[Albion] Mercurial, majestic, magnificent Mitoma [20/10/23: New deal signed]

[b.w.2.]

:Luckily you are not in charge either

Never confuse complacency for common sense

If you like the way West and Villa spunk money why not follow them?

Because I don’t.


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[b.w.2.]

Have you got your beer/lemonade ratio right on your shandies?

Eh!?


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[SeagullinExile]

Even after the going through the thorough process of Google translating girlfriend of kaoru mitoma (三笘薫の彼女) and Google searching that, I could only find these. This draws me to the conclusion he is happy in the company of his football friends, and doesn’t want the hassle of females!

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Disappointed. But I do appreciate your hard work. Good effort.

 

[Mental Lental]

Can confirm no WAG for this guy based on a fan blog here....

https://takubou.site/mitomakaoru-girlfriend/

He's close to a female player that plays for the Japanese national team but apparently they are just childhood friends.

 

[Mental Lental]

This is pretty much a done deal according to Japanese media over the weekend....

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b97ee7d5adc5475c555746f091abce8b3f99220c

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/733238c86a1df4a78b41702aaba657ee30ec1287

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3f47943c661eeb3309d05d13adc758dca441bed0

 

[B-right-on]

This is pretty much a done deal according to Japanese media over the weekend....

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b97ee7d5adc5475c555746f091abce8b3f99220c

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/733238c86a1df4a78b41702aaba657ee30ec1287

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3f47943c661eeb3309d05d13adc758dca441bed0

Got to love a bit of Google translate

Kawasaki and Kaoru Mitoma completely transferred to premier Brighton

So we get a player and a motorbike. Excellent news

 

[Mental Lental]

I have no idea where one living in the UK might stream it but if anyone is interested and has the means, he's playing for the Japan U24s tonight vs Honduras.

 

[Uncle C]

Can confirm no WAG for this guy based on a fan blog here....

https://takubou.site/mitomakaoru-girlfriend/

He's close to a female player that plays for the Japanese national team but apparently they are just childhood friends.

I'm sure, just like with Connolly, there will be plenty of local trollops available and trying to make a name for themselves.

 

[vagabond]

No I am clearly calling you a defeatist


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I list out our clubs transfer policy and you call me a defeatist. Still don’t quite get that.

Explain how that makes me a defeatist? Because I don’t demand the club buy a £50m striker?

 

[Medwayseagull]

I'm sure, just like with Connolly, there will be plenty of local trollops available and trying to make a name for themselves.

Why don't we have a nice bit of Monday morning misogyny to wake up to.

 

[b.w.2.]

Kaoru Mitoma

I list out our clubs transfer policy and you call me a defeatist. Still don’t quite get that.

Explain how that makes me a defeatist? Because I don’t demand the club buy a £50m striker?

Again you quote a figure I have not quoted. Our ‘transfer policy’ has already been demonstrated by our bid for González this summer.


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[Blue Valkyrie]

I list out our clubs transfer policy and you call me a defeatist. Still don’t quite get that.

Explain how that makes me a defeatist? Because I don’t demand the club buy a £50m striker?

Just ignore the poster. If we sign a GK next they'll be moaning about not singing a striker first.

Standard behaviour. Same playbook every time.

 

[b.w.2.]

Just ignore the poster. If we sign a GK next they'll be moaning about not singing a striker first.

Standard behaviour. Same playbook every time.

Because I am consistently right. The fact is we could and should have finished mid-table last season but instead achieved basically the same position by failing once again to address the single and most obvious gap in our squad. I am not going to start posting the opposite just to keep you and other posters happy


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[Blue Valkyrie]

Because I am consistently right. The fact is we could and should have finished mid-table last season but instead achieved basically the same position by failing once again to address the single and most obvious gap in our squad. I am not going to start posting the opposite just to keep you and other posters happy


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We cannot alter the order signings are made.

No one should stop all recruitment across the board until striker recruitment is completed.

Repetitive moaning about recruitment team "focus" is tedious and won't change anything.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I list out our clubs transfer policy and you call me a defeatist. Still don’t quite get that.

Explain how that makes me a defeatist? Because I don’t demand the club buy a £50m striker?

Block them, many have I suspect.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Even after the going through the thorough process of Google translating girlfriend of kaoru mitoma (三笘薫の彼女) and Google searching that, I could only find these. This draws me to the conclusion he is happy in the company of his football friends, and doesn’t want the hassle of females!


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Jury's Inn?

 

[GT49er]

I list out our clubs transfer policy and you call me a defeatist. Still don’t quite get that.

Explain how that makes me a defeatist? Because I don’t demand the club buy a £50m striker?

Predict he will (if he hasn't already) come back claiming he's never mentioned £50M, it's you that brought that up (he has history!)

Block them, many have I suspect.

Indeed, Much more fun just to open one occasionally to see what he's banging on about!

 

[super-seagulls]

I'm sure, just like with Connolly, there will be plenty of local trollops available and trying to make a name for themselves.

I can see Chantelle from moulsecombe, Tasha from Whitehawk or even Courtney from Portslade will be right up the young lads street!

 

[Baldseagull]

Because I am consistently right. The fact is we could and should have finished mid-table last season but instead achieved basically the same position by failing once again to address the single and most obvious gap in our squad. I am not going to start posting the opposite just to keep you and other posters happy


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There isn't really a gap in our squad though, we have strikers, there is a gap in the Xg and actual goals.
We need to get more goals out of the strikers we have, (and the midfield) not necessarily bin them off and start afresh with someone else, who may well not work out either.
Chelsea do it all the time, buy in a player that should guarantee a load of goals and then get far less than they hoped. Timo Werner being the latest, but Shevchenko, Torres, Mo Salah, Morata, in the past have all underwhelmed at Chelsea.
I think Werner and Maupay will both do better this season. Other PL strikers have taken a while to hit form, but have been given support and coaching and it has paid off.

 

[b.w.2.]

There isn't really a gap in our squad though, we have strikers, there is a gap in the Xg and actual goals.
We need to get more goals out of the strikers we have, (and the midfield) not necessarily bin them off and start afresh with someone else, who may well not work out either.
Chelsea do it all the time, buy in a player that should guarantee a load of goals and then get far less than they hoped. Timo Werner being the latest, but Shevchenko, Torres, Mo Salah, Morata, in the past have all underwhelmed at Chelsea.
I think Werner and Maupay will both do better this season. Other PL strikers have taken a while to hit form, but have been given support and coaching and it has paid off.

Honestly I hope your optimism for Maupay is justified. The truth is last season he went backwards. Best chance without investing further is keeping Welbs fit, but that is a big risk . No, we need to invest. Having numbers does not mean we have sufficient quality.


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