ronnup Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 Hopefully we're trying to get Barca to imagine all those pound notes dissapearing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 8 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Yeah I'm not sold on Traore, that said he will be available for a knock down fee. Way less than £20m, Lyon need funds and its highly likely they haven't got European football next season unless they win the CL 😂 He would be a last ditch signing in late September if we haven't managed to get Trincao or another top target. Whats David Neres up to these days? 🤪 Put your purse away Might as well just say Ghezzal / Chiesa - straight swap yeah? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 4 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Put your purse away Might as well just say Ghezzal / Chiesa - straight swap yeah? I take that back @Ric Flair Chisea consistently seems to post some decent numbers, numbers increasing as he matures too So maybe Ghezzal and 10m.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 Ajax have already signed Neres's replacement in Antony. Given his bad injury last season and the current financial crisis, a season long loan with an option to sign for £35m next summer would be lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Ajax have already signed Neres's replacement in Antony. Given his bad injury last season and the current financial crisis, a season long loan with an option to sign for £35m next summer would be lovely. What has he done to his knee??? Have to wonder if he is even going to come back anywhere like what he was if he is not back after 280 days edit: seems its "meniscus cartilage in his knee." Edited 11 August 2020 by Dahnsouff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrecociousFox93 Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 1 hour ago, Ric Flair said: Agree on the toughness of the league but Gray has never got near double figures for goals a season?? He also barely ever starts though, so he’s highly likely not to get significant goals/assists. I don’t rate either Traore or Gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 ...his numbers are nothing to write home about!!! He is skillful, has drive and wants to attack a defence, we don't have that kind of mentality within our team. He brings defenders on to him and like a lot of players of his ilk he fails to capitalize on the spaces he has created drawing defenders out of position. He, like Gray has a need to have the spectacular finish after a great run and dribble, there is no reason why he can not raise his head and lay the ball off for a tap in for a colleague, you can see the frustration on his support runners that the pass never came, all Traore is doing is letting his talent become wasted due to his inability to see the big picture. I really wonder what coaches do on a day to day basis, do they have their favourites and work mostly with them or are they aware of short comings of certain players and seek to improve them. He has played in this fashion for sometime, it has not been stamped out and it should have been a long, long time ago. Explain the art of the game see if he can see the need for putting people in space as a contribution to the team and not to lay the ball off as an afterthought. It really does not matter who scores, that really needs to be drummed into him, just to have the vision to cut a defence to ribbons after you have dragged them from their positions and laid it off to someone else is all he needs to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sphericalfox Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 1 minute ago, PrecociousFox93 said: He also barely ever starts though, so he’s highly likely not to get significant goals/assists. I don’t rate either Traore or Gray. Thing is, when he does start his record is worse than when he comes on as an impact sub. How many ties have we seen him have two/three good games off the bench. Gets into the starting line-up, and by the halftime everyone is screaming for him to be subbed? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrecociousFox93 Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 Just now, sphericalfox said: Thing is, when he does start his record is worse than when he comes on as an impact sub. How many ties have we seen him have two/three good games off the bench. Gets into the starting line-up, and by the halftime everyone is screaming for him to be subbed? Very fair point. He’s definitely better trying to impact a game against tired defences. Traore would be competing with Gray in a way, definitely not a significant upgrade on what we have - which is what we need! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Hughes Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 Underwhelming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 21 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Ajax have already signed Neres's replacement in Antony. Given his bad injury last season and the current financial crisis, a season long loan with an option to sign for £35m next summer would be lovely. ..seems steep,, considering his ability to overcome is injury!!! It would be folly to set a price of £35m when we do not know if he will be the same after his injury. I am a big Neres fan, but let's wait and see how he looks when back to fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutlanderFox Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 Traore impressed me whenever he came into the Chelsea team that one season. That was about 5 years ago mind. I haven't seen much of him at Lyon so don't know how much he's progressed since then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 10 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said: ..seems steep,, considering his ability to overcome is injury!!! It would be folly to set a price of £35m when we do not know if he will be the same after his injury. I am a big Neres fan, but let's wait and see how he looks when back to fitness. Probably a little steep but that's what the loan is for, possibly the only chance we'd have of getting him is this injury problem hampering his progress. Seems he's still not back fit, shame. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 Even I know this guy is honking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 I've watched a lot of Lyon over the past couple of years and this guy is pretty dung, has one decent game in 7 or 8 and that's in the French league, stepping up to the EPL that'd probably be 1 in 16 or something like that. Avoid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 looking at those stats... could he have been playing in goal by any chance? not bad goal stats for a goalie. Still worth a punt imho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 Can we have Depay instead please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 11 August 2020 Share Posted 11 August 2020 Traore. Trincao. Anyone else with a 'Tr' at the start of their name we can be linked to? Trippier and Trezeguet next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 On 11/08/2020 at 17:20, StanSP said: Traore. Trincao. Anyone else with a 'Tr' at the start of their name we can be linked to? Trippier and Trezeguet next? Trownsend? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flannel_Fox Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 On 11/08/2020 at 17:20, StanSP said: Traore. Trincao. Anyone else with a 'Tr' at the start of their name we can be linked to? Trippier and Trezeguet next? Troy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heskey2011 Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 (edited) On 11/08/2020 at 08:07, majaco said: Demarai Gray has qualities. He made some good contributions last season. He could do more. If he remain s a Leicester player, we should back him. If Traore improves our squad excellent. Dismissing Traore as another team's Demarai Gray is discombobulating. A current player and a potential signing both maligned in one post. I like Gray, effective second choice winger... should probably get more game time, or be put in the ole gunner, super sub catagory. Last 14mins ideally Edited 13 August 2020 by Heskey2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 On 11/08/2020 at 17:20, StanSP said: Traore. Trincao. Anyone else with a 'Tr' at the start of their name we can be linked to? Trippier and Trezeguet next? Weren't we supposedly interested in Trossard before he went to Brighton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 Lads. It’s Trundle, Lee Trundle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 On 11/08/2020 at 17:20, StanSP said: Traore. Trincao. Anyone else with a 'Tr' at the start of their name we can be linked to? Trippier and Trezeguet next? Maybe we are signing the first openly trans player 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 14 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said: Maybe we are signing the first openly trans player Harveyetta Barnes? Saw this the other day in the Birds you fancy... thread in Gen Chat but can't remember who posted it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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