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Deleted member 9744

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,716
Martin180 said:
Still a resounding no from me . We've gone past giving aging players a final payday .
We play decent football and Kieffer Moore isn't a striker that plays that style .
Loan or buy a young player but give Simms more game time
Kieffer Moore is a massive step backwards
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I think he's exactly the sort of player we need on a short term contract. We have three strikers and desperately need more depth especially as Simms needs time to develop.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,717
Deleted member 9744 said:
I think he's exactly the sort of player we need on a short term contract. We have three strikers and desperately need more depth especially as Simms needs time to develop.
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Thankfully, you’re not in charge of recruitment. He strikes me as a player of yesteryear.

That and his wages will probably be above what we’d want to pay.
 
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Levship20

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,718
Deleted member 9744 said:
I think he's exactly the sort of player we need on a short term contract. We have three strikers and desperately need more depth especially as Simms needs time to develop.
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Remember Robert Rosario, not a prolific goalscorer but he was a handful and created a lot of space for others.
 

Astute

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,719
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I’d disagree on the Scottish league - the league itself is not well exposed, but Celtic get a ridiculous amount of coverage all over the world.

there’s still the perceived notion they should be better in Europe because they were half decent at Celtic park
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They do get exposure. But if they had a decent opponent most weeks they would get a lot more. Who wants to see Rangers v Celtic evey week or one of them against a side they don't have a clue about in a one sided game?

They want to see action. The Prem has the money but the Championship has the best games. Will start a thread when I have time on the insights of a foreigner who loves football.
 
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SBbucks

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,720
Deleted member 9744 said:
I think he's exactly the sort of player we need on a short term contract. We have three strikers and desperately need more depth especially as Simms needs time to develop.
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Apart from the money issue, Moore is completely unsuited to the way we play so can’t see this happening for a minute. I don’t think Robins has ever played with a big target man in the last 7 years and suspect he won’t in the foreseeable future. Moore is the type of striker that is very easy to isolate and nullify, but might add something to a team like Rotherham.
No, no and no again.


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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,721
Why go for Moore when you could offer Plymouth a quick profit on Whittaker? Outperforming his xG by double and also one of the best ball carrying forwards in the division.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,722
Blind-Faith said:
Congratulations, you’ve won the award for stupidest question of the day
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And you’ve won the award for knob head of the day
 

mrfr

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,723
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
And you’ve won the award for knob head of the day
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It’s still early
 
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Astute

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,724
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Why go for Moore when you could offer Plymouth a quick profit on Whittaker? Outperforming his xG by double and also one of the best ball carrying forwards in the division.
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My son in law to be is a Plymouth supporter

He wasn't happy with our goal when the ball went out and now Stoke have taken their manager. He stayed with us over New Year. Think i may have wound him up a little. He'd never come back if we also bought Whittaker as well
 
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SBT

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,725
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Why go for Moore when you could offer Plymouth a quick profit on Whittaker? Outperforming his xG by double and also one of the best ball carrying forwards in the division.
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We could bid £30 million for him but presumably they’d just hold out for us to bid even more next season?
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,726
Really want that Pereira lad now. Think he’s just what we’re missing. Which means it’s never going to happen. Never fall in love with a YouTube clip.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,727
shmmeee said:
Really want that Pereira lad now. Think he’s just what we’re missing. Which means it’s never going to happen. Never fall in love with a YouTube clip.
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Young South American International who can ping the ball all over the pitch. Love at first sight.

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steve cooper

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,728
SBT said:
We could bid £30 million for him but presumably they’d just hold out for us to bid even more next season?
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Yes, isn't it strange, presumably they wouldn't sell Whittaker unless the offer is too good to turn down, yet people are worried we will lose Sakamoto the minute someone comes knocking.
 

SBAndy

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,729
Moore as a short term loan I could get on board with. Think the current system lends itself well to a target man. However, as much as Simms isn’t scoring a great deal at the moment it’s not causing us issues so is it worth persevering? Depends what this season’s ambition is.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,730
SBT said:
We could bid £30 million for him but presumably they’d just hold out for us to bid even more next season?
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Hope your next scoop has more wit than that
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,731
TomRad85 said:
Young South American International who can ping the ball all over the pitch. Love at first sight.

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The 21st century Jose Perdomo!
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,732
I’ve heard we’ve had an offer from Fulham for our star striker, roughly 400k
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,733
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Outperforming his xG by double
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It is staggering but what I would say is unless you’re a top class player (Son Heung Min, Harry Kane examples I can think of) there is, eventually, regression to the mean.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,734
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Why go for Moore when you could offer Plymouth a quick profit on Whittaker? Outperforming his xG by double and also one of the best ball carrying forwards in the division.
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Doubling your xg isn’t generally a good sign long term
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,735
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
I’ve heard we’ve had an offer from Fulham for our star striker, roughly 400k
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What lol
 

Martin180

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,736
SBAndy said:
Moore as a short term loan I could get on board with. Think the current system lends itself well to a target man. However, as much as Simms isn’t scoring a great deal at the moment it’s not causing us issues so is it worth persevering? Depends what this season’s ambition is.
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Moore is slower than Fadz , doesn't suit our current style of play in any way
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,737
SBAndy said:
Moore as a short term loan I could get on board with. Think the current system lends itself well to a target man. However, as much as Simms isn’t scoring a great deal at the moment it’s not causing us issues so is it worth persevering? Depends what this season’s ambition is.
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I don't think Moore is Robins type of player, he sold of Clarke Harris all those seasons ago.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,738
skybluecam said:
Doubling your xg isn’t generally a good sign long term
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Why not?
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,739
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Why not?
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I think it would suggest you’re scoring goals that you shouldn’t be - so the likelyhood is it’ll stop.

if you’ve scored 5 35 yard screamers odds are you’re not gonna score 20 of them
 
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TomRad85

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,740
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Why not?
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Yeh I'm with you on this one. If you're scoring goals you aren't expected to score, we used to call that being good. Not on board with this not being a good stat.

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David O'Day

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,741
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Why not?
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because it's usually an indicator you have hit a purple patch where luck and opposition mistakes have played a large part in a number of your goals

some players can do it over long periods but they don't as a rule tend to play for plymouth
 

skybluecam

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,742
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Why not?
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Because even the most clinical players in the world can’t maintain that (e.g. Harry Kane has scored ~1.4x his npxg over the last year).

I suppose my point wasn’t that out scoring your xg itself is bad, but xg is a better long term indicator than goals scored.
 

Matt smith

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,743
XG
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,744
Blind-Faith said:
But I don’t want this to detract from the actual purpose of the thread, so Kieffer Moore , big lad up top, scores goals in the league , we already have Simms for that. But if it helped push us up the league, I wouldn’t be against signing him. Would be great strength in depth to have
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Good player but word in Cardiff is that he’s a done deal to sign with them.
 

JSL

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,745
I thought Cardiff had a transfer embargo and were boke or has that since changed?
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,746
Terry_dactyl said:
Good player but word in Cardiff is that he’s a done deal to sign with them.
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Aren’t they still under an embargo? How are they signing players like him, Robinson and Grant
 

baldy

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,747
skybluecam said:
Because even the most clinical players in the world can’t maintain that (e.g. Harry Kane has scored ~1.4x his npxg over the last year).

I suppose my point wasn’t that out scoring your xg itself is bad, but xg is a better long term indicator than goals scored.
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XG XG - nobody cares ffs
 
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skyblueelephant76

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  • Jan 4, 2024
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Aren’t they still under an embargo? How are they signing players like him, Robinson and Grant
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They're not under embargo anymore
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,749
baldy said:
XG XG - nobody cares ffs
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Jan 4, 2024
  • #8,750
skyblueelephant76 said:
They're not under embargo anymore
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Embargo was cut by one transfer window.
 
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