KaKa
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27 minutes ago, elbee909 said:
He's linked with everyone, so smacks of the old 'agent pumping up interest' to me
AS article goes into more detail and says we've moved first and early on and are the only ones so far that are prepared to pay the release clause. Also gives details of the contract we are prepared to give him.
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36 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:
Really good looking profile and fantastic goal and assist numbers for his age. Great looking prospect for the short and long term.
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I thought Arteta starting Vieira and Jorginho against these lot was a bit of a liberty, they were both so powder puff in midfield and it gave Sporting so much of an initiative. Sporting moved the ball too quickly for them in there and had decent tricky, quick players dropping into spaces too.
By the time Partey and Odegaard came on they started dominating, but ran out of time. Should have started stronger and looked to overwhelm sporting early on at home and then take guys off late on.
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8 minutes ago, Ronson333 said:
We should be looking at Gift Orban from Gent, great goal scoring record already and won’t cost that much.
Even though he's my fellow Naija man and I would love to see it, this is a hell of an over reaction
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35 minutes ago, The Bonk said:
Fair enough, he's had some exposure and learning there, but it seems like a dramatic climb in a short span of time which has shown evidence in his dealing with off the pitch business. Howe and Potter wouldn't make the PR mistakes Parker has made, but they probably don't have the ego Parker does. As a figure head of those promotions he's gained notoriety, but how much was due to the coaching staffs, players he inherited?
I think Brugge were idiotic in thinking Parker actually had the pedigree to push them on in Europe or domestically. I don't blame Parker for having a crack at the redemption arc.
I also have a bias against Parker from his time here and thought he was overrated in what he brought on the pitch. For the most part, he was a model pro, played to the best of his ability. Always felt like he was too good for us, but maybe that was the media.
In short, I don't like him.
Ah, I see where you're coming from now. That's fair.
Yeah, he just gets too worked up over stuff. I remember he started well here but towards the end he was getting some criticism over some of his play and took it to heart way too much and he ended up falling out completely with the fan base and leaving in a strop. It's a recurring theme with him.
He just needs to grow up to be honest. He has some talent as a manager, but as you said he is awful off the pitch, when dealing with the guys in the boardroom and that bit is absolutely crucial. Due to his impatience he's already wasted opportunities at two pretty decent clubs who would have supported him with resources eventually, and now both Silva and Gary O'Neill look like they will benefit instead.
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1 hour ago, Dancing Brave said:
Imagine if this was an English teams fans.
The time is soon coming when they'll start gunning down these folks, then we'll see how big and bad they are.
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1 hour ago, The Bonk said:
He's failed spectacularly at Brugge, which you left out and has seemingly developed a heightened sense of self off of his work with Fulham and Bournemouth. Parker's pursuit of Barbour model status is unquestionable, but he's done nothing to earn any of the roles he was given. His managerial career has been handed to him rather than earned like a Potter or Howe. He's just less of a prick than Stevie G and Lamps.
He's taken a mighty humbling the last 6 months. Will have to take a gig at a mid table Championship Club as the bigger ones down there wouldn't risk it with him.
He was at Brugge for 5 mins. Was a goofy move to make mid season with players he would have not known as well, and with no opportunity to have any influence on shaping the squad.
I agree his attitude is not good as he is way too impatient that is for sure, and ultimately it will be his undoing as a manager unless he sorts it out. However, purely from watching his teams, I like a good bit of what I have seen.
When you say he has done nothing to earn the roles he has been given, what on Earth do you mean? He has the qualifications, and had a pretty high reputation in the game from his playing days. That gets you in the door at a lot of clubs. He started as a coach at Spurs under 19s before joining Fulham as a coach for the first team under Jokanovic and then Ranieri, and he took over as caretaker when both were sacked, before then becoming manager. He then brought them straight back up after they were relegated. He then fell out over signings at Fulham and left, and then joined Bournemouth as manager in the Championship and brought them straight up, before losing his cool and getting ditched again.
Why would you say he hasn't earned any of his roles? That's strange man.
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1 hour ago, TRon said:
What happened to him at Fulham do you think? He had a decent set up there. I do actually agree that he's a level above Lampard and Gerrard, he always came across as a considerate coach for what that's worth. Beyond that I'm just going off him not really doing much at any of his clubs other than getting disenchanted after a season or so.
He quit over signings. Got annoyed at the resources he was given similar to Bournemouth.
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22 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:
I think people are being far too harsh far too early with Parker. He has a lot to learn but I think he's possibly got something and he's young.
You're right about this, and I've said this from way back. His teams are cohesive and use the ball well. And he already has two promotions from the Championship.
He's just not at all good dealing with those above him at the club, and throws a strop when he isn't given the resources he wants. If he had just showed some patience and stuck it out with Bournemouth this season, he would have been in a great position right now with the new owner who has money to spend and has been forthcoming with it.
People are just obsessed with the outfits he wears for some very strange reason, and go on about that all the time as if that has anything to do with his abilities as a manager.
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1 hour ago, Sempiternal said:
Like Bruno is not the most athletically gifted player, he’s not Shelvey but he’s not an elite athlete but his technical ability is so good that it supersedes that
Yeah, the beauty with him though is his tenacity and commitment, which makes up a lot for any lesser natural physical gifts. He also just has a great knack for being in the right place and having a great awareness of what is around him both with and without the ball and so he is very effective, which is why all his statistical numbers are so high, even for metrics more associated with players that are great athletes.
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1 hour ago, Sempiternal said:
Yeah but then it mentions technical ability which I found strange, I mean everyone wants a physical player who has good technique. Personally I would rather prioritize technical ability but that’s just my preference
Looks like Howe is looking to build a more dynamic team with very physical and aggressive pressing off the ball, and one that attacks the opposition with power, pace and ball carrying ability. We will need to find players like this with better technical ability than we currently have through the squad at the minute, but they won't necessarily be the highly technical types that you tend to find with slower paced, ultra possession heavy sides.
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2 hours ago, Kanji said:
He was attempting to sign players to go play down to Bournemouth. He's hardly going to be competing with the established PL clubs during his time at Bournemouth where finances were tight, stadium was small and you had to find the exact right Howe type of player within the aforementioned constraints.
Yeah, this is constantly overlooked.
Think he did well considering how small a club they were and how much above their weight they were punching.
They didn't have anywhere near the size of infrastructure behind the scenes regarding scouting and analysis.
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9 minutes ago, Manxst said:
Don’t disagree about price or competitors. Just that we’d be interested and that we have been for a while. It’s only natural to be wanting the best players. Our best time was last summer though, I think, when we probably could’ve bid under the radar, so to speak.
I think we'll start moving for these types of players once we have first built up the rest of the squad and become more of a consistent top 4 threat and managed to at least feature in the Champions League a few times. Right now we're just not there yet.
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The price and competition for him both make him a non starter. It wouldn't even make sense.
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19 minutes ago, Manxst said:
We’ve been ‘in’ for him for a couple of years now- there’s always been rumours about our interest. Whether he’d come is another question, given the other clubs likely to be interested.
“with reports suggesting Newcastle have seen a previous approach for the 24-year-old turned down”
edit- quick google search shows plenty of rumours about a possible €100m bid being made by us last year for him.
Hey man, if you believed those reports cool. I didn't for one second.
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10 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:
If we had gotten Joao Pedro instead of Isak I think we would have been in for Osimhen this summer as number one striker. Isak is number one for foreseeable I think as they would've sold him being a central part of the project like Bruno when he was bought.
We would not have been in for Osimhen man
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57 minutes ago, toon25 said:
I've always thought Eddie has preferred Burn because he makes the 3 when we're in possession/attacking positions whilst Trips bombs forward.
City look like they do the same
More to do with Burn's limitations in bombing forward and running at the opposition with the ball, so he was used that way instead.
Howe has always preferred to have full backs that push on ahead of his wide men, who play a bit narrower.
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10 minutes ago, Manxst said:
Hmmm….don’t think so, sadly.
Man City enquiring despite having Haaland and Alvarez is actually disgusting. Like seriously, just piss off man.
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7 minutes ago, Manxst said:
Gavi on a free? Apparently his league registration is being invalidated by La Liga and therefore cancelling his Barca contract.
Man City or Arsenal would snap him up before we could even manage to contact his representatives.
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26 minutes ago, Sempiternal said:
Osimhen incoming ?
We're not at that level yet man. He's going to cost £100 million +
Marcus Thuram on a free would be a great alternative for us though.
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With that Athletic article saying we are looking for technical players with power, pace and athleticism, surely we'd be looking at Marcus Thuram who is on a free this summer? Can play across the front three too. I like him a lot.
Seems too good an option to pass up if we can do a deal there.
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Nah, they just want another option so Burn doesn't have to play there anymore.
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8 minutes ago, Andy84 said:
Agreed but it just doesn’t seem like he’s the long term solution. Certainly will be something internal where they feel he isn’t quite good enough
What? ... um, no. I see people have already forgot about the performances he was putting in last season. If they didn't think he wasn't good enough they would have sent him back after the loan.
We are going to have to have two decent players in each position going forward and so it makes sense we will be getting in another left back.
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10 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:
That’s pretty much what the article says in reference to Burn being the Botman back up. The article says the club are aware of the need for greater squad depth so think Targett and a new LB would see plenty of game time.
Ah, okay. Haven't read it yet, but yeah that makes perfect sense. Howe has always played with full backs that push forward while having his wide men slightly narrower, so that makes sense.
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Yeah, that made me chuckle too