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Post by aksaiblue on Feb 9, 2019 23:35:41 GMT 1
Had a good cameo today, I hope he gets more game time. Nearly scored when cleared off the line and would have scored if the Arsenal defender hadn't of got a touch ( into his own net). Looks to be a good signing and just what we need, a poacher with an eye for goal.
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Feb 9, 2019 23:41:17 GMT 1
We might have got a point today if he's come on 20 mins sooner.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Feb 10, 2019 12:29:34 GMT 1
He claims it was definitely his goal because it came off his knee last.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 12:37:50 GMT 1
Thought he was offside if he had got involved
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Feb 10, 2019 12:39:53 GMT 1
He claims it was definitely his goal because it came off his knee last. If his name was Harry Kane then it would be his goal |
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Feb 10, 2019 12:41:05 GMT 1
He claims it was definitely his goal because it came off his knee last. I said I thought Grant might have got a touch on the match day thread last night but there was nothing obvious from the footage on MOTD. |
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Post by gymroidspump on Feb 10, 2019 13:39:06 GMT 1
I like the lad. Looks dangerous. Not sure why he didn't start. Seems an odd decision.
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Post by ritchie on Feb 10, 2019 13:54:57 GMT 1
Looked more alert than any of our strikers have this season!
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Post by royrace on Feb 10, 2019 23:42:34 GMT 1
I like the lad. Looks dangerous. Not sure why he didn't start. Seems an odd decision. Jan seemed to imply he wasn't as fit as he needed him to be. I was very impressed with the tempo yesterday and I'd hazard a guess it's a fair bit different to league one. Looking forward to seeing more of him. Sent from my SM-G920F using proboards |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 23:57:22 GMT 1
I like the lad. Looks dangerous. Not sure why he didn't start. Seems an odd decision. Jan seemed to imply he wasn't as fit as he needed him to be. I was very impressed with the tempo yesterday and I'd hazard a guess it's a fair bit different to league one. Looking forward to seeing more of him. Sent from my SM-G920F using proboards Surely he should get on before Depoitre no matter how fit? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 0:26:00 GMT 1
Jan seemed to imply he wasn't as fit as he needed him to be. I was very impressed with the tempo yesterday and I'd hazard a guess it's a fair bit different to league one. Looking forward to seeing more of him. Sent from my SM-G920F using proboards Surely he should get on before Depoitre no matter how fit? Depoitre put in a good effort just wide, maybe we should trust Jan to decide who plays and when. New boss playing new system, lets not write anybody off just yet eh? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 0:43:16 GMT 1
Surely he should get on before Depoitre no matter how fit? Depoitre put in a good effort just wide, maybe we should trust Jan to decide who plays and when. New boss playing new system, lets not write anybody off just yet eh? Sorry but I ve seen enough of Depoitre coming on and doing nothing this season. I ll accept he looked a bit more like he was trying than he usually does.I would have preferred the changes the other way round thats all. |
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Post by est1908 on Feb 11, 2019 0:47:25 GMT 1
Depoitre put in a good effort just wide, maybe we should trust Jan to decide who plays and when. New boss playing new system, lets not write anybody off just yet eh? Sorry but I ve seen enough of Depoitre coming on and doing nothing this season. I ll accept he looked a bit more like he was trying than he usually does.I would have preferred the changes the other way round thats all. I'm with Mr Codds and JS, clean slate and all that...  |
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Post by Galpharmer on Feb 11, 2019 1:12:17 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 1:13:01 GMT 1
Depoitre put in a good effort just wide, maybe we should trust Jan to decide who plays and when. New boss playing new system, lets not write anybody off just yet eh? Sorry but I ve seen enough of Depoitre coming on and doing nothing this season. I ll accept he looked a bit more like he was trying than he usually does.I would have preferred the changes the other way round thats all. Depoitre has been playing in a solitary role up front all season, now we start to play with more bodies around him in a system that might suit him I would like to see if we can get more out of him. League one to the Premier League is one hell of a step. Breaking Grant in steadily might just be the right way to go, I'd trust the professionals on that. |
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Feb 11, 2019 6:06:29 GMT 1
Depoitre put in a good effort just wide, maybe we should trust Jan to decide who plays and when. New boss playing new system, lets not write anybody off just yet eh? Sorry but I ve seen enough of Depoitre coming on and doing nothing this season. I ll accept he looked a bit more like he was trying than he usually does.I would have preferred the changes the other way round thats all. I'm not sure you'd be banging this drum if his effort went a couple of inches inside rather than outside the post, or the similarly improved (and NOTED on here display by the previously poor) Kachunga had looked up to see him and Diakhaby making clear runs begging for a through ball to be played. Much improved from him on his sub appearance and I doubt he'll be here next season but we shouldn't lose objectivity when looking at how players are performing for Siewert - the performances by Diakhaby and Bacuna on Saturday should teach us all that at least. Looking long term - I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see Siewert's preferred front 3 to be the pacy trio of Diakhaby, Grant and Mbenza but time will tell. Everyone can see how Diakhaby and Mbenza's introduction to the starting XI has led to them being written off by so many in the embryonic days of their Town careers before even one of them has been signed permanently. In my view this makes it even more crucial that Grant is not thrown in to the mix too early. |
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Post by royrace on Feb 11, 2019 13:39:26 GMT 1
Sorry but I ve seen enough of Depoitre coming on and doing nothing this season. I ll accept he looked a bit more like he was trying than he usually does.I would have preferred the changes the other way round thats all. I'm not sure you'd be banging this drum if his effort went a couple of inches inside rather than outside the post, or the similarly improved (and NOTED on here display by the previously poor) Kachunga had looked up to see him and Diakhaby making clear runs begging for a through ball to be played. Much improved from him on his sub appearance and I doubt he'll be here next season but we shouldn't lose objectivity when looking at how players are performing for Siewert - the performances by Diakhaby and Bacuna on Saturday should teach us all that at least. Looking long term - I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see Siewert's preferred front 3 to be the pacy trio of Diakhaby, Grant and Mbenza but time will tell. Everyone can see how Diakhaby and Mbenza's introduction to the starting XI has led to them being written off by so many in the embryonic days of their Town careers before even one of them has been signed permanently. In my view this makes it even more crucial that Grant is not thrown in to the mix too early.There's no comparison, Grant has been signed from L1 for £2M! He'll be given plenty of time and rightly so. Diakbenza cost £20M and were (foolishly) expected by the club (and therefore fans) to hit the ground running. Diakhaby is already our player btw. |
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Feb 11, 2019 14:59:28 GMT 1
I'm not sure you'd be banging this drum if his effort went a couple of inches inside rather than outside the post, or the similarly improved (and NOTED on here display by the previously poor) Kachunga had looked up to see him and Diakhaby making clear runs begging for a through ball to be played. Much improved from him on his sub appearance and I doubt he'll be here next season but we shouldn't lose objectivity when looking at how players are performing for Siewert - the performances by Diakhaby and Bacuna on Saturday should teach us all that at least. Looking long term - I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see Siewert's preferred front 3 to be the pacy trio of Diakhaby, Grant and Mbenza but time will tell. Everyone can see how Diakhaby and Mbenza's introduction to the starting XI has led to them being written off by so many in the embryonic days of their Town careers before even one of them has been signed permanently. In my view this makes it even more crucial that Grant is not thrown in to the mix too early.There's no comparison, Grant has been signed from L1 for £2M! He'll be given plenty of time and rightly so. Diakbenza cost £20M and were (foolishly) expected by the club (and therefore fans) to hit the ground running. Diakhaby is already our player btw. Cost has never been an issue for Town's boo-boys in the past - See comments about Hamer, Flo, Puncheon, Jutkiewicz and many more I could mention starting with Austin and Cowling in my time. Kongolo's seamless transition last year (not forgetting Mouniè's too) would be the main reason the club may have expected a better initial impact for young players from Ligue 1. Therefore I think its unfair for you now (obviously with the wonderful benefit of hindsight) to call it a foolish expectation, definitely a disappointing outcome but in no way was it widely to be expected. Sadly, in addition, Sobhi's knee injury meant he couldn't help bridge the gap to the new French league imports' readiness. I probably didn't make it clear but the one I referred to was Mbenza not being signed permanently yet. |
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Post by upthetown on Feb 11, 2019 15:07:42 GMT 1
He claims it was definitely his goal because it came off his knee last. If his name was Harry Kane then it would be his goal Harry Kane has also claimed it. FA are reviewing it. |
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Feb 11, 2019 15:08:33 GMT 1
Is the goal being reviewed or do they only get reviewed if you're a high profile player?
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Post by royrace on Feb 11, 2019 20:19:53 GMT 1
There's no comparison, Grant has been signed from L1 for £2M! He'll be given plenty of time and rightly so. Diakbenza cost £20M and were (foolishly) expected by the club (and therefore fans) to hit the ground running. Diakhaby is already our player btw. Cost has never been an issue for Town's boo-boys in the past - See comments about Hamer, Flo, Puncheon, Jutkiewicz and many more I could mention starting with Austin and Cowling in my time. Kongolo's seamless transition last year (not forgetting Mouniè's too) would be the main reason the club may have expected a better initial impact for young players from Ligue 1. Therefore I think its unfair for you now (obviously with the wonderful benefit of hindsight) to call it a foolish expectation, definitely a disappointing outcome but in no way was it widely to be expected. Sadly, in addition, Sobhi's knee injury meant he couldn't help bridge the gap to the new French league imports' readiness. I probably didn't make it clear but the one I referred to was Mbenza not being signed permanently yet. Sobhi couldn’t help stoke last season either. Why pretend it’s because he picked up an injury? If that were the case he’d still be here. As it happens the club has also written him off and sent him on loan for the season. Kongolo was was a full Dutch international btw, another irrelevant comparison. Anyway the point is Grant will be given a fair crack of the whip like the vast majority are. Austin and Cowling are a good case in point, one was an expensive flop who undertstandably got grief from the fans. The other was a Town legend and signed for peanuts. I’m sure you know which is which. Out of the rest you mention the criticism is warranted except for puncheon imo who has arrived during a very difficult period, shown some balls and generally done ok. |
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Feb 11, 2019 20:41:58 GMT 1
Cost has never been an issue for Town's boo-boys in the past - See comments about Hamer, Flo, Puncheon, Jutkiewicz and many more I could mention starting with Austin and Cowling in my time. Kongolo's seamless transition last year (not forgetting Mouniè's too) would be the main reason the club may have expected a better initial impact for young players from Ligue 1. Therefore I think its unfair for you now (obviously with the wonderful benefit of hindsight) to call it a foolish expectation, definitely a disappointing outcome but in no way was it widely to be expected. Sadly, in addition, Sobhi's knee injury meant he couldn't help bridge the gap to the new French league imports' readiness. I probably didn't make it clear but the one I referred to was Mbenza not being signed permanently yet. Sobhi couldn’t help stoke last season either. Why pretend it’s because he picked up an injury? If that were the case he’d still be here. As it happens the club has also written him off and sent him on loan for the season. Kongolo was was a full Dutch international btw, another irrelevant comparison. Anyway the point is Grant will be given a fair crack of the whip like the vast majority are. Austin and Cowling are a good case in point, one was an expensive flop who undertstandably got grief from the fans. The other was a Town legend and signed for peanuts. I’m sure you know which is which. Out of the rest you mention the criticism is warranted except for puncheon imo who has arrived during a very difficult period, shown some balls and generally done ok. But Mbenza IS signed and IS our player. Hoyle said as much in a previous Q&A. In order to get the deal through the window it went as a loan with the appropriate fee; at the end of the season Town have an OBLIGATION - not an option - to buy him, bringing the total up to close on £20m. Dean said that fans should disregard the press reports saying that we had an option - he definitely is our player because the actual terms of the loan were that we would buy him at the end of the loan period. We are committed to buy him at season's end. |
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Post by sykeylad on Feb 11, 2019 20:54:14 GMT 1
Sobhi couldn’t help stoke last season either. Why pretend it’s because he picked up an injury? If that were the case he’d still be here. As it happens the club has also written him off and sent him on loan for the season. Kongolo was was a full Dutch international btw, another irrelevant comparison. Anyway the point is Grant will be given a fair crack of the whip like the vast majority are. Austin and Cowling are a good case in point, one was an expensive flop who undertstandably got grief from the fans. The other was a Town legend and signed for peanuts. I’m sure you know which is which. Out of the rest you mention the criticism is warranted except for puncheon imo who has arrived during a very difficult period, shown some balls and generally done ok. But Mbenza IS signed and IS our player. Hoyle said as much in a previous Q&A. In order to get the deal through the window it went as a loan with the appropriate fee; at the end of the season Town have an OBLIGATION - not an option - to buy him, bringing the total up to close on £20m. Dean said that fans should disregard the press reports saying that we had an option - he definitely is our player because the actual terms of the loan were that we would buy him at the end of the loan period. We are committed to buy him at season's end. Hope so. He's gonna be a superstar. |
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Post by Convictatthemac on Feb 11, 2019 22:40:55 GMT 1
Sobhi couldn’t help stoke last season either. Why pretend it’s because he picked up an injury? If that were the case he’d still be here. As it happens the club has also written him off and sent him on loan for the season. Kongolo was was a full Dutch international btw, another irrelevant comparison. Anyway the point is Grant will be given a fair crack of the whip like the vast majority are. Austin and Cowling are a good case in point, one was an expensive flop who undertstandably got grief from the fans. The other was a Town legend and signed for peanuts. I’m sure you know which is which. Out of the rest you mention the criticism is warranted except for puncheon imo who has arrived during a very difficult period, shown some balls and generally done ok. But Mbenza IS signed and IS our player. Hoyle said as much in a previous Q&A. In order to get the deal through the window it went as a loan with the appropriate fee; at the end of the season Town have an OBLIGATION - not an option - to buy him, bringing the total up to close on £20m. Dean said that fans should disregard the press reports saying that we had an option - he definitely is our player because the actual terms of the loan were that we would buy him at the end of the loan period. We are committed to buy him at season's end. £20m??? I haven’t heard that price anywhere, let alone from DH’s mouth. I’m sure it was €14m which is roughly £12m. |
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Post by drumriggend on Feb 11, 2019 22:50:51 GMT 1
But Mbenza IS signed and IS our player. Hoyle said as much in a previous Q&A. In order to get the deal through the window it went as a loan with the appropriate fee; at the end of the season Town have an OBLIGATION - not an option - to buy him, bringing the total up to close on £20m. Dean said that fans should disregard the press reports saying that we had an option - he definitely is our player because the actual terms of the loan were that we would buy him at the end of the loan period. We are committed to buy him at season's end. £20m??? I haven’t heard that price anywhere, let alone from DH’s mouth. I’m sure it was €14m which is roughly £12m. Its a bit of a "BEER GOGGLES " job wi Mbenza.. She looked alreyt last nite.. HOW MUCH!!! Kin hell.. Well.. A deal is a deal.. 🤢 |
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Post by townohiofan on Feb 11, 2019 22:59:39 GMT 1
I like the lad. Looks dangerous. Not sure why he didn't start. Seems an odd decision. Jan seemed to imply he wasn't as fit as he needed him to be. I was very impressed with the tempo yesterday and I'd hazard a guess it's a fair bit different to league one. Looking forward to seeing more of him. Sent from my SM-G920F using proboards One thing I'll never understand is why managers will say new transfers aren't playing much because it's fitness concerns. Like did they not need to be fit at their previous club? Makes some sense due to JS'style of play but every manager seems to make that comment. |
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Post by Convictatthemac on Feb 11, 2019 23:01:41 GMT 1
£20m??? I haven’t heard that price anywhere, let alone from DH’s mouth. I’m sure it was €14m which is roughly £12m. Its a bit of a "BEER GOGGLES " job wi Mbenza.. She looked alreyt last nite.. HOW MUCH!!! Kin hell.. Well.. A deal is a deal.. 🤢 More like a fisherman’s tale, it just gets bigger and bigger in price, but I don’t think he’s getting away though. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2019 0:18:09 GMT 1
Jan seemed to imply he wasn't as fit as he needed him to be. I was very impressed with the tempo yesterday and I'd hazard a guess it's a fair bit different to league one. Looking forward to seeing more of him. Sent from my SM-G920F using proboards One thing I'll never understand is why managers will say new transfers aren't playing much because it's fitness concerns. Like did they not need to be fit at their previous club? Makes some sense due to JS'style of play but every manager seems to make that comment. Remember Joel Lynch going to QPR at the time Wagner introduced triple training sessions? "I'm not saying they didn't train hard at Huddersfield, but perhaps not as hard as we train here" - Les Ferdinand.  |
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Post by aksaiblue on Feb 12, 2019 13:37:34 GMT 1
Jan seemed to imply he wasn't as fit as he needed him to be. I was very impressed with the tempo yesterday and I'd hazard a guess it's a fair bit different to league one. Looking forward to seeing more of him. Sent from my SM-G920F using proboards One thing I'll never understand is why managers will say new transfers aren't playing much because it's fitness concerns. Like did they not need to be fit at their previous club? Makes some sense due to JS'style of play but every manager seems to make that comment. They do seem to come out with that statement, however I think it's more about getting the player used to the clubs style of play in many circumstances. |
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Post by Porrohman on Feb 12, 2019 16:30:54 GMT 1
Is the goal being reviewed or do they only get reviewed if you're a high profile player? According to the Unexamined it's gone down officially as an OG but Town can appeal that decision but don't seem to have, so far |
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