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Johno808 said:
Its fine everyone saying we have Mundle etc but 3 hamstring injuries in under a year is a massive concern

will be an asset but will he stay fit
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We clearly want another winger so I wouldn’t worry. Journos have said we held talks with other targets and could revisit them now
 
Johno808 said:
Its fine everyone saying we have Mundle etc but 3 hamstring injuries in under a year is a massive concern

will be an asset but will he stay fit
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Might just need a tweak to his lifestyle. Didn't Giggs have massive hamstring troubles for years which just cleared up as he hit his late 20s.

Went on to a decent career that lad.

Brother cuckolding aside.
 
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CR17 said:
Hmm shame. Hopefully he can light it up but I thought he looked a bit quiet and uncomfortable on that side but it was his first game I suppose.

him being confident with both feet should be good for that.

seen someone on twitter saying to send him back then swap him in the Lauriente deal earlier hahah
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Sorry mate, but you're overthinking it massively. He's excelled on the right at Brugge. He's not uncomfortable there at all. He may be better on the left in the long term and that might be where he eventually ends up, but a slow debut in pre-season is all it was.
 
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Flash Gordon said:
Sorry mate, but you're overthinking it massively. He's excelled on the right at Brugge. He's not uncomfortable there at all. He may be better on the left in the long term and that might be where he eventually ends up, but a slow debut in pre-season is all it was.
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I know that’s why I said “it was just his first game I suppose” afterwards
 
Just caught up with the highlights and recap from the game yesterday

Clear as day we still need a good few players to make up a good squad, pretty much the whole back line from the 2nd half need replacing, probably browne and aleksic too
 
Chunksafc said:
His club announced he had said his goodbyes yesterday and was leaving.

Thinks its fairly obvious his agents have moved the goalposts. His loss and we move on to other targets
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We'll never know, but the hot money would be on the agent. He will have rolled the dice late on probably.

If so, it just one more example of a player suffering because of an agent's grasping behaviour, Nice to see we have very quickly given him the bum's rush.
 
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Chadm93 said:
Just caught up with the highlights and recap from the game yesterday

Clear as day we still need a good few players to make up a good squad, pretty much the whole back line from the 2nd half need replacing, probably browne and aleksic too
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Wasn't the back line second half basically our under 21s ? Not sure what you mean by needing replacing It sounded to me like they didn't do too badly.

O9, cirkin and hjelde to come back in.

Just a couple of defensive reinforcement needed imo
 
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FellTop said:
I am quite excites to see how we go for as a loan option. Mind you, I doubt we get a good one only to play when Africa is on...
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I don’t even know why I added that afcon bit at the end for cover would have been fine :emoticon-0102-bigsm
 
Flash Gordon said:
I don't get the whole argument about it being the agent. These things are a negotiation and if they're all in the room in Portugal with the player having said his goodbyes to Sassoulo, I don't see how his agent suddenly comes out with a demand that shuts the whole conversation down. The club wouldn't just pull out of the deal and no longer negotiate.

Unless player terms hadn't been discussed before they arrived in Portugal... or maybe he has another offer on the table.
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If the club were presented with a late and changed demand they might very well just pull out. I'm pleased they did if that's what happened. He was travelling for a medical. Everything would have been agreed.
 
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Flash Gordon said:
So player wants the move, club wants the move, Sassoulo have agreed the fee, player has said goodbye to his team mates and then comes in with demands so ridiculous that it shuts down negotiations?

Given that Lauriente already has relationships with RLB and Le Feé, I think they already know his character.

This doesn't seem like a likely scenario to me.
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It depends on how influential the agent is. Many have far too much.
 
JHmackem said:
The club clearly disagree though. Otherwise we wouldn't have been about to spend another 20m on Lauriente.

And we've not pulled out of that deal based on a quiet 45 minutes of Talbi at RW in a friendly.
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I agree with the second bit but, even though it feels churlish to say so while the direction of travel is so positive, the club can certainly get it wrong when bringing in players. We’ve got recent history of chasing hard for the wrong players and even some of the more concrete links this summer have been a bit dumb. It’s impossible to have a 100% hit rate but every signing isn’t 4d chess. Sometimes they just **** up.

Edit:not for a second saying Talbi is an error. He did look a bit quiet last night but it’s very early to say one way or another abiut the rhs thing. More a comment on us signing three of a similar type. I was one who viewed Lauriente as overkill.
 
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The u21 back line did really well in the second half. Our right back and Pat looked good.
Sevilla were a set of niggly sods and the ref let them get on with it, first time I have seen someone try to tackle a free kick taker.
Off to see the lads train this afternoon, looking forward to it.
 
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