Xela Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Spoony said: Douglas Luiz the only decent player out of that lot (jury out on Sanson). Even Douglas Luiz is wildly inconsistent. i think that is a bit harsh. McGinn is decent and Ramsey and Chuk have lots of potential. It does hint that we could move for someone if we got players out the door though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 35 minutes ago, useless said: “At the moment in midfield places I have John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Marvelous Nakamba, Carney Chukwuemeka, JJ (Jacob Ramsey), Conor Hourihane and Morgan Sanson coming back from injury. “There are a lot of numbers in there and I think to add to that would be stockpiling players a little bit. Players would probably need to move out before we moved anyone in for that area.” Express & Star Makes sense that we can’t really bring in another midfielder with so many on the books. Hopefully we’re looking to shift Hourihane on at least. Perhaps this is the reason why Smith alluded to no more signings the other day, i.e. we need to make room in the squad before bringing in any more new faces. The ‘we’re happy with what we’ve got’ line may just be Smith being pragmatic with the press — a way of being respectful to the unwanted players in case we are unable to move them on and end up having to play them out of necessity. This is the hope I’m clinging onto, anyway. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Conor shouldn't be counted at all, He's got no future here. Makes it 4 senior midfielders and 2 youngings. Hardly stacked. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Ginko said: Makes sense that we can’t really bring in another midfielder with so many on the books. Hopefully we’re looking to shift Hourihane on at least. Perhaps this is the reason why Smith alluded to no more signings the other day, i.e. we need to make room in the squad before bringing in any more new faces. The ‘we’re happy with what we’ve got’ line may just be Smith being pragmatic with the press — a way of being respectful to the unwanted players in case we are unable to move them on and end up having to play them out of necessity. This is the hope I’m clinging onto, anyway. Mourinho would be like " Well, what can we do? We Khaave Conor, he sinks he is Ward - Prowse , but in reality kkhee is a shit Ashley Westwood wkhoo can sometimes score free kicks. But zis is our situation and better I speak nasing, I'm khappy " Edited August 20, 2021 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffer85 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 1 minute ago, KAZZAM said: Conor shouldn't be counted at all, He's got no future here. Makes it 4 senior midfielders and 2 youngings. Hardly stacked. Just because you don't rate Conor doesn't mean you can't count Conor We still have to pay him so he does count it's not like we can throw him in the bin cause were finished with him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) McGinn would look better if we was allowed to go forward and we had either a more reliable DM than Luiz or one that could actually pass instead of Nakamba. McGinn best time with us was in the first season in the Championship when Jack was injured and he was allowed to roam forward and had either Whelan or Jedinak doing the dirty work. So in hindsight maybe we should have sold Luiz and actually bought a proper DM. Luiz is good and will improve but at the moment I never really think he works in our set up. Perhaps Smith is hoping he will mature this season and be that DM we need. Edited August 20, 2021 by The Fun Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 We've always been shit at selling players. Hope we turn that around and get a few out the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, AV82 said: We've always been shit at selling players. Hope we turn that around and get a few out the door. It annoys me when players like Jordon ibe get sold for £15m yet the consensus of selling AEG for anything more than £10m is daylight robbery by us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Matar Sarr going to Spurs for €10m 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, thunderball said: Matar Sarr going to Spurs for €10m Ridiculous. We've royally f****d up here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post omariqy Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Ridiculous. We've royally f****d up here Did we or did he prefer Spurs? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, omariqy said: Did we or did he prefer Spurs? Honestly, don't think we were ever serious. We already have two teenage midfielders in the first team. This kid isn't ready for the Prem so we don't have £20 lying around on a project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: Honestly, don't think we were ever serious. We already have two teenage midfielders in the first team. This kid isn't ready for the Prem so we don't have £20 lying around on a project. Stingy f***ers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kiwivillan Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 20 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Ridiculous. We've royally f****d up here You know a player has to want to come to us right? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Sod it, play Axel as Sweeper/DM. He can defend, and he can play/pass as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 39 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Ridiculous. We've royally f****d up here Did we put a bid in for him or was it only ever in the preparation stage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 2 hours ago, macandally said: He is not the best player the club has ever had, unless you are 12 I'm 37, he is the best player in my time, easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 hour ago, gaffer85 said: Just because you don't rate Conor doesn't mean you can't count Conor We still have to pay him so he does count it's not like we can throw him in the bin cause were finished with him Actually that is exactly what we can do, we simply don't register him in the premier league squad. We still have to pay him if he doesn't leave on loan or permanently, so what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, paul514 said: Actually that is exactly what we can do, we simply don't register him in the premier league squad. We still have to pay him if he doesn't leave on loan or permanently, so what. Easy for you to say since it isn't your money. I get the bad eggs that get tossed to the reserves. Connor's not that, he's been a model professional his entire time here. He is still a plus to have in and around the squad, especially one as young as ours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 20 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: Easy for you to say since it isn't your money. I get the bad eggs that get tossed to the reserves. Connor's not that, he's been a model professional his entire time here. He is still a plus to have in and around the squad, especially one as young as ours. He isn’t good enough that’s the be all and end all of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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