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  1. HolteExile
    A full back who traps the ball further than most people can kick it? Don't see how that squares with a team who play out from the back.
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    Young, hungry player with def aptitude. I'd much prefer him as a squad option compared to Zaniolo etc. But maybe that's not enough for him.
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    I think he's averaging about one good game in 24/25. That's Charles N'Zogbia levels. You can carry a mercurial winger. Can't really get away with that for a GK or centre half.
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    Imagine if he pulled that sh*t with Ron Saunders or Brian Clough as manager. They'd have decked him as soon as he entered the dressing room and deservedly so. Despite the reputation, even McGrath wasn't totally infallible. Matt Le Tissier had him on toast more than once. But the dragbacks, flicks and party tricks only came out when he was in total control. This bloke doesn't seem to have game awareness or general cop on to execute that stuff at the right time. Get rid.
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    Could def get on board with this. Feels classic and modern at the same time.
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    Aye, I've heard the rumours about his family and their arsey behaviour. It would be a risk, but on a free over a shortish contract length it might be worth looking at. Partic if we make CL qualification etc.
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    Aye, good luck to DC if there is any truth to those rumours at all. Overall, for the £25 million fee and £90k+ wages, you can make a strong argument we haven't got what we expected from that deal. Lack of game time being the main issue and then being ropey in the majority of the games he did play. But then he played a key part in wins against Citeh and Arsenal twice - and may yet have a decisive role for us between now and the end of the season in securing CL qualification and possible success in Europe. He might be viewed as a Trez-like cult hero in years to come.
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    Adrien Rabiot available on a free this summer could be an interesting choice. Plays CM primarily but can also play DM and left midfield. Emery would know him from his time at PSG n'all. I'd look at Zaha at Galatasary too, if he's not on mental money there. Always produced good numbers in the top flight, even if he is a bit of a mouthy so and so. Part of the attraction would be because he is a mouthy so and so. Emi and McGinn apart, we're a bit too nice as a team. It's great to be liked. But better if you're hated.
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    Heard McGinn describe him as captain of the French contingent as well. His English is better than Diaby's, for example. So might be some help to him with off the pitch stuff etc. It all has a role in fostering decent team spirit.
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    Most improved, maybe.
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    I'd be happy to see him remain for at least another year. LB is a position I don't worry about when I see him there. The wages thing has obv been done to death - and I'm sure Monchi et al will be crunching the numbers to make sure it works - but if it ain't broke. And don't make us broke. We sold him a vision of a project and aiming for CL qualification when we signed him in 2022. And a player who has priors including PSG, Barcelona and Roma will usually be at the premium end of the market. If your biggest wages are going to players who aren't amongst your best players or aren't featuring regularly then it's a problem. But he is, so no problem.
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    Solanke needs to be the main man at West Ham or somewhere. Bournemouth, even. If they remain on their current trajectory. Competing for a place in the same side as Ollie Watkins would be a poor decision, even if we did stump up the £ to do that deal. And with F unfair P still most def a thing and bigger priorities elsewhere for us, I can't see that one materialising.
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    Redeveloping the Doug Ellis stand makes far more sense if there is any scope to do that at all. Purely with the corporate offering in mind- if nothing else. Boxes and open corporate areas etc are more desirable running the length of the pitch rather than tucked behind the goal. Be nice if it freed up the good seats in the Trinity for people who actually want to watch football n'all. Always a sickener to see the camera pan there, highlighting the vast empty spaces. Even when the rest of the ground is sold out.
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    It's fine for what it is. Not a souless legoland bowl, fits in with the surroundings and is an upgrade on Griffin Park (not hard, that part).
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    Word is he wants to be closer to home and family, with all that's happened in recent years. Fiorentina were heavily linked a few months back. Bologna is about the same distance from his home town (if that's the priority for him) and as a club they've come on leaps and bounds in recent seasons. Italy head coach Spaletti has said he need to be playing first team football to maintain his place in the national side as well, so there is that. Maybe we're still working on this in the background. If there is any truth to our interest in Giovanni Di Lorenzo at Napoli, part of the thinking there might be help NZ settle off the pitch.
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    Unless there's a clause, Palace or the likes of Fulham won't be selling their best players to us. Even with CL football. For the fees we'd have to go to for Anderson, Eze or whatever it would be eyewatering in the extreme and limit what else we could do. I *might* look at someone like Zaha at Gala, if Zaniolo goes back and he's not on crazy wages. Spikey character, but decent end product for most of his time at Palace.
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    Still won it with a deflection, mind. That game was the best for 4/5 years. This is better.
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    I didn't want this draw, but then I didn't want the draw with Ajax either. And we all know how that went. This will be tough, particularly with our injury list and all the rest of it. There's a good chance whoever wins this wins the comp.
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    Roma, Ajax, Eintracht Frankfurt, Dynamo Zagreb and Fenerbache say hi.
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    This all day. And twice on Sunday.
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    Please Allah.
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    I don't think that's right. As well as the goals and performances against Zrinjsk and Sheff Utd, he looked like a raging bull at the start of his stint with us. Burnleh and Chelsea away in quick succession and Luton at home I thought we had a player. If he'd scored in those games we might have had lift off. As it is, the betting scandal back home combined with the challenge of trying to adapt to a new country and new league looks like it's got to him. I wouldn't have been against him going back to Galatasary in Jan. But he's ours for now. His season could still turn with an inspirational key goal or two.
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    Pretty much.
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    I don't think he's all that. If you somehow manage to rinse Arsenal or whoever for circa £70 million you should def do the deal. Not sure Frank will ultimately benefit from it as I reckon he'll be gone in the summer. Just seems the right time to part ways. Brentford seem to want to play football now (as you did for most of our battles in the Championship) and I'm not sure he's the sort of bloke for that at the top level.
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    Aye, the gaslight one was rubbish. Reminded me of the cack made up ones on Pro Evo.
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