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Offline Duncan Shaw

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1995 on: June 19, 2019, 10:31:51 AM »
Who is Bardet?

Offline Damo70

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1996 on: June 19, 2019, 10:41:50 AM »
We need someone more physically imposing in there. McGinn and Grealish are fantastic players but neither of them is intimidating and I think having a bit of presence in the midfield is important in the premier league, especially if we want to get the fullbacks forward and have the midfield available to cover behind them. The problem is, big strong central midfielders who have good technical skills and can pick a pass tend to get really expensive. Ndombele, for example, looks like a fantastic prospect to fill the role but he's already being talked about as a £65m player on the back of 18months of good form since  he was signed for £8m, it's a crazy market and that position in particular has become hard to fill for less that £25-30m

Maybe someone like Jonjo Shelvey, although I suspect we will cast a wider net and show a bit more imagination than him.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1997 on: June 19, 2019, 10:43:55 AM »
Delph can fuck himself. No.

My opinion is that Delph can do a typical Delph and fuck himself, then change his mind and not fuck himself and then change his mind again and fuck himself.

Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1998 on: June 19, 2019, 10:45:50 AM »
Who is Bardet?

Yoann Barbet - Brentford centre-half, 26, old favourite of Smith's.

Offline paul_e

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #1999 on: June 19, 2019, 11:14:15 AM »
We need someone more physically imposing in there. McGinn and Grealish are fantastic players but neither of them is intimidating and I think having a bit of presence in the midfield is important in the premier league, especially if we want to get the fullbacks forward and have the midfield available to cover behind them. The problem is, big strong central midfielders who have good technical skills and can pick a pass tend to get really expensive. Ndombele, for example, looks like a fantastic prospect to fill the role but he's already being talked about as a £65m player on the back of 18months of good form since  he was signed for £8m, it's a crazy market and that position in particular has become hard to fill for less that £25-30m

Maybe someone like Jonjo Shelvey, although I suspect we will cast a wider net and show a bit more imagination than him.

Sort of, just less shit and less of a complete twat. I really don't get waht people see in him, he is, for me, a marginal upgrade on Lansbury who struggled to get on our bench last year.

Offline ChicagoLion

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2000 on: June 19, 2019, 11:16:24 AM »
We need someone more physically imposing in there. McGinn and Grealish are fantastic players but neither of them is intimidating and I think having a bit of presence in the midfield is important in the premier league, especially if we want to get the fullbacks forward and have the midfield available to cover behind them. The problem is, big strong central midfielders who have good technical skills and can pick a pass tend to get really expensive. Ndombele, for example, looks like a fantastic prospect to fill the role but he's already being talked about as a £65m player on the back of 18months of good form since  he was signed for £8m, it's a crazy market and that position in particular has become hard to fill for less that £25-30m

Maybe someone like Jonjo Shelvey, although I suspect we will cast a wider net and show a bit more imagination than him.

Sort of, just less shit and less of a complete twat. I really don't get waht people see in him, he is, for me, a marginal upgrade on Lansbury who struggled to get on our bench last year.
Shelves has a great range of passing but fuck all else.

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2001 on: June 19, 2019, 11:30:37 AM »
 Marvelous Nakamba         great name


Aston Villa are reportedly leading the race to land Zimbabwe midfielder Marvelous Nakamba.


dont know how marvelous he is
« Last Edit: June 19, 2019, 11:35:56 AM by JUAN PABLO »

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2002 on: June 19, 2019, 11:51:01 AM »
Marvelous Nakamba         great name


Aston Villa are reportedly leading the race to land Zimbabwe midfielder Marvelous Nakamba.


dont know how marvelous he is
£20m seems a little steep, to say the least. He looks like a good back-up player to someone in DMF with a little more experience.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2003 on: June 19, 2019, 11:58:31 AM »
Marvelous Nakamba         great name


Aston Villa are reportedly leading the race to land Zimbabwe midfielder Marvelous Nakamba.


dont know how marvelous he is
£20m seems a little steep, to say the least. He looks like a good back-up player to someone in DMF with a little more experience.
£20m?  Fucking hell Brugge must either have been fucking brilliant last year or have some very compromising photos of someone on our recruitment team.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2004 on: June 19, 2019, 12:07:44 PM »
Leicester sniffing round McGinn.

They can do one!

Offline paul_e

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2005 on: June 19, 2019, 12:09:47 PM »
Leicester sniffing round McGinn.

They can do one!

I honestly doubt they are but Rodgers wanted to sign him for Celtic so it's a very easy link for a lazy journalist to make.

Offline Holy Trinity

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2006 on: June 19, 2019, 12:19:47 PM »
Leicester sniffing round McGinn.

They can do one!

I honestly doubt they are but Rodgers wanted to sign him for Celtic so it's a very easy link for a lazy journalist to make.

have the got 40 million spare?

Offline hilts_coolerking

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2007 on: June 19, 2019, 12:19:57 PM »
Sort of, just less shit and less of a complete twat. I really don't get waht people see in him, he is, for me, a marginal upgrade on Lansbury who struggled to get on our bench last year.
We can do better than Shelvey but he's way better than just a marginal upgrade on Lansbury, who has done the square root of fuck all for us.

Offline hilts_coolerking

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2008 on: June 19, 2019, 12:21:26 PM »
Leicester sniffing round McGinn.

They can do one!

I honestly doubt they are but Rodgers wanted to sign him for Celtic so it's a very easy link for a lazy journalist to make.

have the got 40 million spare?
They will have if they flog Maguire.

Offline JUAN PABLO

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #2009 on: June 19, 2019, 12:21:28 PM »
Leicester sniffing round McGinn.

They can do one!

I honestly doubt they are but Rodgers wanted to sign him for Celtic so it's a very easy link for a lazy journalist to make.

they can have Joe Allen

 


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