[Albion] Carlos Baleba SINGS a 5-year deal

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People are in for a shock if they don't rate the Newcastle midfield of Tonali, BG and Joelinton.

wait Ben's grandad plays for Newcastle I thought he'd have been a left back

 

[Greg Bobkin]

not sure how true this is or if its even his agent

Or even if it's The Amex

 

[Hiheidi]

It's a reoccurring joke that people post for every transfer rumour.

 

[chickens]

I’m sure I’ve heard De Zerbi say that he’s really happy because this season he has two players for every position, whereas last season he didn’t always have that.

We always want to improve, but I’m not writing off the players we have. Caicedo played brilliantly in our team, but he was not our team.

 

[Frankworthington]

We are so f***ing doomed!!

Anyone know rhe Bus times to Beachy Head?

 

[macbeth]

If i had the chance to swap our CM boys for theirs, I'd say no. Guimares will play a nice pass, but isn't a hard worker. Tonali played well in their first game. Remember though Shearer though is going to milk everything good the do for MOTD. Our boys won't get anything like the sweeping adulation

It will be a competitive game for sure, there will be very little between the sides. I fancy us to edge them over the course of the season.

i certainly wouldn’t vehemently disagree.

but i do think it is pretty evident that they are physically superior. that means they will press us much better, and without anyone to match that strength, we are really going to struggle against teams like them, everton and villa across the season

 

[Live by the sea]

What is Hammond up to these days?

Living the good life in cuckfield !

 

[jackalbion]

not sure how true this is or if its even his agent

Well I saw him for a pint at Villa away last season, so if I see him for another again on Saturday, I’ll ask him.

 

[Hiheidi]

De Zerbi said we need another midfielder if Caicedo leaves.

“We need another midfielder with the same characteristics, the same importance.

“In the Premier League, you know better than me, in midfield positions, sometimes you need more kilogrammes, more impact.”

De Zerbi wants midfielder with 'impact' as Caicedo heads for the exit

Roberto De Zerbi wants to sign a like-for-like replacement for Moises Caicedo.

www.theargus.co.uk

 

[dazzer6666]

Since his debut he hasn't been able to hold down a position and has been shipped out on loan to get game time and only a few days ago looked likely to be sold. I think the coaching staff feel he is some way off the standard we are seeking.

'Not holding down a position' is a bit harsh because he was competing with a world cup winner, our must-pick regardless German genius and the player that's gone for a British record transfer fee.......he's always looked pretty decent when he has been asked to play imo.

 

[Bald Head]

We are so f***ing doomed!!

Anyone know rhe Bus timesto Beachy Head?

I think the Samaritans are based up there now so purchase a return ticket, The Samaritans are tremendous organisation and their work should be applauded. ( I appreciate your post is darkly humourous )

 

[Colonel Mustard]

I think the Samaritans are based up there now so purchase a return ticket, The Samaritans are tremendous organisation and their work should be applauded. ( I appreciate your post is darkly humourous )

Do you mean the Beachy Head Chaplaincy? A fantastic charity and self-financing organisation that engages with hundreds of distressed people every year, and has saved countless lives. I made a will last year and left a chunk to them. They deserve it.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Guimares will play a nice pass, but isn't a hard worker.

This can't be right? My geordie pal tells me that if Caicedo is worth a 100 million then Guimarães is worth 200 million. He is very good at fussing and diving, I'll give him that.

 

[nickjhs]

We say publicly and often that we pride ourselves on being ready to move when we lose a player/manager.

I think we were very lucky the way the cards fell into place with RDZ. We were blindsided with Potter, and yes we were clearly aware of RDZ but had it not been for Putin and the fact that enough time had passed since RDZ had to get out of Ukraine we wouldn't have him now. Clearly, our player recruitment has improved but it is not fool proof, we still have a lot of young players that do not make the grade

 

[jackalbion]

It's a reoccurring joke that people post for every transfer rumour.

As a friend of the man in the photo I’d be very disturbed if he was in charge of transfers

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

not sure how true this is or if its even his agent

@jackalbion not sure if Mike or the “Club official” are on here?!

 

[dazzer6666]

I think we were very lucky the way the cards fell into place with RDZ. We were blindsided with Potter, and yes we were clearly aware of RDZ but had it not been for Putin and the fact that enough time had passed since RDZ had to get out of Ukraine we wouldn't have him now. Clearly, our player recruitment has improved but it is not fool proof, we still have a lot of young players that do not make the grade

We'll always have dozens of young players on our books that won't make the grade - that's how it works for us. 'Fool proof' recruitment doesn't exist for any club (or any other business, anywhere) anyway. We mostly take lower risk (cost) decisions on prospects rather than buying 'ready made' PL players, and we'll be lucky if 5% of academy players ever make the first team (but that 5%, and sales of those that are good but don't quite meet our requirements more than covers costs).

 

[Beanstalk]

As a friend of the man in the photo I’d be very disturbed if he was in charge of transfers

Is he your ITK sauce?

 

[The Fits]

I've been having recurring dreams about Billy Gilmour since the spring.

 

[cjd]

Is he your ITK sauce?

Wow. How to put someone in an impossible situation and possibly be fired as well.