Maddison

[Clarkey123]

2 hours ago, Kierzz said:

Mills does appear to have some sort of genuine dislike for Leicester City. It's been going on for the last seven years with the comments he's been making

Pissed off because he’s never won anything in his life! Has wept dreams at least twice a week that it was him and not Simpson playing rb for us in 15/16. Right down there with agbonlahor in the punditry world.

[urban.spaceman]

3 hours ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

Is there a worse pundit in the game than bald wankstain Danny Mills? If he told me grass were green i'd bet on it being orange.

 

 

Jesus H Christ that's a ****ing humilation.

 

 

[urban.spaceman]

Also isn't it quite telling that pundits are openly now predicting the upward trajectory of Newcastle without bothering to mention the rather unfair way they're going to be achieving it? 

[moore_94]

3 hours ago, Kierzz said:

Mills does appear to have some sort of genuine dislike for Leicester City. It's been going on for the last seven years with the comments he's been making

Probably wont help his opinion of us that when Everton U23 played us last season at our place he came to watch and watched his son get regularly mugged off by McAteer and Maswanhise 

[ARM1968]

Mills doing his job I see, reeling in the gullible.  He has nothing at all to say that is worth listening to. Take my advice and just DON’T listen.  

[jayfox26]

Mills, Sutton, Agbonlahor and many others are all completely clueless and talk utter nonsense because it gets people annoyed and gets people phoning in to radio stations and sharing their content across social media etc. They can't actually take themselves seriously with the utter shite they come out with! 

[smudger63]

2 hours ago, trugerkem said:

No one mentioned Laura Woods ( Who is everywhere at the moment) little miss popular but personally I think she is an awful presenter …. She fits in well with the rest of them 

Not the PC thing to say is it, but i agree 100 per cent.  Natalie Sawyer is a far better presenter, in fact she is one of the few decent ones on there.

[foxinsocks]

Maddidon needs a contract on the table... and to be told he is going nowhere.

If his agent agitates then maddidon should be fined by the club for a breech of good will.

[The_77]

3 hours ago, Spudulike said:

I would like to imagine that all players would think twice about going to Saudi FC. Not a good image and not one that I would like on my CV. 

 

But thick footballers and greedy agents make it alright though. 

 

[sacreblueits442]

20 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

With Kasper's wages about to come off the books, it could be a very smart play.

...we would surely be putting ourselves back into the same situation, a sale will give us the space that we need, an improved wage for Maddison, if Kasper goes, does not help the club!!!

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...we would surely be putting ourselves back into the same situation, a sale will give us the space that we need, an improved wage for Maddison, if Kasper goes, does not help the club!!!

If we secure Maddison on 4 year deal, preventing another sell or renew scenario next Summer, I would have to disagree.

Then Fofana stays, Youri goes and we get a lovely RW and the world is good 

[HybridFox]

Haha who has the time 

 

 

[An Sionnach]

50 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

If we secure Maddison on 4 year deal, preventing another sell or renew scenario next Summer, I would have to disagree.

Then Fofana stays, Youri goes and we get a lovely RW and the world is good 

Last time I looked there are no right wingers good enough that we can afford. They are rare and for the right man , ridiculously expensive. The kids who get proposed on here , Madueke , Trincao etc. would struggle to have any impact at all. Even Sancho has found it difficult. This dream will only , if ever , be fulfilled by bringing somebody through from the academy and that is not going to happen anytime soon.

Edited 3 August 2022 by An Sionnach

[Dahnsouff]

2 minutes ago, An Sionnach said:

Last time I looked there are no right wingers good enough that we can afford. They are rare and for the right man , ridiculously expensive. The kids who get proposed on here , Madueke , Trincao etc. would struggle to have any impact at all. Even Sancho has found it difficult. This dream will only , if ever , be fulfilled by bringing somebody through from the academy and that is not going to happen anytime soon.

Lack of targets is a different problem though, and not necessarily one the club has

[cruzFOX]

52 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

If we secure Maddison on 4 year deal, preventing another sell or renew scenario next Summer, I would have to disagree.

Then Fofana stays, Youri goes and we get a lovely RW and the world is good 

I think your right. All this coq & balls about our best players leaving will stop if we get back into a position of strength optically.

we buy a few good players to strengthen get rid of the duds and alll of a sudden the pundits are talking about us disrupting the top 6 again.

Currently we look like sitting ducks!

[wokinghamfox]

Decided to totally switch the media off. What will be will be. 

[Koke]

Just now, wokinghamfox said:

Decided to totally switch the media off. What will be will be. 

 

The correct mindset. I clocked off from City content 2 months ago, and will resume it again on Saturday.

[Ric Flair]

7 minutes ago, An Sionnach said:

Last time I looked there are no right wingers good enough that we can afford. They are rare and for the right man , ridiculously expensive. The kids who get proposed on here , Madueke , Trincao etc. would struggle to have any impact at all. Even Sancho has found it difficult. This dream will only , if ever , be fulfilled by bringing somebody through from the academy and that is not going to happen anytime soon.

Might actually help if the club recruited academy wingers but they seldom ever do. Bizarre 

[Fear Of The Fox]

7 minutes ago, wokinghamfox said:

Decided to totally switch the media off. What will be will be. 

I don't blame you. Thought about it several times the past few weeks. I'm trying to remain positive. I just hope the players will give their 100% against Brentford. The club/management should make it clear to some of them who are linked with a potential move that they won't tolerate any mundane behaviour in the pitch. 

This is why I'm not a fan of the season starting before the official transfer window closes. 

[ClaphamFox]

51 minutes ago, wokinghamfox said:

Decided to totally switch the media off. What will be will be. 

See you in around an hour, then...

[Bilo]

Looking increasingly like he stays. 

 

Newcastle spent £100m in January and apparently around £60m this season, and I imagine will be having to make up for poor running of the club by Ashley behind the scenes.

 

They're probably running fairly close to the wire in terms of FFP, so they'll probably go in for Paqueta who'll cost a fair amount less. 

[StanSP]

This going quiet today then? 

[cityfanlee23]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

This going quiet today then? 

Saw on sky sports this morning that we have rejected a second bid, but not sure whether that's a new bid or if it's just old news being repeated from yesterday. 

[ClaphamFox]

1 minute ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Saw on sky sports this morning that we have rejected a second bid, but not sure whether that's a new bid or if it's just old news being repeated from yesterday. 

The Newcastle Chronicle reckons they've made a total of two bids, both rejected. It says Newcastle are now 'considering their next move'. Interestingly, it also says that Leicester have told Newcastle that Maddison is not for sale - ie, this £60m figure is pure media invention.

 

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-james-maddison-leicester-truth-24654619

[cityfanlee23]

Honestly, if we can get Aouar as a replacement, i'm not too worried about Maddison going, he's a hell of a talent obviously, but I think we vastly overexaggerate how good he is, or how irreplaceable he is. Don't get me wrong, it's hard to replace someone contributing 20 goals/assists, but for £60m it's possible, and honestly, I know people will probably jump on me here with what seems to me as selective amnesia, but he was absolutely garbage for large parts of last season, completely anonymous when we needed him the most, he came alive towards the end of the year when the whole team seemed to pick up, but time and time again, Maddison has shown me that he's not someone who will drag a team forward when playing badly. He pops up with crucial goals from time to time yes, but I just don't rate him as highly as most LCFC fans seem to. 
He scored 1 goal in our first 11 games last season, then between December 28th - April 3rd, he produced 3 goals and 2 assists, in 4 months. Not sure how people forget this stuff, he was amazing in the last 4 games, but bang average, and well below his standards for 3-4 months before that. 

He's not bigger than the club and he is replaceable, would I keep him if I could? of course. My main concern is can we land a replacement so late in the window.