mozartfox Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 10 minutes ago, AKCJ said: For the money that's being mentioned I think he'd be a no brainer. Not going to come in here and turn us into mid-00s Chelsea but we'll be a damn sight better with him over Amartey. Ward Castagne Souttar Faes Kristensen Ndidi Tielemans Tete Maddison Barnes Vardy Talking of no brainers……Vesty and Bertrand……. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 1 minute ago, moore_94 said: Any news on other business in the article? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 (edited) 47 minutes ago, moore_94 said: cant be worse than the last defender we spent £15m on edit: can't be worse than the last defender we bought from an english side who play in red&white for £15m* Edited 30 January 2023 by daddylonglegs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 Just now, Stevosevic said: Any news on other business in the article? Harrison is a target but the move is understood to be complicated Vestergaard, Soyuncu, Praet, Perez all available for transfers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sol thewall Bamba Posted 30 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 30 January 2023 Pull this out the bag and Glover's off to a very solid start. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 Apparently Paddy Power have closed the market on Souttar's next club. Had a look and it wasn't there on their transfer specials but I can't 100% say that it was before so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StriderHiryu Posted 30 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 30 January 2023 2 minutes ago, Stevosevic said: Any news on other business in the article? Fun fact, with the Telegraph website, if you press the stop button as it's loading, you can read the entire article for free 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YesNdidi Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 Surely £12m + add ons gets rejected no? Factoring in the sell-on percentage, I doubt Stoke would be happy with £9.6m up front for their star player. I'd say it depends how desperate they are, but it seems they hold the cards here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 1 minute ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Pull this out the bag and Glover's off to a very solid start. solid start on paper... pretty sure a lot of people thought Bertrand and Vestegaard were smart buys (Myself included ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simoken Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 I think this one will happen tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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South Shire Fox Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Finnegan said: The point being made is that if we played to his strengths he wouldn't particularly need to be anything more than a water carrier. If we have a four of Kristiansen, Maddison, Tielemans and Castagne offering sensible passes for him then all he would need to do is sit in deep and mop up as he should be. So its like playing with a player less in midfield while we’re on the ball and looking to control the game then? Look at any decent side and all of their defensive midfielders are decent on the ball. All the opposition has to do is mark Maddison and Tielemans out the game and leave Ndidi isolated on the ball then we are ****ed. So much better side with Mendy playing Edited 30 January 2023 by South Shire Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les-tah Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 11 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: Fun fact, with the Telegraph website, if you press the stop button as it's loading, you can read the entire article for free Alternatively another tip - google “remove paywall” and click something like 12ft.io and enter url. Disclaimer: i do not condone people not paying for articles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will1981 Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 24 minutes ago, daddylonglegs said: cant be worse than the last defender we spent £15m on I hope he is better than Faes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 3 minutes ago, Will1981 said: I hope he is better than Faes. I'm hoping he's better than Vestergaard and then working my way up ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazzer 7 Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 10 mil + Vesty. Deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will1981 Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 Just now, Fazzer 7 said: 10 mil + Vesty. Deal. I highly doubt Stoke are in a position to pay Vesty 80k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 Just now, Will1981 said: I highly doubt Stoke are in a position to pay Vesty 80k a week. we would pay 50k/week of vesty's salary and still be ahead. but vesty wouldn't go to stoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannythefox Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 Fancy this kid, he’s looked decent this season. No brainer really be worth double next season if it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazzer 7 Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 3 minutes ago, Will1981 said: I highly doubt Stoke are in a position to pay Vesty 80k a week. Serious, is that what he's on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 30 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 30 January 2023 19 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said: So its like playing with a player less in midfield while we’re on the ball and looking to control the game then? Look at any decent side and all of their defensive midfielders are decent on the ball. All the opposition has to do is mark Maddison and Tielemans out the game and leave Ndidi isolated on the ball then we are ****ed. So much better side with Mendy playing As I just said, in order for it to work he needs to have multiple passing options open to him. It's not a coincidence that Ndidi's form dropped off at the same time that we changed shape. He's not magically become a bad player, has he? He was always technically limited. But previously he had Tielemans, Maddison, Evans, a confident Soynuncu, Ricardo Pereira and Chilwell to distribute to. Now he's got isolated full backs who aren't advancing, a marked Tielemans, no Maddison, Daniel Amartey and whoever else surrounding him in a team that's regressed enormously and half the side are terrified of the ball. We've played maybe the best football (title winning season aside) we've played in the entire Premier League era under Brendan Rodgers with Wilfred Ndidi in the side. But then all he had to do is sit back as the anchor in that midfield and allow more talented players the space to push on and commit bodies to the attacking third. That's all we should be doing with him. It's not "playing with a man less", it's that man enabling the rest of the team to actually do their best work. Now what we have is a manager too afraid to actually let us commit bodies forward so we have full backs that are rarely allowed to cross halfway, the knock on from that is that our wide players get isolated and doubled up on or - in Madders case - completely leave their flank vacant anyway. Tielemans in turn isn't really allowed to progress, he ends up being stuck shackled back to his defensive duties. The whole thing is a mess. The best possible side we can put out now is still, as it was in 2019, a 433 with Wilf protecting the back four enabling Tielemans, Maddison and attacking full backs to actually get on the ball pushing in to the opposition half. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksz Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 (edited) The ITK on the stoke forum is still adamant this has been agreed for a few days… “Like I said, last week, the offer went in last week. 2 rejected 1 agreed. Media are behind.” ”Stoke are happy. Leicester are happy. Harry is happy. Like I said earlier in the week, I would be absolutely gobsmacked if it didn’t go through.” “After everything it’s higher than £15m with adds ons, I think it’s up to 19,20 after clauses.” Seems a bit odd to me it would have been agreed that long and it’s only just getting out now but time will tell I guess. Seems like they all trust him. Edited 30 January 2023 by Aleksz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 1 minute ago, dannythefox said: No brainer really be worth double next season if it works out. And if it doesn't work out? *The value of your investment may go down as well as up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolucklcfc Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 2 minutes ago, Aleksz said: The ITK on the stoke forum is still adamant this has been agreed for a few days… “Like I said, last week, the offer went in last week. 2 rejected 1 agreed. Media are behind.” ”Stoke are happy. Leicester are happy. Harry is happy. Like I said earlier in the week, I would be absolutely gobsmacked if it didn’t go through.” “After everything it’s higher than £15m with adds ons, I think it’s up to 19,20 after clauses.” Seems a bit odd to me it would have been agreed that long and it’s only just getting out now but time will tell I guess. Seems like they all trust him. He’s going against JP then if he’s standing by that and I know who I’d rather believe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slymunn Posted 30 January 2023 Share Posted 30 January 2023 41 minutes ago, daddylonglegs said: cant be worse than the last defender we spent £15m on Bit harsh on Faes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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