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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 1, 2019 14:38:00 GMT
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jun 1, 2019 14:39:36 GMT
Ashley Williams.
You just know it.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 1, 2019 14:39:37 GMT
We really don’t need a centre back.
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jun 1, 2019 14:41:08 GMT
Ashley Williams?
I’m praying it’s not another past it mid 30s CB. I can’t see it being a decent youngster as we have 2 of them already.
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jun 1, 2019 14:43:37 GMT
If it’s Williams then we know that Scholes and Cartwright are dictating the transfer business.
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Post by potterpaul on Jun 1, 2019 14:44:01 GMT
Are we focussing our attention on the wrong position?
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Post by nigerianstokie on Jun 1, 2019 14:46:41 GMT
Hope to fuck it is Fikayo Tomori. Said he would be willing to drop into the Championship again.
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Post by apb1979 on Jun 1, 2019 14:51:28 GMT
Could it be Tamas Kalas?
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Post by firfuxache on Jun 1, 2019 14:51:43 GMT
Nathan Jones’s search for defensive reinforcements has turned to a Premier League centre-back, the Sentinel understands. As usual The Sentinel mentions no Premier League centre backs, only the centre backs we have on the books already. And Ashley Williams can’t fall into that bracket any more as he’s a free agent.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Jun 1, 2019 14:53:00 GMT
Watch it be Phil Jones on loan after we sell Collins to Man Utd for about £2.50 and a sub-par handjob.
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Post by maine on Jun 1, 2019 14:53:36 GMT
I hope it's not Tomori. Too many mistakes in him ( I know he's young) and his positional sense is, I think, iffy.
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Post by potterpaul on Jun 1, 2019 14:54:15 GMT
Unless he's decided to ditch the diamond and go 3 at the back meaning we require 6 CB's (2 for each position), this chasing CB's seems totally wasted.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 1, 2019 14:55:36 GMT
Hope to fuck it is Fikayo Tomori. Said he would be willing to drop into the Championship again. Why? It’s blocking the development of our own young centre backs.
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Post by Gob Bluth on Jun 1, 2019 14:57:56 GMT
Won't be cheap and will they be better than Ryan? I'm going to assume they're better than Batth but he has he uses. Also we still have albeit want-a-way Martins-Indi and I think we'd all like to see Collins get some game time.
The people that run the club are intelligent people; the Coates family have generated incredible wealth, Scholes and Cartwright are on huge wages holding down highly desirable job roles and Nathan Jones has proven a very successful manager at Luton.
The only reasonable explanation with this and the Harry Arter + Homzy's old defensive mid link is that they're trying to wind me up, they know how stupid I'd find this ploy and are trying to annoy me. Stop trying to sign players we don't need and sell some.
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Post by gingerninja on Jun 1, 2019 14:58:38 GMT
Would surely be a young centre back rather than Williams. We have plenty of experience in that department.
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Post by sportsman on Jun 1, 2019 15:05:21 GMT
We really don’t need a centre back. BMI would be one of the first out the door for me. Bloody slow lump of a defender. Ryan would have to come back pre season as good as years ago or he'd be on the bench. So for me we need a good centre back.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 1, 2019 15:06:41 GMT
Batth New Man Shawcross BMI Collins Souttar
Presumably he'll come in as starter alongside Batth?
Shawcross will obviously not be pleased about that - and it'll mean Collins and Souttar don't get much football. One at least will have to be loaned, and the other will be a spare part.
Little bit confused by this one, but got to give Jones his head. If it all turns sour, that's the time to point fingers.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 15:12:39 GMT
Batth New Man Shawcross BMI Collins Souttar Presumably he'll come in as starter alongside Batth? Shawcross will obviously not be pleased about that - and it'll mean Collins and Souttar don't get much football. One at least will have to be loaned, and the other will be a spare part. Little bit confused by this one, but got to give Jones his head. If it all turns sour, that's the time to point fingers. Yep, unless Ryan's asked to move its a stupid one...
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Post by nigerianstokie on Jun 1, 2019 15:12:48 GMT
Hope to fuck it is Fikayo Tomori. Said he would be willing to drop into the Championship again. Why? It’s blocking the development of our own young centre backs. Why do we need a centre back at all? Although, if we are to get one, a quick, young, good ball player would be my preference.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 1, 2019 15:13:24 GMT
We really don’t need a centre back. BMI would be one of the first out the door for me. Bloody slow lump of a defender. Ryan would have to come back pre season as good as years ago or he'd be on the bench. So for me we need a good centre back. We’ve got one. He’s just turned 18, needs games and could get us promoted/make us an absolute fortune in 12 months.
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Post by sportsman on Jun 1, 2019 15:16:17 GMT
BMI would be one of the first out the door for me. Bloody slow lump of a defender. Ryan would have to come back pre season as good as years ago or he'd be on the bench. So for me we need a good centre back. We’ve got one. He’s just turned 18, needs games and could get us promoted/make us an absolute fortune in 12 months. I agree, but we're then relying on Ryan staying fit, a young kid with hardly any experience, and with BMI hopefully fucking off, I still think an experienced centre back would then make the four in there.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 15:17:04 GMT
Good guess Manga at Cardiff. Free agent. Can also play RB if Edwards is out injured. Apart from the fact that he’s not a premier league player.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 1, 2019 15:24:12 GMT
We’ve got one. He’s just turned 18, needs games and could get us promoted/make us an absolute fortune in 12 months. I agree, but we're then relying on Ryan staying fit, a young kid with hardly any experience, and with BMI hopefully fucking off, I still think an experienced centre back would then make the four in there. Shawcross played 36 games last season. The kid is a potential superstar. BMI is fine.
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Post by sportsman on Jun 1, 2019 15:28:39 GMT
I agree, but we're then relying on Ryan staying fit, a young kid with hardly any experience, and with BMI hopefully fucking off, I still think an experienced centre back would then make the four in there. Shawcross played 36 games last season. The kid is a potential superstar. BMI is fine. I wouldn't have BMI down the vale. Plus he wants to fuck off anyway. I'm sick and tired of us having, for years now, big, slow, turning circle of an ocean liner, heavyweight boxer of a centre half. Can we please have players who can deal with your nippy clever striker, rather than ones that can deal with big ugly strikers.
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Post by Absolution on Jun 1, 2019 15:37:49 GMT
Good guess Manga at Cardiff. Free agent. Can also play RB if Edwards is out injured. Apart from the fact that he’s not a premier league player. Is that a level of detail the Sentinel would concern themselves with?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 15:39:32 GMT
Looking through the list. One of (tried to keep it realistic):
Axel Tuanzebe James Chester Tyrone Mings Kortney Hause Steve Cooke Dan Burn Jake Clarke-Salter Tomas Kalas Matt Miazga Kenneth Omeruo Fikayo Tomori Scott Dann Ashley Williams Wes Morgan Ciaran Clark Sean Raggett Richard Stearman Craig Cathcart Ryan Bennett
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Post by mrpickles on Jun 1, 2019 15:40:06 GMT
Would love it to be Kalas.
Ben Gibson maybe? Only started 1 premier League game for Burnley. Would probably be expensive though
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 15:41:53 GMT
James Chester anyone??
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Post by kelw on Jun 1, 2019 15:42:25 GMT
Wonder if we could be back in for James Chester
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Post by pipegatepotter on Jun 1, 2019 15:42:54 GMT
Ashley Williams, nailed on. 😄
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