Transfers, 2024-25 season

[Howay 12496]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

LTA is an outlier. I feel like I'm one of his bigger fans on here, and I'm not that arsed he's leaving, which says it all. The consensus is it's time to cash in on him 

Andrew is probably meaning Twitter and other areas, a lot of fans are so over the top about a player who puts out extremely average numbers in terms of actual impactful output. His dribbling is obviously very good which catches the eye but his goals and assists numbers are poor, I think 10 combined is his best season for us. The level of discussion about him far outweighs his actual contribution to the team, which is why I agree with Andrew’s post. For example he is often credited with keeping us up over the Bruce years, the reality is it was Willock, Wilson, and arguably Shelvey when you look at the goals, assists and the games they come in, he was no doubt the most exciting player but as others said that was a time we had no plan and his mazy runs that went nowhere had potential, now they’re just fucking frustrating because we have an actual approach to creating and scoring goals and many of those runs to nowhere just turn the ball over. 
 

I’ll remember him fondly as he really was the player that caught your eye for a few years but it’s time for him and the club to move on. We could basically go out and get Barnes, Goretzka, and Livramento for the fee under FFP. 

[Polarboy 2317]

I see LTA has been to the local station. 

 

 

[Gemmill 49840]

13 minutes ago, LongTimeAdmirer said:

 

 

You're a silly goose. 

 

The clubs loses any goodwill with the player in that situation, why would he move to the club you want him too? Can just run down your contract or dig your heels in to force the club to accept a lower fee to a location he wants instead of being forced to head of to the middle east. 

 

Dont want to hear tears about loyalty/mercs from you when teams come in for Bruno later on. 

 

Anyway, maxi not going anywhere. 

 

 

He's gonna love it in the middle east man. Get on the hookah and play a game of Helios with Jordan Henderson. Check his bank balance.

 

Mind if it takes 9 hours to explain the rules to a normal person, he's gonna need to set aside a week for Jords.

 

Bit seriously, no one is turning down £10m a season when the club wants you gone.

[Dr Gloom 23605]

Doesn’t sound like Howe is thrilled to be losing him from these quotes 

 

"Maxi is the player that's generating the interest. If he does leave, we'd lose him with a very heavy heart. He's someone we love working with, he's a difference-maker, we've really had a strong working relationship and it'll be sad if he leaves."

 

"If the deal didn't go through, I'd be delighted. It would obviously impact our ability to bring any more players in, and then we potentially might have to sell another player. That's the way that financial fair play has hit us." 

[ewerk 33151]

18 minutes ago, Polarboy said:

I see LTA has been to the local station. 

 

 

He can file his report next time he’s in there to sign on the register.

[Polarboy 2317]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66249506

 

BBC are also reporting that the Barnes deal is close, and will likely be finalised in the next few days. 

[Gemmill 49840]

Eddie Howe is the consummate professional and a nice bloke, who's saying the right thing about a bloke that has been a good servant to the club.

 

That's all that's going on there.

[Gemmill 49840]

(ignoring the "world class" comment)

[ewerk 33151]

Al Ahli are also signing Mahrez for £35m. Him and ASM would be decent on the wings.

[David Kelly 1334]

Not a good move for him really.  He loves being the best player in the team and with Mahrez there he won't be close to that.

[Howay 12496]

19 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

Doesn’t sound like Howe is thrilled to be losing him from these quotes 

 

"Maxi is the player that's generating the interest. If he does leave, we'd lose him with a very heavy heart. He's someone we love working with, he's a difference-maker, we've really had a strong working relationship and it'll be sad if he leaves."

 

"If the deal didn't go through, I'd be delighted. It would obviously impact our ability to bring any more players in, and then we potentially might have to sell another player. That's the way that financial fair play has hit us." 

Like Gemmill mentions he’s bound to be positive about him, he’s not going to come out and say he doesn’t fit my tactics etc. Howe will have a say in incomings and outgoings, it will have been run by him. 

[Howmanheyman 36530]

He's not going to say 'free to a happy home'. 

[wykikitoon 22774]

World class

 

[aimaad22 4661]

15 hours ago, Kitman said:

They might loan him back to us  

 

They could have the players accept () Islam, change their names and loan em back as completely different players. If UEFA didnt have the 5 year player amortization loophole covered previously, I doubt they have this. 

 

 

Presenting Sheikh Ali Ain Maxood.  

[Dr Gloom 23605]

13 minutes ago, Howay said:

Like Gemmill mentions he’s bound to be positive about him, he’s not going to come out and say he doesn’t fit my tactics etc. Howe will have a say in incomings and outgoings, it will have been run by him. 

he could have thanked him for his service and said he goes with our best wishes without sounding quite so disappointed. He is the consummate pro but he doesn’t sound thrilled, or perhaps it’s the pace of our transfer business that is annoying him 

[aimaad22 4661]

12 hours ago, LongTimeAdmirer said:

 

You are so clueless.

 

Highest Assists per 90

Highest GCA per 90

Highest SCA per 90

 

Don't even need to bring up his ball carrying skills, they're undeniable. 

 

Just say you dislike the GOAT and want him gone, stop lying about his football. 

 

Oh thats genius, do you have Howe's number, please call him and tell him you've figured ASM out. All we have to do is play him for about 270 minutes a season where he can get his usual 2 goals and 1 assist for the year. 

 

[Howay 12496]

1 minute ago, Dr Gloom said:

he could have thanked him for his service and said he goes with our best wishes without sounding quite so disappointed. He is the consummate pro but he doesn’t sound thrilled, or perhaps it’s the pace of our transfer business that is annoying him 

I think that’s reading a bit into it. ASM is a popular player among fans so Howe is just trying to be pleasant, it’s not like Howe used him like an integral player throughout his management of us which is more telling to me than him being positive in response to a question 

[aimaad22 4661]

1 hour ago, Howay said:

Andrew is probably meaning Twitter and other areas, a lot of fans are so over the top about a player who puts out extremely average numbers in terms of actual impactful output. His dribbling is obviously very good which catches the eye but his goals and assists numbers are poor, I think 10 combined is his best season for us. The level of discussion about him far outweighs his actual contribution to the team, which is why I agree with Andrew’s post. For example he is often credited with keeping us up over the Bruce years, the reality is it was Willock, Wilson, and arguably Shelvey when you look at the goals, assists and the games they come in, he was no doubt the most exciting player but as others said that was a time we had no plan and his mazy runs that went nowhere had potential, now they’re just fucking frustrating because we have an actual approach to creating and scoring goals and many of those runs to nowhere just turn the ball over. 
 

I’ll remember him fondly as he really was the player that caught your eye for a few years but it’s time for him and the club to move on. We could basically go out and get Barnes, Goretzka, and Livramento for the fee under FFP. 

 

Nailed it.

 

Other than 3-4 magical moments in a season most of the time you've watch him its shouting in frustration and wondering if he'll ever get a proper footballing brain. People going about on Twitter as if we've sold Messi in his prime are absolute numpties. 

[Dr Gloom 23605]

7 minutes ago, Howay said:

I think that’s reading a bit into it. ASM is a popular player among fans so Howe is just trying to be pleasant, it’s not like Howe used him like an integral player throughout his management of us which is more telling to me than him being positive in response to a question 

saying he’d be delighted if the deal doesn’t go through is quite the pleasantry 

[aimaad22 4661]

10 hours ago, Isegrim said:

He was most likely dancing around while posting with giving himself high fives

 

Poultry in motion 

[Isegrim 10327]

I think the reaction from Howe is spot on. You can really argue about the merits of ASM leaving, so it’s quite sensible not to piss off the player in case the transfer actually isn’t going through but on the same hand appeasing the fan bois that a sale is down to financial needs and take the flack off a replacement.

[Kid Dynamite 7620]

42 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Eddie Howe is the consummate professional and a nice bloke, who's saying the right thing about a bloke that has been a good servant to the club.

 

That's all that's going on there.

Aye, what's he meant to say? "He's shite and I can't wait for him to fuck off"

[Kid Dynamite 7620]

If I was already a multi millionaire I reckon I'd rather see out my retirement in LA or NY than the arse end of Saudi 

[Isegrim 10327]

 

[Howay 12496]

15 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

saying he’d be delighted if the deal doesn’t go through is quite the pleasantry 

It’s an easy thing to say, on the flip side behind the scenes he’s clearly fine with selling him given he works very closely with Ashworth to the point where generally it’s only him, Ashworth, and Nickson in meetings making decisions on players. Not sure why you think he’s going to be so devastated to lose ASM tbh, the reality is he may have kept him as a squad player but he’s able to get a few players he really wants in exchange for losing him and is answering the question posed to him in a nice way that appeases the idiots among our support that overhype a painfully average player and plays into the players ego in case the sale doesn’t go through.