MP_MFC Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Number 77. Excellent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 The Soare tweet has now been deleted. I think he’s a left back? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Just now, Gianfranco said: The Soare tweet has now been deleted. I think he’s a left back? They misspelled his name in the first one. f**k sake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 I wonder if we’re still trying to get Furlong as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 1 minute ago, capt_oats said: They misspelled his name in the first one. f**k sake. I also misspelled his name so I’ll forgive them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) I guess the 6 months is because of his injury record / history. Protects us I guess if he gets another early on. Wonder if that puts paid our efforts to get Furlong back ? Ketts did say we had and are trying so is that not going to happen now. Or is Pape back up to Furlong ? Edit to add - just as Gianfranco says above ! Edited July 17, 2023 by welldaft 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, capt_oats said: They misspelled his name in the first one. f**k sake. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Can't see much of a future for McGinley with this signing. Which is fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, welldaft said: I guess the 6 months is because of his injury record / history. Protects us I guess if he gets another early on. Wonder if that puts paid our efforts to get Furlong back ? Ketts did say we had and are trying so is that not going to happen now. Or is Pape back up to Furlong ? Edit to add - just as Gianfranco says above ! I think Furlong was a non-starter due to loan rules. Clubs are limited on how many players they can loan internationally and Brighton won't ties their hands in settling Furlong if they are still making their own plans in the trransfer market. Pape might be backing up Ewan Wilson. Hard to go into the season with just a young guy as your only true left back. Signing an old head to have cover should things go spectacularly wrong seems like a safe strategy. Although if the plan was to start Wilson could we have muddled through with McGinley, Blaney or O'Donnell covering at left wing back? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettigrew Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, capt_oats said: Sashes last week, now this...covering all bases. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoF Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 58 minutes ago, Londonwell said: Think it might be a left back we’re signing today. Not Furlong though. Spot on. Only 6 months so not Furlong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliphas Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: I think Furlong was a non-starter due to loan rules. Clubs are limited on how many players they can loan internationally and Brighton won't ties their hands in settling Furlong if they are still making their own plans in the trransfer market. Pape might be backing up Ewan Wilson. Hard to go into the season with just a young guy as your only true left back. Signing an old head to have cover should things go spectacularly wrong seems like a safe strategy. Although if the plan was to start Wilson could we have muddled through with McGinley, Blaney or O'Donnell covering at left wing back? Going by his recent comments on the press conf of having 2 players for every position, this probably leaves it as (need a @capt_oats graphic here) LWB: Wilson/Soare/McGinley CB: Casey/Blaney/Butcher/Lamie/Bev/Campbell RWB: SOD/McGinn ..with a number of them able to move about for some flex. With Campbell out on loan. Maybe he sees a future for McGinley somewhere floating about as a last resort if needed. Edited July 17, 2023 by eliphas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 52 minutes ago, welldaft said: If you had to choose Tony Watt, Steven Fletcher or Louis Moult ? Moult only if it was a pay as you play or are available to play contract. Too much of a gamble otherwise. I do get the impression Kettlewell will not take undue risks with a very restricted budget. Regardless of who was my first and second choice. Louis Moult would be 5th, I'd pick the other two twice before I chose a broken player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellboy1991 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, Pettigrew said: Sashes last week, now this...covering all bases. Hopefully keeps our balance and winds up the other side of the divide now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) 25 minutes ago, eliphas said: Going by his recent comments on the press conf of having 2 players for every position, this probably leaves it as (need a @capt_oats graphic here) LWB: Wilson/Soare/McGinley CB: Casey/Blaney/Butcher/Lamie/Bev/Campbell RWB: SOD/McGinn ..with a number of them able to move about for some flex. With Campbell out on loan. Maybe he sees a future for McGinley somewhere floating about as a last resort if needed. I think it was @wellboy1991 who had mentioned that McGinley had been covering left of the 3. Shields seems to be on his way to India so presumably that spot will become vacant as it stands though, this is probably how it looks: As @Jim McLean's Ghost says on the other page though, Souaré could easily be back-up for Wilson. It could just be a turn of phrase but I notice Kettlewell says; “It’s no secret that we need cover in the wide areas, so when the opportunity arose to get Pape on board, we jumped at it.” in the bit of spiel on the announcement story. Edited July 17, 2023 by capt_oats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 The idea of putting two players in every position is sound until you do the chart and don't have Paul McGinn starting at RCB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 There's no chance that "pay as you play" deals actually exist is there? It's like folk wanting "bidding wars" for players. Doesny happen, does it? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, thisGRAEME said: There's no chance that "pay as you play" deals actually exist is there? It's like folk wanting "bidding wars" for players. Doesny happen, does it? Yes and no. It's more the fact a basic wage will be rather small while an appearance bonus will make up a larger wage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowsdower Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Benefit of the doubt and all that, but this looks like a pretty poor singing, even just for backup. He's 33 and hardly played 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) There's a more in depth interview here from 2017: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/18/pape-souare-crystal-palace-car-crash-interview He's had a time of it has the bold Pape. Edited July 17, 2023 by capt_oats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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