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Leighton Baines & Marouane Fellaini Thread

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macst said:
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"I'm told talks between Everton and Manchester United are progressing and this deal should now be concluded successfully before the deadline, as most of us have expected.

"It is understood Fellaini has been given permission to delay linking up with the Belgium squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Croatia to enable him to complete the transfer - once it's all been agreed of course."
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Any news on the fee ?
 
Zatara said:
As Oviedo is a left back since he began his career im confused why you think he was signed?

Bruno Martins Indi strongly linked all over this forum and dutch press.
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Indi is with the Dutch national team currently.

Doesn't mean it can't happen but a bit unlikely.
 

Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
I mean, there's countless examples of players coming from lower leagues and doing well at bigger clubs

Seamus Coleman came from Sligo Rovers

Just because a player is in a lower league or a league not as competitive as ours doesn't mean we shouldn't take a look at them if they show promise.

Stuff like this is why the national pool is so poor at the moment. Young kids do well at Brentford or Crawley or Burton Albion but they never get the chance because they didn't come from a top clubs youth system and had the temerity to learn their trade lower down the leagues (See Rickie Lambert)

To use a wrestling analogy (Which Ijjy will get), saying you shouldn't buy a player from Scotland is like saying WWE shouldn't bring in an ROH guy becaue ROH is lower than WWE. Daniel Bryan and CM Punk, two of their biggest stars, came from ROH and perfected their craft in the lower leagues. Compare them to someone like Rene Dupree, who came in the WWE system and got chance after chance despite showing no real aptitude.

Where you come from doesn't matter, it's the skill you have that does
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You're right in some cases, but players from lower league teams are extremely overpriced and we can't take the risk.
 
Fellaini deal is well done. We're just leaving it till the last minute so we don't disclose the amount, so other clubs don't start slapping silly prices on the players we want.
 
ijjysmith said:
While I get your point it doesn't really work.

You could get a decent player from the Malta 2nd division.

Thing is he might be good but he's been playing against sh*te for years. Same in Scotland.
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Or, he might be great and just stuck in that league because he's from Malta and when given the chance, he can play at a higher level

Similarly, there might be someone from Europe who got a chance at Scottish club and has done well for himself and then he can do just as well at an English club (Henrik Larssen comes to mind)
 
chicoazul said:
Yeah but he wouldn't be as good as Baines at left back lid so the team would be weaker. Hint: potential problem that.
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There we have it, take a hit this season -- bring in McCarthy and Bruno if both come off....22 and 21 years old have a decade ahead of them.

The manager begins moulding his team. Also, Baines replacement may be better than him in time--whether that's Oviedo, Bruno or long john silver I don't know but we can only hope.
 
Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
Or, he might be great and just stuck in that league because he's from Malta and when given the chance, he can play at a higher level

Similarly, there might be someone from Europe who got a chance at Scottish club and has done well for himself and then he can do just as well at an English club (Henrik Larssen comes to mind)
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I just don't rate many players in the Scottish league mate (or the Malta 2nd division).

I'm a bit surprised that you do really.
 

Zatara said:
There we have it, take a hit this season -- bring in McCarthy and Bruno if both come off....22 and 21 years old have a decade ahead of them.

The manager begins moulding his team. Also, Baines replacement may be better than him in time--whether that's Oviedo, Bruno or long john silver I don't know but we can only hope.
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How many better left backs at Everton have you seen mate? Plus he's a local lad. How easy would it be to replace the most creative force and best free kick and penalty taker in our team?

Come on, let's swerve the letz play football manager and think on.
 

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