[Albion] Carlos Baleba SINGS a 5-year deal

[nickjhs]

That’s a thumbs down from me. Poor taste I feel, old chap.

Yeah I probably crossed a line there, oh well. I could have done a Ricky Gervais and told a joke about Ann Frank.

 

[nickjhs]

No, but he cost £9m, not £25m.

Unfortunately the PL is undergoing rapid and monstrous inflation. I remember the days when I got a few pence pocket money, now its over 10 quid for a 13 year old.

 

[Blinkers]

Yeah I probably crossed a line there, oh well. I could have done a Ricky Gervais and told a joke about Ann Frank.

I suppose you could’ve and I’ve had put it down to your comic persona. Seeing as I’m not a Jew, I’ll let others debate that and eventually resign the thread to the Bear Pit. I’ll not be engaging on this topic further.

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/ricky-gervais-why-it-s-kosher-to-joke-about-anne-frank-1.32907

 

[peterward]

Really!? I was just thinking how he reminds me of Moises in the way he can disrupt the opposition flow, don't know how easy he will find it against PL teams, that is the big question. I see him being integrated slowly. The move to us is a bloody good one for him.

Agreed.

Bisouma, looked a bit clumsy and error prone when we first bagged him, over time he became a fantastic player. Liverpool have been following this lad too, so I doubt he's totally shit. Trust the algorithm, TB and recruitment team + RDZ will shirley have also authorised him too.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I suppose you could’ve and I’ve had put it down to your comic persona. Seeing as I’m not a Jew, I’ll let others debate that and eventually resign the thread to the Bear Pit. I’ll not be engaging on this topic further.

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/ricky-gervais-why-it-s-kosher-to-joke-about-anne-frank-1.32907

Back to info on our likely new player please. No need for this.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

Back to info on our likely new player please. No need for this.

Boooo!

We want a bin fest!
We want a bin fest!
We want a bin fest!

 

[nickjhs]

I suppose you could’ve and I’ve had put it down to your comic persona. Seeing as I’m not a Jew, I’ll let others debate that and eventually resign the thread to the Bear Pit. I’ll not be engaging on this topic further.

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/ricky-gervais-why-it-s-kosher-to-joke-about-anne-frank-1.32907

My point is people are taking offense far too easily, cancel culture is a cancer. If you dont like something sure explain what the problem is but the way it is going, the whole I took offense therefore it's offensive thing is, as I said, cancerous.

 

[Live by the sea]

I’m expecting this to be announced today as he’s undergoing the final part of his medical this morning says Fab .

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

That’s not what is happening here or how the transfer market works - players are basically worth whatever a club is willing to pay - if a player is more than we are willing to pay, we won’t buy him, period. Conversely, as we saw eg with Caicedo and Cucu, we got what Chelsea were willing to pay - for us, it’s very much a futures market and Baleba is not ‘unproven’ - he may be relatively inexperienced (unsurprisingly as he’s only 19) and has no PL experience but he has obviously shown enough at Lille (a good mid table Liege 1 club) last season, not just to impress RDZ/our scouts but a number of Big 7 clubs as well as AC Milan - if they didn’t go for him - A/ I suspect it was because he was in the wrong income bracket/is at the wrong level of development - ie. not a £75-90m player that could go straight in as a first team starter at a Big 7 club but too expensive to simply use as an unused bloat while they wait 12-18mnths for him to develop out on loan/in training. b/ Those clubs weren’t the best destination for him to develop (because of A/) and he was advised Brighton would suit him better.

That’s what we do and are good at - we nuture and develop young talent based on the raw material our scouts and manager have seen. Man U have just paid £72m for a 20 year striker that will shoulder the main responsibility for their goal scoring despite him being relatively inexperienced and only 20yrs old. Why? Because EtH and the Man U scouting team believe £72m will be a steal later down the road after developing under EtH - yet, he is still someone who they can use now - its all relative. For us to pay £25m for a DMF what for RDZ is arguably a more important position than a CF in his system is reasonable and like Rasmus, will be a steal in a few years imo.

Well yes. Or you could just put it that we're paying for his potential rather than what he has proved so far in his career.

Personally I'm mystified that anyone is going on about the number of games he's played and in what league? If we want proven players we could go for Danny Ings or Craig Dawson

Buying potential inexact science of course, it's like playing the stock market and always being the person who finds the stock that nobody has heard of but everyone wants in 2 or 3 years time. But how many have we got wrong in the last 3 years? And how many have we got right? The club deserve our trust

 

[Live by the sea]

Exactly nothing is 100% guaranteed but with a huge amount of research and diligence the club gets the majority right . How many players have we even lost money on that haven’t quite been good enough . A few but not that many .

 

[GT49er]

Exactly nothing is 100% guaranteed but with a huge amount of research and diligence the club gets the majority right . How many players have we even lost money on that haven’t quite been good enough . A few but not that many .

Andone, Jahanbakhsh, Montoya, Schelotto, Locadia.............................

But yes, overall the recruitment (and selling) has been excellent.

 

[peterward]

Boooo!

We want a bin fest!
We want a bin fest!
We want a bin fest!

They're like busses, none for while then 2 or 3 will come along in quick succession

 

[phoenix]

I’m expecting this to be announced today as he’s undergoing the final part of his medical this morning says Fab .

Thanks, its nice to get some Baleba info on the Baleba thread.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

Andone, Jahanbakhsh, Montoya, Schelotto, Locadia.............................

But yes, overall the recruitment (and selling) has been excellent.

I dont think Montana or the greyhound were expensive nor flops exactly. Just not spectacular.

 

[Zeberdi]

Well yes. Or you could just put it that we're paying for his potential rather than what he has proved so far in his career.

um .. I could, but I wrote what I wrote and several other points besides. You just repeated one of the several points I made so no need to be rude about it

 

[Zeberdi]

Thanks, its nice to get some Baleba info on the Baleba thread.

and avoids confusion

 

[Peteinblack]

I'll be glad when this is sorted (hopefully) and the Transfer Window closes, because I find that constantly checking NSC, and transfer-news sites for updates, seriously affects my work-related concentration and productivity every summer!

I'd also prefer it if the Window closed the day before the season starts, rather than overlapping by 3 weeks.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Andone, Jahanbakhsh, Montoya, Schelotto, Locadia.............................

But yes, overall the recruitment (and selling) has been excellent.

I would argue that Ali J under RDZ would have been a much better player.

 

[tstanbur]

and avoids confusion

you mean like you starting a new thread about Barco when a perfectly good one already exists?

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

I would argue that Ali J under RDZ would have been a much better player.

Playing in the Dutch or Belgian leagues maybe but not in the Premier League. He just wasn't good enough unfortunately.