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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8355 on: September 29, 2020, 07:27:38 PM »
Is Barkley going to be another Wilshere?

All hype since he was a teenager with precious little to back it up, sounds about right. I'm far from convinced about RLC either but at least he has some experience in the holding midfielder/playmaking role.
exactly,

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8356 on: September 29, 2020, 07:50:27 PM »
I'd like us to get RLC, certainly in preference to Barkley, but for him to be a success here he'd have to impact on games far more than he has done in his career to date.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8357 on: September 29, 2020, 07:52:23 PM »
Is Barkley going to be another Wilshere?

They’re gonna build Stonehenge on him?

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8358 on: September 29, 2020, 08:01:26 PM »
Yes but I meant apart from those numerous examples!

Rodriguez and Traore are pushing it a bit!

The thing about a lot of those is that they went to other clubs challenging for things, that weren’t a step down.

I think it takes a lot of character for a player that has ‘failed’ at a bigger club in their mid-20s to get back to firing on all cylinders when they think they are slumming it at a lower level.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8359 on: September 29, 2020, 08:23:30 PM »
Doesn't Barkley just have to better than Nakamba and Lansbury (until January) to make it even semi worthwhile?  Seems a fairly low and achievable threshold tbh.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8360 on: September 29, 2020, 09:11:14 PM »
Yes but I meant apart from those numerous examples!

Rodriguez and Traore are pushing it a bit!

The thing about a lot of those is that they went to other clubs challenging for things, that weren’t a step down.

I think it takes a lot of character for a player that has ‘failed’ at a bigger club in their mid-20s to get back to firing on all cylinders when they think they are slumming it at a lower level.

I think you’re right in general (see Stephen Ireland). Gary Neville was an exception. I think he did a job for Everton.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8361 on: September 29, 2020, 09:11:38 PM »
Yes but I meant apart from those numerous examples!

Rodriguez and Traore are pushing it a bit!

The thing about a lot of those is that they went to other clubs challenging for things, that weren’t a step down.

I think it takes a lot of character for a player that has ‘failed’ at a bigger club in their mid-20s to get back to firing on all cylinders when they think they are slumming it at a lower level.

I think you’re right in general (see Stephen Ireland). Gary Neville was an exception. I think he did a job for Everton.

Phil

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8362 on: September 29, 2020, 09:13:43 PM »
Staying on the ex-Man United example, you could add Jonny Evans and Ben Foster.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8363 on: September 29, 2020, 09:14:00 PM »
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Transfer deadline day is on Monday October 5. However, to give clubs more time in the age of coronavirus, they will be able to do domestic transfers up until October 16. This will be for loans or permanent transfers between Premier League and EFL clubs.

Can't bloody wait.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8364 on: September 29, 2020, 09:25:13 PM »
Doesn't Barkley just have to better than Nakamba and Lansbury (until January) to make it even semi worthwhile?  Seems a fairly low and achievable threshold tbh.
This is the most important point.Does a signing improve a team ?Barkley or RLC would and a loan,though not cost free, would free up funds to make a signing in another position.Ramsey could go on loan for a year and could be a future replacement for the loanee.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8365 on: September 29, 2020, 09:28:21 PM »
Yes but I meant apart from those numerous examples!

Rodriguez and Traore are pushing it a bit!

The thing about a lot of those is that they went to other clubs challenging for things, that weren’t a step down.

I think it takes a lot of character for a player that has ‘failed’ at a bigger club in their mid-20s to get back to firing on all cylinders when they think they are slumming it at a lower level.

I think you’re right in general (see Stephen Ireland). Gary Neville was an exception. I think he did a job for Everton.

Phil

I'm pissed!!!

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8366 on: September 29, 2020, 09:31:18 PM »
I'd rather watch Ramsey develop within our team than watch Barkley chuntering around making wrong decision after wrong decision, for the best part of £100k a week.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8367 on: September 29, 2020, 09:40:37 PM »
Doesn't Barkley just have to better than Nakamba and Lansbury (until January) to make it even semi worthwhile?  Seems a fairly low and achievable threshold tbh.

That was the rationale that saw us get Drinkwater in last January! Barkley isn't the type of player to sit in next to Luiz and get the ball to the likes of Grealish and McGinn quickly. That's what we need.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8368 on: September 29, 2020, 09:42:04 PM »
Barkley will see us as step down and sit on his arse, contribute nothing whilst taking the money home every week.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #8369 on: September 29, 2020, 09:51:40 PM »
And then not be called up for the Euro's next year.

 


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