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CHAMPIONSHIP REBUILD THREAD

Discussion in 'Swansea City' started by DragonPhilljack, Apr 8, 2017.

  1. seabreeze

    seabreeze Well-Known Member

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    I stand corrected on Cork , didn't seem like he started much and I 've gone on record as saying I would have liked to keep him . Has that other team you got tickets for starting playing yet Lefty?
     
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  2. trundles left foot

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    Roof, they are a welsh league D2 side, first game is Saturday home to Caldicott. and looking forward. I am managing their u19's in the Welsh development league, so going to be busy. The side is garden Village, wiki them and you should be able to see their results on All wales sports when they start Great standard of good players giving everything and getting a bit firery at times.
     
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    seabreeze Well-Known Member

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    Nice ... And Goodluck with the U-19's ....hope you don't get sacked early ( whistling)
     
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    Pissing about over a couple of million as usual.
     
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  8. seabreeze

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    Exactly . Is it just me but does it seem like Carroll confidence is growing with his new role taking corners and such and it's rubbing off on his whole game .
     
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    Tbh I didn't see anything different from Carroll today as I've seen over a number of games last season. He's been a cracking signing and once he and Mesa gel, they'll be passing the ball around opponents midfields for fun.

    Would still like to see him put a couple of pounds of muscle on though.
     
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    I'll do that.
     
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    Just like Leon :grin:
     
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    The maths

    £15.5m (original cost) + £13m (current value) = £28.5m total transfer fees

    £28.5m - £25m (we sold him for) = £3.5m net transfer fees

    The question the board has to answer is: Is Bony worth £3.5m? :confused:

    If reports are true we'll have to be dumber than plankton not to at least put a bid to effectively buy him for £3.5m net.

    A leftfield look at this is that we are the only club on the planet who can get a £10m discount on Bony, the maths only works for us.
     
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    I guess the other unknown is the wage demand from Bony as he will have been on a pretty penny at City
     
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    ...another factor would be whether Clement wants a "not so mobile" centre forward. Abrahams is showing a new way forward for us.
     
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    Could you though play LLorente or Bony and use Abrahams where Ayew played yesterday. so you still have the power and also the mobility, plus goals.
     
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    That would mean dropping Ayew, who I thought was one of our better players yesterday. Clement will have a few more selection headaches this year, which isn't a bad thing.

    In effect we are already have an extra player in the squad because Baston was, for whatever reason, no use to us.
     
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    I thought Ayew tried hard yesterday, but didn't think he played that well. Just thought on times he holds on to the ball to long and slows our attack down. But wouldn't I e a nice problem to have, Even if Ayew is playing well, he may have dips in form, injuries suspensions. I think Abrahams could do what Ayew did yesterday easily, plus he is more likely to nick you a goal than Ayew.
     
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    What was the attendance yesterday please guys?
     
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  20. seabreeze

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    Good point . Paying 80 per cent of our money toward wages dictates some thought toward the equation . But if Siggy leaves the flock , I'm pretty sure his wages are at least equal to what Bony would get .
     
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