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Transfer Rumour Haji Wright (3 Viewers)

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Balli001

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #666
shmmeee said:
Why would I have an opinion?

Calm down, it’s not your money. Just seems a lot of cash for someone we aren’t talking about like the finished article.
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You literally said you didnt rate him for the money, that is an opinion no? He has played and scored at a world cup. Played at a decent level in Turkey and scored 1 in 2. No one is claiming he is the finished article but clearly there is ability there. Other bigger clubs have offered similar amounts for him are they wrong as well?
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #667
Reckon we will twat some teams this season
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #668
SBT said:
Who is the last striker from the Turkish SuperLig who had a good goalscoring record in the top two English divisions?
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At a wild guess, Tuncay
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #669
Finham said:
Just watched his "highlights" video. 90% of them are him miscontrolling, diving, missing the target or taking the wrong option. Even his goals are mostly deflected and wouldn't go in against Championship GK's. Most insane signing in our history.

Prove me wrong Haji, prove me wrong!
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You're right. All of them total flukes, you best ring Robins and warn him because I reckon he's only done his scouting off these videos.
 
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Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #670
Ccfcisparks said:
You're right. All of them total flukes, you best ring Robins and warn him because I reckon he's only done his scouting off these videos.
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And also rangers scouts , and villareals scouts and Crystal Palace scouts

All flagged him as a potential signing
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #671
Finham said:
Just watched his "highlights" video. 90% of them are him miscontrolling, diving, missing the target or taking the wrong option. Even his goals are mostly deflected and wouldn't go in against Championship GK's. Most insane signing in our history.

Prove me wrong Haji, prove me wrong!
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Imagine being this negative about a potential record signing?

Honestly, if Robins asked your opinion on who you’d sign - who would you recommend?
 
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Martin180

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #672
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Imagine being this negative about a potential record signing?

Honestly, if Robins asked your opinion on who you’d sign - who would you recommend?
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Billy Sharp
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #673
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Imagine being this negative about a potential record signing?

Honestly, if Robins asked your opinion on who you’d sign - who would you recommend?
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Well earlier today someone was upset we hadn't gone in for a £1 million loan of Tom Cannon instead
 
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SBT

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #674
Brighton Sky Blue said:
For the amounts spent in relation to the money we had available I'd say they're comparable. Hamer was our biggest fee since Freddie Eastwood, Gyokeres was a similar amount and paying instalments of the latter was significant enough to disrupt our cashflow just last season. So at the time they also represented considerable gambles on the club's part.

We aren't spending money we don't have.
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Well with Gyokeres we got to try before we buy, while Hamer was one of a few similarly sized gambles that season, along with Walker and Sheaf. We weren’t counting on them all to work out, and they didn’t. Our transfer portfolio was diversified, we moved on.

Yes, we apparently have £7 million to spend on transfers right now, but this is certainly one of the riskier ways to spend it.

I do worry if the Eastwood comparison will end up being the most appropriate one here.
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #675
SBT said:
Well with Gyokeres we got to try before we buy, while Hamer was one of a few similarly sized gambles that season, along with Walker and Sheaf. We weren’t counting on them all to work out, and they didn’t. Our transfer portfolio was diversified, we moved on.

Yes, we apparently have £7 million to spend on transfers right now, but this is certainly one of the riskier ways to spend it.

I do worry if the Eastwood comparison will end up being the most appropriate one here.
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I'd say our transfer portfolio this summer has been even more diversified. We have signed several players who can go on to be worth £10m+.
 
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Finham

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #676
Ccfcisparks said:
You're right. All of them total flukes, you best ring Robins and warn him because I reckon he's only done his scouting off these videos.
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Lets hope not, eh?!!!!!!!
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #677
Look I appreciated the fee seems startling , rangers had 7 million turned down .. we have to hope the club have identified him as viks replacement , a player who also fans (Including me ) moaned couldn't hit a ball clean .. but then went on to be the best .. Trust the process
 
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Finham

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #678
Evo1883 said:
And also rangers scouts , and villareals scouts and Crystal Palace scouts

All flagged him as a potential signing
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Didn't sign him though.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #679
Finham said:
Didn't sign him though.
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Rangers had a 7 mill bid turned down

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers/rangers-ps7m-bid-rejected-for-us-international-impressive-scoring-record-eu10m-price-tag-by-turkish-side-4137525
 

Finham

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #680
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Imagine being this negative about a potential record signing?

Honestly, if Robins asked your opinion on who you’d sign - who would you recommend?
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Someone who looks worth it!
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #681
Finham said:
Someone who looks worth it!
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Brilliant. Do you need a job as a scout part time?
 

Martin180

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #682
I wonder how Brentford fans felt replacing the likes of Watkins and Maupay with the club record , unproven Ivan Toney ?
 
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Martin180

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #683
Finham said:
Someone who looks worth it!
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Wow , what a vague answer .
 

Finham

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #684
Ccfcisparks said:
Brilliant. Do you need a job as a scout part time?
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Sorry, I hadn't watched his videos and now I have, along with everything else about him, I just think it's an insane fee to pay. BUT I want him to be a massive success, of course, I really do.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #685
SBT said:
Well with Gyokeres we got to try before we buy, while Hamer was one of a few similarly sized gambles that season, along with Walker and Sheaf. We weren’t counting on them all to work out, and they didn’t. Our transfer portfolio was diversified, we moved on.

Yes, we apparently have £7 million to spend on transfers right now, but this is certainly one of the riskier ways to spend it.

I do worry if the Eastwood comparison will end up being the most appropriate one here.
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The point remains that in relation to our budgets, they were big money signings and with the exception of Walker, they've worked out. More to the point King himself has already earned a reputation as a bit of a bean counter-I can't imagine such a fee (if correct) being sanctioned without strong justification.

They have my trust until they give me cause to lose it
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #686
Villareal reportedly bid 8.5 million
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #687
Finham said:
Didn't sign him though.
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Two of those clubs are a level above us and the other either couldn't afford the fee or couldn't attract the player.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #688

USA's Haji Wright 'attracting interest from Crystal Palace'

USMNT striker Haji Wright could be the next striker for Selhurst Park to serenade with the Turkish-based forward linked to Crystal Palace. The 24-year-old has scored nine goals in 12 matches.
www.dailymail.co.uk
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #689
Finham said:
Someone who looks worth it!
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Don't make me bring back Michael Owen mate
 
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skyblu3sk

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #690
Evo1883 said:
Villareal reportedly bid 8.5 million
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Up front? I doubt it... you are all drama queen's!
 

Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #691
Finham said:
Someone who looks worth it!
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So a YouTube clip has informed your opinion? Say no more.

Brighton Sky Blue said:
Well earlier today someone was upset we hadn't gone in for a £1 million loan of Tom Cannon instead
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Football fans tend to be idiots. If I was in charge of recruitment, I’d be shit too. There’s a reason clubs employ data analysts and full time scouts rather than ask the opinions of the proles who watch highlights and YouTube.

We always said ‘imagine if Robins had money to spend’. Well, he has and he’s bought some v interesting players and we could genuinely be a completely revamped side from last year.

After losing Gyokeres and [potentially] Hamer, who’d have thought it?!
 
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Martin180

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #692
skyblu3sk said:
Up front? I doubt it... you are all drama queen's!
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Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #693
Spending money on a loan fee is mad to develop someone elses player
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #694
Ccfcisparks said:
Spending money on a loan fee is mad to develop someone elses player
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A proper weird modern craze
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #695
Ccfcisparks said:
Spending money on a loan fee is mad to develop someone elses player
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In this particular case it's to give Sean Dyche a few quid to spend because they've got nowt
 

Finham

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #696
Mucca Mad Boys said:
So a YouTube clip has informed your opinion? Say no more.
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No, the youtube clips, his record before the last few seasons, plus the standard of the bottom half of the Turkish top flight.
 

Finham

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #697
Evo1883 said:
Villareal reportedly bid 8.5 million
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Fair enough, there must be something special there.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #698
Balli001 said:
You literally said you didnt rate him for the money, that is an opinion no? He has played and scored at a world cup. Played at a decent level in Turkey and scored 1 in 2. No one is claiming he is the finished article but clearly there is ability there. Other bigger clubs have offered similar amounts for him are they wrong as well?
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You’ve said I went looking for things matching my opinion. How when I didn’t have an opinion until I went looking

And yes I think they are wrong to offer to pay that for a player with his record TBH. I don’t rate Turkey as a decent level and IIRC Chris Birchall played at a WC, doesn’t mean I’d spend £9m on him!

It’s a hell of a jump in our transfer strategy and quite surprising to me we’ve done it. For the money I’d rather three young players.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #699
Finham said:
No, the youtube clips, his record before the last few seasons, plus the standard of the bottom half of the Turkish top flight.
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His overall record is pretty good tbh
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • #700
shmmeee said:
You’ve said I went looking for things matching my opinion. How when I didn’t have an opinion until I went looking

And yes I think they are wrong to offer to pay that for a player with his record TBH. I don’t rate Turkey as a decent level and IIRC Chris Birchall played at a WC, doesn’t mean I’d spend £9m on him!

It’s a hell of a jump in our transfer strategy and quite surprising to me we’ve done it. For the money I’d rather three young players.
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So we must have a pretty good reason to be doing it.
 
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