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João Palhinha

harr1984 said:
He was Jose's first summer signing. If he was as bad as being implied then him and Conte most certainly would have prioritised a replacement for the first team. He was a mainstay for four seasons and got flogged to death so obviously his performances were going to be affected at times. Yes we can and do have better now, but Hojberg was not close to being one of our worst midfielders over the past 30 years....
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He was seen as a 14m bargain signing and I maintain, had zero competition, if we were backing Jose with 30/40m for players he isn't picking him up IMO.

Anyway as I said, he has gone, thankfully, we move on. COYS
 
Never mind the PEH comparisons, reading online about signing Palhinha I thought we were getting a Michael Brown regen.

His profile is perfect for us now as his ability to break up play frees up others. Not to take it back to the Ange discourse but I think if we’d signed him last season it wouldn’t have worked as well as it has thus far. As shown with the line up against Burnley he’d not be as effective against teams when we have the majority of possession. This is the benefit of TF in charge, hell cut his cloth to suit his needs
 
Does he throw his hands in the air? Lose the ball and doesn’t track back whilst moaning at the ref? No i didn’t think so, he is superior to PEH
 
Gazza said:
Can we stop beating previous players due to having a nice shiny new toy. PEH always made an effort. He didn’t kick up a stink and was always professional.

This new boy is mint.
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Amazing isn't it. Anyone doing well for a game or two is a reason to bring up players in the same position you just feel like slagging off. PEH was never an out and out 6 anyways tbh.

But it's not a coincidence that now Palhinha comes in and suddenly our midfield looks a whole lot better as a result. In fairness I didn't see the Burnley game but Gray can't have done too badly without Palhinha next to him, I didn't hear much about his performance. The risk is if our Bayern Munich loanee picks up a long term injury early on. I guess it depends what happens with Bissouma..
 
harr1984 said:
No one is saying he was amazing but I seriously doubt one of our worst midfielders over the past 30 years would be a mainstay under both Mourinho and Conte. His appearances record in the league is ridiculous, always available and almost never got rested. But opinions eh....

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Surely what happened last year in his absence speaks of the work he did.
 
spurspinter1 said:
Amazing isn't it. Anyone doing well for a game or two is a reason to bring up players in the same position you just feel like slagging off. PEH was never an out and out 6 anyways tbh.

But it's not a coincidence that now Palhinha comes in and suddenly our midfield looks a whole lot better as a result. In fairness I didn't see the Burnley game but Gray can't have done too badly without Palhinha next to him, I didn't hear much about his performance. The risk is if our Bayern Munich loanee picks up a long term injury early on. I guess it depends what happens with Bissouma..
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TBF there was alot of jokiness to it.

YIDS
 
Grays_1890 said:
TBF there was alot of jokiness to it.

YIDS
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It's more the people piling mate it's a fair pun. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, and the main thing is that we're in a good place with midfield in the here and now!

I appreciate it's still early days on the signing, nonetheless the club has made a smart move and upgrading our first XI for the season in position we badly needed.
 
spurspinter1 said:
all told It's more the people piling mate it's a fair pun. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, and the main thing is that we're in a good place with midfield in the here and now!

I appreciate it's still early days on the signing, nonetheless the club has made a smart move and upgrading our first XI for the season in position we badly needed.
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Yeh agree............
 
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