TommyK

Surely we only sell if we're getting someone else in. 

Who?

14 minutes ago, MGLCFC said:

You've got greater confidence than me that Rudkin can conclude a deal in around 25 hours.

25 hours and 14 seconds 

17 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

We’re clearly not going to buy a proven ‘elite’ striker. But realistically, what’s the best we can hope for? I’m struggling to think of any plausible targets that I actually want. What’s our best-case scenario here?

Forfana

40 minutes ago, LFox99 said:

That'll be tough to do since we're probably going to be taking a loss on him with the figures that are being touted. Not to mention Everton have a hefty sell-on clause

This makes no sense - a sell on clause is usually based on the profit on a player. 

Security guard?

I wondered when this would happen....

BEST. THREAD. EVER. 

Be shocked if he's not here at the end of the window 

9 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said:

We’re obviously not going to sign him.

 

Zaha, Hlozek, Greek guy.

 

This is just a prelude to disappointment.

God damn Realist. Let us have this one for 24hours at least! 

21 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

They could have released him on a free and dropped him off at Corely services where we would have picked him up, then we would have done the same in reverse next summer. But noooooo

It's unbelievable, literally everything that is wrong with football today 

Just now, Dahnsouff said:

We have agreed with the player, but not with the club. Sorry, but where has all the optimism come from? 

Seeing as we've been turned down by players numerous times this summer it sounds like a great plan. 

I know this might be a novel concept. But how about we see how he does before throwing him under a bus?

23 minutes ago, dmayne7 said:

Finally a new name but absolutely no chance with this one

Same same but different 

Yeah but he's terrible 

Ayew is the kind of player you bring on to see out a one nil lead. Someone you can trust not to do anything stupid, hold up the ball and defend from the front. I think we're going to need that type of player this season. 

He can't be our only attacking singing through as he's just not creativity enough. 

I hate this thread 

Is this watchable?

Surely step one of any transfer is making sure the players wants to come to the club ... How many times do you hear " X club has agreed terms with the player, now just need to agree a few". 

It's what agents are for. What the **** are we doing?

3 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

I would have thought that means registering in your 25 man squad.

Which doesn't count for under 21s....

8 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

I see it tbf. I’m sure today has sent panic around the club and we realise that we need to just do the business if we are serious about fighting to stay up. 

 

If we got zaha and this guy our chances of staying up pretty much double 

What's double of zero?

Presume he can play on the wing?

Judging on today I think we need a Youri. We had little quality in the middle of the park able to put there foot on the ball or play a killer pass. That's not winks. 

10 minutes ago, JeffreyDiddum said:

Brighton & Hove Albion season ticket holder here - hi! First post in about 3-4 years I think, but wanted to give my opinion on Facundo after seeing a few posts asking for a Brighton perspective.

 

First of all, and this can’t be overstated, but he’s 19 years old. Despite this, he has played over 50 times for us and has a couple of Argentina caps. So while he is “one of the future”, he is not a rookie fresh from our PL2 set up. He is a break-through season away from being a very desirable asset. Obviously all parties are hoping it happens with you, this season.

 

Before Southampton and finally yourselves were linked, a deal looked all but done with Feyenoord for a loan with option to buy. Fans, including myself, were *not* happy about this as we pretty much all agree the lad has huge potential and couldn’t understand why we’d agree to sell such a prospect short of receiving a very large fee. We are far happier with a loan for the player to get further experience, and plenty more first team PL minutes. 
 

I’ve seen a few comments poo-pooing the idea of loaning a player from a perceived “lesser” club, which I feel I must address. In order to do that, I must talk a little about the player, his attributes and his role in the squad.

 

He is considerably physically stronger than when he joined as a 17 year old, and is surprisingly dogged and robust in the tackle. He is a reasonably short player at 5’9, but isn’t lightning fast. I’d describe his pace as moderate by PL standards - he won’t skin anyone. He is however in the Messi mould (in style, if not ability!) and has excellent close control and dribbling skills. He is not afraid to take on long shots and has scored a couple of cracking goals for us. 
 

He did have a tendency to sometimes over play in our system under De Zerbi, and would regularly dribble into dead ends before chipping an ineffective cross, or losing possession. However, he is still learning and sometimes would be the player to at least try creative things - often unsuccessfully - to unlock a defence.

 

He plays primarily as a right winger for us, and has filled in at right wing back. He can also play left wing and at number ten. He is not a pacy, traditional winger and is more of an inside forward. He consistently cuts in from the right wing onto his preferred left foot, crossing to the far post and attempting shots from range. Think a wide David Silva in style, constantly coming into the middle and not holding width.

 

He has a very impressive workrate, and runs his socks off in the press and tracking back. As mentioned, he’s surprisingly good in the tackle and works hard not to be luxury player. He will serve you well with workrate and team ethic.
 

After a strong summer of recruitment though, he would find his minutes limited here hence the move. Ahead of him are Minteh, March, Cozier-Duberry and Adingra (RW) and Mitoma, Adingra, and Cozier-Duberry (LW), and our new system doesn’t really feature a “ten” based on pre-season so far, so I think he would struggle to feature for us. This is more a reflection of a very positive summer of recruitment than anything else. 
 

If you have any questions please ask away, otherwise I wish you - and Facundo - good luck for the season.
 

 

 

 

Personally don't see Brighton as a lesser club. 

You've taken the Leicester model of a few years ago and continue to be successful with it - replacing star assets and having a fantastic scouting network. 

Unfortunately for us, LCFC seems very broken at present with little strategy, a recruitment and financial plan that seems very unclear, and seemingly little actual football knowledge at the top of the hierarchy. We could learn a lot from Brighton