Those clueless pundits at ESPN... What a miserable but comically bad bunch of fuckers. I saw a clip of them all moaning about how overrated Zubimendi is. One of them (I think it was Tommy Smyth) was saying he's never seen Zubimendi make a forward pass. I've watched one highlights reel of Martin and there were tons of forward passes. It genuinely made me laugh. These guys are stealing a living.
And smart.
But it turns out he basically steals the ideas of better people and takes all the credit. Truly a modern day Thomas Edison. But even worse.
Oh great, yet another secure messaging app.
Getting people to move off Messenger or even WhatsApp is tricky enough already for to interview and resistance to change. But even when you can coax them to move, you then often end up in a debate about where to move to. Signal, Briar, Viber, whatever proprietary thing Apple is currently pushing, or the thousands of other options/apps. I guess we can just add this one to that long list.
Yup, it's frustrating. And it's kind of embarrassing, even if a couple of them have worked out very well for us (Havertz and Jorginho).
The more I hear about the Madueke deal the more unhappy I am with it. He can play on either wing? Great! But he doesn't like playing on the left, where we would need him? Hmm, not good.
We don't need more competition on the right at the moment. We already have Saka, Nwaneri, Jesus (when fit), and Martinelli who can play there.
We need better cover on the left. But we can probably get that if we bring in Eze (who is a more reliable, versatile, and willing player than Madueke anyway). And if bringing Madueke in means we'll have to sell Martinelli? No thanks!
Unfortunately a precedent has already been set by Omari Hutchinson, at the very least. He got lured over there from our academy by a boat-load of money, a house for his family, etc.
Not saying Nwaneri would necessarily do that too. I think he's got more common sense. But it's not an impossible scenario.
Hopefully he realizes that he still has a future with us. He's definitely a confidence player though. I think the reason his form dropped off a bit at the end of last season was because he wasn't getting as much match time. But you're right, he'll get even less if that at Chelsea than he will with us.
- Only hard-core criminal illegals will be deported
- Only illegals with any kind of a criminal record will be deported
- Only illegals will be deported
- Illegals and their natural born children will be deported <- we are here
- Anyone who wasn't born here and has darker skin and who doesn't agree with us will be deported
- Anyone who wasn't born here and who doesn't agree with us will be deported
- Anyone who doesn't agree with us will be deported or sent to gulags
The more I hear about this Madueke deal the more concerned I get. Seems like there are a lot of red flags with the player in this instance.
- He can play on the left but doesn't want to and prefers to play on the right.
- We need another left winger (although Eze can play there).
- He would be extra competition for Nwaneri and probably push him down the pecking order on one of the free positions where he doesn't have much competition.
- Nwaneri is already dragging his heels on a be contact because of match time concerns.
- He would cost a lot relative for what we are getting.
I'd rather us abandon this one and move on to another candidate.
Really wish we could have signed Benayoun on as permanent from them. He was quality back in the day.
Hallelujah! When I'm able to I'll update the silly season thread with this.
He's very creative when it comes to pissing his money down the drain, I'll give him that.
I thought I heard Mosquera could play RB too. But maybe I'm wrong.
I would like to see us pick up a young defensive midfielder, who can start learning from Zubimendi, Norgaard, and Zinchenko (if he stays). Ultimately that might end up being MLS. But that won't happen for another season or two.
And another young talented striker for similar reasons. Maybe that lad from Blackburn - Tyjon.
And of course a legit left winger, mostly to replace Trossard, who looks likely to leave us either this summer or next. That's who we should really be looking for instead of Madueke. Someone with a good left foot who wants to play there. Preferably someone with good footwork who can go both outside or inside the fullback comfortably.