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« Reply #390 on: July 24, 2016, 08:53:06 PM » |
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Just a case of ignoring what they're paying for players, and hoping the ones they do buy, help you win  |
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« Reply #391 on: July 24, 2016, 09:01:23 PM » |
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Just a case of ignoring what they're paying for players, and hoping the ones they do buy, help you win Pretty much this. A lot of City fans on forums are flapping over Stones at £50m or Sane at £45m. Do I think either are worth those figures? Not really. Do I care? Not really  It would be nice if we could pluck out another Kompany for £6m, but realistically that's unlikely to happen. I think Gundogan is a potential snip for £21m, but anyone else we buy before the window shuts won't be a snip. |
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« Reply #392 on: July 24, 2016, 09:07:30 PM » |
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Just a case of ignoring what they're paying for players, and hoping the ones they do buy, help you win That's exactly it. United need to get back winning things (CL qualification absolute min), they need Pogba to do it and they need him now. |
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« Reply #393 on: July 24, 2016, 10:25:04 PM » |
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It's such a moving target now in terms of what is value. I was randomly watching the film of the 1982 world cup with a hangover yesterday and Sean Connery was chuntering away about wonderkid Maradona having been signed for an outrageous £5 million by Barca! I reckon we are at the peak now though - think Sky have really overstretched themselves with this current deal and won't match the offer next time around if they manage to get rid of the threat of BT Sport (or at least put them back in their box).
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« Reply #394 on: July 25, 2016, 12:43:51 AM » |
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Lol why? Good luck buying those players for any amount of money. Imagine going to Barca saying we'll give you 100m for Messi, they'd laugh you out of the door.
Scholes said it  or words to that effect. For that money, you should be looking at the absolute best that you can buy in football, and whilst Pogba is an excellent player, he isn't a Messi, or Bale or Ronaldo. He might well become it, time will tell. He is probably the best that actually is for sale. You can't buy something that isn't for sale. People forget that. Markets don't. punters have big money to spend so there will be a bidding war for the best commodities 'for sale'. Certain commodities are not for sale (ie Messi, Ronaldo, Bale otherwise bids would have been made for them) |
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« Reply #395 on: July 25, 2016, 04:35:02 PM » |
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Watford shuffling the pack again - Abdi and Berghuis rumoured to be shipped out to Sheff Wed and Feyenoord. Sofiane Boufal and Martins Indi being targeted as incoming. Not sure I fancy spending £15 million on Boufal when he is still injured for a couple of months mind but might be the only way we can get him with bigger clubs interested. If these two happen think that will be the end of our transfer business then it is just a question of who to cut from the 25.
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« Reply #396 on: July 25, 2016, 10:00:19 PM » |
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Abdi to sheff wed close it seems. Great signing for them. If they loved Fessi wait till Abdi is also pulling the strings. Think Watford making a mistake here.
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« Reply #397 on: July 25, 2016, 10:05:52 PM » |
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Stoke completed a couple of deals today. Anyone know anything about the young winger from Egypt?
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« Reply #398 on: July 25, 2016, 10:11:51 PM » |
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Stoke completed a couple of deals today. Anyone know anything about the young winger from Egypt?
Mido says he's the best young player he's seen. I am not going to check whether he was still at Spurs when we signed Bale. I can't do it to myself. Played for the team Martin Jol manages I think. |
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« Reply #399 on: July 25, 2016, 10:13:39 PM » |
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Stoke completed a couple of deals today. Anyone know anything about the young winger from Egypt?
Mido says he's the best young player he's seen. I am not going to check whether he was still at Spurs when we signed Bale. I can't do it to myself. Played for the team Martin Jol manages I think. Mido!!! It must be a flip whether he is heavier than me by now surely! |
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« Reply #400 on: July 25, 2016, 10:15:43 PM » |
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Stoke completed a couple of deals today. Anyone know anything about the young winger from Egypt?
Mido says he's the best young player he's seen. I am not going to check whether he was still at Spurs when we signed Bale. I can't do it to myself. Played for the team Martin Jol manages I think. Mido!!! It must be a flip whether he is heavier than me by now surely! Got more chance of a bookie pricing a seventh tier football match up than that one!  |
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« Reply #401 on: July 25, 2016, 10:44:18 PM » |
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Abdi to sheff wed close it seems. Great signing for them. If they loved Fessi wait till Abdi is also pulling the strings. Think Watford making a mistake here.
They're looking good for a promotion bet depending on odds (9/2) |
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« Reply #402 on: July 26, 2016, 08:39:26 AM » |
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Abdi to sheff wed close it seems. Great signing for them. If they loved Fessi wait till Abdi is also pulling the strings. Think Watford making a mistake here.
They're looking good for a promotion bet depending on odds (9/2) I was looking at them a few days ago thinking 18/1 was ok for the league 1/4 the odds for 3 places. I think prices are skewed by Newcastle. |
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« Reply #403 on: July 26, 2016, 06:09:45 PM » |
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How do we set a benchmark for the value of a player these days?
Sadio Mane = £34MM
N'golo Kante = £30MM
Georginio Wijnaldum = £25MM
Paul Pogba = more than those three, plus Joe Allen?
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« Reply #404 on: July 26, 2016, 06:23:58 PM » |
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I take the point but part of it is marketability of the player, image rights etc, shirt sales .Also bear in mind that the true value of a kante is not reflected in his price as there was an escape clause. Open market auction he goes for more
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