Shadow Puppets

He’s been woeful for Benfica.

Eh? I thought he perfectly encapsulated the teams performance. Good for the first 20, poor for the middle part of the game, then strong for the last 20.

The first 25 mins were pretty good man. We played some nice stuff until Willock went off. Then not good for 30 mins or so. Then decent at the end again.

Mixed performance. Played well until Willock went off. Lost our way, and then picked up again for the last 20 mins. All in all though a pretty positive first 3 games of the season, especially considering we aren’t out of 1st gear yet.

We apparently approached him early in the summer and were told he was only interested in European football.

Rumours that are categorically untrue.

You’re definitely wrong on that front.

Second time in a week she’s asked something that Eddie had to shut down. On Friday she was asking how the club would essentially babysit him to prevent further bets.

This is why we want him so badly by the way… https://youtu.be/p0_HDuYUJTE?si=TobZw4JfyIi6aIbo

I wonder (purely speculating) whether we were happy for him to be cup tied in exchange for a more favourable agreement? I dunno. Bit of a stretch.

Close to the player.

If you’ve ever heard him speak, he’s too much of a pro to do that.

😁

Because the player wants to join (100%), and when negotiations go this deep they very rarely fall apart.

For what it’s worth (and I know I’m opening myself up for pelters if it doesn’t happen 😂), I’ve just spoken to one of my usual contacts and he’s still adamant that Guehi will sign this week, regardless of being cup tied. I must admit though, I’m starting to doubt it will happen personally, but confidence is still high 🤷‍♂️ Don’t shoot the messenger, eh 😁

And how exactly do you know that?

Precisely… he’s their player. As far as Palace are concerned we might get knocked out of the cup tomorrow and they would have left a star player out for no reason. Still convinced this is happening. It’s just being played out in a ridiculous manner.

Just log off mate. You’re embarrassing yourself.

This exactly.

I understand your point, I just think it’s really disrespectful to Murphy and Miggy to suggest that we “carry them”. They’ve both contributed heavily to our two best seasons in recent memory. Can we do better? Yes. Do they deserve the level of disrespect they get? Not in my opinion.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a solid indication (if he plays) that Palace are fucking us around again, but all I’m saying is we don’t buy players worrying whether they might miss a few games. Anyway, he might not play.

Yes, but my point is the club say over and over again that every decision they make is about the long term. I don’t think it’ll make much difference in their thinking.

Well, it is though isn’t it? We’re buying him for 5+ years. The early part of the competition he probably wouldn’t start in anyway. IF (and it’s still and if), he’s cup tied, he’ll max miss a Quarter, Semi and Final, and by that time Botman and Lascelles will be back in the squad. I just don’t think it’s that important.

As I said this morning, I don't think whether he plays tonight or not holds any importance in the grand scheme of things. He's the player we want for the long term... we're not going to walk away because he might miss a few games.