Quick and nimble doesn't generally equal a player who can hold up or flick on the ball like Toney. Thus we'd lose that option from the tactics locker.
That's not going to happen and I can't see anybody paying 50m for Toney ?
If that’s how Man U recruitment work they really are in a mess,which actually wouldn’t surprise me.?
With respect we were relegated not long after Towers and Francis left.
Just because you have a "Bigger name" don't mean you're a better player, Ivan Toney has already shown what he's about in the Championship and now the Premier league, And I suspect there's more to come from him.
They bought Dion Dublin the first season they won the PL so Ivan is a big enough name for them!
This is clearly a case of we need to fill media space with a Brentford player and the only one they have heard of is Toney.
You'll know, from previous reading, that one of the primary functions of the GPG is to sell off any player who starts to look good. One decent game and a couple of goals and our striker is on the market immediately.
That’s why I was worried when they left!
It’s basic clickonomics. The baiters (sorry, journalists) are after maximum clicks. Goalscorers (“G”) will generate most interest and the “Big“ clubs (“B”) have the widest audience, ergo G+B=C (maximum click bait).
I get what you mean. Yet, if fan forums only responded to ‘genuine’ transfer gossip, they’d be far quieter. Plus, whilst the newspaper article might hold no value, you never know what the source of the rumour was. Perhaps an agent ‘leaking’ details to encourage an upgrade in their client’s contract? Plus, by responding to any and all rumours, it’s a chance for fans to discuss their views on the players involved
Thankfully so- the real risk is people starting to be aware of Norgaard’s existence!
Hold on until when, when s contract expires? We had same with Gray, Hogan, Maupay & Watkins. Loads saying we shouldn’t sell, we did and we strengthened. It’s not easy, but the alternative is to let a player leave for nothing,
Eh? Where did anyone say let his contract expire?
It is a great idea. We could replace the 'speculation' in 'outgoing speculation' with the same terminology as incoming news. Hopefully, this is just an 'outgoing tenous link'. It would lessen my shock every time the outgoing Nørgaard post is bumped ?
And Big John O'Mara - although it took till the end of the season.
Glad King John is remembered as when we sold him for peanuts to Blackburn it broke my schoolboy heart.?
Again, all the same reasons other people want to spend a fortune buying him, incidentally if he joins Man unt I bet he is in the England squad for the WC
Not a cat hell in chance Toney goes and we stick with halil, we will have the next one lined up.
Those that say we should hold on, don’t then expand into how long? That’s the point. I’d take a guess that we are looking to extend his contract now that enhances his personal status and value.
Generally agree. The more plausible Villa target might be Ings who they seem to want to offload but his wages will also be silly even if they’d bear a loss on the £25m they paid for him and we would buy a 29 year old with limited resale value (ie no, no, no but decent proven player if we’re really going to want a target man who’ll be ready on day one).
Good to see someone’s on their third bottle of claret today already.
I doubt IT would sign a new contract with us now any more than CE would have signed a new one with us. He is a hot commodity, him, his agent and the pl knows it. I hope we get another year before he goes.
I agree- I suggested Ings last summer and the consensus was no on the basis of cost so the position is unlikely to have changed to be more favourable. Part of the fun is in how we find less obvious targets anyway.
