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On 23/04/2024 at 16:45, DCJonah said:

Absolutely. I wanted VAR, I thought it was crazy we didn't have it but god I'd go back in a heartbeat now. 

VAR isnt the problem, it works just fine in other sports and could work great in football.

The problem is the astronomic levels of incompetence of the bodies and people implementing it.

You can have the best system in the world, but if its implemented by incompetent idiots, its going to be terrible.

21 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Will end up being sold for 3/4m with a 20% sell on clause or a buyback at a certain price I imagine. Either that or a loan to the championship. 

just wait for the VT'ers saying he is clearly good enough to challenge Watkins and should stay in the squad to be able to prove himself and be the main striker backup, cus "he's good enough".

11 hours ago, MotoMkali said:

Cheeky Bid? 

 

no way.

good player, but for 100m, nope.

We need to be finding these players before they are a 100m player, we arent really in a position to be spunking 100m on players i dont think.

they didnt have Palmer versus Arsenal, i assume he will be back for us?

17 minutes ago, Mazrim said:

I see Palace are basically touting Eze and Olise this summer. Would we be in the market for one, or both?
I wouldn't play Olise instead of Bailey, and Eze would be in stiff competition for a place in our midfield, but no doubt they'd add a lot of quality to the squad.

i would love Olise, he is quality, but i would guess he would spunk most of our budget, so probably not a good signing with that in mind.

However, we need to be finding these players before they command 60m+, ie: like Palace did with Eze and Olise for a combined 20m ish, or Spam did with Bowen (18m ish), or Leicester did with Maddison, Mahrez, Kante etc etc.

also ie:, hopefully like we have with Rogers.

I can see us getting some leftfield signings this summer, mixed in with some "normal" ones.

Just now, Ceemo said:

With that defeat for Newcastle, that means Europa League football is confirmed as a minimum.

Once again a brilliant achievement.

thats a good point!

it is a huge achievement in itself (Europa League), in a way its just that we have done so well in the last 18 months we are all hoping for CL, but if you step back, Europa league is a massive, massive achievement in of itself, its just our....expectations?.....have peaked a bit.

to think where we were in Oct/Nov 2022 compared to now, its like an alternate universe.

3 minutes ago, Alakagom said:

Tbh it wouldn't matter 6th or 5th would be UEL anyway at that point 

tbf ye it would, so i guess that is pointless.

i guess the only difference then would be more money for finishing 5th versus 6th.

6 minutes ago, mrchnry said:

Is 6th the lowest we can finish now? 

Mathematically yes.

but Manure would need to average 2.6 PPG just to match our current point total of 66 points.

However, due to the GD, they would need 67 to overtake us, so thats actually 2.8 PPG to reach 67 points.

i think its almost certain that Manure cant get 2.8 PPG for their final 5 games, thats 14 points, and would actually need 5 wins, as you cant not win them all and average 2.8ppg, and thats assuming we dont pick up even 1 more point before the end of the season.

i would say 5th is the lowest we can finish.

hopefully i havent set Manure up for a 5 game winning run and we collapse to 4 losses......as thats really the only way they can overtake us.

4 minutes ago, useless said:

£15m wasn't actually that cheap for Rogers but it would have been more if we had have waited until the summer, for contrary to some comments he was actually doing very well for MIddlesbrough and his price would have shot up come the summer and there would be more competition for his signature by then, we just got in there early because we recognized he was suddenly living up to his earlier potential and he fitted the criteria of what Emery was looking for as himself recently stated, that is a player with similar attributes to Ramsey

If we waited until summer and Rogers had have carried on the way he was, would probably be talking £20m plus and a big chunk of that wouldn't be add ons as it reportedly is with the deal we've got

Middlesbrough did well out of it, they paid £1m for him in the summer, then months later they get £15m, for them was probably too good of an offer to do turn down, and,  they needed the money

They also got Azaz for what some deemed  a very good price, and we had previously helped them with Ramsey and Archer, and I wouldn't be surprised to see similar happen in the future

We didn't pay 15m though, we paid 8m with add ons up to 15m.

I would guess we will end up paying most of those add ons though tbf.

49 minutes ago, Mazrim said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Cash is moved on too. 

While I agree in principle, even if we bought a RB, we would still only have that right back and cash.

I guess it's all down to whether emery thinks hayden or kosta ned are ready to be backup and compete for the position with the new RB.

So this new contract wasnt really a new contract, it was the triggering of the 1 optional year that was part of the agreement when Emery joined.

I would guess that they both have to agree to the extension, though, so all good i guess.

Would be nice to see a new long term contract in the summer!

27 minutes ago, AndyClarke said:

Tyler Dibling and Sammy Braybrooke please.

he's not asking for the lead actors in Last of the Summer Wine mate.

29 minutes ago, useless said:

Says he's going to miss the Stockport team holiday because he's coming back to our first team, good that Emery and his coaching staff are going to take a look

He will go back out on loan in the summer I reckon.

22 hours ago, Jas10 said:

 

how about we dont put pressure on ourselves, lets just do our business and not worry about whats next,

every time we have done it this season (spoke about expectations/wanting to do X or Y), we effed up. (ie: the twice we could have gone top etc etc)

Unai Cam is here!

https://www.avfc.co.uk/video/a320ddac-3bb1-49e1-bf22-aac47538ac21

isnt this just a pay rise or pay rise with some clause changes?

im pretty sure his original contract ran until 2027?

3 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said:

 

the music started and i was thinking, oh yeah, some nice classical/high class music to go with the maestro Mr Rogers.

Then the song kicked in and i just sat back and rolled my eyes.

brilliant performance though, the lad really has it all, skill, composure, vision, guile, technique, size and power, not the quickest, but he isnt slow and he carries the ball well with the pace he does have.

Genuinely, if he continues to develop, i can see him being one of my fave players, he has it all.

1 hour ago, Nabby said:

Be keeping an eye on Chelsea / Arsenal tomorrow. With the former out of the cup now and no CL to play for will be interesting how the motivation is with the squad. 

Overall match Spurs results against Liverpool and Chelsea and win either one of Brighton and Palace and we should be fine.

It's well within Chelseas grasp to get 6th spot and europa league this season (if europa goes to 6th spot with a man City FA Cup win?)

18 minutes ago, ender4 said:

Yep, Zaniolo and Lenglet loans end and we won't buy them. 

Sanson contract expires this summer?

Hause, Chambers, Dendoncker, Coutinho all not wanted, but we may struggle to move on.

Olsen if our new young goalkeeper is ready to become Emi's back-up. 

I think we'll keep Cash as a squaddie but buy a new first choice RB.

Digne probably gone just because he's too expensive.

We'll keep Kesler, he's young and cheap and has potential to break through next season.

Sanson's contract doesnt expire, but he has a 5m mandatory buy if he has X appearances, not sure if he reached it or not, or if they plan to buy him anyways.

i have seen some interviews with Sanson about him wanting to stay there, or was it a news report, cant remember.

3 minutes ago, the_sun_never_sets said:

Who would we sell / let go to free up space in the squad? 

In priority order probably...

Chambers, Olsen, Donk, Cash (replace), Lenglet (replace), Kesler maybe (though ive always liked him)

I'd keep Tim for another season. 

Digne, Olsen, Lenglet, Hause, Chambers, Donk, Zaniolo, Sanson, Coutinho.

maybe Cash.

6 minutes ago, pas5898 said:

The problem is.

All 3 of those 50/50 calls would have been given at Anfield or Old Trafford.

 

that is the problem, we all know they 100% would.

just watching MOTD, just noticed he lost the ball before it was recovered and we scored the second.

He lost it right on the edge of their box, he just jogged back and wasnt even in view 10-15 seconds later when we turned the ball over on the edge of our own box, then went up the other end and scored.

thats terribly lazy, you lose the ball and then jog back like you have no cares in the world, should be busting a gut.

not impressed.

1 minute ago, Don_Simon said:

Blasphemy I know, but, is there scope for the team that played today be the First XI moving forward? Who would you take out for Chelsea to allow Luiz in?

i guess its down to whether Bailey and Diaby start together, if one starts and one doesnt, then that is the room for Luiz.

tbh, considering the two performances when Luiz wasnt playing, it would be harsh for him to come straight back in, but he did versus Lille as soon as he was available, so dunno.