Stephy Mavididi (no real rumour, some clubs "interested.")

[fazzyfox]

On 15/06/2025 at 18:12, JimJams said:

None of that makes any sense.

 

Have you edited out something by mistake?

I think they are questioning the Tier 3 status of O’Rourke by reproducing his previous tip offs - that we sign Lamptey & Ferguson for example which didn’t happen.

[JimJams]

The muddy waters did indeed become clear later.

 

[AyewJoking]

38 minutes ago, JimJams said:

The muddy waters did indeed become clear later.

 

TMI

[coolhandfox]

Mavididi and Fatawu made us worth watching in 23/24.

 

[Finn Claw II]

You’d need to have extreme confidence in at least two from Monga, Evans and Alves to let Stephy go.

 

McAteer isn’t as bad as some make out but doesn’t have the same level of flair or excitement. 

[Bert]

On 14/06/2025 at 13:37, splinterdream said:

No. Lookman was very young when he played for us, I was amazed some on here thought he wasn't good enough for £12/13m. On the left he was better than Barnes

Was he? He was 24 years old. Had been playing regular first team football for 6 years. 

[Lesterlad]

On 14/06/2025 at 13:37, AKCJ said:

I wouldn't be completely against it.

 

Fatawu, Mcateer, Ayew, BDCR, Monga and Evans should be more than enough at Championship level.

You was making  sense until BDCR was mentioned

[Finnegan]

On 14/06/2025 at 13:37, splinterdream said:

No. Lookman was very young when he played for us, I was amazed some on here thought he wasn't good enough for £12/13m. On the left he was better than Barnes

 

He was extremely average here, he put up numbers nowhere near those of Barnes and showed absolutely zero indication he was going to blow up the way he did in Serie A. 

 

We literally could not afford him anyway so it's moot. 

 

[splinterdream]

9 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

He was extremely average here, he put up numbers nowhere near those of Barnes and showed absolutely zero indication he was going to blow up the way he did in Serie A. 

 

We literally could not afford him anyway so it's moot. 

 

With respect, I disagree, he came on in games and changed it, when he played on the left he was better than Barnes imo at the time, and in hindsight, we couldn't afford not to sign him.

[Ric Flair]

9 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

He was extremely average here, he put up numbers nowhere near those of Barnes and showed absolutely zero indication he was going to blow up the way he did in Serie A. 

 

We literally could not afford him anyway so it's moot. 

 

Massively disagree with that. He tended to make an impact when he played which is not easy if you aren't first choice. 

 

I also cast doubt on us not being able to afford him. That was because we stupidly weren't entertaining selling Fofana at the start of the summer to fund a few additions that we required. We still had the rest of the summer, January and the following June to make any sales to make up the PSR shortfall and at that stage no club had ever been found guilty of breaching PSR and didn't seem to be treated as seriously.

 

We fcuked up majorly. 

[LCFCCKEANO]

Lookman was definitely good enough for a £12m release clause or whatever it was, considering how light we were out wide and the fact we signed Perez for £40m 

[splinterdream]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

Massively disagree with that. He tended to make an impact when he played which is not easy if you aren't first choice. 

 

I also cast doubt on us not being able to afford him. That was because we stupidly weren't entertaining selling Fofana at the start of the summer to fund a few additions that we required. We still had the rest of the summer, January and the following June to make any sales to make up the PSR shortfall and at that stage no club had ever been found guilty of breaching PSR and didn't seem to be treated as seriously.

 

We fcuked up majorly. 

What was he available for, it was £13m i think, had we have signed him and given Kasper an extension he was looking for, we'd never have gone down

[splinterdream]

30 minutes ago, LCFCCKEANO said:

Lookman was definitely good enough for a £12m release clause or whatever it was, considering how light we were out wide and the fact we signed Perez for £40m 

And another thing, I cant have been the only one saying Perez was a forward/striker, it seemed so obvious to me yet we kept playing him as either a RW or a 10

[Paninistickers]

I'll be very disappointed to see Stephy go. But when you've had to play second fiddle to someone who can't even kick a ball properly in Bob Reid, I'd imagine he's begging his agent to find anywhere and anybody 

 

 

[LCFCCKEANO]

2 hours ago, splinterdream said:

And another thing, I cant have been the only one saying Perez was a forward/striker, it seemed so obvious to me yet we kept playing him as either a RW or a 10

He was unfortunate, signed for extortionate money and as adaptable as he was he was stuck behind Vardy and then Maddison/Tielemans further back. He was absolute crap out wide for the most part, maybe our most baffling signing of all time 

[Chelmofox]

Do we think he had personal issues this season? I think he seemed to struggle for fitness certainly in the 2/3 of the season. Felt like he wasn't picked but when he played against Liverpool i thought he was great, but then sadly injured.

 

I think from a fans perspective hes probably benefited from being injured at the end of the season, especially after a good game against Liverpool. He would come under quite a lot of scrutiny for output / stepovers and often was weak tracking back. He looked gassed quite a lot. 

 

I like him and he gave us some top moments in the Championship but struggled in the PL, but i think he has the potential to be a half decent mid/lower (non relegation) player. He probably just needed to get a season under his belt in a team that wasnt falling apart at the seams. 

[whoareyaaa]

15 hours ago, Chelmofox said:

Do we think he had personal issues this season? I think he seemed to struggle for fitness certainly in the 2/3 of the season. Felt like he wasn't picked but when he played against Liverpool i thought he was great, but then sadly injured.

 

I think from a fans perspective hes probably benefited from being injured at the end of the season, especially after a good game against Liverpool. He would come under quite a lot of scrutiny for output / stepovers and often was weak tracking back. He looked gassed quite a lot. 

 

I like him and he gave us some top moments in the Championship but struggled in the PL, but i think he has the potential to be a half decent mid/lower (non relegation) player. He probably just needed to get a season under his belt in a team that wasnt falling apart at the seams. 

Cooper didn't play him in pre season or in the league as far as I can remember, by the time he did let him play he probably was low on confidence after being sidelined for so long under Cooper.

[funkyrobot]

On 17/06/2025 at 09:14, Finnegan said:

 

He was extremely average here, he put up numbers nowhere near those of Barnes and showed absolutely zero indication he was going to blow up the way he did in Serie A. 

 

We literally could not afford him anyway so it's moot. 

 

Couldn’t disagree more. Played out of position Lookman was quality. The fault lay with Rodgers who failed to see the talent he had and wasted the available £15m on the panic buy of Vestergaard instead. 

[JimJams]

44 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Cooper didn't play him in pre season or in the league as far as I can remember, by the time he did let him play he probably was low on confidence after being sidelined for so long under Cooper.

He did play him in preseason, he was trying to get him to drop infield as a second striker.  With Vardy injured it was thought he was going to play Mav up top.

[funkyrobot]

43 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Cooper didn't play him in pre season or in the league as far as I can remember, by the time he did let him play he probably was low on confidence after being sidelined for so long under Cooper.

Cooper didn’t trust Mavididi and he didn’t trust Fatawu. His preference for BDCR was a massive red flag alongside his treatment of Ricardo. The fact that RVN carried that on AND discarded Buonanotte would suggest that both managers didn’t have the ability to manage players that had a bit of flair and perhaps challenged their manager a bit more off the pitch? 

[K789]

Don't think there is much in this especially from atalanta. Just had bid rejected by saints fir sulimana, who is a lw too

[SB87_LCFC]

Would rather he stays, but if we are in the proverbial shi* then perhaps we need to take in as much as we can for players who can generate decent revenue. echo some of the other comments about that we would need to have a contingency plan that Monga et al will feature more regularly.

[Mickyblueeyes]

An interview with Stephy currently on Sky sports PL - The Big Interview

[MPH]

Modern day Kevin Russel. Does great as a sub.

[jv1]

Going nowhere - will be one of the main men this season 💯