ChrisMcQuillan Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: So refreshing hearing him say he won't necessarily replace Wood with another striker of the same ilk. Simply because he explains why it was needed last year, but not this year. Hearing a manager speak honestly and without spin, explaining why we'll be fine a player light, or making political points at the board... so refreshing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, Mazzy said: I've seen some stupid rumours but this has to be the worst I've seen this month. Shelvey loves Turkey, was on my flight back from Antalya this summer. Might have signed a pre-contract with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Anyone notice Eddie going extra sexy with a bit of a spiky hair do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, RodneyCisse said: Anyone notice Eddie going extra sexy with a bit of a spiky hair do? Must have a player unveiling later today he wants to look sharp for Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Gutted that Maddison is injured. I'd be absolutely convinced he's coming here otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamPS Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Be surprised if Shelvey moves in January, would expect his focus to be on getting the games to trigger his extension. plus hardly well stocked in CM and he’s capable of doing a job there every so often Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 19 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Shelvey loves Turkey, was on my flight back from Antalya this summer. Might have signed a pre-contract with them. he spends his summers in turkey. he's also a very besiktas type signing. can see this one happening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 50 minutes ago, Mazzy said: I've seen some stupid rumours but this has to be the worst I've seen this month. https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/besiktasta-aboubakar-tamam-sirada-shelvey-var-42206750 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, Shearergol said: Gutted that Maddison is injured. I'd be absolutely convinced he's coming here otherwise. Some unattributed blurb on Sky saying he’s still one of our targets but he’s not keen on a move to us. Don’t think his injury, Rogers said he’s involved in training again, would necessarily be an obstacle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, Shearergol said: Gutted that Maddison is injured. I'd be absolutely convinced he's coming here otherwise. He’s not , he’s trained this week Rodgers buzzing about him and his quality in training Might be on bench on Saturday for Leicester Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I wonder if we might plug a couple of gaps with loans and keep our powder dry until the summer? We could be operating in a completely different league and attracting a different calibre of player if we manage CL qualification. Could be the savvy thing to do if there’s no deals for our first choices to be done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 hour ago, SUPERTOON said: Eddie just said we won’t replace wood with another wood type of player. Sounds like he wants someone versatile up top, a Marcus Thuram if you like.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, christ said: I wonder if we might plug a couple of gaps with loans and keep our powder dry until the summer? We could be operating in a completely different league and attracting a different calibre of player if we manage CL qualification. Could be the savvy thing to do if there’s no deals for our first choices to be done. Think the difficultly is the number of players we need to upgrade to play in the CL. Might have to get a couple of them now just to make it possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 There was a huge hint from Eddie about it being someone "not necessarily with PL experiance". It's quite a bold thing for him to affectively lay down the gauntlet to our recruitment team too. I got the impression he wasn't happy about losing Wood. Just to be clear, I'm not saying there's some sort of rift, more that our manager had his hands tied when I came to letting Wood go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Gutted Eddie wants to sign players that can play straight away and not mediocre duffers only capable of being on the bench and fluffing out the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, STM said: There was a huge hint from Eddie about it being someone "not necessarily with PL experiance". It's quite a bold thing for him to affectively lay down the gauntlet to our recruitment team too. I got the impression he wasn't happy about losing Wood. Just to be clear, I'm not saying there's some sort of rift, more that our manager had his hands tied when I came to letting Wood go. I definitely got the feeling it wasn’t Howe’s decision to let him go either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, reefatoon said: Gutted Eddie wants to sign players that can play straight away and not mediocre duffers only capable of being on the bench and fluffing out the squad. It's fucking mint isn't it. Ruthless. Can't wait to see what we do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said: I definitely got the feeling it wasn’t Howe’s decision to let him go either. There are times when the bank balance is important. As much as I love Eddie, you can't turn down 15m for Wood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said: I definitely got the feeling it wasn’t Howe’s decision to let him go either. I got the feeling they weren't looking to move him necessarily, but that Forest made a really good offer that made sense from a financial and longer term view, which is good reasoning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 The club knows how much being stuck with deadwood on big wages has hamstrung us, and Ashworth has underlined the importance of being good buyers and sellers for FFP. When you get a good offer for a player with no long term future you have to snatch at it in our situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Just now, ponsaelius said: The club knows how much being stuck with deadwood on big wages has hamstrung us, and Ashworth has underlined the importance of being good buyers and sellers for FFP. When you get a good offer for a player with no long term future you have to snatch at it in our situation. Just going to take a while to get used to be well run on the transfer front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, STM said: There are times when the bank balance is important. As much as I love Eddie, you can't turn down 15m for Wood. £15m would break-even with FFP right? 2.5 year deal at @£25m - £10m a year FFP amortisation. Sell him with 18 months left on his deal @ £15m - that's break-even right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, STM said: I got the impression he wasn't happy about losing Wood. Disagree. He was clear in saying Wood was a good signing last season for the position we were in. We are clearly in different circumstances and I don’t think the Wood is the style of player Eddie wants. We don’t play to his strengths and he doesn’t play to ours and by most accounts Wood wanted to stay and Howe told him he wouldn’t get much game time Edited January 20, 2023 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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