Dwight McNeil

[Adster]

Just now, Markyblue said:

4/7.😉

Ahh. Definitely happening then. 

[Brooksy]

Any reliable sources reported this yet then?

[Tuna]

Just now, Brooksy said:

Any reliable sources reported this yet then?

No.

[Lee Monty]

10 minutes ago, Muzzy_Larsson said:

Yeah that was my point, totally agree, so given what he cost I wouldn't call him anywhere close to a great signing, yet anyway.

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but is he Vardys replacement for in a couple of years time 

[The_77]

6 minutes ago, Rusko187 said:

Which one?

Hopefully not the empty one Ghezzal turned up to yesterday 😂

[foxfanazer]

19 minutes ago, Lee Monty said:

Well unless you meant he’s with Chris Woods the goal keeper I’m gonna guess not so serious 

It was a joke as that's what he was commonly called on here 

[Muzzy_Larsson]

2 minutes ago, Lee Monty said:

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but is he Vardys replacement for in a couple of years time 

Reminds me of when we replaced Henrik Larsson with Henri Camara on loan. *shudders*

[honeybradger]

Rodgers obviously heard all the complaints about possession football under him and puel so he's gone out to get a winger to lump it into the box and he's brought back slimani to get on the end of it.

[StriderHiryu]

13 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

£32 million.

 

People were calling the Olli Watkins deal madness just yesterday. That's the same price we paid for Tielemans, a Belgian international from Monaco with Champions League experience.

 

I do think McNeil is a good player, but wow that is so much money. You just know Calvin Stengs will go to some team in Europe for half that fee. Bergwijn who is now at Spurs was 25m!

 

[Lee Monty]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

It was a joke as that's what he was commonly called on here 

Oh right I see so your joke was pretty much as dead as mine was then 

[teblin]

Just now, StriderHiryu said:

 

People were calling the Olli Watkins deal madness just yesterday. That's the same price we paid for Tielemans, a Belgian international from Monaco with Champions League experience.

 

I do think McNeil is a good player, but wow that is so much money. You just know Calvin Stengs will go to some team in Europe for half that fee. Bergwijn who is now at Spurs was 25m!

 

I guess it’s as he has 2 prem seasons in him already and we know he can play in the pl already.

[Lee Monty]

2 minutes ago, Muzzy_Larsson said:

Reminds me of when we replaced Henrik Larsson with Henri Camara on loan. *shudders*

It’s ok we’ve got George Hirst and Ali Rechba 😂😂

[SecretPro]

Just now, StriderHiryu said:

 

People were calling the Olli Watkins deal madness just yesterday. That's the same price we paid for Tielemans, a Belgian international from Monaco with Champions League experience.

 

I do think McNeil is a good player, but wow that is so much money. You just know Calvin Stengs will go to some team in Europe for half that fee. Bergwijn who is now at Spurs was 25m!

 

Seems a lot but it's what Villa paid for Watkins, a Championship player with no PL experience. I'd say the price for McNeil is the going rate for a 20 year old native. Just a shame the 'going rate' these days is astronomical.

[StriderHiryu]

Just now, honeybradger said:

Rodgers obviously heard all the complaints about possession football under him and puel so he's gone out to get a winger to lump it into the box and he's brought back slimani to get on the end of it.

We'll never play that way with Rodgers in charge, but I bet you that would actually be a good team! McNeil really is a good aerial crosser and Slimani is a good lone man up top when given service. 

 

Just now, teblin said:

I guess it’s as he has 2 prem seasons in him already and we know he can play in the pl already.

Yeah of course, same with Perez. Listen I hope the guy does well and have nothing against him - he's not determined the transfer fee. But that's more than we paid for Soyuncu, Ricardo, Ndidi, etc. 

[JamesfromlondonLCFC]

Am I the only one that isn't that fussed about cost? I'm sure people who work at football clubs have a far better understanding of what goes into these deals than us. But most importantly, its not my money so whatever init 🤣

[SecretPro]

Just now, JamesfromlondonLCFC said:

Am I the only one that isn't that fussed about cost? I'm sure people who work at football clubs have a far better understanding of what goes into these deals than us. But most importantly, its not my money so whatever init 🤣

I think most people wouldn't normally be bothered, but what with Covid, King Power struggling at airports and the Premier League saying if they don't get bums on seats VERY quickly they will loose hundreds of millions I guess the financials at club level could be a bit more conerning than usual for a lot of fans interested in that kind of thing.

[honeybradger]

3 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

We'll never play that way with Rodgers in charge, but I bet you that would actually be a good team! McNeil really is a good aerial crosser and Slimani is a good lone man up top when given service. 

 

Yeah of course, same with Perez. Listen I hope the guy does well and have nothing against him - he's not determined the transfer fee. But that's more than we paid for Soyuncu, Ricardo, Ndidi, etc. 

Tbf if we actually did want to play a more agressive style of football, mcneil slimani perez front 3 would probably be mint, doesnt make sense with us signing maddison, tielemans, pereira though and trying to transition to possesion based under puel and rodgers.

Edited 10 September 2020 by honeybradger

[Leicester_Loyal]

32m is a lot of money, but he's 20 years old, experienced in the EPL and is also English. Combine any of those and you're always looking at at minimum of 20m unless they've got a year left on their deal or they're not wanted by their club anymore.

[JamesfromlondonLCFC]

1 minute ago, SecretPro said:

I think most people wouldn't normally be bothered, but what with Covid, King Power struggling at airports and the Premier League saying if they don't get bums on seats VERY quickly they will loose hundreds of millions I guess the financials at club level could be a bit more conerning than usual for a lot of fans interested in that kind of thing.

Absolutely, but the club wouldn't be spending money if they couldn't afford it. Gotta remember our owners are very successful businessmen, I'm sure they know what they're doing. 

[Ted Maul]

Happy with this.

 

I'd rather we went for someone who was guaranteed to come into the starting 11 and hit the ground running, but those players generally cost upwards of £50m.

 

He's very talented and should be a good investment long-term.

 

Once Barnes finds a bit of composure in front of goal (let's be honest- for all the chances he misses, he makes a hell of a lot of stuff happen) then that's the 2 wide spots sorted for years.

[Ross 'LCFC' Turner]

Castagne, Justin, Evans, Soyuncu, McNeil back 5? (For now anyway) 

 

Leaves us pretty versatile to move to a Justin, Evans, Soyuncu, Castagne back 4 and pushing McNeil further forwards. 

 

It seems we are looking at versatile players so we can switch up the formations and personnel during the game but also due to the amount of fixtures we have coming up. 

Edited 10 September 2020 by Ross 'LCFC' Turner

[jmono84]

I think there’s more to him and it’ll make our attack more balanced with him on the right side.

[Guest Markyblue]

1/4 come on whos lumping on it.🙃

[Jakemoore]

Why do idiots on here give the ITK’s a hard time on here?! I was an ITK for 9 months or so and got stick when I said we were signing a World Cup star who turned out to be Yuki Abe. 
 

My source left the club years ago but had he not I’m not sure I’d share on here because of the stick people get. 
 

It is impossible to be right 100% of the time. Stop bitching at Bert and others and just see what comes of it. 
 

Rant over

Edited 10 September 2020 by Jakemoore

[MPH]

48 minutes ago, casablancas said:

I’d be well up for that maybe not at 80 though   maybe 65-70 but then again it ain’t my money being spent. 

 

55 tops for both for me