In his last Championship season he did best on the ball, in the top 25% of the division for pass accuracy and completed long passes. He was also in this for tackles won and interceptions, but around the middle of the pack for winning duels on the ground and in the air.
So by your rigid set of principles we should be bidding £20M for Hughes as Hull say that's what he's worth ?
Thing is, i get why people like a foreign signing, its the unknown isn't.. like Asante as a CB target, could be shit, could be one of the best in the league. Who the fuck knows. But you have to have a balance, sometimes its just good to know what you're getting, especially at centre back. If we can get him for a good price its a solid addition for us.
Been around a while as broke into their first team at a young age
absolute mugs
Squad yes. First team? Doyle probably the rest doubtful given the current line up.
I think the club played themselves with people on here. Most people were saying we should buy an experienced CB, as i said before Woolfenden is experienced without being old which is ideal... but the club had to go and bid on Hughes who is one of the outstanding young CBs in the league with potential to go even higher, so having seen that bid people suddenly changed their expectations.
Ideally we get centre backs in who are strong in the air, strong in the tackle, quick and have excellent passing range. Such players cost bigger money than we have and don't tend to stay long in the Championship, so you need to make compromises.
Nor were we last year, but we still made the playoffs.
Are you angry that we didnt take a low offer for MvE? Should we have just said yes to the highest bidder regardless of what that bid was?
Ipswich fans have quickly forgotten all the players who shot them to a double promotion with a 96 point Championship total then. This has allowed them to get to the point where they shop in a different market to us i'm afraid, you think we could buy either of the 2 that start ahead of him?
They dont want to sell him to anyone, but rumour has it he wants to go to get more playing time.
. Make your minds up lads
Why would he want to come here to be on the bench? Hes doing that where he is.
They can afford better than him, we probably can't.
Well they've altered their ambitions on signings, 100s of millions of pounds will do that. From our point of view he was a first team regular for a top 2 team 2 seasons ago... that's not 'average' by Championship standards.
I don't think Doyle would suit our system, he's not the quickest or best a turning so that left hand side of him and JDS would be interesting when we push the line up the field.
Always did better in a back three. Happy for him. Maybe we’ll have a sell onI think we should have a look at this Binks chap who plays for Brondby. He was the outfield player of the match in the Europa Conference League match against Strasbourg:
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He's probably just what we need.
cool story, it's bollocks as the indications they want to keep him but he wants to leave for more football
Only six more days for Vardy
He's too cultured for the championship. Over the years we have had players who were just too good for us. Gillespie, Keane, Pearce, Wallace, Yorath. For different reasons they had to move on and Binks, I believe, will be one of them. it wouldn't surprise me if he does the same as Viktor and develops abroad (I know Binks has done so before) and in a couple of years where he is constantly playing European football comes back to a high end premiership club.I think we should have a look at this Binks chap who plays for Brondby. He was the outfield player of the match in the Europa Conference League match against Strasbourg:
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He's probably just what we need.
Well that’s a lie, you haven’t got any mates!