weller54 Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 6 minutes ago, Clever Fox said: You're probably right. Come January Shakey will announce that he's not Match fit and needs time to get up to speed. Probably we won't see him until Easter. ...that'll leave him with egg on his face!
z-layrex Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 3 minutes ago, weller54 said: ...that'll leave him with egg on his face! Get out.
turtmcfly Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 49 minutes ago, Tuna said: If he's training with us now, why haven't we unveiled him and announced it on the club website, irrespective of the appeal? Would be like telling everyone you have a new blow-up doll when you've got emphysema
CyprusFox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 24 minutes ago, Clever Fox said: You're probably right. Come January Shakey will announce that he's not Match fit and needs time to get up to speed. Probably we won't see him until Easter. That's if Shakey's still there come january!
Chrysalis Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 And let's not be a pedantic **** about stuff either.im just pointing out they had a lot longer than the claimed few mins
davieG Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 From the Mirror Quote In the meantime, Silva, 28, is now at last training with his team-mates and is free to receive international clearance in January. He will build up his fitness in some behind-closed-doors friendlies and could make his debut in the FA Cup third round in 2018. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fifas-adrien-silva-decision-blasted-11297805
Chrysalis Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 No we didn't. Drinkwater wanted to go, And for 35 million it was good business. We were then in the situation of needing to get someone in. Silva was at the Club all day seemingly waiting for the Drinkwater situation to be sorted. You could argue that we shouldn't have sold DD so late in the process, But this is real Money we're talking about. the Chelsea deal was to good to turn down especially as he wanted to go. Both the Club and the FA agree the paperwork was sent on time. It's the process that's at fault,how do you know its good business? we dont know if we staying up yet, and i didnt know lcfc is about making profit
Babylon Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 55 minutes ago, daddylonglegs said: We may as well announce the signing now, as even if he was eligible - Shakespeare wouldn't play him for 2/3 months anyway! 'We can't afford to rush him, we're integrating him into the squad, he needs to build up his minutes' For examples see: Iheanacho, Iborra, Dragovic... Iheanacho and Iborra have been injured, how exactly do you expect them to start games when that's the case? Okazaki then took his chance and put in some decent performances and scored some goals. He deserved to play on the back of his performances, simple as that. The first game Iborra was fit to play he did and lets not forget he was dreadful in that game. Dragovic played very well, but who you going to swap him for? Wes played just as well if not better in the same game and has been one of the few players putting in a performance of late. If you drop Maguire you'd probably then be slating him for not starting him. There is plenty to moan about with CS, not playing new signings really isn't one of them.
ealingfox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/41511012 We've been mugged right off.
Turbogre Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 We should of signed Silva days before the deadline, regardless of Drinkwater leaving or not. We messed up, end of.
Clever Fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 48 minutes ago, weller54 said: ...that'll leave him with egg on his face! Very perceptive and sharp as always, I love it.
Clever Fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 25 minutes ago, Chrysalis said: how do you know its good business? we dont know if we staying up yet, and i didnt know lcfc is about making profit After 50 years in the game trust me it was good business, but the key point is he wanted to go. We got a proven International player 4 years younger and with 10 million in the Bank. Sounds like very good business to me anyway. Given that Silva is a proven winner, we've improved our squad quality while making money in the process. I think it's not only been smart but good business by the club. You don't seriously think that we're a Charity. Or do you.
ozvaldo Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 his debut for us will be away at barnsley on the opening day of next season, in the championship.
Steven Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 31 minutes ago, ealingfox said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/41511012 We've been mugged right off. Quote "According to our legal team, the two cases are based on different facts and we are not in a position to comment further," a Fifa spokesperson told BBC Sport. So if I murder someone with a gun and you murder someone with a knife according to the Fifa "legal team" because they are based on different facts they cannot both be murder. The salient fact in this case and our own is that both of them are late. WTF.
urban.spaceman Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 The announcement video: Clock ticks down to midnight, we cut to a shot outside the KP as fireworks explode above, declaring "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018" Back to the clock: 00:00:01 A window shuts at the LCFC Training Ground 00:00:02 A light turns on and illuminates the kit room 00:00:03 An anonymous pair of hands pulls out something blue from a box 00:00:04 A Leicester City shirt is laid face down on a shirt press 00:00:05 White letters are plucked from a tray 00:00:06 The letters are arranged, but the order of which is obscured by these tired hands 00:00:07 Another room is illuminated by light - someone picks up a high-quality DSLR camera 00:00:08 Inside the King Power Stadium - darkness turns to light as the floodlights irradiate every corner of the stadium 00:00:09 Dozens of staff walk through every row, placing something on every single seat 00:00:10 The player's tunnel. Dark with blue and green at the end. A lone figure walks slowly down it. 00:00:11 In an office, a FAX MACHINE springs to life and starts to print something out 00:00:12 We see what was planted on each seat - an ADRIEN SILVA FACE MASK 00:00:13 Back in the office, the fax machine finishes printing out a page, which falls to the floor. Close up, it reads "MODERN TECHNOLOGY LOL. SOZ x" 00:00:14 The figure has reached the centre circle. He's wearing Leicester City's black away shirt. He turns to the camera and holds up that blue Leicester City shirt - the letters read "FIFA ARE CORRUPT 14". Silva winks and smiles at the camera, his teeth sparkling in the light.
lifted*fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 OR Silva takes a 14 inch long poo over the course of 14 seconds and it curls out onto a photo of the current FIFA chairman.
st albans fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 36 minutes ago, Clever Fox said: After 50 years in the game trust me it was good business, but the key point is he wanted to go. We got a proven International player 4 years younger and with 10 million in the Bank. Sounds like very good business to me anyway. Given that Silva is a proven winner, we've improved our squad quality while making money in the process. I think it's not only been smart but good business by the club. You don't seriously think that we're a Charity. Or do you. Than who?
Clever Fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 26 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Than who? Drinkwater
HoustonFox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 19 minutes ago, Clever Fox said: Drinkwater Adrien is almost exactly a year older thank Drinky.
st albans fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 19 minutes ago, Clever Fox said: Drinkwater Who is four years younger than drinkwater ?
Clever Fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 5 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Who is four years younger than drinkwater ? 5 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Who is four years younger than drinkwater ? It seems they're similar ages with Silva being slightly older. Stil a better deal selling DD. Th only thing wrong was possible timing.
Chrysalis Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 1 hour ago, Clever Fox said: After 50 years in the game trust me it was good business, but the key point is he wanted to go. We got a proven International player 4 years younger and with 10 million in the Bank. Sounds like very good business to me anyway. Given that Silva is a proven winner, we've improved our squad quality while making money in the process. I think it's not only been smart but good business by the club. You don't seriously think that we're a Charity. Or do you. He hasnt played a game for us yet, so impossible to comment if he is more effective for us as a player. This isnt football manager where players stats are the be all and end all. When you have owners who cannot afford to fund transfers and you in the lower leagues you have to live of transfers then yes "maybe", however that is not our situation. Silva is also not 4 years younger than drinkwater. If we relegated that 10 million will seem like chump change. Club "annual" revenue gone from circa 30 million to 190 million for been in a higher league with more exposure. I think you stuck in the 1980s way of running a football club. Also our owners voted in favour of lowering our international rights tv revenue, so it seems even with their recent tightening of purse strings they dont think money is everything. Wanting to go doesnt mean the player is to be sold either, the player is an employee under contract, they dont decide transfer policy, point proven really is mahrez, he has wanted to go since last summer, but still is our most dangerous player going forward.
st albans fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 16 minutes ago, Chrysalis said: He hasnt played a game for us yet, so impossible to comment if he is more effective for us as a player. This isnt football manager where players stats are the be all and end all. When you have owners who cannot afford to fund transfers and you in the lower leagues you have to live of transfers then yes "maybe", however that is not our situation. Silva is also not 4 years younger than drinkwater. If we relegated that 10 million will seem like chump change. Club "annual" revenue gone from circa 30 million to 190 million for been in a higher league with more exposure. I think you stuck in the 1980s way of running a football club. Also our owners voted in favour of lowering our international rights tv revenue, so it seems even with their recent tightening of purse strings they dont think money is everything. Wanting to go doesnt mean the player is to be sold either, the player is an employee under contract, they dont decide transfer policy, point proven really is mahrez, he has wanted to go since last summer, but still is our most dangerous player going forward. I interpreted that as our owners expecting us to challenge for top 8 and therefore be deserving of more income from the international tv deal than the bottom eight via a sliding scale payment.
mod hero Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 2 hours ago, Clever Fox said: After 50 years in the game trust me it was good business, but the key point is he wanted to go. We got a proven International player 4 years younger and with 10 million in the Bank. Sounds like very good business to me anyway. Given that Silva is a proven winner, we've improved our squad quality while making money in the process. I think it's not only been smart but good business by the club. You don't seriously think that we're a Charity. Or do you. "Clever fox" had a mare there pal ?
Clever Fox Posted 6 October 2017 Posted 6 October 2017 51 minutes ago, Chrysalis said: He hasnt played a game for us yet, so impossible to comment if he is more effective for us as a player. This isnt football manager where players stats are the be all and end all. When you have owners who cannot afford to fund transfers and you in the lower leagues you have to live of transfers then yes "maybe", however that is not our situation. Silva is also not 4 years younger than drinkwater. If we relegated that 10 million will seem like chump change. Club "annual" revenue gone from circa 30 million to 190 million for been in a higher league with more exposure. I think you stuck in the 1980s way of running a football club. Also our owners voted in favour of lowering our international rights tv revenue, so it seems even with their recent tightening of purse strings they dont think money is everything. Wanting to go doesnt mean the player is to be sold either, the player is an employee under contract, they dont decide transfer policy, point proven really is mahrez, he has wanted to go since last summer, but still is our most dangerous player going forward. I've never been on football Manager in my life, But Stats do play an important part in modern football and is used by all Clubs. So I wouldn't dismiss Stats out of hand. Granted Silva hasn't played in our league yet but you cannot dismiss his achievements as if he's coming here like a novice. He's a past player of the year and a European champion with Portugal. So it's reasonable to assume he will make the grade here. I can go all the way back to the fifties and have seen a lot of the foolishness that got us and others into trouble. Which is why I've said many times the Manager is the most important person in the Club. And I'd hire the best Manager no matter what it cost over any players. Because the right Manager can build a team capable of challenging regularly. Like Pottechino at Spurs or the great job Dyche and Howe are doing on smaller budgets. I think the Owners are thinking in us challenging at the top end of the table going forward and so voting for a bigger share of the kitty. I know Clubs don't have to release players but while I don't agree with it, Players hold most of the power nowadays and sooner or later usually get their way. As will happen with Mahrez probably in January. Do I think the Club has handled things well, no I don't. But success is based on an element of luck and making fewer mistakes. Such can be the small margins in Football.
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