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Good shout that ??

Diaby’s agent in gear now…

This shouldn’t be allowed. Not in the spirit of the pyramid system.

Sounding like a £25m squad filler I was thinking it might be. No brainer if so…

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Out of interest do you go to games either home, away or both?

Just caught up with this thread properly. Clear that opinions are split. Possibly even more so than on Maddison ?

Then I’d choose Joelinton to start. ASM to come off the bench. Which I feel he could do consistently over a season. I just don’t see how Barnes starts for us in the big games. If this is a squad signing and he’s happy replacing Anderson’s and Ritchie’s minutes then fair enough but you want to be paying nearer £25m if you possibly can.

Prefer to watch ASM ??‍♂️ Nothing I’ve seen from Barnes would make me want to pay and see him. Maybe that’s the appeal and his numbers are greater than his fee ??‍♂️

If he’s the player from the Euro’s then obviously a no brainer. Just ain’t seen him play in years. I do think it be great to have another Italian on board to help him and Tonali settle in. Think Bruno and Joelinton have both benefited from a similar scenario.

I can’t argue against age as you both rightly point out will be a part of it. I just feel from seeing Shearer pre and post injury and Wilson there is a similarity in that sharpness that is lost after a big injury. Not sure if available on YT but iirc Wilson scored a hat trick on his EPL debut at West Ham (3-4). His pace and power and sharpness was a real standout. Now he’s wiser a bit like Shearer had to become.

Your not. But you are also not factoring in he’d score even before his injuries. That chance at home against West Ham created by Gordon would’ve been dispatched. He’s lost a yard and half clearly.

And he’s nowhere near as good. Before them he was razor sharp. The Wilson we have is the Shearer after his injuries. His game has totally changed and uses his experience more. Wether that works as well on the wing is my concern.

Not just that though. What do Juventus know if they are willing to part for £35m?

What are the wages being reported?

How long ago was his injury?

Anyone seen Chiesa play in the last 2 years? How does he look after his ACLs? Asking for the 3rd time ?

Why when it pretty much backs up what he’s already said ?

My concern with Gordon is I think you’ll lose something from him if over-coached the same as I see with ASM. Could be wrong but seems to suite playing with instinct and a bit of an edge which again I hope we don’t smooth out of him.

Pretty sure that was the guy I heard on TalkSport discussing Barnes & us and even he was doubting his own story that we needed another LW ?

Great effort @kocunar ?

They can do their business early as they are higher in the pecking order than us. They also pay far bigger wages than us. Once the biggest payers have their top targets others fall into place for the likes of us. Yes there will be an odd exception but for example Rice would never come to us as much as EH would love him until Man City said no, then Arsenal, then Chelsea, then Liverpool, then Spurs. Even Villa could’ve arguably snare him ahead of us. So for argument sake if he was on all their lists and eventually they went for targets elsewhere in that position as the window progresses he’d fall in our lap near the end of the window. So in short we are in that awkward position of having a smaller pool of players we are interested in that we think will improve us and fit into our group ethos and wage structure. All these are susceptible to being enticed elsewhere for bigger wages as competing teams will also fancy them too. It’s only when those doors close that they open for us. In a few years time when we can/are paying around the £200-50kpw mark we might be able to move/entice quicker. I’d say we are at least 3 seasons away from that though.

Fair enough if so. Just would’ve thought all of them would’ve been on their phones if that was the case. Nowt wrong with good manners is there?