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09 May 2025 12:24:52
Just read an interesting take on the Marco Asensio situation, apparently we won't be taking up the option to buy not because Emery doubts his ability by because they think he has lost 'his legs' and can't sustain a performance over 90 minutes which has a ring of truth about it in that he hasn't started many games and those that he has he invariably gets substituted.
1.) 11 May 2025 17:30:51
He has gone off the boil lately I really don’t know why he started yesterday I would of started Rogers centrally and give Malen a start on the wing
23 Apr 2025 22:02:00
I see we are being linked with a possible move for Kevin De Bruyne. Interesting and costly I would have thought.
1.) 24 Apr 2025 00:17:02
He would be a brilliant signing if he came
2.) 24 Apr 2025 13:01:43
He will be 34 in June and demanding a big wage. Already seen this season his legs ain't what they use to be. Money to be spent more wisely elsewhere is my call.
13 Apr 2025 18:42:00
Just seen a rumour that Utd have offered us £69 million for Rogers.Nowhere near enough.
1.) 13 Apr 2025 22:50:14
Was saying this to a Utd fan, don’t know the exact figure but that’s what they roughly paid for Mount who was in the last year of his contract at Chelsea, and aside from that he was crap and as it turns out injured more often than not, Utd are a joke
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02 Apr 2025 18:44:16
Just been reading that we are prepared to offer Kamara in excess of £300k a week to fend off interest from some of the European giants who are supposedly hovering. If that's true I can't see us paying that kind of money to Kamara, Rashford and Asensio our financial position won't stand for that kind of outlay we may be able to afford one maybe two at a real stretch but can't see how we get all three.
1.) 03 Apr 2025 06:49:35
Guilty of this myself but the time to speculate about who we will won’t sign is pointless till we see where we are at the end of the season, but tying down Kamara to a new contract is the most important signing to be made above all others
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21 Feb 2025 22:27:47
The Times are reporting we are significantly in breach of UEFA's squad cost ratio rules we are allegedly running at in excess of 90% of income when I believe this years target is 85% which tapers down to I believe 75% over the next couple of seasons and I am not sure if the costs take account of Rashford/Asensio salaries following them joining in January. This is why Emery is having to operate so creatively in the transfer market and it's not easy to sign quality for relative peanuts.
1.) 22 Feb 2025 12:53:43
Yes I've saw this to LOTM goes to show the constraints we are going through just to try to compete
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12 May 2025 08:25:01
Was at a family gathering yesterday most are football fans but the younger generation follow Liverpool and Chelsea for some reason I can't possibly fathom? so some interesting chat yesterday they seem to think we may just miss out on the top five because whilst we will win our remaining games so will Chelsea and we fail on goal difference and looking at the remaining fixtures I think they may well be right unfortunately. The interesting conversation surrounded the futures of Watkins and Rogers. The Chelsea lads were all spinning that Chelsea have already bid for both Watkins and Rogers a player exchange plus cash and we could pick from the likes of Nkunku, Mudryk, Dewsbury-Hall, Madueke, Jackson the list went on and on. One of the Liverpool lads suggested that he had heard Liverpool would offer for Rogers in the summer again player (s) plus cash involving Jota and or Elliot and funnily enough I saw something this morning linking us to Elliot which I hadn't seen before (Ed have you heard anything?) It will be interesting if we fail to qualify for CL and given PSR pressures whether we have to move at least one or two of star players on, and if so which ones
{Ed001's Note - Elliott doesn't want to move, so I don't think it will happen. He wants to stay and fight for a place.}
1.) 12 May 2025 09:04:00
Good to know we can rule that one out then.
10 May 2025 22:12:39
A workmanlike performance Cash and Digne snuffed out any threat out wide and defensively we looked a lot more solid with Kamara and Onana in front of the back four that said however we definitely missed Tielemans flair in the middle of the park. Couple of things firstly why did we take Mings off? I thought he was really solid at the heart of the defence although on another day he could have been sent off. My other worry centres around Asensio recently he flits in and out of games and occasionally goes missing. I hope he isn't another Phillipe Coutinho in the making.
1.) 11 May 2025 00:11:56
Lotm perhaps Tom had a word with Emery to get Torres on . Mings getting better every opportunity he gets, defence certainly stronger with him in it .
2.) 11 May 2025 08:16:21
The stats say we haven’t lost a game in the Prem when Mings has started
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3.) 11 May 2025 09:43:39
Thought mings was lucky to be on the pitch however I like what he did. I’d imagine he brought Torres on to play the balls in behind however shortly after going down to 10 this wasn’t the case
4.) 11 May 2025 09:48:48
To say we haven’t lost a game in the prem when mings has started is ridiculous. Don’t you remember the stevie g and dean smith era. Let me just remind you we had our best season in a very very long time last year and to no suprise mings didn’t start any. Super pay Torres
5.) 11 May 2025 11:12:02
This season Tom
6.) 11 May 2025 11:35:39
Hi Tom, stats don't say that, last year we conceded 61 goals and had 8 clean sheets. The previous year with Mings in the side we conceded 46 goals and had 12 clean sheets. What it shows is that last year the season was rescued by scoring more goals not a better defence.
07 May 2025 18:55:53
I see journalists are saying that despite selling Duran for £60 million plus in January we are in the same position as we were last year ie we need to sell one of our stars before 30 June to comply with PSR. Unless the rules around PSR change I fear we are going to be in this situation year in year out which is going to make it increasingly difficult for us to compete unfortunately.
1.) 07 May 2025 22:02:55
Tbf lord i think quite a few will go emi, watkins, bailey, squad players getting sold aswell age of squad needs coming dwn and we need pace in the team every where
2.) 08 May 2025 01:51:47
I’d be very surprised if we were back in that position 150 million between CL and Duran. money we spent on players is divided over years
3.) 08 May 2025 17:51:15
Apparently despite making in excess of £220 million over the last couple of seasons we still need to raise significant funds before the 30th of June I know it sounds ridiculous but various outlets are reporting it.
05 May 2025 12:00:04
Most of us on here have been arguing for us to sign a new right back however we might already have an answer within the squad. Kaine Kesler Hayden has had a fantastic season with Preston won there player of the year award and the players player of the year. The Preston manager has said Hayden has taken his game to another level so maybe after 2 years in the Championship he can step up and act as cover at right back. It will be interesting to see what Emery does with him.
1.) 05 May 2025 13:17:01
I said that ages ago that he should be given a chance he's a good defender lord
2.) 05 May 2025 13:33:33
Has rapid pace aswell and is decent at defending should be in squad in my opinion and can cover both wings aswell still young and got loads of time to develope
3.) 05 May 2025 18:19:14
I think the plan was to get him plenty of game time, he was always a great talent let's hope he is given a chance to prove himself. Unfortunately we have a really poor record of promoting young talent.
4.) 05 May 2025 18:36:32
Sell cash keep him and García to fight it out for first team.
5.) 05 May 2025 19:35:40
Agree whack todays games about fast wingbcks or full bcks and we have 3 rapid wing bcks at our club garcia is quality and should be our main rb and maatsen should be our main lb nxt season with hayden covering
6.) 05 May 2025 19:51:52
Ain’t seen much of him but Illing Jr been playing left wing back at Boro ??♂️
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7.) 05 May 2025 22:32:01
He will be sold in summer
04 May 2025 21:54:39
Peter McParland always remembered for the 1957 Cup final and Jake Findlay if memory serves me right was in goal the night we thumped Liverpool 5-1 at Villa Park. RIP. HEITS.
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12 May 2025 15:27:26
I posted a week or two ago that Kamara before he signed for us that his ambition was to sample football in different countries and consequently the rumour was that he was prepared to do with us what he did at Marseille ie run his contract down so he can consider his options I hope that’s not true but I guess we will find out soon enough.
30 Apr 2025 22:05:52
Rogers won’t be going anywhere, we know Emery will wheel and deal in the market but I think he will do that by looking to bring down the average age of the squad we can already see that as a direction of travel for the club by signing the likes of Rogers Maatsen and Garcia all in there early twenties and are heavily linked with Nypan who is eighteen.
In addition I think the club may well look to get rid of some of the players in the late twenties early thirties who are also amongst the highest earners so for me players like Digne, Mings, Martinez, Watkins and even McGinn all earning £100k or more may well be under threat.
28 Apr 2025 14:14:00
It’s amazing how around this time of year and after a bad performance rumours start to abound! So I’ve heard that Kamara won’t sign a new deal with us irrespective of terms not because he wants to play elsewhere in the PL but because he stated when he left French football that he wanted to experience football in Spain and Italy and so the story goes that he is willing to run his contract down to enable him to have the choice of where he goes next. Again I don’t know whether it’s true or not it’s just systematic of the time of year and we have to take stories like this as just stories until something happens
28 Apr 2025 13:45:33
Ed can’t see that he’s signed some question though around whether or not Forest have the option of another year, the article I read seemed to suggest if Trent went Liverpool might be interested.
24 Apr 2025 12:54:26
VJ apparently £300k is what we have offered Kamara to sign a new long term contract as he enters the last 2 years of his deal. That was reported by a number of outlets a week or so ago.
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15 May 2025 07:50:49
I think we will end up having to sell a player even if we get rid of Buendia and Nedjelkovic before the 30th of June unfortunately. PSR is really impacting our ability to compete in the transfer market with the big six.
12 May 2025 17:10:04
I don’t know pluffy I think it’s a fine place to do your thinking particularly if it delivers outcomes like that ?
12 May 2025 09:04:00
Good to know we can rule that one out then.
09 May 2025 09:45:22
He reads the game better, he is better/ more comfortable on the ball and brings the ball into the middle of the park committing the opponents midfield thereby creating more space for our midfield. On the debit side he is not particularly quick he is at best adequate in the air and he doesn’t seem to be a good communicator all things Mings is better at. Don’t get me wrong I am not Torres biggest fan as many on here aren’t but it’s not what we think it’s what Emery likes and Torres comes out on top in that debate whether we agree or not.
08 May 2025 17:51:15
Apparently despite making in excess of £220 million over the last couple of seasons we still need to raise significant funds before the 30th of June I know it sounds ridiculous but various outlets are reporting it.