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Dedryk Boyata; in Belgium squad for WC. no longer a provo.
Topic Started: 15 May 2015, 04:15 PM (461,604 Views)
green_equals_silver
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Like a new signing
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green_equals_silver
31 Aug 2017, 03:09 PM
Like a new signing
But there are hundreds better than him out there within our budget.....

Just don't ask me to name them, there are scouts at the club for that!

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31 Aug 2017, 02:20 PM
macfleeto
31 Aug 2017, 11:18 AM
People asking for specific player names when you state that there are better options :doh: :doh:
So is it trite to say that there are always better, affordable, and available players than the ones we have who are willing to sign for us and that the club are aware of them, and just don't bother?

If so, would it not be our model to sell every player and buy their superior replacement in every single transfer window and just win everything all the time?

Or is it just Boyata, who has now become the main weak link in our team and whose position can be (but nevertheless isn't being) taken by a VVD clone plucked from a dearth of hitherto unknown defenders contained in a password protected excel spreadsheet which can only be accessed by KDS members who communicate primarily via emojis?
I don't think I've said that there are always better & affordable players for every position, and before you know it we'll have Messi & Ronaldo playing up front for us. Just that Boyata is a bit of a weak link and we could do with an upgrade on him.

Does anyone who watches Celtic look at Boyata and say "yeah, he's solid in the air and he has his obvious faults, but he's as good as we can get". Does anyone here genuinely feel that way?

And imagine passing me off as some Excel obsessed weirdo like HB. You utter bastard :(
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I thought he would never be a player. I was wrong. Central defenders get better with age also.
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31 Aug 2017, 03:13 PM
green_equals_silver
31 Aug 2017, 03:09 PM
Like a new signing
But there are hundreds better than him out there within our budget.....

Just don't ask me to name them, there are scouts at the club for that!

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Indeed, I stopped playing Football Manager years ago so I'm going to leave the club that have hired these 'professionals' to find these players for themselves :thumbsup:
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Quemelachupen
31 Aug 2017, 02:17 PM
So, it's idiotic to ask for names?

Idiotic and stating the obvious is saying that there are better players than Boyata in the world.

However, who are they? How much would they cost? Who are you to say they are better?

I think are fair questions.

Fair question for a scout on £100k a year who spends every working day identifying and reviewing targets.

Stupid question for a random punter on a message board saying we need a better centre half. Especially when followed up with 'we don't have the budget..'.

"If you can't name anyone better then there's nobody better!!!!!!!!!!! haha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :ffs:
Edited by macfleeto, 31 Aug 2017, 04:03 PM.
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31 Aug 2017, 04:01 PM
Quemelachupen
31 Aug 2017, 02:17 PM
So, it's idiotic to ask for names?

Idiotic and stating the obvious is saying that there are better players than Boyata in the world.

However, who are they? How much would they cost? Who are you to say they are better?

I think are fair questions.

Fair question for a scout on £100k a year who spends every working day identifying and reviewing targets.

Stupid question for a random punter on a message board saying we need a better centre half. Especially when followed up with 'we don't have the budget..'.

"If you can't name anyone better then there's nobody better!!!!!!!!!!! haha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :ffs:
Scouts on 100K? hahahahaha!

:cuckoo:

And as for the rest of what you said.......I didn't say any of it.
Edited by Quemelachupen, 31 Aug 2017, 05:39 PM.
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I think he was mostly great when he came back in last season and as much as I trust Brendan , when the big man brings the ball out from keeper , it gives me the fear , especially CL level
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BR has said time and time again that big D is our first and main CB in the team. Even if we brought in "better" defenders they would be playing with Boyata
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He's vastly improved since he's been out injured.

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jimmy123411
31 Aug 2017, 05:51 PM
BR has said time and time again that big D is our first and main CB in the team. Even if we brought in "better" defenders they would be playing with Boyata
He has and I don't profess to know a fraction of what Rodger's knows but that scares me.
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Boyata is still two weeks away. He won't just throw him in against PSG.


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Kingslim
31 Aug 2017, 07:26 PM
Boyata is still two weeks away. He won't just throw him in against PSG.


He will
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If we don't throw him in against PSG we are effed as it seems we have no CB magically appearing in the next 2 hours
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Even at full strength we will most likely get humped by psg
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He's improved hugely under Brendan. We've missed him since he's been injured.
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Quemelachupen
31 Aug 2017, 05:38 PM
macfleeto
31 Aug 2017, 04:01 PM
Quemelachupen
31 Aug 2017, 02:17 PM
So, it's idiotic to ask for names?

Idiotic and stating the obvious is saying that there are better players than Boyata in the world.

However, who are they? How much would they cost? Who are you to say they are better?

I think are fair questions.

Fair question for a scout on £100k a year who spends every working day identifying and reviewing targets.

Stupid question for a random punter on a message board saying we need a better centre half. Especially when followed up with 'we don't have the budget..'.

"If you can't name anyone better then there's nobody better!!!!!!!!!!! haha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :ffs:
Scouts on 100K? hahahahaha!

:cuckoo:

And as for the rest of what you said.......I didn't say any of it.
Scouts were earning £250k plus over a decade ago in the PL. Not sure why you're giving it " :cuckoo: " at the thought of our chief scout earning £2k per week here.

I also never claimed you said what the rest of my post was about, but you did say it was a fair question to ask when it quite obviously is not for the reasons I've already pointed out multiple times.
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31 Aug 2017, 02:20 PM
Buzzing to see him back. It's amazing, if memory serves I'm sure we had a friendly with Barcelona in July last year and I groaned at the thought of him playing... If I have the game right anyway.

Can't wait for him back. A real decent threat for set pieces too.

edit: nope, talking pish he didn't even play that game. Must have been one around then apologies
He didn't play until December at Kilmarnock
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31 Aug 2017, 07:45 PM
Kingslim
31 Aug 2017, 07:26 PM
Boyata is still two weeks away. He won't just throw him in against PSG.


He will
I don't think he's going to risk losing him for the full CL campaign to make one game v PSG.

It was a knee injury and he's not played a competitive game this season. I don't think the manager rolls that way or would take that sort of risk with a player.

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Kingslim
31 Aug 2017, 10:47 PM
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31 Aug 2017, 02:20 PM
Buzzing to see him back. It's amazing, if memory serves I'm sure we had a friendly with Barcelona in July last year and I groaned at the thought of him playing... If I have the game right anyway.

Can't wait for him back. A real decent threat for set pieces too.

edit: nope, talking pish he didn't even play that game. Must have been one around then apologies
He didn't play until December at Kilmarnock
Aye and he was rank rotten, disappeared again for a few weeks and was a different player.
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