However our approach in offering long contracts to younger expensive signings means you are well and truly stuck with the mistakes. And we have a few at the moment.
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Pollocks OG
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Whats Negredo up to these days. Hes the kind of target man that would thrive on crosses from De Bruyne.
Looks like game over even Kane has given up hope
Do you think Ings would’ve signed a 12 month contract?If and of course a big IF we end up with no striker then I fail to see how Ings for a year wouldn’t have been better than nothing?
Or would people just rather he played Jesus?
southamptonblue
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So your saying a 20 goal a season striker would have scored a hatrick in 10mins yesterday.......that would (based on the type of chances you think he would score) actually make him a 150 goal a season striker! .......or prove that way of thinking is a complete load of bollocks...... i'll go for the latter ;)The 1 Mahrez missed, the 1 Dinho missed, that's 3 in the first 10 minutes or so.
Oooh Curley Wurley
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Agree with this - Torres is good central but does not occupy centre half's as we are not quick enough at seeing his running beyond which if we did would create more space nearer goal for KDB Grealish etc even if the pass was not made - too predictable with teams who do not wish to engage higher up the pitchHe doesn't necessarily have to score the goals yesterday but a proper striker occupies a defender with his presence and stretches a game differently.
We may not have won with him but it's a different approach when you have a focal point and a threat. Our creative options wouldn't look so blunt if we did.
Stoned Rose
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The last 10 pages in here gone to complete shit.
We have people living in cuckoo land thinking Mbappe and Haaland would sign.
People suggesting Calvert Lewin..
Then someone who reckons Lacazette could do a job.
Seriously?
The power of the flap.
Stoned Rose
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I personally think that if the figures being bandied about Kane are correct, then I suggest we pull out. I know he's not an out an out striker but Felix plus, say £30m for Bernardo (if he wants to go) and Rodri. Sign Bissouma and Tierney...a bit fantasy football, I know, but not convinced Kane is worth the money being talked about. Need to offload Mendy too, he really is a liability.
All this in 2 weeks?
For
Fucks
Sake.
ChicagoBlue
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That’s FFP amortization for ya!However our approach in offering long contracts to younger expensive signings means you are well and truly stuck with the mistakes. And we have a few at the moment.
£60M, 5 yrs, £12M/yr in FFP terms!!!
Fordyboy46
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Covered his back on both counts with that shite tweet
wolfie1988
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Torres made some really good runs yesterday but we are a very possession focused side and you don't play a ball through to somebody you don't think it'll stick with. Kane and his reputation would be miles different.Agree with this - Torres is good central but does not occupy centre half's as we are not quick enough at seeing his running beyond which if we did would create more space nearer goal for KDB Grealish etc even if the pass was not made - too predictable with teams who do not wish to engage higher up the pitch
ChicagoBlue
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If he could be a Werner…with finishing…that’d be great! However, it didn’t take long for Tuchel to see that Werner needs a Lukaku!Agree with this - Torres is good central but does not occupy centre half's as we are not quick enough at seeing his running beyond which if we did would create more space nearer goal for KDB Grealish etc even if the pass was not made - too predictable with teams who do not wish to engage higher up the pitch
Quite evident the news was leaked from kane camp. Anyway the deal seems to be far from done.Covered his back on both counts with that shite tweet
oakiecokie
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I wouldn`t mind but its not even HIS own clothing, he`s a fucking fashion model.So you want to sign Calvert Lewin because of his dress sense? ;)
Stoned Rose
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€150mil? This thing is off. Hope we have a backup plan.
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No. Not till it’s 0% chance - or until we sign Kane.I wanted him over Kane - about 6-8 weeks ago when it seemed a possibility. However now it's transpired we have little to absolutely fuck all chance of signing him this summer, I've decided its a waste of time even thinking about it. Let alone discussing it.
BamberBridgeBlue
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Is this the West Bromwich Albion thread?However our approach in offering long contracts to younger expensive signings means you are well and truly stuck with the mistakes. And we have a few at the moment.
can you direct me to the Bluemoon forum please? They’ve dominated domestic football for a few seasons now. Sorry to intrude on your relegation grief. I’m sure you’ll bounce back…again, boing boing.
Fordyboy46
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Maybe it would be best for both parties if Kane just made a decision about his future, does he want to stay or go? Come on Harry, let's hear from you
I’d actually suggest is because we do long term squad planning. Buy a stop gap on a 3 year contract & we’ll be stuck with them on a great wage for 3 years not 1The problem with any short term signings is primarily the fact it'd take them a long time to settle in like with most other players that sign for us.
Say we had signed Ings when he was available as a 1 year placeholder. He'd take a few months at least to bed in. Problem is, he's not good enough for us to shoehorn him in like we would with Kane or Haaland. Which would only serve to drag out this process. On top of that, there'd be a lot of games where he really struggles (being on the bench won't help), and I'm not sure people here would be happy to see it.
Then at the end of it all, once they're ready, we replace them with the better option. But then if they're going to be stuck on the bench what makes them a better option than Jesus?
We don't do stop gaps for a reason.
Making mistakes or shortism costs us long term, ala Mendy, who perhaps wouldn’t have bea mistake without injury, but we’re now stuck with him & he takes up a squad place
Anyone suggesting a stop gap clearly hasn’t listened to our C-Level top brass who have constantly spoken about long term planning with our transfers
Our squad planning is now a million miles away from the knee jerk Swales & Lee eras & yet many seem to want to go back to this type of shortism, which is fucking bonkers in my opinion