I remember Dave Watson very well, and the Dave Watson gap between the Maine Stand and the North Stand.Remember Dave Watson?
Big, Ugly, Slow, but what a magnificent defender and leader, one of the best I have ever seen in a blue shirt.
To be honest, I'm not sure you've seen him play then. He's very comfortable bringing the ball out of defence. His looks are deceivingI remember Dave Watson very well, and the Dave Watson gap between the Maine Stand and the North Stand.
He was big and not as fleet of foot as today’s top defenders. Agreed. However, you are simply emphasizing MY point. Maguire is a throwback to what we have traditionally thought of as “English defender,” not the type of ball-playing QB the modern Pep CB needs to be.
I remember Dave Watson very well, and the Dave Watson gap between the Maine Stand and the North Stand.
He was big and not as fleet of foot as today’s top defenders. Agreed. However, you are simply emphasizing MY point. Maguire is a throwback to what we have traditionally thought of as “English defender,” not the type of ball-playing QB the modern Pep CB needs to be.
It's taking "over priced for an average player" to whole new level. Just hope the Rags beat us to him.
I agree with what you're saying.I truly hope they don't get him, because he will be a massive upgrade on what they have now.
That’s just not true at all.If the rags are gonna pay £90m he’ll be going there I think.
The market price for players is all over the place and lots of teams are paying ridiculous money for them, because obviously the Blues started these inflated prices, haha.
What with Uefa chasing us and Vinnie leaving us and everybody knowing we want a centre half it’s not going to be cheap for us if theres others prepared to pay daft amounts, if a player is top quality we’re just going to have bite the bullet and cough up, as long as the wage structure stays the same as it is now the fee is sort of irrelevant really.
I quite like Maguire, but won’t be gutted if he goes elsewhere.
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really unrealistic to expect a player to only want to join us when there are other top teams. if a player has multiple top clubs after him and they are willing to pay the fee and we are not he would be pretty stupid to risk it and only want to join us when we are negotiating a fee when there are other top teams ready to take him and pay what it takes. sorry to say as much as we would like to think we aren't the most attractive club in the world and players have every right to keep their options open.That’s just not true at all.
If a player makes it clear to his club he wants to join us and us alone, then the transfer fee will be far more realistic. We want players who have their heart set on joining us, to be part of a great team and with the desire to improve as a player which they will undoubtedly do under Pep if they’re prepared to work. Don’t get me wrong they’ll be well compensated as well but that should only be part of the decision.
Well I can only think of maybe 2-3 teams who may be more attractive than ourselves but in "name" only and certainly not in terms of footballing ability,based over the last two seasons.really unrealistic to expect a player to only want to join us when there are other top teams. if a player has multiple top clubs after him and they are willing to pay the fee and we are not he would be pretty stupid to risk it and only want to join us when we are negotiating a fee when there are other top teams ready to take him and pay what it takes. sorry to say as much as we would like to think we aren't the most attractive club in the world and players have every right to keep their options open.