£7.6m sounds about right and he joined us from Hamburg, not AnderlechtI didn't think that sounded right, he signed for £7.6million.
Cheeseburger SVVinnie cost 10.4 million from Anderlecht!
Yeh me bad it was Hamburg and different reports on the actual amount some say undisclosed fee.Other reports say 6mil 7.5 mill and 10.5 mill either way bargain of the century.Cheeseburger SV
Phillips was always a weird signing. He was a player that was brought into England to do a job that they didn't have anyone else to do, and he did quite well at it. Initially it looked like he was available for something like 30 million, which would be worth the risk, but we ended up having to pay 45m for a relegated player. And I don't want to get snobby, but it's rare for someone in a relegated team to be individually good enough to play for the champions. Maybe if they're a kid, but he wasn't especially young. And even if you just looked at his injury record, it didn't make a lot of sense. Managed 23 games in all competitions the season before we bought him, and 30 the season before that. Maybe he'll still come good, but at the moment, he reminds me a bit of the Rodwell signing, in that all of the clues were there before we signed him.
I would see this signing as 2 out of 3 playingIs this guy actually a DM that can help Rodri with the season’s workload of games? If he is, I’m in. Pep will make him a better player no doubt but his purpose must be taking pressure off Rodri so he has to be able to do that or this makes no sense to me. Anything else, box to box, assists etc is a bonus (we are very lucky Rodri does those things as well, what a player)
Pep “internally” pushing Txiki over signing Nunes & Eze.
All very good, very rarely make mistakes and I’m probably very wrong on this one but I just don’t see where he gets games, thought the same with Phillips.What’s your position on the management team and/or board out of interest?
We are desperate for bodies, so yes, I’m sure they will get game time. The use of 5 subs now make play time more assessable. We will be down to 3 centre midfielders, Podence is off, so again we will need a wide player to rotate. Overall it may work out well for them, and us given the lack of money available for signing.A fair appraisal. Do you think Doyle, Palmer or McAtee could do a job for Wolves if sent their on loan as part of a deal? Or would they just be bench fodder.
Not exactly hostile at the moment, more a morgue, depressing summer, lack of investment, what appears a poor manager and just living in the hope of 3 worse teams.You make a great point about talented attacking players failing to shine in teams that are struggling. It isn’t just the lack of possession, but also the fear of trying things, losing the ball, lack of confidence, that undermines players when teams that are struggling. We saw it for enough years. I suspect he would be a different proposition entirely in a team with 75% plus possession and Rodri behind him. I hope we get him, and oddly for the reasons stated above, his departure might not weaken Wolves too much, and the money can be used wisely. I think your owners have looked at the three promoted clubs, plus Everton, and thought we can totally re-set here and just about get away with it. I hope so, I like the hostility of Molineux, once a year, no more.
Anderlecht to Hamburg. We signed him from HamburgVinnie cost 10.4 million from Anderlecht!
What would a prime VK be worth in today's market. Remember, Maguire cost £80m.Vinnie cost 10.4 million from Anderlecht!
the thing is hes not shit,its just that hes not the top level that fits in a world class teamTurns out kalvin is shit so they do make mistakes
Probably he is excellent at what he does for England and did for Leeds but unfortunately he seems unable to do what Pep bought him for.the thing is hes not shit,its just that hes not the top level that fits in a world class team
Wolves fan, interesting and a surprising development regarding Nunes.
My take, he is a very talented player, unfortunately at Wolves he really is playing in a shit team and it would be difficult to compare what he has to do for us, to how City would use him. He is a very attack minded player, he is fast, he glides and carries the ball making forward runs. Negatives he switches off defensively but City tend to have the ball for maybe 65-70percent of the times, as stated it difficult to compare how Wolves and City have to play given our poor thread bare playing squad. Price wise, yes expensive but you have to blame the values put on Mount and Rice and the silly inflated prices Chelsea pay out. We will also loosing one of our better players and very close to the window closing. Overall I believe he would be a success at City.
Said that an hour ago do keep up.Anderlecht to Hamburg. We signed him from Hamburg
With the greatest of respect Vester thats not whats been said by @JewelZee By all means trash another player if you want to, its the moaning about how the club are shite for going for X player and not Y player and the I know better than Pep brigrade thats reached ridiculous levels. Theyve given us a treble that eclipses the rags flukes. Theyve given us the greatest manager in living memory. A squad that has been the envy of world football time and time again. Our club and manager has changed the way football is played in this country from grass roots to the PL and Europe. More trophies than I thought I would ever see in my lifetime. Moments of unrivialed beauty. I dont wanna speak for @JewelZee even though I agree, but there's gotta be some leeway given. But look, I dont wanna lay it on, but I think the club deserve better thats all.So what you are saying is that if someone think another teams player is shite they should immediately change their opinion if Romano (or similar) puts out a tweet saying we are interested in said player, or keep their opinion to themselves since they could risk annoying snowflake strangers on this forum that dont agree with them?
I disagree, at least as long as the player is not even a City player :) Calling the clubs players shite on the other hand, thats a different thing and disrespectful, in my opinion.
Of course we can make a mistake but I'll back the club to know what they're looking to do and give them the benefit of the doubt over any posters shouting definitively that someone we like is absolute shite. Guys like Gundoggin and Millsy acting like they'll save the club the trouble of pursuing certain players because they know 100% they're shite and will flop are making fools of themselves, simple as...I was just answering your assertion that we dont make mistakes , we do , we are the best run club in the world but we are not infallable