Summer '24 transfer window

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One of the things with Mendy is, he drops deep and runs the channels often too, he doesn’t press relentlessly but he presses smartly by the looks of it
Are you sure? The stats suggest otherwise. Compared to strikers in that league and beyond he ranks in the lower percentiles for touches outside the final third. Not saying he couldn’t do it but it doesn’t seem to have been his game in his last few successful seasons.
 
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Are you sure? The stats suggest otherwise. Compared to strikers in that league and beyond he ranks in the lower percentiles for touches outside the final third. Not saying he couldn’t do it but it doesn’t seem to have been his game in his last few successful seasons.
Just from what I’ve seen from this mate must have got it mixed up but his hold up play looks solid when he does occasionally get the ball deeper

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I’m a tad nervous about Mendy being the saviour. Would have preferred somebody I already knew and had seen play.

not for one second saying he’d be a bad signing. I’m just not as enthused as some about him.
This is why I want a loan alongside him. Someone who has played at this level and has been shown to be decent.
 
I won’t be at all surprised if we land Jebbison on loan. Bill Foley, Bournemouth owner, also holds a minority stake in Lorient, Le Bris’ former club.
 
this is exactly why i am happy to trust the recruitment (as long as the coach has some say)...if we go back to SKP and SNQ, my main reaction was 'who the feck is he, he's too small' and 'quinny, ffs, a plank that can head a ball' then i realised the best men were on it, i could go through plenty that we all thought 'would be the saviour'.

basically, i am more upset when i hear the coach has no say, he is the bloke who can see any gaps and his input has to be vital.

I remember when we signed Quinn, he had a bad run with injuries, there was one game at The Sol after his come back, he missed a sitter, v Norwich I think, I was in the pub with afterwards (The Avenue, whatever it was called back then) and one of the lads I was out shouted "Lads, this daft ****er thinks Quinn is a good player" I did say if we gave him the service he would prove it, players need the right service, I am rambling, maybe the penny will drop with Hemir, he did seem more aggressive on his last outing, good luck to the lad
 
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Some of the goals he’s scored too. He has really good technique and doesn’t half have a ****ing corker of a shot on him. Also his headers he has a good leap on him too

So did Altidore when you watched his clips in Holland.
 
So did Altidore when you watched his clips in Holland.
I think he’d probably have been okay/good at championship level. on a tangential observation do you reckon he was our worst well liked player? He seemed generally popular despite being mostly useless for us or is that revisionist memory based on swapping him for Defoe?