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Post by choixkoix on Jul 1, 2024 14:09:56 GMT
Whispers we are at an advanced stage with Nathan Wood..
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Post by threehundred on Jul 1, 2024 14:24:41 GMT
I think O'Riley is going to be the one that rumbles on for several weeks. There's no way our opening bid would be 35m, other sources suggesting we have bid but for 20m. Russ loves him, he loves Russ, but it looks like we'd have to obliterate our transfer record to get him. With Onuachu and Sulemana on our books, struggle to see us doing that without a lot of wrangling to chip away at the fee. I imagine there'll be a game of bid tennis going on for a few weeks, then a midtable team will buy him and he'll score against us. I love all this speculation. Does anyone else get stupidly excited about the prospect of us spanking £30m on Baba O’Riley, or some other fella I’ve never heard of..? The bloke does sound good though - I like the cut of his jib.
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Post by spot51 on Jul 1, 2024 14:37:52 GMT
Whispers we are at an advanced stage with Nathan Wood.. His contract is up at Swansea so he'll not cost much.
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Post by saintsfan73 on Jul 1, 2024 14:39:58 GMT
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Post by crazydanny on Jul 1, 2024 14:43:52 GMT
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 1, 2024 15:00:14 GMT
I imagine there'll be a game of bid tennis going on for a few weeks, then a midtable team will buy him and he'll score against us. I love all this speculation. Does anyone else get stupidly excited about the prospect of us spanking £30m on Baba O’Riley, or some other fella I’ve never heard of..? The bloke does sound good though - I like the cut of his jib. It certainly fills a bit of time between the bits when we're speculating whether we could go up and speculating whether we'll be relegated! I like the sound of him, and per Downes he comes "Martin-ready"... but do I £30M like the sound of him? Maybe not.
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 1, 2024 15:18:00 GMT
Whispers we are at an advanced stage with Nathan Wood.. IM™ has wood about having Wood and Big Willy Smallbone in the same team.. ..speaking of, the Euros have been pretty disappointing for entertaining names, even the Germans, who can normally be relied on, have only got 1 Koch
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Post by crazydanny on Jul 1, 2024 15:37:25 GMT
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Jul 1, 2024 18:19:54 GMT
Whispers we are at an advanced stage with Nathan Wood.. IM™ has wood about having Wood and Big Willy Smallbone in the same team.. ..speaking of, the Euros have been pretty disappointing for entertaining names, even the Germans, who can normally be relied on, have only got 1 Koch No one needs more than one Koch.
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Post by Frankfurt Saint on Jul 1, 2024 18:22:22 GMT
Wait a minute - Dean Gordon is Nathan Wood’s dad?!
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Post by threehundred on Jul 1, 2024 18:24:19 GMT
Wait a minute - Dean Gordon is Nathan Wood’s dad?! WTF..? Wow…!
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Post by vectis on Jul 2, 2024 6:36:36 GMT
What's happened with Che? His contract's up, right? Has he gone?
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Jul 2, 2024 7:23:07 GMT
Max Aarons is back on our rumour mill. Think I'd prefer that Sugawara fella, but Aarons is decent too. If Kyle goes maybe both?
Most concerning to me is the lack of solid CF links... there's the usual Ings and Delap stuff and a little bit of Brenton Diaz but nothing real as far as.i can see
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 2, 2024 8:18:04 GMT
Max Aarons is back on our rumour mill. Think I'd prefer that Sugawara fella, but Aarons is decent too. If Kyle goes maybe both? Most concerning to me is the lack of solid CF links... there's the usual Ings and Delap stuff and a little bit of Brenton Diaz but nothing real as far as.i can see I'm definitely of the opinion we need 2 RBs when KWP goes... Bree was barely good enough in the Champ, so I can't see him being a useful option this season. I guess CF is the one we're keeping our powder dry; see who gets dislodged when the transfer merry-go-round heats up, plus waiting for Che to get off the pot. The other area of concern is the maybe outgoings.. they probably want to confirm the exits of Tall Paul, ABK, DCC and probably Charly and Sully before they make a big commitment.
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Post by choixkoix on Jul 2, 2024 9:06:37 GMT
Che is probably on holiday deciding between offers. Fair enough, at his age, this is the big move before next time his contact his up he enters career twilight. Rumour is that he has a lucrative offer in Saudi to weigh against us and more established PL interest.
We're obviously considering mounting a few horses for RB. Sugawara is top half of the table quality. At the same time, I could imagine we find Aarons quite expensive an option for someone who probably isnt our first choice.
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