The Transfer Thread 2019/20 - everything not Wolves

[AndyWolves]

He's massive, the kind of forward we struggle against

 

[Tony Towner]

If you don't initially qualify it goes to a points system. You must hit 5 points for an appeal to be considered. Which isn't a guarantee it will be granted, but usually it will.

Having played in the Champions League last season gets one of those points
Value of the transfer needs to be in the third quartile of all transfer values into the premier league in the last twelve months to get another two points. £22m or so must be a good chance of that.

So got to find the other two points

And you get 3 points if the guy is going straight into the top 25% earners AT YOUR CLUB

So if you want Carlos kickaball who won't get a permit now, then it seems, pay a big fee and stick him on high wages and you nail the 5pts needed.

Interesting, thank you

 

[jd1981]

According to Tim Vickery strong, powerful and quick but not a great finisher. Sounds a bit like Rondon.

 

[Alan]

He's massive, the kind of forward we struggle against

Do we really struggle against them, though? Seems a bit of an overblown issue to me.

 

[Alan]

According to Tim Vickery strong, powerful and quick but not a great finisher. Sounds a bit like Rondon.

Black player described as fast and strong shocker...

 

[Tony Towner]

You can really be tedious sometimes Alan when you look for things that aren't there. Tim Vickery is a well respected commentator on South American football. If he says that's what his attributes are then it's because it's true, not because of some black trope

 

[Nando]

Tim Vickery didn't actually say anything of the sort, as he's never seen him play by his own admission on Twitter as he left Brazil as a teenager.

 

[jd1981]

Black player described as fast and strong shocker...

My correction it was a re tweet from Brugge fan.

 

[Alan]

You can really be tedious sometimes Alan when you look for things that aren't there. Tim Vickery is a well respected commentator on South American football. If he says that's what his attributes are then it's because it's true, not because of some black trope

Tedious is listening to seemingly every black player described as such. It's not an indictment of Vickery himself but rather of the subtle way race affects our perception of athletes.

 

[Tony Towner]

My correction it was a re tweet from Brugge fan.

Hung myself out to dry there then, sorry Alan

 

[Alan]

Hung myself out to dry there then, sorry Alan

No worries, mate. I'm well over such things, having dealt with the conversation of whether black men are intelligent enough to play NFL quarterback my whole life.

 

[Tony Towner]

No worries, mate. I'm well over such things, having dealt with the conversation of whether black men are intelligent enough to play NFL quarterback my whole life.

Think Russell Wilson's contract has probably put that one to bed. Patrick Mahomes in 3 years time will be the highest paid NFL player in history

 

[Alan]

Think Russell Wilson's contract has probably put that one to bed. Patrick Mahomes in 3 years time will be the highest paid NFL player in history

It's definitely gotten better but you still see it, especially at lower levels of the game. Questions about "decision making", "football IQ", and especially "character" all come up with black QBs much, much more often than white ones.

Steve McNair and Donovan McNabb dealt with such questions for their entire careers, and they're both likely Hall of Famers.

 

[Tony Towner]

I don't think Number 5 will get in the HOF. If he hasn't now it's unlikely with Ryan, Ben, Brady, Manningx2 coming along in the next few years. Ultimately as many Championship games as he went to he only went to one SB and is seen as choking in that

 

[White Wolf]

Do we really struggle against them, though? Seems a bit of an overblown issue to me.

It is a bit overblown as the defence as a whole can deal with them fine - it's a particular weakness for Coady though I think.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

West Ham confirm the cracking signing of Fornals. Absolute coup.

 

[The Bear]

2 goals and 3 assists in 35 games as an attacking midfielder? Doesn't sound that great to me.

 

[Nando]

He's ace. Great signing.

 

[Lycan]

2 goals and 3 assists in 35 games as an attacking midfielder? Doesn't sound that great to me.

He's an incredible player.

 

[Premier Quality]

My favourite comment on him in his article in the guardian...

“Any 23 year-old that can sneak into the Under-21 European Championship shows a level of flexibility we need at West Ham.”