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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 18, 2023 19:30:38 GMT
Pearson to be announced tomorrow . Sanderson, Johnson, sarkic and bidace planned to be announced this week (Bidace more likely to be announced next week). Talks with Smallbone going well and the club are closing in on a deal Good reading until the end. I really like Smallbone and I think he will turn people who have a negative view on him around this season.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 18, 2023 18:44:14 GMT
Østigård is extremely good in the air, but lacks pace, skills on the ball and is too hot blooded. You’ve just described a giraffe A small one, but it's very close to the truth anyway.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 18, 2023 17:39:00 GMT
I'd be happy with Dykes on last night's showing. Beaten by Ostigard for every header he was going for. Østigård is extremely good in the air, but lacks pace, skills on the ball and is too hot blooded.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 18, 2023 15:50:30 GMT
I really don't think Dykes would be a bad player to bring in. He keeps the defenders busy and he is not afraid of putting a foot in. He will certainly be a massive improvement up front in comparison to everything we've had up front for a long time! A limp plaice would be an improvement!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 18, 2023 11:36:45 GMT
Dykes value may have gone up a bit tonight He was awful and the goal he got was a gift from Østigaard. "Both my legs cramped up" yeah, right. That's what happens when you've played 5 matches all season! Dykes couldn't cope with a defender who's fourth choice in Napoli and totally without match sharpness and a defender playing for a team that's 13th in Norway. I really don't think Dykes would be a bad player to bring in. He keeps the defenders busy and he is not afraid of putting a foot in. He will certainly be a massive improvement up front in comparison to everything we've had up front for a long time!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 17, 2023 11:11:03 GMT
Tuanzebe on a pay as you play just won't happen. He is far too young to accept that type of deal and any agent worth his salt wouldn't accept it either. If he comes here it will be for good money, good money he could earn at a bottom end PL club as an option or at a foreign club somewhere. Where we would swing it is guaranteed first team football if fit, and by guaranteed I mean as guaranteed as you can get without writing it in a contract. Our choice is whether we choose to spend a lions share or our budget taking the risk on his fitness, a risk that a PL club could probably take and his choice would be to either sit in a PL squad or drop down and be a big fish. Can't see any club offering him anything other than some version of pay as you play What about a deal structured with £10K per week + £5k per game he plays? Could such a deal be enough to make him sign the dotted line?
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 16, 2023 22:45:15 GMT
If only he could stay fit, which he unfortunately wouldn't!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 16, 2023 22:39:54 GMT
I'm Norwegian and haven't heard about her, says more about me I reckon! I'm Danish and I wish I had never heard her. She's that bad. However I'm mighty pleased I have seen her. A classic Scandinavian blonde...
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 16, 2023 22:39:08 GMT
I'm Norwegian and haven't heard about her, says more about me I reckon! Shocking Rob , I thought you would be all over the Scandinavian music scene
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 16, 2023 16:39:58 GMT
Who the f--- is Zara Larson, and what has she to do with football? She’s a Swedish singer. It’s just a response to an equally ridiculous suggestion. I'm Norwegian and haven't heard about her, says more about me I reckon!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 16, 2023 14:58:34 GMT
Maitland Niels released by Arsenal would we have a chance? About as much chance as me and Zara Larsson. Who the f--- is Zara Larson, and what has she to do with football?
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 12, 2023 18:14:20 GMT
Keinan Davies for £5M with add-ons if we go up wouldn't be a bad deal for any of the parties as I see it. I really can't see anyone willing to pay much more for him right now. Maybe £5M is a bit expensive for us yet, but I really don't know how much we have to spend.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 10, 2023 18:13:59 GMT
that will put Bidace down the pecking order,,go get him stoke, young lad with a great future Bidace is an exciting player I would like to see in our colours again!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 10, 2023 16:04:00 GMT
I was really impressed by Pearson last season, and if people can't see his value to the team I really wonder if football is your sport to follow! Would be the first name on my wish list if possible in any way!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 7, 2023 10:09:37 GMT
I thought he was much better in most games than a lot of people gave him credit for, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I also think he showed more than enough to make him a wanted player by us. He was also immense in his first start for Ireland, so I really hope we go for MR. Smallbone.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 6, 2023 17:39:31 GMT
If we can get him for around £2M it's a no-brainer for me, bring him in!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 6, 2023 12:12:08 GMT
I really didn't think Southampton would let him go, but if so we certainly need to be interested. I would really love to see him and Pearson in our team next season too!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 5, 2023 16:34:29 GMT
If there's Premiership interest in him I'd say no less than £8-10M will be a good deal for us, especially if there are more than one club interested.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 5, 2023 16:13:58 GMT
We might be talking ten mill for all three? Haven’t a clue as I’m not in the know, nor was the fella I was talking to. Just saying what he said and he’s no more knowledgeable about Wolves than I am about Stoke. However, as much as it would be a big chunk of any transfer kitty, assuming we have that much, it would seem ok value if we did do that I guess. Think £10M is too much for the 3 of them, but maybe around £6-7M would be OK. Don't forget we will still need a lot of players to fill all the empty spaces!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 5, 2023 8:14:17 GMT
A lot of poster here like to predict gloom and doom!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 5, 2023 8:04:55 GMT
Being O'Rourke would suggest there's definitely something happening re this. I wonder if we've had some kind of hint that he'd be interested in us over Brum. Is he an imposing centre half or is he of the Wilmot mould? Think I read somewhere he is around the same size as Wilmot, quick, but not so good in the air. Didn't look too bad in the air from the Youtube clips above though!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 4, 2023 17:01:02 GMT
Another 3 goals for Akor Adams this afternoon!
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 3, 2023 17:50:14 GMT
If both of them don't improve a lot defensively I'll say none of them are good enough to play in a 4 3 3 system, but I haven't seen Edwards play for some time now. Still, I was less than impressed with him the last time he played for us. In fact I can only remember one game where I actually thought Edwards could be the real deal and that was at the end of a season when we played against Norwich. When it comes to Tymon it's really hard to understand how he can be so bad one on one defensively with his pace. Is it a lack of understanding? From what I can remember of Edwards he had a decent cross on him but was consistently targeted at the back post because he couldn’t defend there. He was alright, don’t think he was as shite as people are making out, and would be fine as a squad player / someone who could fight for a place. I see no need to ship him out unless it’s his attitude again You're right, he looked bang average in most games, but he certainly couldn't defend the back post! He also struggled when he met very pacy wingers, but defensively he wasn't any worse than Tymon to be honest. Still that's not good enough if we have ambitions of fighting for the play-offs.
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 3, 2023 7:11:35 GMT
He’s not good enough. Full stop. Absolutely bang average as a defender and going forward he’s less than average, bordering on poor. When playing for us, the amount of times he used to panic going forward from about 40 yards and then just boot a pointless ball into ‘the box’ where nobody was, or turn back and pass it to the CB’s or GK’s was ridiculous. I can’t fathom how people are giving Tymon shit but want to give Edwards a go (I know they play on opposite sides) but Tymon has got so much more going forward and you could toss a coin for who’s better defensively. Going back to Tommy Smith… he was a boo boy on here. Compare Smiths contributions to Edwards. If Edwards hadn’t come from our academy and wasn’t ‘one of our own’ and we had paid any sort of fee for him he would have been written off about 3 years ago. If both of them don't improve a lot defensively I'll say none of them are good enough to play in a 4 3 3 system, but I haven't seen Edwards play for some time now. Still, I was less than impressed with him the last time he played for us. In fact I can only remember one game where I actually thought Edwards could be the real deal and that was at the end of a season when we played against Norwich. When it comes to Tymon it's really hard to understand how he can be so bad one on one defensively with his pace. Is it a lack of understanding?
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 2, 2023 11:12:27 GMT
Agreed. For all the talk about his ability going forward, he doesn’t deliver assists or goals (like Sterling). He sounds to have got better defensively though. We need all the players we can get at present and if he can fill a quota as a spare central defender in a back three as well as an option for right back, then it’s one less person for our eventual head of recruitment to have to bring in. Sterling got 0 goals and 0 assist 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ...but was an awesome defender!
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Post by robwahlmann on May 28, 2023 7:39:20 GMT
I had an ear pressed to the radio hoping to get the needed result! The transmission wasn't too good and I was 14 then by the way!
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Post by robwahlmann on May 27, 2023 19:01:51 GMT
If Brum have got the coin to offer him youd think they’d be favourites to get him Why, wouldn't we be a more attractive destination?
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Post by robwahlmann on May 27, 2023 18:59:37 GMT
Did we miss a trick? - is there another thread about him? Have I had a drink and can't understand why, yet again, another player gets injured/under performs for Stoke City yet seems to gel elsewhere? He was crap according to the football managers on here. I honestly thought he was mediocre at best for us, but as said I'm not sure we ever saw him up to full speed because of his injuries.
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Post by robwahlmann on May 27, 2023 17:37:03 GMT
I like him he's very direct, it was a ridiculous decision to let him go. With his injury and form at the time I thought it was the right decision. In hindsight you can say it was wrong, but when we let him go I was glad we didn't lose much money on him.
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Post by robwahlmann on May 27, 2023 17:03:51 GMT
Don't think he ever was fully fit when playing for us. Was supposed to be very pacy, but didn't look like that when playing for us. Seems much quicker now by the way when he is up to full speed!
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