The Swamp

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/30/spurs-shatter-club-record-lyon-tanguy-ndombele}Spurs About To Sign Ndombele[/quote wrote:
As is always the case, this guy went from "who?" to "whoa!" to "they have to sign him!" to "my new favourite player" in the space of three weeks.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:16 am Might as well get it started...

Spurs About To Sign Ndombele

As is always the case, this guy went from "who?" to "whoa!" to "they have to sign him!" to "my new favourite player" in the space of three weeks.

Baloney wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:30 pm Wow I'd never have guessed he'd been a "coach" that long

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:40 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:30 pm Wow I'd never have guessed he'd been a "coach" that long

There are a bunch of guys - Bruce, Hughes, Pullis, Allardyce, Warnock who just seem to get recycled from one mediocre team to another.

Is there really such a dearth of quality young English managers?

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:40 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:30 pm Wow I'd never have guessed he'd been a "coach" that long

There are a bunch of guys - Bruce, Hughes, Pullis, Allardyce, Warnock who just seem to get recycled from one mediocre team to another.

Is there really such a dearth of quality young English managers?

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:40 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:30 pm Wow I'd never have guessed he'd been a "coach" that long

There are a bunch of guys - Bruce, Hughes, Pullis, Allardyce, Warnock who just seem to get recycled from one mediocre team to another.

Is there really such a dearth of quality young English managers?

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 6:37 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:40 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:30 pm Wow I'd never have guessed he'd been a "coach" that long

There are a bunch of guys - Bruce, Hughes, Pullis, Allardyce, Warnock who just seem to get recycled from one mediocre team to another.

Is there really such a dearth of quality young English managers?

David Moyes is thinking 'Hey, what about me?'

Baloney wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:08 am Bookies say the chance of aliens being discovered this year is 10 TIMES more likely than Arsenal winning the Premier League title

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... eague.html

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 2:09 pm Well Pulisic is starting his Blues career the right way.
2 goals in the first 45 against Salzburg

Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:50 pm Everton have paid Arsenal $65m for Walcott & Iwobu, let that sink in

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:38 pm Spurs on a buying rampage!

Love the Sessengnon signing. 19 years old, 5 year contract, could be huge.

As for Ndombele and lo Celso - never seen them play, but midfield was a real weakness last season, and the reviews are great on these two guys.

I'd be surprised if Ericksen lasts the day in London, but if not, this midfield is stacked.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:37 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:38 pm Spurs on a buying rampage!

Love the Sessengnon signing. 19 years old, 5 year contract, could be huge.

As for Ndombele and lo Celso - never seen them play, but midfield was a real weakness last season, and the reviews are great on these two guys.

I'd be surprised if Ericksen lasts the day in London, but if not, this midfield is stacked.

But Ryan is tiny!

He had a fantastic 17-18 season in the Championship with Fulham, and I'm pretty sure I saw him play in the Championship as a 16 year old when I went to Craven Cottage in spring 17. He seemed to get lost in the shuffle last year. Fulham were abysmal, so it may not be on him. I'd love to see him flourish with Spurs.

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:15 pm Pretty crazy week for Chelsea and David Luiz. He was ostensibly one of the starting center backs at the start of the week. He had signed a two-year extension this summer, which Chelsea had previously almost never done for an over-thirty-year-old player.

Then, news came out on Wednesday that Luiz had been held out of practice and was demanding a trade. Thursday morning, it was official, Luiz to Arsenal.

Crazy stuff. Good thing Chelsea had kind of a glut of center backs. We'll keep one or two of our young guys who were otherwise gonna be loaned.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:41 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:15 pm Pretty crazy week for Chelsea and David Luiz. He was ostensibly one of the starting center backs at the start of the week. He had signed a two-year extension this summer, which Chelsea had previously almost never done for an over-thirty-year-old player.

Then, news came out on Wednesday that Luiz had been held out of practice and was demanding a trade. Thursday morning, it was official, Luiz to Arsenal.

Crazy stuff. Good thing Chelsea had kind of a glut of center backs. We'll keep one or two of our young guys who were otherwise gonna be loaned.

And 8 million pounds?

I don;t think he's much above average, but even so, it's a good pickup for Arsenal.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:41 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:15 pm Pretty crazy week for Chelsea and David Luiz. He was ostensibly one of the starting center backs at the start of the week. He had signed a two-year extension this summer, which Chelsea had previously almost never done for an over-thirty-year-old player.

Then, news came out on Wednesday that Luiz had been held out of practice and was demanding a trade. Thursday morning, it was official, Luiz to Arsenal.

Crazy stuff. Good thing Chelsea had kind of a glut of center backs. We'll keep one or two of our young guys who were otherwise gonna be loaned.

And 8 million pounds?

I don;t think he's much above average, but even so, it's a good pickup for Arsenal.

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:27 pm Is Liverpool bored or prone?

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2019 2:47 pm I’d point and laugh but I imagine it is going to fuck every team at some point.