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Beaten to another signing by a newly promoted side... LOL
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Originally posted by Woolsy
The exact reason that I wanted Villa to win the play-off. They're another London based clubs competing for our transfers. I don’t think they are competing with us. We would need to be trying to sign someone for them to be competing with us. We seem to be taking the passive aggressive approach to transfers this season.
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Originally posted by The Dolphin
Fulham are owned by one man - a multi billionaire - sadly we cannot compete so that's life! Josh Harris and David Blitzer are both billionaires but it's Steve Parish that holds Palace back in terms of investment as he's reputedly only worth £45m which isn't great in terms of Premier League ownership terms
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Originally posted by The Dolphin
Yes - but they are not investing all of their wealth - just a small part of it. on paper maybe it's worth a lot (Zaha notwithsanding). Who would pay good money on Schlupp, Ward, Hennessey, Benteke?
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Originally posted by SeagullHunter
Beaten to another signing by a newly promoted side... LOL he'll probably score against us it's ok, we have soft-side-pass Schlupp, we don't need another winger/forward.
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Originally posted by Woolsy
The exact reason that I wanted Villa to win the play-off. They're another London based clubs competing for our transfers. With a filthy rich owner who wants to buy Wembley with petty cash!
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Originally posted by mattteo
Anounced retirement today at just 29 aftwr a season in mediocre team Spartak Moscow. I would have taken him on a free. Still had pace and played well fpr Fulham, it wasn't his fault that they went down. Guy scored 6 from winger position in that season. And his capabilities are much greater. Better than many wingers in the PL. I think no one in Emgland offered him a contract and he just wouldn't take the Bundesliga average salary anymore. Kind of like that Pablo Osvaldo fellow who retired to become a rock star a few years back. Always liked him as a player but presumably no PL club felt he was worth the salary he was demanding. Didn’t Osvaldo hit a team mate at Southampton?
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Originally posted by Spiderman
Always liked him as a player but presumably no PL club felt he was worth the salary he was demanding. Didn’t Osvaldo hit a team mate at Southampton? Osvaldo was suspended by Southampton a few years ago for a fracas with Jose Fonte at the training ground.
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Originally posted by mattteo
Yeah, Osvaldo wasn't that good. But Schurrle had no extra weight put on,meaning he could still run like a deer His goalscoring record and assists for the national team, Leverkusen, Chelsea, Wolfsburg and even Borussia Dortmund speaks for itself. I recall Schurrle as a player who had the ability to make high intensity runs time and time again. Edited by Willo (18 Jul 2020 9.21am)
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Originally posted by Willo
I recall Schurrle as a player who had the ability to make high intensity runs time and time again. Edited by Willo (18 Jul 2020 9.21am) Yes, and he played ok for Fulham. Fulham's worries were defensive rather than offensive last year. But Schurrle is a player who also does his own part defensively. If a player like Schurrle retires after a mediocre season in Russia (in which he still scored and assisted 6) and one good individual season with Fulham, but bad because of club relegation, then what should players like Meyer, Benteke or others do after years of not playing well?? If Schurrle was given Meyer's salary (or even much less, as Meyer is rumored to be at over 100.000 a week) I'm sure he could do more in the PL and he wouldn't retire this summer. This is just a wishful thinking point I'm making, but someone at the club should be in charge of those things. Edited by mattteo (18 Jul 2020 11.40am)
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Originally posted by mattteo
Yes, and he played ok for Fulham. Fulham's worries were defensive rather than offensive last year. But Schurrle is a player who also does his own part defensively. If a player like Schurrle retires after a mediocre season in Russia (in which he still scored and assisted 6) and one good individual season with Fulham, but bad because of club relegation, then what should players like Meyer, Benteke or others do after years of not playing well?? If Schurrle was given Meyer's salary (or even much less, as Meyer is rumored to be at over 100.000 a week) I'm sure he could do more in the PL and he wouldn't retire this summer. This is just a wishful thinking point I'm making, but someone at the club should be in charge of those things. Edited by mattteo (18 Jul 2020 11.40am) I think Meyer is on £80k a week, the roomies of over £100k are not true. Probably similar to what Schurrle earned at Fulham. Could do a job but the longer he is out of the game, the more difficult it will be to get to required fitness levels, although with the German mentality could well acheive it! Edited by Spiderman (18 Jul 2020 12.07pm)
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