Rodney Thomas
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[Albion] Andone interview in the Athletic
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You've had a very strange 48 hours on this board
GT49er
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Sill 'Wow' then .......................!
The terminology is awful. It makes reference to a subordinate female. Of which I would possibly suggest you are neither
Milano
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How there has not been a very senior sacking in our player recruitment dept I find astounding, especially given Bloom’s reputation for being a nice guy but ruthless businessman.
Locadia
Ali J
Andone
£40 odd million down the toilet, we’ll be lucky to get 50% of that back.
Locadia
Ali J
Andone
£40 odd million down the toilet, we’ll be lucky to get 50% of that back.
Not just the big money ones though. Look at the amount of full backs who came in and weren't able to displace Bong and Bruno on a consistent basis
Kosh
'The' Yaztromo
Wrong, wrong and wrong.
Maupay and Connolly are the (more than adequate) replacements for both. Or are we suggesting that we saw anything from Jurgen (for example) to suggest he was better than Connolly?!? Bollocks, he was bloody awful.
I called the Andone deal correctly, based on him clearly being a little shit and heck (blow me) I was right! I mean, who would have guessed it?
Time to move on, for it would appear little Florin certainly has.
Yeah I have a pretty rough cold and high fever so I've had like 10 times my normal computer time. I do feel slightly weird. Something a bit off, you know?
Kosh
'The' Yaztromo
Agreed, as it would seem Ali J is only still with us by default - that being that no other club wanted him.
Add to that list: Suttner, The Greyhound (innumerate) development squad fullbacks since departed... I suspect the original recruitment team are trading off Gross and Ryan... even Bissouma is proving costly vs tangible delivery, izquierdo too - initial impact followed by a season out and unfit now dragging on into a second.
Ultimately are PL status has been held together by our Championship core, now ageing and/or retired, and/or out of favour, form and/or steadily declining into abject mediocrity.
Frankworthington
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But Andone or Locadia could not replace Murray either could they?Locadia was NOT a target man and Andone flattered to deceive.Potter had all pre-season to assess them and came to a decision.
Maupay looks like he could be the real deal.He is not GM but knows where the goal is.Connolly had to be given a chance sooner or later
BensGrandad
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I accept all that about Maupay and Connolly but when GM is tired and substituted who will hold the ball up front, perhaps GP will push one of our many centre backs up.
Frankworthington
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Wilfred Bony?::
thedonkeycentrehalf
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Unless I missed it skimming through this thread, the people who said he may have been unfortunate last season seem to have forgotten that he was given his chance.
Another stupid sending off after the West Brom cup game meant he missed three matches where he could have staked his claim and his chance was lost.
Another stupid sending off after the West Brom cup game meant he missed three matches where he could have staked his claim and his chance was lost.
Frankworthington
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This.All night long,
Maupay looks like a longer term Murray replacement more so than Locadia and Andone ever did
Though both of them arriving spurred Glenn onto scoring the goals that kept us up for last two seasons
If we stay up this season will be due to goals from Maupay
Though both of them arriving spurred Glenn onto scoring the goals that kept us up for last two seasons
If we stay up this season will be due to goals from Maupay
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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Makes you realise we haven't really done very well so far in the transfer market since reaching the prem
Edit: ah, meant to quote post #130 [MENTION=494]Kosh[/MENTION]
Edit: ah, meant to quote post #130 [MENTION=494]Kosh[/MENTION]
GT49er
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We don't have to play with a big CF who holds up the ball. Liverpool seem to manage quite well without one - in fact they've just got rid of the nearest player the had to a 'Murray type'.
Perhaps Mr. Potter doesn't want us to play a system that involves one player holding the ball up - or trying to - for a few minutes while the midfielders hold a quick conference and draw lots to decide which of them will temporarily leave their defensive position and advance, with all due caution, over the half way line.
You've missed the point. What I was getting at is that only another Murray can replace Murray.
He's comparatively snail like and will not last 90 minutes in every game but he can finish, hold up the ball and win free kicks and he's in good shape for his age. The only vaguely comparable players we've been linked with were Mitrovic who is quicker and stronger (and younger) but cannot finish nearly as well and is content to play in the Championship and there was talk of Llorente but not seriously (think it was a "why don't we consider him" type post) who is lazier and happy to play as a sub in the Champions League. Almost any other traditional number nine would be a massive risk and would come with a price tag that would likely be out of our budget.
It's not time to issue a statement along the lines of "we haven't replaced Murray". It's time to consider if this is a) possible and b) necessary.
BensGrandad
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It may just be me but I thought that we looked decidedly weaker when GM was replaced by Mooy and then even weaker still when Maupay was replaced by Connolly, which possibly and arguably cost us the 3 points.