Player Suggestion Souttar played and scored last night

[Foxy]

Wait til everyone gets wind he’s gone to Cov after reading about how great they are on here.

 

[NerdyBlade]

This could impact it somewhat

 

[Melbourne Blade]

Can we just get this confirmed so I can have SOUTTAR printed in the back of my new away shirt which arrived last week? The local kids will think I'm really cool.

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Until he's been seen at a petrol station by Quiffys dad I won't believe it

 

[Keen Blade]

Until he's been seen at a petrol station by Quiffys dad I won't believe it

Heeeeeeee's electric* ,
He's joining a club of eccentrics ,
He's done things I never expected ,
But he needs more time.

*His car , so no petrol required

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Wait til everyone gets wind he’s gone to Cov after reading about how great they are on here.

I always enjoy the pre‑season arrogance from clubs who’ve finally bagged their first promotion in years. They get a bit giddy, convinced they’re about to take the league by storm.

Then 10–15 games in, reality hits. They realise just how brutally tough the Premier League is in comparison.

You’re signing a £20m player so you’ve got a really good chance of doing well….then you realise everyone else in the league is doing the same

 

[Jacobsenthecrab]

I guarantee that the club is looking, just as intently, at other players. They just let the news out that they want. No journalist is catching a scoop and rushing to the morning press. Buying clubs, selling clubs, players, agents, all have media teams and preferred contracts that they feed info to to control the narrative, manipulate the market, garner support etc. We're hearing mere snippets of the actual conversation, but trying to understand the whole story.

You are spot-on, much of the media communication during the transfer window is for other clubs rather than fans.
Stories are planted if we want to move players on, and tales of no money if we are interested in a player to lower the selling clubs expectations.
That’s why it’s so important to have an experienced media team with the right contacts in the national press.

 

[ben1987]

This could impact it somewhat
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It won’t.

That’s 6 months away at the absolute minimum. They’ve not found a buyer or had any offers yet so realistically a year +

We were up for sale / mid offer and still sold Souza and Anel.

Books have to be balanced whether up for sale or not.

 

[Zeblades34]

I always enjoy the pre‑season arrogance from clubs who’ve finally bagged their first promotion in years. They get a bit giddy, convinced they’re about to take the league by storm.

Then 10–15 games in, reality hits. They realise just how brutally tough the Premier League is in comparison.

You’re signing a £20m player so you’ve got a really good chance of doing well….then you realise everyone else in the league is doing the same

£20m players nowadays is going rate for an average prem player ain't it. Unless you've got a billionaire who will throw cheques at it and doesn't mind getting a -6pt deduction at some point like forest then you've no change of a sustained period.

 

[ckpe147]

This happening then or what?
Suppose we wont know much until 3pm tomorrow

 

[ben1987]

You’re signing a £20m player so you’ve got a really good chance of doing well….then you realise everyone else in the league is doing the same

The scary thing is that everyone else is signing 30/40 million pound players as back ups or even back ups to backups.

Most established teams now have a few players worth 50m +

The likes of Chelsea probably have 20 players on 60k+ a week who’ve never even played a competitive game of men’s football yet.

It’s so utterly bonkers and very nearly a closed shop to the likes of us. When the likes of West Ham can come down and sell £150m worth and still have a squad everyone else is jealous of just shows they’re all on another planet to us (and Cov)

 

[Uganda Blade]

Nah, it's his teammate Kanga Ozpen.

 

[Servigliano]

The scary thing is that everyone else is signing 30/40 million pound players as back ups or even back ups to backups.

Most established teams now have a few players worth 50m +

The likes of Chelsea probably have 20 players on 60k+ a week who’ve never even played a competitive game of men’s football yet.

It’s so utterly bonkers and very nearly a closed shop to the likes of us. When the likes of West Ham can come down and sell £150m worth and still have a squad everyone else is jealous of just shows they’re all on another planet to us (and Cov)

And you must have a DOF and other "management executives" otherwise you'll end up like er, us.
Just look at Sunderland for example. Without their world class DOF and management structure and their brilliant forward thinking foreign manager they would have come straight down.
Nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that with a multi billionaire owner they were able to spend nearly 200 million on new players.
Were it not for VAR and a very dodgy VAR decision it would have been us. (Even I briefly thoght we'd got rid of the play off curse at 2-0 up).
That said we'd have probably been straight down again because :-
1.We dont have the proper management structure (what and whoever that may be), or-
2.We simply couldn't afford to spend anywhere near 200 million on new players.

 

[Matlock Blade]

That's two years in a row now that the playoff final has been a mockery.

 

[coolasanidiot]

This happening then or what?
Suppose we wont know much until 3pm tomorrow

5.30pm

 

[Seth Rollins]

5.30pm

Or 11.15am when Leicester announce team to play Notts County.

 

[ckpe147]

Or 11.15am when Leicester announce team to play Notts County.

To be fair, i assumed Leicester would be playing at 3pm, so thats why i said it, our line up will have no bearing on Souttar tomorrow for sure

 

[Frank the tank]

Would love him back but only at a sensible price.

By the way, every time I look at the title of this thread, I sing it to myself, to the tune of the old Elton John song, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"

"...Souttar played and scored last night, Sugar Bear....."

Every time I go over a bridge I hear the taxi music

 

[Seth Rollins]

To be fair, i assumed Leicester would be playing at 3pm, so thats why i said it, our line up will have no bearing on Souttar tomorrow for sure

I get that. I dont follow the lower leagues either!!

 

[sufc323]

As a club and fanbase, what's the plan when he eventually does move to either us or someone else? It feels like the Ricky Holmes/Ryan Leonard scenario x100, what else will there to talk about? Will our scouts go back to their day jobs for another 12 months until it's time to bid for Chris Mepham or Jimmy Dunne?

 

[hull-Blade]

This one any closer ?

Big H not been spotted at station , hotel or anywhere else for that matter ?

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

This one any closer ?

Big H not been spotted at station , hotel or anywhere else for that matter ?

He's easy to spot! I'm trying to recall the signing that everyone spotted in the hotel a few years ago. Was it Madine?

 

[Deadbat]

Doesn't look imminent...
City boss Martin said: “With Harry, I don't know. He captained the team on Saturday (and) he will captain the team this Saturday.


"He's been amazing since I've been in, since he came back from the World Cup. He's a proper character so it wouldn't surprise me that people are interested in him.



The Leicester manager also explained that players will only be allowed to leave if it suits all parties and the club is in a position to replace them. "We had a couple of bids but they were nowhere near the valuation of the club and what we value him at," he added.

 

[Seth Rollins]

He's easy to spot! I'm trying to recall the signing that everyone spotted in the hotel a few years ago. Was it Madine?

Ricky Holmes??

 

[Down the Channels]

Doesn't look imminent...
City boss Martin said: “With Harry, I don't know. He captained the team on Saturday (and) he will captain the team this Saturday.


"He's been amazing since I've been in, since he came back from the World Cup. He's a proper character so it wouldn't surprise me that people are interested in him.



The Leicester manager also explained that players will only be allowed to leave if it suits all parties and the club is in a position to replace them. "We had a couple of bids but they were nowhere near the valuation of the club and what we value him at," he added.

Wasn't that from about 4 days ago?

 

[sufc323]

Bell Leicester again lad

 

[jimmymuir]

If he's not starting tomorrow's game at Notts County then he's coming here. Leicester only have three centre-backs in him, Okoli and Faes and they all want to leave.

 

[hull-Blade]

He's easy to spot! I'm trying to recall the signing that everyone spotted in the hotel a few years ago. Was it Madine?

Possibly . Was it Morsy who was seen waiting at station ?

 

[Barstoneworth Ottershaw]

Wasn't that from about 4 days ago?

It's the six weeks holiday. He'll have lost all track of time.

I've not heard the latest podcast yet but I'm imagining something like the Lotus Eaters (poem not band).

 

[dellasthunderbolt]

Possibly . Was it Morsy who was seen waiting at station ?

Thought it was Jerome Sinclair at the station