toonotl 4681 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 PSR fucked us massively with Anderson and Minteh deals. Forest made out like bandits. And Brighton too. I think we could reasonably expect to have gotten a lot more money for Anderson if PSR didn't have us scrambling to sell him on a few days notice. We effectively got 15m for him when you consider the makeweight Greek goalkeeper who is seemingly completely worthless to us. Or worse than useless considering we're also paying his wages to do fuck all. And Minteh would arguably be our starting RW by now. He'd at least be pushing Murphy very hard for a starting place. And longer term he could've been the solving of our RW problems given his capacity to develop further. Minteh scored a lot of goals as a teenager in a competitive European league. I mentioned this prior to us selling him that he had better goal scoring numbers for his age than a few very high quality players to come out of second tier European leagues. (And a few shit ones, i.e., Antony, but still a player who demanded a massive transfer fee.) Make no mistake, the situation forced upon us by PSR absolutely fucked us on those two deals. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14498 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 3 hours ago, OTF said: Anderson still wouldn't be playing much for us though IMO, he's behind Bruno, Tonali and Joelinton. Minteh would be playing loads though. People quickly forget that despite his limited minutes due to multiple injuries Barnes still has 10 goals (many of them key ones) and 4 assists. Hopefully one day we get to see his consistent best. I reckon Anderson would have been ahead of Willock and so would have been playing when big Joe was injured and probably in the final ahead of Barnes, with Gordon out. Minteh, as you say, would have been playing loads. While Barnes has scored some crucial goals, I don't think he has the defensive mentality or athleticism which Eddie usually expects. Injuries have not helped there, so perhaps I am being mean. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28509 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 No way are we getting more money for Anderson when we sold him as he was bang average playing on the left due to injuries and then he was injured. He's had a top season at Forest as he's moved position but in that position we have decent players. He would have again been a bench player but well ahead of Longstaff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 17238 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 7 hours ago, toonotl said: PSR fucked us massively with Anderson and Minteh deals. Forest made out like bandits. And Brighton too. I think we could reasonably expect to have gotten a lot more money for Anderson if PSR didn't have us scrambling to sell him on a few days notice. We effectively got 15m for him when you consider the makeweight Greek goalkeeper who is seemingly completely worthless to us. Or worse than useless considering we're also paying his wages to do fuck all. And Minteh would arguably be our starting RW by now. He'd at least be pushing Murphy very hard for a starting place. And longer term he could've been the solving of our RW problems given his capacity to develop further. Minteh scored a lot of goals as a teenager in a competitive European league. I mentioned this prior to us selling him that he had better goal scoring numbers for his age than a few very high quality players to come out of second tier European leagues. (And a few shit ones, i.e., Antony, but still a player who demanded a massive transfer fee.) Make no mistake, the situation forced upon us by PSR absolutely fucked us on those two deals. Fully working as intended 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Aye £35m for Anderson was considered a canny bit at the time. The lad was an unfancied 4th or 5th option for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 39193 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 11 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Aye £35m for Anderson was considered a canny bit at the time. The lad was an unfancied 4th or 5th option for us. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 4681 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 To ramp things up to the ultimate in ridiculousness, it could be argued that the fee is essentially even less than 15m at this point. We've learned now that Eddie has absolutely zero intention of using the Greek GK. So we've essentially agreed to pay a few million per season in wages (that Forest don't have to pay) on top of the 20m transfer fee for an unused bargaining chip. So it's 35m minus 20m transfer minus wasted wages on an unusable shithouse GK that our manager doesn't rate until we manage to sell him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Are you in the path of this cyclone I've just seen about on the news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 4681 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 4 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Are you in the path of this cyclone I've just seen about on the news? Yep. We're a touch in land so it'll likely be just a lot of rain for us. We've put seven sandbags in front of the garage door. So we're 100% prepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Good luck! I hate this extreme weather shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 6 hours ago, RobinRobin said: I reckon Anderson would have been ahead of Willock and so would have been playing when big Joe was injured and probably in the final ahead of Barnes, with Gordon out. Minteh, as you say, would have been playing loads. While Barnes has scored some crucial goals, I don't think he has the defensive mentality or athleticism which Eddie usually expects. Injuries have not helped there, so perhaps I am being mean. i don't think you are. time is not being kind to the barnes signing - looks increasingly like an opportunistic signing rather than one the squad needed. but tbf to the club it's a rare one since the takeoever that hasn't worked out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 9890 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Just now, Dr Gloom said: i don't think you are. time is not being kind to the barnes signing - looks increasingly like an opportunistic signing rather than one the squad needed. but tbf to the club it's a rare one since the takeoever that hasn't worked out I think we were trying to buy 2 quality players for each position with the CL season in mind. I think he is a good player personally but I don't think he has been able to adapt to Eddies system enough. He'll probably go to a mid PL team and bang in 10 a season no probs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 4681 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: Good luck! I hate this extreme weather shit. Thanks Gemmers. Fingers crossed it's not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 14232 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: Good luck! I hate this extreme weather shit. yer fucking big tart, we don't get any extreme weather in this country. they issue a red warning alert these days for a gentle breeze and half a dozen snowflakes. when I was at infant school I was sent out, havasak on back, to trudge the mile to school through six foot snow drifts in siberia like temperatures. what's more, there was hordes of jimmy saville and gary glitter types hanging about every street corner. we just got on with it, they bred proper men in 60s and 70s.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 13 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: yer fucking big tart, we don't get any extreme weather in this country. they issue a red warning alert these days for a gentle breeze and half a dozen snowflakes. when I was at infant school I was sent out, havasak on back, to trudge the mile to school through six foot snow drifts in siberia like temperatures. what's more, there was hordes of jimmy saville and gary glitter types hanging about every street corner. we just got on with it, they bred proper men in 60s and 70s.. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15559 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 19 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: yer fucking big tart, we don't get any extreme weather in this country. they issue a red warning alert these days for a gentle breeze and half a dozen snowflakes. when I was at infant school I was sent out, havasak on back, to trudge the mile to school through six foot snow drifts in siberia like temperatures. what's more, there was hordes of jimmy saville and gary glitter types hanging about every street corner. we just got on with it, they bred proper men in 60s and 70s.. I believe all of that, apart from the “went to school bit” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 26 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: yer fucking big tart, we don't get any extreme weather in this country. they issue a red warning alert these days for a gentle breeze and half a dozen snowflakes. when I was at infant school I was sent out, havasak on back, to trudge the mile to school through six foot snow drifts in siberia like temperatures. what's more, there was hordes of jimmy saville and gary glitter types hanging about every street corner. we just got on with it, they bred proper men in 60s and 70s.. CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28509 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 30 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: yer fucking big tart, we don't get any extreme weather in this country. they issue a red warning alert these days for a gentle breeze and half a dozen snowflakes. when I was at infant school I was sent out, havasak on back, to trudge the mile to school through six foot snow drifts in siberia like temperatures. what's more, there was hordes of jimmy saville and gary glitter types hanging about every street corner. we just got on with it, they bred proper men in 60s and 70s.. You need a union flag in your avatar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 14232 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 6 minutes ago, Gemmill said: CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER we'd spend hours painting the flap on our havasaks in black and white stripes, you meanwhile still use your plastic teletubbies lunchbox. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 4 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: we'd spend hours painting the flap on our havasaks in black and white stripes, you meanwhile still use your plastic teletubbies lunchbox. It took you hours to do that? I don't think I would have let you walk to and from school by yourself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 14232 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: It took you hours to do that? I don't think I would have let you walk to and from school by yourself. flap accurately measured in to 4 precise sections with nufc lettered in opposing colour in each stripe. small wonder these were the halcyon days of engineering. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14498 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 3 hours ago, toonotl said: Yep. We're a touch in land so it'll likely be just a lot of rain for us. We've put seven sandbags in front of the garage door. So we're 100% prepared. She'll be right mate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 39193 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 FFS. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I bet Scotland still don't qualify. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 17238 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Players will be retired by 26 if these clowns continue to get their way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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