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2 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Some on here act like it's 2015 when 40 million was a large amount. That's reasonable given his output.

 

Aye but I think the concern is how much of Elanga's fee will it take from our budget. I assume a fair whack. (Based on nothing but a hunch)

 

 

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Just now, Fak said:

 

Aye but I think the concern is how much of Elanga's fee will it take from our budget. I assume a fair whack. (Based on nothing but a hunch)

 

 

 

 

Aye, but it was always the assumption that CB and RW would be allocated the largest portion of the budget.

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Vinny Green Balls

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7 minutes ago, Ikon said:

I very much doubt Howe was the one behind the signings of Bruno and Botman and Isak for example :lol: 

What? We were operating without a DoF when Bruno was signed, and Botman was being monitored. Under Ashworth, Howe seemed to have the lion's share of the power with transfers. You didn't mention Tonali, but Howe mentioned falling in love with him (of course Tonali wasn't exactly a hidden gem at that point). He does happen to be aware of players in different leagues. And clearly, the head scout is doing what the head scout should do anyway.

 

 

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Just now, christ said:

I don’t understand what people mean when they say uninspiring?

 

They mean they've heard of him and don't get to have the experience of watching a Youtube compilation and deciding he's the best player on the planet despite having not seen a single minute of him playing 

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1 minute ago, Bunk Moreland said:

 

They mean they've heard of him and don't get to have the experience of watching a Youtube compilation and deciding he's the best player on the planet despite having not seen a single minute of him playing 

I suspected as much.

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Just now, geordiekris said:


You can't tell me we can't find any viable players outside of the premier league?

Of course they’ll be some. And we may well buy some this window. But it’s a myth that only shopping in that market will get you consistently challenging at the top end of the table.

 

For all the plaudits Brighton get (obviously rightly to a degree), they’ve finished 6th once and never been close to getting any higher. Leicester cracked it once on the back of Mahrez and Kante, but that wasn’t sustainable.

 

Even if you look at Forest this year, they’ve gone real close, finding a couple of good ones in Murillo and Milenkovic, but the others like Wood, MGW, Elanga etc were PL buys that many would have said at the time they overpaid for.

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Keep on fewmin'
Let your body fly
Everybody fewmin
'Til you see the sun in the sky
Keep on fewmin'
Let your body fly
Everybody fewmin’
Till the morning light

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An ideal signing for us in many ways. It would take more than £40m though, that would be a steal. I'd be happy with it.

I do think we need someone with a bit of creativity and incisiveness against more defensive teams, but I wouldn't want that to be a slight, technical player without much power and running. Gibbs-White would be literally perfect for us, I'd break the bank for him.

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