Yankuba Minteh (now playing for Brighton & Hove Albion)

[Kanj]

While Brighton are really a data driven club with a very good transfer model, they are a club in transition from the manager position…and their sales haven’t gone on to be absolute world beaters at this point. Which I assume would cause some pause on the flip for a buying club.
 

Caciedo been up to? How about Bissouma? 
 

I hope Minteh goes on and does something great for his career. Literally an asset profited off of - and while I was really excited about his energy and potential, I care more about keeping the top end gems of the club than this lad. 

[Kanj]

3 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

How do you replace Schar? How does one even go about that?

You don’t ever replace Fab, just a new young mobile CB who’s decent on the ball is the hope. I think the idea would be Botman continues to develop his ball playing ability and Lewis Hall’s ball playing replaces Trippier’s at some point. The right sided DEF of Trippier and Schars ball playing will eventually be moved to left sided DEF with Botman and Hall..and the right side will be the ball carriers with Tino and the Fab replacement?

 

 

Edited June 30, 2024 by Kanji

[Checko]

5 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

How do you replace Schar? How does one even go about that?

I dunno, call round some modelling agencies and see if they've got anyone who can play football?

 

I do think RW is by far highest priority this year. I would quite like us to not be in FFP trouble as well though, so happy to be more conservative and defer buying a CB till next year, unless we find someone we really like. Schar is still quality.

 

 

Edited June 30, 2024 by Checko

[gbandit]

Replacing Schar might be the one I dread the most. He’s not our most important player but he is our most important defender and there aren’t that many CBs that have his distribution coupled with his ability to drive forward. Let’s hope Miodrag comes through 

[TRon]

It's not even a case of replacing Schar, it's about buying someone as his understudy.

[Conjo]

If this guy ends up scoring the goal(s) to give Brighton 3 points against us this season, effectively nullifying the points deduction we were facing, I'm going to unleash kaka levels of pettiness upon everyone who is cheering this sale on as free money, a great deal because he hasn't played for us etc.

 

Thought I'd wake up a bit less annoyed over this, but nah, still think this is a catastrophic decision by the club.

[ExiledGeordie]

7 minutes ago, Conjo said:

If this guy ends up scoring the goal(s) to give Brighton 3 points against us this season, effectively nullifying the points deduction we were facing, I'm going to unleash kaka levels of pettiness upon everyone who is cheering this sale on as free money, a great deal because he hasn't played for us etc.

 

Thought I'd wake up a bit less annoyed over this, but nah, still think this is a catastrophic decision by the club.

It is very frustrating but it’s surely better than a probable points deduction. These ridiculous rules have backed us into a corner. 

[KaKa]

9 minutes ago, Conjo said:

If this guy ends up scoring the goal(s) to give Brighton 3 points against us this season, effectively nullifying the points deduction we were facing, I'm going to unleash kaka levels of pettiness upon everyone who is cheering this sale on as free money, a great deal because he hasn't played for us etc.

 

Thought I'd wake up a bit less annoyed over this, but nah, still think this is a catastrophic decision by the club.

 

And you'd be well within your rights to do just that. I certainly won't be crying about it!

 

When it's all said and done I think we'll be right there pushing for Champions League again, having added some really good players this summer.

 

Good luck to Yankuba Minteh.

[duo]

34 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Replacing Schar might be the one I dread the most. He’s not our most important player but he is our most important defender and there aren’t that many CBs that have his distribution coupled with his ability to drive forward. Let’s hope Miodrag comes through 

And his consistency - his performances rarely drop and he barely misses a game. 

[Hanshithispantz]

21 minutes ago, Conjo said:

If this guy ends up scoring the goal(s) to give Brighton 3 points against us this season, effectively nullifying the points deduction we were facing, I'm going to unleash kaka levels of pettiness upon everyone who is cheering this sale on as free money, a great deal because he hasn't played for us etc.

 

Thought I'd wake up a bit less annoyed over this, but nah, still think this is a catastrophic decision by the club.

And what if he's absolutely shite?

 

In all seriousness, regardless of how good or bad Minteh turns out to be, the important thing is how we're using the money we generate. I'd swap Minteh for another Hall or Livramento any day of the week (and maybe that's ultimately what he paid for).

 

 

Edited June 30, 2024 by Hanshithispantz

[TRon]

1 minute ago, Hanshithispantz said:

And what if he's absolutely shite?

 

In all seriousness, regardless of how good or bad Minteh turns out to be, the important thing is how we're using the money we generate. I'd swap Minteh for another Hall or Livramento any day of the week.

 

Not if he turns out to be another Salah you wouldn't.

 

I mean it's all just guesswork one way or another, but if Brighton want him I reckon there's a player there. But £33m is a very good fee, if we can spend it on the right player, that's all we can ask for.

[54]

The way people are going about Minteh, you'd think he was the second coming of Messi, and not someone who has had a half decent season in a Championship level league  

[The Fountain]

29 minutes ago, Conjo said:

If this guy ends up scoring the goal(s) to give Brighton 3 points against us this season, effectively nullifying the points deduction we were facing, I'm going to unleash kaka levels of pettiness upon everyone who is cheering this sale on as free money, a great deal because he hasn't played for us etc.

 

Thought I'd wake up a bit less annoyed over this, but nah, still think this is a catastrophic decision by the club.

But he might scare the winning goal against our rivals nullifying the goal he scores against us 

[worthy]

1 minute ago, The Fountain said:

But he might scare the winning goal against our rivals nullifying the goal he scores against us 

But then Brighton will fight us for the CL positions - there is no winning!

[Unbelievable]

5 minutes ago, 54 said:

The way people are going about Minteh, you'd think he was the second coming of Messi, and not someone who has had a half decent season in a Championship level league  

Maybe you’re wrong about the level of the league and the potential of the player if a number of PL clubs and foreign CL level clubs were vying for his signature at a significant fee..? Time will tell how well he does, we seemingly needed rid due to psr and we’ve sold at a good fee/profit, but let’s not pretend we’d not be stoked if instead of selling a 33m rated 19 year old right wing wonderkid that the likes of Brighton and Dortmund were after, we’d be buying one.

[mush]

I'm pretty ambivalent about it to be honest. Obviously in an ideal world (no PSR) we wouldn't sell in case he develops into a real gem. Unfortunately that's not the reality, so we had to make a tough choice.

 

He may well end up being an excellent player, but he could just as easily go the other way. Time will tell, but I think either way it was probably the right decision on balance for the situation we found ourselves in

[jack j]

11 minutes ago, Unbelievable said:

Maybe you’re wrong about the level of the league and the potential of the player if a number of PL clubs and foreign CL level clubs were vying for his signature at a significant fee..? Time will tell how well he does, we seemingly needed rid due to psr and we’ve sold at a good fee/profit, but let’s not pretend we’d not be stoked if instead of selling a 33m rated 19 year old right wing wonderkid that the likes of Brighton and Dortmund were after, we’d be buying one.

Mebbes so but there's plenty pretending he is the new messi despite probably never seeing him play. Wasn't that long ago the feyenoord fans weren't that impressed with him. Don't have to look too far into this thread to see that

[54]

13 minutes ago, Unbelievable said:

Maybe you’re wrong about the level of the league and the potential of the player if a number of PL clubs and foreign CL level clubs were vying for his signature at a significant fee..? Time will tell how well he does, we seemingly needed rid due to psr and we’ve sold at a good fee/profit, but let’s not pretend we’d not be stoked if instead of selling a 33m rated 19 year old right wing wonderkid that the likes of Brighton and Dortmund were after, we’d be buying one.

I mean, sure, its all about mindset, but the way people are going on, are like he's the next best thing in World football when the jury is very much out. He could be, but he could also turn out to be the opposite, this fee is ridiculous for one half decent season in a non-top 5 league, and is really good business from the club imo.

 

Also, didn't mean to insult your league  

[Jinky]

Good business imho

[Upthemags]

Just now, 54 said:

I mean, sure, its all about mindset, but the way people are going on, are like he's the next best thing in World football when the jury is very much out. He could be, but he could also turn out to be the opposite, this fee is ridiculous for one half decent season in a non-top 5 league, and is really good business from the club imo.

 

Also, didn't mean to insult your league  

Really not interested in reigniting this argument - but objectively hilarious multiple people have referred to his goal comp per 90 min season, as a 19 year, as a "half decent season".

 

All that said happy we've covered for PSR... Have a feeling we're going to spend big this summer and we'll be happy when its all said and done.

[OverThere]

1 minute ago, Upthemags said:

Really not interested in reigniting this argument - but objectively hilarious multiple people have referred to his goal comp per 90 min season, as a 19 year, as a "half decent season".

 

All that said happy we've covered for PSR... Have a feeling we're going to spend big this summer and we'll be happy when its all said and done.

I bloody hope so. A RW and CF are the 2 signings I would like to see.

[54]

1 minute ago, Upthemags said:

Really not interested in reigniting this argument - but objectively hilarious multiple people have referred to his goal comp per 90 min season, as a 19 year, as a "half decent season".

 

All that said happy we've covered for PSR... Have a feeling we're going to spend big this summer and we'll be happy when its all said and done.

10 Goals in 27 games (Admittedly only 17 starts) in the Eredivisie is half decent. Bare in mind a 33 year old Luuk de Jong scored 29 goals in 34 matches last season in the same division. 

[Upthemags]

1 minute ago, 54 said:

10 Goals in 27 games (Admittedly only 17 starts) in the Eredivisie is half decent. Bare in mind a 33 year old Luuk de Jong scored 29 goals in 34 matches last season in the same division. 

Yea and Chris Wood had 14 this year - Minteh subbed regularly which is why per 90 is the more telling figure imo

 

Not saying he's the next Mane, or that he won't end up being a dud, but we shouldn't pretend the numbers are not extremely impressive.

[Unbelievable]

22 minutes ago, jack j said:

Mebbes so but there's plenty pretending he is the new messi despite probably never seeing him play. Wasn't that long ago the feyenoord fans weren't that impressed with him. Don't have to look too far into this thread to see that

Nobody is pretending Minteh is the new Messi, literally no one…

[Unbelievable]

20 minutes ago, 54 said:

I mean, sure, its all about mindset, but the way people are going on, are like he's the next best thing in World football when the jury is very much out. He could be, but he could also turn out to be the opposite, this fee is ridiculous for one half decent season in a non-top 5 league, and is really good business from the club imo.

 

Also, didn't mean to insult your league  

Same for you. No idea where you guys are reading Minteh is the “next best thing in World football”…