1 hour ago, OneTommyLangley said:

The Jadon Sancho situation says so much about BlueCo. and their aspirations.

To have a clause that even considers a 15th place finish with options is very negative from a footballing perspective.

Lucky for Sancho he didn't go on loan to Tottenham LOL.

To be honest I’d take him for 20m. Hes a decent squad player at very best and we’re not going to find a squad player for that price, unless they’re 12 years old.

If we keep the same manager, no point worrying about what any of our wingers do. They are hamstrung from the first whistle.

5 hours ago, Zeta said:

If we keep the same manager, no point worrying about what any of our wingers do. They are hamstrung from the first whistle.

Literally or...?

7 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

To be honest I’d take him for 20m. Hes a decent squad player at very best and we’re not going to find a squad player for that price, unless they’re 12 years old.

I like Sancho.

Apparently we have activated the clause and paid 25m to keep Sancho.

Great move imo. He’s had a decent 1st season for us with 10 assists despite Maresca shackles.

At the very worst he’s a squad player.

Accumulating a lot of squad players when we have no one good enough to start.

If this is true, I imagine we'll end up regretting it ...

I wonder what wages they have "agreed" LOL ...

If he's here next season cool, if hes not, cool...

Much rather we placed George ahead of him but we clearly need more wingers... We need wingers over defenders, a keeper and a couple of strikers.

TBH, think we should sign a team of wingers and play them in every position.

Edited April 23, 20251 yr by bluetrooper

No brainer. An attacker with 10 assists in a season should cost more than £25m in todays market.

8 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

No brainer. An attacker with 10 assists in a season should cost more than £25m in todays market.

Sounds good, but the devil in the detail is that half of them are in 3 games in the Conference League 😀

2 of his 3 goals are against relegated Southampton and Ipswich as well

In a world where Palmer won’t ever play on the wing I just don’t understand it.

Estevao is no where ready and George looks to be replacing the drug mule’s spot. Fine. We then have Neto & Noni who aren’t technically special in any way nor are they consistent. 4 good squad players, and we want to add another one? And Garnacho!!??

Edited April 23, 20251 yr by Sconnie Blue

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

In a world where Palmer won’t ever play on the wing I just don’t understand it.

Estevao is no where ready and George looks to be replacing the drug mule’s spot. Fine. We then have Neto & Noni who aren’t technically special in any way nor are they consistent. 4 good squad players, and we want to add another one?

Don't forget that they've promised Estevao that he can play at #10, presumably because the plan is to sell Cole Palmer LOL

5 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Don't forget that they've promised Estevao that he can play at #10, presumably because the plan is to sell Cole Palmer LOL

Completely forgot we have that sporting lad who also is coming the following season, and will be forced to play the opposite side.

6 squad option wingers. 7 if we follow through with Garnash*t.

Hate these twiddle dee bellends.

10 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Hate these twiddle dee bellends.

We are in dire need of someone to write "Squad Building for Dummies"

I'm assuming the twats can actually read of course ...

8 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Completely forgot we have that sporting lad who also is coming the following season, and will be forced to play the opposite side.

6 squad option wingers. 7 if we follow through with Garnash*t.

Hate these twiddle dee bellends.

Muduryk is gone. Noni most likely too but lets assume he stays for whatever reason we have him, Neto, Sancho, Estevao and George. We are in the market for a top winger apparently so 6. Seems fine to me.

Good signing imo.

With Neto's transfer fee being 4x what he's worth, Mudryk high as a kite and Estevao joining i assume Madueke could be on the chopping block in summer.

44 minutes ago, Remodez said:

Muduryk is gone. Noni most likely too but lets assume he stays for whatever reason we have him, Neto, Sancho, Estevao and George. We are in the market for a top winger apparently so 6. Seems fine to me.

The “top winger” you’re speaking of is either Plain Jane Garnacho or injury stricken Gittens (who in all honesty is just George with minutes).

So in 9 months time when we are complaining about the lack of productivity from our wingers, and inevitably putting too much pressure on Estevao to produce, I can assure you it won’t be fine to you anymore.

Sideways moves. Never raising the ceiling. Thats all we are doing under this ownership.

His overall contribution has not been good enough for a top level team. Don't see it improving, probably best to attempt to sell him for profit asap. We have plenty of medium quality wide players.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The “top winger” you’re speaking of is either Plain Jane Garnacho or injury stricken Gittens (who in all honesty is just George with minutes).

So in 9 months time when we are complaining about the lack of productivity from our wingers, and inevitably putting too much pressure on Estevao to produce, I can assure you it won’t be fine to you anymore.

Sideways moves. Never raising the ceiling. Thats all we are doing under this ownership.

I’m supporting the idea behind what I believe to be how the club plans to address the wingers going into next season.

If we do sign a Garnacho then I’ll obviously be disappointed but no point complaining about something that hasn’t happened yet.

We’re linked with Yildiz, another winger. To be honest I have no idea how good he is.

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Chelsea agree deal to sign Jadon Sancho permanently

Chelsea have already triggered the clause to make Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho's transfer permanent.

On 23/04/2025 at 14:26, dansubrosa said:

Apparently we have activated the clause and paid 25m to keep Sancho.

Great move imo. He’s had a decent 1st season for us with 10 assists despite Maresca shackles.

At the very worst he’s a squad player.

If you think he has had a decent season just because he has 10 assists, then you're watching the stats, not the player. Even if we did just look at the stats, it's not impressive once you add some context. His first 5 assists came in his first 3 games. In the following 23 league games, he contributed a measly 3 goals and 1 assist. The other 4 assists came against really poor Conference League teams.

Lets ignore the stats entirely and look at his overal contribution to a game. You often don't notice he is on the pitch, and when you do, it's just tap tap tap tap tap, play a 5 yard pass backwards. His shots are usually tame or he doesn't shoot at all. His crossing is sh*t, it's so bad that he doesn't even seem to attempt many of them. He can't take on a full back because he is too slow and weak. His only quality is ball control, and he doesn't do anything with it.

As far as nothing players go, Sancho is right up there with the worst offenders. Signing him, even as a squad player, is a useless signing when you can't rely on him 9 times out of 10. If he is anything like a regular starter next season, then we won't make much progress. If we start next season with Sancho and Jackson taking up two of our attacking positions, and Maresca is manager, then you may as well just give up on the season entirely, because we won't finish in the top 10.

Edited April 24, 20251 yr by Scott Harris

19 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

If you think he has had a decent season just because he has 10 assists, then you're watching the stats, not the player. Even if we did just look at the stats, it's not impressive once you add some context. His first 5 assists came in his first 3 games. In the following 23 league games, he contributed a measly 3 goals and 1 assist. The other 4 assists came against really poor Conference League teams.

Lets ignore the stats entirely and look at his overal contribution to a game. You often don't notice he is on the pitch, and when you do, it's just tap tap tap tap tap, play a 5 yard pass backwards. His shots are usually tame or he doesn't shoot at all. His crossing is sh*t, it's so bad that he doesn't even seem to attempt many of them. He can't take on a full back because he is too slow and weak. His only quality is ball control, and he doesn't do anything with it.

As far as nothing players go, Sancho is right up there with the worst offenders. Signing him, even as a squad player, is a useless signing when you can't rely on him 9 times out of 10. If he is anything like a regular starter next season, then we won't make much progress. If we start next season with Sancho and Jackson taking up two of our attacking positions, and Maresca is manager, then you may as well just give up on the season entirely, because we won't finish in the top 10.

He's an upgrade on Neto so its ok