Cjay wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 9:25 pm Glorified cheerleader though.

Bit like Farke then ..I DID NOT JUST SAY THAT

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 3:00 pm A couple of players on that at least deserve some recognition. Wish we could do 6,5,4,3,2,1 like we do on the match threads:

Rodon
James
Solomon
Bogle
Tanaka
Firpo

Mine would have been

Solomon
Rodon
Firpo
James
Bogle
Tanaka

There's a link between strikers and keepers. No hiding place for either and both rely on confidence. I rate Mes, all the skill sets are there except he's probably a little passive behind Amps and Rodon. I'd have like to have seen him take charge of his defence, all the best keepers do Lets not ...

Do you think he's proud of those? :duno: I do wonder players who make basically 0 contributions whatsoever but get a medal, how do they feel? Depends how involved with the squad they were imo. I have a feeling Guiliavogui was an old head behind the scenes, a good locker room presence, excellent ...

Jaydog wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 8:34 pm So Rory be the first in 50 years.
Not even Tiger could do it.

Didn't Rory also win the "5th" major this year. would make it an unofficial 3 in a row. I didn't like those odds but did think about including rory in my 3. Also my favourite player and I might jinx him.

Jaydog wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 7:40 pm Nicklaus? A guess

Yes and he did it twice

Masters and PGA in the same year not been done since 75 according to my research.

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 4:43 pm You called Zero 7 a poor man's Massive Attack a few weeks ago. I didn't deduce from that that you liked them.

Did I? That was a mistake, they're not that good .. and I once called Summerville a poor man's Raphinha, hell of a compliment. Context is often lost here isn't it?

Cjay wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 4:22 pm I've never heard of "a poor man's" being used as a positive description?

By definition its usually used to describe someone as a slightly worse version of someone else.

Exactly... But it then depends on whom your comparing him to

Little harsh on Ramazani imo. Very limited opportunities in the league, less than 9 full games of minutes he managed 6 goals and 2 assists. Almost a goal or assist a game. Think Ramazani did exceptionally well with his limited opportunities I'm not disagreeing but why do people always think poor ...

I'd say Rothwell didn't stand out as a loan player. You expect loan players from premier league clubs to be key players. But, outside of that, as a squad player, he was very useful. Would at least merit the same rating as Ramazani. Probably higher. We were forced into using him unfortunately. The ...

I voted Solomon as I say but perfectly happy if it's Rodon. also deserves it.

We signed Rodon for £10m. Rothwell deserves at least a B. Aaronson 9 goals & 2 assists, probably an A minus or at least a B. Wober scored a goal, and Guilavogui & Schmidt did their bit when coming on as subs. My initial post should read ten signings as I forgot we'd signed Darlow & Byram in 2023. ...

Solomon/Tanaka/Bogle were the pick of the signings. Ramazani flashed, Rothwell was over rated. The other three didn't feature enough or at all

A+ for Solomon/Bogle/Tanaka. B for Rama, C- for Rothwell. The rest ungraded

Our upwards bump in results and end of season form coincided with him replacing Mes There was a notable improvement in defensive confidence. The key reason for the bump was Gruev getting the a run and not time sharing with Rothwell, he balanced the team properly and swept up really well. I counted ...

Radrizzani is just a money man... I've no clue if he has enough to run Sampdoria properly.

I got it right as that was my minimum expectation ..

Darlow isn't good... you can see why he's a career back up basically.

To be fair to the club when they offered him the new deal he only had 1 year left on his contract and had just had a really good season in the prem. He'd had 2 seasons without any significant injuries. If we hadn't got him to sign then his saleable would have gone down and he could have left on a ...

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