sam of the south wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 4:06 pm
I love how a few hours ago we were bringing in Philogene to supply DCL, and now we’re likely to have neither
Like when we were trying to bring in Alan Smith to play up front with Rooney.
superpull wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 5:49 pm
Like when we were trying to bring in Alan Smith to play up front with Rooney.
Haha, yeah, I didn’t believe it for a second, though.
I’d got pretty friendly with Alan Smith four years before when him and his dad watched the euro’s at my sister’s pub in Florida. Proper nice dude, contrast to the snarling lad he was on the pitch.
Yeah I don't mind him wanting to move, and he's informed us at the right time so that we're able to get a decent fee and get an adequate replacement in. Always liked him from what we know of him as a person, so will be sad to see him move on from that perspective.
I do think we'll see a better version of Beto this season, with an intense pre-season under his belt and more adaptation time, but clearly that won't be enough. Chermiti should hopefully continue to improve and be a good backup, if he doesn't go out on loan.
Will be interesting to see who we would target as a replacement.
Think this could be a bit of a blessing in disguise, we have been too reliant on DCL for too long and having him around has hampered us imo. I don't feel we have ever looked to replace him, more give ourselves back up options in the hope that he would become injury free and discover any semblance of of the goal scoring form he had for a brief spell under Carlo, but it's never materialised.
I would wish him well as he does appear to be a really top, grounded individual who has been terribly unlucky with injuries, but I won't really lose sleep about losing him
In fairness not only should we be able to replace Doms goal tally and availability, but we should, for a fraction of the price we sell him for, actually improve it significantly.