The College Dropout Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, LV said: Do we have the same rules in the PL? Id take him on a pay as you play as long as he was passed medically fit and there was no risk to him. There's clearly a risk like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Just now, The College Dropout said: There's clearly a risk like. No risk, no reward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Hasn’t Eriksen been released simply so he can return ‘home’ to be with friends and family? I doubt he’ll be signing anywhere other than a Danish team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWMag Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 22 minutes ago, Manxst said: Hasn’t Eriksen been released simply so he can return ‘home’ to be with friends and family? I doubt he’ll be signing anywhere other than a Danish team. He’s been released due to having a cardiac tracker of some kind fitted, the Italian league don’t allow players with one to play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Nah, simply not worth it, both for us, and him. No player with a fitted defibrillator has gone on to the level they previously played at. (Other than Blind…but he collapsed in a friendly with it fitted). Footballers with defibrillators: Anthony van Loo, Roeselare: The Belgian defender was allowed to continue his career after being fitted with a defibrillator. It shocked his heart back into a normal rhythm after suffering cardiac arrhythmia during a match. He retired in 2018, aged 30, as he felt he could not return to his old performance levels. Fabrice Muamba, Bolton: Former Arsenal midfielder Muamba's heart stopped for 78 minutes but he eventually made a recovery. He retired five months later without having returned to football. He did, however, play 15 minutes in Ian Goodison's testimonial match. Daniel Engelbrecht, Stuttgarter Kickers: The striker collapsed on the pitch against Erfurt but returned to the professional game aged 24 after 17 months, against numerous doctors' advice. He scored against Wehen Wiesbaden, becoming the first footballer to score with a defibrillator. However, he retired in 2018 to move into coaching when he found out the device had brought him back to life three times. Daley Blind, Ajax and Holland: Blind was fitted with a pacemaker after complaining of dizziness in a Champions League match against Valencia in December 2019. He subsequently collapsed in a friendly against Hertha Berlin in August 2020 but has generally enjoyed a safe return to top-level football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 He needs to retire for his own sake, any club taking him on would be crazy, it’s tragic, but life is more important than footy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 He could become a manager, don’t need a strong heart for that, oh wait… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Thought he was supposed to be signing for Ajax? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Just can’t see any team taking that much of a gamble- insurance premium would be through the roof for one thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 11 hours ago, joeyt said: The whole point of why The Athletic was created is because they believed sports fans would be happy to pay for really high quality journalism. Posting articles on a forum defeats the point of that, meaning they'll lose money and could ultimately not be able to continue to post those articles Yet people post other paywalled articles on here on the daily? Don’t particularly disagree with you, but it should be all paywalled articles rather than just The Athletic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Fantail Breeze said: Yet people post other paywalled articles on here on the daily? Don’t particularly disagree with you, but it should be all paywalled articles rather than just The Athletic. I think the difference is The Athletic is specifically for sports? Isn't it generally just the Tory rags that are paywalled (for general news)? EDIT Further to the first point - the whole principle of The Athletic is "We're setting up a high quality sports journalism subscription service", which is why I hesitate to post stories from there Edited December 17, 2021 by Raconteur Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 13 hours ago, joeyt said: The whole point of why The Athletic was created is because they believed sports fans would be happy to pay for really high quality journalism. Posting articles on a forum defeats the point of that, meaning they'll lose money and could ultimately not be able to continue to post those articles I mean, it was created because two bros thought they could convince sports fans to pay for the New Yorker of Sports. They then quickly realised that was not profitable so have descended into a boat load of access journalism and the same kind of overtold story about struggle and redemption. They do some good stuff on the analytics side but no more than the Ringer. Their video side is solid, as are some of their podcasts. Sadly, the Newcastle one is too often a tough listen. Caulkin is nice with prose, but his 'Cans' piece and general dad banter is a big turn off - he's basically over exposed himself with the Athletic gig. Waugh is solid and Taylor Payne is well...no that's mean. I want the Athletic and journalism like it to succeed but the way they spoke about killing local papers was awful. I think copy and pasting whole articles is too far, but they're not transcribing the Rosetta stone either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) Fuck the Athletic, the way they spoke about local journalism. Post it. Proper tory behaviour defending it and demanding people pay for it. Edited December 18, 2021 by HaydnNUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbee909 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Re. sports journalism being paywalled vs regular news - well, I guess there's something there but sport in itself only exists because of what the fans put into it, esp. their money. Athletic etc. feels like being asked to pay for what you're already funding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) Whilst 2 centre backs are an obvious priority, we’ve got to inject something into central midfield. Nickson seemed to have some good targets lined up in this area last summer. I can see us going back in for Kamara and Cajuste, both would be unproven in PL but look the business in terms of being good footballers and athletic. We’ve also been linked with Fofana at Lille who looks a real powerhouse. They all look realistic, should improve our midfield massively and don’t put us up shit creek for FFP. Get 2 out of these 3 and I think that’s our midfield sorted for next couple of years. edit I also get the feeling that PIF though having a clear long term business plan, might just rip up that playbook for this Jan. I think we’ll see a massive bid for a striker, possibly Vlahovic or Nunez from Benfica. Both at clubs where money talks and might just be attainable if we strike at right time. Edited December 18, 2021 by Whitley mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhtoon Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, SUPERTOON said: It’s more than underwhelming, plus he’s been free for months so again why wait till now to get him. Why did we need him before? Howe and Nickson will have a transfer wishlist between them of potential signings and this guy is likely just here to assist Nickson with the actual process of recruitment in January. Sure an article was posted before that this was the plan... It would be mental to get someone in temporarily and let them dictate recruitment policy. Edited December 18, 2021 by Hhtoon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 We need the following Jan window Left back Right Back Centre half Centre Forward Holding Centre Mid Summer Another 1 or 2 Centre Half’s Centre Midfield Winger Back up Keeper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: We need the following Jan window Left back Right Back Centre half Centre Forward Holding Centre Mid Summer Another 1 or 2 Centre Half’s Centre Midfield Winger Back up Keeper Aye, the full backs also have to be a priority if Howe is going to play 4 at the back. So much to do in so little time. Edited December 18, 2021 by Whitley mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky Jim Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: We need the following Jan window Left back Right Back Centre half Centre Forward Holding Centre Mid Summer Another 1 or 2 Centre Half’s Centre Midfield Winger Back up Keeper We need 3 midfield players….our midfield is dire……3 plus a CF might just see us through…..Defence,whilst poor, needs help from our midfield so that must be our priority imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Hhtoon said: Why did we need him before? Howe and Nickson will have a tranafer wishlist between them of potential signings and this guy is likely just here to assist Nickson with the actual process of recruitment in January. Sure an article was posted before that this was the plan... It would be mental to get someone in temporarily and let them dictate recruitment policy. Exactly, now is not the time to bring in an Emmanalo, the long term planning is for the summer. We’re in a fire fight right now, the best people to judge what we need at the moment are the people on the ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mikky Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Trippier and Digne would be handy signings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, 54 said: Yes to Kamara, anyone know much about Adarabioyo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 29 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Yes to Kamara, anyone know much about Adarabioyo? Think Adarabioyo is in the same mould as Guehi at Palace. Strong, mobile and good on the ball with lots of potential. Did well on loan at a lower level at Blackburn then Fulham took a chance on him as he was never going to break through at Man City. I’d imagine we are looking at him or Lloyd Kelly at Bournemouth as a younger, long term option at centre half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I know it's becoming more important to be quicker and agile as a defender and Kelly is good in that regard but I do worry he's too small for a defender even in modern times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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