I’ve just watched a video of his piney goals. Looks like a different player to the one we’ve got. We’ve go to tell him to forget build up play live in the box. Also looks like it’s bulked up a lot compared with back then, reckon he’s lost sharpness due to this
We will see when we try to play to them.
People keep pointing to confidence but the bloke was missing everything straight after joining.
Bakayoko only got injured last week, it's been obvious since he joined that he isn't liked and has been publicly slated.
That just wouldn't be very honourable now would it?How about we just refuse to pay Pompey the 500k because it's vastly over the market value of what Chaplin is worth and send Chaplin back?
They'd take us to court, but then we could could just appeal, and then appeal the appeal and so on and maybe get out of paying until 2025?
At least it'd give us the 500k to spend in Jan on another striker.
Just an idea
As I said on another thread we’ve spent around a million on 3 strikers that have managed 10 between them in half a season. What ever way you put it that is not good enough and is probably down to one of two reasons. They’re either rubbish or good and not being played in the right system. Which one is it?
How about we just refuse to pay Pompey the 500k because it's vastly over the market value of what Chaplin is worth and send Chaplin back?
They'd take us to court, but then we could could just appeal, and then appeal the appeal and so on and maybe get out of paying until 2025?
At least it'd give us the 500k to spend in Jan on another striker.
Just an idea
I think the long transfer saga boosted everyone’s expectations coupled with the fact he was replacing McNulty nevermind the move into league 1 which ultimately isn’t fair on the lad. Everyone hated McNulty at the start but he come good and I think Chaplin will too but our failures at present aren’t solely down to him.
I think dropping him might be a positive but as our team are dropping like flies at the moment maybe MR doesn’t feel he can at the moment?
Agree but he hasn’t helped himself or his counterparts for missing some guiltedged chances either! Thomas wants to walk the ball in the net and clearly we are missing Jones (again).His positioning is a massive issue. When we get the ball he isn't up front and has his back to goal.
When somebody like Thomas makes a run into the box, none of our strikers are following it up so if the keeper parries it they get a tap in. They are usually so far behind that Thomas has to try it all himself.
It looked a bit different at least when Bakayoko played, he was at least trying to make runs in behind like at Charlton.
I don't think 500k price tag helps him much. That sort of money could get you a player that's going to come in and make a difference from the off.
Assuming it is to nurture him and then make a profit in the future, I am just not seeing that at the minute but it might be different in a different system alongside a couple of different players.
I think the long transfer saga boosted everyone’s expectations coupled with the fact he was replacing McNulty nevermind the move into league 1 which ultimately isn’t fair on the lad. Everyone hated McNulty at the start but he come good and I think Chaplin will too but our failures at present aren’t solely down to him.
I think dropping him might be a positive but as our team are dropping like flies at the moment maybe MR doesn’t feel he can at the moment?
Pretty sure that's how much Billy Sharp cost Sheffield United to put it into context!
That was the summer of 2015 so puts nothing into context three years later in a far more inflated transfer market.
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But the thing is, we have all been disappointed with Chaplin, Bakayoko AND Hiwula and none of them have truly been played where they are supposedly at their strongest for any period of time.Well it’s not converting chances so what are they?
That was the summer of 2015 so puts nothing into context three years later in a far more inflated transfer market.
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There is also the 'finding it hard to settle in first season' syndrome, though usually you'd only expect that in one in three transfers.As I said on another thread we’ve spent around a million on 3 strikers that have managed 10 between them in half a season. What ever way you put it that is not good enough and is probably down to one of two reasons. They’re either rubbish or good and not being played in the right system. Which one is it?
Transfer fees weren't inflated 3 years ago? You do speak some shite.
I said in a previous post sat behind Carl baker last eeek and he said Chaplin is neat and tidy but not a 20 goal a season player them clips show he can finish but without a target man as all Pompey fans told us we won’t do it not sure why robins thinks he knows better makes you think has he even watched the lad play before.The football we play is painful t watch I’m not even wasting my Boxing Day up there tomorrow it’s painful nothing will change same system same players.I’ve just watched a video of his piney goals. Looks like a different player to the one we’ve got. We’ve go to tell him to forget build up play live in the box. Also looks like it’s bulked up a lot compared with back then, reckon he’s lost sharpness due to this
Ha ha, ok.
Just think about what your saying for a minute.... how can you compare a fee from 2015 to 2018?
This summer we seen players leaving L2 for well over a million pounds
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It was just a great bit of business nothing more. Look at some of the other transfer dealings during the same time period then get back to me.
easillyy and he would of come I know James personally he told me we never made a bid regardless to robins saying he tried to sign him twice !!!Could probably have bought and paid James Collins for a year for 500k
Also let’s be hon
easillyy and he would of come I know James personally he told me we never made a bid regardless to robins saying he tried to sign him twice !!!
Scored 3 in the next 4 and we'll be loving him. You know it's true
Could be true but I hear a offer was never made well the player was never made aware of,he wanted to come tho chance missed.May have enquired directly with his club re: cost. Don't think you are allowed to contact the players directly?!
Whats the point of that? we don't get the ball into the boxOr we stick with him, stick him in the box and stop playing him deep and out wide.
Agreed but Thomas had a great opportunity to cut the ball back to Chaplin v Shrews, but didn't and went for goal himself at a tighter angle when Chaplin was in space near penalty spot.His positioning is a massive issue. When we get the ball he isn't up front and has his back to goal.
When somebody like Thomas makes a run into the box, none of our strikers are following it up so if the keeper parries it they get a tap in. They are usually so far behind that Thomas has to try it all himself.
It looked a bit different at least when Bakayoko played, he was at least trying to make runs in behind like at Charlton.
I don't think it's either. As a team we don't create enough good chances.As I said on another thread we’ve spent around a million on 3 strikers that have managed 10 between them in half a season. What ever way you put it that is not good enough and is probably down to one of two reasons. They’re either rubbish or good and not being played in the right system. Which one is it?
I'm going to write a last minute letter to Santa, asking him to deliver a sack full of confidence to all of our players, and a dozen bottles of whisky to each of the Charlton players!
I don't think it's either. As a team we don't create enough good chances.
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