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[Albion] Azzedine Ounahi







GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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O Riley was 23, Ferdi and Wieffer were 24 when we signed em. They’re young players let alone Minteh, Yalcouye, Georginho, Baleba etc So far this summer we’ve signed 2x 19 year olds (Watson, Tzimas) , close to signing a 18 year old (Kostoulas) but yep potentially a 27 year old (Boscagli on a free).
It’s not exactly Dads Army !!
Minteh, Yalcouye, Georginho, Baleba - who were a few years younger, and in our 'normal' age range.
 


Gabbiano

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Dec 18, 2017
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Spank the Manc
........ and 25 years old. Has our policy of signing them young and developing them been cast aside? Ferdi, Wieffer and O'Riley weren't youngsters either.
To be honest I see this as a positive.

Last couple of seasons we've had very few players in the 25-30 year range. This became an issue where we picked up injuries to the senior members of the squad and the kiddos were out there without enough leaders on the pitch.

If we can pick up some players who are in their prime on the cheap, it's a good thing to me, and will only help their development.
 
















chaileyjem

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Jun 27, 2012
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Minteh, Yalcouye, Georginho, Baleba - who were a few years younger, and in our 'normal' age range.
Well yes. Just a raised eyebrow at your suggestion that we'd "cast aside" buying young(er) players.
We've also supplemented that with the likes of Estupinan, Igor, and (of course Milner) in recent years so bit of a stretch to argue "all change" on basis of interest in a 25 year old.
 


Nightfall

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Feb 3, 2025
89
Greek in Hamburg, GER
He was the best player for my team this year (on loan), we tried to keep him but only for way less than 11.5M euro it could have been possible.
On a good day he is excellent, very creative, can pass, can score. There were days though were he would disappear (I blame the quality of our shitshow League though)
Still the best player we had this year together with Vagiannidis. He doesn't deserve to play in the Greek League.
 










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