messiahrobins
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To be fair JDS is pretty good on Football Manager, not as good as Bidwell, but really good going forward, so im assuming that is the Freiburg way of scouting.
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messiahrobins
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Dortmund may come in for competition to Maatsen.
messiahrobins
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I get your point, and it is well made, but the other way of doing things is to bring in older PL players who maybe not playing regularly, and while they are proven, the issue then is motivation for such players having already played at the highest level. If i hav the choice i prefer the way we are doing it.
shmmeee
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Id rather bring in players from leagues like Belgium, Japan, Norway, etc and PL academy cast offs, ideally ones with a season or two of L1 football behind them.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that of our likely four big money players (Vik, Gus, Cal, Sheaf) two and a half are from PL academies (Vik the half) and one and a half from Northern Europe (and also decent academies). Of the next likely ones (Wright Simms MvE and Saka) Wright aside, who is older, the others are Benelux and Everton.
SHUNT31
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And is an upgrade on JDS and arguably Bidwell.
Cally Fedora
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That’s great. But I can assure you I don’t need any granular minutiae to tell me he can’t defend. Maybe one of the dangers of the method you describe is that you can convince yourself of things that just aren’t there.
BlueSkiesForever
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Yeah I see what you mean, although I was more thinking of just continuing to look at European markets where players are probably more under the radar and therefore do offer value for money. I think because every team in the championship has a similar idea of looking at league 1 players it means those players are maybe overrated compared to the actual potential they represent.
I’m obviously not certain on that, I just look at the players that have done well for us and they’ve all come from obscure European leagues/teams, Van Ewijk, Sakamoto, Torp, Haji etc, whereas almost all of our league 1 signings have flopped.
Legia Sky Blue
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You have clearly erased Hillsner & Kastaneer from your memory bank!
BlueSkiesForever
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Alright the odd one here and there might slip through the net but nearly all our European signings from this season have been miles better than our league 1 signings.
Skybluedownunder
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I’d personally love Burrows.
I always never wanted JDS, when we were linked to him the January before I was hoping we wouldn’t go back for him in the summer but here we are… let’s just hope we aren’t stuck with him for three more years
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McCallum is perfectly capable going forward. He'd be a great signing in my view.
skybluecam
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I suspect Dasilva is here to stay now. He’s a very hard sell given his contract length.
shmmeee
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It’s the reason he’s not established himself at Norwich generally from what I understand and was his weakness when he was here. His use of the ball was generally the worst part of his game.
I am not sure that's true. I think his development has been hampered by injuries and his passing was fine when with us.
shmmeee
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It really wasn’t. He wasn’t helped by having Hyam on that side, but he was very poor at attacking, preferring to play safe balls back and inside more than anything. His most effective attacking period was when we were backs to the wall and employed his height from goal kicks and his long throw.
Here’s the Norwich head coach on him:
Wagner 'would love' to keep out-of-contract McCallum at City
The ball is in Sam McCallum's court as he considers his Norwich City future, says David Wagner.
And an interview with him:
McCallum offers City contract update
A bid for a new Norwich City contract is fuelling Sam McCallum's performances in their Championship play-off push.
It’s clear he’s the backup and that he’s been working on moving from a defensive full back to one more comfortable attacking (you’ll also note that heading and long throws specifically are mentioned as his attacking strengths)
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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A left-sided MvE would be the dream.
But thinking about it does make the McCallum thing slightly odd. MR signed Dasilva to be attacking and has clearly not wanted to favour Bidwell for two years because he isn't as attacking. So seems if Bidwell is going he's being replaced by someone quite similar.
shmmeee
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Bidwell is a more limited on the ball than McCallum, I think he’s an upgrade on Bidwell certainly in terms of resale he is. And mostly I don’t think Robins ever wanted to lose McCallum and likes working with him and that counts for a lot. Especially with almost all the old guard gone now, getting someone in who you know gets it is appealing.
I'd be happy with that tbf.
Gibbo
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Why are people so certain Bidwell will go? I must have missed that email.
Balli001
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Because the ITK on this forum said he is one of the contracted players moving on
Offhegoes
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McCallum has impressed me when I've seen him since he left. He really came into his own too by the end of the 20/21 season. Would be happy with him coming back
Mucca Mad Boys
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At 23, Sam McCallum has far more upside than Bidwell and in most categories is ahead of him statistically.
There’s an odd obsession with Bidwell from our fans. He’s a solid player but it’s a position we can improve on. At this point in his career, Bidwell deserves to start for someone so if he’s not a first choice, he’d rightly want a move away.
