Manini Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 He sounds like he’s the Belgian James Milner, will play anywhere we want him to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 3 minutes ago, Ashley said: Hopefully the forum might calm down a little bit now. Yeah thank god we got a third choice right back in for 24m. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 Welcome to the club! I think he will be a good signing and might even improve us initially. Chilwell on his day was very good but also had a lot of poor games. A more consistent player might be just what we need, especially as he's supposedly pretty good defensively. I also like out investment in Belgian players. That country is a rising power on the world stage and continue to develop highly technical players. With OHL as our sister club over there too, I can see us picking up more promising Belgian players in the next few years too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey54 Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 1 minute ago, AKCJ said: Yeah thank god we got a third choice right back in for 24m. Yawn !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 1 minute ago, AKCJ said: Yeah thank god we got a third choice right back in for 24m. *£18m, and we have no clue what the plan is for him. Unless you are privy to Rodgers tactical plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 1 September 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 1 September 2020 Just now, Ashley said: Hopefully the forum might calm down a little bit now. Not likely, Ash. I'm sure Castagne will play left back and do fairly well but if you can't see why signing a, mostly, right back to replace Chilwell and for half the money might make this place twitchy, you're being a bit naive. People are anxious and kinda reasonably so, even if they're spouting some drivel because of it. We're about to go in to the most physically challenging season of this clubs entire history. It's going to be wall to wall playing every other day. We struggled last year, a lack of squad depth completely ruined our season at Christmas and we never recovered. We need major reinforcement all over the pitch. We had a Champions League 11 last year with a Sunday League bench. There has to be signings. I understand entirely why the money might not be there, we're living in a hugely turbulent time, globally, not just for football. Knowing that might make someone more tolerant of the owners and board but it won't make it any less stressful going in to the new season looking so thin. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapero82 Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 8 minutes ago, Ashley said: Hopefully the forum might calm down a little bit now. In your dreams! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onions Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 (edited) Simply not good enough...... we should have rushed into buying Joe Mattock in July. Scouting players who suit the way we play and have talent isn’t as important as signing players early Edited 1 September 2020 by Onions 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapero82 Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 1 minute ago, Onions said: Simply not good enough...... we should have rushed into buying Joe Mattock in July. Scouting players who suit the way we play and have talent isn’t as important as signing players early You clearly don’t know your onions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta Legend Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 2 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Not likely, Ash. I'm sure Castagne will play left back and do fairly well but if you can't see why signing a, mostly, right back to replace Chilwell and for half the money might make this place twitchy, you're being a bit naive. People are anxious and kinda reasonably so, even if they're spouting some drivel because of it. We're about to go in to the most physically challenging season of this clubs entire history. It's going to be wall to wall playing every other day. We struggled last year, a lack of squad depth completely ruined our season at Christmas and we never recovered. We need major reinforcement all over the pitch. We had a Champions League 11 last year with a Sunday League bench. There has to be signings. I understand entirely why the money might not be there, we're living in a hugely turbulent time, globally, not just for football. Knowing that might make someone more tolerant of the owners and board but it won't make it any less stressful going in to the new season looking so thin. That's why this signing MAKES so much sense for your rational reasoned points / concerns above. I'm sure more will come too, making our squad more robust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudger63 Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 I'm just relieved it's not Matt Targett we've signed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 3 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Not likely, Ash. I'm sure Castagne will play left back and do fairly well but if you can't see why signing a, mostly, right back to replace Chilwell and for half the money might make this place twitchy, you're being a bit naive. People are anxious and kinda reasonably so, even if they're spouting some drivel because of it. We're about to go in to the most physically challenging season of this clubs entire history. It's going to be wall to wall playing every other day. We struggled last year, a lack of squad depth completely ruined our season at Christmas and we never recovered. We need major reinforcement all over the pitch. We had a Champions League 11 last year with a Sunday League bench. There has to be signings. I understand entirely why the money might not be there, we're living in a hugely turbulent time, globally, not just for football. Knowing that might make someone more tolerant of the owners and board but it won't make it any less stressful going in to the new season looking so thin. Do you not see how signing a player like Castagne who can cover multiple positions at full back and also if we really need probably further forward is extremely beneficial to these points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 13 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Quite clear? Right so we are missing our best centre back for the first 3 weeks and our 36 year old 3rd best had to hobble off the pitch on Saturday. Who are we planning to use at CB? We buy a new centre back or two.... Or is everyone going to bitch and moan about that now they can't bitch and moan about not signing a Chilwell replacement. When will everyone learn, to just wait and see where we are before throwing their toys out. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonfox1884 Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 I think this comes down to the fact that I’m happy the club have signed a player of this calibre, but I just don’t understand why we can’t do the simple thing and replace a left-back with a specialist left-back. Unless we’re playing a back 3 long-term, and Brendan sees JJ as a RCB. So Castagne is back-up to Ricky, and we’re still on the hunt for a LB. This seems unlikely, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPeakFox Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 There's reasonable criticism, and then there's just auto-complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHDrive Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 22 minutes ago, Mehrez said: Nice those wages are cheap at £25k a week maybe gives us more to spend elsewhere Surely no way, even with a chunky signing on fee is he on that p/w?. Imagine him frowning at Dimi week after week on the training field with rage when comparing salarys 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 5 minutes ago, pmcla26 said: We won the league with QPR's second choice right back... give the lad a chance. We also had a class left back. That's something we don't have right now. Just now, Babylon said: We buy a new centre back or two.... Or is everyone going to bitch and moan about that now they can't bitch and moan about not signing a Chilwell replacement. When will everyone learn, to just wait and see where we are before throwing their toys out. People are "bitching and moaning" because we haven't signed a Chilwell replacement. That's the point. If Castagne was as good as he is on the right but on the left then nobody would complain. He'd fill a hole for two years until Thomas is ready. Instead we've signed a right wing back that can occasionally play at left wing back. I struggle to see where he starts in the team. We all saw how much of an utter disaster the 5 at the back spell was last season. If we went and got a specialist left back to replace Chilwell then there wouldn't be a problem whatsoever. Do you not think it's ridiculous to go and spend 24m on a wing back when we don't currently have any option but to play a flat back 4? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 15 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Yeah thank god we got a third choice right back in for 24m. Don't worry, Joe Bryan is still available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfoxes Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Yeah thank god we got a third choice right back in for 24m. He can play left or right sided defence also down either wing and reports are he cost £18m or €20 however you look at prices Edited 1 September 2020 by justfoxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPeakFox Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 Has it been considered that we might buy other players as well as Castagne, or is that just naive of me? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 1 minute ago, justfoxes said: He can play left or right sided defence also down either wing and reports are he cost £18m or €20 however you look at prices and Jamie Vardy can play on the wing. We all know what his actual position is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 2 minutes ago, Devonfox1884 said: I think this comes down to the fact that I’m happy the club have signed a player of this calibre, but I just don’t understand why we can’t do the simple thing and replace a left-back with a specialist left-back. Unless we’re playing a back 3 long-term, and Brendan sees JJ as a RCB. So Castagne is back-up to Ricky, and we’re still on the hunt for a LB. This seems unlikely, however. I think that Castagne must be Chilwell's replacement, otherwise is he a luxury utility player? That would still leave us needing that LB along with other priorities such as CB, striker & RW. I really can't see us spending that kind of money. I think if we're honest, TC is not the replacement that we had hoped for. I say 'we' because I am judging this assumption on the threads we have seen all summer. The links that have caused a stir and some excitement among us and those that have not. Is he crap? Of course not, but he is well down the list of targets we might have hoped for in my opinion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lcfcell Posted 1 September 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 1 September 2020 this thread is so embarrassing 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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foxfanazer Posted 1 September 2020 Share Posted 1 September 2020 1 minute ago, lcfcell said: this thread is so embarrassing Come on mate he ain't that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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