St1pe Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Lemina is properly awful. He’s been a liability most games I’ve seen him play in and he’s had some really poor games v us. The one up here when he was at Southampton under Hughes (I think) sticks out. We’re really poor in midfield and we’re trying to sign someone who won’t improve that. This season is going to be horrendous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Always relieved when he was stating against us as he offers sod all. What a great addition to our mediocre midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidfieldGeneral Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Lemina price tag is now apparantly £8m so no chance he's coming here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Terrible player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoTime Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 To Bruce it's a no-brainer to buy him as he's proven and tested in the Premier League. Ignoring the fact he's proven and tested at being shit in the PL of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 hour ago, MidfieldGeneral said: Lemina price tag is now apparantly £8m so no chance he's coming here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 We’re in real relegation danger unless we get a superstar signing like Willock who carries the team on his own. Either that or Wilson stays fit all year and fires 15+ goals. Lemina in and Hayden out is basically net zero. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Willock, Lemina and Gallagher would improve us immeasurably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: Willock, Lemina and Gallagher would improve us immeasurably. Willock would mean standing still, Lemina - jury's out, not seen the Gallagher link. That the WBA lad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Yeah signing Willock improves us but only puts us back on par with last season. Is Lemina better than Hendrick? Thats the question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidfieldGeneral Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Lazarus said: Yeah signing Willock improves us but only puts us back on par with last season. Is Lemina better than Hendrick? Thats the question. On par with the last few months of the season is at least a step in the right direction. I don't think anyone could be worse that Hendrick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Lazarus said: Yeah signing Willock improves us but only puts us back on par with last season. Is Lemina better than Hendrick? Thats the question. Well of course he is. Everyone is. Edited July 22, 2021 by AyeDubbleYoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 What sort of player is Lemina? I can't say I've noticed him particularly in the past, my gut says he's one of those like Shelvey who doesn't get involved much. Can picture Bruce introducing him as our next signing with something like " he can pick a pass, so our fans will enjoy watching him". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidfieldGeneral Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Just now, TRon said: What sort of player is Lemina? I can't say I've noticed him particularly in the past, my gut says he's one of those like Shelvey who doesn't get involved much. Can picture Bruce introducing him as our next signing with something like " he can pick a pass, so our fans will enjoy watching him". He clearly hasn't lived up to his supposed potential but my boy had some videos of him on YouTube (I know) last night & he looked decent in the clips from 3 or 4 of his clubs, albeit none of which were from his time at Fulham. Box 2 box, quite skillful, can tackle, pass, shoot, looked quite quick. Fook knows what's happened to him to drop off so much ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Disagree that signing Willock means we'd be standing still tbh. We only signed him in January last season and this time round he's not going to need a great deal of time to settle in. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9799469/Chelseas-Conor-Gallagher-set-leave-loan-Crystal-Palace-Newcastle-leading-chase.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, TRon said: What sort of player is Lemina? I can't say I've noticed him particularly in the past, my gut says he's one of those like Shelvey who doesn't get involved much. Can picture Bruce introducing him as our next signing with something like " he can pick a pass, so our fans will enjoy watching him". He seems fairly busy, no specific specialism but runs around forward and back. Have seen him make a fair few errors and lose the ball for Fulham, IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Lazarus said: Yeah signing Willock improves us but only puts us back on par with last season. Is Lemina better than Hendrick? Thats the question. I feel like he'd struggle to be actively worse. Edited July 22, 2021 by thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 If Lemina comes in, you can bet your arse that Hayden will leave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 24 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: Disagree that signing Willock means we'd be standing still tbh. We only signed him in January last season and this time round he's not going to need a great deal of time to settle in. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9799469/Chelseas-Conor-Gallagher-set-leave-loan-Crystal-Palace-Newcastle-leading-chase.html Then again, is it likely he’ll perform as well and get as many goals as last time? It’s a big ask. My uneducated opinion is that he realised his job was to do absolutely anything it took to save Newcastle from relegation - run anywhere, play anywhere, just get goals. Pretty difficult brief second time around. But like you say, having him for a full season is probably better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: Disagree that signing Willock means we'd be standing still tbh. We only signed him in January last season and this time round he's not going to need a great deal of time to settle in. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9799469/Chelseas-Conor-Gallagher-set-leave-loan-Crystal-Palace-Newcastle-leading-chase.html I’d be happy to have him, but I honestly hate how much we rely on loans from “larger” clubs to fill out our roster every year. Like a beaten dog mewling for table scraps. It’s pathetically small-time and a further indictment of our transfer policy and upper-level management. Edited July 22, 2021 by Tomato Deuce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Just now, Tomato Deuce said: I’d be happy to have him, but I honestly hate how much we rely on loans from bigger clubs to fill out our roster. Like a beaten dog mewling for table scraps. It’s so small-time and a further indictment of our transfer policy and upper-level management. Yep, absolutely awful. Same with Gallagher, although I think he’s also class. If the club can’t be sold than Ashley has to invest in it. But of course he won’t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 And it’d be comically stupid, though par for the course, to swap out Hayden for Lemina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Just absolute fucking dipshits running this club man, goddamn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Lemina was decent for a bit in his first season. Dont think he's really performed since then though obviously didnt see him in Turkey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 31 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: He seems fairly busy, no specific specialism but runs around forward and back. Have seen him make a fair few errors and lose the ball for Fulham, IIRC. He's described as a tenacious box to box midfielder on his wiki page for what that's worth, those are definitely qualities we are missing. Although obviously it's not much use if he's useless when he's actually got the ball. Also seems his contract is up next year and that would be why we're in for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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