James 5,331 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Â Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted January 10, 2024 Share Posted January 10, 2024 (edited) What was the point of 1) signing this guy & 2) not loaning him out? If he can’t get any minutes when we are needing a goal in a cup game against a championship team then that says it all. Loan him out this month FFS. Edited January 11, 2024 by OneMoSalah Stats and Strike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted January 10, 2024 Share Posted January 10, 2024 7 hours ago, OneMoSalah said: What was the point of 1) signing this guy & 2) not loaning him out? If he can’t get any minutes when we are needing a goal in a cup game against a champions then that says it all. Loan him out this month FFS. Don't try and figure out what the board are thinking. It will just do your head in. OneMoSalah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted January 10, 2024 Share Posted January 10, 2024 Spent 18million on him. At some point there needs to be an enquiry into the Clearlake spendings. I doubt we make any money back on the youngsters we have signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 10, 2024 Share Posted January 10, 2024 20 minutes ago, Strike said: Spent 18million on him. At some point there needs to be an enquiry into the Clearlake spendings. I doubt we make any money back on the youngsters we have signed. No doubt we won't, we're signing players for 20m each with less than 10 professional games. They rejected a real talent in Endrik and bought all these maybes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted January 10, 2024 Share Posted January 10, 2024 (edited) Brazilians with misspelled American names are the best! 😆 That's actually how one (or rather his folks) would make his name be pronounced David in Portuguese. Edited January 10, 2024 by robsblubot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,147 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 On 10/01/2024 at 04:28, OneMoSalah said: What was the point of 1) signing this guy & 2) not loaning him out? If he can’t get any minutes when we are needing a goal in a cup game against a champions then that says it all. Loan him out this month FFS. And spending the amount of money we do on a player without much proven experience is utterly shambolic. He looks no way near ready and Poch clearly thinks the same. Just under £20m on a player we are hesitant to bring on is completely shameful. OneMoSalah and Strike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 18 minutes ago, Stats said: And spending the amount of money we do on a player without much proven experience is utterly shambolic. He looks no way near ready and Poch clearly thinks the same. Just under £20m on a player we are hesitant to bring on is completely shameful. Would it be completely wrong to say we’ve been milked by some agents who hyped up their clients using YouTube compilations and PR? Washington, David Fofana, Diego Moreira, Lesley Ugo and few others fall in this category. Little experience, lot of hype. manpe and Stats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Strike said: Would it be completely wrong to say we’ve been milked by some agents who hyped up their clients using YouTube compilations and PR? Washington, David Fofana, Diego Moreira, Lesley Ugo and few others fall in this category. Little experience, lot of hype. Chelsea is clearly run as a business now. I think in the business world they call such assets potential growth stocks. You need only one or two to really hit off to make a profit. I'm no pro investor, but I really think we should stay away from IPOs for a while and diversify our portfolio with a few solid proven stocks that would pay guaranteed dividends for a couple of years. In the end some of the growth stocks might start paying dividends too, but we should invest safer in the meantime so as not to go broke.  Edited January 11, 2024 by manpe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,475 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 (edited) 3 hours ago, Strike said: Would it be completely wrong to say we’ve been milked by some agents who hyped up their clients using YouTube compilations and PR? Washington, David Fofana, Diego Moreira, Lesley Ugo and few others fall in this category. Little experience, lot of hype. What hype never heard of any of them before we got them. They are buying random youngsters for big money, aren't even top of the echelon in terms of talent. Edited January 11, 2024 by TheHulk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 37 minutes ago, TheHulk said: What hype never heard of any of them before we got them. They are buying random youngsters for big money, aren't even top of the echelon in terms of talent. Ugo looks dogshit on YouTube so must be random yeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 (edited) 2 hours ago, lucio said: Ugo looks dogshit on YouTube so must be random yeh His agent planted the story that Brighton had identified him as Caicedo replacement. It worked because it instantly got the clueless owners hard. Just like with Cucurella, Mudryk and Lavia - if Shitty, Arsenal and Liverpool weren't interested, doubt we would have gone for any of them. Edited January 11, 2024 by manpe lucio and robsblubot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 8 hours ago, manpe said: His agent planted the story that Brighton had identified him as Caicedo replacement. It worked because it instantly got the clueless owners hard. Just like with Cucurella, Mudryk and Lavia - if Shitty, Arsenal and Liverpool weren't interested, doubt we would have gone for any of them. 😆 it could actually have some truth to it... I wonder if there are significant differences around transfers and, say agent behavior, in American sports vs Football. It could be that there is a certain naiveté in their approach right now. they will learn in time. 🙂 We will eventually look like a top team again, it may just take a few years though--according to Frank Leboeuf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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