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10 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

Nope. I never said we overpaid for either. 

 

I’ve been a big Hall fan from day one and wanted him to play more last season. I questioned the logic of buying him last season if Howe wasn’t willing to play him despite an injury crisis after only a couple poor games (halves even). Turns out I was right - Hall is top tier and should’ve got more game time when Burn was getting ripped week after week at LB. 

 

Tonali - again not a slight on the player. But I questioned  spending £50m+ on 1 player + all the other money we spent that window when we were going to need to raise 50m+ to become PSR compliant.
 

I think now everyone admits that was the wrong approach which is why aren’t doing that this season and Amanda and co. left. We haven’t done a 40m+ deal since.    If it wasn’t for Minteh having a breakout season we would’ve had to sell a purple on the cheap. We overspent they window for sure and  had no good plan to get out of it. 
 

 

You wanted Hall to play in midfield though.

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5 minutes ago, Cronky said:

In his goal celebration, Tonali held up 7 fingers. Anyone got an idea why?

I'd have a go on BBC bitesize Maths first, then come back and ask this again.

 

 

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21 minutes ago, Cronky said:

In his goal celebration, Tonali held up 7 fingers. Anyone got an idea why?

 

7/1 first goalscorer? :lol:

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11 hours ago, Shearergol said:

You wanted Hall to play in midfield though.

No I didn’t lol. I wanted Hall in for Burn. 

 

21 hours ago, Menace said:

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Pretty sure you did like

In relation to FFP overspend which is true. Which is why we haven’t done similar again.  A Range Rover is too much money on a £50k salary. That doesn’t mean the range isn’t worth the money but you shouldn’t spend it. 

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7 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

No I didn’t lol. I wanted Hall in for Burn. 

 

In relation to FFP overspend which is true. Which is why we haven’t done similar again.  A Range Rover is too much money on a £50k salary. That doesn’t mean the range isn’t worth the money but you shouldn’t spend it. 

 

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Ahh, you wanted him in for Burn last season, but now he's come in at left back you want to see him in midfield. Got it.

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1 hour ago, Cronky said:

In his goal celebration, Tonali held up 7 fingers. Anyone got an idea why?

I thought he held up 8, which I assumed was to do with the number on his shirt?

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40 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

 

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Ahh, you wanted him in for Burn last season, but now he's come in at left back you want to see him in midfield. Got it.

Yeh this is in response to a League Cup game and trying different approaches. I also suggested Sandro at 6 there but I admit - I didn't think it would work... but I wanted to see it given a go. Eddie tried Sandro at 6 in the next league cup game and that was the start of our renaissance - so I guess there was value in my comment :)

 

Likewise with Hall, he's such a brilliant player in low-stakes games i'd like to see him in midfield. Early League Cup or FA Cup games against lower league opposition are an opportunity to experiment. But I'm not suggesting we bring Targett at LB and Hall to CM and remove Joelinton going forward.

 

Best to take my posts in good faith rather than trying to find silly holes. Look at the context.

 

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17 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Yeh this is in response to a League Cup game and trying different approaches. I also suggested Sandro at 6 there but I admit - I didn't think it would work... but I wanted to see it given a go. Eddie tried Sandro at 6 in the next league cup game and that was the start of our renaissance - so I guess there was value in my comment :)

 

Likewise with Hall, he's such a brilliant player in low-stakes games i'd like to see him in midfield. Early League Cup or FA Cup games against lower league opposition are an opportunity to experiment. But I'm not suggesting we bring Targett at LB and Hall to CM and remove Joelinton going forward.

 

Best to take my posts in good faith rather than trying to find silly holes. Look at the context.

 

I've said similar re Hall moving further forward a bit in a low risk game, as much to satisfy my own curiosity as anything else. He seems to have the skill set and we have tried him in midfield a couple of times but before he settled up here.

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7 minutes ago, madras said:

I've said similar re Hall moving further forward a bit in a low risk game, as much to satisfy my own curiosity as anything else. He seems to have the skill set and we have tried him in midfield a couple of times but before he settled up here.

Think he got 15 minutes against Man U at 6 before Targett got injured in a league cup game. Or maybe it was the other way around.

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2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Think he got 15 minutes against Man U at 6 before Targett got injured in a league cup game. Or maybe it was the other way around.

Man City league cup game I think and once in a friendly in Japan.

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24 minutes ago, madras said:

Man City league cup game I think and once in a friendly in Japan.

Definitely Man City. From interviews it sounds like he himself was struggling to accept his future wasn't as a midfielder around this time.

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As much as I enjoy watching him play now, I'm already looking forward to his Pirlo phase in ~10 years time when he doesn't have to run anymore because he just knows where the ball will end up, and where his teammates will make runs. 

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Tonali looked emotional when he sprinted over to the fans after making it 3-1 but said he got good vibrations from the 3,000 strong Toon Army right from the word go.

 

Tonali said: "When we went out for the warm-up at Southampton, it was actually like being at St James' Park. This is important for us."

:indi:

 

 

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