Lads, Dean Smith's only job this year is to keep us up.
Shut up with the "oh we might lose him" nonsense, yiz sound like a bunch of heartbroken teenage girls.
Getting him is great news.
Nice post. I’ll add three positive things.
1. Steer saved us with penalty heroics but was very shaky in that away semi-final. Nerves got to him and he was miskicking it. Their fans noticed and were getting onto him about it. That said, I think himself and Kalinic (a well-respected international) are a good pair to compete for the number 1. This isn’t our weakest position by a long shot. We don’t need Heaton.
2. All indications are that Conor Hourihane is absolutely gunning to make it in the Premier League. I expect him to turn a few heads.
3. Nobody seems to discuss Jimmy Danger as the solution to our winger problem. I’d rather him than Jota right now. He has been of the top players in the ACN, and he will have the beating of many left-backs outside the top 7 teams.
Glad to see he's determined to play football... means he'll take the hefty pay cut that will be needed.
An honest footballer, but it's not working out for him at Villa.
Attendances are nothing really. American Express aren't targeting the 20,000 people in the crowd, but the 20m people watching Sky Sports/ESPN/Match of the Day etc.
Cahill and Mings could be excellent.
Doubt Cahill would come on a two-year contract though. He'll be offered a 4 year deal on 60k per week by someone like Fat Sam.
Mitrovic scored eleven goals last year and cost 25 million.
Leroy Sane scored ten goals last year and cost 45 million.
Lukaku scored eleven goals last year and cost about 60 million.
I know none of these are perfect comparisons, but my point is you will struggle very hard to find a 10 goal striker for under 20 million.
Football has changed, maaaan. It's all about the attacking full backs these days. Same thing happened in Gaelic football.
If we get Tammy and Mings signed up (big if I know), first to go has to be Neil Taylor. Useless going forward.