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Transfers Summer Transfer thread - 2024

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Klaus said:
Ha I know. The Mikey Moore comparison was a joke. I just don't know if you could call Palmer PL proven last summer when all he'd had was a smattering of sub appearances.
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Yea, I was stretching it a bit...but he had 19 appearances and Man City & Pep did not want him to leave and, from Chelksi had seen on of him they felt did not hesitate in paying the fee of £45m.
PS! Part of being EPL proven is being born in Manchester and staying there for 20 years ;)
 
bus-conductor said:
Level above Bissouma defensively?



And Onana plays for a more defensive team as well
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Every time I’ve watched Onana I think he’s looked a handful. However the 2 Everton fans I know both (separately) are quite keen to sell which alarms me.
Not that fans (as we prove on here on a daily basis) can’t have moronic opinions but inclined to trust those who regularly watch over the 3/4 games I’ve seen of him.
 
TommyD123 said:
Every time I’ve watched Onana I think he’s looked a handful. However the 2 Everton fans I know both (separately) are quite keen to sell which alarms me.
Not that fans (as we prove on here on a daily basis) can’t have moronic opinions but inclined to trust those who regularly watch over the 3/4 games I’ve seen of him.
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If enough fans don’t rate or are unhappy to see a player leave their club then I usually go by their judgement. This is evidence from when I didn’t want to sign sissoko because I thought he was shit. Then when we did all the newcastle fans were delighted to get rid of him so it just reinforced my opinion.
 
Brian Fantana said:
If enough fans don’t rate or are unhappy to see a player leave their club then I usually go by their judgement. This is evidence from when I didn’t want to sign sissoko because I thought he was shit. Then when we did all the newcastle fans were delighted to get rid of him so it just reinforced my opinion.
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And it transpired he was worse than shit. Worse signing than Ndombele
 
TommyD123 said:
On the Madders competition, I can see that being a combination of Kulu and Bergvall this year with a view to Kulu being replaced by Devine or Donley in 25/26.
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Could be that too, mate.

It’s a lot to do in one summer and we know these owners won’t allow budget to get it all done. If GLC doesn’t move early, we will probably know what’s up…

I think the links to Baena, Eze, MGW, and the Ukrainian kid make it pretty clear they are looking at a player who can play wide or 10.

Let’s see what they actually do though.
 
Klaus said:
Does it matter who I was?

Plenty of people called him out, as they do every year as he's a Grade-A bullshit artist. And plenty of people get kicked off there cos the mods are trigger-happy and desperate to protect their precious fake ITKs so they can justify asking for donations whenever they come round with their begging bowl
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No it doesn't, I was just interested.

You don't need to tell me about the mods, they kicked me off for a PM to Trix, so personal messages, as it turns out, aren't actually that personal in there.
 
bus-conductor said:
Level above Bissouma defensively?



And Onana plays for a more defensive team as well
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knew I didn’t need to fight this one.

I’m with you mate, Bissouma to Onana for a cost of 50m is madness and there’s no chance we do it imo.

Ange needs a 6 that can break lines with passes as well as cover ground and win the ball. Biss can do most of what he needs but he’s been fragile this season.

I don’t see the perfect 6 on the market tbh. I think we will end up getting an 8.
 
Ionman34 said:
No it doesn't, I was just interested.

You don't need to tell me about the mods, they kicked me off for a PM to Trix, so personal messages, as it turns out, aren't actually that personal in there.
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Can't even remember why they kicked me off although I questioned their ITK loads of times, got to the point where I got banned from the transfer section because I said Trix was speaking shit and had an agenda and he had a complete meltdown threatening to leave the site.

I distinctly remember when 'The Goat' which was just A&C's way of releasing bullshit stories when traffic was down and to get donations released some info which was so obviously made up and put a funny rating on the post and he went nuts lol I think that was the start of our beef.

I had so many run ins with A&C over Levy and ENIC, I think the tip of the iceberg came during the ESL when I rebuttaled his post slating ENIC with facts and said said something like 'next time do your research' or something like that, he pm'd me absolutely fuming saying how lucky I am to be on the site and if I carry on he'll ban me etc... 😆

Anyway in the end I found that after the site went down I couldn't access the site when I was logged in, they blocked me for like a month then eventually removing my access.

Weird place, good members though but the mods over there are all just a bunch of wankers who gaslight people into paying money for bullshit info and dress it up as if it's paying for server costs lol
 
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bus-conductor said:
Level above Bissouma defensively?



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It'll help if you watch the games with your eyes mate. Defensive stats are notoriously misleading, going by stats Davinson Sanchez is one of the best CBs in the world.

As for Bissouma if you've watched him getting easily jogged past on multiple occasions this season and still think he's good enough defensively I dont know what to say.
 
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Klaus said:
Watch the games with your eyes mate, defensive stats are notoriously misleading. They'd put Davinson Sanchez as one of the best CBs in the world.

As for Bissouma if you've watched him getting easily jogged past on multiple occasions and still think he's good enough defensively I dont know what to say.
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Have you watched Onana enough to be sure he hasn't been jogged past a couple of times?

Nobody scrutinizes a player as much as their own fans.

Those stats are a full season. And a season where Bissouma caught Malaria and had a crisis of confidence after allowing yellow and red cards to sabotage him. The 2 red cards were totally bogus if you look at what the officials had called since.

Bissouma needs to up his levels of discipline and get some more fuckoffness in his attitude to being sabotaged by stupid officials. We need to push him with a young ambitious kid like Gray, not spend 50m replacing him with a possibly (most likely) inferior player.

If we were talking Ugarte I could see it differently but he's not coming here for the wages we offer.
 
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