Quote from: Risso on June 17, 2018, 08:50:14 AMSome players just aren’t suited to the Premier League. Sanchez was one of them.Aye. The problem was him, not us.
Some players just aren’t suited to the Premier League. Sanchez was one of them.
Brighton were very interested in Hourihane in the last transfer window.Can't imagine we'll have too many issues selling him for 4/5 million in this window.
Quote from: shipscat on June 17, 2018, 10:33:10 AMBrighton were very interested in Hourihane in the last transfer window.Can't imagine we'll have too many issues selling him for 4/5 million in this window.clubs will look at his statistics and sign him they wont realise he can be mostly meh in games but has this knack of being in the right place to score but he frustrated me so many times last season.Hes never a prem player
If we want to sell Hourihane I reckon we'd get a decent price for him. He works hard and has, over 2 seasons in this league, 18 goals and 16 assists. He can be a bit anonymous but just his ability to pick up the ball on the edge of the box and hit the target gives him a value to clubs wanting to get promotion to the prem or to try to avoid relegation. I wouldn't be surprised if we got something around £7-8m.Bjarnason will probably see bids of £4-5m as well and I reckon we could get offers of a couple of million for Elmo and Lansbury. Yes they're on big money for most of the championship clubs but the ones who came down and have the parachute payments might well be willing to do what we did and gamble on a few players who've got lots of experience in this league.
Quote from: paul_e on June 17, 2018, 12:52:50 PMIf we want to sell Hourihane I reckon we'd get a decent price for him. He works hard and has, over 2 seasons in this league, 18 goals and 16 assists. He can be a bit anonymous but just his ability to pick up the ball on the edge of the box and hit the target gives him a value to clubs wanting to get promotion to the prem or to try to avoid relegation. I wouldn't be surprised if we got something around £7-8m.Bjarnason will probably see bids of £4-5m as well and I reckon we could get offers of a couple of million for Elmo and Lansbury. Yes they're on big money for most of the championship clubs but the ones who came down and have the parachute payments might well be willing to do what we did and gamble on a few players who've got lots of experience in this league.3 clubs came downnone of which in my opinion will be offering the sort of money you suggest for any of the above playersthey will need players to improve their squads and get them back upNot the midfield failures we have hanging about
Quote from: john e on June 17, 2018, 02:10:27 PMQuote from: paul_e on June 17, 2018, 12:52:50 PMIf we want to sell Hourihane I reckon we'd get a decent price for him. He works hard and has, over 2 seasons in this league, 18 goals and 16 assists. He can be a bit anonymous but just his ability to pick up the ball on the edge of the box and hit the target gives him a value to clubs wanting to get promotion to the prem or to try to avoid relegation. I wouldn't be surprised if we got something around £7-8m.Bjarnason will probably see bids of £4-5m as well and I reckon we could get offers of a couple of million for Elmo and Lansbury. Yes they're on big money for most of the championship clubs but the ones who came down and have the parachute payments might well be willing to do what we did and gamble on a few players who've got lots of experience in this league.3 clubs came downnone of which in my opinion will be offering the sort of money you suggest for any of the above playersthey will need players to improve their squads and get them back upNot the midfield failures we have hanging about You can't call Hourihane a failure though, he's not as good as we might have wanted but he had a good enough season to be interesting. Bjarnason didn't play as often as he should've but he looked easily good enough for a side chasing automatic promotion and Elmo has been around the leagues so long that he'll have interest regardless and he, again, had an ok season. Lansbury is the outside chance of the 3 but I think we could easily get £15-20m for those 4 (combined).
I know Hourihane goes missing in games at times but I generally found that when he wasn’t played in a more advanced role. Midfield players who chip in with 10+ goals and who are good at set pieces don’t grow on trees. I would not be selling him at all.
Quote from: Ads on June 17, 2018, 08:52:01 AMQuote from: Risso on June 17, 2018, 08:50:14 AMSome players just aren’t suited to the Premier League. Sanchez was one of them.Aye. The problem was him, not us.Think Veretout was more unsuited, Carlos at least could mix it physically.