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Author Topic: Summer transfer madness thread  (Read 489388 times)

Offline Risso

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3525 on: August 31, 2017, 08:16:09 PM »
We are lacking at left back. Thinking we can just bung a right back in there on the basis that he might "do a job" is the same logic that has since a succession of players played out of position for us in one of the full-back positions and look abysmal in the process.

I don't disagree at all.

I just disagree that right-footed players can't be left-backs. Some of them demonstrably can.

Most of our right-footed players struggle with playing on the right!

Offline brian green

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3526 on: August 31, 2017, 08:22:23 PM »
I don't know about leftie rightie but they make the name of a great firm of solicitors.

Offline nigel

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3527 on: August 31, 2017, 08:24:19 PM »
Jota is Small Heath's club record signing for £6m. Hahaha. We paid that for super Bosko Balaban 16 years ago.

Cost is irrelevant, especially as we've wasted millions

Vardy cost Leicester £1.5m (?)

Offline Ads

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3528 on: August 31, 2017, 08:30:53 PM »
Every club has wasted millions.

Offline OCD

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3529 on: August 31, 2017, 08:32:39 PM »
Left-backs should not be right-footed.

Zambrotta, Maldini, Breitner, Fachetti, Krol, Brehme, Lahm, Zanetti, Azpilicueta...

They were all both-footed. Brehme even took penalties with his left foot.

We are lacking at left back. Thinking we can just bung a right back in there on the basis that he might "do a job" is the same logic that has since a succession of players played out of position for us in one of the full-back positions and look abysmal in the process.

Had MON not had a pathological hatred of playing full-backs at full-back we would probably have qualified for the Champions League and the torrid last seven years might have been entirely different.

Having watched a Maldini documentary, I don't think he would agree that he was both-footed. He came through the youth ranks being much stronger on his right side and put in a hell of a lot of work to get his left foot up to where he did.

Offline Ads

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3530 on: August 31, 2017, 08:33:58 PM »
Ads, anither right footed left back come centre half.

Online Clampy

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3531 on: August 31, 2017, 08:35:26 PM »
Read it and weep.

If he comes as I expect he will our administration is so disfunctional when the manager finally gets sacked they will give notice to the wrong Bruce.

You worried over nothing. He's gone to Wigan.

Offline brian green

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3532 on: August 31, 2017, 08:37:54 PM »
Praise the Lord.

Offline manic-road

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3533 on: August 31, 2017, 08:45:32 PM »
Read it and weep.

If he comes as I expect he will our administration is so disfunctional when the manager finally gets sacked they will give notice to the wrong Bruce.

You worried over nothing. He's gone to Wigan.

Phew

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3534 on: August 31, 2017, 08:49:22 PM »
2 ex Villa stalwarts on sky tv tonight giving us the benefit of their extensive football knowledge on the transfer market
one of them has an extra special skill of being able to post pictures on social media whilst his phone stays in his pocket

Offline eamonn

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3535 on: August 31, 2017, 09:05:02 PM »
Is the loan market open in the EFL after tonight?

Offline UK Redsox

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3536 on: August 31, 2017, 09:07:26 PM »
Gardner to Barnsley on loan is confirmed

https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/903346677909778432

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3537 on: August 31, 2017, 09:10:37 PM »
He might not be quite good enough but I hope he does well up there.

Offline Whiney MacWhineface

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3538 on: August 31, 2017, 09:13:02 PM »
Transfer deadline night has not been the same since they stopped their on-the-spot reporters getting dildos shoved in their lugholes.

Offline manic-road

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #3539 on: August 31, 2017, 09:19:09 PM »
Transfer deadline night has not been the same since they stopped their on-the-spot reporters getting dildos shoved in their lugholes.


I remember that outside BH :)

 


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