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Post by FullerMagic on May 10, 2024 10:58:22 GMT
www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/england-euro-2024/to-make-the-squadwww.transfermarkt.co.uk/userkader/index/userkader/EM24(nice that you can pick the likes of Frankie Fielding, Ben Wilmot and Luke Cundle, although they just missed out for me! ) Just had a go at the squad selector thing on here. Quite tricky once you get beyond the initial 15 or 16 obvious ones. Eventually plumped for: Especially with big injury doubts over the likes of: Maguire - should be back in a fortnight Chilwell - unknown status, been out for weeks Shaw - back in training, chance to play before the end of the season James - back in training, chance to play before the end of the season Guehi - just back, came on as sub last game Colwill - back in the squad after 2 months out, on bench last game So potentially no place for Rashford, Maddison, Reece James, Henderson, Grealish, Gomez, Bowen, Dunk, Konsa, Colwill, Rico Lewis, Solanke, Sancho, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Tomori, Mount, Sterling I doubt he'll take a flier on Wharton (and maybe not Mainoo either?), although the deeper central midfield options look really few and far between - and he's looked a natural there - and amazed to see that people seem to be still expecting Henderson to get in I don't love Gallagher - but he gets in almost by virtue of there being nobody else Can't see how you can really take Maddison with his recent form. I like Bowen, but no point taking him when you're taking Saka and Palmer. Reece James is great, but maybe too much of a gamble injury-wise The fact Branthwaite didn't get on in the lasr international window probably means he won't make it, but can't see who else there is. Dier seems like a must-pick with his Bayern form and experience. Would he take both the injury-blighted Shaw and Chilwell (if fit) as he seems to like playing Trippier there. When you've got 26, may as well take the both the back-up strikers for a bit of variety - and Toney if we've got a shootout!
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Post by FullerMagic on May 10, 2024 8:16:14 GMT
Ireland speculated on by someone on twitter
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Post by FullerMagic on May 8, 2024 13:30:10 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on May 8, 2024 12:09:06 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on May 8, 2024 9:22:59 GMT
He got all their player of the year awards, but there seems to have been some debate about how much of a No.9 in a 4-3-3 he could be. Looks to have loads of potential though. I think he'd be too expensive to get permanently. How did Brum use him? Mixed bag I think, with some time wide and deeper - But mostly as the main striker. linklink
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Post by FullerMagic on May 8, 2024 9:01:29 GMT
Jay Stansfield I think is the one we will go for, relatively quick and mobile. am i imagining it or did we try for him last summer or in Jan, feel like we've been in mix before?, he'd be great A journo close to Brum said we were interested in hijacking his Brum loan in Jan. And Schuey was seen talking to him on the pitch after we beat them on Boxing Day. He got all their player of the year awards, but there seems to have been some debate about how much of a No.9 in a 4-3-3 he could be. Looks to have loads of potential though. I think he'd be too expensive to get permanently.
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Post by FullerMagic on May 8, 2024 6:46:02 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 20:00:20 GMT
There clearly was otherwise why take him out of the squad? For shits and giggles? A power play. Managers do it all the time for not a particularly good reason. See Sancho at Man Yoo. Schumacher was pretty clear he was being a persistent bellend. The bellendery came before the transfer listing, not the other way around "He wasn't being a good team-mate, showing the respect for the staff or his team-mates that they deserved" "Until it changes , and it's over to him, he'll have to prove in his behaviour, to me and everyone else that he's willing to be part of this club and part of this team"
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 15:19:01 GMT
m.skybet.com/football/manager-specials/next-permanent-hull-manager/33547638Steve Cooper 2/1 Emre Belozoglu 5/1 Will Still 8/1 Graham Potter 10/1 Cagdas Atan 12/1 Erol Bulut 12/1 Jesse Marsch 16/1 Paul Heckingbottom 16/1 Ralph Hasenhuttl 16/1 Scott Parker 16/1 İsmail Kartal 16/1 Carlos Carvalhal 20/1 David Moyes 20/1 Frank Lampard 20/1 Gareth Ainsworth 20/1 Nigel Pearson 20/1 Chris Hughton 25/1 Michael Beale 25/1 Steve Bruce 25/1
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 13:57:02 GMT
Could they attract Steve Cooper or Will Still (still probably a punt but one who'd be exciting to a degree?)
Or it going to be a random Turk?
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 13:22:08 GMT
Very interesting to see who their eccentric/nuts owner goes for now.
I didn't think they were ever quite good enough to go up despite pushing the boat out a bit.
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 12:58:39 GMT
Oh...
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 12:31:45 GMT
This type of fee seems a bit out of whack, based on what we spent last summer? About 8m in and around 13 spent - so net spend of about 5ish? (plus about another 3.5 on Million in Jan) So what are we anticipating this time? Tymon 2.7 Taylor 0.3 Brown 5.0 Mmaee 1.75 Bae 2 Gooch 1 Pearson 0.5 Vidigal 0.5 Jojic 1 Leris 0.8 Tchamadeu 1 Burger 4.3 Manhoef 3.5 Most quotes for Ryan Maee say we paid £3.4 million for him 😱😱 Yeah - think that was based on all kinds of add-ons. Initial fee seems to have been reported as about half that with the bulk of the rest based on promotion according to Hungarian reports I think. www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-ryan-mmaee-transfer-9089805Mmaee joined Stoke from Hungary champions Ferencvaros for an initial fee of about £1.75m
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 11:55:39 GMT
would work permits be an issue ? It will be interesting to see where we are with those. Wesley I believe needed a permit which will be a space freed up and I'm not sure how the wildcard system works as well and whether we get any of those places back. analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2023/06/21/introducing-esc-the-new-gbe-guidance-opens-up-recruitment-post-brexit/Looks like it's a max of 4 at any one time. Based on who we think were the wild cards.... Bae and Burger's seasons will mean that they no longer have to take up a wild card slot in 24/25 as they're now qualified through getting 15+ points on the checklist due to their Championship appearances. Wes has gone. So that leaves just Jojic. So we could have 3 more slots if 35% of our team minutes have gone to English-qualified players (which may be a bit of a stretch given our lack of English-qualified players?) That reduces to a maximum 3 for 30%, 2 for 25% and 1 for 20%
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 11:51:16 GMT
Thanks We'd also need to factor in loan fees for some I suppose. Travers (with refund?), Iversen, Hoever, Cundle, Chiquinho (!) and McNally would have eaten into the budget a bit too. But I don't know really if we had capacity to buy more but the players weren't available, or indeed if we overspent and need to be more miserly this time.. Yeah, definitely. It doesn't give you the whole picture. Definitely a considerable sum on loan fees. www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-transfer-agent-fees-9222037 Another 2m on agent fees too. But, still, something in the order of 5-7 on someone like JCS seems to be a bit of a step change, especially with no big sales expected.
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 11:42:36 GMT
This type of fee seems a bit out of whack, based on what we spent last summer? About 8m in and around 13 spent - so net spend of about 5ish? (plus about another 3.5 on Million in Jan) So what are we anticipating this time? Tymon 2.7 Taylor 0.3 Brown 5.0 Mmaee 1.75 Bae 2 Gooch 1 Pearson 0.5 Vidigal 0.5 Jojic 1 Leris 0.8 Tchamadeu 1 Burger 4.3 Manhoef 3.5 How much was Ennis? Did he command a fee? Or were they just desperate to get rid? Forget about him! Half a mill apparently www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24092185.blackburn-sanction-permanent-sale-transfer-deadline/The deal is undisclosed but The Lancashire Telegraph understands the fee is in the region of 500K with future add-ons also included in the agreement.
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 10:48:20 GMT
This type of fee seems a bit out of whack, based on what we spent last summer?
About 8m in and around 13 spent - so net spend of about 5ish?
(plus about another 3.5 on Million in Jan)
So what are we anticipating this time?
Tymon 2.7 Taylor 0.3 Brown 5.0
Mmaee 1.75 Bae 2 Gooch 1 Pearson 0.5 Vidigal 0.5 Jojic 1 Leris 0.8 Tchamadeu 1 Burger 4.3
Manhoef 3.5
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 10:21:48 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 8:43:15 GMT
www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jake-clarke-salter/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/316551Slight concern would be this being his first 30-game season at 26. Injury a recurring problem Got a great youth pedigree with the England age-group teams at Chelsea, but to be stuck in the Champ at 26 (like Baker) is a bit of a puzzler with that background. QPR fans very much rate him though (although Steve Cook won their player of the year) Seems a hell of a lot of money for a peak-age Champ-to-Champ move.
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Post by FullerMagic on May 7, 2024 8:29:45 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on May 6, 2024 17:19:36 GMT
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Post by FullerMagic on May 6, 2024 17:07:57 GMT
His fitness record seems to be really bad - and it's always hamstrings.
If he was fit, looks like Sheff U would offer him new terms, but he'd be a big risk for anyone now
Out for 14 months with a hamstring issue - then after a few weeks back, had another season-ender in Feb.
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Post by FullerMagic on May 6, 2024 12:53:22 GMT
There's clearly plenty there for a player who's just turned 22 last week.
7 goals and 8 assists over the season. Doubt there'll be many players of his age with better
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Post by FullerMagic on May 6, 2024 10:57:39 GMT
Another Korean fan video
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Post by FullerMagic on May 6, 2024 10:21:15 GMT
Table after the Cardiff game makes pleasant viewing!
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Post by FullerMagic on May 6, 2024 9:21:58 GMT
With the possibility of seeing Hoever again hovering in the background, do we think he's shown enough to be inked in as the main starter at RB next season?
Still only 20, and only 900 minutes in the tank this season.
Definitely promising, but maybe not seen quite enough to hang your hat on so far to go in with him and Gooch as the options there?
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Post by FullerMagic on May 5, 2024 19:47:33 GMT
Little bit surprised it seems to be our call not to offer him anything meaningful.
But probably not the worst call for either party. Potentially would have taken a sizeable salary offer (although maybe less than what he's been on for the last 4 yrs) to compete with the Bosman offers he knows he could get, and maybe it's time we try and go all-in on a new main man who'll be starting the bulk of games.
Maybe the chances of Stansfield have gone up with Birmingham's demise
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Post by FullerMagic on May 5, 2024 19:43:56 GMT
This has probably already been posted - but Nixon claims we're "leading the Johansson chase"
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Post by FullerMagic on May 2, 2024 16:49:36 GMT
Again, mysterious "internal challenges" referred to. You wonder how many were related to Mr Richard Martin? www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-bristol-city-steven-schumacher-9261231Schumacher: I would probably say I knew it was going to be a challenge but it's probably been more difficult than I expected. I knew the size of the club I was coming into and what was expected but the internal challenges are the ones you don't see that obviously make it more difficult. So it's been harder than expected but I think we've overcome them or the majority of them. We've still got a lot of work to do over the summer that we feel is going to give us a better chance to do better next year. I wouldn't have had to deal with half the things I've dealt with if I'd stayed at Argyle for another three or four years because the situations just weren't there. Here it's different. That learning and that experience will only make me stronger in the long run.
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Post by FullerMagic on May 2, 2024 16:27:42 GMT
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