Convict Colony

I know this very well as my mate is a massive luton fan so been hearing about nathan jones for a while. he does a great job with luton in L1 and Championship, failed massively when he left them to go to Stoke and quickly got sacked. I think he is the sort of manager who does well where teams dont have high expectations, so on that basis he's probably great but I'd wager his in the paul sturrock league.

I think he is the best CB we have at passing the ball forward.

This makes it sounds worse than it is, especially since he was a ridiculously high scoring centre back. He just organises an annual football tournament in his home town in austria every year and it currently takes place on some blokes property who in 1990 was in nationalist front, something the bloke himself was him being stupid in his youth. Not to pick on you, I am just sick of click bait titles in the media.

We can tow you

Well I'm no sailor but having lived in netherlands for the last 6yrs i can cast a critical eye over canal systems and large rivers and it looks like we are good to go down into france. Thinking about it though we need a certain style so I vote we get a viking boat, that way we can portage it if we run into some blockages. It would show up those liverpool fans who travelled to france on a dinghy for the champs league final. @Matthew Le God can be navigator cos it will be funny to watch him get it wrong, @Turkish can be the assistant navigator, the rest of us can sit back, drink wine and relax.

Ok some good news to report on this thread. I have discovered it is actually possible to sail to Valenciennes by boat from southampton - you can access the canal system from bruges and journey down that way. So that is now Gdansk, Goztepe and now Valenciennes which @SuperSAINT could travel to by boat if SR actually buy them.

Yeah I did think that but he only started like 12 times I think

Imagine we buy Adamu and get Tete on a free and they play as inside forwards and swap wings and then we also buy a striker. We then also get Svanberg as backup/replacment for Romeu with Diallo covering JWP.

Ivan de la pena is a blast from the past, quality footballer

This junior adamu one is interesting, more so after he liked ABK joining us the other day on instagram. Reason its interesting is he doesnt follow us or ABK on instagram and he doesnt have the same agency according to transfermarkt, so he really has gone out of his way to go to like him joining us - also their forum reckon 10-15mil euro's gets it done. Also just found this in an article from Feb - The 20-year old is one of the most sought-after young forwards in European football, having been seriously courted by Southampton and Monaco, and this goal would only have affected his stock positively. https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/who-is-chukwubuike-adamu-the-nigerian-born-striker-who-scored-a-wonderful-goal/59pnep3

What I expect 5/10 What reality gives us 9/10

Finally getting the respect you deserved, it will be a sad day when you have something better to do during the day 🤣🤣 Also holiday is cancelled for you until sept

Great film huh, dont look in the box

You do realise Bochum were only promoted last season and their 1 aim was to not be relegated. Bochum havent been near the bundesliga for years.

Based on everything I've read he is indeed the 2nd coming of Van dijk 🤣

Got a swiss mate who is a bochum fan and he said "he is quality, agressive, goodish with the ball at his feet and has pace, played a lot this year. Expect him to make mistakes as he is young but expect him to be very good over the long run". Here is a scout report i just found as well - seems exactly what I was saying needs to happen - defenders can push up and condense the play to win the ball back easier. "Bochum, under head coach Thomas Reis, always try to squeeze the game. They push up the pitch and pressure the ball to win it back as quickly as possible, before transitioning into fast and direct attacks. That proactive approach suits Bella-Kotchap as the excellent front-foot defender that he is". His first instinct is to press up onto and engage the immediate threat, and he reads and reacts to developing situations quickly. Bella-Kotchap is very good at stepping up to intercept passes, pressure the receiver’s touch, or disrupt their next action. He overwhelms attackers in physical duels, cutting in ahead of them to intercept a pass, wrapping one of his long legs around them to disrupt their touch, and hulking over them to power into headers." https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/armel-bella-kotchap/

This will always be funny, the under 15 boys team beat the women's national team in US. https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/

Not sure but west ham have just signed a 30mil central defender so they wont be going for him now.

The Croatian central defender, Duje Caleta-Car, will not be retained by the Olympian management this summer. According to Football Club de Marseille , two English teams, Crystal Palace and West Ham, have taken a first step towards the 25-year-old player, discussing a contract with his representatives. Duje Caleta-Car, who almost left OM for Liverpool two years ago, would not be particularly excited about these two destinations, even if the Premier League is, a priori, a championship that attracts him. The central defender would rather have the idea of ending his contract with Marseille, to leave the club free of any contract in July 2023. According to Transfermarkt , Duje Caleta-Car has a market value of €16m. - Source: Topmercato.com - Article: https://www.topmercato.com/303282-om-deux-offres-pour-caleta-car/

Lots of noise last summer on the web, lots of "are linked with" types like this- https://www.footballfancast.com/southampton-transfer-rumours/ligue-1-expert-advises-duje-caleta-car-to-join-southampton-and-not-west-ham

The marseille forum think he will go for something between 10-15mil max given he has 1 yr left. They also say he is probably too nice.

interesting

Yeah really rate Jacob, he done some great articles a while back when at Prost Int on https://www.prostinternational.com/author/jtanswell/

I am talking about meritocracy, report actual newsworthy info without being gender,race bias etc, write interesting articles and i will read them. Also in russia there is an actual surplus of women v men and that is not a pun on ukraine war.