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Online LeeB

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3525 on: July 14, 2015, 08:32:42 PM »
I'd be grumbling under my breath if we spent the reported £15m on Austin.

I don't rate him.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3526 on: July 14, 2015, 08:37:28 PM »
It's not that I don't rate Austin but I do think with good scouting we could get a lot better value for £15m by knowing the foreign markets.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3527 on: July 14, 2015, 08:39:56 PM »
Do we know anything about that Swiss kid that we were linked with.
Is he worth a risk? Would we risk it for a Swiss kid?

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3528 on: July 14, 2015, 08:41:36 PM »
Do we know anything about that Swiss kid that we were linked with.
Is he worth a risk? Would we risk it for a Swiss kid?

You do realise that worryingly old people won't have a clue what you mean?

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3529 on: July 14, 2015, 08:45:46 PM »
Do we know anything about that Swiss kid that we were linked with.
Is he worth a risk? Would we risk it for a Swiss kid?

You do realise that worryingly old people won't have a clue what you mean?

And no one under 40 I would guess.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3530 on: July 14, 2015, 08:46:02 PM »
Do we know anything about that Swiss kid that we were linked with.
Is he worth a risk? Would we risk it for a Swiss kid?

You do realise that worryingly old people won't have a clue what you mean?

I remember the ad but I don't think I ever ate one.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3531 on: July 14, 2015, 08:49:14 PM »
Do we know anything about that Swiss kid that we were linked with.
Is he worth a risk? Would we risk it for a Swiss kid?

You do realise that worryingly old people won't have a clue what you mean?

And no one under 40 I would guess.

That's what I mean. My jaws are aching just at the thought of those horrible, chewy monstrosities.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3532 on: July 14, 2015, 08:51:42 PM »
Do we know anything about that Swiss kid that we were linked with.
Is he worth a risk? Would we risk it for a Swiss kid?

You do realise that worryingly old people won't have a clue what you mean?

And no one under 40 I would guess.

That's what I mean. My jaws are aching just at the thought of those horrible, chewy monstrosities.

Getting back on topic, I don't think we'll need another striker.

They won't takeaway our Benteke.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3533 on: July 14, 2015, 08:57:35 PM »
Do we know anything about that Swiss kid that we were linked with.
Is he worth a risk? Would we risk it for a Swiss kid?

You do realise that worryingly old people won't have a clue what you mean?

And no one under 40 I would guess.

That's what I mean. My jaws are aching just at the thought of those horrible, chewy monstrosities.

Chewier than Digbeth coach station.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3534 on: July 14, 2015, 08:59:25 PM »
It's not that I don't rate Austin but I do think with good scouting we could get a lot better value for £15m by knowing the foreign markets.

Austin's good, very good, at what he does. A "new-age" Darren Bent. He'd be shit-hot alongside Benteke. As a like
like-for-replacement, they're not the same player. But like you say, for £15m abroad, we could get a player as good or better, and save a small fortune on wages.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3535 on: July 14, 2015, 09:21:11 PM »
There is absolutely no way on earth that we should be considering loaning players from Everton to give them game time.

Here here!

No way we should be quoting posts that use phrases like 'game time'.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3536 on: July 14, 2015, 09:22:33 PM »
When my Dad came down from Scotland he toyed with Second Division Villa and First Division Small Heath before making the correct decision. Bruce Rioch was his favourite, Scottish, and, I reckon, what swung my Dad to choose Villa.

So if it hadn't been for him... I might have been posting on Small Heath Alliance instead.
I shudder to think .....

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3537 on: July 14, 2015, 09:22:43 PM »
Do we know anything about that Swiss kid that we were linked with.
Is he worth a risk? Would we risk it for a Swiss kid?

Sheesh. These Swiss kids will be the death of me.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3538 on: July 14, 2015, 10:24:36 PM »
There is absolutely no way on earth that we should be considering loaning players from Everton to give them game time.

Here here!

No way we should be quoting posts that use phrases like 'game time'.

Agreed, rookie mistake.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #3539 on: July 14, 2015, 10:26:39 PM »
I'd be grumbling under my breath if we spent the reported £15m on Austin.

I don't rate him.

I may be being cruel when I say this, but I can't escape the feeling Austin has just had the best season of his career.  I fear he's a journeyman who's had a purple patch and not a late emerging talent.

And I think the same could be true of Chery after 18 good months at the age of 27.

 


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