Lyanco

[Charlie Wayman]

1 hour ago, stevy777_x said:

Torino fans seem delighted to have sold him, not a good omen but will reserve judgement. Hope we haven t signed another Hoedt.

That would be a hoot!

Come on lads give the poor sod a chance. He's not even here yet!

Edited 20 August, 2021 by Charlie Wayman

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, whiteleySaint30 said:

Leaves us approx £25m to spend - that is if you believe every penny is reinvested. 

Your maths is wrong.

You have overlooked agent fees, signing on fees, % of transfer to former clubs and loyalty bonuses to the departing players.

[OldNick]

7 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Simple song for this one...

Lyanco, Lyanco, Lyanco, Lyanco etc etc etc

Tune of the old 'ere we go song famous on the terraces in the 70s, 80's and early 90s

Has any song that has been proposed on here ever been taken up????

My next door neighbour is a Liverpool fan, imagine his excitement when his song 'If its good enough for you' was taken up by the KOP

Edited 20 August, 2021 by OldNick

[Charlie Wayman]

54 minutes ago, Warriorsaint said:

Man Utd have Varane starting. We get Lyanwho?

Who is Varane? Never heard of him either.

[Saints foreva]

Doesn't exactly inspire confidence. We will continue to leak goals if he's our only CB signing. 

[Billy the Kidd]

4 minutes ago, whiteleySaint30 said:

Leaves us approx £25m to spend - that is if you believe every penny is reinvested. 

Im not saying you are wrong, but we also need to factor wages, agent fee etc.  So if we get say £50m in sales, id imagine the fee we have to spend is closer to £40-45m.

[Miltonaggro]

Just seen the beard on Twitter. Very concerned now...

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, OldNick said:

Has any song that has been proposed on here ever been taken up????

My next door neighbour is a Liverpool fan, imagine his excitement when his song 'If its good enough for you' was taken up by the KOP

No, because if it's not to the tune of seven nation army or includes a line about hating pompey it never will

[Daft Kerplunk]

4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Your maths is wrong.

You have overlooked agent fees, signing on fees, % of transfer to former clubs and loyalty bonuses to the departing players.

Club stooge dampening expectations info 😎

[tajjuk]

46 minutes ago, revolution saint said:

Lyon fans slated Lovren and thought they’d mugged us off and that turned out alright. OK, he was a cock but played well and we made a profit on him. Actually seems a similar kind of deal to the Lovren one. Hopefully this leaves enough money to get the Everton kid and continue Crockers assembly of the team of the 20’s….

Yeh was going to point out the same, so there is always the chance he might just be a bit of a twit and that is why the Torino fans don't like him or he's wanted to leave or something. 

[Miltonaggro]

Nickname (self-applied) appears to be El Gorilla, a positive...

[Killers Knee]

Ideally, this guy will not take the Salisu route to the starting lineup and will be good enough to start in 2 weeks time.   We need defensive reinforcements now.

[Turkish]

8 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Your maths is wrong.

You have overlooked agent fees, signing on fees, % of transfer to former clubs and loyalty bonuses to the departing players.

Doesnt every club have to pay these or is it just us?

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Miltonaggro said:

Nickname (self-applied) appears to be El Gorilla, a positive...

Racist as well, perfect 🙄

[OldNick]

6 minutes ago, Turkish said:

No, because if it's not to the tune of seven nation army or includes a line about hating pompey it never will

Ahh this is easy then, we can be the new Lennon and McCartney.

Lyanco is a donkey, he hates Pompey

[Matthew Le God]

3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Doesnt every club have to pay these or is it just us?

Yes they do, how is that relevant? Money from transfer incoming does not only go on new signing fees, it goes on everything else I listed.

[Weston Super Saint]

Is this the guy we buy and then sell on in the same transfer window for a massive profit?

[Nordic Saint]

1 hour ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Torino fans in the replies don't make the best viewing.

He's one they are obviously desperate to get rid of. He must be stinking the place out. We've had a few like that lately. 

[Toussaint]

Big risk, I can't think of one decent Brazilian player, didn't even know they played it out there?

[SuperSAINT]

1 minute ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Is this the guy we buy and then sell on in the same transfer window for a massive profit?

I hope so!

Preferable than the what’s known as The Hoedt™️  

[Matthew Le God]

 

[Toussaint]

Actually he could be a great signing,  if there is one thing I've learned recently on this forum, its players I've never hear of that generally have the best xyg squared and the zws x 2 are the ones to go for. 

[Jeremy Corbyn]

Clearly a good player for squad depth as he can play in two much needed positions and offers different strengths to our other CBs.  Can't imagine he'll be first choice though.

[bennyev]

He might turn out alright. But sums up everything that is wrong with the club. 
 

Cutting corners. Going cheap. Not replacing at the level we had last season. Signing someone who can’t communicate with the rest of the defence. 
 

And the whole argument of “saving 20m” for Jan is rubbish. We’ll be down by then. 

[beatlesaint]

4 minutes ago, Jeremy Corbyn said:

Clearly a good player for squad depth as he can play in two much needed positions and offers different strengths to our other CBs.  Can't imagine he'll be first choice though.

So our first choice pairing will be Bednerek and Salisu. I was hoping for an upgrade.

[BARCELONASAINT]

Jesus we have a bunch of miserable bastards on here.

Spending £20 million plus sure as hell does not instantly buy you success, at best it % wise might give you a slightly better chance.

Many top players came from absolutely nowhere for very little money but were recognised as having that potential. Give the lad a chance, our transfer business so far in this window has been decent.

[Nordic Saint]

He's going to be worth watching for his comedy value alone. He's #4 in this video:

(34) Torino 0-7 Milan | Milan thumps Torino 7-0! | Serie A TIM - YouTube

[TWar]

Tackle % of 45%
Pressure % of 30%
3.2 tackles+interceptions a game.
Aerial duel % 59%

This guy is bang average at best. Vast majority of his stats are the same or worse than Jack Stephens.

[Alanh]

1 minute ago, beatlesaint said:

So our first choice pairing will be Bednerek and Salisu. I was hoping for an upgrade.

Not a big surprise really.  We bought Salisu to develop and sell for a massive profit.  To do that he's got to play regularly and be a great player for us.  This new guy might be an upgrade on Bednarek but that would be a big askgiven that Bednarek has proven himself a dependable (not elite) CB for us.  I'd like to think that the new guy will at least put pressue on Bednarek and Stephens.

[Dusic]

5 minutes ago, Alanh said:

Not a big surprise really.  We bought Salisu to develop and sell for a massive profit.  To do that he's got to play regularly and be a great player for us.  This new guy might be an upgrade on Bednarek but that would be a big askgiven that Bednarek has proven himself a dependable (not elite) CB for us.  I'd like to think that the new guy will at least put pressue on Bednarek and Stephens.

Plus, without extending his contract, we will only be able to sell Salisu for a big fee if we do so at the end of this season.

He is surely nailed on to start the majority of games.

Defensive stats are hit and miss. Would assume the scouts see someone we can work with as there are some decent options around and we must feel he is amongst the best.

Edited 20 August, 2021 by Dusic

[Nordic Saint]

46 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Is this the guy we buy and then sell on in the same transfer window for a massive profit?

A massive loss more like. He's one of those we buy and then have to find clubs to loan him out to until his contract expires.

[Trout-Tickler]

2 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnović

 

Certainly a big name signing!

[JRM]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Squad player at a team that finished 17th in Serie A last season. Hardly seems the type to come in and improve us straight away.

 

Not the leadership and experience at the back we are desperate for. 

[Saints foreva]

34 minutes ago, Jeremy Corbyn said:

Clearly a good player for squad depth as he can play in two much needed positions and offers different strengths to our other CBs.  Can't imagine he'll be first choice though.

We should be making signings for the first 11 thus making the current batch the depth. 

Bednarek has been a mainstay in a defence that has leaked goals for fun under Ralph. He's a 3rd choice CB playing 1st choice, much like Yoshida when we sold Fonte. 

[Toadhall Saint]

Hope we are not handing out a 5 year contract on this bloke. If we do then we must be seeing something that I’m not.

[Bob76]

I still think that the defenders we have are not the real problem, it's the stupid system that leaves the defense exposed. 

 

[Pilchards]

If Torino sold him to us for 22million would that satisfy some of you more?

Perhaps he is a bargain and can shore up our leaky defence. Got to give him a chance as some players rise to a new challenge and this could be just that.

[danjosaint]

No faith at all in the club or especially Ralph at the moment,  sad times,  on the plus side league1 and championship seasons were great

[LuckyNumber7]

41 minutes ago, Jeremy Corbyn said:

Clearly a good player for squad depth as he can play in two much needed positions and offers different strengths to our other CBs.  Can't imagine he'll be first choice though.

Considering how shit our CBs are, if we are signing someone to be backup to them we have big problems.

Can't say I'm very enthused by this signing but I'll reserve judgement until I've seen him play.

[TWar]

3 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

If Torino sold him to us for 22million would that satisfy some of you more?

Perhaps he is a bargain and can shore up our leaky defence. Got to give him a chance as some players rise to a new challenge and this could be just that.

No because he's bad. If we had spent 22 million people would ask "why have we spent 22 million on this crap squad player?" As is people ask why have we signed a crap squad player (albeit for cheap) when we have a big hole in the squad and should have quite a lot of money to spend?

Edited 20 August, 2021 by TWar

[Saint_clark]

1 hour ago, OldNick said:

Has any song that has been proposed on here ever been taken up????

My next door neighbour is a Liverpool fan, imagine his excitement when his song 'If its good enough for you' was taken up by the KOP

The Rickie Lambert chant was first posted on here. 

[Convict Colony]

32 minutes ago, TWar said:

Tackle % of 45%
Pressure % of 30%
3.2 tackles+interceptions a game.
Aerial duel % 59%

This guy is bang average at best. Vast majority of his stats are the same or worse than Jack Stephens.

will be interesting to see if the stats play out in this case or is it a result of his team and formation.

Our analysts, manager etc must of seen something in there in his stats - he has been scouted by man u and recently lille so there must be something.

[CB Fry]

When I saw the thread title I thought this was the announcement of a new commercial tie-up with a Malaysian Telecoms company or something. 

This is actually a player?

[Saint Keef]

26 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

Jesus we have a bunch of miserable bastards on here.

Spending £20 million plus sure as hell does not instantly buy you success, at best it % wise might give you a slightly better chance.

Many top players came from absolutely nowhere for very little money but were recognised as having that potential. Give the lad a chance, our transfer business so far in this window has been decent.

Yep. Agree. Let's write this guy off before he's even had a medical here. So many "experts" on this site. Arsenal paid £50m for Ben White and he didn't look all that clever against the "mighty" Brentford last week. 

Anyway - let's all gather around a slit our wrists together. By the way......we are playing Man U this week - a club probably 20 times richer than us, and probably one of the hot favourites to win the league this year. Logically speaking, we will probably get beaten, possibly by a few goals. I can't wait for the melt down on this site when that happens. Get real people, we are a small fish in a pond of very big fish. One day, maybe this season, maybe next season, maybe the season after, we will get relegated. It's what happens in football. If you can't stand the thought of that, I suggest you bugger off now and take up knitting or embroidery instead. 

[revolution saint]

2 minutes ago, TWar said:

No because he's bad. If we had spent 22 million people would ask "why have we spent 22 million on this crap squad player?" As is people ask why have we signed a crap squad player (albeit for cheap) when we have a big hole in the squad and should have quite a lot of money to spend?

You have no idea how good or bad he is.  You've seen some stats and watched some clips on The YouTube and come to a decision based on that.  If you're lucky you may have heard of him before this afternoon.  On the face of it it does look a pretty whelming transfer but until you've seen him play (and play for us) you really can't be making any kind of informed judgement on him.

[MarkSFC]

This player seems very underwhelming indeed. Of all the names listed on this forum as options he clearly wasn't one. This does not mean of course that he will not be any good. We have signed others who most might of thought were going ro be good but we're not. BUT the issue I have is that we have enough money to purchase (in theory) better and or more suited. 

Who really knows until he arrives and plays but right now it's deflating. 

 

I'm just praying we have another coming too even though all the noises have suggested just one. 

[FarehamSaintJames]

Literally never heard of him.

Doesn't inspire me with confidence if this is our "Prem survival status" signing.

[Shroppie]

He was not making the starting lineup in a team that were very poor and finished 17th.

Unless we can see something that no-one else can, doesn't sound good.

[simo]

1 hour ago, OldNick said:

Has any song that has been proposed on here ever been taken up????

My next door neighbour is a Liverpool fan, imagine his excitement when his song 'If its good enough for you' was taken up by the KOP

We're a bit shit at songs tbf, We even "Paid" Celtic for their cracking Armstrong song and I haven't heard that once 😂

[obelisk]

Is he good in the air? If he is then that's fine with me 'cos that is most definitely something we're missing.