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2 minutes ago, mosstef said:

We have been linked with Ferran Torres before, right?

Every window since the takeover, never happens. Never gets stood up by anyone outside of Spain. It's all Barca trying to flog people. 

5 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

He doesn't seem much of a passer. He's getting on the ball, taking on his man and getting himself into dangerous positions. That might be too heltah skelter for Eddie rn. He seems to work pretty hard too.

These were my general thoughts from what little I had seen of him last season. Could be a huge difference maker off the bench, but not sure about his tactical discipline yet. 

6 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

Yes, but I think we will try to find our RCB for the years to come also now that Tosin didnt go as planned.

True, but I wouldn't be shocked if that's a younger guy with potential who comes in the idea of replacing Schar over time, rather than immediately. Think RW is where we see the Bruno/Isak/Tonali style signing. 

Imagine the RW is where the big statement signing will be this Summer. 

Fun prediction game. Who do we see holding up the shirt (or keeper top) first? Supposedly Kellys shots are all done but his contract isn't up till July. Trafford could in theory happen at any time, but PSR suggests it could also be July. 

17 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

Hart was a far better goalie than Dubravka ever has been .

At both their peaks for sure. Hart hasn't really been close to the Dubravka/PL standard for years now. It's why no PL team wanted him. 

22 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

Great move for everyone apart from Celtic .

I don't know, like. Their fans thought Joe Hart was a god. Imagine Dubravka will blow their minds. Such an odd league. Genuinely historical big sides in Celtic, Rangers, even the likes of Aberdeen, but quality wise it's truly Championship level.

Anyone order their shirt online actually had it despatched yet?

5 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said:

 

I thought I recall us being linked more towards the end of his career, under Bobby. 

Aye. Whether any of them were actually ever close to happening is another matter, but we seemed to trying to turn ourselves into a bit of dad's army for a Summer or two. Remember being linked with Del Piero, Rivaldo, and Pep all within a couple Summers.

Up until I saw this today I always thought it was only ever Pep that had an actual chance of happening. I believe he has since said it was pretty close at one point.

45 minutes ago, STM said:

Also, medicals haven't been "booked" in about 20 years. We do everything ourselves now.

It's up there with "player is looking at houses up here."

Most don't do anything like that till they're actually signed, and are usually living in accommodation sorted by the club for the first few months. I think Joelinton was in fancy suite in the Hilton for over 6 months.

Is no one elses take away from that pic just how bow legged Trafford is?? Straighten those out and he's at least 7ft. 

I think we should ideally know what Anderson's actual position is before we sell him. Because it's been two (stop start) seasons now and I'm still not sure what his actual natural/best position actually is. 

1 minute ago, gdm said:

in all honesty it’s a terrible penalty. I think he’ll be a good signing tho. Not as exciting as the Georgian lad but he’s young and will improve 

It's the save of the rebound that makes it impressive. He is up immediately and ready for the rebound. If the second rebound was on target he was up and ready for that as well. Don't get me wrong, I think it's daft to judge a player in one moment in a game, but I'm happy to do it because I also reckon it's daft to judge a 20/21 year old keeper playing part of the season for one of the worst sides in the league where he is getting 0 help.

I actually think Trafford makes sense. Come in as a 2 with the idea being to develop him into number 1 over time. I imagine people would have felt differently about the move if we signed him post U21 Euros heroics. 

Wouldn't be shocked if it was accurate, but that legal teams from various clubs got in touch to point out the effect this could have on the player market. 

Will be rocking black lettering next year it seems. 

16 hours ago, huss9 said:

roberto martinez? how, just how?

he's to international football management what jermaine jenas is football presenting.

 

firstly gets one of the greatest group of european players for a long time in belgium. does nowt with them and now gets a very decent portugal squad.

These international jobs almost seem to carry a separate reputational ranking that seems completely untethered to league football. Like, does anyone think Martinez could get a high profile jobs in any of the top 4 leagues in Europe? 

Wouldn't shock me to see Southgate end up with something daft like the Belgium job. 

Anyone else not comfortable with Chelsea having a full month to decide they'd actually like Lloyd Kelly as well? 

19 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

There’s pace, then there’s silly pace which Adeyemi has. 

Silly pace is just as useless as pace if there's no consistent end product. 

2 minutes ago, Lotus said:

Adeyemi is not a productive player. Poor passing and assist stats, poor at shot creating actions. Is quick and can carry the ball, can beat a player but on pace, not skill.

I’m sure he has potential in him to improve but not every player realises their potential. 
He’s not really lit it up at Dortmund playing against inferior defences.

There’s obviously a whole load of other stats that clubs use when deciding on a player,  but unless the price was too cheap to pass up and our wage offer was low enough the risk factor was highly attenuated, I’d be surprised to see us look at him.

I have been wanting to say something like this. If you talk to Dortmund fans, or listen to podcasts that cover European football, he actually seems a little hit or miss. Someone on Totally Football was talking about him for their CL build-up and mentioned that Adeyemi was brought in as another of the Haaland/Sancho/Bellingham types (young with massive potential that they can make a huge profit on), but it hasn't really happened for him as he is lacking a consistent end product. 

Don't get me wrong, I think he'd be an upgrade on Almiron, but I think there are others who offer more consistency. I'd take Mbeuomo over Adeyemi. 

1 hour ago, timnufc22 said:

 

And you see this as a good thing? Man City have no soul and their success is underpinned by luck of simply landing - completely out the blue - the richest owners. Nothing to do with building their success and building their revenue as a result.

 

 Spending crazy money under our new owners like City did pre FFP holds no appeal to me and I assure you the novelty will wear off.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying it's a good or bad thing. I just posted the link then added this message to summarise the story and it's possible implications for us.

Personally I agree in part that success based purely on suddenly being the richest side in the world may feel a little hollow. However I ultimately feel I'd likely prefer it from the existential head fuck that is supporting a PL side who's only goal each season is to not finish in the bottom 3 positions.

Is football broken? Yes, in so many ways. Will I feel guilty about enjoying being able to support a side who has actual goals like 'winning the league' or 'winning the Champions League' even if it does come with an asterix in the eyes of some/many? Given the alternative, probably not.

2 hours ago, Whitley mag said:

Fucking hell Man City might wish they’d left well alone.

The only downside of City winning this is there pull is the same financially as ours, with added immediate CL and PL title challenges. 

4 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

I’m more than up for a two club power trip with this!

In this scenario we're Triple H. Sure, we're playing second fiddle for now, but wait till Austin's neck (Cities 115 charges) gives out. Top dogs for the next 15 years. 

9 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Why do people keep saying Aramco would be a PIF choice of major sponsor? Surely they’d be the very last option 

Agreed. Way more likely it's another one of their companies no one will have heard of before us. 

City challenging the associated party sponsorship regulations. If they're successful then the PIF (in theory) could pump money into the club with inflated sponsorships. Apparently plenty of teams supporting City in the action.