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CroJack

CroJack

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It seems Cooper is staying.

We still don't know anything about Roberts and Grimes.

We have signed a 19 years old striker from Wigan.

Liveerpool want to sell Neco Williams. Price? £10m minimum.

Anderlecht are allegedly interested in Yan Dhanda.

No news about Joel Piroe and Thomas Henry.

Jordon Garrick says he is ready to make an impact at Swansea next season.
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

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If Nico Williams is worth 10 then Connor is easily worth 15 .... which means he's gone as soon as our exec's can make it happen.

Against Italy, Mancini switched the winger Chiesa from the left to the right early on and turned Nico's game into a nightmare.

Where are all the crazy clubs when you need them ... Andy Pandy ... comes with a teddy and looby loo ... who can refuse.
 
ivoralljack

ivoralljack

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Yankee_Jack said:
If Nico Williams is worth 10 then Connor is easily worth 15 .... which means he's gone as soon as our exec's can make it happen.
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Wasn't Neco playing out of position at LB. Makes it harder against quality players. I suppose there's a premium for buying Premier League players as opposed to those from the Championship.
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

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ivoralljack said:
Wasn't Neco playing out of position at LB. Makes it harder against quality players. I suppose there's a premium for buying Premier League players as opposed to those from the Championship.
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Williams was LWB with Gunther inside him. Gunther offered zero protection and Chiesa had Williams for speed and everything else ... he couldn't even get close enough to kick him. Mancini is no fool and he obviously saw something in the first few minutes that caused him to make the switch.
 
CroJack

CroJack

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Cooper is obviously staying, and we have signed 21 years old striker Jöel Piroe from PSV. That's it.

We have four young strikers now. One or even two of them will be sent out on loan to the lower league(s).

We are still not in the market for an attacking midfielder.
 
KVetch

KVetch

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An attacking midfielder, I would love to get MGW back. Cullen and Lowe can give us the pace but we need to create. We can survive losing Grimes with Fulton taking his place. Selling Roberts would be a blow. Bidwell, Cabango, Manning, Bennet, Roberts is a good back line with the experience of Naughton and Latibeaudiere for depth. After that it's a wonder why we haven't been in for creativity. It's our most glaring issue.
 
Jackflash

Jackflash

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CroJack said:
Yet another defensive midfielder. Ten appearances from the start since 2017.
Not good enough for Everton, Birmingham and Bristol, and suddenly good enough for Swansea. 🤦‍♂️
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Typical example of the penny pinching outfit that's running us, add to that a manager that either hasn't got the balls or brains to reject him.
 
Jackflash

Jackflash

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CroJack said:
Yet another defensive midfielder. Ten appearances from the start since 2017.
Not good enough for Everton, Birmingham and Bristol, and suddenly good enough for Swansea. 🤦‍♂️
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Only made 3 appearances for Birmingham, and was booked on the first was benched for the rest of the season, but as you say CJ, good enough for Swansea.
 
KVetch

KVetch

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Wish we could get this Henry transfer settled. £6 million would be the biggest fee our owners have ever spent on a player since the £3.4 million for Celina. If this doesn't get done I hope they have a plan B.
 
CroJack

CroJack

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KVetch said:
Wish we could get this Henry transfer settled. £6 million would be the biggest fee our owners have ever spent on a player since the £3.4 million for Celina. If this doesn't get done I hope they have a plan B.
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Better to give £6m to a good manager who would make us play some good attacking football and improve our own players.

Lowe, Cullen, Whittaker, Piroe, Joseph, Garrick...that's enough fire power up front in the hands of a good manager who knows what he is doing.

Bielsa has transformed Leeds from a mid-table Monk-managed club to a winning machine. He has transformed Leeds players from a sorry bunch of losers to warriors. Pablo Hernandez has always been an excellent player, but under Bielsa he played the best football ever. Kalvin Philips, Patrick Bamford etc. have become the players they are now thanks to Bielsa. Just imagine how much would Grimes, Fulton, and even Dhanda improve under a manager of Bielsa's quality?

Last season we had a squad good enough to win promotion, but our football was not good enough and our players didn't progressed under Cooper as much as they would under a much better manager.

We had Ayew last season and even Ayew couldn't get us over the line when it mattered.

We don't need a £6m striker. We need a manager who will make us play superior football and transform Cullen and Whittaker to strikers worth £20m each.
 
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