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TheHatman

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Apparently, he was released by Millwall. Wtf were they thinking? Can only imagine he wasn't joining the boys for the regular Sunday Leo at Ye Olde Docker's Fist. Poor show obv if so, but still, wtf were they thinking?

Released by Arsenal and Millwall for the same reason. Too small.

Absolutely sums up some of the people in charge of academies, worried about creating athletes.

But yes also told this kid is the real deal, the main reason qpr are on the up from a bad start.
 

Flobadob

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I like this bloke. I know it's the Championship and, arguably, we already have one like this out on loan in the Netherlands, but, even if not him, then someone like him. Someone with swag. Lord knows we all need some in these mad, dark brexit days.


Don’t care if it’s the championship, he looks class!
 

spursfan77

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Released by Arsenal and Millwall for the same reason. Too small.

Absolutely sums up some of the people in charge of academies, worried about creating athletes.

But yes also told this kid is the real deal, the main reason qpr are on the up from a bad start.

Too small? Look at the size of his thighs FFS. Pure madness by them. I agree he won't of had that build 4/5 years ago.
 

Lighty64

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a lot of those clips where for when playing for Wycombe. looks a talent and might be worth watching him when QPR are next on TV, because youtube always show the good side, what's his bad habbits
 

Danny1

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He reminds me a little bit of Zidane in the way he dribbles, and the big thighs and chunky derriere.

Exactly what I thought, his awareness to just dink the ball into space away from the opposing player is excellent. No matter what league you play in, the ability to do that is impressive.
 

Japhet

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I like this bloke. I know it's the Championship and, arguably, we already have one like this out on loan in the Netherlands, but, even if not him, then someone like him. Someone with swag. Lord knows we all need some in these mad, dark brexit days.




The way to get a player like him is a buy and loan back (like the ones that never happened with Sessegnon, Dembele, deLigt etc.:banghead:)
 

Lighty64

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The way to get a player like him is a buy and loan back (like the ones that never happened with Sessegnon, Dembele, deLigt etc.:banghead:)

de Ligt was a piss take though, near on 70m and 2 years loan with Raiola being involved doesn't bode well. he would of tried to sell him again before he even wore a Spurs shirt
 

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I think you need to re-read my post, Ndombele is the "in a dream world" player, and it is not intended to be negative about the player, but negative about the likelihood of signing him.
sorry mate - my post was supposed to be a bit tongue in cheek --- always like what you have to say
 

Japhet

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de Ligt was a piss take though, near on 70m and 2 years loan with Raiola being involved doesn't bode well. he would of tried to sell him again before he even wore a Spurs shirt

OK, cross out deLigt and put in Morrison or somebody else. The point is, we did it once with Dele and it was a brilliant bit of business and we've apparently turned our noses up at similar deals ever since. In the meantime, players value has sky rocketed or we've been battered by what bigger clubs offer. If we have to fish in shallower waters we need to offer incentives to those smaller clubs.
 

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OK, cross out deLigt and put in Morrison or somebody else. The point is, we did it once with Dele and it was a brilliant bit of business and we've apparently turned our noses up at similar deals ever since. In the meantime, players value has sky rocketed or we've been battered by what bigger clubs offer. If we have to fish in shallower waters we need to offer incentives to those smaller clubs.

There is a difference though.

MK needed money and at the time £5m was the most anyone seemed to be willing to pay so was a straightforward deal.

Other deals are not so easy based on the selling club.

I swear there is a Spurs fan out there wondering why we didn’t buy a 16 year old Messi like every club is just dying to sell all their young prospects.
 
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Univarn

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There is a difference though.

MK needed money and at the time £5m was the most anyone seemed to be willing to pay so was a straightforward deal.

Other deals are not so easy based on the selling club.

I swear there is a Spurs fan out there wondering why we didn’t buy a 16 year old Messi like every club is just dying to sell all their young prospects.
I agree but I also understand why us fans think that way because this is the entirely invsible part of recruiting. The backdoor information, second hand rumors, whispering of sweet nothings which let's people and teams know through various channels a player would be open to a move, available at a certain price, and we only become aware of it when it works for a team or fails spectacularly. Grealish is a good example where we clearly got wind early that he would be available, Villa needed money, and then what occurred we all saw. Same thing happened with Dele and Sanchez and those worked out. Same thing happened with City last year with Jorginho who they believed was there's right up to (and even a few days after) he joined Chelsea. Too much of our perspective of transfers is shaped by video games and poor writers who don't bother with nuance and focus on spectacle of transfers.
 

dontcallme

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I agree but I also understand why us fans think that way because this is the entirely invsible part of recruiting. The backdoor information, second hand rumors, whispering of sweet nothings which let's people and teams know through various channels a player would be open to a move, available at a certain price, and we only become aware of it when it works for a team or fails spectacularly. Grealish is a good example where we clearly got wind early that he would be available, Villa needed money, and then what occurred we all saw. Same thing happened with Dele and Sanchez and those worked out. Same thing happened with City last year with Jorginho who they believed was there's right up to (and even a few days after) he joined Chelsea. Too much of our perspective of transfers is shaped by video games and poor writers who don't bother with nuance and focus on spectacle of transfers.

I agree , I would just like to think grown ups would have enough intelligence to work out we can’t buy every potential world class player for peanuts if we buy them early.
 

danielneeds

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OK, cross out deLigt and put in Morrison or somebody else. The point is, we did it once with Dele and it was a brilliant bit of business and we've apparently turned our noses up at similar deals ever since. In the meantime, players value has sky rocketed or we've been battered by what bigger clubs offer. If we have to fish in shallower waters we need to offer incentives to those smaller clubs.
I don't think we've turned our noses up at young players - the problem is unless you've got a spot in the team for them they won't get the minutes and confidence needed to grow.

With someone like Maddison last summer, we just didn't have the space for a young AM like him, where he would have got the minutes.
 

Japhet

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I don't think we've turned our noses up at young players - the problem is unless you've got a spot in the team for them they won't get the minutes and confidence needed to grow.

With someone like Maddison last summer, we just didn't have the space for a young AM like him, where he would have got the minutes.


My post was about buying players and loaning them back, which in Maddison's case was when he was at Coventry. That's where they get plenty of football and time to develop.
 

dontcallme

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My post was about buying players and loaning them back, which in Maddison's case was when he was at Coventry. That's where they get plenty of football and time to develop.
It was reported at the time that he didn’t want that.
 

danielneeds

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My post was about buying players and loaning them back, which in Maddison's case was when he was at Coventry. That's where they get plenty of football and time to develop.
It's not always what the player or agent wants though, as has been pointed out.
 

Japhet

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It's not always what the player or agent wants though, as has been pointed out.


So does that mean that Eze won't want to come to us from QPR then? The examples I gave were in relation to a deal that we might be able to put on the table for him and QPR. Everything else is water under the bridge.
 

vegassd

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So does that mean that Eze won't want to come to us from QPR then? The examples I gave were in relation to a deal that we might be able to put on the table for him and QPR. Everything else is water under the bridge.

If the player had an option to join us but be loaned back to QPR for a year, or an offer to join another PL club directly then he may well choose to join the other club. Different players will all have different perspectives on their career progression.

Another thing to bear in mind is that Poch has said and shown that he prefers to work with the young/academy players directly rather than have them loaned off. So whilst it's a system that many of us probably like the idea of, if the manager doesn't like it I would be happier for us to follow his requests.
 

danielneeds

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So does that mean that Eze won't want to come to us from QPR then? The examples I gave were in relation to a deal that we might be able to put on the table for him and QPR. Everything else is water under the bridge.
I've no idea, really. The point I was making was that people were saying that we'd missed out on X, Y or Z player. But the reality is that it's not always possible to bring a player in that we like because he won't get opportunities needed or that the player has a different career path in mind.
 
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