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| davedarave | 5 Jan 2017, 10:07 PM Post #4361 |
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First name on the team-sheet
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It's a nice problem to have. Dembele has a problem too though. I don't think the West Hams of the footballing world will tempt him to leave. Even for daft wages. But if Bayern, Barcelona, or Real etc come calling, then he'll have a decision to make. Top 5/6 in the EPL even. That's where he wants to be. It's why he came to us in the first place, because we could get him there. |
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| suzieghirl10 | 5 Jan 2017, 10:08 PM Post #4362 |
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Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick
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Downside is clubs would know we had a load of cash and would inflate their prices, plus two months isn't really that long - but that's supposing we are starting from scratch looking for someone, which I doubt. If we sold him now, we could either buy someone now and he'd have the rest of the season with us to bed in, or give us a lot more time to get the right person. Hoping that it's neither scenario of course, but just thinking what would be best for us. |
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| stibhan | 5 Jan 2017, 10:09 PM Post #4363 |
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Viva la Quinta Brigada
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The reality is he was already going to go to Spurs last January. I think he's looking to go higher than West Ham. Double the offer, though, and then we'll see. |
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| nails | 5 Jan 2017, 10:09 PM Post #4364 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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Ta No missing much then |
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| Wailer | 5 Jan 2017, 10:13 PM Post #4365 |
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Rebel music.
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Does it work now? https://twitter.com/ScotlandSky/status/816980914378899456 |
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| Wailer | 5 Jan 2017, 10:13 PM Post #4366 |
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Rebel music.
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Does it work now? https://twitter.com/ScotlandSky/status/816980914378899456 Works for me. |
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| Twisted Steel | 5 Jan 2017, 10:26 PM Post #4367 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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Well you all know my thoughts on the big man early doors (been wrong before ) if we get offered £20/25 mill, we are going to take that.Once again i've jumped in the last page, so don't know what's been said. Fair play to the big man, sounds like he wants to hang around for a bit. |
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| Gonga | 5 Jan 2017, 10:29 PM Post #4368 |
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Older than dirt
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If West Ham are bidding £20m already then I expect silly season to start. Sadly I don't see him staying for another year, something tells me that the dominance we have this season may see him look for a bigger challenge. Having said that, Brendan will have him well versed as to his plans for the next season or two. Still think it will eventually be to Man City for between £30-35m, with his best pal Roberts, and both doing perhaps one more year on loan at best. |
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| oneillsrevolution | 5 Jan 2017, 10:31 PM Post #4369 |
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but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
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You're inferring he knocked back Spurs. He didnt. |
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| Bandage | 5 Jan 2017, 10:31 PM Post #4370 |
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First team training
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Agree fully. |
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| westendtim | 5 Jan 2017, 10:37 PM Post #4371 |
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First-team captain
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If West Ham are just starting the bidding and it goes up another £5 or £10 million to the £30 million mark when do we say it's the right amount ceteris paribus |
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| TheVambo | 5 Jan 2017, 10:37 PM Post #4372 |
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First-team starter
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This is a well written, sensible post.
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| the mighty sparrow | 5 Jan 2017, 10:40 PM Post #4373 |
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First-team captain
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Brendan was manager at Liverpool when they got the windfall from the deal that sent Suarez to Barcelona. I seem to remember that money was pretty much blown on a group of players who did not work out, which was the beginning of the end for Brendan at Anfield. How much input did he have on how the Suarez money was (mis)spent, or was he overruled by the higher-ups? |
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| Twisted Steel | 5 Jan 2017, 10:40 PM Post #4374 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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Yup, Spurs wanted him to sign right away, Fulham wanted him back on loan for the rest of the season and Spurs basically told them to ram it. |
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| Asgardstreasure | 5 Jan 2017, 10:41 PM Post #4375 |
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Retired and now a BT Sports pundit
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My heart agrees with you but my head doesn't. £20m gives the club a very large pool of money to invest back into the team. Don't get me wrong, I think if we could hold onto him for another crack at the CL then, on top of additional strengthening this window and next, we would be a formidable force. But we can be a formidable force without Dembele, and giving BR the entire £20m for squad investment could yield a far stronger team than we might have were Dembele retained. At the end of the day, if an offer is in, I think BR should have the last word on whether it is accepted. |
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| kearnsy | 5 Jan 2017, 10:42 PM Post #4376 |
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First-team starter
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Hopefully He is going higher than West Ham in the summertime and we are going to get 30 million for him. Hopefully after we get out business done |
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| One sharp cookie | 5 Jan 2017, 10:44 PM Post #4377 |
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Getting on a bit
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Rodgers was one of four people on the now infamous Liverpool transfer committee. Some of the signings they made that summer were baffling. Everyone remembers Balotelli but at least we know he's capable of brilliance and can see why they were tempted to gamble on him. But some of the other guys they brought in (Rickie Lambert!) were never cut out for that type of move in a million years. |
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| The Plainsman | 5 Jan 2017, 10:45 PM Post #4378 |
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"Listen to Tony..."
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eff off West Ham! |
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| westendtim | 5 Jan 2017, 10:47 PM Post #4379 |
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I think it's harder to find value at the top end of the market than at our end of the market, I also think the pressure to succeed at top EPL clubs is suffocating whereas up here players like Dembele can take time to settle and deliver performances, again for the record I hope he stays until this time Next year at the earliest and I'm glad I don't have to make these calls but I think the mantra is trust BR as he's going to have a much better idea of a unrefusable offer than us! |
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| TheVambo | 5 Jan 2017, 10:47 PM Post #4380 |
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First-team starter
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Lambert was bought presuming that a mobile, pressing, first choice CF would be signed, Sanchez IIRC. He was to be a plan B player. Balotelli was signed in a panic and the owners were trying to make a buck by getting Brendan to turn his career around. Edited by TheVambo, 5 Jan 2017, 10:48 PM.
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) if we get offered £20/25 mill, we are going to take that.

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