Guest Changing Times Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 At least now we know the rules.......a player is a wildcard until CT has seen he's not injured and is worth the money :) No, the rules for me forming my opinion are based around how good a player is. This is going to be based on me seeing him actually playing oddly enough and in the case of a player recently recovered from a serious injury, this is arguably even more important in my eyes. If I'd seen him playing for Forest towards the end of the season then I'd have something to base my opinion on but as I explained earlier I didn't see him so right now I have nothing but stats to base an opinion on. Hence me calling him a wildcard until I've got more to form an opinion on. Link to post Share on other sites
Snowblind 1,711 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Heard a few whispers about Aiden Flint, were linked with him earlier in the window. 46 90minutes games in the league last season. Blimey. At least he is consistently available. Is he good enough to be third choice? He's good enough to be one of the starting two, in my opinion. Has the capability to oust Ayala, or to come in if Gibbo left. Considerable aerial threat in both boxes, too. Link to post Share on other sites
LinoJo3 3,098 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Murphy would be a starting player I rekon, probably means braithwaite #10/vossen role off assombalonga. I sincerely doubt we've bought a £9m international player who's scored consistently in Ligue 1 to play him out of position because we've signed a prospect from the Championship... Did he not play more games centrally last season? Also was it the Toulouse fans or journalists saying he's far more productive centrally? Link to post Share on other sites
Smogzilla 7,385 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I do wish these threads wouldn't get derailed by personal beefs. Leave that to sites like fmttm. Link to post Share on other sites
TAPOUT 361 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Did Yacine Brahimi play for the u23 tonight? Porto lad. Link to post Share on other sites
Will 2,958 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Did Yacine Brahimi play for the u23 tonight? Porto lad. Surely not... My guess would be Mergim Brahimi of Grasshopper. Link to post Share on other sites
Snowblind 1,711 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Murphy would be a starting player I rekon, probably means braithwaite #10/vossen role off assombalonga. I sincerely doubt we've bought a £9m international player who's scored consistently in Ligue 1 to play him out of position because we've signed a prospect from the Championship... Did he not play more games centrally last season? Also was it the Toulouse fans or journalists saying he's far more productive centrally? No - Toulosue's system is an awkward one. For one, they switch it around a lot, but the two most successful and consistent they use are 4-3-3 or 4-3-2-1 (the one season they mainly played 4-2-3-1 they very nearly got relegated). In the 4-3-3, Braithwaite played Left Forward. In the 4-3-2-1, he's essentially in the same LF position, but slightly deeper than he does in the 4-3-3, which is where the Gazette got their article stats wrong; they took the Transfermarkt stats of him in the 4-3-2-1 as him playing centrally, when in actual fact his role was still more of a Inside Forward coming in from the left flank. He *can* play centrally, aye. In the same way Kalas *can* play RB; do a decent job, but can't utilise his main strengths from that position. There's more space in the flanks, and Braithwaite's pace, ambidextrous abilities and strong running are far better utilised from wide and the pockets of space that are naturally found there. Murphy would be an very good signing in my eyes, but I can't see him and Braithwaite playing in the same side regularly. And as I've already made clear, I'm a big fan of Braithwaite :D Link to post Share on other sites
TAPOUT 361 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Think he did. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Did Yacine Brahimi play for the u23 tonight? Porto lad. Surely not... Doubt that considering they turned down 30 million from Everton a year ago iirc Link to post Share on other sites
TAPOUT 361 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 http://soccer-rumours.com/?story=15&buying=26&selling=24&player=0 Link to post Share on other sites
LinoJo3 3,098 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Murphy would be a starting player I rekon, probably means braithwaite #10/vossen role off assombalonga. I sincerely doubt we've bought a £9m international player who's scored consistently in Ligue 1 to play him out of position because we've signed a prospect from the Championship... Did he not play more games centrally last season? Also was it the Toulouse fans or journalists saying he's far more productive centrally? No - Toulosue's system is an awkward one. For one, they switch it around a lot, but the two most successful and consistent they use are 4-3-3 or 4-3-2-1 (the one season they mainly played 4-2-3-1 they very nearly got relegated). In the 4-3-3, Braithwaite played Left Forward. In the 4-3-2-1, he's essentially in the same LF position, but slightly deeper than he does in the 4-3-3, which is where the Gazette got their article stats wrong; they took the Transfermarkt stats of him in the 4-3-2-1 as him playing centrally, when in actual fact his role was still more of a Inside Forward coming in from the left flank. He *can* play centrally, aye. In the same way Kalas *can* play RB; do a decent job, but can't utilise his main strengths from that position. There's more space in the flanks, and Braithwaite's pace, ambidextrous abilities and strong running are far better utilised from wide and the pockets of space that are naturally found there. Murphy would be an very good signing in my eyes, but I can't see him and Braithwaite playing in the same side regularly. And as I've already made clear, I'm a big fan of Braithwaite :D Fair play, had the wrong idea of braithwaite. Link to post Share on other sites
LinoJo3 3,098 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Did Yacine Brahimi play for the u23 tonight? Porto lad. Why do you ask that? Link to post Share on other sites
Snowblind 1,711 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 @LJ - Gazette article didn't help to be fair man. Their article was based purely on stats as oppose to having actually watched him play. Link to post Share on other sites
Will 2,958 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 http://soccer-rumours.com/?story=15&buying=26&selling=24&player=0 That's 'that sit' isn't it? On the team sheet for tonight it states that Brahimi is a trialist, there is zero chance Yacine Brahimi would be willing to do a trial for us. I imagine it is Mergim Brahimi. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 http://soccer-rumours.com/?story=15&buying=26&selling=24&player=0 That site is utter garbage. Purely made up stuff. But oddly there was actually a Brahimi who played for the U23 in the second half. MFC match report doesn't state his first name though. Can't be him. Link to post Share on other sites
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