| Kasey McAteer - here we go! 09:06 - Aug 22 with 8163 views | pablo_canooga |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:21 - Aug 22 with 1771 views | Metal_Hacker |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:19 - Aug 22 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Definitely sounded excited |
Woohoo! |  |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:21 - Aug 22 with 1773 views | bartyg |
I like him, good fit and ready to play.
Potentially better than Broadhead already, with higher potential
Personally I think we're only really looking for another DM and the squad looks good. A couple of high potential prospects would be nice as future planning. |  | | |
| £12m…..???! on 09:21 - Aug 22 with 1772 views | Bloots |
….that is preposterous.
I genuinely thought he’d be about £3m rising to maybe £5m.
Anyone trying to justify £12m is delusional. |  |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:21 - Aug 22 with 1774 views | TomTheWriter |
Report says £12m over 3 seasons. Could be £4m this season. Could be £6m. Remember Leicester have big PSR issues, so can negotiate a ‘payment plan’- more chance Burns leaves in January now |  |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:22 - Aug 22 with 1747 views | _clive_baker_ |
£5m too much but needs must I suppose. |  | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:22 - Aug 22 with 1752 views | itfcjoe |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:13 - Aug 22 by itfcjoe |
Bigger fee than I thought it would be, but really like the signing and improves us instantly on that right hand side with Ogbene feeling his way back and Burns out with an ACL. Gives us exactly what we need in that role.
We still need another versatile option up there, but really like the fit of this one |
I really like the signing, but fee feels heavy for him.
Our right side forward position is very weak - we've so far seen Ogbene feeling his way back to fitness and Jack Clarke there.
For fit players we now have
RW - Ogbene, McAteer
R10 - Szmodics, Chaplin
L10 - Philogene, Clarke
ST - Hirst, Akpom
Needs a sprinking of stardust into the 10s a la Omari, and another 9 option to free up Akpom too - but it is a lot better balanced now Broady has gone and McAteer replacing him |  |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:22 - Aug 22 with 1735 views | PhilTWTD |
£11.5m I'm told but what's £500k between friends? |  | | |
| £500k more than…. on 09:24 - Aug 22 with 1678 views | Bloots |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:22 - Aug 22 by PhilTWTD |
£11.5m I'm told but what's £500k between friends? |
….we sold our club captain for? | |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:24 - Aug 22 with 1660 views | BlueB0y |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:22 - Aug 22 by PhilTWTD |
£11.5m I'm told but what's £500k between friends? |
Phil are we still going for the Norwegian youngster is does this put that to bed? |  | | |
| £12m…..???! on 09:25 - Aug 22 with 1617 views | portmanking |
| £12m…..???! on 09:21 - Aug 22 by Bloots |
….that is preposterous.
I genuinely thought he’d be about £3m rising to maybe £5m.
Anyone trying to justify £12m is delusional. |
I have to agree with you on this one. For a player with very little in the way of assists/goal output and signed for pure work rate, to drop eight figures on him is an absolute travesty.
If we've ditched Egeli (a guy who'll get bums off seats) for McAteer I do fear for us this season. We're going to become very workmanlike to watch. [Post edited 22 Aug 9:26]
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:25 - Aug 22 with 1595 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:21 - Aug 22 by bartyg |
I like him, good fit and ready to play.
Potentially better than Broadhead already, with higher potential
Personally I think we're only really looking for another DM and the squad looks good. A couple of high potential prospects would be nice as future planning. |
We have 1 fit striker |  |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:25 - Aug 22 with 1593 views | tomitfc |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:22 - Aug 22 by PhilTWTD |
£11.5m I'm told but what's £500k between friends? |
Phil, do you know if this signals the end of our pursuit for the Norwegian lad? | | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:26 - Aug 22 with 1545 views | megnuts |
Mentioned yesterday on here but I like this. A perfect squad player, versatile, a very good character (take a read of the Leicester forums), knows a lot of the boys here so can be integrated quickly, already fit so can contribute straight away. Nothing wrong with this at all.
The negativity is a bit ridiculous. Not even kicked a ball for us yet. Get behind the lad! |  | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:27 - Aug 22 with 1511 views | Sarge |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:19 - Aug 22 by Nutkins_Return |
I like your positivity Joe on this one and hope you are right but this doesn't feel like good business. He's a squad booster and isn't a bad player but he's not unfortunately a player to really kick us on.
I'm regularly the positive voice in the room but I'm gobsmacked at us throwing that much of our money on that calibre of player. Broadhead was a much better player so that fee now doesn't feel nearly as good.
I'll end on the positive of he is a good age. |
I wouldn’t worry too much. We’ve seen already that J Clarke and Philogene will be the wide options regardless of how much they underwhelm so what we’re really just doing is boosting bench options for £12m.
It’s fine…I’m sure it’s all fine. | | | |
| I know it’s the “internet”….. on 09:28 - Aug 22 with 1479 views | Bloots |
| £12m…..???! on 09:25 - Aug 22 by portmanking |
I have to agree with you on this one. For a player with very little in the way of assists/goal output and signed for pure work rate, to drop eight figures on him is an absolute travesty.
If we've ditched Egeli (a guy who'll get bums off seats) for McAteer I do fear for us this season. We're going to become very workmanlike to watch. [Post edited 22 Aug 9:26]
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….and largely made up, but transfermkt have got his value as £2m.
It’s not even close.
Totally bemused by this one. | |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:28 - Aug 22 with 1469 views | Garv |
On the face of it it seems a good signing and in line with the rest of our business. People seem to be upset because a handful of Leicester fans on Twitter said he's rubbish?
It's another lightweight winger when we're still quite a small, lightweight team, which is obviously not great, but that's the only negative for me. |  |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:28 - Aug 22 with 1464 views | THX1138 |
Overpriced in the region of £5m - £7m and helps Leicester in terms of FFP too, being an academy graduate.
Hopefully one of a few deals to get done over the next week but this smacks of being someway down the list of targets before getting one done | | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:30 - Aug 22 with 1396 views | HighgateBlue |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:25 - Aug 22 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
We have 1 fit striker |
This. We need goals. Including from our own players. And including from open play.
Otherwise winning games is going to prove difficult. |  | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:31 - Aug 22 with 1351 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:18 - Aug 22 by BlueandTruesince82 |
How many times have we heard this.
McKenna has said we look for attributes and assume he has the ones we want.
Give the lad a chance ffs. |
Its something people can't seem to grasp. McKenna is all about profiles and attributes to execute specific roles in the team. McAteer is hard working, fit as a fiddle, tactically aware and can play, can finish, can create. KM isn't one for shoe horning the 11 most gifted footballers into a side like some sort of Sven Goran-Eriksson tribute act.
You only have to look at the players who have been most effective in McKenna's time here to realise it isn't necessarily the ones who are the most technical. Wes Burns is probably the prime example, Luongo another. Burns' off the ball work and positional discipline is incredible, Chelsea at home last season was an absolute masterclass for anyone who saw that, and the reason when fit he's so often one of the first names on the team sheet. Would he impress a 14 year old YouTuber as much as Jack Clarke in a 5-a-side at Playford Road? Probably not. Is he more effective in our system? Almost certainly.
I do think the fee is a bit rich, but that's the market we're operating in and probably a consequence of the club we're buying from. As you say, trust McKenna and give him a chance before people start writing him off. | | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:34 - Aug 22 with 1216 views | Jbarrrell |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:22 - Aug 22 by PhilTWTD |
£11.5m I'm told but what's £500k between friends? |
phil are we in for any strikers that you know of and does this mean the danish fella is a no go? | | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:34 - Aug 22 with 1188 views | homer_123 |
I'll be in a minority here and that is absolutely fine.
I think this is a really astute piece of business. Headline figure 'feels' a lot but this is a 23yr old, a fee over 3 yrs (leaving headroom for more business) and a player that has a lot of the attributes that KM looks for and we need.
I've not seen huge amounts of him but what I have seen is decent, his return in the Championship is decent as a wide player, chipping in with both goals and assists and I think KM will develop him.
Yes, it's easy to make the comparison between Hutch and this fella but I'm not sure that is the right comparison. I see this signing as dealing with the Burns issue and I suspect more signings will follow. |  |
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| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:37 - Aug 22 with 1102 views | jasondozzell |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:31 - Aug 22 by _clive_baker_ |
Its something people can't seem to grasp. McKenna is all about profiles and attributes to execute specific roles in the team. McAteer is hard working, fit as a fiddle, tactically aware and can play, can finish, can create. KM isn't one for shoe horning the 11 most gifted footballers into a side like some sort of Sven Goran-Eriksson tribute act.
You only have to look at the players who have been most effective in McKenna's time here to realise it isn't necessarily the ones who are the most technical. Wes Burns is probably the prime example, Luongo another. Burns' off the ball work and positional discipline is incredible, Chelsea at home last season was an absolute masterclass for anyone who saw that, and the reason when fit he's so often one of the first names on the team sheet. Would he impress a 14 year old YouTuber as much as Jack Clarke in a 5-a-side at Playford Road? Probably not. Is he more effective in our system? Almost certainly.
I do think the fee is a bit rich, but that's the market we're operating in and probably a consequence of the club we're buying from. As you say, trust McKenna and give him a chance before people start writing him off. |
Exactly this.
All the glory hunters who have come out of the woodwork are so entitled it's untrue.
Remember that the key in transfers is funding value. How do you do that? You find players who you think you can improve and who can be successful for you that others may have overlooked.
The Salah model if you like.
This is a young international player with PL experience who KM likes and who must see potential in. I would rather this than the years of endless end of career loans we endured! End of debate. |  | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:37 - Aug 22 with 1089 views | Herbivore |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:31 - Aug 22 by _clive_baker_ |
Its something people can't seem to grasp. McKenna is all about profiles and attributes to execute specific roles in the team. McAteer is hard working, fit as a fiddle, tactically aware and can play, can finish, can create. KM isn't one for shoe horning the 11 most gifted footballers into a side like some sort of Sven Goran-Eriksson tribute act.
You only have to look at the players who have been most effective in McKenna's time here to realise it isn't necessarily the ones who are the most technical. Wes Burns is probably the prime example, Luongo another. Burns' off the ball work and positional discipline is incredible, Chelsea at home last season was an absolute masterclass for anyone who saw that, and the reason when fit he's so often one of the first names on the team sheet. Would he impress a 14 year old YouTuber as much as Jack Clarke in a 5-a-side at Playford Road? Probably not. Is he more effective in our system? Almost certainly.
I do think the fee is a bit rich, but that's the market we're operating in and probably a consequence of the club we're buying from. As you say, trust McKenna and give him a chance before people start writing him off. |
Fees seem to have gone nuts again, personally think we got over the odds for Broadhead and Omari so shouldn't be surprised we're paying over the odds ourselves.
As I mentioned on another thread, a lot of people were purring over the quality in depth of the Leicester squad, we've signed someone who is in their first team squad every week and now they aren't good enough. It's quite wild how quickly the sense of entitlement has taken hold of some fans after one (quite humbling) year in the Prem. |  |
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| I know it’s the “internet”….. on 09:38 - Aug 22 with 1073 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| I know it’s the “internet”….. on 09:28 - Aug 22 by Bloots |
….and largely made up, but transfermkt have got his value as £2m.
It’s not even close.
Totally bemused by this one. |
Maybe we should give Forest £18M+ back
You lost all credibility when you used transfermarket, even with the slight caveat. | | | |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:40 - Aug 22 with 1017 views | Steve_M |
| Kasey McAteer - here we go! on 09:34 - Aug 22 by homer_123 |
I'll be in a minority here and that is absolutely fine.
I think this is a really astute piece of business. Headline figure 'feels' a lot but this is a 23yr old, a fee over 3 yrs (leaving headroom for more business) and a player that has a lot of the attributes that KM looks for and we need.
I've not seen huge amounts of him but what I have seen is decent, his return in the Championship is decent as a wide player, chipping in with both goals and assists and I think KM will develop him.
Yes, it's easy to make the comparison between Hutch and this fella but I'm not sure that is the right comparison. I see this signing as dealing with the Burns issue and I suspect more signings will follow. |
The player is fine, if not enormously exciting. Feels overpriced but then I thought £7.5m for Broadhead was a good deal and then we got £10m for him so that's the market at the moment.
Very much a Burns replacement/upgrade here.
Still much work to do and that's a bigger issue. |  |
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