LPF Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 Tah is a good defender, solid, good with his feet, he just needs a new club to get back on track. I also prefer Fofana, but the deal looks almost impossible, plus Tah has more experience, especially for Europe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, mucfox said: Tah is too slow for the German Bundesliga, that is the reason why he is not in the starting XI anymore. If I had the choice between Tah and Wes, I would prefer our legend... Genuine question.... is Tah any slower than Evans? (I’m guessing not) This is the more urgent question, surely (Is anyone slower than Morgan!? God love him!) Edited 22 September 2020 by FoxinNotts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrington fox Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 Has that Wolves has been, gone back? Can’t remember if he was just on loan til the season end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 I’d personally be more than happy with options of Tah, Soyuncu, Evans and Benkovic (lets get the lad fit, motivated and playing ffs!). With Wes playing only in the league cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 2 minutes ago, Farrington fox said: Has that Wolves has been, gone back? Can’t remember if he was just on loan til the season end! @TheBear ?? Pretty sure he can come and go as he please 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xen Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 32 minutes ago, Farrington fox said: Has that Wolves has been, gone back? Can’t remember if he was just on loan til the season end! Bennett? It was a loan with obligation to buy if he played (started?) a certain number of matches. He didn't hit that threshold, so he's no longer at the club. If he'd started against United last game of the season we would've had to buy him. Instead we played Justin at CB and Thomas/Albrighton as wing backs. Says it all, really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 44 minutes ago, Xen said: Bennett? It was a loan with obligation to buy if he played (started?) a certain number of matches. He didn't hit that threshold, so he's no longer at the club. If he'd started against United last game of the season we would've had to buy him. Instead we played Justin at CB and Thomas/Albrighton as wing backs. Says it all, really. Had to make 5 starts, only made 3. Could have started vs Utd and we still didn't have to buy him but we realised he was dog shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safestandingfox Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 I like Tah as a centre back a lot, as much as fofana looks an incredible prospect and he's twerking for a prem move, I think Tah is a very good option and should be seen as such. Europa league and top flight proven, he's experienced also in playing a high line. Very physical and aerially dominant, and he's not exactly sluggish either. As long as we get Tah or fofana in i believe we've had a excellent window. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybradger Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 2 hours ago, Bakey said: hmmm that's a bit much i think. You dont just become a shit player overnight at 24. Obviously we would all prefer Fofana but a year ago everyone would be spaffing themselves over this signing. He's not been up to standard for the last 2 years according to leverkussen fans. With evans coming back next game i dont see a reason to gamble on this bloke, he's not going to leave to become a bench warmer but he's coming off a worse season than evans so i'd rather evans starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xen Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 39 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Had to make 5 starts, only made 3. Could have started vs Utd and we still didn't have to buy him but we realised he was dog shit. Ah gotchya, for some reason I thought it was down to 1 game from the threshold. That's even more telling then that we chose to play a LB at CB and a youth LB, rather than just put in the experienced CB. He truly was awful... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xen Posted 22 September 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 22 September 2020 14 minutes ago, honeybradger said: He's not been up to standard for the last 2 years according to leverkussen fans. With evans coming back next game i dont see a reason to gamble on this bloke, he's not going to leave to become a bench warmer but he's coming off a worse season than evans so i'd rather evans starts. Its all well and good saying that Evans would start, but we could be playing 50+ games in a compressed season and we have no depth at CB whatsoever. If Soyuncu/Evans get injured or suspended we either have to play Ndidi at CB and weaken our midfield, or throw in Morgan who can't keep up with the pace for more than the odd sub appearance anymore. We saw how badly it affected us at the tail end of last season and that was just a handful of games; a long term injury would be disastrous. Thats not even taking into account the option for going 3atb and mixing things up. We need another CB with enough ability that they could start games (not necessarily will start, mind) without us being weakened too much. Fofana would be ideal as a young prospect with a high ceiling, but Tah has shown in the past he can perform at a high level himself so would be more than acceptable alongside Soyuncu and Evans. Honestly, I wouldnt be surprised if we get one of them now and pick up the other in 6/12months. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edingleyfox Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 There was an article in the Telegraph 2 days ago and it suggested a loan deal to Tah. So I wonder if the club might secure this whilst going for an outright purchase for Fofana. If we are hoping to have the flexibility of a back 3 it would be good to have them both alongside Evans and Soyuncu. Fofana is still only 19 and will need easing into the side IMO. I'm not sure why Tah had a loss of form but he looks like a powerful presence and has plenty of experience- I suspect he might have been useful against the likes of Chris Wood this week. Interestingly Tah is being partly kept out of the side by Dragovic - I always thought he was a decent player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_LCFC Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 Loan tah for the season and buy fofana and loan he strait back?? Might make the deal sweeter for st ettiene 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GingerrrFox Posted 22 September 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 22 September 2020 Realistically there will be room for both Tah and Fofana in 12 months time. I wouldn’t be mad at Tah on loan with option to buy, Fofana bought and then either kept with us or loaned back to ASSE to sweeten the deal Soyuncu Evans Tah Fofana Benkovic? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 Just not as exciting as Fofana is it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_favourite Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 So if he is coming will he be announced by the club by saying Tah-da? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_danbury Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 14 minutes ago, fox_favourite said: So if he is coming will he be announced by the club by saying Tah-da? yes. and ta tah when he leaves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 1 hour ago, GingerrrFox said: Realistically there will be room for both Tah and Fofana in 12 months time. I wouldn’t be mad at Tah on loan with option to buy, Fofana bought and then either kept with us or loaned back to ASSE to sweeten the deal Soyuncu Evans Tah Fofana Benkovic? I'd be happy with that if we can't get Fofana in to play for us this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 Being ahead of Morgan is good for this kid and me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xen Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 1 hour ago, GingerrrFox said: Realistically there will be room for both Tah and Fofana in 12 months time. I wouldn’t be mad at Tah on loan with option to buy, Fofana bought and then either kept with us or loaned back to ASSE to sweeten the deal Soyuncu Evans Tah Fofana Benkovic? It'd be an excellent lineup and I think it'd work for all parties tbh. Leverkusen get a player they aren't using off of the books and a lump sum later down the line (an obligation to buy may be needed, but if we were considering buying outright in this window anyway I don't think we'd be too aggrieved by that). If they really want they can take out a loan against the obligation and get their money upfront. Fofana has made it clear he wants to leave so he'll be gone by next summer regardless, and doing this lets ASSE keep hold of him as long as reasonably possible and get a lump sum up front. The player himself would also get an effective pay rise by signing now rather than in 12 months. We get a solid player in Tah now to add depth to the squad and integrate, whilst Fofana continues to develop in a team who have started the season strongly before coming to us next year. Plus we can spread the outlay over two summer windows rather than all up front. Its never that straightforward so I doubt it'll work out like that, but it sure would be nice if it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta2014 Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 Gut feeling is this is who we get, scouted there and dealt with them for dragovic, loan move again I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastik Man Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 1 hour ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: Just not as exciting as Fofana is it? He needs a song or two doesnt he? And to up his game a notch or two. His social media game, obviously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaijaFox Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 22 minutes ago, Xen said: It'd be an excellent lineup and I think it'd work for all parties tbh. Leverkusen get a player they aren't using off of the books and a lump sum later down the line (an obligation to buy may be needed, but if we were considering buying outright in this window anyway I don't think we'd be too aggrieved by that). If they really want they can take out a loan against the obligation and get their money upfront. Fofana has made it clear he wants to leave so he'll be gone by next summer regardless, and doing this lets ASSE keep hold of him as long as reasonably possible and get a lump sum up front. The player himself would also get an effective pay rise by signing now rather than in 12 months. We get a solid player in Tah now to add depth to the squad and integrate, whilst Fofana continues to develop in a team who have started the season strongly before coming to us next year. Plus we can spread the outlay over two summer windows rather than all up front. Its never that straightforward so I doubt it'll work out like that, but it sure would be nice if it did. The problem becomes the risk of serious injury to Fofana at ASSE this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 2 hours ago, Edingleyfox said: There was an article in the Telegraph 2 days ago and it suggested a loan deal to Tah. So I wonder if the club might secure this whilst going for an outright purchase for Fofana. If we are hoping to have the flexibility of a back 3 it would be good to have them both alongside Evans and Soyuncu. Fofana is still only 19 and will need easing into the side IMO. I'm not sure why Tah had a loss of form but he looks like a powerful presence and has plenty of experience- I suspect he might have been useful against the likes of Chris Wood this week. Interestingly Tah is being partly kept out of the side by Dragovic - I always thought he was a decent player. He was. I think he would have signed had Puel played him more and gave him more respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 22 September 2020 Share Posted 22 September 2020 Doesn’t sound as exciting but Tah is more what we need than Fofana tbh. Already said it but if we could add some threat to our set pieces we’d be frightening. We get plenty of set pieces but I never have much hope we will score from one. I remember the days when a corner genuinely felt like a good chance to score and I’d get excited by them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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