A Horse Named Stranger Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Yes, somewhat convoluted thread title. Wanted to include the age of apocalypse thing, and somewhat ended up with that. Sorry. Going back to the old thread. @BigFatCoward the fee for Sane doesnt strike me as outrageously low. You have to factor in a few things. First, the obvious uncertain financial situation of all clubs. So no club in their right mind would pay 100m now. Sane was also entering the final year of his contract, and he made clear that he wanted to leave. So he was an item for a buyers market. Then City also has this pesky possible FFP ban pending over them. So they possibly were quite happy to dump some wages and take in a fee. In other news, Thiago apparently wants to leave Bayern. Rumor has Liverpool as his destination. Fantastic player, but I don't see how a playmaker fits into their system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: In other news, Thiago apparently wants to leave Bayern. Rumor has Liverpool as his destination. Fantastic player, but I don't see how a playmaker fits into their system. Rummenigge did say that it seems Thiago is eager to try something new. James Pearce reported that Klopp is an admirer of Thiago so a move cannot be rule out but given that Thiago is 29, has had injury issues and would cost ~€35m, it would go against the way Liverpool have operated in recent years. Christian Falk says United are interested too. Rummenigge also said that Bayern cannot afford to sign Havertz this season. Reports that Jude Bellingham has opted to join Dortmund. Fee reported to be around €25m but Birmingham journos say that the fee with add-ons will be around £30m. Romano reporting that Inter are in talks with Chelsea to sign Emerson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Thiago would really only make sense if Gini had no intention of signing an extension. Would be a class signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 35 minutes ago, Mark Antony said: Thiago would really only make sense if Gini had no intention of signing an extension. Would be a class signing. Even then, his age and injury profile don’t look right at that price. Timo Werner for 54m seems much better value than Thiago for 30m based on what we need. Especially with Keita and Ox both healthy and looking ready for MF roles, and Fabinho now the anchor of the MF. Hendo is hard to dislodge from the MF. Milner is still a back-up. Gini is inconsistent and not yet committed to a contract, but we have other players and wouldn’t want to sign anyone over 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Oof Maguire and De Gea with some comedy defending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Some seriously poor defending. This is De Gea's level now which is to say he's turned into the Spanish David James and Maguire is always susceptible against fleet-footed and nimble players. Hopefully this doesn't cost us points. With Chelsea losing, it's usually a safe bet that we will drop points too since we seem to be allergic to the top 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Was it Maguire who let Stanislas in? Thought it was Lindelöf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 On a different note (talents and whatnot), it's a bit strange to se Solanke struggling playing for a relegation fodder team (and not really making a mark at Chelsea or 'pool before that). He was the star of the WC-winning U21-squad, and was considered then a much better prospect than his strike partner - DCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 At least we've managed to put some daylight between ourselves and Bournemouth. We've been the better side by a country mile. It's just incredibly irritating that the 2 league goals we've conceded since the restart have been the result of school boy errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Shambolic start to the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 There is always someone to pick up from a relegated team. Cantwell from Norwich (and Buendia for pg), for instance. Who from Bournemouth will be raided? Fraser is a free agent, but the others .. Aké, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 We played Bournemouth off the park. Two pieces of utterly moronic defending made us sweat more than we needed to. Apart from that, it was all one way traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 40 minutes ago, Rorshach said: Who from Bournemouth will be raided? Fraser is a free agent, but the others .. Aké, perhaps? King will go. He's not a consistent enough scorer to be a main man for anyone but he works hard and offers versatility in attack, some mid-table team will find a use for him. He'd be a perfect Burnley player but they probably can't afford him for what he is so someone like Sheff Utd, Southampton or Arsenal might be interested. Billing's alright too and Harry Wilson will prolly get picked up. Anyway yeah apart from that one mistake in the first and the meltdown for five minutes at the start of the second that was class. We've turned around unbelievably in this kind of game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Callum Wilson has potential as well, at least for a mid-table side. But overall, it feels like there really isn't enough quality in the team to elevate it, and Howe hasn't managed to make the sum better than the sum of its parts this year. Too bad for Bournemouth, but I do suspect they go down this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Also, Saka can still play for Nigeria, can't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 This is a refreshing run of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Glad my love of Ramsey has now gone to Tierney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 hmm, I would have preferred some alternate thread titles: Scruffy games with scruffy heads This is football? I call FAKE NOISE! And we if have to make references to movie franchises - OK Zoomers, are you not entertained? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Milan comfortably beating Lazio. That will be two defeats in four games for Lazio since the restart which is a shame really. It looked like it was going to be a close title race especially since Lazio were flying before the lockdowns - 22 game unbeaten run with 18 wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Can't say I regret seeing Lazio lose. From all the clubs with racists biggots in their fan scene, Lazio are by far the worst. So fuck Lazio, and oh, yeah, also fuck di Canio, while we are at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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