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if it's true then we're getting townsend, no doubt in my mind about it, and it's a s**** f***ing deal all round 'cause townsend is woeful :lol:

 

he's got pace, which is a start.

 

but he feels very 'obertany' doesnt he?

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if it's true then we're getting townsend, no doubt in my mind about it, and it's a s**** f***ing deal all round 'cause townsend is woeful :lol:

 

he's got pace, which is a start.

 

but he feels very 'obertany' doesnt he?

 

yes, he's fast with no idea how to use his pace to good effect on a football pitch except for the few times he does it instinctively

 

said for ages, since he broke more or less, that he's fucking toilet and i'll be very disappointed if he signs at the expense of a player like thauvin who could make it given the chance

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Why the f*** did they sign this guy then never play him?  Seems fishy as f*** to me.

 

shows the 'model' up again i guess.

 

players bought who the 'head coach' doesnt want.

 

fucking barmy.

 

I don't understand why managers are so set on not using people though. It's not like Thauvin is Alan Smith or something, he's got experience and talent and he's never been given even half a run.

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What a joke.  Been some amazing work done there in getting rid of Ben Arfa for nothing, pay a huge fee for Cabella, getting rid of Cabella at a huge loss (at a time when he was beginning to show a bit of promise), buying Thauvin for a huge amount and then looking to get rid of him after half a season.  Genius.

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Why the f*** did they sign this guy then never play him?  Seems fishy as f*** to me.

 

shows the 'model' up again i guess.

 

players bought who the 'head coach' doesnt want.

 

fucking barmy.

 

I don't understand why managers are so set on not using people though. It's not like Thauvin is Alan Smith or something, he's got experience and talent and he's never been given even half a run.

 

results at the end of the day, thauvin hasn't scored or created a goal in the league as far as i know so he's not contributing

 

but hang on he's hardly played because the manager won't play him

 

i'm confused now

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Why the f*** did they sign this guy then never play him?  Seems fishy as f*** to me.

 

It really does. 8 years ago we were signing players as favours to agents. I doubt that type of thing has stopped.

 

That's exactly what I was getting at, aye.

 

Player gets a nice holiday, him and his agent and the selling club getting paid a ton.  Might get a few favours later on.

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He looks slow for a winger.  He's not fast at all.  Nowhere near as fast as Obertan, but not as bad, either.  He just seems unsuited and he hasn't had much of a chance for whatever reason. 

 

When we signed him, there were constant reports about him turning us down a few times previously.  I'm sure there were a few articles saying the owner decided the offer was too good to turn down and was basically told he was leaving.  I may be wrong, mind.  French fans laughed at us and said he was crap.  A lot of their reporters said he had been poor and would be ill suited to the league.

 

Seems as if a lot of what was said, was actually true. 

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you can get away with not being fast as a winger if you've the quality on the ball and can pick out a quality pass/cross with regularity

 

i've thought since i first saw him that once he settled he'd fall into that category with the proviso that the team as a whole would need to be functioning so he wasn't expected to beat 3 players every time like cabella was

 

as it turns out the only chances he's really had have been when the team was turboshit

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just thought, imagine getting rid of thauvin while obertan is still on your books :lol:

Nobody would take Obertan

 

sure we could get shot if we wanted on loan like

We'd probably still end up paying most of his wages I'd say

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just thought, imagine getting rid of thauvin while obertan is still on your books :lol:

Nobody would take Obertan

 

sure we could get shot if we wanted on loan like

We'd probably still end up paying most of his wages I'd say

 

worth it surely, if it came to it i'd rather see thauvin get a run than obertan

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just thought, imagine getting rid of thauvin while obertan is still on your books :lol:

Nobody would take Obertan

 

sure we could get shot if we wanted on loan like

We'd probably still end up paying most of his wages I'd say

Can't see Marseille pay much of Thauvin's wages either tbh.

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Every French journalist going said this transfer was a disaster waiting to happen.

 

Something not right about the whole thing like. We paid more for him than West Ham did for Payet, from the same club? Nobody can do that with a straight face.

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Every French journalist going said this transfer was a disaster waiting to happen.

 

Something not right about the whole thing like. We paid more for him than West Ham did for Payet, from the same club? Nobody can do that with a straight face.

 

Bang on. This is why i'm not surprised he's not getting a game. Everything out of France was that he wasn't very good and we had been fleeced. That Cabella was considered the far better prospect and he struggled.

 

McClaren doesn't rate him and in his few appearances I don't really see a good player in there. Best thing I can say is he gave a tired Hutton a hard time with some good deliveries. But with what was coming out of France I was never confident about him.

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Every French journalist going said this transfer was a disaster waiting to happen.

 

Something not right about the whole thing like. We paid more for him than West Ham did for Payet, from the same club? Nobody can do that with a straight face.

 

i'm all for being cynical about this set of cunts but it smells more of them gambling on potential to me, thinking they're getting the new hazard for 12m and can sell in 2 years for 30m

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