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scotchbutterpin
Player Valuation: £1m
As soon as the Euros are over there will be much more movement on the transfer front.
The papers are just trying to fill up column space so there will be a lot of nonsense written for the next few weeks, in my opinion.
The papers are just trying to fill up column space so there will be a lot of nonsense written for the next few weeks, in my opinion.
Sorry but which of the signings Stoke "beat" us to actually turned out any good?
Who's_up_for_cumpkins?
Player Valuation: £10m
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Very surprised if we sign mata
in a good surprised or a bad surprised Bryan?
royalblue66
Player Valuation: £70m
And he seems to spend more time on the bench, than he does on the pitch ,glad we never bought him.
I'm going to look a bit silly here, but... I don't want Mata.
Don't get me wrong, he's an good player, but for the money and wages he'd cost he's the wrong age and I don't think good enough to merit the outlay.
Yeah, I know we're bankrolled now, but not infinitely so. We could go out and get two good players for the amount it'd cost to bring in one here. He'd cost at least £30m, probably more, and I just don't rate him that highly. He's rarely the standout player on the pitch, and for what is essentially a flair player who doesn't defend, that's a big problem.
We should look to bully a vulnerable Newcastle into getting Wijnaldum (who has the potential to be better than he was last season, and he was pretty good even then) for around £15m, then use the surplus cash to improve central midfield - McCarthy isn't good enough, Besic unproven and Barry could collapse in form any day now.
Don't get me wrong, he's an good player, but for the money and wages he'd cost he's the wrong age and I don't think good enough to merit the outlay.
Yeah, I know we're bankrolled now, but not infinitely so. We could go out and get two good players for the amount it'd cost to bring in one here. He'd cost at least £30m, probably more, and I just don't rate him that highly. He's rarely the standout player on the pitch, and for what is essentially a flair player who doesn't defend, that's a big problem.
We should look to bully a vulnerable Newcastle into getting Wijnaldum (who has the potential to be better than he was last season, and he was pretty good even then) for around £15m, then use the surplus cash to improve central midfield - McCarthy isn't good enough, Besic unproven and Barry could collapse in form any day now.
it's not that I don't want him, but I do have my reservations about him due to a few things you mention above mate.
You're right, you look very silly. Read it again and it sounds like you're saying Wijnaldum is a better option than Mata
BlueLlama
10/11/17 TWAIN CRUSH DAY
Easy to be the standout player in a shockingly gash Newcastle team (Hello Mr Townsend) harder to do so when pleaying for Utd and Chelsea. Yet IMO Mata often did stand out. The lad oozes class and has 4 or 5 years of top level football.
My concern is that if we did sign him, he'd make what I typed above look silly for a few games, but then fade badly and look like a terrible buy after a season or two.
Let's face it, there's a reason he's linked with a move away from United - he generally hadn't made the grade there and is dispensable. He tends to have big eye catching periods of a season, then fade to anonymity for the rest of it.
I'd argue with "often" and replace it with "sometimes". For £30m+, you have to be consistent - turning on the style for 10 games a season isn't going to cut it. As harsh as this sounds, I see Mata as a really elite version of James McFadden; can look absolutely incredible sometimes, then have games you hardly notice him.
I don't think Wijnaldum is more talented than Mata - but I think he offers more back to front than Mata will ever do, and isn't too shabby technically either.
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