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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.
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I was watching, it was like Munich were playing against a defence made up of Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Andrea Bolceli and Douglas Bader.
Please don't think I am exaggerating, Munich missed as many as they scored.
Bloody hell calm down.
Skipp missed months due to a groin infection, and has missed last few weeks due to studs causing an impact injury.
Zaniolo has had 2 ACL ruptures which are more serious, and the fact he’s had 2 shows he may be prone to ACL tears.
Skip’s injuries certainly wont impact him long term, but ACLs can.
Not hating on Zaniolo; but that injury record must be taken into account for player valuations.
Dribbler is a bit of a broad term. He’s not a silky dribbler, but an effective one in wide 1v1 opportunities. See the stat below. Not only highest % but way higher in # of attempts which makes it even more impressive.
I see where you might think this, but we're talking about buying players that aren't ready for OUR first team yet.
Historically, we've had more success with players going out on loan and coming back as better players, whereas I can't think of a single young player that we've either brought through solely from the academy, or bought in and then put in our reserves whilst they mature, that's made it as a real top quality player. The last I can think of actually is Hoddle.
Kane became better through loans and first team action there, despite some being failures. Danny Rose is another.
More often than not, the loan is the polar opposite of counterproductive.
No one is prone to ACL tears, unless their leg muscles are made of wet tissue.
The vast majority are caused by impacts, and are usually the result of bad luck more than anything else.
I had both my ACL and PCL snapped in a game, effectively ending all of my Footballing aspirations, and it was pure bad luck. I toed a ball away from an advancing player as he was swinging a leg at it. Had he been a split second earlier, I'd have ended up with not much more than a bruised knee. As it was, he connected with the side of my knee just as I planted my foot. The ground was fairly moist, so my studs anchored, he connected and my knee folded sideways.
I screamed like a 12 year old at a Justin Beaber concert!
The point being that those kind of impact injuries are pure bad luck. For Zaniolo to have had one to each knee is disgustingly bad luck. I'd be inclined to bring him in just because karma would make him the luckiest player on every pitch he played on after that!
Donations can be sent to The Injury Prone Players Rehabilitation Society
That looks really encouraging... until you see Sissoko in 3rd place and wonder what sort of leftfield stat this must be. :/
Sissoko is a good ball carrier, that doesn't surprise me at all. It was the rest of his game that was a problem.
Yup. Whatever criteria was used is clearly garbage.
I can only assume the ball bouncing off Sissoko's shin enabling Moussa to recover it whilst the defender looks round in confusion counts as a "successful dribble".
If they aren't going to get many minutes for us, it makes a lot of sense for them to be getting regular first team football at a decent level somewhere else. Much better for their education and development than getting three games for us in the League/FA Cup.
If ever there was a list that highlighted the over valuation of dribbling, that's it.
Will you be doing your in depth post match analysis this season, bus?
I always found it a good read and missed it last season.
Yep. Agree.
It’s not really the principle that annoys me, rather the sums we’re paying for the prospects. Gil was not cheap. Doesn’t look like this kid will be either.
I think we’re spending a lot of money on these deals when, at the same time, perhaps blanching at spending an extra 15 million or so on a proven player that will slot straight into the team. Still feels like there’s a slight lottery element to our recruitment. I know, in reality, all transfers represent a risk but we don’t half seem to buy some duds.
Cheers. Might rustle up the odd pop up boutique post match thread, I know how much they were loved by the hipsters like Mick Cooper and Co..
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Return of the turtle in a windsock?
Yeah, might have been nice to have added one or two real cock knocking first team improvers wouldn't it. I kind thought that was what the 150k Smoking Joe found down the back of the sofa might enable, to mix in with some of the more value items.
KWP is better than all our RWB options currently.
Should have given him a chance.
I laughed at "chuckle dickheads".
The obvious comparison that I can think of is Chelsea. As odious as it is to watch them suck up half the u21 market, it seems to have paid dividends for them in giving them a consistent stable of young international talent.
I'm not mad we're starting to do it too. The best way I can think of it is that it might be something that can keep us competitive with, or even give us an edge versus, the highest spending clubs in the world.