wignalll2007 Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August (edited) 1 hour ago, filbertway said: £25m for a Nampalys Mendy regen. Didn't realise we were so flush with cash I don’t know about anyone else but I wish we had Mendy now going into this season! He was a much better player than anyone gave him credit for! Edited 19 August by wignalll2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_no7 Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August I like this signing a lot but we are overpaying. Now please please please get a complete forward in. Loan an attacking left back. And Loan another attacking midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LestaLad Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 8 minutes ago, StanSP said: Bargain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybradger Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 1 hour ago, Realist Guy In The Room said: Moaning. The cornerstone of modern football support. This would be a dreadful signing if we were in the top 6 pushing for Champions League, but guess what??? We aint. In our current situation, this is probably as good a signing for our midfield as we could hope for. If we land Ayew and if the Zaha mess gets sorted, we give ourselves a good chance to survive. Soule, Hlozek, the Greek guy. Absolute pie in the sky transfer attempts. Survive this year and MAYBE next year that profile of player we can target. For now, think of an over elaborate chant for Skipp that about 200 people in the stadium will sing. We are what we are. This would be a reasonable post if we weren't paying a top 6 quality player price for him. Brighton signed Wieffer for a smidge more. Skipp would have been a decent signing for around £10mil, for £25mil it's an unjustifiable transfer and I despair that so many are saying that this is reasonable. The state of modern English football where fans have been brainwashed by the big 6 spending £60mil on every player that £25mil on a below average Prem midfielder is reasonable, pound for pound this is in the same ballpark as Maguire to United for £80mil. At the end of the day it will be us fans that suffer from this frivolous spending as the club suffers from further FFP and financial issues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phube Posted 19 August Popular Post Share Posted 19 August 11 minutes ago, StanSP said: Can’t wait for the meltdown when SC Freiburg steal him from under our noses! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August £25mill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seventyseven Posted 19 August Popular Post Share Posted 19 August It’s a travesty that to meet FFP we have sell KDH for around £30m but then buy Oliver Skipp for similar money. the whole system is ridiculous. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_lcfc Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 4 minutes ago, Phube said: Can’t wait for the meltdown when SC Freiburg steal him from under our noses! I think it would be more of a celebration judging by the general consensus on this thread so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 50 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: To be fair he did get in the team of the year for Norwich last time. They went up as champions (which he obviously had a hand in, not knocking him) which helps but the Winks, Ndidi, Skip midfield is too unadventurous even for the Championship. They're all going to be on big money and I can't seen anybody coming in with a bid we'll entertain. We're boxing ourselves in a bit with our squad building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav_LCFC14 Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August Had our pants down with that fee. Rudkin the master negotiator strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 24 minutes ago, wignalll2007 said: I don’t know about anyone else but I wish we had Mendy now going into this season! He was a much better player than anyone gave him credit for! He was mediocre which is why he started 65 league games in six years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August After watching our midfield evaporate the last time we were in the Premier League, I am surprised so many are opposed. Yes, we need more creativity, but its hard not to see some sense in this signing. (And he is even 15m euros on transfermrkt which is generally low) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 46 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said: I've looked through around 50 games where Winks and Skipp were both in the first team and they started together once (it was against us), so they didn't play together for a reason but you just know that will be our midfield three Becuse Hojbjerg played most games and it was either one or the other playing with him generally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chadlcfc Posted 19 August Popular Post Share Posted 19 August Handy they can just drop him off tonight 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybradger Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 7 minutes ago, Stadt said: He was mediocre which is why he started 65 league games in six years And yet he was a class above our midfielders in the game against Lens. Shows how far we have fallen in recent years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitesh Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 4 minutes ago, chadlcfc said: Handy they can just drop him off tonight Given how tonight might go, this may be well timed before he changes his mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuch Me Moore Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August Honestly think this will be a good signing. Overpaying somewhat though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Port Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August Yes the fee is large, but he’s coming from average wages at spurs to average prem wages here, probably around 50/60k a week. If we’d got a player for 15 million, but on 80k a week, no one would say anything. But over a five year period it’s the same outlay. I’m happy with it, provided that we bring in two quality auditions up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August (edited) Skipp is actually a very good player, will improve our midfield But........ He isn't exactly the signing we need right now. If we'd improved in the areas we need to 1st (attacking midfielder and striker) and we had £20million spare then I'd be all for this signing because he most certainly improves us, but this signing is like booking a holiday without booking the flights to get there yet. It's a good deal, but we're banking on there being a couple of additions left that are suitable for us in the areas we need at a price we can afford. I'm happy that we're getting a player like this, just don't know why we are Edited 19 August by Jimbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 2 minutes ago, Fuch Me Moore said: Honestly think this will be a good signing. Overpaying somewhat though! Only way it's a good signing is if he plays a key role in keeping us up... which he won't.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August No one can still be pining for Mendy surely? The bloke was here for years and I was never actually sure what he was any good at by the time he left. Wasn't a particularly great tackler / interceptor, didn't have quick speed of thought, wasn't physical in the slightest. Keeping the ball ticking along safely should be a pre-requisite of someone playing in his position. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 2 minutes ago, Royston. said: Only way it's a good signing is if he plays a key role in keeping us up... which he won't.... If we stay (the biggest IF in the history of if's) then he would have played a key role in keeping us up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey123 Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August I mean, they’ve pulled our pants down, but he is a solid experienced premier league midfielder and still only 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 19 August Share Posted 19 August 2 minutes ago, Jimbo said: If we stay (the biggest IF in the history of if's) then he would have played a key role in keeping us up No he could be injured all season and we stay up so pissing north of 25 million plus wages still makes it a bad signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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