[Albion] Joao Pedro, Where next?

[Seat Stealer]

So where is Joao off to.?...............It aint gonna be here.

 

[JBizzle]

Kerching!

Well if that's the case, we may just be selling our 2nd £100m+ player and with the added bonus of him not playing against us.

 

[JBizzle]

Er.....it's a f***ing puddle, not a pond. Fish can die in it.

It's such a massive decision: career and potential glory, or so much money you can feed half of Brazil.

Pros: Money, crowds are only about 40 people, so he can get them up individually if needed.

Cons: Top flight career is essentially dead, kiss goodbye to the Brazil national team, it's the main centre for sports washing, crowds are only about 40 people.

In all honesty, if the Saudi Crown wants him, I'd much rather he go to Saudi than to their outpost up north.

 

[el punal]

Leeds United anyone made for each other.

It depends whether he can take off his shirt, twirl it around, and chant “Yerksheer! Yerksheer!” all at the same time.

 

[el punal]

That there was an 'incident' in training.

So what did happen? Did JP lamp him one, give him verbals, chop him down at the knees? So much intrigue - someone please reveal.

 

[Oh_aye]

We don’t have anyone close to his numbers apart from Mitoma’s so who is going to replace his contributions?

Our other forwards. That will be the same for every good player we have to replace. We can only buy good replacements and ask them to do the job.

 

[Commander]

How much has Pedro improved since you signed him from Watford? You guys don't see so sorry to see him leaving.

I'm not quite as enthused as majority of our fanbase it would seem, and hope we pass on him. Don't understand why we are going back in for him at double price and 4 times the wage demands as to what was on offer in 2022. Is he really that good?

I don't get why the general feeling in our fanbase seems to be happy to get shot of him. I think he's class, and he's got us out of a hole many times. I will be very sad to see him go. He's a brilliant player.

 

[Justice]

Hear what you’re saying, but whilst I do accept he would be a loss, we looked stronger without him in those last games.

Certainly not denying his contribution and undoubtedly ability, but I think Fab stumbled over a solution that made us better/stronger, particularly out of possession following his sending off.

Agree with the previous point around training.

Can’t really read anything into those last few games nice to win although most of those sides were done for the season. What was worrying Liverpool and Spurs wasn’t great until Mitoma came on before that point we weren’t very good.

 

[GT49er]

I don't get why the general feeling in our fanbase seems to be happy to get shot of him. I think he's class, and he's got us out of a hole many times. I will be very sad to see him go. He's a brilliant player.

I think it's more a general feeling that he's going, just that. So, if that's what is going to happen, OK, shrug shoulders and get on with it. As others have said, we've had some good results without him.

 

[Justice]

I don't get why the general feeling in our fanbase seems to be happy to get shot of him. I think he's class, and he's got us out of a hole many times. I will be very sad to see him go. He's a brilliant player.

I’ve read he’s not even that good on here

 

[JBizzle]

I don't get why the general feeling in our fanbase seems to be happy to get shot of him. I think he's class, and he's got us out of a hole many times. I will be very sad to see him go. He's a brilliant player.

In all honesty, I suspect it's an element of self-protection against his seemingly inevitable departure. There was a time earlier this season when I genuinely thought he was totally unplayable: quick, powerful, motivated and direct, with an eye for a killer pass. He's a phenomenal talent with room to improve. I don't think any of us want that version of the player gone.

However, if (and it's an unsubstantiated "if") he doesn't want to be here, and we can't/won't convince him to stay, then yes, I do want him gone, and for a tasty transfer fee.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I’ve read he’s not even that good on here

As long as he's OK at football, his performance on NSC is of lesser concern to me.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

It's such a massive decision: career and potential glory, or so much money you can feed half of Brazil.

Pros: Money, crowds are only about 40 people, so he can get them up individually if needed.

Cons: Top flight career is essentially dead, kiss goodbye to the Brazil national team, it's the main centre for sports washing, crowds are only about 40 people.

In all honesty, if the Saudi Crown wants him, I'd much rather he go to Saudi than to their outpost up north.

How big are the crowds usually?

 

[JBizzle]

How big are the crowds usually?

By way of comparison, that's slightly below League One's average of 10k and slightly above League Two's average of 6k

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

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By way of comparison, that's slightly below League One's average of 10k and slightly above League Two's average of 6k

If you believe the numbers.

 

[Justice]

How big are the crowds usually?

Crawley get way more

 

[WhingForPresident]

Would be superb if we could ship him off to Saudi. There's definitely some recency bias from some of the detractors, he is an excellent player that we absolutely do not want going to our rivals. The prospect of a midfield of Tonali, Guimaraes and Joao Pedro (with Joelinton as another option) would be best avoided.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Can’t really read anything into those last few games nice to win although most of those sides were done for the season. What was worrying Liverpool and Spurs wasn’t great until Mitoma came on before that point we weren’t very good.

Agree re Mitoma (would be a far bigger loss than Pedro IMO).
Disagree re the games.
You can only play what’s in front of you.
Fairly certain Wolves would not want to lose at home, remembering they had been on a good run.

 

[Albumen]

In all honesty, I suspect it's an element of self-protection against his seemingly inevitable departure. There was a time earlier this season when I genuinely thought he was totally unplayable: quick, powerful, motivated and direct, with an eye for a killer pass. He's a phenomenal talent with room to improve. I don't think any of us want that version of the player gone.

I thought the same but I was equally frustrated by him as he seems to only show that kind of control when we're winning/drawing. I think he starts to get frustrated and lose the shape of the team by trying too much himself.
It maybe could have been coached out of him with another season but I won't miss him if he wants to leave.