severnside gull
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That’s a piss take yes…..?
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[Albion] Napoli interested in Billy Gilmour **Sold 30/08/24**
- Thread starter Bozza
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- Jul 27, 2024
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All things considered, I don’t mind Gilmour going, especially to a club like Napoli. But it’s the suggested fee that irks me and many others here. £12-15m is too low. £23-28m seems about right.
severnside gull
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“if Wee Billy was 5'10" and scored 8 goals a season and was South American he would probably be worth £50m+.”
Sorry but this really made me chuckle…..
Sorry but this really made me chuckle…..
the problem here is that PL clubs expect to buy players at local prices and then sell them to the same leagues at PL prices.
Kalimantan Gull
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Sounds like Napoli are signing a different Scottish midfielder now.
Hope so.
Weststander
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So. It’s Jonathan Pearce v Romano.
Who'd have thought that the eternal battle between good and evil would come down to this.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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A baffling take. They played in totally different midfield positions.
Gilmour was one of the best, if not the best, players on the pitch yesterday. Milner in contrast was in no man’s land for most of the game and had one of the worst first halves I’ve seen by an Albion player in a long time, repeatedly leaving Gilmour exposed on his own against 2-3 Utd players. He offered little in terms of passing options out, misplaced a bigger % of passes, despite most of them not being penetrative, and barely engaged in the midfield battle defensively. And then he proceeded to miss two glorious chances at the start of the second half on the back of others’ work.
The step up in performance once Milner went off for Baleba was stark.
Now, I do put part of Milner’s struggle down to the tactical demands placed on him, but irrespective of that, it was night and day between the two in terms of quality yesterday.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Yes. Yes it wasThat’s a piss take yes…..?
Whilst we all dislike Romano, he is normally very good on these things even if he’s a bit trigger happy. I’d be almost certain that Jonathon Pearce’s source on Gilmour is better than any of Romano’s seeing as he was in the ground and around the Albion hierarchy yesterday…
If Billy doesn't go, expect Romano to tweet that he's heard from his sources that the deal was called off at the last minute
Weststander
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All along with this, I’ve been fine with Gilmour leaving. But after yesterday’s performance I’m now greedy and want to keep them all.
My guess on the true background, based on PB’s “He’s not being frozen out”, is that Napoli approached Gilmour/his agent and he asked to listen to what they have to offer.
What are you on about? Milner was superb.
Yes, Gilmour was deservedly man of the match but they were both superb as a midfield two yesterday. They dominated Casemiro and Mount in the first half. Milner covered acres in a far more forward role than you’d have expected and did it superbly.
Carlos came on and had a great game but also delivered the right performance for the context. We were under the cosh and needed a bit more strength at the base of the midfield than Gilmour could give. Gilmour pushed up into Milner’s position for the rest of the game.
I don’t know how you could watch yesterday’s game and not be pleased with the performance of any Brighton player…
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Backtracking a bit already. .....
verbal agreement is done and medical is being planned (Monday), the green light’s up to Napoli if they want to proceed with formal steps etc.
we see soon!
Precisely. Pearce's source will have a close connection to the club. Romano's will be an agent somewhere. As much a facilitator as a journalist.
Sounds reasonable.
It seems it is very much Billy's decision and the albion would be very happy if he choses to stay.
Originunknown
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I hope Jonathan Pearce is proved correct. Billy had a good game yesterday and played with utmost professionalism if he is leaving, a class act.
We are very light at CM/CDM.
We are very light at CM/CDM.
Not Andy Naylor
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The Gilmour story seems to exist only in the minds of the Italian media. I haven't seen it stood up by anyone I trust, and Hurzeler said himself on Thursday that he expects WBG to be here when the window closes.