Mikky Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 17 hours ago, joeyt said: This Youssouf Fofana any good for France? Seems to be a starter for a potentially World Cup winning team and he's only young-ish and at Monaco In terms of yesterdays match - Amrabat stole the show - really didn’t notice Fofana Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Only just came in to replace Rabiot, hadn't seen him play before that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I think the Joao Pedro boat might have sailed but he scored two great goals today with Bilic saying this: "Pedro, if you talk about him, it is sometimes scary when you know he is only 21. To play so consistently at that high a level, it is great for us. "He is good in the air. When the keeper is hitting a long ball, he is winning those balls, he is doing well in the midfield. "He's this kind of player, the way he's improving on a weekly basis. The game-changers are always the ones who are deciding the game." Goals here: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/watford/12770155/huddersfield-town-0-2-watford-sky-bet-championship-highlights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Didn't we allegedly try to buy him even after signing Isak? Wouldn't surprise me if we go back in for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Didn't we allegedly try to buy him even after signing Isak? Wouldn't surprise me if we go back in for him. Aye, the athletic said we made another bid, he has recently signed a new deal mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 40 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Didn't we allegedly try to buy him even after signing Isak? Wouldn't surprise me if we go back in for him. That spot is his if we signed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 44 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Aye, the athletic said we made another bid, he has recently signed a new deal mind. He fits the bill, can play across the front 3 and do either out and out striker or wing forward role really well. The new contract is surely just to push the eventual transfer fee up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Can we sign Alex Mac Allister? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Only if we are prepared to pay 50/60M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Away Toon said: Only if we are prepared to pay 50/60M I’d do it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Unreal signing by Brighton. Outrageous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) Yeah. Saw someone say the other day that they're so at peace with Ashworth/Howe in the market that its taken a bit of fun out of it. The idea of Ashworth's Brighton business with out budget/future budget and pull is most assuaging. Not heard of a player?! Doesn't matter. Total trust in them. Would love McAllister. Edited December 18, 2022 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Pretty sure Ashworth said himself wasn’t responsible for finding the players at Brighton mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, SUPERTOON said: Pretty sure Ashworth said himself wasn’t responsible for finding the players at Brighton mind. But he's the one that approved/sanctioned the transfer, isn't he? Maybe after all these years of stories about "X scout recommended Y player to Newcastle but they didn't buy him for reasons and he's now world class at Z club" we now have someone in charge that isn't afraid to take a chance on raw talent so we can have a few of these as well? Edited December 19, 2022 by Conjo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Targett is good, but not the best going forward. Would love a proper attacking option at LB. Burn plays more as left sided CB than a left back, meaning he'll offer very little going forward. Would also like a proper winger on the right. Miggy has improved, but is still limiting our attacking play by not having a right foot. An upgrade is needed. Without ASM on the field we're way too narrow in attack, and our only proper wide option is Trippier. Having those two extra options in our squad would give us so much more flexibility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 On 18/12/2022 at 19:48, SUPERTOON said: Pretty sure Ashworth said himself wasn’t responsible for finding the players at Brighton mind. I have a theory that a lot of dysfunctional transfer units at clubs are because the DoF or whatever executive is in charge of transfers ultimately fancies himself to have the best eye for players as anyone, and they may well have a very good eye and rose up doing that, but their scouts will have watched players for hundreds of hours and then delivered highlight reels to the DoF who will get a substantially poorer idea and will overrule those below based on less viewing time. Ashworth, with a demonstrable good track record of this is probably delegating properly and trusting the scouts more. Some DoFs I am sure will take credit for scouting loads of players that were just served up to them. Ashworth has to get the right scouts, set out what players we need to the scouts and negotiate with other clubs for signings. I am pretty sure I've heard this has been the problem at Man U, where they boast about how extensive their scout network is, they get loads of players and they all used to get passed up to Woodward at the top who would then go lol I'm going to just sign Pogba instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 He nearly went to West Ham but wanted too much money didnt he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Real Madrid bidding 80m euros for Davies. That would be a crazy price. Shame we aren't there to spend that kind of money on a LB lol He would be amazing here. Could probably find someone as good for that money though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Some reports tonight that PSV are in financial trouble, opportunity to pursue Sangare perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: Some reports tonight that PSV are in financial trouble, opportunity to pursue Sangare perhaps? Or Gakpo / Madueke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 19 hours ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: Some reports tonight that PSV are in financial trouble, opportunity to pursue Sangare perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Davide Frattesi from Sassuolo, anyone? Doing some stats scouting with players I think we should be trying to sign the most similar, younger versions of. Frattesi comes out closest to Gündogan, in a group also containing Wirtz, Bellingham, and Odegaard, for one of the wide CMs. Zubimendi (Sociedad), Sow (Frankfurt), and Samed (Lens) are the DM shouts most equivalent to Amrabat and Caicedo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rich said: Davide Frattesi from Sassuolo, anyone? Doing some stats scouting with players I think we should be trying to sign the most similar, younger versions of. Frattesi comes out closest to Gündogan, in a group also containing Wirtz, Bellingham, and Odegaard, for one of the wide CMs. Zubimendi (Sociedad), Sow (Frankfurt), and Samed (Lens) are the DM shouts most equivalent to Amrabat and Caicedo. Zubimendi is excellent but depends on his clause Amrabat I was totally blown away by in the WC Then you have Kone too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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