STM Posted Tuesday at 21:29 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:29 Genuinely excited about the potential of this. It will show incredible depth in that position when in pre season we have 2 quality goalkeepers sharing game time. I actually think it makes sense for Trafford to spend some time with Pope, so he can learn some of the things Pope is good at. It also puts Pope in a position where if he drops a clanger or two, we've got quality ready to step in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted Tuesday at 21:31 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:31 15 minutes ago, WilliamPS said: Hall had to learn a new position. I hope Trafford isn’t being bought as the second striker… Left back? He played left back at Chelsea and we signed him to play at left back? Hall was left out of the side because he wasn't yet doing to things Howe demanded of him. He said as much recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted Tuesday at 21:32 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:32 Howe literally said he signed him as a left back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted Tuesday at 21:33 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:33 1 minute ago, STM said: Left back? He played left back at Chelsea and we signed him to play at left back? Hall was left out of the side because he wasn't yet doing to things Howe demanded of him. He said as much recently. He was still very new to the position. Don’t know the context of the discussion tbh, just replying to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted Tuesday at 21:33 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:33 Popes been part of the team that’s got us to two Champion Leagues so I’d rather he stayed to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted Tuesday at 22:07 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:07 Looks to me like dubs will be sold then, unless we are hoarding them for a game of top trumps with Chelsea. 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted Tuesday at 22:16 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:16 1 hour ago, gdm said: Tonali played the first game of the season and scored. in fact he played 5 out the first 6 games Botman was straight in as well, I think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny36 Posted Tuesday at 22:17 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:17 We should still get decent fees for Vlachodimos and to a lesser extent Dubravka..Matt Turner is going to Lyon for 7 million pounds from Forest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted Tuesday at 22:30 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:30 10 minutes ago, johnny36 said: We should still get decent fees for Vlachodimos and to a lesser extent Dubravka..Matt Turner is going to Lyon for 7 million pounds from Forest Dubravka’s 36 with one year left on his contract. Anything over a million and we’ve done well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonShandy Posted Tuesday at 22:48 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:48 27 minutes ago, johnny36 said: We should still get decent fees for Vlachodimos and to a lesser extent Dubravka..Matt Turner is going to Lyon for 7 million pounds from Forest He's appeared in a grand total of 9 competitive club games in the last 3 seasons -- 1 for Benfica, 7 for Forest, and 1 League Cup sub appearance for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted yesterday at 02:35 Share Posted yesterday at 02:35 The only hope with Vlach is that we could get a non-loss Saudi fee based on his appearances for Greece. He played 10 90s for them in 2024. Otherwise its pass the PSR parcel if another team is as desperate as we were last summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted yesterday at 05:04 Share Posted yesterday at 05:04 6 hours ago, Dr Venkman said: Botman was straight in as well, I think? As was Isak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted yesterday at 05:07 Share Posted yesterday at 05:07 Botman got in when Targett got injured pretty early on and Burn moved to LB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted yesterday at 05:16 Share Posted yesterday at 05:16 I think Howe treats each signing differently based on certain factors. He must have seen something that made him think Tonali would be ready for the league right from the start. He does have a high bar when it comes to it though, more often than not players have to wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted yesterday at 05:19 Share Posted yesterday at 05:19 7 hours ago, nemtizz said: And yet he couldn't get a run of games because of Sean Longstaff. And we all kept pointing out how we were much better with Tonali in the side. Trafford has to start number 1. I maintain you can’t bring in a GK for £30m, a position you can’t bring them on with 20 to go, and them just warm the bench. Especially one on the back of an absolute high of a season and full of confidence. People will say Howe gets things correct, but he does get things wrong and not starting Trafford would be one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted yesterday at 06:05 Share Posted yesterday at 06:05 45 minutes ago, Sibierski said: And we all kept pointing out how we were much better with Tonali in the side. Trafford has to start number 1. I maintain you can’t bring in a GK for £30m, a position you can’t bring them on with 20 to go, and them just warm the bench. Especially one on the back of an absolute high of a season and full of confidence. People will say Howe gets things correct, but he does get things wrong and not starting Trafford would be one. Pope will be number 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted yesterday at 06:31 Share Posted yesterday at 06:31 1 hour ago, Sibierski said: And we all kept pointing out how we were much better with Tonali in the side. Trafford has to start number 1. I maintain you can’t bring in a GK for £30m, a position you can’t bring them on with 20 to go, and them just warm the bench. Especially one on the back of an absolute high of a season and full of confidence. People will say Howe gets things correct, but he does get things wrong and not starting Trafford would be one. We weren’t always a much better side with Tonali in it. Let’s not re-write history. Longstaff won his place back deservedly and results improved instantly in particularly our defensive record. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted yesterday at 06:32 Share Posted yesterday at 06:32 1 minute ago, LFEE said: We weren’t always a much better side with Tonali in it. Let’s not re-write history. Longstaff won his place back deservedly and results improved instantly in particularly our defensive record. Good point about Longstaff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted yesterday at 06:34 Share Posted yesterday at 06:34 Just now, LFEE said: We weren’t always a much better side with Tonali in it. Let’s not re-write history. Longstaff won his place back deservedly and results improved instantly in particularly our defensive record. Tonali got the matches against the clubs where we were always likely to get few points, Longstaff came back in for him v Burnley at home (I think?), which was the start of an easy run of games. Pretty sure we could have given Tonali that run of games and the outcome would have been the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted yesterday at 06:57 Share Posted yesterday at 06:57 23 minutes ago, LFEE said: We weren’t always a much better side with Tonali in it. Let’s not re-write history. Longstaff won his place back deservedly and results improved instantly in particularly our defensive record. Are you talking about the Brentford, sheff united, Burnley and palace matches here? After the Man City, Liverpool and Brighton games? I wonder why results improved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted yesterday at 07:50 Share Posted yesterday at 07:50 (edited) 1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said: Tonali got the matches against the clubs where we were always likely to get few points, Longstaff came back in for him v Burnley at home (I think?), which was the start of an easy run of games. Pretty sure we could have given Tonali that run of games and the outcome would have been the same. 57 minutes ago, Shearergol said: Are you talking about the Brentford, sheff united, Burnley and palace matches here? After the Man City, Liverpool and Brighton games? I wonder why results improved No I’m talking about the season before in particular against Brighton and West Ham. Edited yesterday at 07:54 by LFEE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J7 Posted yesterday at 08:20 Share Posted yesterday at 08:20 If we’re signing him, we should be playing in straight away imo. If the idea is to have someone better with the ball on the floor to help change the way we play, then he’d be better playing before we get into September when there’s barely any time on the training ground with two games a week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted yesterday at 08:24 Share Posted yesterday at 08:24 Now that Times Sport are reporting it also, can we update thread title to (Various) ? Seems more concrete than just Sky Sports rumor mill ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted yesterday at 08:28 Share Posted yesterday at 08:28 3 minutes ago, HawK said: Now that Times Sport are reporting it also, can we update thread title to (Various) ? Seems more concrete than just Sky Sports rumor mill ! For anyone that wants to get behind The Times paywall, paste the URL into https://archive.ph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izakaya Posted yesterday at 08:39 Share Posted yesterday at 08:39 Weren't we told a few games away from the end of last season that this was pretty much a done deal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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