Yes, but not if he was at the Albion and getting no game time.
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[Albion] Napoli interested in Billy Gilmour **Sold 30/08/24**
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pigmanovich
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Who’s to say Steve Clarke’s guidelines on selection aren’t just “no Billy, no party”
More like, not playing, not selecting.Who’s to say Steve Clarke’s guidelines on selection aren’t just “no Billy, no party”
Who’s to say Steve Clarke’s guidelines on selection aren’t just “no Billy, no party”
Tbh in the past Clarke has selected players even if they haven’t been playing but tended not to play them as first choice, that includes Gilmour in his first season here. So yeah. It could still affect his Scotland chances.
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'He knows' - Fabian Hurzeler reacts to Billy Gilmour transfer news and fan chants after Everton victory
Gilmour is a good squad player, but there are elements of his game that aren’t quite there, tackling for one. If he went to Italy he’d be fantastic, more time etc…
I feel we’re going for more strength this year, and over the years we have looked light (physically) in comparison to some other teams, thinking about the Villa’s and Newcastle’s.
Re Wieffer, he’s coming back from a long injury in a far tougher league, you have to give him a chance. He was great vs Villarreal, but that was a friendly. Gilmour, MacAllister and Bissouma started slowly if i recall.
It was Wieffer’s first EPL game and he got better as the game progressed…like most of our players did.
As for “fitting perfectly in the team” he’s lightweight, a bit slow, plays the ball backwards too often and doesn’t score any goals. If we are to progress we really need an upgrade on him.
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Obviously entitled to your own opinions but he was excellent in last season's 3-0 victory over Newcastle and this doesn't look like backwards passing to me.
The main theory is that Fabian can't wait to get rid of Billy Gilmour because he isn't tall enough and doesn't score goals, and Fabian is only interested in having 190 cm midfielders who shoot like Socrates. So there's no room for WBG and the club will sell him for £12m to Napoli.
At least that's what I've been told repeatedly over the last month. Personally I've labeled the above as stupid nonsense since day one.
Personally I think Billy and his top level playmaking and control in tight spaces will be very useful and that he's going to be one of the strongers challengers for a starting role in midfield. When he's match fit I easily see him outcompeting Milner.
Then again, if we keep signing three players a week a sale obviously gets more likely. But Napoli and others can take their £12m and shove it.
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Four of the top 5 Premier League players on that list are either ours or formerly ours.
I don’t fully understand what that graph is telling us. The y axis is “Progression received” what is that?
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Largely to do with the talent coming in I expect (as I said above, the MF has got very crowded this window) but also our new manager’s style of play.
WBG is a great player, excellent technical skills in tight areas and his passing accuracy is excellent - some of which Weiffer could have done with yesterday - However Hürzeler (note sp!) seems to play with a more open/spacious midfield than RDZ did and it’s often the wingers cutting in deep in midfield and driving forward the attack as Minteh and Mitoma did yesterday - I don’t think it a case of WBG suddenly becoming out-competed in quality, more a case of a change of emphasis in roles overall perhaps?
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"Exactly. He hadn't been back in training for long due to injury so was not going to start yesterday regardless. Presumably when fully fit, and without transfer speculation, he is starting over Milner."
Yes, but starting over Gruda, who Hurzeler seems very enthusiastic about, or O'Riley?
Yes, but starting over Gruda, who Hurzeler seems very enthusiastic about, or O'Riley?
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RDZ’s tactics will win games although I’m doubtful it will win leagues or trophies in top leagues. There has to be a compromise between attack and defence. Roma away playing the way we did was suicide and I’m sure already FH wouldn’t have set the team out that way.
So true or Potter dare I say….
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Like the sound of this, hoping that he rates Billy and he’s staying then!!