Popular Post Sciatika Posted July 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2023 One of my favourite examples of the absurdity of football journalism was when FloMo was asked about Premier League football by a French reporter. He said it was intuitive - you had to play without thinking because there was no time to think. When the British press picked this up, they translated it to brainless. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Exactly @Sciatika..why bother with accuracy when there is so much room for buffoonery.? Intended or otherwise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 I wonder if Lesley Ugochukwu will mind being known as Dave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea_Matt Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 1 hour ago, chara said: Just read that Matt.....it's nothing to do with "journalism",,,just an exercise in the media version of "creative accountancy".....present the facts but spin the conclusions. Nothing actually holds up under scrutiny..last year's disaster tour arranged with Todd and Co in mind ?...travel "fatigue" the same as last year?..I remember a comment that this year's travel was in contrast to last year! Stick with me and Mr Kelly (and others)for media cynicism and debunking! Just added and apologise if not exactly right as not sure exactly where the squad are based.but the travel ...flight times. Philly-Washington...1hour 5mins Philly Atlanta...I hour 40 mins Philly Charlotte (NC) 1hour 13mins Hardly grueling travel......check last year"s venues !! Pinch of salt comes to mind ! Well said. They’re a bunch of trouble-making charlatans!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 There will only ever be one Dave! Surely we just call him Les? I know absolute nothing about him but watching that very brief video I'd keep him in the squad. He's massive, we have a very small squad, physically, and he plays completely differently to all our other midfielders. He is the reason I didn't want us to spunk £100m+ on Rice, well not him exactly but his type of player, it's not hard to play that role and will never warrant spending Rice sort of money on it. In other news, looks like Hojlund is off to United. 9 league goals last year after signing for Atalanta for £15m and now he's cost £70m+. Bananas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Les is fine by me. Will be fun hearing the commentators struggling with his name. They couldn't even manage Dzajic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 7 minutes ago, Sciatika said: Les is fine by me. Will be fun hearing the commentators struggling with his name. They couldn't even manage Dzajic. I sort off leant towards Trigger or Trig...watching the video there was an element of "pulling the trigger" I'd get my coat but "someone else" nicked it a long time back!😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boratsbrother Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 I prefer to go for the obvious Ugo abbreviation. More suitable for a chant than Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Big Les has a ring to it. Hope the rumour is true that he was the player targetted by Brighton to replace Caicedo. That will show them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east lower Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 9 hours ago, Thiago97 said: Last time we had a Lesley ? Les Fridge? One for the senior citizens on here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd25 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Clermont foot don’t stand a chance against our army of 19 year olds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 (edited) For anyone wondering. And also done this one as I'd heard he was a Lavia alternative earlier in the piece. Edited July 30, 2023 by xceleryx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 9 hours ago, chara said: Just added and apologise if not exactly right as not sure exactly where the squad are based.but the travel ...flight times. Philly-Washington...1hour 5mins Philly Atlanta...I hour 40 mins Philly Charlotte (NC) 1hour 13mins Hardly grueling travel......check last year"s venues !! Pinch of salt comes to mind ! Should have put them on a overnight greyhound come to my mind. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 @Bob Singleton I hope you are ok. It's nearly the first of the month, I do hope you will be publishing your transfer list. Cheers ROTG. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 10 hours ago, ROTG said: Should have put them on a overnight greyhound come to my mind. 😀 Hmm..might be difficult..those greyhounds can only carry one person at a time,,but they are fast!😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMox81 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Would be great if we could deal with any other club than Brighton for our transfers… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 24 minutes ago, BMox81 said: Would be great if we could deal with any other club than Brighton for our transfers… You’re referring to this I take it… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 36 minutes ago, Original 21 said: You’re referring to this I take it… They'll only want £120m for him just find someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago97 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 50 minutes ago, Original 21 said: You’re referring to this I take it… Arguably more important signing than Caicedo imo. He’s not first choice at Brighton currently, as De Zerbi seems to prefer Steele. I think if we could get him for £25 million it would be a good signing. I have seen him make some ricks , but he also makes very good saves. I’m f we are not outright replacing Kepa, then we need a strong Plan B option to keep them both firmly on their toes. Kepa goes into this season with zero competition, then we are asking for complacency and trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Thiago97 said: Arguably more important signing than Caicedo imo. He’s not first choice at Brighton currently, as De Zerbi seems to prefer Steele. I think if we could get him for £25 million it would be a good signing. I have seen him make some ricks , but he also makes very good saves. I’m f we are not outright replacing Kepa, then we need a strong Plan B option to keep them both firmly on their toes. Kepa goes into this season with zero competition, then we are asking for complacency and trouble. More important than Caicedo?? Not sure how a backup keeper can be deemed arguably more important than a c£90m midfielder than walks into our first team!! Sanchez is pants too! Very underwhelming signing. My approach on GK’s would be to either replace Kepa with a bona fide number one or don’t bother at all, and use Bettinelli and one of the academy lads as backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick1977 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Either Sanchez or Raya would be a massive improvement on Kepa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 24 minutes ago, Rick1977 said: Either Sanchez or Raya would be a massive improvement on Kepa. I'm sure I read that if you analyse the stats which is apparently the be all and end all these days that Raya has worse stats than Kepa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago97 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 41 minutes ago, Rob B said: More important than Caicedo?? Not sure how a backup keeper can be deemed arguably more important than a c£90m midfielder than walks into our first team!! Sanchez is pants too! Very underwhelming signing. My approach on GK’s would be to either replace Kepa with a bona fide number one or don’t bother at all, and use Bettinelli and one of the academy lads as backup. So if we sign no one and Kepa’s form is average or bad, you would be happy with Bettinelli or an academy lad? Recipe for disaster! It’s not like we have not been here before with Kepa is it! He needs a strong challenger, if not clearly replaced by a No1. You simply cannot rely on Kepa. As for Caicedo, he’s good but I am far from convinced he is right man. Especially at what he will cost. He’s just a bit too much of a bits and pieces type player. Spends a lot of time hustling and pressing, great athlete …..but he just feels a back up type player and almost Kante light. He’s gonna cost Enzo type fee, but for me they are a class apart. If he was costing £50m -£60m then fine, but he’s not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeping Dave Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 24 minutes ago, Mark Kelly said: I'm sure I read that if you analyse the stats which is apparently the be all and end all these days that Raya has worse stats than Kepa. I don’t think either of them are what we should aim for. However, fine as a stop-gap competitor for GK1 over the next two years and thereafter hopefully a GK2 by some distance when we can finally release Kepa and buy a proper GK1/Slonina to come back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Came out of nowhere. An alternative to Wes Fofana but curtains for Chalobah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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