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Transfer thread
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Dicko
Nick Barmby
Luckily most are crocked so it's a problem for the summer!
paxtonwolf
Ron Henry
Some may scoff, but, you could be barking up the correct tree...
Johnson sold, Biss is as good as gone, Bentancur having another serious injury probably means we move on as well.
Just on that, it's 3 out with a 1 HG in.
Personal opinion, we will likely move on Sarr as well (always felt it was 2 of Sarr, Bergvall, Gray). Keep Paulhinha and get a progressive passer from deep, start next season with Maddison & Deki back as well.
Bullet
Paul Stewart
Oh, I didn't realise this was the Conor Gallagher thread, I thought the Conor Gallagher thread was the Conor Gallagher thread.
When Villa were in the hot seat, I was a bit annoyed because I remember them signing Tielemans and most people on this board saying Tielemans was brick and immobile and we definitely shouldn't sign him, and I remember people on this board saying McGinn was an inathletic fat-arse who struggles to get around the pitch and wasn't good enough for Spurs and... it is these types of experienced pro's that know how to win games and know when to push and when to feign injury and when to wind someone up and when to go in for the decisive moments.
Maybe Frank saw how Villa passed through our limp attack/midfield/defence twice in a row on Saturday and thought "nope, we need to change this".
When Villa were in the hot seat, I was a bit annoyed because I remember them signing Tielemans and most people on this board saying Tielemans was brick and immobile and we definitely shouldn't sign him, and I remember people on this board saying McGinn was an inathletic fat-arse who struggles to get around the pitch and wasn't good enough for Spurs and... it is these types of experienced pro's that know how to win games and know when to push and when to feign injury and when to wind someone up and when to go in for the decisive moments.
Maybe Frank saw how Villa passed through our limp attack/midfield/defence twice in a row on Saturday and thought "nope, we need to change this".
Gazza Dazzla
Rafael Van Der Vaart
You talk like that’s not on the manager? Check out the Adam cleary video in the “give him time?” thread, spells out the problem in no uncertain terms..
Bullet
Paul Stewart
I've seen the video. I'm certainly not saying Frank is blameless in our limpness, I'm just saying that Frank wants to change it e.g. maybe he told Gray and Palhinha to get tight on Tielemans or Buendia and not stand between them all doing nothing. Maybe he told Porro to kick Malen REALLY hard in the shins, rather than allow him to do whatever he wanted. Maybe he trusts Gallagher to kick someone REALLY, REALLY hard.
Finney Is Back
Paul Stewart
As I said…. Comes straight in as our best midfield player.
WillWeEverBeGoodAgain
Johnny nice-tits
Dier might be off to the Hammers
Bullet
Paul Stewart
I'm not head-over-heels in love with the signing of Gallagher as a person/player/profile but I am mightily happy that we are signing a Prem-proven player who turns 26 in a few weeks, he was captain of Cheatski and their best player at points AND it is for a good price, not £80m for example.
That is what I want now really, proven players that can definitely lift us up, not another 18 year old that we coach/train/play/coach/train/coach/suffer through all their mistakes for 3 years and then at 21 we say we still aren't sure about them.
Having said all that, and to contradict myself... is Hayden Hackney good enough?
Maybe we will replace Paratici with a simple algorithm; each year buy the top midfielder from the Championship, buy the top winger from Ligue1, buy the top defender from the Bundesliga... simple!
That is what I want now really, proven players that can definitely lift us up, not another 18 year old that we coach/train/play/coach/train/coach/suffer through all their mistakes for 3 years and then at 21 we say we still aren't sure about them.
Having said all that, and to contradict myself... is Hayden Hackney good enough?
Maybe we will replace Paratici with a simple algorithm; each year buy the top midfielder from the Championship, buy the top winger from Ligue1, buy the top defender from the Bundesliga... simple!
Finney Is Back
Paul Stewart
Mate - never assume that people on here have a scooby about football and footballers (present company excepted of course!
)Finney Is Back
Paul Stewart
Appears to have a touch of the Declan Rice about him in that highlights reel doesn't he?
Bullet
Paul Stewart
Yes. It's interesting that every single clip is either a fairly standard tackle, or a 10-15 yard pass, or a 10 yard dribble then a 10-15 yard pass. It all looks so basic and so easy, I find myself wondering why Bergvall/Gray/etc make it look so impossible to achieve.
If you put together a highlights reel for Bergvall it would all be 40 yard runs and 40 yard passes and 40 yard shots, yet these little moments from Hackney look so effective and should be well within the wheelhouse of our current players to progress the ball up the centre of the pitch; imagine that!
I think some players just make it look easier than it is. Otherwise every single professional midfielder would be progressing the ball easily up the centre of the pitch!
ricky2tricky4city
Chris Jones
Perhaps it's because he's in the Championship and our players are in the PL.....just a thought
How does it compare to Skipps videos from his time at Norwich i wonder?
Bishop
Jimmy McCormick
40 yard pass from Bergvall? You sure about that?
Bishop
Jimmy McCormick
Skipp was never much of a passer even at Norwich. He was commanding and dominant but his passing range was mediocre and never really improved.
Bullet
Paul Stewart
Yes, Bergvall loves to ping it long.40 yard pass from Bergvall? You sure about that?
For your pleasure, I googled and watched the first youtube video of Bergvall that came up and noted all the times Bergvall pings it long:
17s
23s
45s
53s
58s
1:50s
2:38s
3:50s
4:05s
4:37s
In fact, Bergvall looks bloody brilliant in this video. Tackling masterclass, lovely player, we should sign him instead of Hayden Hackney, eh.
Hmmm I seem to recall that the videos of him regularly posted during that season showed a good passing range