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Post by philstarbuckscoffee on Jan 18, 2024 6:32:28 GMT 1
Regarding Mounie, how ironic that when he was in the team we had no wingers and didn’t play to his strengths ( if I remember we rarely threatened from set pieces or got many crosses in for him). Almost as soon as he left, we have been crying out for a ‘target man’ to make the most of our crosses and to give us a presence up front. Typical Town, but not as typical as Bojan getting injured before his first start!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2024 7:56:35 GMT 1
Glad it's not just me! I found him quite frustrating, poor movement, quite immobile, slow. Did he even score many goals?! Looked a beast v palace away on his debut, all down hill from there. Rightly or wrongly my abiding memory of Mounie's time with us was his (harsh?) red card against Brighton in the second season. We were 14th with 10 points from our first 13 games and went 1-0 up in the first minute against Brighton (Zanka). Then came the sending off, a Brighton equaliser with the last kick of the first half and their inevitable winner in the second half. I'm not saying it was reason we were relegated but it was the pivotal point in our fortunes that season with just a further 6 points in the following 24 games. Talking of the sending off I see Everton have had Calvert Lewins red card overturned for what I thought was a similar but slightly worse foul.
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Post by rockwall on Jan 18, 2024 7:57:42 GMT 1
Rightly or wrongly my abiding memory of Mounie's time with us was his (harsh?) red card against Brighton in the second season. We were 14th with 10 points from our first 13 games and went 1-0 up in the first minute against Brighton (Zanka). Then came the sending off, a Brighton equaliser with the last kick of the first half and their inevitable winner in the second half. I'm not saying it was reason we were relegated but it was the pivotal point in our fortunes that season with just a further 6 points in the following 24 games. Talking of the sending off I see Everton have had Calvert Lewins red card overturned for what I thought was a similar but slightly worse foul. They were nothing alike....
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Post by Teddington Ted on Jan 18, 2024 8:19:08 GMT 1
Mounié back, ragging it about Town in a fire engine again. Who wouldn’t want to see that?!?
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Post by bluesandtwos on Jan 18, 2024 10:03:37 GMT 1
Mounié back, ragging it about Town in a fire engine again. Who wouldn’t want to see that?!? Only without Pritchard riding shotgun this time 😉
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Post by richhtfc on Jan 18, 2024 10:11:17 GMT 1
I’d have Mounié back on the provisio we sing Allez, Allez, Allez instead of Olé, Olé, Olé in his song.
Always grated with me that…
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Post by dezzly on Jan 18, 2024 10:23:18 GMT 1
Not sure if anything in the mounie thing but certainly got to think he would be a decent option.Rotation with Radulovic who’s only a young lad who’s never played at the level would make sense. Becent a decent quartet to choose from if chuck burgzorg in there when fit and providing the Healey thing happens
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Post by Ross83 on Jan 18, 2024 10:27:11 GMT 1
Someone check if Aaron is getting bored with his feet up now.
And it isn't too late Christopher.. leave the wife and come back home ready for Dave's return.
I'd take that over the current scenario.
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Post by castlehillterrier on Jan 18, 2024 10:30:20 GMT 1
Mounie come on guys, there is absolutly nothing at all in this.
We wanted an ex player but it wasnt Mounie I am told the ex player was agreed last week and club pulled out, knowing who it is and the club I have no idea why they would even consider selling to us as a massive rival this season.
And for those who will ask if I dont say it was Chris Willock it looks dead at the moment but player and agent wanted the move so I guess there is a slim chance of it happening still, but QPR would be crazy to sell to us wouldnt they ?
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Post by castlehillterrier on Jan 18, 2024 10:31:33 GMT 1
Not sure if anything in the mounie thing but certainly got to think he would be a decent option.Rotation with Radulovic who’s only a young lad who’s never played at the level would make sense. Becent a decent quartet to choose from if chuck burgzorg in there when fit and providing the Healey thing happens its not happening, but are you seriously saying if Mounie came back he would be used in Rotation! he would be the first name on the team sheet every week when fit, a level above us currently.
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Post by royrace on Jan 18, 2024 10:32:50 GMT 1
Regarding Mounie, how ironic that when he was in the team we had no wingers and didn’t play to his strengths ( if I remember we rarely threatened from set pieces or got many crosses in for him). Almost as soon as he left, we have been crying out for a ‘target man’ to make the most of our crosses and to give us a presence up front. Typical Town, but not as typical as Bojan getting injured before his first start! I just remember him never being in the box, too slow, poor movement and no strikers instinct IMHO. Would love to see a proper striker on the end of Sorbas deliveries though, hoping Radulovic might be the man if we can get him fit.
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Post by dezzly on Jan 18, 2024 10:41:34 GMT 1
Not sure if anything in the mounie thing but certainly got to think he would be a decent option.Rotation with Radulovic who’s only a young lad who’s never played at the level would make sense. Becent a decent quartet to choose from if chuck burgzorg in there when fit and providing the Healey thing happens its not happening, but are you seriously saying if Mounie came back he would be used in Rotation! he would be the first name on the team sheet every week when fit, a level above us currently. I don’t know how he would be used.but I can’t imagine we bring in Radulovic pay 700k and not play him most weeks when he’s fit either.they wouldn’t seem the types that would play together either. But yes if you look at this season I think brest are 3rd are they?and he’s played most games although almost exclusively off the bench there.so you can’t imagine he would want to come here anyway.out of contract in the summer or not. I don’t imagine there’s any truth in it either.
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Post by dezzly on Jan 18, 2024 10:42:57 GMT 1
Mounie come on guys, there is absolutly nothing at all in this. We wanted an ex player but it wasnt Mounie I am told the ex player was agreed last week and club pulled out, knowing who it is and the club I have no idea why they would even consider selling to us as a massive rival this season. And for those who will ask if I dont say it was Chris Willock it looks dead at the moment but player and agent wanted the move so I guess there is a slim chance of it happening still, but QPR would be crazy to sell to us wouldnt they ? On this the only thing I can imagine why a player would want out of qpr is the rumour of the points deduction hanging over them.
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Post by diakhabydaily on Jan 18, 2024 10:43:38 GMT 1
Regarding Mounie, how ironic that when he was in the team we had no wingers and didn’t play to his strengths ( if I remember we rarely threatened from set pieces or got many crosses in for him). Almost as soon as he left, we have been crying out for a ‘target man’ to make the most of our crosses and to give us a presence up front. Typical Town, but not as typical as Bojan getting injured before his first start! I just remember him never being in the box, too slow, poor movement and no strikers instinct IMHO. Would love to see a proper striker on the end of Sorbas deliveries though, hoping Radulovic might be the man if we can get him fit. No strikers instinct? Perhaps you need to look at his league goals for Town. He's exactly what we've been missing since.....since he left.
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Post by theterrier42 on Jan 18, 2024 10:48:37 GMT 1
Healey for £2m on Twitter from a reliable source
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Jan 18, 2024 10:51:16 GMT 1
2 million…. Wow
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 18, 2024 10:53:20 GMT 1
Let’s be honest, we could have Bobby Moore and Frank (😉) Beckenbaur at centre back and half us Town fans would still reminisce fondly about watching Pat Scully clearing the ball into the Colne. Well neither of them will be running particularly fast and we need pace Still quicker than Lees and Pearson though 😉
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Post by Waterloo Terrier on Jan 18, 2024 10:55:16 GMT 1
£2m is massive for Town. Fair play to Kev, but hope he’s good for that money.
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 18, 2024 10:55:51 GMT 1
Is he the one we thought we’d signed in the summer and Warnock said he’d signed for a rubbish (or a similar word) club? Yeah he said he was on 3 times what we offered him or something like that. Wasn't that Ashley Barnes ?
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jan 18, 2024 10:55:52 GMT 1
Re Mouine, I think it would be a shrewd move - bringing back someone who many fans loved, plus great in the air and we now play to his strengths. A loan with a view to maybe signing him next season when his contract is up is low risk. No idea how realistic it is but he's only 29 and I always rated him.
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Post by dezzly on Jan 18, 2024 10:56:33 GMT 1
Healey for £2m on Twitter from a reliable source January inflation if ever I did see it.went Toulouse for 500k and Watford got him on a free I think
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Jan 18, 2024 10:57:42 GMT 1
Healey for £2m on Twitter from a reliable source January inflation if ever I did see it.went Toulouse for 500k and Watford got him on a free I think Yep, and he’s played 11 games and scored 2. And his value is now 1.5 million higher ? Good signing on the face of it but the fee is questionable.
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Post by leroy212 on Jan 18, 2024 11:00:15 GMT 1
2 million is definitely nagle putting his hands in his pockets
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Post by Big Ern on Jan 18, 2024 11:02:33 GMT 1
Re Mouine, I think it would be a shrewd move - bringing back someone who many fans loved, plus great in the air and we now play to his strengths. A loan with a view to maybe signing him next season when his contract is up is low risk. No idea how realistic it is but he's only 29 and I always rated him. If we are looking to spend 2 million on a striker then I imagine Mounie is available for that amount given his contract status. He is the same age as Healey also and a bit of a cult hero. I know who I would choose out of the two.
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Post by hertsblue on Jan 18, 2024 11:02:34 GMT 1
Only played 197 minutes according to Watfords site, so 2 goals and 1 assist is not a bd return.
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Post by dezzly on Jan 18, 2024 11:02:36 GMT 1
January inflation if ever I did see it.went Toulouse for 500k and Watford got him on a free I think Yep, and he’s played 11 games and scored 2. And his value is now 1.5 million higher ? Good signing on the face of it but the fee is questionable. Would agree.if he comes in and scores regular over 2/3 years it’s worth every penny.if he doesn’t expensive mistake and not getting anywhere near 2 mill if you move him on. The upsides are he’s a different type to anything else we have really he did score plenty in France albeit in ligue 2 and he’ll be keen to crack on and play football having not got much for Watford. Suppose if there is more money to go at then before we do have to take some risks in position we are
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Post by ben1987 on Jan 18, 2024 11:05:08 GMT 1
How has Mounie gained cult like status with some fans? He was average at best I think out of all the players from the premier league era, he was one of the few who didnt seem to down tools or sulk when we were relegated, we just never supplied crosses to him to feed off and he was never a one up top type striker, I would have him back in a 2 up top role. He was really upset about leaving, he didn’t want to go.
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Post by Lightcliffe Terrier on Jan 18, 2024 11:07:28 GMT 1
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Post by Boothys Knees on Jan 18, 2024 11:17:11 GMT 1
£2M on Healy and £1.1M on Balker!?
My immediate thought is who are we selling!?
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Post by typical on Jan 18, 2024 11:26:29 GMT 1
There’s surely no way we spend 2m on a player who was free only 5 months ago?
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