Jareth Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Not in their friendly squad so I imagine deal is done in the next 24-48 hours Speculating on hours will get you an ITK following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pinebro Posted July 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2023 50 M for Diaby is ridiculous money. I'm sure he is a decent player but the game is gone. 1 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corleone Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Pinebro said: 50 M for Diaby is ridiculous money. I'm sure he is a decent player but the game is gone. Not when you consider Newcastle paid a similar fee for Anthony Gordon Edited July 21, 2023 by Corleone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 11 minutes ago, Pinebro said: 50 M for Diaby is ridiculous money. I'm sure he is a decent player but the game is gone. You’ll love him if he wins us a trophy right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Dodgyknees said: You’ll love him if he wins us a trophy right? Post has nothing to do with Diaby as a player but the market. You can enjoy a signing and at the same time criticize the ridiculous money in football and especially Premier League. I don't like where it's going and where it leaves the other leagues. Edited July 21, 2023 by Pinebro 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 17 minutes ago, Pinebro said: 50 M for Diaby is ridiculous money. I'm sure he is a decent player but the game is gone. It’s been gone since Newcastle paid £15m for Alan Shearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 How are his Bundesliga numbers compared to Bailey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, Pinebro said: Post has nothing to do with Diaby as a player but the market. Markets are crazy eh. Albert Square market has had some ups and downs. Markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted July 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, Pinebro said: How are his Bundesliga numbers compared to Bailey? Wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villan95 Posted July 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Pinebro said: How are his Bundesliga numbers compared to Bailey? Played Goals Assists Diaby 125 31 38 Bailey 119 28 21 Edited July 21, 2023 by villan95 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted July 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Some focus too much on goals and assists there's much more to judging a player than that, even attacking players, if went by that in the Championship would have thought that Adomah was a better player than Grealish. Edited July 21, 2023 by useless 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, villan95 said: Played Goals Assists Diaby 125 31 38 Bailey 119 28 21 fear not, i give it a month before he's been trashed weekly for not being good enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: fear not, i give it a month before he's been trashed weekly for not being good enough Sadly true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 44 minutes ago, Pinebro said: 50 M for Diaby is ridiculous money. I'm sure he is a decent player but the game is gone. The game is gone gets said so often these days it’s lost all meaning. One could say… the phrase is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 7 minutes ago, useless said: Some focus too much on goals and assists there's much more to judging a player than that, even attacking players, if went by that in the Championship would have thought that Adomah was a better player than Grealish. True but can understand the focus on it given the underwhelming numbers the likes of Bailey and Buendia have posted the last couple of seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Thug said: It’s moo-sa its the Arabic form for Moses. Is it Di-a-by or Di-ah-by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, villan95 said: True but can understand the focus on it given the underwhelming numbers the likes of Bailey and Buendia have posted the last couple of seasons it's been said many times before, but Grealish's numbers were pretty underwhelming if you judged him purely on goals and assists. As frustrating and inconsistent as Buendia is, he put in a fair number of through balls that the players on the end of them didn't convert - but no one would praise him for that would they? cue Delphino's 'Buendia keyword search mention alarm' hate incoming I think there is no harder a position to impress in, than wide forwards, there are so few in the world that are consistent and get the stats people expect of them. Also 'rapid' seems to lead to a lot of injuries. Diaby looks the real deal, but any player from outside of this league will find the physicality and speed in which they get closed down/fouled difficult to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Looking past just goals and assists they're both extremely similar, hence the concerns. Diaby however is coming into a much better situation and will have much better coaching of course so you'd hope he doesn't shit the bed like Bailey did. Obviously as well it would be ideal that Diaby doesn't pick up any early injuries and ruin any momentum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 38 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: cue Delphino's 'Buendia keyword search mention alarm' hate incoming Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaCas Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 20/07/2023 at 08:57, nick76 said: I think that’s harsh! A 24 year old being offered double the money we are offering apparently plus not having to pay tax on that money there but would in the UK. I don’t think it’s a no brainer personally. Additionally for us if he does choose us then we know he’s here for the football and to succeed so it’s a test that favours us in understanding him. No. For an ambitious 24y-o looking to an international career, the Saudi League is completely the wrong choice - no debate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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