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Transfers January 2018 transfer thread

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spursmalc said:
I was quite young at the time but I remember Greaves was bought for 99000 to save him the tag of being the first 100000 player but it was still the record at the time. Cannot recall any other buys or sales at all. Certainly all the first 11 from the double year stayed.
Gone are the days when we break the transfer record for buying players and Bill Nick was not concerned about buying a player to replace a first 11 player. No bench in those days, no rotation or resting players.
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Sorry mate, with respect we know this. The Dane was talking specifically about net spend, so the amount we paid for him is completely irrelevant, there is every chance (seeing as we were the best side in the world and he was the only player we bought) that we had a negative net spend. But we will have to wait and have this confirmed by The Dane, he has the answer.
 
NW1Spur said:
Stats are bullshit. Moura plays in a better team that scores more goals ergo he'll have more assists/goals and better general stats, but that is just a reflection of the quality of players around him. It doesn't follow that Player A creates X amounts of chances at Club C therefore he'll continue to create X amount of chances at Club D. He won't - he'll create Y amount of chances. Do you think Sterling would maintain his stats if he went to West Brom? He wouldn't, his numbers would plummet - he'd score and create less.
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So by that logic Llorente with his 15 goals for a terrible Swansea last year should be on course for 30 this season with our better players around him?
 
Arthur Wensleydale said:
Remember when you went clubbing? There were fantastic girls who wouldn't look at you, pretty girls that flirted with you, average girls who were quite interested, and girls who you wouldn't entertain.
(Notice I was not uncomplimentary about the last category, we'll have no Presidents Club nonsense here!)
But when you smartened up your act, dressed better, were successful in your job, and behaved like a gentleman, the fantastic girls started to flirt with you, the average girls smartened up and some of the ones you weren't interested in suddenly caught your eye.
If you you keep doing that, you won't need to wait for the slow records.
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Unless you came from Norwich, when it didn't matter because you were shagging your sister and you Mum.
 
£25M for Moura is a fantastic deal, given this fucking mental market.

This is now a world where people like Oxlade Chamberlain and Sigurddson cost £40M. And horrendously average defenders like Mustafi and Lindelof are £30M+.
 
Joe Clash said:
So by that logic Llorente with his 15 goals for a terrible Swansea last year should be on course for 30 this season with our better players around him?
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Not really because he doesn't play much and he's at the fag end of his career. There's other factors obviously too such as tactics - Benteke was a failure at Liverpool because he was tactically unsuited to them. And Kane would not have scored as many as Vardy in the same Leicester team if 2015/16 as it was primarily a counter-attacking team built around Vardy's pace and Vardy could not match Kane's number for us for a multitude of reasons. And Swansea played in a way specifically suited to Llorente but we don't. There's many factors at play when assessing a player and stats is often not even half the story.
 
Fattynomates said:
No one needs to subscribe to the BBC, the TV licence fee keeps them in business...... :pochfacepalm:
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Ok? I wasn’t referring to them specifically. Just the whole transfer window in general. So much crap thrown out there everyday and majority of it is nothing but speculation and made up rumors. There’s no accountability to “reporting” in football.
 
NW1Spur said:
Not really because he doesn't play much and he's at the fag end of his career. There's other factors obviously too such as tactics - Benteke was a failure at Liverpool because he was tactically unsuited to them. And Kane would not have scored as many as Vardy in the same Leicester team if 2015/16 as it was primarily a counter-attacking team built around Vardy's pace and Vardy could not match Kane's number for us for a multitude of reasons. And Swansea played in a way specifically suited to Llorente but we don't. There's many factors at play when assessing a player and stats is often not even half the story.
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You’re so certain about everything. It’s so arrogant, and judging by some of your predictions on here, completely without foundation. Your fixation with Lamela is weird.
 
Joe Clash said:
You’re so certain about everything. It’s so arrogant, and judging by some of your predictions on here, completely without foundation. Your fixation with Lamela is weird.
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Don't you know Joe? He has an eye for this thing. He knew before anyone else that Lamela doesn't have the skills required to be a top professional player. And he can tell from all the Ligue 1 football he watches that Malcolm has all the skills to be a great player and Lucas doesn't.

You should just shut your mouth and listen to him. He's an absolute expert, especially when it comes to these things. You might think you know a lot Joe, but he was a tricky winger turned striker himself, so he speaks with some authority on this situation.

Show some respect. :lamelaaghh:
 
TheJockmur said:
Don't you know Joe? He has an eye for this thing. He knew before anyone else that Lamela doesn't have the skills required to be a top professional player. And he can tell from all the Ligue 1 football he watches that Malcolm has all the skills to be a great player and Lucas doesn't.

You should just shut your mouth and listen to him. He's an absolute expert, especially when it comes to these things. You might think you know a lot Joe, but he was a tricky winger turned striker himself, so he speaks with some authority on this situation.

Show some respect. :lamelaaghh:
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I didn't even mention Lamela. You're the one with obsession about him. Have you got an opinion yet about anything or are just gonna go on criticizing people for actually having an opinion and the confidence and self belief to share it? Who do you think we should buy? Tell us. Moura, Malcom... Someone else? No? Then why bother posting on this thread?
 
NW1Spur said:
I didn't even mention Lamela. You're the one with obsession about him. Have you got an opinion yet about anything or are just gonna go on criticizing people for actually having an opinion and the confidence and self belief to share it? Who do you think we should buy? Tell us. Moura, Malcom... Someone else? No? Then why bother posting on this thread?
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Thought you were putting me on ignore oh great one?

Here's the thing mate. Opinion are like arse holes and everyone has one. You seem to think something makes you special, but here's the thing mate, you're not special in the slightest. You're the most arrogant poster on here and you're so cock sure, yet whenever you post these days the majority of the people here don't even read what you say.

You're like Gibbs, only Gibbs actually had the aura around him to make people read his shit and laugh at him. You on the other hand? I think people assume you're 14 and just ignore you. It happens. I'm sure you'll get over it.
 
NW1Spur said:
Stats are bullshit. Moura plays in a better team that scores more goals ergo he'll have more assists/goals and better general stats, but that is just a reflection of the quality of players around him. It doesn't follow that Player A creates X amounts of chances at Club C therefore he'll continue to create X amount of chances at Club D. He won't - he'll create Y amount of chances. Do you think Sterling would maintain his stats if he went to West Brom? He wouldn't, his numbers would plummet - he'd score and create less.
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Or maybe Moura was right at home in the strongest team and was there on merit?

There are countless examples of promising players looking amazing as the big fish in weaker clubs who are something of a let down when they take the step up. Man Utd are the kings of this. There's loads of examples in our own recent past- Holtby, Janssen, Siggy, Chadli, Paulinho et al.
 
I'll ask again N-Spur N-Spur who did you play for? We must have all heard about you if you're such a tricky winger turned striker. You must have been really fucking good if you can decide that Erik Lamela is shit, and Lucas Moura is shit. So I'm assuming you must have played for one of the big teams since your opinion on professional football is so much more important than any other poster on this forum.
 
TheJockmur said:
I'll ask again N-Spur N-Spur who did you play for? We must have all heard about you if you're such a tricky winger turned striker. You must have been really fucking good if you can decide that Erik Lamela is shit, and Lucas Moura is shit. So I'm assuming you must have played for one of the big teams since your opinion on professional football is so much more important than any other poster on this forum.
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He knew Ousamane Dembele was going to be world class after 30 seconds of YouTube. I think he's Chuck Norris.
 
TheJockmur said:
Thought you were putting me on ignore oh great one?

Here's the thing mate. Opinion are like arse holes and everyone has one. You seem to think something makes you special, but here's the thing mate, you're not special in the slightest. You're the most arrogant poster on here and you're so cock sure, yet whenever you post these days the majority of the people here don't even read what you say.

You're like Gibbs, only Gibbs actually had the aura around him to make people read his shit and laugh at him. You on the other hand? I think people assume you're 14 and just ignore you. It happens. I'm sure you'll get over it.
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Listen, you're developing a thing about me, so it's best not to converse at all. You think I'm arrogant for having an opinion and self belief in it? Ok, whatever. I've become an expert on hemorrhoid creams and I always tell Anusol fan boys that they're wrong and Germoloids is better, my experience has taught me that. Does that make me arrogant?
 
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