Greenlizard0 Premier League Football Thread ** spoilers ** [29th Dec - 1st Jan 2025]

[eurokage]

Nice goal, but keeper should have saved that.

Yep, he's the backup for a reason

 

[Mark1989]

FSG should have never let us be in a position where all three are out of contract let alone same time!

 

[Rotty]

That Salah bloke isn't too bad

 

[Tombstone]

Imagine if Salah announces in 3 days time that he has agreed a contract with someone else. How its been left this close to Jan 1st I do not know.

 

[Purdy]

Imagine if Salah announces in 3 days time that he has agreed a contract with someone else. How its been left this close to Jan 1st I do not know.

If him and Trent do that + we implode.

At least we've had the greatest half season in my life bar 2019

 

[Mark1989]

Or we announced all three signed on Jan 1st and its big relief..staying positive!

 

[AStaley]

Imagine if Salah announces in 3 days time that he has agreed a contract with someone else. How its been left this close to Jan 1st I do not know.

Very poor management by the club, there has to be a story behind this. If any of them do leave then that’s a lot of money walking out of the door where we could have got a decent transfer fee for a replacement.

 

[Tombstone]

Or we announced all three signed on Jan 1st and its big relief..staying positive!

I've said for a while, and still believe, that Trent will go..but its imperative to counterbalance that by VVD and Salah staying

 

[eurokage]

Very poor management by the club, there has to be a story behind this. If any of them do leave then that’s a lot of money walking out of the door where we could have got a decent transfer fee for a replacement.

Has there ever been a similar scenario where a club has allowed 3 of their best players to rundown their contracts like this? Seems absolutely insane.

 

[Derek W]

Imagine if Salah announces in 3 days time that he has agreed a contract with someone else Man U. How its been left this close to Jan 1st I do not know.

 

[Tombstone]

Jan 1st, not April 1st

 

[manic111]

Has there ever been a similar scenario where a club has allowed 3 of their best players to rundown their contracts like this? Seems absolutely insane.

Arsenal for most of the last decade?

 

[C Kent]

Good practise this for next week against the mancs

 

[eurokage]

Arsenal for most of the last decade?

Nah, I checked the transfers for the last decade, and they are fairly standard departures. It would be like losing Campbell, Henry and Cole in the same season. For free.

 

[C Kent]

The only one that will be leaving is Trent. Salah and VVD will stay

 

[Mark1989]

Well out of all three id say Trent is easiest to replace. We have partly replaced him in Connor Bradley, okay he attacking out put is less than Trent however defensively is fine.

There is not a ready made winger that out puts Salah numbers we could easily get or without spending an insane amount of money which FSG historically haven't done anyway

Dijk whilst easily best centre back in the league its a position that you can sign for easier than Salahs etc

 

[AStaley]

We will still need to find replacements for Salah and VVD sooner or later, hopefully sooner.

 

[Mark1989]

We will still need to find replacements for Salah and VVD sooner or later, hopefully sooner.

We will but id rather do that whilst we have them than not

 

[Tombstone]

We will still need to find replacements for Salah and VVD sooner or later, hopefully sooner.

For VVD I'd take Guehi , Salah though is a more difficult proposition, not really sure there are many at all who can do what he does

 

[JamesH85]

that's 4, could they get 6,7 or 8!