Speculation The hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded summer 2021 rumours thread

[Payne74]

I think he will generate significant interest across Europe.

Based on what?? He hasn't done anything whatsoever in his entire career, lots of talk about promise when he was younger but he's never actually lived up to his earlier hype. He failed miserable at Newcastle and he's now 28.

 

[fitz]

Has Thauvin been decent against opponents in Euro cups or owt like that? I've no idea if he's any good these days and my opinion on him is based purely on his awful time in the Prem. Is he anything like a footballer now?

 

[Matt_B]

Based on what?? He hasn't done anything whatsoever in his entire career, lots of talk about promise when he was younger but he's never actually lived up to his earlier hype. He failed miserable at Newcastle and he's now 28.

I'd take a winger getting 1 in 2, to be fair.

 

[Payne74]

Yeah not too much of a risk at 57K a week.

Unless we give him a 4 year contract and then spend 3 1/2 years trying to get shot of him, add his name to the list below

Slimani
Dibate
Inler
Ghezzal
Iborra
Silva

 

[Matt_B]

Unless we give him a 4 year contract and then spend 3 1/2 years trying to get shot of him, add his name to the list below

Slimani
Dibate
Inler
Ghezzal
Iborra
Silva

He might work out great, though. This is good fun!

 

[Payne74]

I'd take a winger getting 1 in 2, to be fair.

The one decent season he's having is in a side that's 6th in a medicore league that's 18 points behind the team in 2nd place (PSG don't count)
The other seasons have been poor or average at best.
He might turn out to be great but his career says otherwise.

 

[Matt_B]

The one decent season he's having is in a side that's 6th in a medicore league that's 18 points behind the team in 2nd place (PSG don't count)
The other seasons have been poor or average at best.
He might turn out to be great but his career says otherwise.

I'm not sure you read the graphic properly.

 

[fitz]

The one decent season he's having is in a side that's 6th in a medicore league that's 18 points behind the team in 2nd place (PSG don't count)
The other seasons have been poor or average at best.
He might turn out to be great but his career says otherwise.

He's had more than 1 decent season. Still at a shit level of course.

 

[Matt_B]

Maybe this helps. Over 15 Goals whenever he's played regularly for Marseille.

 

[Matt_B]

He's had more than 1 decent season. Still at a shit level of course.

True, but the French league has been a happy hunting ground for us before.

 

[fitz]

True, but the French league has been a happy hunting ground for us before.

Indeed it has. Tbh if this was someone I'd never heard of before of I'd be excited by his stats.

 

[City Fan]

Ghezzal and Diabate...tasty.

(I’m joking of course, I’d take those two and Tielemans, Mahrez and Kante every day of the week).

 

[Payne74]

Maybe this helps. Over 15 Goals whenever he's played regularly for Marseille.

Fair point Matt, if he was that good why didn't another club come in for him earlier in his career, he was rubbish at Newcastle and appears to struggle when moving clubs

 

[Matt_B]

Ghezzal and Diabate...tasty.

(I’m joking of course, I’d take those two and Tielemans, Mahrez and Kante every day of the week).

And Fofana to be fair.

 

[pork pie fox]

Ghezzal and Diabate...tasty.

(I’m joking of course, I’d take those two and Tielemans, Mahrez and Kante every day of the week).

And Fofana

Edit - damn, too slow.

 

[Matt_B]

Fair point Matt, if he was that good why didn't another club come in for him earlier in his career, he was rubbish at Newcastle and appears to struggle when moving clubs

I don't understand your logic. Should we only be signing players that everybody else is after? How many people were in for Evans? Or any of the other great buys we've made?

 

[Robin127]

What? no love for Papy?

 

[Matt_B]

Let's not forget, the season he played for Newcastle they were related, so he was hardly in a forward thinking team. I've no idea if he will be great or not, but to write him off on one bad season in a shit Newcastle team and ignore several seasons of being a scoring winger seems absurd.

 

[Matt_B]

What? no love for Papy?

Probably neither a success nor a failure. An adequate signing.

 

[Lako42]

So he could be good or could be poor?

I'm hoping the scouting team have a more detailed picture.