NUFC Transfer Rumours

[TheBrownBottle]

32 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

I thought they paid pretty much bang on market value for both. Its however you want to frame it I guess.

No-one is paying close to those sums for those players in the FFP era.  Our overlords and masters once again bailed one of our rivals out of the shit. 

[johnny36]

If Villa dont get Champions League and Rashford and Asensio go back to their parent clubs, morale could be bad there..Watkins pretty much got Champions League football for them and  hes benched for a player they dont even own for the most important game of the season

 

 

Edited Sunday at 11:13 by johnny36

[Rich]

We’ll be in a far better position next season, it’s amazing we’re sitting third with the state of our squad. We’ve been without probably our best CB all season and have had a decent number of other absences aside.

[Jackie Broon]

1 minute ago, johnny36 said:

If Villa dont get Champions League and Rashford and Asensio go back to their parent clubs, morale could be bad there..Watkins pretty much got Champions League football for them and  hes benched for a player they dont even own for the most important game of the season

 

 

 

 

I think they will finish in the top 5 from here though. They're in great form, have massive motivation to get back in the CL and their run-in all looks pretty winnable.

[r0cafella]

4 minutes ago, Rich said:

We’ll be in a far better position next season, it’s amazing we’re sitting third with the state of our squad. We’ve been without probably our best CB all season and have had a decent number of other absences aside.

Yup villa relentlessly punished our agent backline. Absolutely no coincidence they weren't interested in attacking tinos flank. 

[Ikon]

For all the Akliouches, Mbeumos, Huijsens and Cunhas and so on which we all would ideally like, I’m not sure it’s the best way forward as it would be too expensive. We REALLY need PM to find some gems in and around 30m or so for example, on half the wages. Players that over a season become those highly rated and valued players. 
 

If we sign say 3 “purples” and we are in the CL we are still gonna be short in quality, especially in depth and the players will be absolutely knackered during the season. It’s easier said than done but that’s PM’s job and the scouts. 

Said it for ages, we reallly need to improve the technical ability overall, as well as athleticism. Said it before last season, we really need another CM too of good quality. 

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 11:24 by Ikon

[Rich]

3 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Yup villa relentlessly punished our agent backline. Absolutely no coincidence they weren't interested in attacking tinos flank. 

Trippier got next to no help from Bruno or Murphy, aye, which in turn killed Schär.

 

Thought Maatsen* was superb, which didn’t help!

[Jackie Broon]

I'd actually be happy with us concentrating on filling out our squad with high ceiling youngsters rather than going for 'purples'.

 

ObviouslyI'd  be happy for us to get a purple at RW and/or CB too, but I think we've shown this and last season that we have the quality, just not the depth.

[Yorkie]

12 minutes ago, Rich said:

We’ll be in a far better position next season, it’s amazing we’re sitting third with the state of our squad. We’ve been without probably our best CB all season and have had a decent number of other absences aside.

 

Including the fucking manager

 

Only NUFC. Just surprised this didn't happen last season. 

[HayDen Traces]

8 minutes ago, Rich said:

Trippier got next to no help from Bruno or Murphy, aye, which in turn killed Schär.

 

Thought Maatsen* was superb, which didn’t help!

Same. Maatsen looked class, best player on the pitch probably. Watkins aside

[Rafalove]

We must have some names that haven’t been mentioned, lined up. Seems odd we had the likes of Wirts, Mamardiashvili, Khusanov, Huijsen, Ackliouche, Doue, Mbeumo, and others lined up when they were cheap, but couldn’t spend, and now that we have money we’re still linked with similar names even though they would now be more expensive.

[JT24]

17 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Including the fucking manager

 

Only NUFC. Just surprised this didn't happen last season. 

This is true, I can't seem remember to the last instance of a manager (especially in the PL) missing a few games through an illness?

 

Anybody?

[Yorkie]

Just now, JT24 said:

This is true, I can't seem remember to the last instance of a manager (especially in the PL) missing a few games through an illness?

 

Anybody?

 

Kinnear.

 

Think there was Houllier too.

[Rich]

16 minutes ago, Rafalove said:

We must have some names that haven’t been mentioned, lined up. Seems odd we had the likes of Wirts, Mamardiashvili, Khusanov, Huijsen, Ackliouche, Doue, Mbeumo, and others lined up when they were cheap, but couldn’t spend, and now that we have money we’re still linked with similar names even though they would now be more expensive.

We will have. We were all over Khusanov, for instance, and most of us had never heard of him.

[The Prophet]

58 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

No-one is paying close to those sums for those players in the FFP era.  Our overlords and masters once again bailed one of our rivals out of the shit. 

 

Villa paid around that for Diaby and West Ham bid only slightly less for Duran.

[Groundhog63]

1 hour ago, Andy84 said:

We lost a game.  We’ve won something  like 13 out of our last 20 games.  We’re not imploding 

Aye, I didn't mean imploding. Bad wording.

[mighty__mag]

Liverpool (46) Salah (27) Diaz (11) Gakpo (8)

 

Brentford (41) Mbuemo (18) Wissa (16) Schade (7)

 

Newcastle Utd (38) Isak (21) Barnes (9) Murph (8)

 

Man City (31) Haaland (21) Foden (7) Doku (3)

 

Chelsea (30) Palmer (14) Jackson (9) Madueke (7)

 

Bournemouth (29) Kluivert (12) Evanilson (9) Semenyo (8)

 

Wolves (29)  Cunha (14) Larsen (12) Gomes (3)

 

Notts Forest (29) Wood (18) Elanga (6) Odoi (5)

 

Spurs (27)  Johnson (11) Maddison (9) Son (7)

 

Aston Villa (24) Watkins (15) Rogers (8) McGinn (1)

 

Brighton (23) Pedro (10) Mitoma (8) Minteh (5)

 

Crystal P (23)  Mateta (13) Sarr (7) Eze (3)

 

Fulham (23) Jiminez (10) Iwobi (8) SmithRowe (5)

 

Arsenal (21) Havertz (9) Martinelli (6) Saka (6)

 

Ipswich (19) Delap (12) Szmodics (4) Hutchison (3)

 

Everton (16) Ndiaye (7) Beto (6) McNeil (3)

 

Man Utd  (16) Fernadez (8) Garnacho (5) Zirkzee (3)

 

Leicester (15) Vardy (7) Mavididi (4) Buonanotte (4)

 

West Ham (15) Bowen (9) Kudus (3) Fullkrug (3)

 

Southampton (9) Onuachu (4) Aribo (3) Archer (2)

 

 

Top to bottom attacks, based on current average attacks or front threes this season, not including certain teams midfielder or defender ie: Gvardiol or Kovacic who have more goals than both Doku and Grealish.

 

When looking at this, if you chose the best possible players we could likely get and that would improve us, I personally think you'd be looking at Mbuemo, Delap, Semenyo, Cunha. 

 

Mbuemo or Semenyo would go straight into RW, Delap or Cunha replace Wilson as second Striker option, or I think Cunha would be versatile. 

 

It's interesting we're still the third best attack in the league with Murphy and Barnes, 

 

What's even more interesting is Brentfords, with Wissa Schade and Mbuemo.

 

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 13:11 by mighty__mag

[wyn davies]

5 hours ago, Nucasol said:

I think they may cash in on Gordon. If we don’t sell him then Willock and Longy will be next in the departure lounge.

It wouldn't surprise me if either him or Barnes departed to help with future purchases.

[PauloGeordio]

Just now, joeyt said:

Madueke had a decent run of form at the start of the season (mainly the hat trick against Wolves) but I don't feel he's done much for a number of months now.

 

May have dodged a bullet

Thought the same.

[joeyt]

Was meant to put it in the other games thread rather than here but I guess it fits in both

[Sibierski]

Bullet dodged? Still one of their best output players this season for a proper dull possession based side.

 

He’s a great opportune market.

[Menace]

Yeah Howe would make him into a complete beast 

[joeyt]

34 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

Bullet dodged? Still one of their best output players this season for a proper dull possession based side.

 

He’s a great opportune market.

 

If you take out his hat trick against Wolves he's only got 4 goals and 3 assists in the league this season. Don't think that's great numbers

[BrianSwan]

About time you benefit from Saudi Pro League players now.

[Mikky]

1 hour ago, wyn davies said:

It wouldn't surprise me if either him or Barnes departed to help with future purchases.

We shouldn’t be selling either 

 

Sell those who are surplus, likes of Willock and Longstaff 

 

We should be looking to build rather than selling our better players - if you sell Barnes, you will need to pay a similar amount to replace him, what’s the point?