Mark Kelly Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 5 hours ago, ROTG said: I would be interested to know who sold Nkunku the club, as it seems Poch has never spoken to him. I wonder if the word project was mentioned to him? Well, seeing as he used the word "project" when he was unveiled at Chelsea I expect it was , we signed him so long ago and before Potter had completely ruined our season that he probably looked at our previous history and expected to be in the Champions League when he arrived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 If we didn't have bad luck we'd have no luck at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert19 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Ham said: If we didn't have bad luck we'd have no luck at all. It's about time we refused to play on one of those dire American pitches though. A miracle that no one else got hurt on that surface last week - if it looked that bad on screen, there's no way it wasn't worse in person. Makes you wonder why the Club is willing to take the risk? Especially as we've seen this happen before. RLC's achilles.... Guessing this means that a new CF is now guaranteed. Will it also mean a temporary switch to 4-3-3, or do we have another player that could play the #10 in the 4-2-3-1 formation? Edited August 7, 2023 by Bert19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw66 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I have done a few Google searches and not much is coming up apart from that report. I wouldn't get too despondent just yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago97 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 FFS! Nightmare start to things if this turns out accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeping Dave Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 🤬🤬🤬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Oh but wait..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Tucker Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 33 minutes ago, Ham said: Oh but wait..... Let's hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 48 minutes ago, Michael Tucker said: Let's hope. And to evidence the reliability of the Twitterati; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw66 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 If it is months, I wonder if this might force our hand. Another loan for Felix? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago97 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 This is a massive body blow. He is going to be a massive player for us and now we are in a situation where we don't have him up and running until the New Year probably, possibly longer accounting time to get used to PL football up against match fit opponents. It very likely forces our hand to definitely need to enter the market for another forward now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw66 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Thiago97 said: This is a massive body blow. He is going to be a massive player for us and now we are in a situation where we don't have him up and running until the New Year probably, possibly longer accounting time to get used to PL football up against match fit opponents. It very likely forces our hand to definitely need to enter the market for another forward now. the conversations with Juve probably intensify now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 40 minutes ago, paulw66 said: the conversations with Juve probably intensify now. Not sure why an injury to a LW/AM would increase our need for Vlahovic? If the injury is going to be 2-3 months then I would suggest standing still. We can't spend another 40-60m on an Nkunku replacement if he's due to be back before the end of the calendar year. I do love the links to Olise though and would be happy with that signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulw66 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 39 minutes ago, Bison said: Not sure why an injury to a LW/AM would increase our need for Vlahovic? Well, Nkunku was probably also penciled in (at this stage) to be 2nd choice no.9 39 minutes ago, Bison said: I do love the links to Olise though and would be happy with that signing. yes, although also injured right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Hazard on a free anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, Mark Kelly said: Hazard on a free anyone? Probably take him until December to get fit, Also i doubt Poch would want him back at the club, as it might reignite poch's nightmares of that fateful night in May 2016 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Out for an extended period? Thanks for nothing OCWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Fucking hell, we can't have anything nice can we. Absolutely gutted for Nkunku because he was looking good and is a fabulous player, so to not have him for virtually the first half of the season is going to be a blow and a half. I wonder what we'll do now? Don't particularly trust Chukwuemeka enough at this point, which leaves Gallagher as the only real alternative but an entirely different type of attacking midfielder. This also hurts us in terms of options upfront as I imagine Poch would've used Nkunku as a #9 at times as well. So now we're down our primary AM and secondary ST. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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