r0cafella Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) 34 minutes ago, kisearch said: We need 4 at the absolute minimum I think. CM, CF, CB, and LB. But could easily extend that to have a RB and Dubravka back up. Any 3 that doesn't include a back up for Wilson is suicidal as well I think Aye if Wilson gets injured and Gayle is the only back up we are done. I think 3 (as long as they are an improvement on what we have) and a striker should be enough. Hope we get a couple on loan too pad the squad too. I don’t want to see Hendricks Krafh and Clark again. Edited December 17, 2021 by r0cafella Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Lens is finalising the purchase of central midfielder Patrick Berg from Bodø/Glimt, most likely confirmed officially today. Bigger chance of them letting Fofana go now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Not sure I'm comfortable with people just copying and pasting Athletic articles into here Not sure why people don't just pay the £1 a month or whatever it is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr Raspberry Jam said: If it was 3 defenders, aye. Couldn’t disagree more. We need CMs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Shelvey is our best CM. That tells you all you have to know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Collage said: Couldn’t disagree more. We need CMs. We need both like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Mr Raspberry Jam said: We need both like. Yeah but you said it would be enough with 3 defenders. CM, CF, FB are my priorities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 48 minutes ago, joeyt said: Not sure I'm comfortable with people just copying and pasting Athletic articles into here Not sure why people don't just pay the £1 a month or whatever it is You can feel as uncomfortable as you want and close your eyes while scrolling. Some of us have had a rough time for 2 years financially, and would happily subscribe when things take a turn for the better. The only reason, in my opinion, any paywalled articles shouldn’t be posted on the forum would be to protect the existence of the forum — if there are threats from companies, etc. Otherwise, you can moralize all you want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny1403 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 53 minutes ago, joeyt said: Not sure I'm comfortable with people just copying and pasting Athletic articles into here Not sure why people don't just pay the £1 a month or whatever it is The Athletic are a shocking organisation. Read up on how they offer free trials to people and how they operate their subscription services before defending them. The Athletic HQ Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of theathletic.com (trustpilot.com) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfmk2 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, jonny1403 said: The Athletic are a shocking organisation. Read up on how they offer free trials to people and how they operate their subscription services before defending them. The Athletic HQ Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of theathletic.com (trustpilot.com) Thanks pal. My £1 a month sub was just two days away from kicking into a 60 quid a year sub. Thank you very much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, SUPERTOON said: What’s everyone’s thoughts if we only managed to get the 3 players in ? Would it be enough ? If it's just 3, we're fucked. Personally think we need 5. Minimum. Fullback, CB, DM, CM, CF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, jonny1403 said: The Athletic are a shocking organisation. Read up on how they offer free trials to people and how they operate their subscription services before defending them. The Athletic HQ Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of theathletic.com (trustpilot.com) Holy crap those reviews are crazy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 24 minutes ago, DJ_NUFC said: You can feel as uncomfortable as you want and close your eyes while scrolling. Some of us have had a rough time for 2 years financially, and would happily subscribe when things take a turn for the better. The only reason, in my opinion, any paywalled articles shouldn’t be posted on the forum would be to protect the existence of the forum — if there are threats from companies, etc. Otherwise, you can moralize all you want. 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny1403 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, wfmk2 said: Thanks pal. My £1 a month sub was just two days away from kicking into a 60 quid a year sub. Thank you very much. I signed up for the 'free trial' and was immediately charged £60 despite their T&Cs saying I had 5 days to cancel. You hear nothing back from them aside from automated emails. Literal robbery and there's nothing you can do about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, joeyt said: Not sure I'm comfortable with people just copying and pasting Athletic articles into here Not sure why people don't just pay the £1 a month or whatever it is Moneybags Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 51 minutes ago, Collage said: Yeah but you said it would be enough with 3 defenders. CM, CF, FB are my priorities. Right OK. I do apologise mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Pilgrim Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 https://12ft.io Paywalls are for nerds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 49 minutes 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 Think they are charging too much personally, it's a decent service, but not all that either. £2.99 a month would be more digestible, but there again I'm only really interested in their NUFC stuff. I suppose if you were into lots of different sports then it might make more sense, but I already have a newspaper subscription so can read about those in there. Tbh that newspaper subscription's not worth it either, I really need to get around to cancelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 https://theathletic.com/checkout2/intro1/introperiod6/ btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour 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 Oh really? I wasn’t aware of that. Thanks for letting me know, bro. Wish you’d been around to stop me from using Napster & Limewire back in the day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I believe the founder wanted to "Bleed the local papers dry" of all their talent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Not a rumour as such but Christian Eriksen has been released on a free as the Italian league won’t let anyone with an internal defibrillator play. Anyone know if he’s expected to play again? Edited December 17, 2021 by LV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesy Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 42 minutes ago, LV said: Not a rumour as such but Christian Eriksen has been released on a free as the Italian league won’t let anyone with an internal defibrillator play. Anyone know if he’s expected to play again? I think he intends to - that’s why Inter have agreed to release him from his contract. He’s only 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Holmesy said: I think he intends to - that’s why Inter have agreed to release him from his contract. He’s only 29 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. Edited December 17, 2021 by LV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Moneybags joeytory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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