Transfer Gossip

[Traf]

4 hours ago, Tombwfc said:

You could probably just tweet Tutu's brother and he'd tell you.

Tutu's brother is rumoured to be part of the reason Jordi wasn't offered a deal.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

7 minutes ago, Ratwhite said:

I don't really understand the sentiment in saying players "upping their game". I can't really believe that any go out to play bad, in any game, it's just sometimes players have bad/off games.

@gonzo nailed it.When ACD was fit, Tutu looked better. 

I don't particularly think any of our players "played for a contract" last season but it's surely not that difficult to understand that some do

People in all lines of work respond to incentives

[Wanderlust]

Whoever we end up signing, it would be good if we get as many deals as possible over the line early in the window. I like that we seem to be profiling young players with energy, physicality and potential although I’ve been duped into thinking we can build a young team that will grow together and form the basis of a successful squad for years to come before - it just never seems to work out that way. But I live in hope. 
Thankfully, there’s a World Cup this summer to help me take my mind off it - at least for a while - but I suspect the rumour mill will be unavoidably interfere.

[Zico]

15 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

I don't particularly think any of our players "played for a contract" last season but it's surely not that difficult to understand that some do

People in all lines of work respond to incentives

whenever i think about players upping their games at the end of a season to earn a contact it reminds me of the scene below

and I like to think the managers deal with it in a similar way (not literally)
 

 

[only1swanny]

47 minutes ago, Zico said:

whenever i think about players upping their games at the end of a season to earn a contact it reminds me of the scene below

and I like to think the managers deal with it in a similar way (not literally)
 

 

Blimey..

I worked at a school in Bolton, and we had a "mockstead", basically a mock ofsted where the Academy trust big wigs came in and inspected the school. We all stayed late (9pm finish) started early, worked our socks off etc. 

In the briefing after the head teacher said she was not happy that we work like that for an ofsted but didn't work that hard every day. 

 

[Zog1]

1 hour ago, Ratwhite said:

I don't really understand the sentiment in saying players "upping their game". I can't really believe that any go out to play bad, in any game, it's just sometimes players have bad/off games.

@gonzo nailed it.When ACD was fit, Tutu looked better. 

ACD was doing a lot of quality tracking back to make this happen which sometimes took him out of the game for periods, i suspect quality full backs are a key priority this transfer window, so whoever replaces ACD doesn't have to do it as much.

I suspect the left back become a target was less due to Gale and Cisoko and more due to EE being out of midfield through injury, who on that side was mimicking the impact ACD's tracking back was having on the right.

 

Edited 38 minutes ago by Zog1

[gonzo]

36 minutes ago, Zog1 said:

ACD was doing a lot of quality tracking back to make this happen which sometimes took him out of the game for periods, i suspect quality full backs are a key priority this transfer window, so whoever replaces ACD doesn't have to do it as much.

I suspect the left back become a target was less due to Gale and Cisoko and more due to EE being out of midfield through injury, who on that side was mimicking the impact ACD's tracking back was having on the right.

 

Exactly why Conway looks like a lamb to the slaughter on that side with Gale and no EE to drop in.