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[Steven Toast]

We only have two Turkish players atm. Tufan and Sinik. We haven’t gone too apeshit like Wolves did with their Portuguese marketing scheme.

That worked though, they haven’t come down since. It would have been incredibly expensive, but buying half the Portuguese national team is a pretty good way to guarantee a place in the Premier League.

Just a shame Turkey are nowhere near as good as Portugal.

 

[M0WDS]

Four, Assem, Elmo, Gedo, Fathi,

5 if you count Ahmed Salam, which I don’t because then it would be six as I’d have to count Ehab.

Were we not led to believe Ehab and Elmo were a pair?

 

[Donatella Anybody]

Four, Assem, Elmo, Gedo, Fathi,

5 if you count Ahmed Salam, which I don’t because then it would be six as I’d have to count Ehab.

Forgetting Zaki although he's better off forgotten

 

[Steven Toast]

Forgetting Zaki although he's better off forgotten

That’s true, another example of a decent striker who was utter **** for us.

 

[Steven Toast]

Were we not led to believe Ehab and Elmo were a pair?

Yeah there was a couple of homophobic tropes dished out towards Ehab during that period. The bloke’s a twat but I can’t condone that.

 

[Tigerite]

Don't forget about Gedo, he was good.. for about a month

 

[Ullofaman]

Forgetting Zaki although he's better off forgotten

Didn't he put three or something past us in our first campaign in the Premiership? Was it for Wigan? My memory is fading.

 

[oozkan]

We only have two Turkish players atm. Tufan and Sinik. We haven’t gone too apeshit like Wolves did with their Portuguese marketing scheme.

8 players who visited Turkey recently. It is more related to market than nationality.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Were we not led to believe Ehab and Elmo were a pair?

Ye that was ****ing pathetic and piss poor to one of the best players to ever wear the city shirt

 

[amberman8]

Ye that was ****ing pathetic and piss poor to one of the best players to ever wear the city shirt

Ehab? Did he play?

 

[WSTiger]

But he's literally just been promoted from the academy and his position at the academy has been filled.

He should remain as first team coach.

I reckon we'll go back for Carvalhal or wait to see how Pedro plays out with Wolves

Well loyalty is one thing however if Acun is to fulfill his l and our dreams and get back to the premier league along with loyalty there has to be a touch of ruthlessness in making sure he has the right management team. Andy is well liked and I suspect may well be a better manager/coach than Shota however he has little experience and if need be he may well have to be sacrificed for a more experienced manager along with his team.
If that’s the case we would expect Acun to compensate him appropriately. You see it many times new manager comes in brings his own team and the the old manager departs along with his team.

 

[Steven Toast]

Didn't he put three or something past us in our first campaign in the Premiership? Was it for Wigan? My memory is fading.

He had a good game and that was Wayne Brown’s one and only PL start for us, who was utterly appalling that day.

 

[Ron Burguvdy]

He had a good game and that was Wayne Brown’s one and only PL start for us, who was utterly appalling that day.

I also have a fading memory of him being skinned for speed by Emile Heskey...

 

[AlRawdah]

I also have a fading memory of him being skinned for speed by Emile Heskey...

Wigan had four shots in that game and won 5-1.

 

[Kalman]

That worked though, they haven’t come down since. It would have been incredibly expensive, but buying half the Portuguese national team is a pretty good way to guarantee a place in the Premier League.

Just a shame Turkey are nowhere near as good as Portugal.

Like most things, it’s fine in moderation. There is always a risk of owners trying to rebrand the identity of English football clubs in their own image though. The Tans did it at Cardiff and Allam did it with us.

Signing players and coaches because of their nationality and links to a particular country to market a club to people in that country is always a bit iffy and can leave the door open for accusations of ‘jobs for the boys’.

 

[Kalman]

Four, Assem, Elmo, Gedo, Fathi,

5 if you count Ahmed Salam, which I don’t because then it would be six as I’d have to count Ehab.

Elmo, Gedo and Fathi were all decent signings imo. Elmo was great for us, Gedo scored important goals for us and Fathi was good cover in midfield and full-back.

 

[Chazz Rheinhold]

Elmo, Gedo and Fathi were all decent signings imo. Elmo was great for us, Gedo scored important goals for us and Fathi was good cover in midfield and full-back.

Doesn’t Elmo hold the record for the most appearances in the PL for us

 

[Steven Toast]

Like most things, it’s fine in moderation. There is always a risk of owners trying to rebrand the identity of English football clubs in their own image though. The Tans did it at Cardiff and Allam did it with us.

Signing players and coaches because of their nationality and links to a particular country to market a club to people in that country is always a bit iffy and can leave the door open for accusations of ‘jobs for the boys’.

I agree, but I think their plan was just to stuff their squad with players that were far too good for the Championship, like Neves, Cavaliero, Saiss and Costa, get promoted and then sign even more talent. That’s what they ended up doing, and they shipped out a lot of the old guard like Dave Edwards, McDonald and Byrne to make room.

 

[AlRawdah]

Doesn’t Elmo hold the record for the most appearances in the PL for us

Yup.

https://www.oncloudseven.com/records/most-appearances-premier-league/

 

[AlRawdah]

I agree, but I think their plan was just to stuff their squad with players that were far too good for the Championship, like Neves, Cavaliero, Saiss and Costa, get promoted and then sign even more talent. That’s what they ended up doing, and they shipped out a lot of the old guard like Dave Edwards, McDonald and Byrne to make room.

I saw Dave Edwards play in the Europa Conference League a few weeks ago. He hasn’t still got it.