Marc Guehi

[gazza ladra]

31 minutes ago, andycap said:

I never twist about players that get used as bench players. 

I just don't know why your so certain Guehi is miles better than gomez or chalobah? 

Until this year he was never mentioned by majority of us as a player we'd want at the back. 

To replace lascelles. 

How much is this down to overpaying for a player who had a good innternational tournament? 

 

He was good in a ultra defensive England that had the easiest path to a final imaginable. 

 

Maybe he was good at Crystal Palace. I don't watch Crystal Palace.

[FloydianMag]

42 minutes ago, andycap said:

Gomez is a good solid centreback can play across the back four aswell. Injuries have have hampered him in his earlier years but I've always rated him. 

If Gomez isn’t good enough for Liverpool he isn’t good enough for us!!

[Bellars]

For some reason, at this point I think there's a much better chance of us buying some young off-the-radar prospect for  £15 -  £25 million instead of paying  £40 million for a 27-year-old Gomez.

 

 

Edited August 20, 2024 by Bellars

[gazza ladra]

Just now, Bellars said:

For some reason, at this point I think there's a much better chance of us buying some young off-the-radar prospect for  £15 -  £25 million instead of paying  £40 million for a 27-year-old Gomez.

 

 

 

Fingers crossed

[timeEd32]

3 minutes ago, Bellars said:

For some reason, at this point I think there's a much better chance of us buying some young off-the-radar prospect for  £15 -  £25 million instead of paying  £40 million for a 27-year-old Gomez.

 

 

 

 

Until given a reason to think otherwise I'm just assuming recent Gomez links are just a lazy continuation of what may have been discussed in late June when we were in extreme panic mode. He's more like Vlachodimos than a real target (I hope).

[andycap]

11 minutes ago, FloydianMag said:

If Gomez isn’t good enough for Liverpool he isn’t good enough for us!!

You don't believe that surely. 

Liverpool are still way ahead of us on playing squads. 

[manorpark]

7 minutes ago, andycap said:

You don't believe that surely. 

Liverpool are still way ahead of us on playing squads. 

 

The Liverpool squad is indeed better than ours overall, as you say, but we should not BUY anyone who is deemed specifically not good enough for them.

 

So, FloydianMag is correct, from that perspective.

 

[Whitley mag]

A scenario where we spunk 40 million on Gomez and Liverpool use the money to replace him with Guehi, should be unpalatable to every supporter who has any self respect and thinks we are capable of challenging the top 6.

[The Prophet]

It's not going to happen lads, relax.

[Theregulars]

40 minutes ago, gazza ladra said:

How much is this down to overpaying for a player who had a good innternational tournament? 

 

He was good in a ultra defensive England that had the easiest path to a final imaginable. 

 

Maybe he was good at Crystal Palace. I don't watch Crystal Palace.

In which case surely you have to accept that those in charge know better?

 

I’d imagine the overhype you correctly identify is both the cause of the price and the fact he’s gettable. Palace may not have been minded to sell had he not played, because they’d not get such a big price and because another year in the PL under a better manager would be a reasonable basis to predict higher sale value in a year. That he’s done so well arguably leads to them concluding “let’s do it now while his value is over-inflated”. Newcastle will know this and have set bargaining confines accordingly. Time is unfortunately on Palace’s side.

[gazza ladra]

2 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

In which case surely you have to accept that those in charge know better?

 

I’d imagine the overhype you correctly identify is both the cause of the price and the fact he’s gettable. Palace may not have been minded to sell had he not played, because they’d not get such a big price and because another year in the PL under a better manager would be a reasonable basis to predict higher sale value in a year. That he’s done so well arguably leads to them concluding “let’s do it now while his value is over-inflated”. Newcastle will know this and have set bargaining confines accordingly. Time is unfortunately on Palace’s side.

Sure.  
 

By all accounts they have made some mistakes that lead to the summer PSR scramble. Had that not happened, I'd have 100% confidence in any decision.

 

 

[Rod]

4 hours ago, Upthemags said:

You think Palace wouldn't leak to the public if there were other interested bidders? Same way they've been leaking our interest, bid-by-bid, the past three weeks?

I would love to play you at poker ........ and I don't even play poker.

[Geordie_once_removed]

I really wouldn't put it past Palace to deliberately string us along with no intention to sell just to run down the clock and stop us finding an alternative.  They may well see us as direct competitors for Premier League places and, if they are ambitious, even a European spot.  Finishing above is and getting a European spot, even in the lesser competitions would be worth about £15 million.

[NWMag]

@Shadow Puppets you heard anything today?

[Rod]

2 minutes ago, Geordie_once_removed said:

I really wouldn't put it past Palace to deliberately string us along with no intention to sell just to run down the clock and stop us finding an alternative.  They may well see us as direct competitors for Premier League places and, if they are ambitious, even a European spot.  Finishing above is and getting a European spot, even in the lesser competitions would be worth about £15 million.

What you on about?  We will finish second or third this season.  Pep knows.  Did you see his comments?

[The Prophet]

4 minutes ago, Geordie_once_removed said:

I really wouldn't put it past Palace to deliberately string us along with no intention to sell just to run down the clock and stop us finding an alternative.  They may well see us as direct competitors for Premier League places and, if they are ambitious, even a European spot.  Finishing above is and getting a European spot, even in the lesser competitions would be worth about £15 million.

 

Doubt they'd completely unsettle a key player to get one over on us like.

[Mazzy]

32 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

It's not going to happen lads, relax.

 

[The Prophet]

Just now, Mazzy said:

 

 

Getting wound up over hypothetical scenarios, mental.

[Shadow Puppets]

8 minutes ago, NWMag said:

@Shadow Puppets you heard anything today?

I haven’t, sorry.

[Erikse]

1 hour ago, FloydianMag said:

If Gomez isn’t good enough for Liverpool he isn’t good enough for us!!

 

I don't think that Liverpool have any regrets over having Gomez in their squad over the last few seasons. He wasn't a key player, but he didn't need to be.

 

 

Edited August 20, 2024 by Erikse

[gdm]

time to move on

[Bunk Moreland]

It's Gueover

[ponsaelius]

Yeah that'll be this done.

 

I think Guehi will sign a 1 year extension with a buyout clause now.

 

Big pressure on us to deliver something before the end of the window and avoid a total shambles tbh.

[Kid Icarus]

Sooooo fucking bored of this man.

[Guest]

RIP