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 Nubes  London 27 Aug 21 8.37am |
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Originally posted by thai-eagle
With Gallagher, McArthur, Schlupp, Kouyate, Luka, and hopefully later, Olise and Eze, is really another midfielder that we really need?
Pass-and-move is his game we don’t have that default type midfielder.
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MrRobbo  Chaldon 27 Aug 21 9.11am |
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Originally posted by EastEndEagle
Totally un-inspiring if that's the best we can get. Never rated him, hardly set the world alight at Watford and talking to some Watford season ticket holders today they are glad to be shot of him. Apparently hugely one footed... To the point one said he didn't know why he bothered to wear 2 f***ing boots. I hope he is not as bad as that but I am not hopeful I just don't get this. This is a sensible signing, basically a younger version of Macca. Who also wasn't an inspiring signing, but he's done ok for us. Lets not write the guy off before he even gets on the pitch.
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 27 Aug 21 9.16am |
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This bloke seems to have quite a few supporters on here. Personally, I'm not convinced, but he's a relatively inexpensive option so he may add a different dimension. Just hope he shaves his beard off. Anyway, we're not certain he's coming yet are we?
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| southnorwoodhill 27 Aug 21 9.24am |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
This bloke seems to have quite a few supporters on here. Personally, I'm not convinced, but he's a relatively inexpensive option so he may add a different dimension. Just hope he shaves his beard off. Anyway, we're not certain he's coming yet are we? It says here he's set to have his medical today:
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Frickin Saweet  South Cronx 27 Aug 21 9.27am |
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I see him as the sort of player who can do some of the dirty work in midfield, yet still play a forward pass, to let our flair players flourish. A younger (and hopefully better) McArthur.
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 27 Aug 21 9.34am |
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It goes like this - Luka, McArthur, Jairo and Kouyate: we can only play one of these guys in our midfield, two of them means we are putting out a sh*t team. McArthur is the only one who comes close to being a regular first teamer, the rest are squad players and/or back-up defenders, apart from Luka who should be got rid of asap unless his form returns to somewhere near the first two seasons he was with us. Gallagher and Hughes are a good solution to what we all identified as one of our main weaknesses last season - lack of pace and energy in deep midfield. Hughes's arrival means we can look at strengthening up front and at full back. He is just what we need right now and he's not expensive (bit like the signings of Ayew and McCarthy). Welcome to Selhurst Will!
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| palace99 New Mills 27 Aug 21 9.58am |
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Originally posted by glazedallover
Not exactly a 'panic' buy is it ? we knew we had an ageing midfield for the last 2 years and more recently that McCarthy was going. We only got linked with Hughes when he declined a new contract. Why not earlier in the summer if we were so keen on him? It's a panic buy because he won't add much to our squad - a reasonable passer, but no creativity, not a great tackler and rarely scores. Maybe a younger version of Luka is the club's logic
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| MrRobbo Chaldon 27 Aug 21 10.03am |
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Originally posted by palace99
we knew we had an ageing midfield for the last 2 years and more recently that McCarthy was going. We only got linked with Hughes when he declined a new contract. Why not earlier in the summer if we were so keen on him? It's a panic buy because he won't add much to our squad - a reasonable passer, but no creativity, not a great tackler and rarely scores. Maybe a younger version of Luka is the club's logic Its not a panic buy its good business. We haven't got 20 mill to spend on every player in the squad. So no I doubt he was top of the list, but not signing a contract likely dropped his value from 15m to 6m. So he represents good value for money. Much the same with Nketiah, last year of his contract so we can now afford him.
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 27 Aug 21 10.06am |
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Originally posted by ex hibitionist
It goes like this - Luka, McArthur, Jairo and Kouyate: we can only play one of these guys in our midfield, two of them means we are putting out a sh*t team. McArthur is the only one who comes close to being a regular first teamer, the rest are squad players and/or back-up defenders, apart from Luka who should be got rid of asap unless his form returns to somewhere near the first two seasons he was with us. Gallagher and Hughes are a good solution to what we all identified as one of our main weaknesses last season - lack of pace and energy in deep midfield. Hughes's arrival means we can look at strengthening up front and at full back. He is just what we need right now and he's not expensive (bit like the signings of Ayew and McCarthy). Welcome to Selhurst Will! I can't help but wonder whether PV sees it that way. Or did he have no say in the matter?
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Orange1290  27 Aug 21 10.33am |
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Good signing and another one over the line well before the window closes. Hopefully one more, a striker, to be in the bag by beginning of next week. A couple of more games of settling in and then I think some good results will start to be seen.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 27 Aug 21 10.38am |
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I think we should trust PV I assume that a world class midfielder should have some talent spotting ability.
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| Buckspalace Thornborough 27 Aug 21 11.08am |
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Totally underwhelmed with this, i hope i am proved wrong but always felt a bit lightweight. We need a striker in before the window closes top priority
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