TRon Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 We basically overpaid purely so we could have him this season. If he ends up missing half of it, might turn out to be very bad luck. We really need Osula to step up to take some of the pressure of Big Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Paul Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 We could moan about our luck on this one but paying huge money for a 29yo tool-downer whose game is primarily dependant on his athleticism was stupid. He's not a Teddy Sheringham type who has years left at the highest level. A high risk, low reward gamble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 Money down the drain after the amount we’ve paid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 Doctor Congo should be struck off. Disappointed for him and for us, obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 2 minutes ago, Irish Paul said: We could moan about our luck on this one but paying huge money for a 29yo tool-downer whose game is primarily dependant on his athleticism was stupid. He's not a Teddy Sheringham type who has years left at the highest level. A high risk, low reward gamble. I thought it was a calculated risk at the time, and one worth taking given he had an excellent fitness history. But I do wonder if a proper DOF might have put his foot down for that very reason. There's no guarantees in football, and there's always a risk of an injury so they would probably have factored that in just in case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 Isn't it so that English players often pull out of internationals when they are not fit? Not championships, but internationals like the one Wissa got injured in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 (edited) Ah man, fuck right off. Fella had pretty much a clean record over a decade before this. The Congo management and even Wissa have a lot to answer for. At 29yr old, missing half a fucking season is extremely costly in terms of already poor PSR value, never mind the footballing side. Think Howe needs to assume we'll be getting very little out of him this season. Edited October 3, 2025 by Turnbull2000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 Fuck the Doctor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 4 minutes ago, Erikse said: Isn't it so that English players often pull out of internationals when they are not fit? Not championships, but internationals like the one Wissa got injured in. Nah, friendlies, yeah, but not qualifying matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 12 minutes ago, Irish Paul said: We could moan about our luck on this one but paying huge money for a 29yo tool-downer whose game is primarily dependant on his athleticism was stupid. He's not a Teddy Sheringham type who has years left at the highest level. A high risk, low reward gamble. Couldn't agree less. His injury record was absolutely impeccable and he was a proven goalscorer in the Premier League. It was the dictionary definition of low risk. People get so hung up on age, like. He's 29 ffs. We've not signed a corpse; I think you can do the maths and feel confident that you're at least gonna get a good couple of seasons out of the bloke. He's also played at least half of his career at a level lower than Ligue 1 so the toll on his body will be less. If you want to argue that it was a less sustainable signing from a purely financial perspective, I'd respect the argument but ultimately put my trust in the club, given how conscious we are of PSR. We wouldn't have pulled the trigger if we weren't comfortable about the financial impact. It's just incredibly bad luck; absolutely nothing else to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 Fucking hell man. Our luck is just the pits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 12 minutes ago, Irish Paul said: We could moan about our luck on this one but paying huge money for a 29yo tool-downer whose game is primarily dependant on his athleticism was stupid. He's not a Teddy Sheringham type who has years left at the highest level. A high risk, low reward gamble. This is nonsense imo. His injury record is impeccable. This is bad luck, simple as that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsonsWonderland Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 So an extra three weeks. Not the end of the world if he comes back fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 2 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Couldn't agree less. His injury record was absolutely impeccable and he was a proven goalscorer in the Premier League. It was the dictionary definition of low risk. People get so hung up on age, like. He's 29 ffs. We've not signed a corpse; I think you can do the maths and feel confident that you're at least gonna get a good couple of seasons out of the bloke. If you want to argue that it was a less sustainable signing from a purely financial perspective, I'd respect the argument but ultimately put my trust in the club, given how conscious we are of PSR. We wouldn't have pulled the trigger if we weren't comfortable about the financial impact. It's just incredibly bad luck; absolutely nothing else to it. Couldn't agree more, players aren't just signed for one season FFS. Everything will be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 1 minute ago, RobsonsWonderland said: So an extra three weeks. Not the end of the world if he comes back fit. Depends on how Wolt and Osula can do in his absence. If we can stay in touch with the top 5 then he could be crucial for the second half of the season to take us into CL. Then all is well. If we can't get a tune of of our front players while he's out, then there's a chance it could derail our season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 (edited) 5 minutes ago, RobsonsWonderland said: So an extra three weeks. Not the end of the world if he comes back fit. Until the last break in november, and then we spend the start of december getting him up to speed so that DR Congo can run him to the ground again from 18th of december.. Edited October 3, 2025 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 22 minutes ago, Erikse said: i'm sure DR Congo will ease him in at AFCON if it's right after his return. "So you can run for 10 seconds without much pain? Allright you're ready, 90 min 2 times a week for you." Yep, like they did in September the absolute fucking melts that they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Paul Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 1 minute ago, Yorkie said: Couldn't agree less. His injury record was absolutely impeccable and he was a proven goalscorer in the Premier League. It was the dictionary definition of low risk. People get so hung up on age, like. He's 29 ffs. We've not signed a corpse; I think you can do the maths and feel confident that you're at least gonna get a good couple of seasons out of the bloke. If you want to argue that it was a less sustainable signing from a purely financial perspective, I'd respect the argument but ultimately put my trust in the club, given how conscious we are of PSR. We wouldn't have pulled the trigger if we weren't comfortable about the financial impact. It's just incredibly bad luck; absolutely nothing else to it. Shite. Impeccable injury record is no guarantee, especially at that age and the type of player he is. At that price, he was going to have to hit the ground running(with no football played having gone on strike) and be brilliant for us in the short term, there is no long term with him in all honesty. He was always going to miss the Afcon period. All it was going to take was one injury, not even a huge one, and it was going to look a big mistake, which is where we're at now. Ludicrous to call it low risk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Paul Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 8 minutes ago, lovejoy said: This is nonsense imo. His injury record is impeccable. This is bad luck, simple as that. It WAS impeccable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 Hindsight is always 20/20 right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 8 minutes ago, Irish Paul said: Shite. Impeccable injury record is no guarantee, especially at that age and the type of player he is. At that price, he was going to have to hit the ground running(with no football played having gone on strike) and be brilliant for us in the short term, there is no long term with him in all honesty. He was always going to miss the Afcon period. All it was going to take was one injury, not even a huge one, and it was going to look a big mistake, which is where we're at now. Ludicrous to call it low risk. We'll just have to agree to disagree. Investing with as little risk as possible appears to be the defining characteristic of our transfer policy imo. You've also got to factor in all the (even lower risk) players we'd missed out on before turning to Wissa. Woltemade was higher risk but there's no way he ends up here if we've signed Pedro, for instance. Maybe we should have got that Guessand guy instead. Apparently he had a shot last night! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 Who does he think he is? Wyclef Jean? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola14 Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 (edited) even when he's recovered it'll take him time to get his match fitness and get integrated into the team then there's the Afcon so really not expecting much from him until February just our luck but hopefully still get a decent amount of goals during the final 3 months this season Edited October 3, 2025 by Ginola14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola14 Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 do fifa cover his wages during his time out as injured on int duty? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted October 3, 2025 Share Posted October 3, 2025 I really hope DR Congo doesn't make it through the group stages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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