January transfer thread

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Iain said:
I've got a mate who took his son from the mags to our academy at 9 because of how horrendous the mags structure was. Hes black and white to the core ( sad twat ) but he knows where his son is better off. He hates us as a team as much as I hate them however in all other aspects of his life he's a good lad, he has nothing but praise for the academy and wouldn't want his son to be anywhere else, I'm sure he would love his son to play for the scum but at the moment the only thing he is interested in is his development
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They are doing something right there mind. I know someone , a black and whiter through and through who has a grandson at our place. Can't speak highly enough of the place.
 
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Culinary said:
They've had him at the Sunderland Academy rather than at Newcastle's since he was 8 so I think that goes someway to answering your last question. They've clearly got their lad's best interests at heart over and beyond their own allegiances.

I'm not sure why so many people (not you) are insistent on casting aspersions over his family when all precedent shows that they're clearly not the SAFC hating, staunch Mags that people suggest.
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The family are staunch black and whites. I work with his uncle but his mam and dad just want him to play football and progress. Only thing as we all know is money talks and them lot up the road have a lot of it now.
 
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Samcro said:
The family are staunch black and whites. I work with his uncle but his mam and dad just want him to play football and progress. Only thing as we all know is money talks and them lot up the road have a lot of it now.
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Fair enough. That's encouraging
 
Bit later than January but Elliott Embleton hoping to be back early March . It wasn’t ankle , it was his tibia - and he is gutted at not being involved at present. At 23 , he has never touched any alcohol and has been described as the clubs most skilful - he once did 2000 keepy ups and the ball never went higher than his knee.
This almost from the horses mouth - his dad pushed me to the hospitals discharge area yesterday, I did ask him out if courtesy if I could post this ( I’ve never had the opportunity to be the one “ in the know” before so he said no problem ) !
 
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I know we do things quietly these days but surely a reporter would’ve picked up on this by now?
 
Scout73 said:
The times ive watched him hes been good, hes a strong lad and puts in a shift. His finishing is pretty good, strikes it early n clean.

Needs to improve his link up as over/hits passes quite a bit but that'll come with experience. I liked him when i watched him and the team i scout for were looking at him but sounded like price/wages increased too much once he played for Hungary
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cheers mate. He sounds like the type of player we need a bit like Simms Will compliment our tricky players with a bit of physicality up top
 
Bend Sinister said:
If he's a Newcastle supporter and wants to play for his/his dads club then I have no problem. If its so inevitable him going to the town at some point maybe Newcastle might just bide their time, let him develop at Sunderland where his development will probably be better than it would be at NUFC then buy him later when its easier to gauge his ability (money is no object to them after all). We basically have him on what is almost a mid/long term loan until Newcastle call him back with a decent bid if they want to? Everyones a winner! Maybe Newcastle might do that rather than risk his long term development being swamped and constantly blocked by multi million pound mercenaries?
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Lets hope so - it makes sense and is best for the lad
 
WorkyTicketFTM said:
He’s made some quality saves, and again he’s only 20. The penalty save against Cardiff was top drawer. He’s definitely getting more confident playing out from the back which is a must nowadays. Command of his area and decision making on what to come for aerially are his downfalls. As I’ve mentioned above, 2 corners where the ball is within a few yards and he’s glued to the line. If someone heads the ball at you from that close the chances are you’re not going to have a chance to react. He needs to be punching balls like that clear at a very minimum if he’s blocked and can’t catch them.

I’m not here to dig him out and say he’s ****e. He’s far from it, I just mentioned that Bass getting stick for a mistake when he never plays and is far from match fit isn’t really fair when Patto makes mistakes and people won’t have a bad word said about him - someone asked me for examples so I gave them.
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Coming off your line as a keeper for corners or free kicks is a big moot point for coaching atm.

Blocking keepers and defenders getting to the attacking player who is going to head the ball, is something most teams practice.

Just as defenders work on protecting the keeper so he can come for the ball and practice blocking attacking players.

Different attacking teams have different strategies, i noticed Astu, had a job blocking the Oxford keeper in their FA cup game.

The more the team play and practice together the better the keeper will become in sticking or twisting.

Also as part of this gripping and holding on in the penalty areas is refereed differently it seems to elsewhere on the pitch. If deliberate blocking and holding on was outlawed keepers will find easier to punching to catch high balls at corners.
 
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Sunderpitt said:
Coming off your line as a keeper for corners or free kicks is a big moot point for coaching atm.

Blocking keepers and defenders getting to the attacking player who is going to head the ball, is something most teams practice.

Just as defenders work on protecting the keeper so he can come for the ball and practice blocking attacking players.

Different attacking teams have different strategies, i noticed Astu, had a job blocking the Oxford keeper in their FA cup game.

The more the team play and practice together the better the keeper will become in sticking or twisting.

Also as part of this gripping and holding on in the penalty areas is refereed differently it seems to elsewhere on the pitch. If deliberate blocking and holding on was outlawed keepers will find easier to punching to catch high balls at corners.
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Definitely. It’s not a coincidence that we rarely score from corners and always look like conceding from them. And it’s something we need to work on as a defence, not just Patto. But at the same time GK’s seem to be very protected and more often than not when they come for the ball if there’s contact from an opposition player it’s given as a free kick. Granted we’ve had more than our fair share of injuries but it’s another reason why I’d prefer Ballard to O’nein to play alongside Bathh. We’ve got a small squad as it is I think 2 towering centre backs are a must for us. When the time comes I’d like to see us replace Evans with a taller holding midfielder. Rodri, Fabinho, Busquets - all big strong players that are like having another centre back in the box on set pieces. Even Partey and Casemiro are still 6’1.
 
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