Transfer Rumour Haji Wright (11 Viewers)
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Finham
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I'll quite happily own it, just slightly less than @Saddlebrains is owning his hand jobs!fair enough but if he smashes 20 goal this season, you'll never live it down.
Seriously though, it is a risk, definitely. I'm nervous about the club spending this much money but much of that is because it's so alien to us.
The last 5/6 years have given me confidence to trust the process.
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fair enough but if he smashes 20 goal this season, you'll never live it down. 
Brighton Sky Blue
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Exactly, so while the fee here is a surprise, the people who've made the decision won't have taken it lightly. As I said earlier, this will have been in the pipeline for a while, rather than an impulse buy.
shmmeee
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But USA are crap. Kastaneer was an international, it doesn’t mean anything on its own.
I’d agree we need to move on, but £9m is a fee I’d pay for him having scored 15-20 at a similar level. He’s a £2-3M gamble with a finished article price tag. He cost less than £2m a year ago.
Ccfcisparks
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He literally did score 15-20 at a similar level
Finham
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Of course, but this is a football discussion forum after all. None of us are qualified. It's just a massive fee for someone who doesn't look that great. But MR and his team know what they are doing, so hopefully he'll be lethal with Simms as we go Ferguson and Wallace on the league!
usskyblue
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They clearly aren’t crap, they’re ranked 11th in the world, 3 places higher than Germany. If they’re crap, why do England have problems beating them in any meaningful games?
Finham
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It's better than Scotland. Not as good as Portugal? There's a very high standard at a few clubs but a lot of it is poor.
I reckon it's on par, but the best clubs are better than the best clubs in the Championship, and the worst clubs are worse than the worst clubs in the Championship.
This is my 1000th post, it took 9 years.
shmmeee
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What level? Turkey?
Evo1883
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Last season the championship was ranked 11th Turkish top flight 12th
As somebody states the best teams better than the championship but the worst teams worse
Finham
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Evo1883
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Why are you writing a player off before he has kicked a ball in a cov top?
you’re right though his goal scoring record was so much worst than Gyokeres before we signed him….
Johhny Blue
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20 goals wright?
shmmeee
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Who has written him off?
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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20 goals 20 goals I say
You
, “seems a high fee for someone not very good”
Finham
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Nobody.
shmmeee
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You
It does seem a high fee. Maybe it will turn out not to be, but £9m for a player who hasn’t performed higher than the Turkish league and is 25 is a lot of money whether he turns out good or not.
Johhny Blue
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Based on that we could have a bench that could make the playoffs
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Can't believe the shit I'm reading on here tonight. I thought the Hamer thread was bad, but this is going in a similar direction. No, the Turkish league is not the Premier League, but some of the players over there include: Wilfred Zaha, Mauro Icardi, Edin Džeko, Michy Batshuayi, Dries Mertens, Ante Rebić, and Dušan Tadić. There's a significant amount of quality and it is a competitive league. Most of the players mentioned above are also significantly better than what is in the Championship.
Yes, of course there are weaker teams there, but some are going on as if it is the Saudi Arabian league. It isn't. Again, it is probably more like the Eredivisie in The Netherlands. A few stronger teams yes, but some that are more than capable too. A striker that has scored 30 goals in 60 odd games at Antalyaspor is one that should in all intents and purposes make us a lot better.
If it is 7 million or whatever, then I totally respect that the money quoted is a lot, there isn't two ways about that. Much of this comes back to the fact we aren't used to it though. We're a traumatised fan base in general. Think about it logically however; if we have Simms and Wright, with up front costs that still leaves us half the Vik money - which I think we can all agree has probably been spent well across other parts of the squad too. We should be in for a top season really, and for those with question marks, I think you may be positivity surprised.
Yes, of course there are weaker teams there, but some are going on as if it is the Saudi Arabian league. It isn't. Again, it is probably more like the Eredivisie in The Netherlands. A few stronger teams yes, but some that are more than capable too. A striker that has scored 30 goals in 60 odd games at Antalyaspor is one that should in all intents and purposes make us a lot better.
If it is 7 million or whatever, then I totally respect that the money quoted is a lot, there isn't two ways about that. Much of this comes back to the fact we aren't used to it though. We're a traumatised fan base in general. Think about it logically however; if we have Simms and Wright, with up front costs that still leaves us half the Vik money - which I think we can all agree has probably been spent well across other parts of the squad too. We should be in for a top season really, and for those with question marks, I think you may be positivity surprised.
Frostie
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An awful lot of wariness here which is understandable but I honestly think this is a potential gem. Stylistically a reasonable comparison to Gyokeres but with some different strengths & weaknesses too. He will likely infuriate us at times, i.e. even though he's 6'3 don't expect him to be an aerial focal point for long balls etc., but he's such an exciting player imo.
Everyone on here has been crying out for some pace, well with Wright & MvE we probably have 2 of the very quickest players in the division now.
Think people underestimate the Turkish league too tbh.
Everyone on here has been crying out for some pace, well with Wright & MvE we probably have 2 of the very quickest players in the division now.
Think people underestimate the Turkish league too tbh.
Calista
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Genuine question - can you post a link to these videos you've found? I've watched at least 3 from recent seasons and haven't seen any of the weaknesses you mentioned. In fact he's looked like a powerful, skilful and threatening attacker who scores some great goals. If he can reproduce what I've seen we are going to love him. Always the risk that he can't translate it to the Championship, but your negativity is crazy.
Finham
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Those at the start of this thread (although I realise you are being sarcastic). Sorry I've pissed you and everyone else off, I just think it's a huge gamble for that amount of money. I've said I really hope he proves me wrong, not sure what more people want.
Skybluedownunder
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News articles said we were interested in Billy Sharp… some of them are bullshit
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Skybluedownunder
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Who played and scored the same amount of goals in the championship that Ellis Simms has by the way
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San Francisco
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Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe would routinely beat any team in the Championship. It's certainly an unbalanced league but it's not poor quality.
woody11462
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Don't forget, Nick Powell turned us down for Stockport and those two defensers resigned on at Stevenage instead of signing for the mighty Sky BluesWow times have changed, Cov City out bidding other clubs.
alexccfc99
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Was actually very impressed with The States during the World Cup tbh