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Tomo 21,751 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 47 minutes ago, TheHulk said: No worries got Fofana instead of him. The one who took the shots last summer should be in prison. They play on different sides of the CB, Fofana and Gvardiol impact each other as about as much as Bettinelli and Nkunku do. Now let's assume he was up for joining us over City (highly unlikely) if we decided against it it would have been because of Colwill and/or Badiashille, not Fofana. But that doesn't get your much needed sensational headline, does it? OneMoSalah and YorkshireBlue 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Pizy said: But as the first choice DM and the main player preventing teams from blitzing through the middle of the pitch? HELL no! From what I'm reading that's exactly what he'd do from a defensive standpoint. It's on the ball where he's weak to non existent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,637 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Tomo said: They play on different sides of the CB, Fofana and Gvardiol impact each other as about as much as Bettinelli and Nkunku do. Now let's assume he was up for joining us over City (highly unlikely) if we decided against it it would have been because of Colwill and/or Badiashille, not Fofana. But that doesn't get your much needed sensational headline, does it? The idea a CB can't adapt in both CB slots is the biggest mystery in football. Also pointless discussion because my point was we should've got him last year instead of Fofana not this year. Edited August 2, 2023 by TheHulk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Buy Adams for 20 Sell Gallagher for 45 Be happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,050 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) shit buys and loans on a historical basis the past 10 windows (no bad ones yet this window) some of these fees are too low, as T-Markt has went wobbly since they stopped offering conversion to pounds a small handful of these were balanced off by decent fees when sold (Morata, etc), and some major trophies Werner, Kai (good fee as well), Kepa, and Mendy), BUT those players also were shit far too often bold are the worst ARRIVALS 23/24 Players Club Transfer sum no bad ones so far ARRIVALS 22/23 (just WOW, what a shit year) Players Club Transfer sum Wesley Fofana Leicester City Leicester €80.40m Marc Cucurella Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton €65.30m Raheem Sterling Manchester City Man City €56.20m Kalidou Koulibaly SSC Napoli SSC Napoli €38.00m Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FC Barcelona Barcelona €12.00m Denis Zakaria Juventus FC Juventus Loan (bit harsh, he never really got enough game time) ARRIVALS 21/22 Players Club Transfer sum Romelu Lukaku Inter Milan Inter €113.00m Saúl Ñíguez Atlético de Madrid Atlético Madrid Loan ARRIVALS 20/21 Players Club Transfer sum Kai Havertz Bayer 04 Leverkusen B. Leverkusen €80.00m (decent fee when sold saves him from a bold) Timo Werner RB Leipzig RB Leipzig €53.00m Hakim Ziyech Ajax Amsterdam Ajax €40.00m Edouard Mendy Stade Rennais FC Rennes €24.00m Malang Sarr OGC Nice OGC Nice free transfer (low cost, BUT he was so shit and cost us games) ARRIVALS 19/20 Players Club Transfer sum no bad ones, as we had the ban ARRIVALS 18/19 Players Club Transfer sum Kepa Arrizabalaga Athletic Bilbao Athletic €80.00m Christian Pulisic Borussia Dortmund Bor. Dortmund €64.00m Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus FC Juventus Loan (£17m down the shitter (fee + salary) for 6 months of shit play) ARRIVALS 17/18 Players Club Transfer sum Álvaro Morata Real Madrid Real Madrid €66.00m (decent fee when sold saves him from a bold) Tiemoué Bakayoko AS Monaco Monaco €40.00m Danny Drinkwater Leicester City Leicester €37.90m Davide Zappacosta Torino FC Torino €25.00m Emerson Palmieri AS Roma AS Roma €20.00m Ross Barkley Everton FC Everton €16.80m ARRIVALS 16/17 Players Club Transfer sum Michy Batshuayi Olympique Marseille Marseille €39.00m David Luiz Paris Saint-Germain Paris SG €35.00m ARRIVALS 15/16 Players Club Transfer sum Abdul Rahman Baba FC Augsburg FC Augsburg €26.00m Kenedy Fluminense Football Club Fluminense €8.00m Radamel Falcao AS Monaco Monaco Loan Michael Hector Reading FC Reading €5.40m Matt Miazga New York Red Bulls New York RB €4.60m Nathan Atlético Paranaense Atlético-PR €4.00m Papy Djilobodji FC Nantes FC Nantes €3.50m (made a profit!) Alexandre Pato Sport Club Corinthians Paulista Corinthians Loan ARRIVALS 14/15 Players Club Transfer sum Juan Cuadrado ACF Fiorentina Fiorentina €31.00m Filipe Luís Atlético de Madrid Atlético Madrid €20.00m Loïc Rémy Queens Park Rangers QPR €13.20m Edited August 2, 2023 by Vesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Mhsc 1,139 Posted August 2, 2023 Popular Post! Share Posted August 2, 2023 Call me sentimental but I don’t think Timo was a shit buy, just not the big time goal scorer we thought we were getting. We fell off the day he left. robsblubot, didi007, Alex and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,637 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Just now, Mhsc said: Call me sentimental but I don’t think Timo was a shit buy, just not the big time goal scorer we thought we were getting. We fell off the day he left. Timo was great buy, sadly we replaced him with wish Timo aka Sterling who is a lazy fuck least Timo was trying his best every match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 7 minutes ago, Gundalf said: Buy Adams for 20 Sell Gallagher for 45 Be happy I’d keep gallagher over Adams OneMoSalah, Gundalf, ulsterchelsea and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 7 minutes ago, Vesper said: Edouard Mendy Stade Rennais FC Rennes €24.00m C'mon. Cheap, obviously limited, bought when Kepa was absolutely horrendous, saved our ass on many levels, went beast mode beyond any expectations, not good when no one was good, finally essentially pushed off the stairs by club and Potter for whatever reason. The sole difference to entire team he made after arrival makes him one of better buys in my eyes. And Zakaria, well, another Saul story was to be expected but actually did decent, when played, that wasn't often. robsblubot, didi007, cfccrost and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, Vegetable said: C'mon. Cheap, obviously limited, bought when Kepa was absolutely horrendous, saved our ass on many levels, went beast mode beyond any expectations, not good when no one was good, finally essentially pushed off the stairs by club and Potter for whatever reason. The sole difference to entire team he made after arrival makes him one of better buys in my eyes. And Zakaria, well, another Saul story was to be expected but actually did decent, when played, that wasn't often. To this day, I don't understand what happened with Mendy. I suspect some serious off-pitch issue, but don't really know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,050 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 23 minutes ago, TheHulk said: Timo was great buy, sadly we replaced him with wish Timo aka Sterling who is a lazy fuck least Timo was trying his best every match. we took a huge loss on him, and he never delivered on a consistent basis good lad, but a terrible EPL footballer his shooting was insanely poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,257 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 56 minutes ago, Tomo said: From what I'm reading that's exactly what he'd do from a defensive standpoint. It's on the ball where he's weak to non existent. Actually, he’s a pretty neat and tidy footballer. Good first touch, looks good receiving the ball under pressure, can dribble a bit. Doesn’t appear to offer much in terms of forward passing, though. Those traits sound an awful lot like Kova. He’s basically a knock off version of Kova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Vesper said: we took a huge loss on him, and he never delivered on a consistent basis good lad, but a terrible EPL footballer his shooting was insanely poor There is no loss in football; the whole point is to make the club bigger by winning and collecting silverware. Timo, as limited as he was, was important in acquiring the biggest silverware in club football. Honestly, I think sometimes we make things more complicated than they need to be. Edited August 2, 2023 by robsblubot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,341 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 hour ago, TheHulk said: The idea a CB can't adapt in both CB slots is the biggest mystery in football. Also pointless discussion because my point was we should've got him last year instead of Fofana not this year. So we should of bought a left sided CB instead of a right sided CB? And it really isn't the biggest mystery in football at all? You block the ball or tackle with your strongest leg normally, stick a left footed CB on the right and watch how many penalties and free kicks he gives away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundalf 806 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Gvardiol is a great defender, but not Maldini himself. Colwill and Badiashile have the potential to be as good as him. Not crying for missing out tbh. We are sorted. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,637 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said: So we should of bought a left sided CB instead of a right sided CB? And it really isn't the biggest mystery in football at all? You block the ball or tackle with your strongest leg normally, stick a left footed CB on the right and watch how many penalties and free kicks he gives away. Gvardiol or Levi out of position better than that money wasted on Fofana and I highly doubt they would be as bad as between a goalkeeper and a attacking midfield like that poster claimed. Also it's funny how you are so obsessed with all my posts, yesterday you claimed we should play Jackson as a AM and let Vlahovic up top if needed but for some reason a CB can't do it because it's not his dominant leg. Edited August 2, 2023 by TheHulk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,341 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, TheHulk said: Gvardiol or Levi out of position better than that money wasted on Fofana and I highly doubt they would be as bad as between a goalkeeper and a attacking midfield like that poster claimed. Also it's funny how you are so obsessed with all my posts, yesterday you claimed we should play Jackson as a AM and let Vlahovic up top if needed but for some reason a CB can't do it because it's not his dominant leg. Playing behind a striker is called a centre forward not an attacking midfielder. Clearly you have never played football before, because you haven't a clue about trying to lead with your weak leg in tackles or blocking, it's like putting ziyech on the right wing and asking him to cross with only his right foot, see how many actually hit the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,637 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, YorkshireBlue said: Playing behind a striker is called a centre forward not an attacking midfielder. Clearly you have never played football before, because you haven't a clue about trying to lead with your weak leg in tackles or blocking, it's like putting ziyech on the right wing and asking him to cross with only his right foot, see how many actually hit the box. Yet the likes of Azpi could put a shift as a left back albeit he wasn't as good long term. Maldini also an example. I didn't even say I wanted Gvardiol this season because luckily things panned out okay for us but let's not pretend that was the plan all along, if it wasn't for the fans getting angry Levi would've been sold last season to Brighton. Having the Gvardiol/Levi headache right now instead of 70 millions in hospital would be tons better right now no matter how you spin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,732 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Looks like the fee between us Lukaku/Vlahovic is reducing and it’s down to Poch to make the final call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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