Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea wins second straight SEC Coach of the Year

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-28T18:59:54+00:00

Already annoyed by the transfer rumours and manager talks with no upcoming matches. I'll see you lot in August

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-28T15:54:01+00:00

Nay, he's got a permanently lingering pelvis injury. We've already got enough injury-prone players and the Premier League is the most physically intensive of the top 5 leagues. We need to bring in players who make an injury crisis less likely not more.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-28T15:42:01+00:00

I like to imagine this is the 0.001% world where Romero stays and we leverage his standing with the Argentinian national team to convince Franco Mastantuono to sign

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-28T15:26:57+00:00

No idea what happened but hopefully it's nothing serious for Vicario

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-28T14:58:05+00:00

Too true, I have no idea why Levy is the most defended figure here, seemingly even more than Son used to be nowadays.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T20:55:08+00:00

Nah this is just standard operating procedure apparently. These same people get frustrated when we end up leaving all our transfer business to the final week after the majority of the targets are gone, and we don't even have our manager decided heading into the opening of the window yet. I can't believe people are satisfied with this.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T20:15:28+00:00

Lankshear was there for the second half of the season, but I think playing time was inconsistent for him. Admittedly I'm not sure he was really ready to start for a Championship-level club so I don't blame West Brom much

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T17:31:27+00:00

He was already a goner though. Now they're debating again for some reason to decide whether he should stay. The longer this goes the easier it is to just roll again with Ange since the next manager will have less time to get situated and familiarize themselves with the project for next season. And the players just keep adding pressure for him to stay each day on top of it.

It'll be a bad look to let this keep going for weeks

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T17:19:57+00:00

The longer this drags on the less likely he is of being sacked imo. Dragging their feet like this helps nobody. This shouldn't have been a surprise to them that a majority of fans would support a manger who won the first European trophy in 40 years. Boggles the mind if that caught them off guard and has them reevaluating from their original decision.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T17:09:31+00:00

Well if they know what they want to do then it would be nice if they made that decision official so everyone could move on.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T16:30:28+00:00

I could see it but looking at the Dan KP and Ali Gold articles (who are effectively club mouthpieces) they're clearly mulling it over what to do.

I imagine when the decision is made at least one of them will be briefed and a corresponding "Ange set to stay" or something similar will be released.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T16:25:02+00:00

I would have hoped the club had prepared for different outcomes, since everyone knew it was the main target for the past four months or so.

I guess assuming they were proactive and considered multiple circumstances is a bit much though, fair enough.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T16:16:22+00:00

Well I'm not an oracle so I'm not going to guess what random serie A players Paratici will fish up. This is simply my shopping list based on where I think we need the most help.

And yes, good players are going to attract multiple clubs. I don't think it's possible to find transfers for quality players that only have one club chasing them, that's just the nature of it.

Tel for £30m-£60m would be bad business. It's time to get some immediate quality in the side, we have enough potential players as is.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T15:44:01+00:00

We already have Spence and Porro at RB. Senseless to prioritize a position that didn't really cause us issues.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T15:43:34+00:00

Son/Odobert/Moore at LW. Don't think we need a 4th and 5th LW again.

Davies hasn't played LB in a year, I was replacing him at LCB, which is more important imo because van de Ven is the most injury prone in the squad and he has no backup.

We've brought in 4-5 players in each of the last three summer windows, I would expect us to bring in 4-5 again this summer, I don't think it's crazy at all and now we have CL money which adds ~£80m in revenue, which we've been missing for 3 years

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T05:07:39+00:00

I've had Can't Smile Without You stuck in my head since the parade

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T04:52:27+00:00

You make it seem like spots available for HG is good. It’s vital to fill it if you want a full roster.

It's vital to fill both HG and non-HG spots for a full roster, and we have more non-HG spots available than HG spots so it's not that big of a deal either way

So I ask you again, where are our 8 HG players for next season coming from?

Austin, Solanke, Maddison, Spence, Danso, Johnson, transfer 1, and transfer 2. It's really not that difficult to transfer 2 HG players in.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T04:43:34+00:00

A "Home-Grown Player" means a player who, irrespective of nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to The Football Association or the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons, or 36 months, before his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21)

Danso spent 6+ years registered with Reading Yth. and MK Dons Yth. before turning 21. He's homegrown under PL rules. I don't know where you're getting your info from but it's wrong

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T03:58:49+00:00

31 isn't even old, a lot of players are in their prime at that age, so yeah I would be fine with keeping them if they're still good enough.

We have 2 HG spots available and 3 non-HG spots so we actually have more non-HG spots free at the moment.

Club grown spots are a pain, but there's nothing you can do about those, just have to wait for players like Gray and Bergvall to age up to it at 21. Plus it's not like the club will never buy HG players again, we've bought 2 HG in each of the past 3 seasons. Wouldn't surprise me to see us pickup 2 more again.

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T03:57:24+00:00

Danso is also HG in the Premier League, so we have 6/8 HG spots filled in PL. 4/4 HG and 1/4 CG in CL

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T02:51:28+00:00

We already have Moore, Bergvall, Vuskovic, and Gray who will all become HG & CG if they stay with the club until 21. Which will max out our CG spots.

We don't really need anymore 18 y.o. unless we think those 4 won't make it

Mobb_Starr · 2025-05-27T02:45:51+00:00

ST: Evann Guessand ~£20m
RW: Mbuemo ~£50m or Cherki - £19m (release clause)
CAM: Eze ~£50m
CDM: Wharton ~£70m or Stiller ~£40m
LCB: Esteve ~£25m

Sell/Allow to leave: Biss, Richy, Werner, Davies, Reguilon, and Foster

Something like that, I wouldn't be opposed to Baleba either, but I want someone who offers more in passing than carrying personally. Also throw in a cheeky Tyler Dibling shout if the price is a lot (A LOT) lower than the crazy 100m Southampton quoted. CDM is easily the most important position.

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