icouldtelltheworld Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 McNeil isn't a bad signing tbh. Still only 22, bags of PL experience, 26 goal involvements in a really poor and overwhelmingly defensive Burnley team. Poor season last year, but clearly has potential to grow into a decent player, 20m is about right (plenty of our fans seem to think Keinan Davis is worth upwards of 15m based on half a good season at Forest). They're still in trouble though, such an unbalanced squad and Lampard really is a poor manager. No chance he lasts the season IMO. You struggle to pick three teams going into the season who you're certain will struggle more than them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted July 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Think the comparison to Senderos, Richardson and Cleverley suggests he may be meaning the bad stuff I'm going to put on my tin hat and say that the Senderos/Vlaar partnership was looking alright for a while until Senderos got injured. After that I don't think they ever played together again (at least for a decent run of games.) We were absolutely shopping in the bargain bin at that time but he was one I thought was fairly astute given the money available. Richardson and Tom can get in the sea though (they both started the FA Cup final btw - Jesus wept.) I think Frank will be gone by Christmas and Rooney is a cert to come in and take over. Edited July 29, 2022 by TheAuthority 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2022 8 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Help this dumb Yank. You mean good shite or bad shite? (And I don't mean baaaaaaaaaaaad shite, just the noxious, smelly sort.) Shite with an 'e' is just plain shite. "He's the shit" is where "baaad" = "good". "He's shite" just means what it says. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 4 hours ago, TheAuthority said: I'm going to put on my tin hat and say that the Senderos/Vlaar partnership was looking alright for a while until Senderos got injured. After that I don't think they ever played together again (at least for a decent run of games.) We were absolutely shopping in the bargain bin at that time but he was one I thought was fairly astute given the money available. I was very against Senderos when we signed him, but I do agree he started really promisingly and it was a shame he got injured. I personally wouldn't have chosen him as an example of either a club or this club signing dire players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 McNeil with a brace when coming on in the second half on his debut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Vinagre and Mcneil are pretty good signings tbf, don't see Mcneil having as bad a season as he did last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Zatman said: I'd sack the keeper for lack of effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Idrissa Gueye is heading back to Everton after 3 years at PSG. Vinagre, McNeil, Gueye, Tarkowski, 4 pretty solid signings there. They seem to be acting a lot calmer and more rational than they did in January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Yeah it should solidify them at the back where their biggest problem was. They will feel the loss of Richarlison up front though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Calvert-Lewin out for three months with a knee injury. Better hope Salomon's brought his shooting boots this season! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 minute ago, HanoiVillan said: Calvert-Lewin out for three months with a knee injury. Better hope Salomon's brought his shooting boots this season! Oooof, that's going to hurt them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 They're not in great shape are they. They'll need to bring someone in, presumably on loan, and cross their fingers. But even apart from that they're so weak at right back and in central midfield as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: They're not in great shape are they. They'll need to bring someone in, presumably on loan, and cross their fingers. But even apart from that they're so weak at right back and in central midfield as well. Hope they're still in a mess when we play them. I'm sure they'll spend before the end of the window as they need a better squad and also got £60m for Richy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Although is good that DCL wont play against us in the home game, they have still strengthened quite a bit over the summer and will be harder to beat this time round than back in September in the 3-0. Still reckon we will win that one, but they have picked up some smart signings, much better strategy than in january when they were panicking with alli, van de beek, el ghazi etc. They've got players like townsend and lookman and doucoure who will take shots and surge forward so still got to be careful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Has this been confirmed or is it based off of the footyinsider exclusive that he's out for 3 months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: Has this been confirmed or is it based off of the footyinsider exclusive that he's out for 3 months? Probably bollox as the BBC just says this: Dominic Calvert-Lewin picked up a knock in training on Tuesday and could miss the season opener against Chelsea. The severity of the injury is not yet known. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 On 30/07/2022 at 14:32, rjw63 said: I'd sack the keeper for lack of effort. I just wish it was Jens Lehman in goal for it, he would have dived full length to save it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 They could be an outside punt to go down this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3, 2022 McNeill is such an everton signing. They love spending a load of money on english wide players who seem good but aren't actually that good. Gray, Tonwsend, Walcott, McGeady (ok not english but you know what I mean), McNeill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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