Fezzle Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 18 minutes ago, gdm said: shite patter aside, Dunno if he’s still a source https://x.com/im_robm/status/1734143676081656251?s=46&t=VsasybHjLL5SWspjxkYA3w Ignoring his record its absolutely mental Pep chose to play two defenders in midfield over him the other day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Juventus are still bookies favourites to sign Phillips like. 4/1 us if anyone believes rob the knob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Juve have surely learnt their lesson on transfers like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, jack j said: Juventus are still bookies favourites to sign Phillips like. 4/1 us if anyone believes rob the knob i remember the bookies had us about 1/20 to sign Scott Sinclair one January. Clearly they no fuck all except what mugs are putting on it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 23 minutes ago, Fezzle said: Ignoring his record its absolutely mental Pep chose to play two defenders in midfield over him the other day. 3 wasn’t it ? Stones, Akanji and Lewis and then still didn’t bring him on when he made changes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Just now, SUPERTOON said: 3 wasn’t it ? Stones, Akanji and Lewis and then still didn’t bring him on when he made changes Didnt watch it so wasnt sure if it was 3-4-3 or 4-3-3 so could well have been actually Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Juventus ready to move in for Phillips. https://football-italia.net/juventus-ready-to-meet-man-city-for-phillips/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 33 minutes ago, Fezzle said: i remember the bookies had us about 1/20 to sign Scott Sinclair one January. Clearly they no fuck all except what mugs are putting on it In the first Summer window under the new owners we were 1/20 to sign Dean Henderson at one point. Then Pope came in from out of nowhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 13 hours ago, Dokko said: Dubravka has never recovered from the howler in the euros. You can pin point the moment which ended him as a top half keeper. I hadn't realised he was this out of it though. Looks static and slow, and no one at the back has any confidence in him. If we're not buying a keeper, we've got to get de Gea in for the rest of the season. Dubravka was fine when he came back from injury before we signed Pope? Playing little football ever since has probably accelerated his decline like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Wonder how easy it would be to bring forward all of next summers budget to January and how much appetite from the owners there would be... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 15 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: I’d be astonished if whatever means we have to bring players in is not used on a GK first. Howe has never rated Dubravka - and Howe isn’t wrong on much when it comes to football. What's this based on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: What's this based on? Replacing him as soon as he could? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 40 minutes ago, Minhosa said: Wonder how easy it would be to bring forward all of next summers budget to January and how much appetite from the owners there would be... Assume based on ffp that would be impossible and also think the owners wouldn't want to over stretch as we could end up out of Europe altogether for next season. Counter argument to that is very much chicken and the egg in the sense we may need to spend to have a chance of doing well this season and getting europe due to injuries and the what appears unsustainable results we got last year. Especially as Villa, Brighton, spurs and Liverpool all have better ffp outlooks compared to ours thanks to player sales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, nufcjmc said: Assume based on ffp that would be impossible and also think the owners wouldn't want to over stretch as we could end up out of Europe altogether for next season. Counter argument to that is very much chicken and the egg in the sense we may need to spend to have a chance of doing well this season and getting europe due to injuries and the what appears unsustainable results we got last year. Especially as Villa, Brighton, spurs and Liverpool all have better ffp outlooks compared to ours thanks to player sales. Yeah - that's very much the dilemma, and it'll be interesting to see which way they'll go. I think they'll want to be seen to be helping Howe as much as possible too. I guess the other thing to consider is the calibre of target we have. Maybe we'll need some form of European football to attract the level of targets they have in mind? Presumably FFP will dictate the approach but I hope they're looking at all options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 33 minutes ago, r0cafella said: Replacing him as soon as he could? Opportunity signing. £10m for a significant upgrade is a no-brainer. I've never rated Dubs highly. But if not for the opportunity to significantly upgrade him for £10m, I don't think we replace him. I don't think we would've spent £20m on Henderson or someone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronson333 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Is the Dortmund keeper as good as he looked against us? Or are those performance outliers ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ronson333 said: I reckon we go for Lloris for 6 months Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said: I reckon we go for Lloris for 6 months Yeah we probably have to go for a temporary solution given it’s mid season and upgrading Pope at this point might be difficult. pretty sure Lloris turned us down in the summer though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Just now, r0cafella said: Yeah we probably have to go for a temporary solution given it’s mid season and upgrading Pope at this point might be difficult. pretty sure Lloris turned us down in the summer though? Aye but I think I read it’s because he wouldn’t be first choice. Assume he would be now. Not a massive fan but think he’s better than Dubs and Karius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upthemags Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 FFP constraints and all, I think with our current position, and PIF's hunger to maintain our levels, we're going to end up spending the summer budget in January, however constrained that might be... I think we're in for an extremely active window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Just now, Upthemags said: FFP constraints and all, I think with our current position, and PIF's hunger to maintain our levels, we're going to end up spending the summer budget in January, however constrained that might be... I think we're in for an extremely active window You mean our current position being 7th? I’m not sure it’s much of a cause for alarm. In fact judging from the documentary they were aware this was likely to happen. I’d be surprised if we bought anyone this January personally, at most I see the Gordon esque buy, some loans and some frees. Pretty sure we are at our squad limit as well, we’d have to shift some or be happy paying players who aren’t even registered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upthemags Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 1 minute ago, r0cafella said: You mean our current position being 7th? I’m not sure it’s much of a cause for alarm. In fact judging from the documentary they were aware this was likely to happen. I’d be surprised if we bought anyone this January personally, at most I see the Gordon esque buy, some loans and some frees. Pretty sure we are at our squad limit as well, we’d have to shift some or be happy paying players who aren’t even registered. Agreed it's no cause for alarm, kind of the opposite actually - situated where with two or so appreciable moves, we can make a real push in the second half. How we logistically get that done, with the complications you point out, I don't know. But I would expect some significant action nonetheless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 18 minutes ago, Ronson333 said: Whys he playing Dubravka if hes injured? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Would suggest that Karius is unspeakably poor in training Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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