ARM1968 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 (edited) Ohh how the usual suspects scoffed when I said the club wanted north of £100 million for Madders and Barnes. Looks like we will be quite well north of that. Hope the lad does well. I think he is a super talent never truly embraced by some here. Obviously north if we sell every other fecker too. Surprised there were no takers there. This place is slipping. Edited 7 July 2023 by ARM1968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest glasgowfox Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, lgfualol said: We've not managed to replace Mahrez after all these years. Wonder how long replacing Barnes would take. To be honest get your point but mahrez was simply unreplaceable Edited 7 July 2023 by glasgowfox Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangecity23 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 1 minute ago, sacreblueits442 said: ...if I recall, against Spurs, the job was already completed and we were effectively on the beach, with quite a few out with injuries!!! It must have been difficult for him to transition into the man calling the shots, as he was the player's go-to confidant. I would have wanted to see him go down to the lower leagues and try again, it is pretty suicidal to begin your managerial career in the glare of the Premier League. Fergie had cut his teeth at Aberdeen and was a result away from being shown the door when he went to United. On the inury front, by that stage I think we had finally reached the point where we were fielding Benolouane and Fuchs at centre back after injuries to Morgan and Huth, reaping the consequence of another transfer window failure to sort a problem, when Rudkin took all January to deal with a centre back shortage and finally came up with an answer of Molla Wague several weeks later on loan (RE-OCCURRING THEME KLAXON), who promptly got injured. This was 6 months after signing Mendy to replace Kante, him immediately getting injured but we still let Inler leave, then spent 6 months struggling after injury to Drinkwater meant we tried to work out how to cope with a 2 man midfield of Amartey and King getting overrun, with no option of going to a 3 man midfield because there weren't any more midfielders actually left at the club (RE-OCCURRING THEME KLAXON RE-OCCURING). At least this summer will be different, where our winger shortage surely will be handily resolved by (checks notes) Jon Rudkin (KLAXON EXPLODES FROM OVERUSE) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 5 minutes ago, glasgowfox said: To be honest get your point but mahrez was simply unrepeatable ...we just wanted someone who was competent, that's all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonfox1884 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 More gutted by the prospect of this than I was about Maddison leaving. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weller Wing Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 He's a class player and his stats back this up. Probably excepted once we got relegated that he would be one to finance the rebuild along with Madders. We are where we are 🥺😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 Is he really a top four player? Good luck if he gets the move. Might boost his changes for making the Euro's next year, but he will be needing game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFox99 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 Didn't think that out of Barnes, Youri and Madders it'd be Barnes who'd end up with a move to a UCL club, Madders to a club outside of Europe and Youri to fecking Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 Will miss him greatly if he leaves. Its not worth letting him go under £50m however, especially seeing as we've already sold Maddison for £40m with just 1 year left on his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble92 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 9 minutes ago, LFox99 said: Didn't think that out of Barnes, Youri and Madders it'd be Barnes who'd end up with a move to a UCL club, Madders to a club outside of Europe and Youri to fecking Villa You wouldn't have thought 3 years ago they'd be a fairly good chance Maddison and certainly Tielemans will never see the Champions League for the rest of their careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shailen Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 He's proven to be one of the best wingers in the Premier league although we built our team around Maddison and Barnes. Maddison was given a free license to roam for us and Barnes was ultimately allowed to remain high up and play as a second striker at times. It'll be interesting to see how they both adapt should Barnes move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 1 hour ago, alanf0x said: Like we did with Tielemens, Maddison and Söyüncü? So you're saying hypothetically we should sell Barnes to Newcastle for £10m less than Villa offer because we got buttons combined for Tielemans, Maddison and Söyüncü? I don't understand the correlation or logic, please explain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 32 minutes ago, Gamble92 said: You wouldn't have thought 3 years ago they'd be a fairly good chance Maddison and certainly Tielemans will never see the Champions League for the rest of their careers. Really hope that's the case after both of their pathetic/insulting efforts last season!! 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 54 minutes ago, Devonfox1884 said: More gutted by the prospect of this than I was about Maddison leaving. I cheered when lardy Tielemans went!! And wasn't bothered losing the backpack show pony either! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonezy Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 35M for Harvey with 2 years on his contract sounds fishy low. Doesn't he have among the best G+A stats for wingers in the PL, and he is young and british. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozman Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 Good deal for us , very replaceable.. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 We'll be able to get a centre back and goalkeeper now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kp1984 Posted 7 July 2023 Share Posted 7 July 2023 8 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said: We'll be able to get a centre back and goalkeeper now Realy need some creativity be it a number 10 or wingers that’s worrying me most ahead of new season. Hope we get this sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 8 July 2023 Share Posted 8 July 2023 Simply too good for the championship. Will be missed. I honestly hope he can improve his weaknesses as he could be a starter for England I truly believe that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Shire Fox Posted 8 July 2023 Share Posted 8 July 2023 2 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said: Simply too good for the championship. Will be missed. I honestly hope he can improve his weaknesses as he could be a starter for England I truly believe that. Will never be a starter for England over Rashford/Grealish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 8 July 2023 Share Posted 8 July 2023 6 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said: Will never be a starter for England over Rashford/Grealish Imo if he improved his spacial awareness, positioning and gained more confidence taking on his man then I think he has a very good shot. Numbers don’t lie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 8 July 2023 Share Posted 8 July 2023 He’s going to have to raise his standard if he wants regular starts at Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep blue Posted 8 July 2023 Share Posted 8 July 2023 20 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said: Simply too good for the championship. Will be missed. I honestly hope he can improve his weaknesses as he could be a starter for England I truly believe that. Ironically, I suspect our new coach would, given the chance, improve Barnes significantly. Rodgers did nothing to progress him and Rodgers' match management ensured that Barnes was frequently starved of the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 8 July 2023 Share Posted 8 July 2023 14 minutes ago, deep blue said: Ironically, I suspect our new coach would, given the chance, improve Barnes significantly. Rodgers did nothing to progress him and Rodgers' match management ensured that Barnes was frequently starved of the ball. Yep couldn’t agree more with you, feel the same way with Soumare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinpot_fox Posted 8 July 2023 Share Posted 8 July 2023 46 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said: Will never be a starter for England over Rashford/Grealish Lol wut?!?! He offers a lot that others don’t, defenders are scared of him and back off!?! He will get loads of goals here or somewhere else. Barnes is a decent player, whether he plays for Bayern Munich, Barcelona or Leicester, he will get goals . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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