duke313 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 5 minutes ago, Awol said: Shame about Digne, I’d like to keep him but his agent did too good of a job negotiating his contract. The plus side is his stock will have risen massively this first half of the season. If we are looking to sell, we should have no shortage of suitors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pongo Waring Posted January 3 Popular Post Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, fightoffyour said: Messi loan incoming Unai Emery to Messi "Messi, Will you play for me one day?" Messi to Emery "Sí, lo haré" Emi Martinez to Messi "Come and win the PL with Villa, I'm a believer mate" Digne to Messi "You're playing with me in the PL one day" Lenglet to Messi "We should win the PL together one day" Messi to Diego Carlos "One day I will join you and teach you how to play proper Football" Messi "Not sure who this guy is, but I would like to play with him one day" 7 1 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 3 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: This made me laugh wayyy more than it should've. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I mean, would it be worth eating into the transfer budget for someone LIKE Frimpong ( As an example ) I guess it depends on how transformative we feel the signing would be. If we continue ascending you'd assume that we would have increased prize money, gates and sponsorship takes. I'm hoping some of the deals we signed included increased figures based on finishing position, competetion qualifications etc. Calculated risks would see us leverage anticipated earnings against signing/s to stay within FFP. It's a tricky one, but I feel like we should at least try to get one transformative signing, and if they feel that's a right back who can have a Moreno esque impact I say go for it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 The Athletic article didn't really say that Jérémie Frimpong or Alex Baena would be too expensive, just that they would be expensive and eat into the summer transfer budget, but that doesn't rule us out of making a move for either one. To be honest the article seems quite sepculative to me, as in seems to be a lot of guess work, at least with regards to who we might target. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 3 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: Link? No that's only 4 letters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 minute ago, useless said: The Athletic article didn't really say that Jérémie Frimpong or Alex Baena would be too expensive, just that they would be expensive and eat into the summer transfer budget, but that doesn't rule us out of making a move for either one. To be honest the article seems quite sepculative to me, as in seems to be a lot of guess work, at least with regards to who we might target. It was quite low on actual facts - spent a paragraph stating the powers that be will meet in the next few days to discuss targets - well I imagine this happened a long time ago! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post paul514 Posted January 3 Popular Post Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, HalfTimePost said: From Jacob Tanswell at The Athletic. Not much new in there. We have some £'s, but not loads (FFP) Digne could still leave despite his form, because of his £3b a week wages Acuna could then be looked at again Unai also wants a RB (shock) Jérémie Frimpong will be too expensive A winger is also on the list, But Alex Baena is also too expensive Bailey due for contract talks (2Yr left) Traore will leave in summer, end of deal Chambers and Dendoncker can also go I never trust anyone who says the owners will meet the manager in the next few days to discuss the window when it’s been open a few days. They will have done that before the window opened 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Surely the club would like the rest of the league(s) to believe we are short on FFP headroom? I mean, we may well be, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find we’ve for more available than we might want to let on. Strengthens our negotiating hand, does it not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, turvontour said: A friend of my dentist reckons we are in for a medium sized name. Rubbish! Dentists don’t have friends, only victims. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich192 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Would be a good deal for all parties. Except Argyle. Picked a random tweet with the rumour, but there are many similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero7 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I think we just need a top RB and solid competition for Kamara, if we can't get a better RB than Cash in this window then wait until the summer, we do not need squad fillers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 26 minutes ago, Rich192 said: Would be a good deal for all parties. Except Argyle. Picked a random tweet with the rumour, but there are many similar. I hope we push back on that. £5mil absolute minimum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) I still think we need to bring in someone who can break down teams who put 11 players behind the ball. Its where we have struggled this season. A tough nut to crack being able to do that. Plus this type of player costs a fortune. Maybe an older player on loan near the end of his career who we could bring on in these games? Ever Banega type, but he’s earning the oil money these days Edited January 3 by HeyAnty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, John said: Nothing positive from Jacob there then. Money too tight to mention because of FFP unless you are Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United/City, Spurs, Arsenal or Newcastle (who will sign players by hook or by crook, by means of dodgy Saudi deals) it seems. We need Monchi to work his magic on a budget then, or that is what we are saying, I'm just hoping that is part of a very cunning plan. Like this is just your bs "everyone else is fixing the game. They're all cheating and it's always the way. Boo hoo boo hoo." Just because you don't understand how the rules work doesn't mean your ignorance is anywhere near the reality. The reality is other teams worked under the old rules and now UEFA are tightening them every year. All teams have FFP struggles. Arsenal had to loan Raya they were at their absolute limit for example for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 minute ago, HeyAnty said: I still think we need to bring in someone who can break down teams who put 11 players behind the ball. Its where we have struggled this season. A tough nut to crack being able to do that. Plus this type of player costs a fortune. Maybe an older player on loan near the end of his career who we could bring on in these games? Ever Banega type, but he’s earning the oil money these days The top sides do that by keeping the width and quick switches of play to generate favourable one on ones. We only have Bailey as a winger in the squad. If we had a right footed Bailey and a Right footed Moreno we'd be set attack wise once Buendia is back fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 43 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Surely the club would like the rest of the league(s) to believe we are short on FFP headroom? I mean, we may well be, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find we’ve for more available than we might want to let on. Strengthens our negotiating hand, does it not. We do have room this window. It's just that signing a player is spread over the life of the contract so a 5 year deal and it costs 10% of it for the end half of the season. I think squad size and squad discipline is the issue. If we more Traore and Chambers on we can sign a winger and full back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2 minutes ago, CVByrne said: The top sides do that by keeping the width and quick switches of play to generate favourable one on ones. We only have Bailey as a winger in the squad. If we had a right footed Bailey and a Right footed Moreno we'd be set attack wise once Buendia is back fit. They do but look at City. They have those players but have still struggled without debryun to do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 2 minutes ago, CVByrne said: The top sides do that by keeping the width and quick switches of play to generate favourable one on ones. We only have Bailey as a winger in the squad. If we had a right footed Bailey and a Right footed Moreno we'd be set attack wise once Buendia is back fit. I think Tielemans really helps defeat this style of defending with his quick, perfectly weighted first time passes. It allows us to play through tight marking and press. We've missed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 59 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I mean, would it be worth eating into the transfer budget for someone LIKE Frimpong ( As an example ) I guess it depends on how transformative we feel the signing would be. If we continue ascending you'd assume that we would have increased prize money, gates and sponsorship takes. I'm hoping some of the deals we signed included increased figures based on finishing position, competetion qualifications etc. Calculated risks would see us leverage anticipated earnings against signing/s to stay within FFP. It's a tricky one, but I feel like we should at least try to get one transformative signing, and if they feel that's a right back who can have a Moreno esque impact I say go for it I do feel a Frimpong is the kind of player who makes the difference in what I feel is our most effective system. The one where Kamara drops to RCB in possession to allow both FBs to attack and hold with. McGinn starts in RM and comes central with Luiz for creative attacking CMs. The formation we used against Brighton and West Ham and we were sexy gods. 10-2 score line from those games. That was with Cash as the attacking RB too. Frimpong would upgrade that to super sexy gods of attacking glory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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