MC Prussian Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 Can we already start the new online rescue operation, just by using preventive measures? #freeghezzal After all, we're nothing but a "rugby club". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 I don't really watch French footy. Is this guy actually *that* bad or has he just not settled in Monaco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsintskaro Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 He just played 7 games in average side of Monaco which only got 2 points in CL group stage garbage id take Januzaj over him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 In talks with the club today (as indicated by @themightyfin): https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Rachid-ghezzal-monaco-se-rapproche-de-leicester/927760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusko187 Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 He has a rather uninspring record for goals and assists, but typically these £5m players tend to be amazing business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 1 minute ago, MC Prussian said: Now you're stretching it. The success with one player alone (or rather: partial success) doesn't represent his coaching methods or success rate on the whole. And that's a big "IF" when you consider the fact that he had his finest hour in one half of a season, so the other half he was pretty much crap. Again. No way is Ghezzal a 16-goal Premier League player. I didn't mean he'd score 16 goals, I meant if he replicated his form from Lyon where his goals and assists total for the season was 16 which still would be highly unlikely in the PL. Only the top players hit 15+ a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 1 minute ago, Rusko187 said: He has a rather uninspring record for goals and assists, but typically these £5m players tend to be amazing business. In our title winning season, he got eight goals and eight assists for Lyon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 We, erm, not going to bother to watch him play for us before we demand him sold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegaffa Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 I have only seen highlights of him but he seems to be quite good. yes highlights only show the best bits but he seems to make the right decision nearly every time he has the ball. for all Mahrez’s brilliance he didn’t pick the best options for the team and more for himself when he had the ball. The guy looks better than gray, diabate and albrighton, so basically an upgrade to our starting 11 for peanuts in today’s market. ok he is no Mahrez but we couldn’t find a like for like replacement anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La-li-lu-le-lo Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 Can’t write him off until he’s actually played.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXYTALK Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 Here come the moaners, because we haven't signed a 50 million pound player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewquayFox Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 God help this chap if he signs for us, already getting slaughtered before he has set foot on this Country, some folks just can’t help themselves... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: I don't really watch French footy. Is this guy actually *that* bad or has he just not settled in Monaco? He may not that bad himself, but he's clearly the object of desire or struggle within his own family - his father's will vs. his brother's influence. His brother's involvement seems to be the most questionable - sees one half of a great season with Lyon, demands more money for his brother: https://www.foot01.com/equipe/ol/ol-un-detail-qui-tue-dans-le-probleme-ghezzal-a-lyon,218088 There are plenty of other links that tell a similar story, "personal problems" left, right and center. Edited 3 August 2018 by MC Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 Is this a bit like when your kid's pet hamster dies and you leg it down to the pet shop to buy a lookalike before they notice? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 He the exact sort of scruffy misfit that is needed to reignite the team spirit here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vossen Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 Puel out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch1965 Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 4 minutes ago, La-li-lu-le-lo said: Can’t write him off until he’s actually played.... Well we normally do on here, that’s the FT way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 Apparently Monaco paid him a £5m signing on fee last season so we'd just be covering it so they break even if we take him on. I'm not averse to this signing as long as his wages are low enough that we can move him on if he fails and he's not here taking a wage until he is 30. He's a good age and has proved to have good pedigree albeit over a short period. I'd much rather us sign proven quality that walks into the first team as this could well be a case of buy cheap buy twice and more importantly another player clogging up the squad and wage bill for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 1 minute ago, Ric Flair said: He the exact sort of scruffy misfit that is needed to reignite the team spirit here. Wait a second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: I don't really watch French footy. Is this guy actually *that* bad or has he just not settled in Monaco? He's bollocks. One half decent season amidst a vast sea of average to poor. He'll obviously cost a lot less than Promes, for example, but Promes has consistently posted 12+ league goals a season for about four years in Russia. That's along with about five to ten assists a year. Rachid's best season gave him 8/8 in 29 games but other than that he typically contributes roughly one goal and two assists per 25+ game league season. Hazard averages about 7/5 in the same time frame making Rachid comfortably the worst. He's poor. If he's squad filler because we're selling Gray and buying another winger to be a starter, ie Hazard or Promes, then no problem. But if he's the Mahrez replacement and Babylon dares defend that then he should basically be banned for life @Mark. Oh and Pepe got 13/4 in 36 last year and 3/1 in 33 the year before for a pretty average Angers. He has an upwards trajectory and is the youngest of the lot but still very unproven. Edited 3 August 2018 by Finnegan 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 Gedala sucks! Really sucks! Zero physically zero tactically zero mentally This is from a Lyon fan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 7 minutes ago, FOXYTALK said: Here come the moaners, because we haven't signed a 50 million pound player. I don't care what we pay, I care that he's both statistically and anecdotally crap. 4 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: He the exact sort of scruffy misfit that is needed to reignite the team spirit here. A lazy prima dona with a shit disciplinary record and a temper? Don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 1 minute ago, MC Prussian said: Wait a second... Is that Benny? And if so, why is he dressed like Mel and/or Kim from Mel & Kim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Foxxed said: We, erm, not going to bother to watch him play for us before we demand him sold? Edited 3 August 2018 by foxfanazer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les-tah Posted 3 August 2018 Share Posted 3 August 2018 if we sign him as mahrez replacement ill self harm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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