Marc Guehi

[Yorkie]

18 minutes ago, Cf said:

 

Maguire's fee is hardly some sort of benchmark. It was laughable at the time. Just yet another example of Man Utd massively overpaying for a player. 

 

I think it's becoming harder and harder to establish a useful benchmark.

 

Between inflation and PSR, transfer fees are all over the place, and the scope of 'value' is so much wider now. When £20-30million was the very upper limit to transfer fees, it was easy to differentiate a £3m player from an £8m player or a £10m player from a £15m player. But these days - when the baseline is always in the tens of millions - a difference of five is almost impossible to interpret.

 

Previous generations to me would probably say the same about the front end of my example, because transfer fees have consistently inflated over the decades. But I do wonder if it's ever been quite this difficult to define talent by a transfer fee. 

 

If we can afford to pay £70m for him and the bosses consider it to be worth it, then my instinct is to back that call; however, I'd be concerned about us being held to ransom. 

[WilliamPS]

25 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said:

Oh they got rinsed but at the time I don’t remember much mockery at the fee, more so a resignation that we’d never be able to compete for transfers like that.

 

All I remember was (roughly within the same time frame)

 

Maguire - 80m - dud

 

VVD - 75m - transformative

 

I’m guessing Guehi might be somewhere in between

There was quite a bit on Maguire, while nobody thought it was a bad transfer to do or that he’d fail, at the time the fee was considered massively inflated. 

 

Had they paid 50m it would probably have been seen as reasonable, in hindsight that would  still have been terrible value 

[Slim]

 

[Pixelphish]

6 minutes ago, Slim said:

 

I've changed my mind.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Oh, well if Luke thinks it’s on. 

[SUPERTOON]

17 minutes ago, Slim said:

 

Can’t beat a journalists gut feeling regarding transfers.

[BennyBlanco]

If we’re going off Luke’s gut feelings then this transfer has just shit it’s pants and will be hospitalised with dysentery.

[JP]

Do we think Barella will start on Saturday?

 

[The Prophet]

Sky giving this serious hype.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Not sure pursuement is a word

[OoOGazOoO]

2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Not sure pursuement is a word

Was thinking the same, ha!

[Rocker]

From OED.com

 

Where does the noun pursuement come from?

Earliest known use, early 1600s.

The earliest known use of the noun pursuement is in the early 1600s.

 

[Coffee_Johnny]

Can Pursuement play CB? 

[FloydianMag]

7 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Not sure pursuement is a word

He is a jock……..Scottish word?

[Darth Crooks]

40 minutes ago, Slim said:

 

 

Tee hee I just clicked his willy

[Checko]

17 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

Can Pursuement play CB? 

He can but he always gets caught trailing the striker.

[gdm]

32 minutes ago, FloydianMag said:

He is a jock……..Scottish word?

No 

[Beren]

It's a difficult one, primarily because we don't have much credible intelligence on this.

 

But ultimately, if I had to guess...

 

...I think they conflated the words 'peruse' and 'pursuit'. I don't know where 'ment' came from.

[jonny1403]

Quote

Latest from Sky Sports News' Keith Downie:

Newcastle are undeterred by comments of Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish and defender Marc Guehi to Sky Sports News this week. 

The England international remains the club’s number one centre-back target, and they will be trying to bring him in while the transfer window is open. 

It is understood there have been three offers made by Newcastle for the 24-year-old so far as negotiations continue over a deal.

 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2024 by jonny1403

[ExiledGeordie]

Would be huge if we can pull this off, makes our back line so much stronger. He can go up against physically strong strikers and is quick. Looks good on the ball and fits in with the no dick head policy 🤞 

 

Id almost be content with this and then making do at RW with what we have.

[The Prophet]

He's such a pillock these days.

[Chris L]

9 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

He's such a pillock these days.

I think (like everyone) he is sick of all the crap “ITK” accounts talking nonsense and all the other people believing everything they say. Must be even more annoying when it effects your actual job

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

He's such a pillock these days.

 

Nah, people like that are fair game. Expecting updates on the hour, every hour and moaning when there's nothing new.  Pretty sure when he's briefed to say something, he will. 

[Fezzle]

Need to screenshot twitter spats for those of us not on it

[SteV]

9 minutes ago, Fezzle said:

Need to screenshot twitter spats for those of us not on it

Not really relevant, but Scott Wilson of the Echo got his arse handed to him on there by Ben Stokes yesterday.