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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6930 on: September 16, 2020, 10:57:22 AM »
I wonder if we're still going to get that midfield enforcer signing to make us all a little giddy. A seasoned pro who has done it all and is winding down a little but would still be a clear upgrade on Conor and Marvellous.
I think you miss Whelan?

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6931 on: September 16, 2020, 11:01:35 AM »
Assuming he scores 1 in 3 - 12-13 goals in this league will be a very decent return for his first season and just what we need.

Totally agree - if he fit for most or all of season less than 10 would be disappointing and anything more than 13/14 would be brilliant

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6932 on: September 16, 2020, 11:08:18 AM »
I would still take Danny Rose as left back competition too.

Apropos of nothing every time I see his name here I think of Richard Burton in "Where Eagles Dare".

Not for me - similar to Sturridge not sure he gives a shit anymore. Seemed to sulk when he didn't get his big money move and not been the same player the last 3 years. Previous 4 he was superb

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6933 on: September 16, 2020, 11:20:25 AM »
I would still take Danny Rose as left back competition too.

Apropos of nothing every time I see his name here I think of Richard Burton in "Where Eagles Dare".

Not for me - similar to Sturridge not sure he gives a shit anymore. Seemed to sulk when he didn't get his big money move and not been the same player the last 3 years. Previous 4 he was superb

Danny Rose is a player on the way down for me. 30 is quite old for a fullback/winger and I would question his desire at this point in his career. We don't need another Joleon Lescott

As for Jota I saw him play well a few times for Small Heath in the Championship and on occasions he was their best player. But he was inconsistent even at that level so I don't expect him to shine in the Premier League.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6934 on: September 16, 2020, 11:32:07 AM »
Mick McCarthy once played Conor Hourihane at left back.
I quite like the idea of doing that, but I think DS would have tried it already is it was in his thinking.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6935 on: September 16, 2020, 11:41:10 AM »
Mick McCarthy once played Conor Hourihane at left back.
I quite like the idea of doing that, but I think DS would have tried it already is it was in his thinking.

Hourihane was awful there, so much so McCarthy said post game he wouldn't be trying him there again 😄

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6936 on: September 16, 2020, 11:51:48 AM »
Mick McCarthy once played Conor Hourihane at left back.
I quite like the idea of doing that, but I think DS would have tried it already is it was in his thinking.


Hourihane was awful there, so much so McCarthy said post game he wouldn't be trying him there again 😄



I can imagine , no pace cant tackle

« Last Edit: September 16, 2020, 11:56:20 AM by VILLA MOLE »

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6937 on: September 16, 2020, 11:55:24 AM »
I wonder if we're still going to get that midfield enforcer signing to make us all a little giddy. A seasoned pro who has done it all and is winding down a little but would still be a clear upgrade on Conor and Marvellous.
I think you miss Whelan?

I miss George Boateng more!

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6938 on: September 16, 2020, 12:20:33 PM »
I wonder if we're still going to get that midfield enforcer signing to make us all a little giddy. A seasoned pro who has done it all and is winding down a little but would still be a clear upgrade on Conor and Marvellous.
I think you miss Whelan?

I miss George Boateng more!

I read a book called the dammed utd . Brian Clough signed a battle hardy vet Dave McKay to bolster the midfiled.
Sounds all very Martin O'Neil , Steve Bruce.
Not very Dean Smith way.
Grounds though for wanting a player like that perhaps still to have the sort in the squad.

The midfield talk has been of a number 8. Brings the creative flair , ball retention, competitive nature and energy to the midfield.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6939 on: September 16, 2020, 12:22:31 PM »
But who could it be? Hope its not someone too dirty like Marc Van Bommel.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6940 on: September 16, 2020, 12:28:39 PM »
I wonder if we're still going to get that midfield enforcer signing to make us all a little giddy. A seasoned pro who has done it all and is winding down a little but would still be a clear upgrade on Conor and Marvellous.
I think you miss Whelan?

I miss George Boateng more!

I read a book called the dammed utd . Brian Clough signed a battle hardy vet Dave McKay to bolster the midfiled.
Sounds all very Martin O'Neil , Steve Bruce.
Not very Dean Smith way.
Grounds though for wanting a player like that perhaps still to have the sort in the squad.

The midfield talk has been of a number 8. Brings the creative flair , ball retention, competitive nature and energy to the midfield.

Older posters than me will have to correct you, but Clough would have signed MacKay because of his passing ability.
He wasn't the bruiser you've just imagined.
« Last Edit: September 16, 2020, 12:30:21 PM by danno »

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6941 on: September 16, 2020, 12:32:02 PM »
Carlton Palmer would be the obvious choice.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6942 on: September 16, 2020, 12:33:29 PM »
My first exposure to the word ****** was a song about Carlton Palmer. Apparently he was a cheating ******.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6943 on: September 16, 2020, 12:35:13 PM »
I wonder if we're still going to get that midfield enforcer signing to make us all a little giddy. A seasoned pro who has done it all and is winding down a little but would still be a clear upgrade on Conor and Marvellous.
I think you miss Whelan?

I miss George Boateng more!

I read a book called the dammed utd . Brian Clough signed a battle hardy vet Dave McKay to bolster the midfiled.
Sounds all very Martin O'Neil , Steve Bruce.
Not very Dean Smith way.
Grounds though for wanting a player like that perhaps still to have the sort in the squad.

The midfield talk has been of a number 8. Brings the creative flair , ball retention, competitive nature and energy to the midfield.

Older posters than me will have to correct you, but Clough would have signed MacKay because of his passing ability.
He wasn't the bruiser you've just imagined.

Clough was the best English manager if all time, Leeds didn't deserve him.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #6944 on: September 16, 2020, 12:36:45 PM »
I wonder if we're still going to get that midfield enforcer signing to make us all a little giddy. A seasoned pro who has done it all and is winding down a little but would still be a clear upgrade on Conor and Marvellous.
I think you miss Whelan?

I miss George Boateng more!

I read a book called the dammed utd . Brian Clough signed a battle hardy vet Dave McKay to bolster the midfiled.
Sounds all very Martin O'Neil , Steve Bruce.
Not very Dean Smith way.
Grounds though for wanting a player like that perhaps still to have the sort in the squad.

The midfield talk has been of a number 8. Brings the creative flair , ball retention, competitive nature and energy to the midfield.

Older posters than me will have to correct you, but Clough would have signed MacKay because of his passing ability.
He wasn't the bruiser you've just imagined.
Oh sure . Ok. I always read it as an uncompromising Scott Brown type so maybe A bit more Barry Ferguson then .

For me I prefer super John McGinn to John Fleck of Sheff Utd

 


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