Smirking_Saint

Buying clubs basically ensure there is a delay to the buy back coming in force to ensure if the player is a success then we can retain them for a couple of seasons, otherwise its just a glorified loan, to an extent I imagine that City would probably have pushed harder if they’d managed to shift Phillips but realistically they don’t have a spot for Lavia right now Coincidentally.. nor do Chelsea, but here we are

Well… no I suppose not My point is that their negatives are highlighted because they play together, IIRC they’ve always been shite when they play together, and they make less mistakes next to a capable CB So I do think, with a good CB, we could see the best of either

I think Stephens or Bednarek will be instantly improved with a steady and influential CB next to them tbh

I think that was so we coukd get Downes in

I think its pretty obvious that Chelsea will likely take him, and reports are that Chelsea have agreed terms Looks like Liverpool are trying to just outbid to end Chelsea’s interest, so lets see what Chelsea’s resolve is

I don’t agree with the ‘champion experience’ line personally, never have If Man City or Real Madrid somehow found themselves in the Championship (hypothetically) I’m sure they’ll have zero problems being promoted, and what championship experience do they have ? Probably zero.. or close too What we need is competent players that hopefully have a degree of leadership ability to compliment what we already have

I don’t disagree, the linesman was wrong on plenty of occasions, infact officiating at this level is awful I saw Tella losing his shit at the lino, I was like “You’re right mate but please stop” 😂

Problem is, and this isn’t just me digging out JS this time, is you’re inviting a booking We’re on 11 already as a team, new laws aside we need to check our enotions

City get 20%

Im assuming.. unless Chelsea gazump it ?

https://twitter.com/jacobsteinberg/status/1691010818349928448?s=46&t=MqpubAzkQD51r3m_v775zw

Ive only really read about loans with an option Probably the same with Holgate

Good old Elon

https://x.com/southamptonfc/status/1690993025315434496?s=46&t=MqpubAzkQD51r3m_v775zw It won’t embed for some reason but JWP is gone

Athletico I think But it’s redundant I think he’ll pitch up at Chelsea in the next 48 hrs but honestly who knows with this saga right now

Tbf.. Bednarek went elsewhere for his injury after the friendly, ABK to germany I believe due to squad size the Staplewood medical facility is being used more for 1st team recovery etc But.. even with that said.. I think things with Kameldeen are being exaggerated….

Its not what Ive said at all, Stephens shouldn’t be breaking out of his defensive line and once Sargeant checks he isn’t the danger, he should be scanning at that point, goalside of Fassnacht and allow his fullback to cover if necessary But I agree to end it there, we aren’t going to agree here Id also agree that the midfield hasn’t offered him enough protection either

55m is a record fee for a player in the Championship tbf.. and I agree, I don’t really care where he goes as long as we get the best fee but with Klopp doing his usual tapping up, the club playing games and low balling us all summer then him moving to Chelsea is a bonus

Id stick my neck on the line here and say he’s off

Here’s what I could find on Paintsil… because frankly I don’t know much about him https://totalfootballanalysis.com/player-analysis/joseph-paintsil-at-krc-genk-202223-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics Metrics wise he is more or less in the top 98th centile of pro league attacking players for goalscoring actions and top 90th for most dribbling metrics… his write up has him being used, at times in a more defensive sense too Last year he produced an average of 0.9 G/A per game and Villa we’re sniffing around in January Id imagine he’ll come in to replace Sulemana who looks like is off

Yeah Im still not having it, I watched the extended highlights again and at no point is Sargeant really a danger Fassnacht should have been Stephens man, whether Manning verbally passed him on or not we’ll never know but far too often he is unaware of what’s happening around him, my top level was Wessex league and even I scanned FFS On another note though, our midfield was wide open again, I get the game was stretched here but jesus.. as a team we really defended horribly yesterday

Yeah this is a fantastic signing and suits the midfield perfectly Its a coup too

The player infront of him ? So he’s marking Bednarek is he ? We’ll agree to disagree, theres an argument to be had that Manning should have, may have.. told Stephens about the danger, but either way its Stephens man and Manning should be covering You have 2 x CBs marking space and not particularly effectively, Manning needs to be aware of the man over his right shoulder whether you think its a danger or not, and at most shoukd cover Stephens if he fucks up.. which he did… they both did

The market this year is short of decent DMs and Strikers basically

If you don’t think Stephens should be picking up Fassnacht here you need to give your head a wobble tbh Stephens caught doing what he does too often.. ball watching The first Ill concede might not of been on him, much like the Rowe goal it was just an absolute mess, no idea who was supposed to be marking anyone really, but it seemed to me again that Stephens was stood ball watching, Bednarek moves to Rowe ? Instead of dealing with Sargeant, ultimately its poor communication between those two either way you look at it Im sticking with my assessment that Stephens is an awful defender as far as marking is concerned, he’s fine from a reactive POV, but either would benefit from playing next to a competent and organising CB