A strange, morbidly fascinating thread.

20 minutes ago, bluelightening said:

I edited in abuse... I hsould send DWK some colouring in childrens books.

Im the troll who lived under the furnace.

I would probably start by spelling his user name correctly. It is only three letters.

On 02/08/2026 at 03:58, dkw said:

Your not allowed to be happy with a young player unfortunately, gotta be miserable, clownlake will be furious with you.

Unrelated to what's going on in the thread but I have to admit that I have reached a point where the mere mention of a player under the age of 23 turns my stomach. I now automatically assume that every young player is crap. It's wrong, but I can't help it.

Pre-season is exactly the right time to get excited about everything, especially new players.

The actual season itself is a different matter

Come on you BLUES !

5 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Pre-season is exactly the right time to get excited about everything, especially new players.

The actual season itself is a different matter

Come on you BLUES !

If Dastan gets a place in the first team squad 2026/27, I for one, will be delighted. He might just do something. 🤞

On 31/07/2026 at 17:45, WhiteWall said:

I know he is from a Kazakh league and i know that the friendlies are meaningless against poor teams, but i think you can see by his gait and the way that he carries himself, along with his eye for the goal, that there is something about him. If he continues developing both physically and with his football IQ then i think we could really be on to something.

I get the need to test him and getting him out there, but i also really like the idea of Alonso working directly with the kid as well. I'd much rather us managing his technical development than loaning him out to someone like Paris FC with Rosenior and his respecting the ball bo**ocks.

IV only seen brief highlight of him when he scored a very good goal but wasn't that in a friendly against a team who had finished bottom of the league?

I'm not trying to put a downer on the lad, I hope he's as good as many believe he is, but surely not based on that game which I admit I saw only a couple of minutes of.

Come on you BLUES

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Wonder if we can get him a good loan inside England. Maybe he would have a good season in the championship?

Or maybe super Frank needs a forward, though perhaps he would prefer Mudryk.

Just forget about the lad.

Only cost 3m, and he will likely be worth 15x that in the next couple of years. They will sell him for a massive profit.

Edited August 4Aug 4 by Sconnie Blue

8 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Just forget about the lad.

Only cost 3m, and he will likely be worth 15x that in the next couple of years. They will sell him for a massive profit.

just enjoy things, not everything is doom and gloom

5 minutes ago, All Barco no bite said:

just enjoy things, not everything is doom and gloom

What are you on about? I'm not getting invested in the lad simply because he will be sold for an enormous amount of profit. Just like Santos.

It's these players BlueCo aim to generate the most revenue from.

6 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

What are you on about? I'm not getting invested in the lad simply because he will be sold for an enormous amount of profit. Just like Santos.

It's these players BlueCo aim to generate the most revenue from.

They generate the most profit (in real and accounting terms) from academy players. Most of our 'investments' in this category have come back from book or meagre real profit.

12 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

What are you on about? I'm not getting invested in the lad simply because he will be sold for an enormous amount of profit. Just like Santos.

It's these players BlueCo aim to generate the most revenue from.

So you're not going to enjoy him for a couple of years because he MIGHT get sold in a couple of years?

7 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

They generate the most profit (in real and accounting terms) from academy players. Most of our 'investments' in this category have come back from book or meagre real profit.

Satpaev is arguably the smartest purchase BlueCo has made regarding their model.

The club bought Satpaev for £3, and after a couple of years when his book value is effectively zero and he's had a couple of good loan spells, they'll sell him for a £40m+ profit.

11 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Satpaev is arguably the smartest purchase BlueCo has made regarding their model.

The club bought Satpaev for £3, and after a couple of years when his book value is effectively zero and he's had a couple of good loan spells, they'll sell him for a £40m+ profit.

I still remember Contes comment on Spurs signing Jed Spence, its an investment, talk to the board type thing. No different here. Even if he sells for 15 million, its an astute bit of business. Up to the player to become a striker worth money.

On 05/08/2026 at 20:45, Sconnie Blue said:

Satpaev is arguably the smartest purchase BlueCo has made regarding their model.

The club bought Satpaev for £3, and after a couple of years when his book value is effectively zero and he's had a couple of good loan spells, they'll sell him for a £40m+ profit.

I agree on the principle, but in reality few of them work out. We've had more Angelo/Casadei/Washigton/Fofana/Paez cases than Santos or potentially Satpaev. These are all potential profits in accounting/PSR terms but not in real terms.

A strong academy is far more profitable for less effort, especially given we already had the infrastructure. Even if Neil Bath's position was untenable due to the legal matters, there were others who could have taken the reins.