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Post by etebojan on Jul 15, 2024 8:33:32 GMT
...So back to the transfer thread, any intel doing the rounds ?!, feels unlikely we'll be doing any signing announcements whilst Shuey and the boys are in Ireland do we think?... has SJW gone with them? You’d think so. That’s probably why he chose the location. Yes thats a good point...so I think last year Pearson was announced just before preseason trip on the 8th July(?) and then Rose just after we returned on 17th July(?) or thereabouts... so looks like another week of puns and wild speculation
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Post by callas12 on Jul 15, 2024 8:42:55 GMT
You’d think so. That’s probably why he chose the location. Yes thats a good point...so I think last year Pearson was announced just before preseason trip on the 8th July(?) and then Rose just after we returned on 17th July(?) or thereabouts... so looks like another week of puns and wild speculation It's only a 1hr 20 flight from Cork to Manchester so if a transfer deal was to be done it wouldn't be beyond reasonable for SJW to fly back, if indeed he has gone along as well. Can take more than that time to drive from say Birmingham to Manchester, & that's on a good day
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2024 8:56:48 GMT
The 'cirtle'is dead, long live the hexagon...
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 15, 2024 9:01:27 GMT
The 'cirtle'is dead, long live the hexagon... Bit like the walking dead in that place, shame.
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Jul 15, 2024 9:06:53 GMT
Villa activating the £18 million quid buy back clause for Philogene-Bidace.
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Post by J-Roar on Jul 15, 2024 9:11:29 GMT
Shall we give him a chance this season first. He looked great until Millwall injured him last year. Hasn't he posted how much he has been working on his fitness and strength over the summer. He obviously isn't going to throw in the towel which shows determination so if that can be translated to the pitch great news. Whatever his weaknesses, his one strength is scoring and we are desperately short of natural goal scorers Like most of the squad tbh, he looked like he’d gained a yard of pace v Chester. To be fair, I'd look fast against James Chester.
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Post by essexstokey on Jul 15, 2024 9:15:00 GMT
Why don't the club and bet365 use a simple trick to drive down a players price by sponsoring a player advert etc at the selling club this would not only show profit for selling club but also drive the players price down helping both on ffp and the sponsorship because on bet365 account would not show up on stokes Is there anything stopping us doing this by the fa
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Post by tommycarlsberg on Jul 15, 2024 9:17:32 GMT
I have a feeling vidigal will come good this season. Give the guy a chance. You have to be a really decent player to be a forward in the Championship without some level of pace. Both Vidigal and Mmaee are pretty slow. Twin tortoises you might say. No due diligence done before signing in my opinion. Do you only come on here to slag Ryan Mmaee off?
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Post by J-Roar on Jul 15, 2024 9:17:45 GMT
Why don't the club and bet365 use a simple trick to drive down a players price by sponsoring a player advert etc at the selling club this would not only show profit for selling club but also drive the players price down helping both on ffp and the sponsorship because on bet365 account would not show up on stokes Is there anything stopping us doing this by the fa I'd imagine, in the same way they investigate sponsorship deals vs. Market rate, they'd be all over or this. Credit their Swiss Bet365 accounts would be a better bet.
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Post by PotterLee on Jul 15, 2024 10:34:41 GMT
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Post by MilanStokie on Jul 15, 2024 10:45:29 GMT
That is a fact but that might have more to do with having Koeman as your manager perhaps? I wouldn't know don't recall seeing this Zirkee fella play. He has been a major contributor for Bologna qualifying for the champions league for the first time in their history. Many top clubs were after him, including Milan, inter and obviously man utd. It's a bit odd to go full in on an opinion based on never seeing him play but just because who koeman used in a handful of games?
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Jul 15, 2024 10:47:29 GMT
I wouldn't know don't recall seeing this Zirkee fella play. He has been a major contributor for Bologna qualifying for the champions league for the first time in their history. Many top clubs were after him, including Milan, inter and obviously man utd. It's a bit odd to go full in on an opinion based on never seeing him play but just because who koeman used in a handful of games? For a normal person it would be odd yes. But for Bacon. It's his norm
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Post by questionable on Jul 15, 2024 10:50:55 GMT
Some young kid from Cardiff signed, Mantando’s younger brother ??
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 15, 2024 11:25:03 GMT
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Post by gingerninja on Jul 15, 2024 12:09:22 GMT
Do we think that either Hoever or Cundle could return on a permanent basis?. I thought Cundle would be an absolute certainty to return.
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Jul 15, 2024 12:44:23 GMT
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Post by emretezzy on Jul 15, 2024 12:55:49 GMT
Do we think that either Hoever or Cundle could return on a permanent basis?. I thought Cundle would be an absolute certainty to return. Cundle will be a Stoke player
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Post by clarkeda on Jul 15, 2024 12:58:14 GMT
No way he’s going to drop to league 1
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Post by drippinggoatsnob on Jul 15, 2024 13:03:42 GMT
No way he’s going to drop to league 1 Why not? If they match the wages and offer him more of a focal role than he is likely to get at Stoke. Also closer to his family...albeit marginally. He could commute to brum from further South.
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Post by canadianmoose on Jul 15, 2024 13:06:15 GMT
No way he’s going to drop to league 1 Top end of League 1 / bottom - mid championship is about his level at most. Shame as he has all the athletic ability and physical presence but is just not switched on enough.
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Post by baconburger on Jul 15, 2024 13:11:03 GMT
I wouldn't know don't recall seeing this Zirkee fella play. He has been a major contributor for Bologna qualifying for the champions league for the first time in their history. Many top clubs were after him, including Milan, inter and obviously man utd. It's a bit odd to go full in on an opinion based on never seeing him play but just because who koeman used in a handful of games? So you don’t think it would be odd if he was mustard but Kieran overlooked him in favour of the two in question. I don’t particularly like Koeman but I don’t think he’s clinically insane either.
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Post by nott1 on Jul 15, 2024 13:15:42 GMT
Is anybody bothered that we have signed some kid to play junior football? I want to see a couple of decent 1st team strikers appear here not somebody we will unlikely see playing in the prem. next year!
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Jul 15, 2024 13:24:28 GMT
Is anybody bothered that we have signed some kid to play junior football? I want to see a couple of decent 1st team strikers appear here not somebody we will unlikely see playing in the prem. next year! No..signings for U21s happen every season at every club. Absolutely no reason anyone should be bothered. The people who scouted him won't be the same group scouting for 1st team players. He would have been found by youth recruitment team
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2024 13:33:12 GMT
Is anybody bothered that we have signed some kid to play junior football? I want to see a couple of decent 1st team strikers appear here not somebody we will unlikely see playing in the prem. next year! You have to bring in youth players to restock the ranks after the mandatory cull of those deemed not good enough. Profit margins on those coming through the ranks are many fold higher than buying established players.
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Post by thischarmingmanc on Jul 15, 2024 13:42:24 GMT
Is anybody bothered that we have signed some kid to play junior football? I want to see a couple of decent 1st team strikers appear here not somebody we will unlikely see playing in the prem. next year! Nope
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Post by wagsastokie on Jul 15, 2024 13:54:02 GMT
Do the deal Stoke A twenty quid note and a half packet of polo’s as a transfer fee They should afford his wages then
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Post by etebojan on Jul 15, 2024 13:56:48 GMT
Do we think that either Hoever or Cundle could return on a permanent basis?. I thought Cundle would be an absolute certainty to return. Cundle will be a Stoke player Do you think we're trying to offload people like Laurent to make space for a Cundle signing...and maybe Laurent is more easy to shift that DJ for example
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Post by pez75 on Jul 15, 2024 14:00:13 GMT
Christ almighty! Under-19's?! I'd be checking that birth certificate closely, that photo makes him look like he's in his forties!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2024 14:15:20 GMT
Do the deal Stoke A twenty quid note and a half packet of polo’s as a transfer fee They should afford his wages then We will absolutely have to offset his wages unless we agree to something like a free transfer. It’s the challenge with buying “established” English players who then go ahead and underperform.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jul 15, 2024 14:35:56 GMT
Do the deal Stoke A twenty quid note and a half packet of polo’s as a transfer fee They should afford his wages then We will absolutely have to offset his wages unless we agree to something like a free transfer. It’s the challenge with buying “established” English players who then go ahead and underperform. I’m actually in a minority I know very concerned if Laurent leaves , our really poor spell under Schumacher coincided with him being out injured post Birmingham away .
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