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Offline ASHTONVILLA

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #75 on: January 27, 2022, 09:45:09 PM »
Good signing

Offline boutrosboutrosgnarly

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #76 on: January 27, 2022, 09:45:21 PM »
Just the kind of signing we needed to put pressure on our CBs for their position...or something.

If it's reserve Arsenal CBs we were after, I'd have much preferred Rob Holding.
Glad you're not in charge of our transfer strategy, Holding is utter Blues.
Welcome Calum.

Have you seen this guy, Chambers play? He's absolute shite and then some. Welcome Callum!
I have and he's fine as cover, he's cost a pittance in todays standards, and he is way better than Rob fucking Holding.

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #77 on: January 27, 2022, 09:47:20 PM »
Some people are just never happy.  What do people expect for a fourth choice centre back who can cover a couple of other positions?  Two million quid for an England centre back who's happy to come to us when he knows he's going to have to fight really hard to displace Konza or Mings.  This is another signing where players potentially incoming will look at us and see that we have signed players from Arsenal, Everton and Barcelona this window and seem to mean business.  This is a sensible signing.

Offline caster troy

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #78 on: January 27, 2022, 09:47:50 PM »
Funnily enough he's a member at my golf club down here. I've never spoken to him but if I see him again I'll have to get some ITK.

My Arsenal fan mate reckons he was supposedly decent on loan at Fulham playing in midfield, so I reckon his versatility is a key to us wanting him.

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #79 on: January 27, 2022, 09:49:06 PM »
Welcome, Calum, to the best football club in the World.
Be good.
UTV!

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #80 on: January 27, 2022, 09:59:39 PM »
Some people are just never happy.  What do people expect for a fourth choice centre back who can cover a couple of other positions?  Two million quid for an England centre back who's happy to come to us when he knows he's going to have to fight really hard to displace Konza or Mings.  This is another signing where players potentially incoming will look at us and see that we have signed players from Arsenal, Everton and Barcelona this window and seem to mean business.  This is a sensible signing.

YOu make it sound like there's a chorus of dissatisfaction.

Offline LeonW

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #81 on: January 27, 2022, 09:59:58 PM »
A tam in our position is never going to get a better experienced fourth-choice to play anywhere.

Not sure I agree with that Dave. Last season's players player of the year Matt Target is now back up after a largely poor 6 months. Bailey is now having to fight Coutinho and Bunedia for a place having come in for £30m plus in the summer and we're pushing for a Juve starter to force Dougie Luiz to fight for his place. We've shown in this transfer window alone that it can be done in terms of significant upgrades.

None of those players were signed as cover.

Depends how you look it. Bailey has now become cover because we've got Coutinho in. Targett is now cover because he has a better player (for my money) in front of him. Gerrard's mantra seems to be about raising standards we're everyone has to fight for their place because there is quality in direct competition. If Bentacour comes in, that'll be another example of that.

Exactly - they're cover now, not when they were signed. Chambers looks to be an upgrade on Tuanzebe and will do for a year or so until we see how the Academy defenders are doibng.

But that's my point; Chambers is instantly cover. He won't be pushing Cash and Konsa. It's out of sync with the other signings we've made under Gerrard this window. And he's a permanent signing - not a loan like Axel. If the academy lads are good enough then Chambers is going to be hanging around on the wage bill for 3 years. If the academy lads aren't good enough then we've filled a slot that could have gone to a better player that would provide serious competition. It's highly unlikely that we'll be getting into Europe this season so I think it would have made more sense to have made another loan signing to be back up and wait until the summer to get someone better or as good as what we have.

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #82 on: January 27, 2022, 10:12:03 PM »
To be brutally honest, I cant say I’ve ever heard of him, or if I have then it hasn’t stuck with me.

But whatever, ……...welcome

Offline adrenachrome

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #83 on: January 27, 2022, 10:13:57 PM »
I didn't pay much attention to the PL in the 2018/19 season, but it seems Calum was the fans' player of the year at Fulham, and played mostly in midfield. Looked decent when he broke through at Southampton. They have some academy there, almost as good as ours.


Offline TheMalandro

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #84 on: January 27, 2022, 10:18:17 PM »
To be brutally honest, I cant say I’ve ever heard of him, or if I have then it hasn’t stuck with me.

But whatever, ……...welcome

Same here.

Offline Ger Regan

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #85 on: January 27, 2022, 10:24:47 PM »
Hard to get too excited about signing a 3rd / 4th choice defender, but impressively efficient from the club nonetheless. Know very little about him, hopefully he can perform when needed.

Get the defensive midfielder in and this will have been an incredible window.

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #86 on: January 27, 2022, 10:35:48 PM »
To be brutally honest, I cant say I’ve ever heard of him, or if I have then it hasn’t stuck with me.

But whatever, ……...welcome

Southampton acadamey graduate, moved to Arsenal for big darts around the time we had Lamberk IIRC.

Was obv highly rated at some stage, but haven't heard him spoken about much in recent years.

Good option for a few positions, particularly if injuries or suspensions start to bite. 

Offline Abbeyfealeavfc

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #87 on: January 27, 2022, 10:37:15 PM »
To be brutally honest, I cant say I’ve ever heard of him, or if I have then it hasn’t stuck with me.

But whatever, ……...welcome

Same here.

...and here. Welcome anyway.

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #88 on: January 27, 2022, 10:56:46 PM »
Seem to remember he was very highly thought of as a youngster, we can't lose with this one, decent cover with little outlay.

Offline rougegorge

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Re: Calum Chambers -signed
« Reply #89 on: January 27, 2022, 11:00:06 PM »
I remember him scoring when we threw away the game at the Emirates a couple of seasons ago (assisted by Jon Moss), but he rarely featured for them recently.

I think he left Southampton too soon and he never fully pushed on at Arsenal.

It seems one to give us some back up more than anything.

 


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