That's what fab keeps telling reporters (I'm not sure why though!)
He's gone.
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[Albion] Napoli interested in Billy Gilmour **Sold 30/08/24**
- Thread starter Bozza
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He's gone.
If wieffer or O'Riley are injured surely he would start ?
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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Boils my piss, this self aggrandising bollocks. "Underrated by a lot of Brighton fans" = "I know better than you"
Sorrel
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Will be a great pity if he goes - when I saw he was starting yesterday I thought maybe he might be staying...
slimes
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Wieffer keeps getting injured..
O'Riley is yet to sign and is unknown.
The price is way to low for Gilmour in the first place..
We should wait until Christmas and then decide.
O'Riley is yet to sign and is unknown.
The price is way to low for Gilmour in the first place..
We should wait until Christmas and then decide.
The main thing stopping us getting top 4 that season was abysmal officiating. It was our best ever season, but the officials robbed us and we should've been higher.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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I thought it was Napoli who were interested in him...
If you want to look at the stats - Gilmour won the ball back with 3/3 tackles. For a player much derided for his poor defensive work he did that side of the game very well yesterday.
And if we’re looking at the stats app, FotMob had Gilmour score higher than Milner yesterday too.
Gilmour had his usual ‘busy’ game which you seemingly don’t rate, but it was his defensive work that marked him out as one of our top performers yesterday.
tigertim68
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- Sep 3, 2012
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His first 3 passes in the first half all went to a united player
If that's the case, then he had 100% pass accuracy for the rest of the half.
tigertim68
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- Sep 3, 2012
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3 tackles won in midfield during a match is hardly match defining
Change at Barnham
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Based on his 'rumoured' value and possible sale price (below £20m?), it would appear that there's something missing in his locker that makes him underrated by the overall football establishment.
Whether that is a bias because of his size, or because of his lack of assists and goals, who knows?
But if Wee Billy was 5'10" and scored 8 goals a season and was South American he would probably be worth £50m+.
I think Brighton fans rate him higher than other football watchers because we've seen how good he can be on a regular basis.
But in all likelihood he could well struggle to get in the Albion starting XI ahead of O'Riley, Weiffer, Baleba, Milner on a regular basis, and it looks like we also have Diego Gomez joining in January.
However I'm sure the club and FH would like to keep him in the squad to rotate when necessary.
The summer transfer deadline is approaching far too fast to make a rushed decision. It would be good if he stayed until January and then both the club and Billy would know how often he is likely to be used.
A regular start in Napoli must sound very attractive to him, but who is to say he won't be warming the bench there?
Hang on in there Billy, Brighton is the place to be.
For now at least.
Munchkin
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Now I’m not an expert, but… if an £18m deal is verbally done between the Two clubs, it would be absolute madness on the clubs (and players) behalf to play him yesterday.
I just don’t see that making sense. If indeed it was true, WBG would have been nowhere near the squad let alone starting.
I just don’t see that making sense. If indeed it was true, WBG would have been nowhere near the squad let alone starting.
But that wasn’t my point- my point was that he did the defensive side of the game well yesterday, along with his busy normal self of picking up the ball and playing through the lines.
You’re right though he did misplace some passes - but this is a player that had no preseason games and was thrown into a midfield 2 with James Milner against Man Utd. Give the guy a break.
Caicedo, who I'm sure you'll agree is a good tackler, won 48 tackles last year (1.333 a game). 3 in a match is a reasonable, though not extraordinary, amount.
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Change at Barnham
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Gilmour and Milner were playing against a midfield Mainoo, Casemiro, Fernandes.
And we won the game.
Anyone criticising Wee Billy (very few, I know) need to give their head a wobble.
It was a remarkable performance to outplay and to ultimately both win, and deserve to win the game.
And we won the game.
Anyone criticising Wee Billy (very few, I know) need to give their head a wobble.
It was a remarkable performance to outplay and to ultimately both win, and deserve to win the game.
Bold Seagull
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It would reinforce that the club are allowing the move for the player’s benefit rather than the club’s. Had he got injured yesterday and the move was aborted, that wouldn’t have been a concern for us, hence he played.
For Billy, he needs to show he’s a first XI footballer every minute he plays, so suited us to use him yesterday.
If Wieffer was out (injured or rested) Billy could play alongside O'Riley, who I think will be used as more of an attacking centre mid. I just think letting Billy go this cheap is a bit daft right now, when I guess even FH doesn't know how well everyone will adapt to the PL and his style.
If the new players come in and make the shirts their own, and there's no room for Billy, then let him go in January. But there's every chance we could wish Billy was still here, so letting him go cheap feels to me like a mistake.