joeyt Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Yeah sure Bruce saw him in a friendly for Amiens and wanted him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 he spotted Andy Robertson, dont ye know? (not his scouts at all). but he chooses to spunk nearly £25m on lewis and krafth. lewis i still hold out hope for , though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 It always amazes me that this club (and other s*** clubs) sign players off the back of one viewing or a youtube video. Our scouting work on Luque was done when we played them in the cup. "We can't get Boa Morte? What about that Deportivo winger. He crossed it for one of the goals, didn't he?" And a little anecdote: I grew up in South Tyneside and all the lads around my age knew Carl Finnegan was signed to Newcastle (He ended up playing professionally in the lower leagues). This made him a big deal at the time. But when I got a bit older I got to know a few lads from Newcastle (St Cuthbert's, Gosforth High..) and they would tell me, "Oh, aye there's a 4 lads in my year and 5 or 6 in the year above and blah blah..." And it made me think, how lazy is our local scouting network? Am I to believe Gossie High Year 10 has 6 kids who are good enough, but south of the water there's only 1 lad in the whole borough who cuts the mustard? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Bossed it for South Shields that Carl Finnigan, iirc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Bossed it for South Shields that Carl Finnigan, iirc? Aye! He had five or six years in Scotland and a year at the Heed plus two years in South Africa before that! Currently at Morpeth! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Bruce clearly doesn't rate or trust him that much either otherwise he'd have been starting every time he's available. Wonder if his mates upstairs have had a word. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Topic needs renamed to Cheese Slice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 It always amazes me that this club (and other s*** clubs) sign players off the back of one viewing or a youtube video. Our scouting work on Luque was done when we played them in the cup. "We can't get Boa Morte? What about that Deportivo winger. He crossed it for one of the goals, didn't he? Hindsight is a great thing. Luque was a well known talent at the time, and was a fantastic signing. I'd have him over Boa Morte 10/10 times before we signed him. I thought the price and wages we paid was a steal despite the stories afterwards of Shepherds negotiation skills. I'm still confident he'd be one of our best players in recent history had it not been for his early injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Krafth was heavily scouted before Bruce became manager. Signed on the basis that there’d be a good chance of making a profit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo_11 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Krafth was heavily scouted before Bruce became manager. Signed on the basis that there’d be a good chance of making a profit. If only we had opted for Denzel Dumfries instead... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Shit at defending and shit going forward. He would struggle in the 1st division never mind the premier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Owen made Luque look a bargain anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Absolutely embarrassed every time he comes up against an opponent that is even just half decent. Laughably out of his depth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 A carrier bag in the wind would give this knobhead a run around. Struggle to remember a fullback that comes close to being as bad as him. Sold twice for Rashford’s goal, think he only got past right side to get a cross in once, and can’t remember him making a tackle or winning anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 As if we got rid of Yedlin before this chump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 He’s poor but I’m not sure how we kept letting Rashford get 1v1s with him? I’m assuming that’s either Hayden or Shelvey’s job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Absolutely didn't need him when we bought him, baffling signing as he's utterly shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Would rather play Hayden full back and play a Staff in the middle. This bloke is a pub team player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 He’s poor but I’m not sure how we kept letting Rashford get 1v1s with him? I’m assuming that’s either Hayden or Shelvey’s job. Shaw playing up against Joe doesn’t help. Maguire regularly found easy to move into that left side, our right and pass, dribble into. Clear as day that they were overloading our right and targeting Krath. Proved by how little they played through Fernandes and how quite he was in first half. Everything offensive wise was to combine Shaw Rashford down our right side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 But he’s tall for a fullback though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Looks like a player picked up for pennies from a lower end Ligue 1 club. Weird that we’d get performances to match it. I feel for him. He tries, but he’s fucking hopeless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Is being absolutely hung out to dry in this formation as there’s no natural cover. Neto and Adamanup against him and Lewis next, grim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Probably time to put Almiron in front of one of them and put Gayle central. Would mean completely changing the system that’s seen this ‘great improvement’ but it could be messy. I’d even be tempted to move Hayden to right-back and put Longstaff back in which is saying something given how poor he’s been the last year or so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Probably time to put Almiron in front of one of them and put Gayle central. Would mean completely changing the system that’s seen this ‘great improvement’ but it could be messy. I’d even be tempted to move Hayden to right-back and put Longstaff back in which is saying something given how poor he’s been the last year or so. Cutting out our best attacking outlet and one of few rays of hope of late, sacrificing Almiron’s form and quality to play him wide just in the hope he’d make Krath less s***. Systems fine, Joe’s not perfect in front of him, but can’t be thinking so defensively akin to playing Jonas just to defend the left side. No amount of help could save Krath at this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I'd rather put Murphy in front of him and get him to help Krafth out rather than sacrifice Miggy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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