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Post by philb on Jun 12, 2018 20:28:48 GMT
Good luck Ramadan. I think we will regret selling him in time I can definitely picture watching him on MotD in a couple of years time and thinking WTF! OR I can definitely picture watching him on MotD in a couple of years time and thinking WTF happened to him!
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Post by superheroantonius on Jun 12, 2018 20:31:33 GMT
Sometimes, things just don't work out .
He is a decent player , who just never got a run of games at stoke
If he gets his confidence back at Huddersfield , he could come good and make 6 million look cheap
Unlike bearahino and Jesse , I remember him as someone who did give it a go .
Wagner needs to get him to be more confident and decisive .
If he succeeds , ramadam Will be a good buy for Huddersfield .
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jun 12, 2018 20:35:31 GMT
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Post by SamB_SCFC on Jun 12, 2018 20:44:21 GMT
Sounds like a relegation signing for Huddersfield.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jun 12, 2018 20:46:31 GMT
I'll be surprised if he starts more than 10 games next season for them, very fucking surprised in fact.
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Post by robinplumpton on Jun 12, 2018 20:51:16 GMT
Once again a disappointing ending. His signing as a young, talented winger, showcasing Stoke City to a North African public seemed like a great idea. I thought his performance against Middlesbrough at home was great, he overshadowed Adama Traore and looked a real talent. Maybe that was flattery to deceive or maybe Hughes misused him. Nothing against the bloke and nothing about Huddersfield, but I hope he turns out to be shite rather than turns out to be right....like Arnie.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jun 12, 2018 20:54:03 GMT
I have no animosity towards the lad. He didn't get that much game time although we don't know the reasons for that but when he did he was generally pretty average. In fact one of the few decent games he had was away at Huddersfield. I hope they haven't bought him on the back of one game. What fools would do that? Anyway the inference is that he was a bit of a Billy Big Bollocks (or his agent was) so it's probably best for all concerned he's gone. Freed up wages and fee for Etobe who does want to be here so it's win win.
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Post by Absolution on Jun 12, 2018 20:58:13 GMT
I can definitely picture watching him on MotD in a couple of years time and thinking WTF! OR I can definitely picture watching him on MotD in a couple of years time and thinking WTF happened to him! My ‘WTF’ is multi-functional.
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Post by Widget123 on Jun 12, 2018 21:05:06 GMT
To be fair to him he is still young and is still very raw - he was a virtual passenger last season and we never really saw much other than a frustrating run down the line, beat the man then have no idea what to do next - resulting usually in the goal keeper getting the ball quite easily. He may well mature in two years time and actually become a portion of his potential, alternatively he'll mess around the lower clubs of the prem for the next five years not really achieving much but bolstering his bank account. Time will tell.
His agent however appears to be a complete nutcase - the mere idea that Sobhi was "ready" to slot into a Liverpool team is pure fantasy and was clearly just a game to try and turn his clients head. He's certainly not quite Arnie's brother but he's a good fraction of that character. Hey ho another pay day for him with his "protégé"...
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Post by Gods on Jun 12, 2018 21:39:22 GMT
I have no animosity towards the lad. He didn't get that much game time although we don't know the reasons for that but when he did he was generally pretty average. In fact one of the few decent games he had was away at Huddersfield. I hope they haven't bought him on the back of one game. What fools would do that? Anyway the inference is that he was a bit of a Billy Big Bollocks (or his agent was) so it's probably best for all concerned he's gone. Freed up wages and fee for Etobe who does want to be here so it's win win. I wondered myself if that game created the initial interest, I think it must have done.
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Post by spitthedog on Jun 12, 2018 21:41:53 GMT
Sobhi was crap really, but how we haven’t screwed £10 million out of Huddersfield there is laughable. Good work Teflon. Weasel-faced pissbag. The truth is no-one would dream of paying £10m for him....thats the plain fact, so I don't know loads of people are getting all excited about this one! £5.7m is the most anyone would pay....whats the issue? I actually think he's one of the worst players Ive ever seen for Stoke at the top level. I'm going back to the 60s as well. He's absolutely clueless on the ball. He's slightly better off it! If he can learn to look up when he's got the ball he might stand a chance.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jun 12, 2018 21:46:51 GMT
Sobhi was crap really, but how we haven’t screwed £10 million out of Huddersfield there is laughable. Good work Teflon. Weasel-faced pissbag. The truth is no-one would dream of paying £10m for him....thats the plain fact, so I don't know loads of people are getting all excited about this one! £5.7m is the most anyone would pay....whats the issue? I actually think he's one of the worst players Ive ever seen for Stoke at the top level. I'm going back to the 60s as well. He's absolutely clueless on the ball. He's slightly better off it! If he can learn to look up when he's got the ball he might stand a chance. We paid £5 million for Dean Whitehead. A young player wanted by a Premiership team should be £10 million minimum in this day and age really.
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Post by wadey on Jun 12, 2018 21:59:55 GMT
He's an average player who runs like he's got glue in his boots.
Often he had no confidence or desire to even try to pass a defender.
He is not a Premier League player, we've done well to off load him.
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Post by expectedtoulouse on Jun 12, 2018 22:05:39 GMT
There’s also add ons, which we should get, which will tot up to a few million. Not the worst deal we’ve done by any stretch, just chill out.
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Post by PolPotter on Jun 12, 2018 22:08:28 GMT
He never looked good from the start and I doubt Huddersfield will see any better. Huddersfield could be relegation candidates next season and with Sobhi in their team too. Poor bastards.
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 12, 2018 22:34:28 GMT
He never looked good from the start and I doubt Huddersfield will see any better. Huddersfield could be relegation candidates next season and with Sobhi in their team too. Poor bastards. I don't agree. I thought he looked excellent to start with, but gradualy faded out in his first season. Last season he was consistently disappointing and did not deserve a place, even in a poor team crying our for decent forwards. Best for all concerned that he makes a fresh start somewhere else, and we get our money back. The idea that he has turned from a £5m player into a £10m player while at Stoke by some posters is just stupid.
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 13, 2018 4:12:25 GMT
So long Ramadan. I had high hopes for you when you arrived, you didn't come close to meeting them. Read that first bit and immediately started singing Leonard Cohen
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 13, 2018 4:22:41 GMT
Sorry, but it's in no way a good deal... We are selling him up a league. In a league where fees are massively inflated for bog standard players. Players going from championship to championship for 3 times this fee. this lad has joined us as an unknown entity. very raw with bundles of potential, which he still possesses. however he now has dozens of top flight games for experience. how we haven't hit double figures here is beggars belief. I can only hope a significant sell on has been built into this deal. The top flight experience the bloody problem though isn't it, it's not a plus point on our side. He came to us as a superstar in his home country and a wonderkid talent with stratospheric potential to take Europe by storm. He leaves us as a sparsely used and generally disappointing squad player in a relegation team - his Premier League "experience" is exactly the reason we're *not* getting any more for him.
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Post by rondogmcmuffin on Jun 13, 2018 5:49:54 GMT
Oh well, Sobhi it!
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Post by apb1 on Jun 13, 2018 6:02:24 GMT
Sorry, but it's in no way a good deal... We are selling him up a league. In a league where fees are massively inflated for bog standard players. Players going from championship to championship for 3 times this fee. this lad has joined us as an unknown entity. very raw with bundles of potential, which he still possesses. however he now has dozens of top flight games for experience. how we haven't hit double figures here is beggars belief. I can only hope a significant sell on has been built into this deal. The top flight experience the bloody problem though isn't it, it's not a plus point on our side. He came to us as a superstar in his home country and a wonderkid talent with stratospheric potential to take Europe by storm. He leaves us as a sparsely used and generally disappointing squad player in a relegation team - his Premier League "experience" is exactly the reason we're *not* getting any more for him. Unlike ,say , Wimmer
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Post by vahl on Jun 13, 2018 6:11:21 GMT
'Terriers new boy Sobhi, flying down the wing at ferocious speed'
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Post by bhp on Jun 13, 2018 6:31:35 GMT
Once again a disappointing ending. His signing as a young, talented winger, showcasing Stoke City to a North African public seemed like a great idea. I thought his performance against Middlesbrough at home was great, he overshadowed Adama Traore and looked a real talent. Maybe that was flattery to deceive or maybe Hughes misused him. Nothing against the bloke and nothing about Huddersfield, but I hope he turns out to be shite rather than turns out to be right....like Arnie. Hughes misusing players? Well I never, Arnautovic was misused for 3 years.
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Post by cousindupree on Jun 13, 2018 6:35:59 GMT
Fast forward to this time next year when Hudders are relegated. What's he going to do then? Another move. Maybe he didn't have any other options but it seems like a poorly considered move to me.
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Post by MilanStokie on Jun 13, 2018 6:51:59 GMT
Sorry, but it's in no way a good deal... We are selling him up a league. In a league where fees are massively inflated for bog standard players. Players going from championship to championship for 3 times this fee. this lad has joined us as an unknown entity. very raw with bundles of potential, which he still possesses. however he now has dozens of top flight games for experience. how we haven't hit double figures here is beggars belief. I can only hope a significant sell on has been built into this deal. The top flight experience the bloody problem though isn't it, it's not a plus point on our side. He came to us as a superstar in his home country and a wonderkid talent with stratospheric potential to take Europe by storm. He leaves us as a sparsely used and generally disappointing squad player in a relegation team - his Premier League "experience" is exactly the reason we're *not* getting any more for him. yet for someone who has flattered to deceive he is transferring back to the top flight. that alone should hold a significant fee regardless of how he has performed.
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Post by questionable on Jun 13, 2018 6:59:17 GMT
He’d probably become a top player at the right club with better coaches and players around him, unfortunately Huddersfield are not that club so I can see him back in Egypt/Saudi Arabia come 2019 and never heard from again.
Showed glimpses of a special player on rare occasions but something went tragically wrong, still blame Hughes though.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jun 13, 2018 7:02:49 GMT
A player supposedly a perfect bin dippers fit ends up at relegation fodder Huddersfield. We'll welcome these mysterious add on payments when his agent persuades Real Madrid or Barcelona he’s the man for them.
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Post by Billy the kid on Jun 13, 2018 7:06:13 GMT
I'm just glad we rinsed someone for 5 million and got him off the wage bill.
When he first came I thought he was raw and would improve. Last season he did nothing to warrant a starting place in a championship team let alone a premier legauge team. One great piece of business this year. He will be back in cairo in 12 months time as a has been.
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Post by nott1 on Jun 13, 2018 7:29:22 GMT
When we signed him it was always about his potential..........it still is, but I hope he makes it!
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Post by 99problems on Jun 13, 2018 7:36:00 GMT
Rarely beat a man. Enthusiastic though. Not going to lose too much sleep over this one.
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Post by luke2u on Jun 13, 2018 7:37:31 GMT
The pace was his biggest problem, and why he didn't make the impact I was expecting. But didn't he extend his contract just ahead of the departure of Hughes?
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