Scotch Posted 1 February 2023 Share Posted 1 February 2023 2 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said: 31 signings including loans for Forest. Such a bad precedent for other clubs if they stay up. On the plus side, if the go down, they are screwed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieTodger Posted 1 February 2023 Share Posted 1 February 2023 Signing Keylor Navas because Henderson is out for 2 more weeks ffs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 1 February 2023 Share Posted 1 February 2023 Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano · 20m 🚨 It’s over. Hakim Ziyech will NOT join Paris Saint-Germain, deal collapsed — no chance after the appeal has been rejected by LFP. Paris Saint-Germain, literally furious with the situation with Chelsea after contracts signed but sent too late. Ziyech, more than disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFox99 Posted 1 February 2023 Share Posted 1 February 2023 https://www.ilmessaggero.it/sport/calcio/zaniolo_tribunale_causa_roma_mobbing_e_pressioni_psicologiche-7202579.html "This is why there is the hypothesis of a legal dispute on the horizon. It cannot be ruled out that the winger's family will unleash a battle against Roma over the media massacre that has taken place in recent days (according to the parents, triggered by the club) and for having excluded him from the technical project following unprofessional behavior (absence from training and refusal to call-ups). A pool of lawyers has already been contacted who will deal with the matter and who will have the task of protecting him in order to guarantee him the peaceful conduct of his business. Mobbing and psychological pressure are just some of the accusations that the Zaniolo family intends to make against Roma." Think it's safe to say Zaniolo's name belongs on an eternal "no-no" list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerPen Posted 1 February 2023 Share Posted 1 February 2023 2 hours ago, LFox99 said: Think it's safe to say Zaniolo's name belongs on an eternal "no-no" list Zanino-no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_forever Posted 1 February 2023 Share Posted 1 February 2023 Wonder whether FIFA treat Barcelona differently to us: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 2 February 2023 Share Posted 2 February 2023 Apparently Man City are looking at taking Ben Chilwell to replace Cancelo in the summer. I might be being a bit harsh, but that’s like going from Roberto Carlos to Alan Rogers. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudFox Posted 2 February 2023 Share Posted 2 February 2023 Forest have signed Andre Ayew. 33 years old. Why? I honestly don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 3 February 2023 Share Posted 3 February 2023 35 minutes ago, CloudFox said: Forest have signed Andre Ayew. 33 years old. Why? I honestly don't get it. because it only took a week to realise chris wood is a bag of shi* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sly Posted 3 February 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 3 February 2023 17 hours ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said: Apparently Man City are looking at taking Ben Chilwell to replace Cancelo in the summer. I might be being a bit harsh, but that’s like going from Roberto Carlos to Alan Rogers. It’s not though really is it? Chilwell was significantly better than Thomas, Castagne, Justin etc …. I mean, he played in a defence that kept clean sheets. I find the hatred of him bizarre. Pre injury, he was really starting to find form for Chelsea. He’s a good player with a high ceiling. You can see him, Maddison and Chilwell all being at Manchester City next season. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Fresh Posted 3 February 2023 Share Posted 3 February 2023 4 hours ago, Sly said: It’s not though really is it? Chilwell was significantly better than Thomas, Castagne, Justin etc …. I mean, he played in a defence that kept clean sheets. I find the hatred of him bizarre. Pre injury, he was really starting to find form for Chelsea. He’s a good player with a high ceiling. You can see him, Maddison and Chilwell all being at Manchester City next season. Justin pre injury was better than Chilwell was for us. Chilwell went up a level at Chelsea 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 3 February 2023 Share Posted 3 February 2023 Imagine not even signing the better Ayew brother 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 3 February 2023 Share Posted 3 February 2023 8 hours ago, CloudFox said: Forest have signed Andre Ayew. 33 years old. Why? I honestly don't get it. I think the reason for all these signings is that they are funnelling the money such as signing on fees somewhere or to someone. Or possibly just laundering the money. Their owner is known to be super dodgy: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10869073/Premier-League-set-probe-Nottingham-Forest-owner-Evangelos-Marinakis-clubs-promotion.html At some point he'll do a runner or get exposed and it will all come out, I'm convinced of it. Otherwise it just doesn't make sense to do what they are doing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjcW Posted 3 February 2023 Share Posted 3 February 2023 39 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: I think the reason for all these signings is that they are funnelling the money such as signing on fees somewhere or to someone. Or possibly just laundering the money. Their owner is known to be super dodgy: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10869073/Premier-League-set-probe-Nottingham-Forest-owner-Evangelos-Marinakis-clubs-promotion.html At some point he'll do a runner or get exposed and it will all come out, I'm convinced of it. Otherwise it just doesn't make sense to do what they are doing. That's one way of looking at it for sure, probably right too. Another is they have actually picked up an awful lot of valuable talent in there too. With the safety net of owning another club that this talent could easily be sent to if Forest went down, it means it's pretty easy to make a profit on these players. Chelsea have been doing it with young players for years, Liverpool pretty good at it too. The Forest approach is different, but there's some business sense to it. They've already loaned a fair few of the 33 out around the world so that starts the cycle of them getting noticed and potential value increases on what they paid for them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 3 February 2023 Share Posted 3 February 2023 18 minutes ago, AjcW said: That's one way of looking at it for sure, probably right too. Another is they have actually picked up an awful lot of valuable talent in there too. With the safety net of owning another club that this talent could easily be sent to if Forest went down, it means it's pretty easy to make a profit on these players. Chelsea have been doing it with young players for years, Liverpool pretty good at it too. The Forest approach is different, but there's some business sense to it. They've already loaned a fair few of the 33 out around the world so that starts the cycle of them getting noticed and potential value increases on what they paid for them. See I could buy that argument, till you see signings like Ayew, Wood, Lingard. I know some of them are on loan on short term deals, but having that many players is going to cause chaos. I know they needed new players, but 27 is insane. let's say they signed 10 players, but they were players like Danilo from Palmeiras who they signed, that I think would be very shrewd. As it stands it reeks of criminal activity. Brighton I think have the best model, finding promising young players and then loaning them out and slowly bringing them in. They've been amazing at finding players from undervalued regions, Cacedio from Ecuador, Mitoma from Japan being great examples. All that said, despite our recent signings being not so good, no one will ever top building a league winning team with a budget of £30m. Finding Kante, Mahrez, Vardy, Huth, Albrighton, Fuchs, Schmeichel, etc, etc and getting them all together at the same time is totally bonkers. You can't even do it in Football Manager unless you save scum the game and restart it after you lose a game! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafewayFox Posted 4 February 2023 Share Posted 4 February 2023 21 hours ago, StriderHiryu said: See I could buy that argument, till you see signings like Ayew, Wood, Lingard. I know some of them are on loan on short term deals, but having that many players is going to cause chaos. I know they needed new players, but 27 is insane. let's say they signed 10 players, but they were players like Danilo from Palmeiras who they signed, that I think would be very shrewd. As it stands it reeks of criminal activity. Brighton I think have the best model, finding promising young players and then loaning them out and slowly bringing them in. They've been amazing at finding players from undervalued regions, Cacedio from Ecuador, Mitoma from Japan being great examples. All that said, despite our recent signings being not so good, no one will ever top building a league winning team with a budget of £30m. Finding Kante, Mahrez, Vardy, Huth, Albrighton, Fuchs, Schmeichel, etc, etc and getting them all together at the same time is totally bonkers. You can't even do it in Football Manager unless you save scum the game and restart it after you lose a game! Brighton don’t get enough credit on here for some reason. Caicedo was another Kante in the sense all the big clubs had apparently been sniffing but didn’t take that punt, you’d think they’d learn by now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanf0x Posted 4 February 2023 Share Posted 4 February 2023 On 03/02/2023 at 02:55, Sly said: It’s not though really is it? Chilwell was significantly better than Thomas, Castagne, Justin etc …. I mean, he played in a defence that kept clean sheets. I find the hatred of him bizarre. Pre injury, he was really starting to find form for Chelsea. He’s a good player with a high ceiling. You can see him, Maddison and Chilwell all being at Manchester City next season. Are him and Chilwell the same person or am I missing something here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 4 February 2023 Share Posted 4 February 2023 3 hours ago, SafewayFox said: Brighton don’t get enough credit on here for some reason. Caicedo was another Kante in the sense all the big clubs had apparently been sniffing but didn’t take that punt, you’d think they’d learn by now? They did look at the number of players some clubs are signing. Caicedo probably chose Brighton for first team football instead of potentially being horse traded for a few years before they realise he's quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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