Baleba

hammersmithlad said:
It’s doable..since I’m fairly sure it’s not a scouting team per-se that Bloom relies on but his infamous algorithm based approach in scouting players.

Although last thing he would do is sell his algorithm, so City really should be looking at the future and at least explore creating an in-house or outsourced solution perhaps to even work alongside their scouting based model.

As people have been telling us for yrs who knows when Sheik Mansour will eventually get bored of us lot ;-)
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Pretty sure most clubs will already be exploiting AI for this. Bloom doesn’t have some magic algorithm he keeps to himself.
 
Absolute big yes from me this one. Plays exactly like caicedo did for Brighton but from what I’ve seen so far looks like he’s got an even bigger potential ceiling
 
Sounds like this is the usual Brighton tactic of generating interest and a massive fee for a player who is no better than decent.
Have any of Brighton’s players sold for unrealistic, exorbitant fees gone on to excel or even perform as expected?
 
TheBlueCat said:
Sounds like this is the usual Brighton tactic of generating interest and a massive fee for a player who is no better than decent.
Have any of Brighton’s players sold for unrealistic, exorbitant fees gone on to excel or even perform as expected?
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In recent years their big sales have been Caicedo, Macallister, White, Cucurella and Trossard i doubt any of the buying clubs would regret those deals.
 
Baleba had a good game yesterday against Arsenal, He made a difference when he came on against us a few months ago.

Watching Brighton midfield yesterday along with Newcastle midfield at Tottenham you can see the press from their midfield all going together and all with very little distance between the midfield players when they do press.

At the minute watching other teams midfield that has legs to cover ground looks great as it's the complete opposite to what we are watching at City in recent months unfortunately.

I'm not sure Baleba is at the level we need to compete for the big prizes, He's a good player but most midfield players are looking good right now because they can actually run.
 
bluesmith said:
In recent years their big sales have been Caicedo, Macallister, White, Cucurella and Trossard i doubt any of the buying clubs would regret those deals.
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You may be right.
My point was more about value for money. Despite going for huge fees I don’t think that any one of those players are more than decent. I would argue that even in our current plight none of those players would improve our team and probably wouldn’t get much if any game time if we had a fully fit squad.
 
How many of these Brighton lads that are sold end up being worth the money?

The two lads at Chelsea aren’t great, and they were bought for a lot of money!!

Trossard is a second string player.
 
TheBlueCat said:
You may be right.
My point was more about value for money. Despite going for huge fees I don’t think that any one of those players are more than decent. I would argue that even in our current plight none of those players would improve our team and probably wouldn’t get much if any game time if we had a fully fit squad.
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I would start all 5 in our current team personally.
 
City64! said:
How many of these Brighton lads that are sold end up being worth the money?

The two lads at Chelsea aren’t great, and they were bought for a lot of money!!

Trossard is a second string player.
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The two at chelsea are considered their 2nd and 3rd best players behind Palmer, they've both had great seasons.
 
SWPISHOME said:
Baleba had a good game yesterday against Arsenal, He made a difference when he came on against us a few months ago.

Watching Brighton midfield yesterday along with Newcastle midfield at Tottenham you can see the press from their midfield all going together and all with very little distance between the midfield players when they do press.

At the minute watching other teams midfield that has legs to cover ground looks great as it's the complete opposite to what we are watching at City in recent months unfortunately.

I'm not sure Baleba is at the level we need to compete for the big prizes, He's a good player but most midfield players are looking good right now because they can actually run.
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the only question City`s director of football should be asking is. Is he as good as Phillips, our only DM when Rodri is out.
 
Assume it'd be an eye watering fee, even in summer, but at 21 potentially a 10 year fix for the midfield if they think he's right.
 
bluesmith said:
The two at chelsea are considered their 2nd and 3rd best players behind Palmer, they've both had great seasons.
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I can see Caicedo is 2nd ratings wise, behind Palmer for this season. The ratings take into account everything - passing, tacking stats etc.

The sideshow Bob fella is 19th on the list of best Chelsea players this season. Both £170m in total…
 
Doubt we will be interested. Certainly his fee will be ridiculously inflated and historically we have walked away when clubs try to take the piss. Cucurella Is a great example, decent player but certainly not great. Chelsea paid almost twice what we were prepared to pay.
Brighton have a business model. This is what they do, generate interest, sell for an over inflated price. Fair play to them, but I doubt we will engage in their game..
 
City64! said:
I can see Caicedo is 2nd ratings wise, behind Palmer for this season. The ratings take into account everything - passing, tacking stats etc.

The sideshow Bob fella is 19th on the list of best Chelsea players this season. Both £170m in total…
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I'd rather go off fans opinion than stats personally.
 
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