Vinny Green Balls

The hatred was absolutely visceral. Several on here covered themselves in shame with the attacks.

but your modesty is your greatest strength

5 and 9 the year before

He probably meant when we got Tino.

Elanga is 23. Tino will turn 23 this year. elanga’s output for the last two seasons has been good, especially considering his age.

Given the output player, it would probably be the equivalent of getting someone for shy of 25 million 10 years ago, given the ridiculous inflation in the game.

Despite four first team players being recruited from other leagues?

What? We were operating without a DoF when Bruno was signed, and Botman was being monitored. Under Ashworth, Howe seemed to have the lion's share of the power with transfers. You didn't mention Tonali, but Howe mentioned falling in love with him (of course Tonali wasn't exactly a hidden gem at that point). He does happen to be aware of players in different leagues. And clearly, the head scout is doing what the head scout should do anyway.

will be mitigated a fair amount if we can flog Longstaff, given that he would be pure profit.

Some on here act like it's 2015 when 40 million was a large amount. That's reasonable given his output.

Did we deem him too expensive? Was it wage demands? Was it player decision?

Exactly. Good stats for a kid over the past two seasons.

and of course nearly a decade younger