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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #30 on: January 23, 2018, 10:51:29 PM »
I would expect he will come in as cover for Terry and Chester especially the former. Terry’s been brilliant but he’s also in his mid thirties. Ideally this lad is the long term partner to Chester in the PL.

Only if Chester moves in the summer to The Plastics. Mourinho highly rates the lad but said at the weekend he needs games so was the only player he was prepared to put out on loan. He's a centre back that can play right back so imagining Bruce has agreed to give him games I'm struggling to see where he'll play. We already have 5 right backs. Good player but why? I guess we'll soon find out.

This is a club that let Pogba go, and a manager who in the past sold De Bruyne. So just because the manager likes him doesn't automatically mean he'll stay there. One thing Mourinho has never done well is bring through kids because he's had money to burn especially at Chelsea and Man U. As such why promote a kid when optically spending 40m looks better on someone who in truth may not be that much better? I actually think that's a lot of what is wrong with the PL today.

I don't ultimately know if they would sell him but for the right price and depending on their summer business he might be available. Let's just see how he does with us first anyway.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #31 on: January 23, 2018, 11:12:43 PM »
I would expect he will come in as cover for Terry and Chester especially the former. Terry’s been brilliant but he’s also in his mid thirties. Ideally this lad is the long term partner to Chester in the PL.

Only if Chester moves in the summer to The Plastics. Mourinho highly rates the lad but said at the weekend he needs games so was the only player he was prepared to put out on loan. He's a centre back that can play right back so imagining Bruce has agreed to give him games I'm struggling to see where he'll play. We already have 5 right backs. Good player but why? I guess we'll soon find out.

Just speculating, but Elphick maybe off leaving us only with Samba as cover or a Bruce might just not rate Elphick full stop.  If De Laet is going, Bruce sees Hutton as the number one choice at LB going forward and doesn't rate Bree, then I guess some cover at RB could be required as well. 

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #32 on: January 24, 2018, 12:21:28 AM »
There has got to be a pun in the name somewhere. If we do get him on loan I expect H&V to deliver :)

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #33 on: January 24, 2018, 01:57:54 AM »
If he has real pace, maybe Bruce gets to play 3 5 2 .

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #34 on: January 24, 2018, 07:33:03 AM »
If he has real pace, maybe Bruce gets to play 3 5 2 .

I hope not. If it ain't broke...

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #35 on: January 24, 2018, 08:53:28 AM »
Man U fan at work reckons he's the real deal. Fingers crossed he can do it at a wet Wednesday in Sheffield.
What about United ;)

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #36 on: January 24, 2018, 09:00:29 AM »
There has got to be a pun in the name somewhere. If we do get him on loan I expect H&V to deliver :)
No doubt. The only thing I can add is once I knew a colleague at Volvo and his name was Bengt Axel. G is silent for our amusement.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #37 on: January 24, 2018, 09:03:21 AM »
As previously stated a guy at an ad agency who used to do work for my then employer titled himself Sans Serif - I kid you not

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #38 on: January 24, 2018, 09:15:17 AM »
As others have said, I don't really see the point of this. If he's a replacement for elphick going then a)you'd think he's not gonna get many games in his favoured position and b)surely we need a permanent signing,not a loan with only Samba as experienced cover. My feelings are Bruce is gonna gamble and not replace Elphick until the summer and will use the elphick and any other money to buy a player elsewhere rather than another loan.  That would just about make sense if elphick and McCormack go.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #39 on: January 24, 2018, 09:31:37 AM »
I don't mind getting a short-term replacement for the rest of the season. We can think about a more permanent solution in the Summer when we know what division we are in. Watford went up with a team of loan players and they've done alright since.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #40 on: January 24, 2018, 09:54:09 AM »
Man U fan at work reckons he's the real deal. Fingers crossed he can do it at a wet Wednesday in Sheffield.
What about United ;)

That's a Tuesday ;)

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #41 on: January 24, 2018, 10:21:43 AM »
There has got to be a pun in the name somewhere. If we do get him on loan I expect H&V to deliver :)
No doubt. The only thing I can add is once I knew a colleague at Volvo and his name was Bengt Axel. G is silent for our amusement.

Down by my in laws there used to be an electrician called Bent Koch (ch pronounced ck). They could never understand my (albeit childish) amusement.

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #42 on: January 24, 2018, 12:07:22 PM »
I don't mind getting a short-term replacement for the rest of the season. We can think about a more permanent solution in the Summer when we know what division we are in. Watford went up with a team of loan players and they've done alright since.

Agree.  If we do go up, we will hopefully be buying in a completely different market.  For example, I think Ulloa would be a good loan signing until the end of the season, but we would probably need better than him next season if we were in the top flight.   

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #43 on: January 24, 2018, 12:52:16 PM »
Could this guy do the job of Jedinak?  Maybe that is where Moanrinio sees him also and that is why he has been allowed to come and develop?

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Re: Axel Tuanzebe
« Reply #44 on: January 24, 2018, 02:01:57 PM »
I don't mind getting a short-term replacement for the rest of the season. We can think about a more permanent solution in the Summer when we know what division we are in. Watford went up with a team of loan players and they've done alright since.

Agree.  If we do go up, we will hopefully be buying in a completely different market.  For example, I think Ulloa would be a good loan signing until the end of the season, but we would probably need better than him next season if we were in the top flight.   

I'm not saying he's the most inspiring option ever, but he did score some key goals to help Leicester to the title, particularly in the games Vardy was injured or needed a rest. We could do a lot worse I'm sure.

 


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