londonfox
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Yeah but this year we've got a winter game in Stoke..... ya' know what they say.
The ‘player(s) I have just seen on telly and think we should sign’ thread
- Thread starter SilverFox
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I do not know where to put this post, so here it goes. I always wondered why we did not sign Ivan Toney when he was at Peterborough. He scored 24 goals in the league from 32 matches and was playing next door. I watched him in his first start for England the other day and I thought that this is a guy who fits perfectly into an International team. I have just watched him against Manure and what a player. I know that in 2020, we had blind and blinder as our recruitment team, but he was playing next door. You can just get the bus to Peterborough and find an absolute gem.
give_us_a_wave
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Brentford & Brighton employ the best data analysts in europe, with the most up to date contacts & networks in the game. Their recruitment & recouping of fees is second to none. Toney will probably leave in the summer ( Arsenal maybe ? ) & they'll make an immense profit on what they paid for him. Same as they did when they sold Watkins to Villa after picking him up from Exeter for the square root of **** all.
Meanwhile, our recruitment is conducted via a little black book & a copy of football manager 2018
SilverFox
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We will definitely need to be playing moneyball going forward.
give_us_a_wave
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Completely. But it's an art form. You need the sort of people who generally don't work at football clubs. The sort who used to work for major bookmakers in the old days when odds compilers were actually a thing rather than just tracking the exchange prices.
These are the people employed by both Brentford & Brighton. Bloom & Benham both made their money as professional gamblers so it's second nature to them. If Rudkin & Whelan stay, no way do we get those sort of people recruited.
Corporate drones like Whelan don't have the imagination & Rudkin is a chancer. An executive level Mike Stowell.
Miles Away
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“Executive level Mike Stowell”
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
ThaiSweetChilli
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Szmodics. ****ing quality.
jb5000
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Amazing number of goals scored for the season considering the team he's in
And considering he's a midfielder, whose previous best was 15 goals in League One.
Is this a one off season or can he keep it going?
ThaiSweetChilli
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I have a feeling Leeds may go for him. Farke has spoken of his admiration for Szmodics. Having said that, if Blackburn wanna cash in, they may get £10-15m based on this season.
It's a risk and he is 29 in September.
Volpone
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I never noticed him for a single minute. Bang average. No better than any of their other players. They can keep him.
Miles Away
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Oh you didn’t see him outstrip our back line twice and score an excellent finish with his first?
Or the fact he was top goalscorer in the league in a team that barely avoided relegation?
I’m not sure he fits our profile but he was the best player on the pitch by a mile today.
homer
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He was all over the place in the first twenty minutes. ****ing brilliant.
Then went a bit quiet
Then smashed through our back line twice and scored two beauties
Yeah, hardly noticed him at all
FFS…
Volpone
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But apart from that....
popillius
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**** you on about?
fitz
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Saw something before about Blackbum and often having players scoring 20+ goals but the team being shit. He's definitely earned a chance higher up.
camberwell fox
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He was head and shoulders the best player on the pitch today.
Terrified our back line today and made tons of space for other players.
Who the **** would want a player who can score 30+ goals in a season in a bottom half team?
Terrified our back line today and made tons of space for other players.
Who the **** would want a player who can score 30+ goals in a season in a bottom half team?
| P | Pld | Pts | |
| 1 | Bournemouth | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brentford | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brighton | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Palace | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Everton | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Fulham | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ipswich | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Leicester | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Manchester C | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Manchester U | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Newcastle | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nottm F | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Southampton | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Tottenham | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | West Ham | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wolves | 0 | 0 |
