jv1 Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 15 minutes ago, westernpark said: Because players are solely based on how much they cost. More worried about his stats than his price tag - I hope he is awesome - just very surprised we aren’t going for someone at least a bit more recognised as at least being one of the next big things - the 2 French based cbs from last season that West Ham have signed are on a complete different level to this lad - as iv said I hope he does well and will support him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 His first three appearances of the season. Marseille - Own goal Strasbourg - Yellow card Lyon - Yellow card I can see why we would want him though from some elements of his game. Reims averaged the lowest amount of possession in Ligue 1 last season, Faes though was statistically their best passer of the ball. He also earned his first Belgium call up this year so that’s encouraging. I watched the game against Marseille the other week, in a defence where he scored an own goal and shipped four, it was very easy to be put off. Just giving the game against Lyon a watch though, he played a key role in the Reims goal by carrying the ball out of defence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbtcity Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 7 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said: single game footage of him, better than highlights reel imo. Has to be watched on YouTube and can’t be embedded for some reason… link For a guy poor in the air according to his stats he won about 20 headers in this clip alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 4 minutes ago, turlo said: Does Rodgers have to have 10 pints before he picks him? Yes - and perhaps we can have a whip round and have a slash in the odd one. I imagine a few on here would like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigga Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 13 minutes ago, Babylon said: He wasn’t the most promising centre back in Europe when we signed him ffs. Barely anyone had heard of him Why did we pay £30m for him then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 7 minutes ago, AjcW said: **** off Fofana **** off Fofana We don’t need you We’ve got big Wout His hairs ****ing massive!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 2 minutes ago, kingfox said: His first three appearances of the season. Marseille - Own goal Strasbourg - Yellow card Lyon - Yellow card I can see why we would want him though from some elements of his game. Reims averaged the lowest amount of possession in Ligue 1 last season, Faes though was statistically their best passer of the ball. He also earned his first Belgium call up this year so that’s encouraging. I watched the game against Marseille the other week, in a defence where he scored an own goal and shipped four, it was very easy to be put off. Just giving the game against Lyon a watch though, he played a key role in the Reims goal by carrying the ball out of defence. I think it was you that said it, we needed a ball carrier out of defence. We missed Wes doing that massively last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 1 minute ago, Rigga said: Why did we pay £30m for him then ? Because that’s what they wanted and we rated him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeePhilpottsBaldSpot Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 10 minutes ago, jv1 said: Surely we aren’t replacing a 75m centre half with a lad for 15m that we’ve never heard of and is by all accounts ok - that can’t be the Wes replacement surely - must be the second Cb we are going to sign I think some fans need to adjust their expectations - we're £60m in the red from last year's transfers then didn't get Europe. Buying players for cheaper fees at the end of their contract is exactly what I expect us to do with the Fofana money. This seems to be a really positive transfer. Young but with top flight experience, just capped at a heavyweight international team and seemingly something of a much-needed tough guy. We've had a really good record buying Belgian / French players, I trust our scouting network if this is the guy they've lined up! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbtcity Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 Gosens Cags Evans Wout JJ… has a club ever won the league after being rock bottom after 4 games 👀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigga Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 3 minutes ago, dbtcity said: For a guy poor in the air according to his stats he won about 20 headers in this clip alone No one was near him for 19 of them 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Danny280995 Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 12 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said: I watch the Ligue 1 highlights show on BT so have seen snippets of him on that. He's young, got potential to improve and is already a Belgian international so happy to get behind this one. Much prefer it to paying Dawson 75k per week. Did raise my eyebrows over the plan to give him a 5 year contract though, as he is a bit of an unknown quantity. For re sale value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1 Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 2 minutes ago, LeePhilpottsBaldSpot said: I think some fans need to adjust their expectations - we're £60m in the red from last year's transfers then didn't get Europe. Buying players for cheaper fees at the end of their contract is exactly what I expect us to do with the Fofana money. This seems to be a really positive transfer. Young but with top flight experience, just capped at a heavyweight international team and seemingly something of a much-needed tough guy. We've had a really good record buying Belgian / French players, I trust our scouting network if this is the guy they've lined up! I dont disagree with any of that- decent post- lets hope the lad hits the ground running 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 Hopefully adds a bit of aggression to our side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 He wins 52.78% of aerial duels apparently. According to opta data/squawka https://www.squawka.com/en/comparison-matrix/?compare=L0KM9H8qwFGf9lpNbRYuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenom Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 Lot of pressure in being labeled Fofana’s replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox85 Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 Not going g to lie I would probably put him behind Cags Amarty Vesteregard Nelson Faes I guess it's a signing and a expensive one at that his value is or should be around 2 or 5 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 Got a very "cags" feel to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 30 August 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 30 August 2022 3 minutes ago, Iran said: "I'm told the deal is very close" Translation: I'd never heard of this guy give minutes ago but Fab says it's happening so it must be, please follow me. Please. Please. Please, no really please I need this. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 I’m expecting him to run the pitch and score and outrageous goal against Man United, and then get sent off for windmilling in front of ETH with his P45 attached to the end of his whatsit. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He's_Magic Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 1 minute ago, Shane said: He wins 52.78% of aerial duels apparently. According to opta data/squawka https://www.squawka.com/en/comparison-matrix/?compare=L0KM9H8qwFGf9lpNbRYuk Well if we only concede from half the corners we give away that's better than last season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny_wright Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 17 minutes ago, Pliskin said: Have you ever watched him play? Read enough from people that have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 1 minute ago, Fox85 said: Not going g to lie I would probably put him behind Cags Amarty Vesteregard Nelson Faes I guess it's a signing and a expensive one at that his value is or should be around 2 or 5 million Based on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 30 August 2022 Share Posted 30 August 2022 17 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said: I watch the Ligue 1 highlights show on BT so have seen snippets of him on that. He's young, got potential to improve and is already a Belgian international so happy to get behind this one. Much prefer it to paying Dawson 75k per week. Did raise my eyebrows over the plan to give him a 5 year contract though, as he is a bit of an unknown quantity. Mean we amortises he transfer fee over 5 years with around 2.5m per year hitting our accounts. Which is useful if we are as skint as some believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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