2020/21 Ben Godfrey

Eggs · October 1, 2020

....the general view from Norwich forum.

BornBlue76 · October 1, 2020

Eggs said:
...not when he’s being sold. You normally see comments like: ‘I’ll drive him there myself’ etc but they were saying they were surprised nobody has come in for him and that he’s worth £40m. They were chuffed when the first offer was knocked back.

yep... history is rewritten 99/100 when a player is leaving.

DaChunk · October 1, 2020

Same price as Gabriel (Lille) ?? Hhhmmmph...

BornBlue76 · October 1, 2020

The fact that he learnt his football (from what has been said in this thread) as DM is a very interesting development. Could be stroke of genius as Allans back up (sorry I just will be shocked if Gbamin comes back and can actually be up to std)... so ticking the DM box along with CB makes him a very useful addition

MisterJ · October 1, 2020

Seem to remember another CB from Norwich that did ok for us...

Zezti · October 1, 2020

BornBlue76 said:
The fact that he learnt his football (from what has been said in this thread) as DM is a very interesting development. Could be stroke of genius as Allans back up (sorry I just will be shocked if Gbamin comes back and can actually be up to std)... so ticking the DM box along with CB makes him a very useful addition

It was one loan spell at Shrewsbury. I think we can see him as a CB.

-Rob- · October 1, 2020

sageyefc said:
Every fan base overvalue their own players tbf

Have you seen the chat on this forum about Sigurdsson, Bolasie, Walcott, Bernard, Kean etc?

Mikey O · October 1, 2020

That twitter clip is outstanding - the new Ratcliffe would do for me

Lelouch · October 1, 2020

Just watching his Youtube vid he seems very quick and plays on the LCB side a lot which is kind of ideal for us.

Chrismac · October 1, 2020

Coggy said:
Nais wasn't the best but always did his best. Top fella off the field.

Chelsea hat trick was worth his salary alone

BlueStevie35 · October 1, 2020

DaChunk said:
Same price as Gabriel (Lille) ?? Hhhmmmph...

Young, hungry player who wants to join the club or mercenary elect who left several clubs waiting on a decision before agreeing a move? Tough choice there

collymcd · October 1, 2020

originalgreaserbob said:
From the reports I saw, I got the idea that Gabriel cooled on us once Arsenal called.

I think we flapped about on fees after having an initial agreement in prinicipal, which gave Arsenal a chance to get involved. Was all over from there. All rumours and paper talk of course.

The one thing I'm surprised about with our Godfrey bid is that he's a right footer. I only realised very recently (after reading an article) how useful it can be. Opens up passes that are too difficult for a right peg in that position. Suppose it makes sense that if we can't get a lefty, we need someone with exceptional dribbling, control and passing to play on the left instead.