Jonas Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) 39 minutes ago, r0cafella said: I'm also encouraged that this deal didn't seemingly get dragged down by being punted to Saudi to decide. Encouraging signs imo. Seems to have been in the offing a good while though, but I'll take all tne encouragement I can get at the minute. Edited May 28 by Jonas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 6 minutes ago, Jonas said: Seems to have been in the offing a good while though, but I'll take all tne encouragement I can get at the minute. I suppose it depends who the replacement is and how the PSR headroom can be used to improve the rest of the squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 3 hours ago, Terrymac1966 said: We've sold our top scorer 2 seasons in a row..relegation fodder A correct observation, and by conventional thinking, a fine conclusion. The complication is that this is exactly how the system is designed. Every up and coming club has to sacrifice players, because its the only way they can pay the others and add squad players for the extra burden of playing in Europe. Having the "richest owners in the world" makes zero difference. If this means Bruno is back on penalties, I hope Tindall gets him to bin that stutter-step runup. It sends my heart rate through the roof! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Imagine if this transfer sends Rashford and his £350k a week salary back to Man Utd, talk about a win win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 3 hours ago, Stottie said: With Lewa's age, it'll be interesting to see if Flick uses Gordon up the middle. In the future, if not necessarily straight away. I reckon Bayern may have also seen him as a future 9. Kane's skillset is a one-off, that vision and long passing!, so they won't find a direct replacement. I thought Lewa left already. the price is cheap-ish, but have to remember we are selling abroad. If he had moved to Liverpool I think the price would have been 10-20 million more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) Lewa left already. Gordon is the replacement for both Lewa and Rashford position. Considering the salaries saved this transfer does make a lot of sense to them. Edited May 28 by Zero Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 6 hours ago, timeEd32 said: This is actually a very funny and useful workaround to the financial rules. Say an average of £25 a ticket. There's an extra £1m even if we just sell 40k tickets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanegg Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 5 hours ago, Terrymac1966 said: We've sold our top scorer 2 seasons in a row..relegation fodder Brentford done alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Quite a low fee given Everton's sell-on clause and our ability to deploy funds, but time to move on for all parties I suppose. He has been bizarrely hated by his own fans for some time now. His statistical productivity has never been high, but he's (IMO) always worked hard in the style of play that Howe wanted out of him. Pressing hard* and trying to force mistakes, even if he wasn't the beneficiary. He has displayed sangfroid and temperament on big penalties, he stepped up to play centrally when we had no one - and showed a fair bit of promise. His ball-tracking for crosses needed work for sure, but his movement and runs in behind were terrific. He didn't play in the final but he deserves enormous, enormous credit for the semi-final victories over Arsenal in the League Cup win. Hope he smashes it in Barca... right into Yamal's annoying little face. But I do also hope he does well there. * - link is from 24-25 season not 25-26, but using the eye test, I didn't see a massive drop off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Here he is, the fella who knicked me job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 5 hours ago, r0cafella said: Yeah that will help for sure, as will chasing players which are more realistic, basically not the ones cartel clubs have been linked with. What struck me about last summer was that we were chasing players we’d been linked to for years (Ekitike, Joao Pedro, Trafford, Elanga etc). Most of them weren’t on the big boys’ radar when we were first linked to them - but it doesn’t look like we moved on re the targets list for years (arguably we also didn’t grow tactically either). Hopefully some lessons have finally been learned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: What struck me about last summer was that we were chasing players we’d been linked to for years (Ekitike, Joao Pedro, Trafford, Elanga etc). Most of them weren’t on the big boys’ radar when we were first linked to them - but it doesn’t look like we moved on re the targets list for years (arguably we also didn’t grow tactically either). Hopefully some lessons have finally been learned. It's actually logical why this happened. Obviously Mitchell had the recruitment department which he obviously ran looking for the type of targets we are ironically looking at this summer. He wasn't trusted and was turfed out so we dusted off the old scouting files and ran with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 4 hours ago, Ben said: Imagine if this transfer sends Rashford and his £350k a week salary back to Man Utd, talk about a win win. Hated, adored, never ignored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 4 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: What struck me about last summer was that we were chasing players we’d been linked to for years (Ekitike, Joao Pedro, Trafford, Elanga etc). Most of them weren’t on the big boys’ radar when we were first linked to them - but it doesn’t look like we moved on re the targets list for years (arguably we also didn’t grow tactically either). Hopefully some lessons have finally been learned. Not sure on this bit, mind….. Seen nothing towards the end of this season after the Barca/mackems debacle. That we’ve learnt any lessons there. Big summer on the transfer front. But even more so with how we set up in games. If we just go for more of the same because we’re back down to one game a week. Then it will be a bit of a concern. I think we will though. Don’t see where the evolution is going to come from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 4 hours ago, Stottie said: A correct observation, and by conventional thinking, a fine conclusion. The complication is that this is exactly how the system is designed. Every up and coming club has to sacrifice players, because its the only way they can pay the others and add squad players for the extra burden of playing in Europe. Having the "richest owners in the world" makes zero difference. If this means Bruno is back on penalties, I hope Tindall gets him to bin that stutter-step runup. It sends my heart rate through the roof! Has to be Wissa, he's our number number 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Thnks fr th mmrs. Fuck off boy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 13 minutes ago, Froggy said: Hated, adored, never ignored. TBF he did sort out all those meals for the kiddies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Would anyone take Rashford as 25m as one of the LW replacements? The same deal he was willing to take for Barca at 150k a month? Rashford is still a good player and a Howe type of forward in the sense he’s fairly dynamic and explosive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 2 minutes ago, kingxlnc said: Would anyone take Rashford as 25m as one of the LW replacements? The same deal he was willing to take for Barca at 150k a month? Rashford is still a good player and a Howe type of forward in the sense he’s fairly dynamic and explosive Absolutely no. We need players who see us as a step up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Definitely not. If we thought Gordon was bad for only bothering his arse when he felt like it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 3 minutes ago, kingxlnc said: Would anyone take Rashford as 25m as one of the LW replacements? The same deal he was willing to take for Barca at 150k a month? Rashford is still a good player and a Howe type of forward in the sense he’s fairly dynamic and explosive No. I wouldn’t use dynamic and explosive to describe Rashford, either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Luque Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Downie: "He can play a number of positions, too. Ordinarily, he's played off the left-hand side in a 4-3-3, but he's also been used a lot through the middle, to devastating effect at times." Fucking when I'm liking this deal more and more. Gordon's been stat-padding with pens and a hundred goals against Qarabag, and every "analyst" out there is scrambling to make sense of this deal. Yes, on his day he's a great player, but damn, it feels like we're conning the footballing world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Gordon is not a number 9. Running quickly is not the only feature required from a no 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 9 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: No. I wouldn’t use dynamic and explosive to describe Rashford, either. Explosive for the dressing roomm culture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 17 minutes ago, kingxlnc said: Would anyone take Rashford as 25m as one of the LW replacements? The same deal he was willing to take for Barca at 150k a month? Rashford is still a good player and a Howe type of forward in the sense he’s fairly dynamic and explosive I know you can clip anyone’s highlights up to make them look how you want, but… https://x.com/koladoskidculer/status/2059598681515364493?s=46&t=OQLMckSuatbpqWF13Al4mQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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