be immense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) 40 minutes ago, ulvhedin said: I am curious was there any hints that James will be playing as CDM or is it pure fantasy based on the fact he played 13 matches on this position in Wigan 5 years ago? James played in a various positions for the development sides as we had Lampty and Livra coming through at the same time. Additionally, and this is admittedly me making some suppositions. He has had a lot of problems with his joints. For me, this is principally due to him having such a powerful/big build for his size. He isn't really built to be a sprinter/runner. For me, if he went to CDM it would aide his longevity. In addition to this, I feel James is one of those players where you can put him in any position and he will be great - he did this in the development sides - think of Rooney who could play AM, CF, CM. Lastly, we also have Gusto now who looks promising, however if James stays at RB he isn't getting a game expect for when he is injured or needs a rest. For me, moving James to CDM makes a lot of sense, even if we haven't seen it yet. This of course would be a bit of an experiment, however as we don't have Europe next season, I think this is the perfect time to try. I mean, let's also member, before he became a CDM Maka was a AM for the first period of his career. Edited July 28, 2023 by King Kante Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,914 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, DDA said: Have a feeling we will get Caicedo but spending 100m on him is lunacy. Having two 100m midfielders, you better win something. The pressure on the players and manager will be immense. Yeah, same feeling here. I think we’ve backed ourselves into a corner where we’ve put all of our eggs in this basket. He’s nowhere close to a £100m player but we cannot miss out on CL qualification again. If the club feel that Caicedo will make the difference between finishing top 4 or not then I guess we can justify the massive overpay. DDA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Pizy said: Yeah, same feeling here. I think we’ve backed ourselves into a corner where we’ve put all of our eggs in this basket. He’s nowhere close to a £100m player but we cannot miss out on CL qualification again. If the club feel that Caicedo will make the difference between finishing top 4 or not then I guess we can justify the massive overpay. It's a weird one because in one way the club are doing the right thing with being cautious of overpaying for a player that's only had one good season in the Prem but at the same time they have wasted too much time on him leaving us extremely limited options. We'll I say limited options because we are only being linked with him and Lavia... when in reality there is a whole World of footballers out there to be chosen from.... I think the club wait for one of the big 6 to go for a player before registering interest in that particular player. Edited July 28, 2023 by DDA enzoforever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I guess we'll end up with Romeo Lavia. Too much time has passed with this saga in negotiations with these fools from Brighton and Hove. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said: Imagine if Man City had wanted him - the whole thing would have been done and dusted in 48 hours Wrong. City is in the same situation with Gvardiol. Leipzig wanting 100m, City doesnt wanna pay this, negotiations still ongoing till now. This window is the window of dragging transfers: Hojlund to United Vlahovic to PSG Gvardiol to City Kane to Bayern etc, etc. Edited July 28, 2023 by Gundalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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