Saint_clark

Bizarrely mine has turned up from DHGate before it's even been officially released - and with no sponsor to boot!

I don't care if he was top scorer for us. He banged them in prior to us signing him and then scores 3 goals in 2 seasons in the Prem. He still only has 3 Prem goals. He's Championship standard and anyone with any footballing sense can see that, there should have been no element of giving him a chance - it cost us our place in the Prem.

Definitely be Wrexham v Leicester. Sky babbling on about non-league to hosting former Prem champions, etc.

Yes but unlike Hammond and Sharp, Armstrong had proven previously that he couldn't handle the step up to the Prem. In the case of the first two, we made a (overall, correct) assessment of their ability and improved their positions in the team. In the case of Armstrong we ignored all the evidence of the past.

9 more times actually. He went on loan somewhere else then came back and got another 6.

If we're talking purely contributions during the loan spell then Saganowski is up there. Was pretty meh when we signed him permanently but he looked like Aguero when he was on loan.

Maybe 5 years ago but wouldn't want him now.

So you're saying that in the most important developmental stage of his career, in the biggest step up in quality he's faced, literally nothing around him has been consistent and/or stable? 😉

Release clause for what we paid for him if we don't get promoted would be my guess.

That's the kind of signing we need to be making. If we take the money from selling those two and get him in exchange, then I'll be happy with that.

They're not fake ones, they're sent direct from the manufacturer (well via falling off the back of a lorry in China I'm sure). They'll have been in production for a while now.

So £15million then. If we're going to get rid of him and Onuachu for a combined £21million then honestly i'd hope we'd take that money and throw it at whichever player was top scorer outside the promoted sides last season (Josh Sargent?) I don't want to see it used to bring in 3 or 4 players to "strengthen the squad".

Absolutely. My point is that if you can't afford players that are great athletes and great footballers, you need a mix of players who are both. Wanyama was awful technically but unstoppable as a DM because of his physicality. Lallana had no strength or pace about him but his positioning, anticipation and first touch meant it didn't matter.

If it was a choice between Sulemana and one of Bernando Silva, Iniesta or Xavi I assure you I wouldn't take Sulemana and nor would anyone else. When it comes to the technically gifted but physically limited players we aren't shopping in that range - ours is more players like Boufal, Ramirez and Alcaraz. Trouble is they get slated as well just for different reasons, fans want the full package and we can't afford that, so we end up with players who are average at everything and exceptional at nothing. In fact the one thing all these players have in common is that they were all signed relatively young, written off pretty quick and sold while they were still relatively young. Sulemana despite feeling like he's been around for ages will be leaving at only 23 years old - if he never signed for us and we bought him tomorrow at that age, we'd be saying give him a couple of years before he'll be at his best.

I'm just sick and tired of money being wasted because players are written off so easily. People get so wrapped up in this new age obsession with players that can do every aspect of the game to at least an average level, that players who are dangerous for specialist situations/styles of play are dying out.

Or maybe, just maybe, in a side that allows wingers to actually be wingers professional football managers recognise that at 23 years old he shows great promise.

25 league appearances at 1045 minutes total, average of 43 minutes per appearance (so essentially less than 12 full games in terms of minutes on the pitch). 4 goals and an assist. Take that record across the whole season he's into double figures for goals.

More than anyone else on our team despite playing less than half the season. Playing every game he'd have got double figures.

He needs to stop jumping ship from clubs when he gets halfway to some success. Leicester has the potential to be a cluster fuck for him - if he doesn't get them in the top two, the fans will want him out.

Tall, wins a lot of headers, scores goals from crosses high or on the ground into the box... Sounds just like Onuachu to me.

What a day when the concept of "potential" is no longer considered a real world thing.

I hate to say this but it will almost certainly never be worthwhile in terms of making a profit or even making our money back. You either need to accept that and put money in for the opportunities it creates or not do it at all. And before anyone gets on at me I've long been a supporter and watcher of women's football. Still need to be realistic in terms of how much it costs Vs how much it generates.

To be honest with two teams going down from WSL 2 now we're more likely to be worse off because of these changes.

Well then that's even more ridiculous. No way Fabrice is going for that much. He's barely kicked a ball in almost 20 years.

I prefer the contemplative nature of this one...