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Author Topic: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread  (Read 864602 times)

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1065 on: July 31, 2020, 02:57:38 PM »
Would be a good pick up no question. Can find pockets of space and has a good number of assists over last few seasons.

Interested the fee Norwich will want.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1066 on: July 31, 2020, 02:57:46 PM »
Rumours of Buendia
All I know about him beyond a shadow of a doubt is that he definitely cannot tackle to save his life.
Great assist stats for last season, IIRC

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1067 on: July 31, 2020, 03:01:31 PM »
Rumours of Buendia

Great curry house, staff very polite and food was excellent. Would definitely eat here again.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1068 on: July 31, 2020, 03:04:01 PM »
Rumours of Buendia

Great curry house, staff very polite and food was excellent. Would definitely eat here again.
LOL - nice one, Lee; very funny!!

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1069 on: July 31, 2020, 03:05:21 PM »
Would bulk the squad up. Improvement on Angela and Jota for sure.

I'd want to be targeting the first XI replacements rather than the squad first though.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1070 on: July 31, 2020, 03:09:33 PM »
At the end of the season I felt we needed to target signings for the first eleven. On reflection, the new 5 sub rule basically means you are looking at needing 16 quality players every game week.

So, yeah, Buendia makes sense as somebody to be a rotation option ahead of say a Jota. For instance, I think El Chazi could be a good impact sub next season rather than a regular starter. So somebody coming in who can play wing makes sense.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1071 on: July 31, 2020, 03:17:04 PM »
Rumours of Buendia
All I know about him beyond a shadow of a doubt is that he definitely cannot tackle to save his life.
Great assist stats for last season, IIRC

Yup - fourth in the entire league behind De Bruyne, Jack and Alexander-Arnold. Not bad for the side at the very bottom of the league.

He didn't score many though, maybe a couple all season?  Also not entirely sure what position Norwich played him in?

Edit: Also fourth in the league in successful 'take ons', behind Traore, Zaha and Saint-Maximin.  None of whom got anywhere close to his numbers of chances created.

So, he beats players and creates chances.  Sounds like a good option to have in the front three?
« Last Edit: July 31, 2020, 03:20:35 PM by Smithy »

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1072 on: July 31, 2020, 03:41:38 PM »
Buendia wouldn't be replacing Jota, he would be replacing El Ghazi, with El Ghazi replacing Jota on the bench.

Buendia would be a big improvement on both Trezuguet and El Ghazi so would be in the first team regularly. Both Trezuguet and El Ghazi would benefit from startong next season more experienced and from having enough competition to be rested when off form.

Not worried about him coming from a relegated club, Jack wouldn't have become a worse player had we gone down, just his price would have dropped. You could easily make a top squad from players in that went down, so makes sense for us to look at some of the better players in them.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1073 on: July 31, 2020, 04:13:05 PM »
Buendia is a good player.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1074 on: July 31, 2020, 04:18:27 PM »
We can't discount that his name means 'good day'. It's about time the first team started punching their weight given the excellent work the young lads are doing name-wise.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1075 on: July 31, 2020, 04:22:29 PM »
Buendia wouldn't be replacing Jota, he would be replacing El Ghazi, with El Ghazi replacing Jota on the bench.

Buendia would be a big improvement on both Trezuguet and El Ghazi so would be in the first team regularly. Both Trezuguet and El Ghazi would benefit from startong next season more experienced and from having enough competition to be rested when off form.

Not worried about him coming from a relegated club, Jack wouldn't have become a worse player had we gone down, just his price would have dropped. You could easily make a top squad from players in that went down, so makes sense for us to look at some of the better players in them.

Agree with all of that. The biggest prerequisite for signing players this summer should be 'are they better than xyz who currently is the first choice in their position?' Is Buendia better than Trez or El Ghazi? Definite yes from me. Buendia in the team, one of Trez/El Ghazi on the bench, Jota thanked for his efforts and his locker cleared.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1076 on: July 31, 2020, 04:25:43 PM »
Imagine running out to Patsy Cline at VP! Crazy!

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1077 on: July 31, 2020, 04:28:49 PM »
Rumours of Buendia
All I know about him beyond a shadow of a doubt is that he definitely cannot tackle to save his life.
Great assist stats for last season, IIRC

Yup - fourth in the entire league behind De Bruyne, Jack and Alexander-Arnold. Not bad for the side at the very bottom of the league.

He didn't score many though, maybe a couple all season?  Also not entirely sure what position Norwich played him in?

Edit: Also fourth in the league in successful 'take ons', behind Traore, Zaha and Saint-Maximin.  None of whom got anywhere close to his numbers of chances created.

So, he beats players and creates chances.  Sounds like a good option to have in the front three?
Going off this video he'd be a great addition - if of course we had a forward that could convert the chances

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1078 on: July 31, 2020, 04:42:58 PM »
I think we need a centre half, defensive midfielder, a winger and a striker. The centre half been stones for £20 mill alongside Tyrone.

The partnership could Stones and Mings,  “Stings” At the back.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #1079 on: July 31, 2020, 04:50:20 PM »
I think we need a centre half, defensive midfielder, a winger and a striker. The centre half been stones for £20 mill alongside Tyrone.

The partnership could Stones and Mings,  “Stings” At the back.

Don't rate Stones. Think what we have is better.

 


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