goodymatt

Piroe watch

Hopefully still a non starter 🤞

I worded that poorly, meant £15m including the add ons. It’s a big fee for a championship signing. Can’t see him not being a starter.

I know it’s Footy Insider but Newcastle’s interest in Tino isn’t going away just yet.

Think our model Is to bring these high performing academy players and be their platform. Shea Charles at £15m (with add ons included) won’t be sitting on our bench every week. Wilcox knows his ability and it seems he’s the Lavia replacement. Hopefully he’s more Tino/Lavia than Larios/Edozie/Bazunu. Playing these players regularly is what attracts them here in the first place over competitors, Leicester we’re interested in Charles too for example.

Not been the best of signings!

Find myself falling into the trap of hoping these players will just be significantly better in this league, however the lack of suitability to our possession based style is a huge concern.

That’s roughly £5m then total, we paid £4m to sign him?

One out of contract Swansea player that won’t be following Martin to Saints.

Looks like a permanent sale not loan with obligation according to The Athletic

Trying to make sense of our CB situation: 1. Bednarek - I think he stays as first choice. Leadership qualities came out towards the end of last season. I saw him giving one of his new pep talks to Lavia before he came on at Goztepe too. 2. Stephens - After playing PL footy last season, his expectation would be to start or surely he would want to leave. I remain unconvinced but hoping this is maybe his level? He does have some leadership qualities. 3. Lyanco - Off to Besiktas. Thank god, 4. Salisu - 1 year left and linked with Monaco and Everton recently. I 100% expect him to be sold. 5. DCC - Lost his place in the Croatia national team, struggled to hold down a place in our team last season. Also fully expect him to leave. 6. Bella-Kotchap - National team squad player for Germany already. Bags of potential but fitness is an issue. He will likely be going back to Germany. I wonder if that £25m release clause is too high? Martin may play 3 at the back, we will need 5 CBs or 4 with Charles/Bree/Manning making up that 5th back up if we have injuries. So I make it Bednarek, Stephens and possibly (but unlikely) Bella-Kotchap. We will need to sign two. Not sure if Holgate being the only addition would fill me with confidence. Other links that haven’t moved elsewhere yet are Cabango, Wood and Edwards. Would Stephens, Bednarek, Edwards and Holgate be strong enough? I think I’d take that.

Holgate?

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This could easily be Dragan taking about Ankerson. Leeds making all the same mistakes we did with the same outcome.

Had a mare there getting my lefts and rights mixed up! 🤦‍♂️ Always a good sign when other teams in your league seem jealous of a signing and if the PL interest was real we did well to land him.

It makes so much sense to go and get Piroe with 1 year left on his contract, scoring 40 goals under Martin. Sell Adams to the PL to fund it and use Mara and Armstrong for competition. Manning, Piroe and Downes would all be able to play Martin-ball immediately. We don’t have any time to waste so they all make a lot of sense to me.

Not many YouTube highlights for Manning, just came across this new one which does have quite a lot of QPR highlights but gives an idea of the type of LB/LWB he is.

He’s been such a bad referee for Saints, good riddance. Go back to chicken farming and watching Tranmere.

Alcaraz is still pretty raw but if he’s here on September 1st, I’ll be more confident of promotion. Think he would be our catalyst.

Amo-Ameyaw is a yes.