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Offline frank black

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4815 on: June 11, 2024, 05:33:23 PM »
This is an FFP quick fire, gotta get it done asap deal.

Hate these part ex deals, as we rarely come up trumps. I have no positive thoughts about this at all.

Gutted

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4816 on: June 11, 2024, 05:33:27 PM »
I wonder if he was told he was going a few months ago and that's what led to the fall off in play? I'm sure I saw before that Monchi or Emery let's players know if they're surplus to requirements a while before the end of the season so they have time to sort something new out. Maybe that was someone else, but Juve feels like a strange deal to have come out of nowhere.

It coincided with Kamara getting injured.

Offline Aldridge Villa

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4817 on: June 11, 2024, 05:37:35 PM »
Properly gutted that he’s going. He’s a massive loss.

He's a great player but I'm not sure he will be.

I agree.
While I do like him, I’m not exactly devastated that he’s off.
It’s an oh, well feeling.


Of it were Ollie, SJM or Emi leaving, that’s a different story.
My sentiments too pretty much.

Offline Goldenballs

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4818 on: June 11, 2024, 05:38:49 PM »
Fucking wank.

Offline ChicagoLion

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4819 on: June 11, 2024, 05:41:04 PM »
It’s hard to accept that that Luiz SJM Kamara midfield base will not be seen again.
We built a hell of a season on it.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4820 on: June 11, 2024, 05:43:14 PM »
We're bringing in 2 players we've been linked with before, and have a player leaving that may really want leave. I'm confident we'd only bring in players Unai wants, he never strikes me as a type to accept a "well he'll do I suppose" player, to the degree he'd rather be a player short than stick a kid on the bench who he was never going to use.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4821 on: June 11, 2024, 05:44:48 PM »
Rest of the lads are going to have to practice their penalties over the summer.

Tielemans I'd assume?

Offline andyh

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4822 on: June 11, 2024, 05:47:08 PM »
A new midfield of McGinn, McKinnie, Gallagher and Tielemans , with backup from Ramsey and Kamara.

That’s got some energy about it….we will run the legs off every opposition.

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4823 on: June 11, 2024, 05:48:39 PM »
Rest of the lads are going to have to practice their penalties over the summer.

Tielemans I'd assume?

I think McGinn takes them for Scotland so he might be worth a look.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4824 on: June 11, 2024, 05:48:55 PM »
This is an FFP quick fire, gotta get it done asap deal.

Hate these part ex deals, as we rarely come up trumps. I have no positive thoughts about this at all.

Gutted
Fair point but when you say we rarely come up trumps you're forgetting who's actually running team affairs now. We're on a level we've never witnessed before. I'm confident we will come up trumps in the long run.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4825 on: June 11, 2024, 05:50:08 PM »
I think people are falling into the trap of recency bias and him performing a different role in the second half of the season. We don’t have that run in the first half of the season without him, he was exceptional. I hope we have some real quality coming in, because McKennie is massively unconvincing.

McKennie isn't the replacement for Luiz though, more likely Dendoncker. Barkley is coming in.

Plus perhaps Gallagher.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4826 on: June 11, 2024, 05:50:25 PM »
Rest of the lads are going to have to practice their penalties over the summer.

Tielemans I'd assume?

Hs an 84% penalty scoring record. Most of his misses came very early in his career, almost a decade ago. His most recent miss was for Leicester in the FA Cup last Jan.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4827 on: June 11, 2024, 05:51:06 PM »
I just don’t see the Gallagher one, I think he’ll stay.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4828 on: June 11, 2024, 05:51:27 PM »
Carew for Baros wasn't a disaster. And while Ireland didn't work out there were loads on here that thought we'd had Man City's pants down with that deal at the time.

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Re: Douglas Luiz - Confirmed confirmed
« Reply #4829 on: June 11, 2024, 05:51:53 PM »
I just don’t see the Gallagher one, I think he’ll stay.

might not be his choice. Chelsea need to shift players or they will have a squad of about 50 come August.

 


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