toontownman Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 3 hours ago, ManDoon said: 34 year old Antony Modeste hit 20 goals last season, and he’s not good To be fair he would tell you that about himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 10 hours ago, ManDoon said: I don’t think it will be that tricky to shift a lot of those players tbf Same, Gayle and Ritchie for example will be easy. Any championship side will take both tbh and probably great signings for that club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 2 hours ago, relámpago blanco said: Same, Gayle and Ritchie for example will be easy. Any championship side will take both tbh and probably great signings for that club. Think the issue is going to be whether there are any Championship clubs that would pay them what they're getting here. Need to hope they want to leave to play regular football, rather than just wait it out till their contract expires. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 6 hours ago, toon25 said: Having a chat with a mate earlier and it's interesting that the best players in the world are all well into their 30s. De Bruyne is comparatively young in many respects. Interesting to see the impact sports science is having on the game now even from 8-10 years ago. Yeah, the treatment of injuries and the science behind physical preparation has improved immensely. Also, younger players in the top teams face more difficulty in establishing themselves. That could mean that some of them don't get over-played, and reap the benefits later. Examples of the reverse are Rooney and Wilshere. I watched a bit of the tennis yesterday, with Nadal at 36, outpacing a good 25 year old opponent in Zverev. Who knows what's possible in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Is it just me or do all the NUFC journos seem like they’re away? Very quiet at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Nucasol said: Is it just me or do all the NUFC journos seem like they’re away? Very quiet at the moment. I imagine this period before the window is actually open is the only time they felt like they could get away for some time off without missing too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Aye, another week before window opens so best time for them to have a breather you'd think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Plus this tends to be a quiet time for transfers. Most clubs are doing their preliminary work while players are on holiday or international duty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, sushimonster85 said: I imagine this period before the window is actually open is the only time they felt like they could get away for some time off without missing too much. They've had 28 consecutive transfer windows when they could've safely gone away at any point they liked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzaschicken Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 16 hours ago, hakka said: Interesting way to look at the squad, quality aside we've got a lot past their peak and not enough coming through or at it. Did they just move the red blocks to suit a narrative. Is a cbs peak from 25 to 28? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Skeletor Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 The Dean Henderson links are becoming boring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Skeletor said: The Dean Henderson links are becoming boring. nearly as bad as 'Newcastle are preparing an offer.........' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 (edited) What is actually involved when it says ‘continue talks’ anyway? How far beyond, ‘will you accept £5m up front and £15m instalments’…’how about £10m and £18m instalments’ can these things go? Edited June 4, 2022 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 3 hours ago, sushimonster85 said: Think the issue is going to be whether there are any Championship clubs that would pay them what they're getting here. Need to hope they want to leave to play regular football, rather than just wait it out till their contract expires. Gayle they will as he's pretty much guaranteed to score 20 goals, Ritchie maybe slightly less so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said: What is actually involved when it says ‘continue talks’ anyway? How far beyond, ‘will you accept £5m up front and £15m instalments’…’how about £4m and £12m instalments’ can these things go? Well it's obvious that fuck all is happening and the journos are just filling their columns with the same regurgitated crap. Henderson being an easy one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Sorry if Giggs. We’ve been told €60m or nothing. Hopefully they take the nothing option on this occasion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hakka Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Gazzaschicken said: Did they just move the red blocks to suit a narrative. Is a cbs peak from 25 to 28? I don't really know, there is always examples of players who peak differently or produce effective form to much later than others. I'm sure there must be a statistical average based certain data points, but will be subjective to a degree. I agree you can bend to fit a narrative, but it could be a sound founding principle to ensure your squad is balanced age wise. It's more distribution by age and position I found interesting. As much as thinking of the team right now, you have to have an eye on having a healthy balance of age as opposed to eveyone aging to point of being less playable at the same time and suddenly needing a giant investment and overhual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 18 hours ago, HTT II said: Giggs played til he was in his late 30s, so… What does this mean? Sorry, not really getting your point. Giggs is one player and person, he isn't representative of all players based performances and age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Sorry if Giggs. We’ve been told €60m or nothing. Hopefully they take the nothing option on this occasion. Isn't this the keeper thats made awful errors against the likes of Liverpool? Maybe other sides in the CL? So many other positions to improve than keeper for that sort of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, hakka said: 18 hours ago, HTT II said: Giggs played til he was in his late 30s, so… What does this mean? Sorry, not really getting your point. Giggs is one player and person, he isn't representative of all players based performances and age. Howay... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 13 hours ago, Jaqen said: Think Nkunku is a much better player than Diaby. He is but hes not going to come here. It will be difficult enough to get Diaby. Both wil transform our wide area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Skeletor said: The Dean Henderson links are becoming boring. Boring isn't it. Just sitting around waiting for us to sign Dean Henderson all day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 55 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Howay... Has it been posted elsewhere already? Is this what it is? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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