wykikitoon 16734 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Get this done just to shove one up chicken nonces arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Polarboy 2124 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Watford have not received a second bid from Newcastle United for Joao Pedro, the Watford Observer understands. After an initial approach in the region of £20million was rejected earlier this week, reports this evening have claimed the Magpies have come back with a second offer of £22m plus £3m in add-ons - and this has also been spurned. However, this newspaper understands there has not been a second bid contrary to reports elsewhere. There have been ongoing reports since Tuesday that the Premier League club have been set to table an improved offer. Commenting on the speculation ahead this morning ahead of Saturday’s trip to Preston North End, head coach Rob Edwards said: “There has a been a bid in for Joao that’s been talked about. It’s not anywhere near the level that we’d expect it to be for him, but I’m involved in that conversation and if anything else was to come in again we’ll sit down and talk about it as a club and as a board.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19838 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, KetteringMag said: £25m plus Murphy I’ll drive him there myself 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19838 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Polarboy said: It should be remembered that we still have until end of day 1st of September to get deals done. Clubs minds become much more focused on coming and goings in the last week of a window. We signed Targett, Burn and Guimaraes in the last few days of the January window. Watford are also likely identifying and lining up replacements for Pedro should they decide to sell, so that could considerably slow down proceedings. I have thought this for a while. I expect to see 2-3 signings in the final week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16734 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I think one perm and one loan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4229 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Just now, wykikitoon said: I think one perm and one loan. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6308 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, wykikitoon said: @JawD needs to get his arse off Twitter and back on here tbh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3472 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 38 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: I’ll drive him there myself He'd probably miss it if he went by himself. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 2254 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 51 minutes ago, Craig said: @JawD needs to get his arse off Twitter and back on here tbh. So he can read all the Twitter posts? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9249 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: I’ll drive him there myself I'm willing to come from Australia to do that if you're busy that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9249 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 5 hours ago, aimaad22 said: He'd probably miss it if he went by himself. He'd certainly hit a lamp post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9249 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 10 hours ago, Gemmill said: Well I hope he likes relegation battles cos that's what he'll get at Southampton. Don't fucking start this again s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 8876 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 8 hours ago, Craig said: @JawD needs to get his arse off Twitter and back on here tbh. Maybe my brain in getting confused but I think Papa Lazaru will take a shit on your post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16734 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2785 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 11 hours ago, wykikitoon said: I think one perm and one loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I'm pleased our new owners won't be held to ransom regarding potential player valuations. But I honestly thought players would have been tripping over themselves to join the club. Given the ambitions the owners have for the club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9249 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I think most of those who are more expensive would want Champions League (or at least some European competition), while those lower down the scale may want to come but their clubs won't release them unless stupid money is paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19838 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) 34 minutes ago, trooper said: I'm pleased our new owners won't be held to ransom regarding potential player valuations. But I honestly thought players would have been tripping over themselves to join the club. Given the ambitions the owners have for the club. not while we’re sticking to a strict wage structure. It’ll come in time but they want to do it the right way: a slow build rather than throwing a fortune at it overnight. Imagine the reaction if they had tried to do another Chelsea or Man City build when we’re supposed to be respecting FFP. I suspect we’ll sign a piss-taking commercial deal next summer which will change the game and lead to sanctimonious uproar from the usual suspects Edited August 19, 2022 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16734 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Its not helped this year with having the WC part way through the season either. We have to remind ourselves where we have come in such a short space of time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6308 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, trooper said: I'm pleased our new owners won't be held to ransom regarding potential player valuations. But I honestly thought players would have been tripping over themselves to join the club. Given the ambitions the owners have for the club. There's 3 key drivers for why decent players will want to join a particular club Wages To play in a specific competition (i.e. champions league) To play their part in building a project We've made it clear, and rightly so that we're not going to pay over the odds for any mercenaries which rules out the first point. I think it's probably the reason why we (and West Ham for that matter) walked away from signing Lingard. We're not currently in a position to offer the second point, which leaves us with the third. And the players that fall into that bracket are somewhat niche. They're basically committing themselves to a project for the medium to long term which means they're less likely to be there to reap the benefits of it. Look at Trippier for instance - soon to be 32. If we do get to the levels we aspire to then he's not likely to be still playing for us when we do. Takes a very selfless individual to commit to that endeavour. There'll be plenty of players 'tripping over themselves to join the club', but these are neither the type of players we want, nor need. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16734 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, Craig said: There's 3 key drivers for why decent players will want to join a particular club Wages To play in a specific competition (i.e. champions league) To play their part in building a project We've made it clear, and rightly so that we're not going to pay over the odds for any mercenaries which rules out the first point. I think it's probably the reason why we (and West Ham for that matter) walked away from signing Lingard. We're not currently in a position to offer the second point, which leaves us with the third. And the players that fall into that bracket are somewhat niche. They're basically committing themselves to a project for the medium to long term which means they're less likely to be there to reap the benefits of it. Look at Trippier for instance - soon to be 32. If we do get to the levels we aspire to then he's not likely to be still playing for us when we do. Takes a very selfless individual to commit to that endeavour. There'll be plenty of players 'tripping over themselves to join the club', but these are neither the type of players we want, nor need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9249 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 19 minutes ago, Craig said: There's 3 key drivers for why decent players will want to join a particular club Wages To play in a specific competition (i.e. champions league) To play their part in building a project We've made it clear, and rightly so that we're not going to pay over the odds for any mercenaries which rules out the first point. I think it's probably the reason why we (and West Ham for that matter) walked away from signing Lingard. We're not currently in a position to offer the second point, which leaves us with the third. And the players that fall into that bracket are somewhat niche. They're basically committing themselves to a project for the medium to long term which means they're less likely to be there to reap the benefits of it. Look at Trippier for instance - soon to be 32. If we do get to the levels we aspire to then he's not likely to be still playing for us when we do. Takes a very selfless individual to commit to that endeavour. There'll be plenty of players 'tripping over themselves to join the club', but these are neither the type of players we want, nor need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3606 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 42 minutes ago, Craig said: There's 3 key drivers for why decent players will want to join a particular club Wages To play in a specific competition (i.e. champions league) To play their part in building a project We've made it clear, and rightly so that we're not going to pay over the odds for any mercenaries which rules out the first point. I think it's probably the reason why we (and West Ham for that matter) walked away from signing Lingard. We're not currently in a position to offer the second point, which leaves us with the third. And the players that fall into that bracket are somewhat niche. They're basically committing themselves to a project for the medium to long term which means they're less likely to be there to reap the benefits of it. Look at Trippier for instance - soon to be 32. If we do get to the levels we aspire to then he's not likely to be still playing for us when we do. Takes a very selfless individual to commit to that endeavour. There'll be plenty of players 'tripping over themselves to join the club', but these are neither the type of players we want, nor need. This is exactly how I feel, but I can't deny a bit of me is a bit disappointed the Saudis haven't taken the LIV golf route and gone fuck it here's a Billion for Mbappe 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9249 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Clearly no FFP for golf 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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