2 hours ago, GarnachoCheese said:

No way there's still Felix shouts in 2025. His problem was that he was sh*te.

If it makes you happy, I wouldn't have signed Felix at all and would have preferred to develop Chukwuemeka, but seeing as we did sign him, I would rather we kept him instead of take a loss with his sale and end up with an even more inferior player to play backup to Palmer. There's also the fact that we overpaid on two left wingers. We could have saved a lot of money, kept Felix around another year, and see how we stand next season with Quenda arriving.

Edited October 8, 2025Oct 8 by Scott Harris

3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Felix's problem was never tactical, it was his own limited ability. He'd beat a player or do something fancy, only for his final ball/execution (the thing that actually matters) to be incredibly bad. It's followed him his entire career. Even at Saudi there are clips of him dribbling past players and it conveniently ends right before he does a sh*t pass.

I still remember under Potter in the Champions League tie against Real Madrid. He was away on goal by himself and instead of taking a touch inside which would've put him in front of the CB, he took a touch out wide away from goal where the CB eventually caught up. I remember during halftime Henry highlighted that moment and was grilling Felix. Saying any top player wouldn't do that.

Mostly agree. You are speaking of the player he never was, which I agree with.

Now, accepting the fact that he never got to the point of becoming a match winning player, then he does lack tactical intelligence.

As someone who's been following the game for a long time, one of the many things that changed is that a competitive side can only withstand, at most, a single player in a free role these days and he needs to be a lot better than Felix.

Edited October 8, 2025Oct 8 by acaeus

2 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

If it makes you happy, I wouldn't have signed Felix at all and would have preferred to develop Chukwuemeka, but seeing as we did sign him, I would rather we kept him instead of take a loss with his sale and end up with an even more inferior player to play backup to Palmer. There's also the fact that we overpaid on two left wingers. We could have saved a lot of money, kept Felix around another year, and see how we stand next season with Quenda arriving.

Buonenotte is a better player than Felix

43 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Buonenotte is a better player than Felix

1 hour ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Buonenotte is a better player than Felix

We will know in about 5 years, but it shouldn't take much. 😅