Transfer rumours

[patrickblue]

Seems Trippier is going to Toon.

[Mase]

Seems Trippier is going to Toon.

From people I know he was desperate to go to Rags last summer and his dream would have been to retire there. At least he can go and get relegated on £100k a week now.

[salford city]

Seems Trippier is going to Toon.

From people I know he was desperate to go to Rags last summer and his dream would have been to retire there. At least he can go and get relegated on £100k a week now.

£12M plus add-ons after AM bought him for £20M. He must have cleared his bookie debts?

[Mase]

I’ve just read that Gab hasn’t scored in the PL since September?! Quite shocking if true, as he’s started 15 matches and has 2 goals.

You could so he’s been played wide, but so has Mahrez..

Needs to improve imo.

[john@staustell]

I’ve just read that Gab hasn’t scored in the PL since September?! Quite shocking if true, as he’s started 15 matches and has 2 goals.

You could so he’s been played wide, but so has Mahrez..

Needs to improve imo.

He's a classic occasionally brilliant but often absolute shite player. Not too hot on the striker front - best off as a Mahrez sub out on the right.

[carl_feedthegoat]

I’ve just read that Gab hasn’t scored in the PL since September?! Quite shocking if true, as he’s started 15 matches and has 2 goals.

You could so he’s been played wide, but so has Mahrez..

Needs to improve imo.

He's a classic occasionally brilliant but often absolute shite player. Not too hot on the striker front - best off as a Mahrez sub out on the right.

About sums it up .

Imo a striker is there to score goals but some apologists will say “but he offers a lot elsewhere on the pitch””!

I said numerous times we can never ever rely on him to be a constant , if ever , Match winner .

[salford city]

I’ve just read that Gab hasn’t scored in the PL since September?! Quite shocking if true, as he’s started 15 matches and has 2 goals.

You could so he’s been played wide, but so has Mahrez..

Needs to improve imo.

He's a classic occasionally brilliant but often absolute shite player. Not too hot on the striker front - best off as a Mahrez sub out on the right.

About sums it up .

Imo a striker is there to score goals but some apologists will say “but he offers a lot elsewhere on the pitch””!

I said numerous times we can never ever rely on him to be a constant , if ever , Match winner .

Yep still in agreement with this. No doubt he works his bollocks off, but should be there to score the goals. Good job he plays for us where he is not so much relied upon to score. Be interested to see if he gets a run-out at swindon

[BlueinBosnia]

I’ve just read that Gab hasn’t scored in the PL since September?! Quite shocking if true, as he’s started 15 matches and has 2 goals.

You could so he’s been played wide, but so has Mahrez..

Needs to improve imo.

He's a classic occasionally brilliant but often absolute shite player. Not too hot on the striker front - best off as a Mahrez sub out on the right.

About sums it up .

Imo a striker is there to score goals but some apologists will say “but he offers a lot elsewhere on the pitch””!

I said numerous times we can never ever rely on him to be a constant , if ever , Match winner .

In the time since he last scored, he's got 5 assists. Only 4 players in the PL have more than that all season. However, I agree that he will never be a consistent match winner, and would probably never get more than 15-18 league goals per season in our setup(s).

[Mase]

I’ve just read that Gab hasn’t scored in the PL since September?! Quite shocking if true, as he’s started 15 matches and has 2 goals.

You could so he’s been played wide, but so has Mahrez..

Needs to improve imo.

He's a classic occasionally brilliant but often absolute shite player. Not too hot on the striker front - best off as a Mahrez sub out on the right.

About sums it up .

Imo a striker is there to score goals but some apologists will say “but he offers a lot elsewhere on the pitch””!

I said numerous times we can never ever rely on him to be a constant , if ever , Match winner .

In the time since he last scored, he's got 5 assists. Only 4 players in the PL have more than that all season. However, I agree that he will never be a consistent match winner, and would probably never get more than 15-18 league goals per season in our setup(s).

Pogba has the same amount of assists as him..

[BlueinBosnia]

I’ve just read that Gab hasn’t scored in the PL since September?! Quite shocking if true, as he’s started 15 matches and has 2 goals.

You could so he’s been played wide, but so has Mahrez..

Needs to improve imo.

He's a classic occasionally brilliant but often absolute shite player. Not too hot on the striker front - best off as a Mahrez sub out on the right.

About sums it up .

Imo a striker is there to score goals but some apologists will say “but he offers a lot elsewhere on the pitch””!

I said numerous times we can never ever rely on him to be a constant , if ever , Match winner .

In the time since he last scored, he's got 5 assists. Only 4 players in the PL have more than that all season. However, I agree that he will never be a consistent match winner, and would probably never get more than 15-18 league goals per season in our setup(s).

Pogba has the same amount of assists as him..

Yes, he's one of the four with more this season, if you only count the 5 assists since he last scored (the PL's site says Jesus has 7 assists, but Transfermarkt - which I tend to use because it's more navigable - says 8). I'm not saying assists are an indicator of a good player, rather that they're evidence that he offers things beside scoring goals.

[nottsblue]

Dont forget an assist could be a simple two yard pass 25 yards out to KDB who then smashes it in. Context is key

[Mase]

The reason for mentioning it is that Mahrez has now gone to ACoN and he’s our top scorer. We need someone to take over and get the goals and usually you’d rely on someone like Jesus, but my worry is he won’t be up to it.

[stupot]

The Afcon final is early Feb. Worst scenario is 2 league games missed, Chelsea and Southampton.
We have still got Grealish, Sterling, Foden as well as Jesus if we bank on Kev and Bernardo in midfield with Rodri.
Alternatively with Gundo in midfield Kev can play false 9.
Plenty of options, remember Chelsea are without the keeper against us and dippers are losing 2 of the worlds best front 3.

[BlueinBosnia]

Dont forget an assist could be a simple two yard pass 25 yards out to KDB who then smashes it in. Context is key

It definitely is. 20% of our goals have been assist-less according to the BBC, and the discrepancy between the PL and Transfermarkt stats for Jesus show how subjective an 'assist' is as a statistic. I remember back when Dzeko was playing for Wolfsburg, people in Bosnia & Herzegovina were raving over assist stats for various players, and I'd never heard of them as a metric at that time, nor could I find comparable stats for the Premier League. They were a big thing in Germany, though, and have been introduced to English football since.

It turns out you can gamble on them, though, so there must be a more objective way of defining them in real-time than I can understand. Otherwise people would be waiting days to see if they can collect winnings or not.

[BlueinBosnia]

The Afcon final is early Feb. Worst scenario is 2 league games missed, Chelsea and Southampton.

Worst case scenario is that he plays 7 games in 27 days, and comes back knackered.

[nottsblue]

The Afcon final is early Feb. Worst scenario is 2 league games missed, Chelsea and Southampton.

Worst case scenario is that he plays 7 games in 27 days, and comes back knackered.

Are Algeria any good and how far are they likely to progress does anyone know?

Hopefully they won’t get past any group stages and he comes home sooner rather than later

[Tokyo Blue]

They are the holders, mate.

[nottsblue]

They are the holders, mate.

We’ll probably see him mid February then!

[stupot]

Incidentally whilst Mahrez is leading scorer in all comps he's 3rd in the PL behind Raz and Bernardo.

[Mase]

Incidentally whilst Mahrez is leading scorer in all comps he's 3rd in the PL behind Raz and Bernardo.

He’s also started less PL games than both players.