28 Aug 2026 20:27:18
It’s so depressing thinking that we are supposed to be excited over Sarr, Mbaye or Rayan as a replacement for Mo. Barcola is a replacement for Diaz.
28 Aug 2026 20:41:41
Have you not
Learnt how we operate yet? We avoid problem players (Isak aside). We won’t overpay unless we desperately want someone, and we would rather wait than get dragged into any of that nonsense.
There will be a target who wants to join and who is worth the asking price.
28 Aug 2026 21:26:32
The club don't overpay. They are happy to pay what they think a player is worth to them - hence the protracted negotiation with Isak last year and Barcola this year.
They weren't prepared to pay the amount PSG wanted for Mbaye so they walked away.
The perception of overpaying is really just something fans have, particularly if the fans don't particularly rate a player, currently Minteh and Sarr as examples.
Fans (including me) tend to judge a player in isolation and don't always see the player for the contribution he could make for the team and the style in which the team play. The old adage that 'the sum of the whole is greater than the sum of the parts' is generally true of all the best teams.
28 Aug 2026 21:27:22
It's depressing we didn't sign Wharton.
28 Aug 2026 22:04:52
Ron did the Prozac run out? Special brew can be a stop
Gak.
Are you always this jolly?
28 Aug 2026 22:32:03
There isn't a replacement for Salah available in world football, that type of player just doesn't exist right now, we need to stop hankering after one and make what we have got - e.g. some very expensive supposedly elite players - do their jobs properly.
{Ed666's Note - My ideals to replace Salah were Diamonde followed by Olise, Akliouche, Mbaye..now I’d be happy with Craig Johnston ?
28 Aug 2026 22:33:50
We are not really replacing Mo, though, are we. We are changing the entire system for a new era. There is no replacement for Mo, so we replace the system.
The wingers we are looking at are completely different profiles to Mo, and they are never going to get the numbers Mo got.
The entire front line is going to share the load instead, especially Isak and Wirtz, or that's the plan anyway.
28 Aug 2026 23:53:04
Bring back Skippy Ed0666 ?
{Ed666's Note - skippy would start ahead of Frimpong tommorow mate