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Nelly The Elephant said:
They do both, the likes of Seelt and Jobe had photos done at the SoL, player last Wednesday had pics taken at the SoL (we still don't know who that was?).
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This player seems to be a mystery. Several posters have confirmed he was here, yet nothing has been revealed.

Why would they take photos at SOL if the player wasn't signing? If he has signed, why would we not release details? Could the player be Amad and we're keeping it under wraps before parading him in front of the crowd at the weekend? It's a puzzler.
 
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Bank of England 2 said:
This player seems to be a mystery. Several posters have confirmed he was here, yet nothing has been revealed.

Why would they take photos at SOL if the player wasn't signing? If he has signed, why would we not release details? Could the player be Amad and we're keeping it under wraps before parading him in front of the crowd at the weekend? It's a puzzler.
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It’s really impressive how good the club are at keeping things under wraps. Highlights how professionally we are operating.
 
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Where has the link for this french lad come from? If he is the one I am thinking of he was rated by PSG and they wanted him, but he wanted to play more. Was supposed to be a bit of a hot prospect.
 
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FellTop said:
Where has the link for this french lad come from? If he is the one I am thinking of he was rated by PSG and they wanted him, but he wanted to play more. Was supposed to be a bit of a hot prospect.
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Rumour started on RTG claims he flew in with KLD this morning. Few other posters say he has been seen at SOL could be nothing but makes for better crack than am I allowed to visit Newcastle
 
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Adil is an Attacking midfielder that can play left side. We need competition wide but really don’t need more CAMs with Dack, Pritchard, Jobe, Ba and Rigg arguably all able to play there. If this is a goer I think Pritchard will definitely go permanently and Ba will be loaned out.
 
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I am seeing it as pinching one of Peps ideas. When you see Cancello or Alaba stepping into midfield when in possession it looks great and the opposition press can be made to look innefective. Maybe other coaches have done it too before Pep, but not sure. The idea is to create more passing options from defence through midfield and into attack. Either through having an extra body to receive or allowing a holding midfielder to push higher sooner. Moving the team higher faster, without having to play quick to do it. The full backs being asked to do it need to be very good technical players. Zinchenko at Arsenal makes it look good. I believe the holding role, who takes the ball of the defenders and turns us round is the hardest of all positions to play. Neil is the only one at our club I think can do it well. Ekwah is learning it and I think will get there. To be fair to Hume though he hasnt had the years of coaching in that 360 degree position to just step in and make it work. The challenge is seeing everything all around you all of the time. Full backs have never really had to develop that. Hume does so much right in his game, but I dont see him ready for this ask yet. I think it is upsetting our balance. Ekwah is learning the deeper role, and his awareness out of possession is a bit lacking, but having someone else stepping in seems to be putting him off somehow. The back 3 left shuffle a bit and we end up narrow which I think sees Clarke and Ba deeper than they should be at Coventry. Obviously Mowbray knows 100% better than me, so I should wind my kneck in, but I think it is trying to fix a problem that never existed. At no point last season was our problem moving the ball through midfield in my opinion. We were as good as any side at that for me, perhaps because we didnt have the outball to Stewart we had to learn it fast. I like full backs to go wide as soon as we get the ball and keep the pitch big, and last season it suited us. Time will tell, in a few weeks we will all be saying Mowbray was right all along, again, probably...
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Good post FT. Bur paragraphs mate! Remember what your old English teacher told you!
 
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