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Love the first time finish.

He's offside?! Oh my God ....

Beautiful goal. 

About time they played him in behind.

Get Doku off man. That's ridiculous.

I'm almost certain Belgium are going to blow this. So impossibly wasteful.

1 minute ago, gbandit said:

Onana’s passing has been way better than I’m used to seeing at Everton. Maybe that’s the best indicator of why his game has looked poor at times, because the players around him usually are awful 

He looks breathtaking at times in that midfield.

I can kind of see why Arsenal have been linked with him as a replacement for Partey.

A few years of refinement at a better club, and he could be scary.

15 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Weird how he never played for Watford and now he's starting for Belgium in a major tournament

Not going to lie didn't even remember him being at Watford. Wow.

10 minutes ago, AJ9 said:

I think you’re right re: value. When we’ve bought from these shores, we’ve extracted good prices (Wood aside). Not sure how they would stack up against similarly rated players from other leagues, but we haven’t been take to the cleaners for players from the U.K.

Yes, this is the thing. We mostly do our key business in that £30 million to £40 million range, whether at home or abroad, and we've been very good at it.

We've then gone bigger twice, and both times it was for players we thought were exceptional and they were both from abroad, in Isak and Tonali.

I don't think many clubs have bettered us in the transfer market since the new owners came in, and so it's difficult to understand some of the negativity and scepticism. 

Lukebakio looking good on that right side.

If you're dribbling the ball and tread on someone's foot accidentally, is that really a foul? 

Belgium good start, but faffing about now at the back.

Just now, GeordieDazzler said:

 

He clearly knew

Oh my God 

That is so typical man. He definitely knew 

14 minutes ago, Dandy Man said:

Have we actually made a definitively bad signing since the takeover? Genuine question (sort of)

Chris Wood was rough, but then we got a decent chunk of the money back.

And then you also see what he did at Forest, and you kind of see what could have been.

1 minute ago, Weezertron said:

Honestly, it's was probably you dropping condescending solitary smilies left and right on the forum today to any comment you disagreed with. 

 

It's fine though. I took the bait. 

We haven't even signed any of these guys and there's talk of how they are holding us back etc.

I'm sorry but it's a bit laughable. Especially because I still remember quite clearly the uproar about the Gordon signing on here.

Now he's everyone's favourite. 

Just now, The Prophet said:

 

To be fair, I don't think it's necessarily about under or overpaying, it's about finding value for money.

 

Now I think there's quite a lot of snobbery towards Premier League players (look no further than the reaction to Kilman), but there's no doubting you pay a premium.

 

The Premium is the guarantee of being Premier League ready, but given our limited budget there is a fair argument we should br taking more risks. 

 

Nickson clearly has an eye for a player and we could be utilising that in cheaper, foreign markets. The percentage of duds may increase, but the budget would go further.

 

In terms of recruitment, the club have earned our trust, but there's no doubt they value Premier League experience and are willing to pay for it. The question is, is it sustainable?

The thing is though we don't sign English players at a premium. We always look for good deals.

Looking back the English players we do sign often outplay the foreign signings a lot of people preferred.

Burn has been better than Diego Carlos, Gordon has been better than Moussa Diaby, Targett ended up doing better than that Brazilian that ended up at Forest at the time, Renan Lodi. Just as a few examples.

A good signing is a good signing no matter where from. 

Let's see who comes in and what happens once the games come around. I suspect it will be the same old story.

Just now, Weezertron said:

This isn't my argument, and I'm not really interested in it.

 

I was just irked by your reluctance to see any other point of view other than your own. 

How am I not seeing Anyone else's view?

We do not only avoid signing foreign players, and we do not spend significantly more on the English players that we do sign, and in fact typically only sign them when there is decent value to be had.

And so what exactly are you irked by? The fact that I don't agree with what people are saying because it is inaccurate?

Just now, Weezertron said:

 

It's not really about overpaying. It's about filling the required holes in the squad with a specific budget. If we need 5 players with 80mil, you might only get 2 english players for that. 

How do you know the club is not taking all this into consideration?

5 minutes ago, gjohnson said:

I have no trust if any of these rumours are true.  They are as grim as it comes and totally cement us as a 7-9 team

 

1 minute ago, Weezertron said:

Probably more so about shopping abroad to make the most out of our limited budget?

Who have we overpaid for so far from these shores?

1 minute ago, STM said:

 

Honestly, I need a rest from this place. So many bad takes its frightening.

 

I'm always honest, I've never paid to much attention to Kilman, but I'm smart enough to know that when there is noise around a player being good, it's often accurate.

 

Put an I on the end of his name and say we are signing him for Napoli, the same people are making different comments. It's absolutely embarrassing.

It's rough man.

The season will come round soon enough, then we'll see what happens on the pitch.

1 hour ago, STM said:

Some absolute whoppers in here mind.... and yes it's because I disagree with your opinion.

 

Our record in the transfer market is fantastic, especially the players we've signed from these shores.

 

I don't want us to sign foreign players just to appease a few FM wannabees who think they have the foreign market sussed.

 

Eddie has forgotten more about football than most (including me) will ever even understand in their lifetime. That doesn't mean to say you aren't entitled to an opinion, it just means that you are likely wrong.

 

 

 

 

Ah, I think you're right. This is an FM thing isn't it.

Makes so much sense actually. Been wondering what this whole thing has been about.

Want to see their FM favourites from abroad being signed by the club. 

June 22nd and Eddie is ruining the transfers already! 

Wow ... really impressed he's passed that actually. 

1 minute ago, McCormick said:

Echoing what a lot of people have said already; Kilman is very good but he doesn’t make too much sense for us unless he can play on the right?

Pulled up clips from last season, and was quite surprised at how often he was on the right side.

1 minute ago, toon25 said:

Not for the style of game Eddie likes. He'll continually break down.

He's quick and runs the channels and gets in behind. And also attacks crosses really well. Also adds more of a hold up game to our front line.

Fits in with how we play really well IMO.

Just now, HalloNUFC said:

U must be joking.

 

Kilman is a top top CB, he was the priority target for Napoli last season to replace the kim-min.

 

 

 

I don't think a lot of people watch teams outside of the top 6, which is fine.

But then they have such strong opinions about how shit the players at the other clubs are!

It's so so strange man.