Transfers, 2024-25 season

[Rayvin 6685]

1 minute ago, The Fish said:

Cunha to Manchester United makes absolute sense to me. 

 

He's exactly the kind of player that Manchester United chase; looks flashy, has some renown, ego the size of Brazil.

 

He doesn't solve their problems whatsoever. They need a reliable striker, physicality and control in midfield, quality at fullback, pace and quality at CB and reliability in goal. What they don't need is a mercurial creativity. They have that from Garnacho, Fernandez, Amad?

 

He'll sign for them, play well for a bit, then become increasingly peripheral until he's farmed out on loan to Betis or wherever.

 

Yup, this is a quintessential Manchester United signing.

 

Interesting, I thought he might actually be a good buy for them. I suppose it's telling that no other teams seemed to be in for him though.

[PaddockLad 20054]

6 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Cunha to Manchester United makes absolute sense to me. 

 

He's exactly the kind of player that Manchester United chase; looks flashy, has some renown, ego the size of Brazil.

 

He doesn't solve their problems whatsoever. They need a reliable striker, physicality and control in midfield, quality at fullback, pace and quality at CB and reliability in goal. What they don't need is a mercurial creativity. They have that from Garnacho, Fernandez, Amad?

 

He'll sign for them, play well for a bit, then become increasingly peripheral until he's farmed out on loan to Betis or wherever.

 

Yup, this is a quintessential Manchester United signing.

Not sure if Eddie would go for him but to break down the teams that come and sit in at St James we need someone of his often brilliant level   

[The Fish 11510]

3 minutes ago, Rayvin said:

 

Interesting, I thought he might actually be a good buy for them. I suppose it's telling that no other teams seemed to be in for him though.

He's a talented player, but I think he needs guidance to get the best out of him. I don't think he'll get that at Old Trafford. 

 

[The Fish 11510]

2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Not sure if Eddie would go for him but to break down the teams that come and sit in at St James we need someone of his often brilliant level   

We do definitely need someone with that je ne sais pas, but I think we could get that from within our squad. Isak, Barnes, Bruno, Gordon, Tonali all have the ability to pull something out their arse to slice through a low block. 

 

Having a talented young attacking option from the bench would be great, but I don't think Cunha would put the shift in to start in what is at it's heart a team centered upon hard work and intensity.

[PaddockLad 20054]

9 minutes ago, The Fish said:

We do definitely need someone with that je ne sais pas, but I think we could get that from within our squad. Isak, Barnes, Bruno, Gordon, Tonali all have the ability to pull something out their arse to slice through a low block. 

 

Having a talented young attacking option from the bench would be great, but I don't think Cunha would put the shift in to start in what is at it's heart a team centered upon hard work and intensity.

Well on the evidence of this season I think am going to disagree with you there…said it before; 15-20 points behind Liverpool with potential champions league next season . We absolutely do need that player. We needed him in the second half on Sunday iyam…

[Craig 7939]

36 minutes ago, The Fish said:

Cunha to Manchester United makes absolute sense to me. 

 

He's exactly the kind of player that Manchester United chase; looks flashy, has some renown, ego the size of Brazil.

 

He doesn't solve their problems whatsoever. They need a reliable striker, physicality and control in midfield, quality at fullback, pace and quality at CB and reliability in goal. What they don't need is a mercurial creativity. They have that from Garnacho, Fernandez, Amad?

 

He'll sign for them, play well for a bit, then become increasingly peripheral until he's farmed out on loan to Betis or wherever.

 

Yup, this is a quintessential Manchester United signing.

Agree with this, but I'm also of the view that with decent management he'd be a stunning player.

 

Which begs the question - how the hell did Pereira get anywhere near a Manager of the Season nomination?!

You play Cunha under the leadership of someone like Howe and I think you'd get the very best out of him. Under Amorim? No chance.

[Isegrim 10839]

20 minutes ago, The Fish said:

We do definitely need someone with that je ne sais pas, but I think we could get that from within our squad. Isak, Barnes, Bruno, Gordon, Tonali all have the ability to pull something out their arse to slice through a low block. 

 

Having a talented young attacking option from the bench would be great, but I don't think Cunha would put the shift in to start in what is at it's heart a team centered upon hard work and intensity.

Je ne sais quoi tbh

[Meenzer 16925]

30 minutes ago, The Fish said:

We do definitely need someone with that je ne sais pas

 

7 minutes ago, Isegrim said:

Je ne sais quoi tbh

 

[Isegrim 10839]

5 minutes ago, Meenzer said:

 

 

Equally aesthetically questionable tbh

[strawb 4861]

Joao Pedro at Brighton up for sale after a fight at the training ground. We were interested before he went there.

 

Sounds like the scrap was his fault so he might be a prick. They also want mad money.

 

Wouldn’t touch him with someone else’s personally but expect to see links soon

[Gemmill 53684]

70m euros they want for him. We paid less than that for Isak. 

[Craig 7939]

Jump in there early doors on Monday with a £30m bid I reckon 

Edited 23 hours ago by Craig

[strawb 4861]

29 minutes ago, Craig said:

Jump in there early doors on Monday with a £30m bid I reckon 

Even if he is a massive prick? 

[RobElliott 2090]

2 hours ago, PaddockLad said:

Not sure if Eddie would go for him but to break down the teams that come and sit in at St James we need someone of his often brilliant level   

[wykikitoon 24149]

25 minutes ago, strawb said:

Even if he is a massive prick? 

Exactly. Stay well clear. 

[ewerk 34801]

3 hours ago, The Fish said:

je ne sais pas

[Dazzler 12864]

2 hours ago, strawb said:

Joao Pedro at Brighton up for sale after a fight at the training ground. We were interested before he went there.

 

Sounds like the scrap was his fault so he might be a prick. They also want mad money.

 

Wouldn’t touch him with someone else’s personally but expect to see links soon

We have players that can score pens tbf, and two players who cut in from the left who bag more from open play.

 

If we were after a hot headed South American who plays for Brighton I’d prefer Enciso. That said, I’d prefer neither.

[RobinRobin 13161]

6 hours ago, ewerk said:

[OTF 8976]

7 hours ago, Dazzler said:

We have players that can score pens tbf, and two players who cut in from the left who bag more from open play.

 

If we were after a hot headed South American who plays for Brighton I’d prefer Enciso. That said, I’d prefer neither.

Enciso with a personality/temperament transplant would be a quality player.

[The Fish 11510]

17 hours ago, Isegrim said:

Je ne sais quoi tbh

I honestly didn't type that because I thought I'd get no end of abuse.

 

Seems I was wrong.

[ewerk 34801]

1 minute ago, The Fish said:

I honestly didn't type that because I thought I'd get no end of abuse.

 

Seems I was wrong.

 

Same as it ever was.

 

On 01/05/2025 at 12:15, ewerk said:

TBF you get pelters for most things you say on here.

 

[The Fish 11510]

18 hours ago, PaddockLad said:

Well on the evidence of this season I think am going to disagree with you there…said it before; 15-20 points behind Liverpool with potential champions league next season . We absolutely do need that player. We needed him in the second half on Sunday iyam…

 

We need a player who can do the unexpected, absolutely. I just haven't been convinced that Cunha could be that player for Eddie Howe's Newcastle.

Edited 6 hours ago by The Fish

[PaddockLad 20054]

7 minutes ago, The Fish said:

 

We need a player who can do the unexpected, absolutely. I just haven't been convinced that Cunha could be that player for Eddie Howe's Newcastle.

So leaving aside you originally said we were ok with what we’ve got who would be your top tip for this role?… 

[The Fish 11510]

1 hour ago, PaddockLad said:

So leaving aside you originally said we were ok with what we’ve got who would be your top tip for this role?… 

Sorry I do believe we have players who can do the unexpected. I don't think Cunha is the right player for Howe's team. 

 

I think we need a right sided attacking threat. Murphy has been surprisingly great this season, but I don't think we can rely on him being this good next season AND even if he is, we need depth. So I'd go for someone like Veiga, Gittens, Bakayoko. All got decent potential, and Gittens and Bakayoko have been playing at a decent level. 

 

Concerns with all of them, of course. Bakayoko around his defensive contributions, Gittens is pretty raw and Veiga has been plying his trade in the Saudi league for the past 2 seasons.

[PaddockLad 20054]

I think we need the right sided striker and the jack in the box. A right sided striker playing at the level Murphy has been is an £80 million player. We’re not paying that so we’re going to be lucky to tread water regardless of what level European competition we’re playing at next season. We properly need another threat…