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Post by Pricey on Jan 11, 2018 10:33:21 GMT
That will prove a bargain from what I've seen of him. Reminds me of Cazorla. Excellent close control, can find a decisive pass out of nowhere, scores goals and can play anywhere in a midfield.
I feel like our main strategy is to look for value abroad. There's plenty of young talent in this country that won't cost the earth and we rarely seem to be in for any of it.
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Post by thegift on Jan 11, 2018 10:34:18 GMT
Manager is the priority - let the new manager decide who he wants to bring in.
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Post by Pricey on Jan 11, 2018 10:36:01 GMT
Manager is the priority - let the new manager decide who he wants to bring in. I'm not sure that's how it works anymore. |
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Post by thegift on Jan 11, 2018 10:37:38 GMT
Manager is the priority - let the new manager decide who he wants to bring in. I'm not sure that's how it works anymore. It is, i think Hughes wanted Bauer anyway so don't be fooled that the manager doesn't make the signings |
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Post by CashBack on Jan 11, 2018 10:38:53 GMT
That will prove a bargain from what I've seen of him. Reminds me of Cazorla. Excellent close control, can find a decisive pass out of nowhere, scores goals and can play anywhere in a midfield. I feel like our main strategy is to look for value abroad. There's plenty of young talent in this country that won't cost the earth and we rarely seem to be in for any of it. James Maddison is as good now and has far more potential. We should be snapping players like him up now for 5-10 million as potential to double in the future, he’s English, market prices increasing etc |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 11, 2018 10:41:01 GMT
He may turn out to be bargain of the century, but I watched the Norwich Chelsea game (albeit with one eye) and I can't say Pritchard 'stood out' overly.
And £14m is a huge gamble for the Udders.
I suppose time will tell.
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Post by Pricey on Jan 11, 2018 10:42:55 GMT
I'm not sure that's how it works anymore. It is, i think Hughes wanted Bauer anyway so don't be fooled that the manager doesn't make the signings There's much more of a committee-approach to things now. The big money we spent (Shaqiri, Imbula, Allen, Berahino, Wimmer) while Hughes was here suggests to me that the manager/coach doesn't always know best. |
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Post by thegift on Jan 11, 2018 10:44:16 GMT
It is, i think Hughes wanted Bauer anyway so don't be fooled that the manager doesn't make the signings There's much more of a committee-approach to things now. The big money we spent (Shaqiri, Imbula, Allen, Berahino, Wimmer) while Hughes was here suggests to me that the manager/coach doesn't always know best. That's because when Hughes signed the majority of players for big money they went to shit. When he was on a budget he managed it much better. |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 11, 2018 10:50:24 GMT
That will prove a bargain from what I've seen of him. Reminds me of Cazorla. Excellent close control, can find a decisive pass out of nowhere, scores goals and can play anywhere in a midfield. I feel like our main strategy is to look for value abroad. There's plenty of young talent in this country that won't cost the earth and we rarely seem to be in for any of it. James Maddison is as good now and has far more potential. We should be snapping players like him up now for 5-10 million as potential to double in the future, he’s English, market prices increasing etc Thanks. He was the one I was trying to think of who actually caught my other eye. |
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Post by sportsman on Jan 11, 2018 10:50:45 GMT
I can't say i know who he is?
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Post by Pricey on Jan 11, 2018 10:51:11 GMT
That will prove a bargain from what I've seen of him. Reminds me of Cazorla. Excellent close control, can find a decisive pass out of nowhere, scores goals and can play anywhere in a midfield. I feel like our main strategy is to look for value abroad. There's plenty of young talent in this country that won't cost the earth and we rarely seem to be in for any of it. James Maddison is as good now and has far more potential. We should be snapping players like him up now for 5-10 million as potential to double in the future, he’s English, market prices increasing etc I haven't seen Maddison, but yeah, there are now a plethora of technically-gifted young players in this country and it'd be nice if we showed serious interest in some of them. We're in danger of being left behind. |
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Post by Pricey on Jan 11, 2018 10:56:33 GMT
I can't say i know who he is? He's a 24-year-old midfielder who came through at Spurs, was very good on loan to Brentford, eventually Spurs let him go to Norwich for £8m where he was excellent last season vs Hudderfield, who are now paying £14m for him. |
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Post by spitthedog on Jan 11, 2018 10:58:37 GMT
I'm not sure that's how it works anymore. It is, i think Hughes wanted Bauer anyway so don't be fooled that the manager doesn't make the signings Well that makes sense!!! Let a manager choose a player.....then sack the manager....then sign the player who he wanted...mmmm!!! |
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Post by thegift on Jan 11, 2018 11:00:11 GMT
It is, i think Hughes wanted Bauer anyway so don't be fooled that the manager doesn't make the signings Well that makes sense!!! Let a manager choose a player.....then sack the manager....then sign the player who he wanted...mmmm!!! STD he had to be sacked though... |
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Post by RAF on Jan 11, 2018 11:01:02 GMT
I'm not sure that's how it works anymore. It is, i think Hughes wanted Bauer anyway so don't be fooled that the manager doesn't make the signings You think? Exactly. H |
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Post by Gods on Jan 11, 2018 11:21:19 GMT
I can't say i know who he is? He's a 24-year-old midfielder who came through at Spurs, was very good on loan to Brentford, eventually Spurs let him go to Norwich for £8m where he was excellent last season vs Hudderfield, who are now paying £14m for him. Spurs do have some good players who are surplus to requirement then? We were just unlucky that we ended up £25 million poorer and stuck with Palacios and Wimmer's wages for 9 long years between them  |
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Post by wagsastokie on Jan 11, 2018 12:13:56 GMT
He may turn out to be bargain of the century, but I watched the Norwich Chelsea game (albeit with one eye) and I can't say Pritchard 'stood out' overly. And £14m is a huge gamble for the Udders. I suppose time will tell. A lot of the Norwich fans I know can't believe they've Managed to get that amount for him They all rate Maddison far more |
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Post by alster on Jan 11, 2018 12:48:08 GMT
He may turn out to be bargain of the century, but I watched the Norwich Chelsea game (albeit with one eye) and I can't say Pritchard 'stood out' overly. And £14m is a huge gamble for the Udders. I suppose time will tell. Seems like you've got a touch of the Coateses £14M is a small fee in Premier League terms its not hard to see how if you think £14M is a big fee when a championship club are looking to spend £30+ why you might be swapping positions in the near future. |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 11, 2018 12:55:44 GMT
He may turn out to be bargain of the century, but I watched the Norwich Chelsea game (albeit with one eye) and I can't say Pritchard 'stood out' overly. And £14m is a huge gamble for the Udders. I suppose time will tell. Seems like you've got a touch of the Coateses £14M is a small fee in Premier League terms its not hard to see how if you think £14M is a big fee when a championship club are looking to spend £30+ why you might be swapping positions in the near future. And yet bizarrely £12m for a premier league striker was 'spunked' when it turned out the gamble failed. |
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Post by alster on Jan 11, 2018 12:59:37 GMT
Seems like you've got a touch of the Coateses £14M is a small fee in Premier League terms its not hard to see how if you think £14M is a big fee when a championship club are looking to spend £30+ why you might be swapping positions in the near future. And yet bizarrely £12m for a premier league striker was 'spunked' when it turned out the gamble failed. That's just some of our fans having the same mentality and living in the past £12M for a Premier League striker is peanuts. Time and a new manager with different ideas will tell whether it was spunked or not but it in no way buys you a cert or anything close. |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 11, 2018 13:04:33 GMT
And yet bizarrely £12m for a premier league striker was 'spunked' when it turned out the gamble failed. That's just some of our fans having the same mentality and living in the past £12M for a Premier League striker is peanuts. Time and a new manager with different ideas will tell whether it was spunked or not but it in no way buys you a cert or anything close. And that's why I said this lad Pritchard is a gamble at £14m for a club the size of Huddersfield. |
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Post by kustokie on Jan 11, 2018 13:08:17 GMT
There's much more of a committee-approach to things now. The big money we spent (Shaqiri, Imbula, Allen, Berahino, Wimmer) while Hughes was here suggests to me that the manager/coach doesn't always know best. That's because when Hughes signed the majority of players for big money they went to shit. When he was on a budget he managed it much better. That’s one thing I don’t understand about Hughes. Several players like Imbula, Joselu, Allen started well and faded away. Allen has recovered most his initial form but the other two never did. |
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Post by alster on Jan 11, 2018 13:09:38 GMT
That's just some of our fans having the same mentality and living in the past £12M for a Premier League striker is peanuts. Time and a new manager with different ideas will tell whether it was spunked or not but it in no way buys you a cert or anything close. And that's why I said this lad Pritchard is a gamble at £14m for a club the size of Huddersfield. You described it as a huge gamble. It isn't for a Premier League club its small to modest but of course it is a gamble. We've seen enough instances of the big boys spending £40/50M and it not coming off to know that. |
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Post by alster on Jan 11, 2018 13:12:03 GMT
That's because when Hughes signed the majority of players for big money they went to shit. When he was on a budget he managed it much better. That’s one thing I don’t understand about Hughes. Several players like Imbula, Joselu, Allen started well and faded away. Allen has recovered most his initial form but the other two never did. Possibly because the managements thinking has been very confused for an extended period. If they can't make their mind up what they want how will they know it when they see it and how will they communicate what they want to a player if they don't know themselves. |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 11, 2018 13:16:14 GMT
And that's why I said this lad Pritchard is a gamble at £14m for a club the size of Huddersfield. You described it as a huge gamble. It isn't for a Premier League club its small to modest but of course it is a gamble. We've seen enough instances of the big boys spending £40/50M and it not coming off to know that. But that's why I qualified it by saying it was a huge gamble for Huddersfield who I suspect don't have a bottomless money pit. But I might be wrong. It wouldn't of course have been a huge gamble for Manchester City but a gamble all the same. |
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Post by alster on Jan 11, 2018 13:20:36 GMT
You described it as a huge gamble. It isn't for a Premier League club its small to modest but of course it is a gamble. We've seen enough instances of the big boys spending £40/50M and it not coming off to know that. But that's why I qualified it by saying it was a huge gamble for Huddersfield who I suspect don't have a bottomless money pit. But I might be wrong. It wouldn't of course have been a huge gamble for Manchester City but a gamble all the same. I doubt it is a huge gamble at all. Young English player of pedigree successful at championship level, contract with relegation clauses. It might work out it might not but I'll stick with my thoughts it's a smallish gamble. |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jan 11, 2018 13:25:42 GMT
But that's why I qualified it by saying it was a huge gamble for Huddersfield who I suspect don't have a bottomless money pit. But I might be wrong. It wouldn't of course have been a huge gamble for Manchester City but a gamble all the same. I doubt it is a huge gamble at all. Young English player of pedigree successful at championship level, contract with relegation clauses. It might work out it might not but I'll stick with my thoughts it's a smallish gamble. Ok mate whatever you say. Huge, medium, small? Sheesh. I can't be arsed. I know you can keep this up for hours, I can't. Thanks. |
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Post by Godo on Jan 11, 2018 18:28:52 GMT
.......and I wonder how much Bryan at Bristol would cost to solve our LB problem. A couple of players at Notts For who I think could do a job too.....I don't understand how our scouting works???
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Post by adi on Jan 12, 2018 7:42:28 GMT
.......and I wonder how much Bryan at Bristol would cost to solve our LB problem. A couple of players at Notts For who I think could do a job too.....I don't understand how our scouting works??? Allow me to enlighten you: We think we’re too big time to look beneath us regardless of the talent that awaits. We’d rather go for damaged goods or average to below average players from the big boys. Sometimes works but mostly it’s been failing. Fair play to Huddersfield for having the vision to look around. |
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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Jan 12, 2018 7:52:13 GMT
Is this the Pritchard who played for England u21's?
He's bloody rubbish!
As for Maddison at Norwich, he was poor in the spl so he is another one who is overrated on the back of a few good months.
We need defensive midfielders anyway
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