ratio_decidendi
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TIL that the vast majority of SW members are horny OAPs.
On topic: it seems like everything's gone quiet re: Vlaar? Would be a shame to miss out on that one.
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Sorry to come back to this a day later, but what was seen at Swindon was a pre-season friendly and not enough to judge a player. Based on the Swindon game we have no strikers of Prem quality since they all failed to score, some given fairly easy chances. Matt Targett didn't get into the England u-19 by being a poor player and he will only become a premier standard player by plating premier league games. If Koeman and the coaches think he's up to it, and they work with him every day, that would be a more reliable basis of assessment than watching an hour of a friendly match from the stands.
That's fair enough - my assessment was merely based on what I saw the other night so take it or leave it as that!
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Strewth, could probably get better odds on that than Rory's Dad & his mates got, so no, I doubt that very much. worth a try..! But, to hazard one more guess, you're not talking about De Vrij, right? Guan did mention him as a potential target.
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Oh FFS IF it was a normal D_P story it would involve Golf (Trust me, one of THOSE is coming).
Nah. Simply I have a mate who is a taxi driver. His bombshell (in ITK terms) back a month or so ago was that "The Scousers signed SRL as replacement for Suarez as he will be going to France or Spain for about 90 million somethings...." (He had collected a Qatari from the Airport who had babbled on and on about PSG) (Oh and you can SOOOOO wind the Scousers up by saying that!)
Anyway he told me last weekend that this was the big week. I thought it was the usual BS but then Guan said something similar (ish, nearly, almost)
So. as I have had a VERY bad evening (my Son who does NOT play Golf BEAT me on the Par 3 this evening) I have put 3 and 3 together.
As for what it means I simply refer you to Guan's posts, my timeline is karma and "I am offline all day so you just know the sh1t is gonna go down" hunch
.... three signings tomorrow?
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Doing well in the cups didn't suit Pochettino's agenda. Would Tottenham have gone for him if we'd done well in the Cup but finished 10th in the League?
Erm... yep?
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Was he poor? Strange because from other commentators I have seen he was pretty impressive by all accounts?
In my opinion I thought he was almost out of his depth, and this was against a defensive Swindon Town. The gulf between him and Shaw is remarkable.
But, Targett is only 18, has lots of room for improvement, and it's a bit harsh to compare him to Shaw (who can be seen as something of a one of a kind). I'm not going to dispute what others are saying, but the only way I could describe Targett as impressive is in light of his distant future and not because he's ready to start against Liverpool (because he isn't).
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Based on what I saw yesterday evening, Targett is no way up to PL quality. He will get eaten alive by Liverpool. So, with a different LB, Id be otherwise quite comfortable with that starting line up.
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Fonte also made quite a few mistakes that costs us, againts City, Arsenal etc. If we want to improve, we also need to replace him as well. A good back up / squad player but should mever be a regular first teamer again.
Nonsense. He might make a few mistakes (what player doesn't?) but his leadership ability within a first XI is worth it's weight in gold.
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Is Caulker that good? i did see the hype about him but Cardiff did let in a load of goals, especially when their Chilean defencive midfielder was out
I think Caulker's one that, provided he's playing alongside an older and more experienced CB, has the potential to improve. He could have been a decent option to play alongside Lovren's replacement. But all in all it's not too gutting.
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Good riddance. His position at Southampton was entirely untenable. Perhaps this will open the door to the signing of another striker.
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1. Pelle
2. Ramirez
3. Pelle
4. Davis
5. Gallagher
6. JWP
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Not sure we can be choosy about CBs at the moment. Looks a bit weak to me. (Our ability here, not MR)
True, but there's time yet
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But will probably want ludicrous wages.
And would be competing for a spot against two of our brightest right-backs (and don't tell me he's actually a centre back because if so, why didn't City use him as such?)
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Remarkable. Genuine question: has this kind of transfer activity ever been seen before in the PL (i.e. one club buying four starters from another)?
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Talking about another player as an option is not cool
Who is to say villa see him as an option to leave to a club as a league rival?
Maybe, he is not even for sale?
Maybe villa want to keep him?
As we have seen recently, not nice other clubs talking about your players as if they can just swan in and take them
Sure, it's not nice, but we support Southampton and not Villa, right? We want the club to do as well as possible and if that means unsettling a player a tiny bit then so be it.
I for one would be more than happy with Vlaar.
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Nobody else cares.
Why not PM each other?
I think this guy generally wants an audience for his *****ing and, as soon as I responded to him on matters which didn't involve Ings, I proved to be just as bad. I regret saying anything at all now.
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And we wonder why our national team fails to match the Germans, or Dutch.
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I've said it before, but I would love for us to get Caulker. With time, he could be an England starter in the future.
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Deary me. I think the only assuming going on is from you, boiling down a complex and multi - faceted process into a black/white decision point.
There are myriad ways this process could play out over the next six weeks and indeed the next twelve months. Of those outcomes, Ings walking out for free (or a tribunal fee) is way down the list, just above Ings signing for Barcelona.
Keep this stuff up and you will soon be one of my favourite pet forum idiots. You don't have a view on the Boston bombing do you?
If you didn't understand what I was trying to say, I'd recommend you just point that out instead of resorting to personal attacks and attempts to obfuscate. That way, we'd actually be able to have a sane and credible discussion.
But, for what it's worth, I'm really not sure that I am boiling down the discussion into something simple (unless it were to enhance our own understanding from a conceptual perspective); of course I understand that the Ings process could play out in many different ways (originally I was merely expressing a desire, not a prediction); and what on earth are you going on about Boston for?
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Running his contract down to the bitter end is not actually "giving back to their club", is it? It's fu cking them over.
Ings won't do that. It's called reality.
Really? I think you're working under the assumption that every player has an inherent transfer value (true) and that every club has the automatic and exclusive right to gain from that (false). If Burnley wanted their share of his fee they would do better to sell him now. As it is, however, they're willing to forgo that min order to benefit from his contribution on the pitch for another year.
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But when do players really turn down a move that, in Ings case, would most certainly involve a more established prem club and a very decent pay rise?
Can't see it happening.
I'm not sure that really answers my question, but I guess what you're suggesting all depends on the player. Some might want to give back to their club (I.e. loyalty) and see out their contract whereas others might jump ship at the first opportunity. Different circumstances will breed differing results.
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Which would be considerably less than what they would get now
When does your scenario ever happen?
If he won't sign a contract, he will be sold by January
I didn't know about the compensation to Burnley aspect if Ings were to leave at end of contract. So, I may be wrong on this but... Does Ings have the right to turn down a contract with a third party club and remain with Burnley until his current contract terminates? My assumption is yes, meaning that it's not entirely up to the club whether he's sold or not?
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Let's assume, for a second, that Burnley won't let him run his contract down and just leave on a free.
It's probably best to leave speculation to the realms of reality. What do you expect, that Burnley will force Ings to sign a new contract?
Strewth, could probably get better odds on that than Rory's Dad & his mates got, so no, I doubt that very much.
worth a try..! But, to hazard one more guess, you're not talking about De Vrij, right? Guan did mention him as a potential target.
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Can't help but think (and hope) that Guan's last comment is a reference to Rojo: "The fifth [signing] depends on the quality of the fourth, and their ability to play a second position."
Is Rojo a CB first LB second, or the other way round?