28 Oct 2026 11:05:29
There is so much praise on the site about Araujo and well deserved. However I still think the best signing for us has to be Jeremy Jacquet. He has the potential to be a superstar and take over the mantle of VVD.
28 Oct 2026 11:19:17
Jacquet's performances have been of a very high level.
Pesonally i don't think all of Araujo's performances have been good but his effort levels and how he wears his heart on his sleeve deserves all the praise he is getting.
28 Oct 2026 11:31:07
There's no doubt about Jacquet's quality he's been superb.
There will be tougher times ahead. At some point a weakness will be targeted and he will have to deal with that and overcome it.
I'm sure he can, but he will have tougher times and we must not get down on him, he will need support.
28 Oct 2026 11:45:41
I was advocating to sign him over Guehi in January but I had no idea he was this good. He's so mature for his age and his awareness of danger is a breath of fresh air. The way he's telling his team mates where to be, how he reads the forward's presses and the intention he puts on his forward passes. Brilliant so far!
If Leoni and Ndukwe can follow Jacquet's example, we are so spoiled at CB.
28 Oct 2026 12:02:04
Jaquet has been more impressive for me. He is more in control. Araujo gets the crowd up with his tackles but if one is even slightly mistimed he's a walking red.
28 Oct 2026 12:13:54
Araujo, Jacquet, Leoni (assuming he fully recovers from his injury) and Ndukwe all look like absolutely brilliant signings (plus we signed other very highly rated youngsters) and the latter 3 could all play for us for the next decade! I'm starting to get excited about the potential rather than fearing the worst about what will happen post VVD.
28 Oct 2026 12:55:46
I think we should all write to the club and request that they do all that they can to get Richard Hughes back.
28 Oct 2026 13:14:03
Both have impressed me massively. Extremely happy with both.
I was worried about Araujo when he signed because his form had dipped and he was very injury prone.
I pray the injuries stay away. Still a worry for me.
But on the form side, he has bounced right back to his best in our system. I did not expect such an immediate bounce. He just seems to be a character that feeds off love and fans. We give him that, I think he would be willing to die out there for us. He is without doubt an emotional trigger in the team. Amazing start and looking like an absolute bargain.
28 Oct 2026 13:32:50
Jacquet is absolute class, he is almost always in the right place every single time, and even when he gets beat he has the pace to recover and get goalside to intervene. He is always looking to play the ball forward, and has the skill to fizz one to feet, he is great in the air, plus he can carry the ball if you need him to.
The guy is always in control, he always looks like he knows exactly what he is doing.
28 Oct 2026 14:25:25
Can you imagine if we got a world class LB and number 6 ? we'd be set for years.
28 Oct 2026 14:32:01
We should do one of our polls. Put up his list of signings(16 names I seen the other day)and posters can yay or nay on each name and we get a percentage like Rotten Tomatoes. I think it would be a surprisingly high percentage.
{Ed033's Note - For a poll, i need a question and the possible voting options.
28 Oct 2026 16:07:45
FM, I am not sure ranking/rating the signings made would tell the whole Richard Hughes story which also includes priority positions being ignored, player profiles not matching the coach's tactics and fluffing a few deals due dithering.
28 Oct 2026 16:18:03
Well this summer we got a CB, a CB that can play RB. Speedy hardworking wingers as well. MF was the one balls up but then plenty of fans were happy with our options. Guehi was unlucky for me and we should have got Semenyo if we could. But no club gets everything perfect.
I'd imagine as far as signings go if we did a poll with a list of the 16 players and told people to erase the names they were not happy with a lot of people would still have double figures left. Thats not too bad surely.
28 Oct 2026 16:31:00
Also proves I-Boo Konate was conning the LFC supporters for a whole season and even worse getting selected every week also for nothing of defensive merit.
He even took an LFC defensive record with him when his good riddance arrived, last season was the worst defensive record for goals conceded in a "Premier League" season at 53 goals for LFC.
YNWA Andoni.
28 Oct 2026 16:32:07
I post a lot of stuff just to agitate. However, in the case of Hughes, a lot of the stick he got was over the top and unjustified. Some of it was valid. Some of it was because there are a few on here who are like sheep and like to follow the flock.
{Ed666's Note - in my eyes he failed because he didn’t build a squad he accumulated players. There’s a distinction.
28 Oct 2026 16:33:45
Just think we nearly bought Yoro.
{Ed666's Note - Bullet dodged.
28 Oct 2026 16:42:56
I actually think if Yoro had come to us it would have been different for him. Was doing ok for United until his"captain"threw him under the bus vs City last season. Still very young, I think there's a player there.
{Ed666's Note - I think JJ is twice the player. So glad we didn’t get him.
28 Oct 2026 16:51:09
I think Yoro's a decent player.
28 Oct 2026 17:02:30
I think Yoro is a good player too. He was badly advised and now has to stick it out in that s-hole of a club.
In case anyone is in doubt, Hughes was throwing random bids in for Ismaila Sarr at the end of the window. :)
28 Oct 2026 17:10:55
JJ is definitely better. But then JJ looks like he could end up another Saliba so far. So your talking the top top end of CB's. Yoro is indeed a bit below maybe but think he will still end up having a fine career.
28 Oct 2026 17:33:13
Ed0666, he didn't address areas where we are weak, that is for sure. However, in the case of Jacquet, Munoz and Araujo he needs commending. In the case of Wirtz, only time will tell. In the case of Barcola and Isak, I think we're slowly getting there.
No Sporting Director gets it right all the time.
{Ed666's Note - Mate he spent 700 million British pounds and we’re still short of a midfielder, right winger and a right back. For me that’s criminal and unforgivable.
28 Oct 2026 18:39:47
I'm playing devil's advocate here, Ed. Could it have been that in the case of centre mid, Iraola wanted to look at what we had? In the case of RB we've got Bradley, Frimpong, Gomez and Araujo. In the case of right winger we've got Barcola, Gakpo, Munoz and Rio, who Iraola likes to interchange. Therefore, we don't need a specific right winger.
I don't necessarily agree with what I'm saying, but I'm putting forward a case for why we started the season with what we've got.
{Ed666's Note - we tried signing Minteh so we did go in for a right winger. I think Rio doing a job on the right has been luck rather than design..As long as we get a midfielder in Jan and I think we’ll get Camara I’ll be happy. Then we can renovate in the summer. We don’t need that much for us to be a squad to challenge on all fronts next season.
28 Oct 2026 18:56:57
I enjoy these debates, Ed.
I'd love us to get Camara in January, as well.
{Ed666's Note - I love you to buttercup
28 Oct 2026 19:05:03
..xx.
28 Oct 2026 19:00:43
We should do a poll on our first boyhood crushes. Mine were Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra. That way you could vote for Slot and Richard Hughes mate.
28 Oct 2026 19:15:40
Jaclyn Smith (Charlies Angels) and Jenny Hanley (Magpie).
My right wrist as always been twice the size of my left, ever since.
28 Oct 2026 20:54:49
Now now JK. Certain people forbid the use of the name Slot. You'll get a telling off.
29 Oct 2026 00:45:23
@666, perhaps AI saw the potential for Rio having an impact on the right ? AI’s job title is a bit of a giveaway. Seems a bit more plausible that a new coach arrives and Rio’s starting taking steps in fulfilling the potential he had / has or maybe it was a lucky coincidence ?
29 Oct 2026 07:54:14
First crush poll would have to include Trent.