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Author Topic: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread  (Read 356599 times)

Offline GordonCowansisthegreatest

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1920 on: January 18, 2022, 02:48:42 PM »
Spot on!!
Hopefully our club is now run well enough to carry out proper due diligence and ensure that we make no mistakes.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1921 on: January 18, 2022, 03:47:58 PM »
Two men being investigated, one on bail and one not, would indicate that the second one doesn't have much to worry about.

It would seem to indicate that the person concerned perhaps wasn't as fully involved as the other person still on bail?

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1922 on: January 18, 2022, 03:58:05 PM »
Two true statements 1) innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt 2) sexual offences are frequently one word against another and so extremely difficult to prove beyond reasonable doubt. Incompetence and prejudice of the criminal justice system are not the only reasons the for pathetic conviction rates for rape and serious sexual offences.

I don’t know the circs of this case.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1923 on: January 18, 2022, 04:36:21 PM »
There's also "the no smoke without fire" thoughts.
I might be inclined to give him a miss. Just in case.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1924 on: January 18, 2022, 04:38:33 PM »
Footballers are easy targets. That's not to say that there aren't some genuine cases but some cases will just be where footballers have been targeted.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1925 on: January 18, 2022, 04:39:53 PM »
Quite right. But how do you make sure?

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1926 on: January 18, 2022, 05:39:35 PM »
I can't see us spaffing £40m + on Bissouma who is away, unavailable and could potentially return injured.  Zakaria is a more realistic option if we are going to make a signing this month.  That and a CB and we've had the most amazing January.
Zakaria had a serious knee injury a couple of seasons back and has been described as "not the same player in the tackle, since". Also has never played in the PL where Bissouma has proved he can hack it very well indeed.
Unless the money is an issue, I'd go with Bissouma

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1927 on: January 18, 2022, 06:00:57 PM »
The obsession with Bissouma on this thread reminds me of the net spend of Tottenham Hotspur more than a decade ago.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1928 on: January 18, 2022, 07:33:58 PM »

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1929 on: January 18, 2022, 07:52:11 PM »
Someone (possibly us) is testing the water at £30m. Bids aren’t often put in like this unless the buyer has revived an inkling that the players wants to go or the club will listen to offers. I’m sure he’ll be gone this month and I hope it’s us as he improves our midfield and team infinatly.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1930 on: January 18, 2022, 08:02:04 PM »
If it is us, it would fit in with what SG said that if all our business comes off, then we,the fans, would be very excited.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1931 on: January 18, 2022, 08:15:15 PM »
I’m sure he’ll be gone this month and I hope it’s us as he improves our midfield and team infinatly.

I don't see many non-Villa games but my uncle who watches all the televised PL games has wanted us to buy him for about 2 years. Reckons he's exactly what we've needed so he for one would be very excited if we did.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1932 on: January 18, 2022, 08:51:56 PM »
Twitter linking us with Luis Suarez.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1933 on: January 18, 2022, 09:02:24 PM »
Someone (possibly us) is testing the water at £30m. Bids aren’t often put in like this unless the buyer has revived an inkling that the players wants to go or the club will listen to offers. I’m sure he’ll be gone this month and I hope it’s us as he improves our midfield and team infinatly.

It's one of those where you get a feeling there could be something in it and you wouldn't be surprised if we were.

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Re: The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread
« Reply #1934 on: January 18, 2022, 09:03:50 PM »
Twitter linking us with Luis Suarez.
That would be interesting.  But would he block Kenian's pathway? :-)

 


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