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1 minute ago, joeyt said:

Botman

Burn

Schar

Lascelles

Dummett

Krafth

Trippier

Hall

Livramento

Targett

Kelly

Tosin

 

That's a lot of defenders, you'd hope we'd be able to shift Targett but sounds like most of the others will be staying.

 

I imagine that Dummett, Targett and Trippier will be off.

Lascelles and Botman have their ACL injuries.

Leaves 7 defenders at least for the start of the season.

15 minutes ago, Jack27 said:

worrying if true!

If by 'interest from NUFC' you mean 'applied for the job at NUFC and went through a number of interviews', then aye. Sounds right.

FaceTime is banned in the UAE but it’s more to push you to use their services than anything else. WhatsApp isn’t banned. Google and Zoom all fine too as they have good relationships with the country.

3 hours ago, GideonShandy said:

Before getting injured in the Man U game on December 2, Pope played 13 Premier League games from which we took 23 points with a +17 goal difference. Average 1.77 points per game.

 

After the Man U game, Dubravka has played in 23 PL games, from which we took 31 points with +3 goal difference. Average 1.35 points per game.

 

There have obviously been other relevant variables, such as other players' injuries, and I'm not big on scapegoating, but it does seem like quite a drop-off.

And then you apply context. Those first 13 games were the hardest set of fixtures given the teams we were playing. Dubravka had a much easier run and let in many more goals.

Respect some of the performances he’s put in for us over the years, didn’t like the Man Utd loan strop and hope he’ll be departing at the end of this season. That’s it really.

11 minutes ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said:

That only works if your existing first 11 players aren’t all significantly older than 30. Schar, Trippier, Wilson, Burn to name but a few are not getting any younger

I suppose none of them are getting any younger to be honest.

3 hours ago, r0cafella said:

Nope it’s totally fair, this forum suffers from recency bias and are over ratting him due to us being smashed by them. 
 

Palace have been in the league forever and never made any progress beyond mid table. 
 

before I’m jumped on I’m not saying he’s bad or anything like that but again, nothing to suggest he’s elite or best in class at this stage. 

Aye, all fair points but they could all have been made against Eddie ‘that bloke who got Bournemouth relegated’ Howe before he joined.

This regime have had decent success at hiring the right personalities so at this stage I’d put my trust in them bringing in the right fit from that perspective and allowing them to become ‘best in class’ or whatever within the right environment.

3 minutes ago, OCK said:

premature transfer speculation is common in males his age

27?

Aye just watched some clips of Boumsong. Probably not the best example ?

Bramble would probably fit into it. I remember him having the attributes. Everything but a brain.

That’s how I define it anyway. 

Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

Sometimes I think that just means 'made a mistake'... I don't really understand why concentration is the thing people talk about

Because it could be from an unforced situation where they were caught off guard. The top defenders rarely do this. They’ll have a bad day at the office once in a blue moon because they’re still human, but it’s a different thing to just switching off at a crucial time.

Boumsong was almost the complete defender but we were always expecting one stupid comedy error that was completely unneeded and unforced most of the time. Same with David James actually between the sticks.

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

Must have seen a dozen of his matches and he's never stood out to me.

 

We need depth at CB so there's that.

We feel the same with hundreds of your posts m8.

54 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Some of them are and they are punished accordingly. The big difference here is Uefa isn’t so draconian with punishments. 
 

The premier league has only recently become so draconian because of our emergence. As you will note the league was silent when Chelsea and City were doing it. Basically the big boys club is full now so something had to be done. 

Is it just fines? If so can’t we follow suit and take the fines? Or have any of these guys been ejected?

Surely Real Madrid, both Milans, PSG, Barca, Atletico etc aren’t at 70% for wages to turnover or whatever it is going to be.

How can they run a competition where pretty much all or most major players are breaking that rule?

8 hours ago, mighty__mag said:

 

Where's this from

 

 

 

Every fucker except Chelsea are playing Palace away. Do CP only ever play at home now? ?

If he was sold for 100m, what does that actually do for us in terms of spending? Does that mean we have 100m to spend over 3 years? No idea how it works.

What a batshit system. Sell your stars to have to rebuild for the next half a decade.

52 minutes ago, Choppy Chop Chop said:

If not for FA cup replays I would have never visited Hereford, Scunthorpe & Watford 

Sounds like you’re in favour of scrapping them.

2 minutes ago, TBG said:

The Ashley Out campaign is still the best.

 

I wonder if we'll ever find out who those founding heroes were.

6 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

I still don't understand that approach since Liverpool and Chelsea sold players for huge amounts which they could never have commanded from clubs outside of Saudi.

Just looked at his stats for the season. Was expecting more than 4 goals and 8 assists, but also expecting less than 26 games so swings and roundabouts.

And we also would have probably gotten more for ASM, who was massively underpriced to avoid scrutiny.

Just now, macphisto said:

How is it killing us, have any deals been contested? What would be different if it wasn't there? 

We would have gotten more money from sponsorships that had to go through FMV.

1 minute ago, Izakaya said:

Chris Wood back ?

 

Calum Wilson is our backup striker now. 

Callum’s going to be fuming when our new CF signing introduces himself 

Just now, leffe186 said:

I was just questioning the “whole thing” phrase - just seemed like over-egging the pudding. The authorities have been trying to shut the stable door for years and years, and clearly it’s been unworkable/failed as shown by Man City’s rise. 

Fair enough if that's your point. 

I feel there has definitely been a reaction to our takeover which has led to some very questionable policies going through, but aye it definitely isn't all in place just because of us. Agreed.

7 minutes ago, leffe186 said:

Why do you say that? FFP was agreed in 2009 by UEFA and implemented two years later. It was obviously set up - at least in part - to try to stop somebody coming in, buying any club and then throwing money at the wall. For many reasons, some nefarious, some not. Of course 13 years later it was you that got bought by a country and so you’re in their sights now.

FMV was brought in to stop us progressing quickly.

I think that Willock, like a number of other players, are all part of a greater thing that just hasn’t had the chance to run this year.

Willock and Joelinton are so effective when both in midfield. Like how Murphy plays better with Trippier behind him. 

48 minutes ago, McDog said:

 

 

 

That sounds like the life for me. Live in a compound. 

 

Where might a man get a pint mate?

 

Not here, try Bahrain but don't tell anyone I said that.

 

 

? Aye the name compound sounds a bit grim but aesthetically they’re very nice.

I’m sure you’re aware, but there’s moonshine to be had.