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Nah, you would have to buy at a premium for that. Not the way we roll...

Probably the players saying: "Enough with this back 5 nonsense, let us play four at the back!"

That is what I was thinking/hoping. There must be another deal they are working on that we don't know about.

I have heard different. He was the one forward in the Isak/Wissa/Strand-Larsen debacle who did not go on a strike, and as a result, he did not get a move to Newcastle in the summer, and when struggeling for form, the Wolves fans turned on him. Loyalty in football is dead, from all sides...

Most idiots that make a lot of money, are lucky first time around when they make their initial fortune, and next time they are trying to replicate it, but they are without the person or ingredient that made them successful the first time.

No problem! Put Fellows on the left so he can cut in and shoot 😄

Think his price just went up, as Bodø Glimt qualified for the next round of CL. He is just as hot'n cold as Armstrong. Before the three goals against City and Atletico in the CL, he just could not score for half a season in Europe and Norway... Saying that, he is more of a presence up top, and his hold up/link up play is pretty good. I don't think Norwich and Saints have a chance at getting him now.

I agree that a lot of our players are overrated, but if we had a real manager, we would be getting a lot more out of this gang. Sadly, we will never know...

So that's whats he is trying to prove!

Why on earth would you waste time watching players, when you can study their stats on spreadsheets? Stats don’t lie, and putting that data into a model will tell you if said player will generate profit in a year or two!

No, you haven't 😉

Might hit him in the face though.

Funny how we are different. I don't react to that at all, but I see your point. He gives me confidence, and I don't freak out every time there is a shot on goal anymore, which is a nice change.

Oh, how I have longed for the days when we complained about the distribution of our keeper... The goodtimes are back!

In short:

It's an interesting point. For me, the difference is that it used to be about "our club" and a team/players representing us. We would back them no matter what. The game has moved on, and it is no longer "our club". It's a product. And when the product is shit, and not worth the cost, you have every right to complain. The productification of the (once) beatuiful game.

I wish that was the case. No, they are at it. They’re just incompetent.

That would explain a lot...

Like a fine wine! Just needed a bit of patience.

True. The biggest difference for me in Tondas good period, and the shit we have been served before and after is willingness to run and work hard. Its mostly the same players and tactics, but in that brief spell there was a willingness to run for each other. That opens up spaces, lets us play faster passes etc. Also pionts to the fact we could only do it for about 45 minutes pr game, and certainly not over the Christmas period. When players struggle mentally and are losing a lot, they have not suddenly turned into shit footballers. But the stop running for each other. Just a little less. And that makes a huge difference.

I think you are right in this. I would have loved for him to stay and been given a chance with us, as I did rate him, but I think this was the best move for his career. He would be shit in our setup. Just look at James Bree. Nobody was too bothered about him going out on loan, he wasn't that good. After playing 20 odd games for Charlton, he looks like a proper player. Watch him come back, and suddenly become as shit as all our other defenders.

Oh, for fucks sake... that means there is a Temu Tonda out there 😟 and I bet we have the scouting setup to find him!