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Post by cheadlestokie on Jul 19, 2015 11:26:07 GMT
Is Yarmolenko really a world class player? I am asking as I have only seen bits and pieces of a few games in which he has been involved and he seemed to be great at times and a bit of a liability at others. Didn't seem to track back at all and not particularly consistent with his end product Is he world class? No. If he was then we wouldn't be in with a sniff of signing him and he would be £40million. Is he a good player? Yes. Strong, pacy, can play wide or through the centre and has an eye for goal. 19 goals in 48 Internationals, debuted as a teenager. And we're questioning whether he tracks back. It's a fucking mindset we'll never shake off ffs. I'm not talking about tracking back in the Tp way but all players including wide men have to have some responsibility to do so. Annie has been taught what is necessary and Winger showed he was prepared to do so when he played on the right although not natural for him to do so I am certainly not talking of the way Etherington had to charge forwards and backwards relentlessly which ended with him being knackered and possibly ending his career a season or two before it should gave done.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 11:32:14 GMT
Yarno and Arno. What a team!
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Jul 19, 2015 11:36:55 GMT
who the hell is our "Sports Director"?
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 19, 2015 11:39:11 GMT
who the hell is our "Sports Director"? Carto possibly? I treat much of what that twitter account produces with extreme scepticism anyway, so wouldn't be surprised if he is inventing it. Can't see it being reported anywhere else
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jul 19, 2015 11:41:30 GMT
who the hell is our "Sports Director"? Must be Cartwight surely? I didn't see any evidence that he was in Singapore - and you'd expect him to be left in Europe to mind the shop.
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Post by ashleyscfc on Jul 19, 2015 11:47:14 GMT
Agree it must be Cartwright, we haven't had a sporting director in that nature since Rudgey have we? And Cartwright is in charge of sorting the technicalities of bringing players in so I imagine its him. I do think overall its been a success since he came into place, albeit we have certainly changed how and what kind of players we buy.
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Post by cymap on Jul 19, 2015 11:50:18 GMT
hes tweeted Yarmalenko will speak either tonight or tomorrow
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Post by cymap on Jul 19, 2015 11:55:20 GMT
Personally I think hes a chancer. No way he would know what we are "prepared" to pay. If we had actually bid that and he said it then he could have actually known that but not what we are prepared to pay.
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Post by bmstoke on Jul 19, 2015 11:58:25 GMT
I can already feel the disappointment building.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 19, 2015 11:58:45 GMT
Sadly, proof that this guy is bullshitting, as if we needed any after the crap he was posting during the Kono chase.
As if we'd pay £21m + £3.5m-a-year to Yarmo.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 12:02:14 GMT
Just been Asking Hughes on SSN about him - the bit I caught made it look like we are in serious pursuit - jesus wept hed better be good ! -thats all I can say
(I dont like transfer fees above £10m and I tend to be rather sckeptical about the eastern Europeans - Broadly speaking, I dont really recall any of them having a good track record in our brand of football)
happy to be proved wrong
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Post by ttownstokie on Jul 19, 2015 12:02:33 GMT
30 million, Stoke, yea right, nor would I want us to.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Jul 19, 2015 12:02:51 GMT
The great news is the EURO is dropping daily against the Pound so its easy to bump the bid up a little more
30 mill EURO is currently only 20.8 mln British Pounds.
Had a feeling we would have to match the buy-out clause amount
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Post by nutterpotter on Jul 19, 2015 12:05:57 GMT
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Post by spitshaw on Jul 19, 2015 12:07:17 GMT
an on form Arnautovic and Yarmolenko would make a seriously exciting wide duo for us if this comes off!!!!
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Post by harryburrows on Jul 19, 2015 12:09:07 GMT
Just been Asking Hughes on SSN about him - the bit I caught made it look like we are in serious pursuit - jesus wept hed better be good ! -thats all I can say (I dont like transfer fees above £10m and I tend to be rather sckeptical about the eastern Europeans - Broadly speaking, I dont really recall any of them having a good track record in our brand of football) happy to be proved wrong His boss Rebrov was a prime example
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Post by nutterpotter on Jul 19, 2015 12:10:04 GMT
Sounds similar to the Shaqiri situation.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jul 19, 2015 12:10:19 GMT
an on form Arnautovic and Yarmolenko would make a seriously exciting wide duo for us if this comes off!!!! Especially with a fully fit and firing Bojan between them! That three would make most Premier League clubs sit up and take notice
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Post by scfcno1fan on Jul 19, 2015 12:11:27 GMT
Sadly, proof that this guy is bullshitting, as if we needed any after the crap he was posting during the Kono chase. As if we'd pay £21m + £3.5m-a-year to Yarmo. Absolute bollocks this is. What does that 30m even consist of? Like you say, that account was full of shit during the Kono chase.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 12:12:13 GMT
Yep Repbrov came to london
and went shopping !
There must be better options out there for much less outlay
major clanger this one I reckon - if it happens
and the Nzonzi replacement and/or, another centre half must surely be more strategic acquisitions right now
and , I fear for us if this is where we are going, I really do
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Post by spitshaw on Jul 19, 2015 12:13:03 GMT
an on form Arnautovic and Yarmolenko would make a seriously exciting wide duo for us if this comes off!!!! Especially with a fully fit and firing Bojan between them! That three would make most Premier League clubs sit up and take notice if so maybe we'd have arguably the best front 4 outside of Arsenal, Chelsea and the Manc clubs
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 12:13:11 GMT
The great news is the EURO is dropping daily against the Pound so its easy to bump the bid up a little more 30 mill EURO is currently only 20.8 mln British Pounds. Had a feeling we would have to match the buy-out clause amount
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Post by Ryan_Shawjosh on Jul 19, 2015 12:17:15 GMT
Just been Asking Hughes on SSN about him - the bit I caught made it look like we are in serious pursuit - jesus wept hed better be good ! -thats all I can say (I dont like transfer fees above £10m and I tend to be rather sckeptical about the eastern Europeans - Broadly speaking, I dont really recall any of them having a good track record in our brand of football) happy to be proved wrong I tend to feel the same with fees above 10 mill. I always end up telling myself that Ross McCormack moved championship teams for around 11 million, so the fees we get quoted with don't seem all that bad!
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Post by WorkingclassHero on Jul 19, 2015 12:18:04 GMT
Anyone think we should try and get Markovic in loan from Liverpool? I think that would 've an interesting move
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 12:18:52 GMT
I'm going to put my tin hat on now. I think Arnie is better than Moses ! Fitter stronger powerful skill full determined (on his day) I think they both have advantages and disadvantages, but I like Arnie and from what we have seen so far he looks in the mood to cause carnage. He's a rogue, you can't help but like him. But he looks fit as a butchers and form is good, IF he can start well he will be like a 15million player.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 12:23:18 GMT
Anyone think we should try and get Markovic in loan from Liverpool? I think that would 've an interesting move Nope
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Post by scfcno1fan on Jul 19, 2015 12:24:54 GMT
Yep Repbrov came to london and went shopping ! There must be better options out there for much less outlay major clanger this one I reckon - if it happens and the Nzonzi replacement and/or, another centre half must surely be more strategic acquisitions right now and , I fear for us if this is where we are going, I really do You fear for us signing world class players? How does that work again?
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Post by bmstoke on Jul 19, 2015 12:26:00 GMT
I find it incredible that we have people on here would moan if this happens.
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Post by miggo on Jul 19, 2015 12:26:34 GMT
Yep Repbrov came to london and went shopping ! There must be better options out there for much less outlay major clanger this one I reckon - if it happens and the Nzonzi replacement and/or, another centre half must surely be more strategic acquisitions right now and , I fear for us if this is where we are going, I really do We have purchased wolly for cover and ginkel to replace zonz. Yarmalenko would be amazing if we could pull it off in a position we very much need to sort out. It's also an investment should we put a min fee release clause which I'm almost certain there will be for a player of his calibre
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Post by crownmeking on Jul 19, 2015 12:26:54 GMT
Yep Repbrov came to london and went shopping ! There must be better options out there for much less outlay major clanger this one I reckon - if it happens and the Nzonzi replacement and/or, another centre half must surely be more strategic acquisitions right now and , I fear for us if this is where we are going, I really do You really do talk some utter shit.
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