Morsy was the driving force 17:34 - Aug 23 with 959 views | onceablue | Mckenna’s right hand man. Although it was Cook that bought him. Can we ever replace him? Was so instrumental in everything we achieved. |  | | |  |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:38 - Aug 23 with 886 views | Swansea_Blue | He was very important. Azor’s a good player but not the leader Morsy was. We’ve lost Burgess too who was also a leader. Of course Morsy is replaceable (we’ve had much better in the past), but he’s a loss nonetheless. It’s a shame we didn’t try a bit harder to keep him for another year. |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 17:40 - Aug 23 with 871 views | Bluemike31 | People don't get what a massive loss he was, nothing weve signed are remotely close to replacing him. |  | |  |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:42 - Aug 23 with 843 views | Simonds92 | There's not many midfielders who have the ability to take the ball and drive past people to start attacks. Absolutely baffling we didn't think he was crucial to what we do this season. Massive massive hole in the middle, and Matusiwa looks to be a very good footballer but not the kind of player to drive us forward. [Post edited 23 Aug 17:42]
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Morsy was the driving force on 17:43 - Aug 23 with 826 views | lazyblue | Absolutely, how do you replace a captan/leader like him and a player that could win a 40/60 tackle and drive forward in to opposition half like him. |  | |  |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:45 - Aug 23 with 809 views | LeoMuff |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:43 - Aug 23 by lazyblue | Absolutely, how do you replace a captan/leader like him and a player that could win a 40/60 tackle and drive forward in to opposition half like him. |
We miss him hugely in playing through the press, take the ball centrally turn open the whole pitch up. Hopefully Jens will add that. We would have really wanted to keep him I’m sure but can’t compete with Kuwaiti mega salaries. |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 17:45 - Aug 23 with 809 views | Mark |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:38 - Aug 23 by Swansea_Blue | He was very important. Azor’s a good player but not the leader Morsy was. We’ve lost Burgess too who was also a leader. Of course Morsy is replaceable (we’ve had much better in the past), but he’s a loss nonetheless. It’s a shame we didn’t try a bit harder to keep him for another year. |
And to think Morsy had a year left on his contract. I am still surprised we let him leave without a transfer fee at least. |  | |  |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:48 - Aug 23 with 781 views | Swansea_Blue |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:45 - Aug 23 by Mark | And to think Morsy had a year left on his contract. I am still surprised we let him leave without a transfer fee at least. |
Me too. A bit too much sentimentality. Given they were paying millions on wages I’m sure they could have bunged as a million or so for a fee. It’s nothing in the grand scheme of things, but would feel a bit less like we’d gift wrapped them a present. |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 17:51 - Aug 23 with 717 views | noggin | Matusiwa was excellent. I don't think missing Morsy was our problem today. |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 17:54 - Aug 23 with 663 views | Clutch |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:51 - Aug 23 by noggin | Matusiwa was excellent. I don't think missing Morsy was our problem today. |
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Morsy was the driving force on 17:54 - Aug 23 with 663 views | Garv |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:42 - Aug 23 by Simonds92 | There's not many midfielders who have the ability to take the ball and drive past people to start attacks. Absolutely baffling we didn't think he was crucial to what we do this season. Massive massive hole in the middle, and Matusiwa looks to be a very good footballer but not the kind of player to drive us forward. [Post edited 23 Aug 17:42]
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Agreed. I've never watched a footballer and thought "he's got balls" as much or as many times as I did with Morsy. Some players could potentially do what he did in terms of driving and passing through lines, but they don't have the balls to do it. Massive massive hole. |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 17:58 - Aug 23 with 605 views | carlo88 | His input as a captain was just as important as that as a player, maybe more so. |  | |  |
Morsy was the driving force on 18:01 - Aug 23 with 585 views | ITFC_84 | THIS THIS AND THIS |  | |  |
Morsy was the driving force on 18:02 - Aug 23 with 569 views | Wickets |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:51 - Aug 23 by noggin | Matusiwa was excellent. I don't think missing Morsy was our problem today. |
Maybe not our only problem but losing Sam is a big hit to take. For me we desperately need a big midfield signing. |  | |  |
Morsy was the driving force on 18:03 - Aug 23 with 559 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior | I think that’s a bit of the easy answer tbh. Considering Matusiwa is only a few games in I think he’s going really well. Our bigger problem is defenders aren’t sh*t scared of a Hutchinson type player. Philogene has promise but as it stands looks a bit of an overpay for me for that level of investment. Some good but not enough end product yet. Hopefully he keeps progressing and confidence increases, he’s done it at this level before. On the right I’m interested to see what the next 9 days bring. McAteer apparently isn’t someone that takes on and beats his man often. We need that, surely. Also got to remember we spent 8M on Ogbene but he didn’t feature today, god knows feels like we are just throwing darts a bit at the moment. |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 18:04 - Aug 23 with 552 views | Mark |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:45 - Aug 23 by LeoMuff | We miss him hugely in playing through the press, take the ball centrally turn open the whole pitch up. Hopefully Jens will add that. We would have really wanted to keep him I’m sure but can’t compete with Kuwaiti mega salaries. |
We didn't need to compete with Kuwaiti mega millions this season as he had a year left on his contract. |  | |  |
Morsy was the driving force on 18:07 - Aug 23 with 534 views | BrianTablet |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:48 - Aug 23 by Swansea_Blue | Me too. A bit too much sentimentality. Given they were paying millions on wages I’m sure they could have bunged as a million or so for a fee. It’s nothing in the grand scheme of things, but would feel a bit less like we’d gift wrapped them a present. |
Could have kept him for first few matches, as it would have helped the transition to this new bunch of seeming strangers. |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 18:10 - Aug 23 with 497 views | cbower |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:42 - Aug 23 by Simonds92 | There's not many midfielders who have the ability to take the ball and drive past people to start attacks. Absolutely baffling we didn't think he was crucial to what we do this season. Massive massive hole in the middle, and Matusiwa looks to be a very good footballer but not the kind of player to drive us forward. [Post edited 23 Aug 17:42]
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Morsy was the driving force on 18:59 - Aug 23 with 388 views | Bent_double |
Morsy was the driving force on 17:45 - Aug 23 by LeoMuff | We miss him hugely in playing through the press, take the ball centrally turn open the whole pitch up. Hopefully Jens will add that. We would have really wanted to keep him I’m sure but can’t compete with Kuwaiti mega salaries. |
Exactly this. God knows what he was offered to go there, but would people be happy if we'd had to match that to keep him happy here? Sure, he was still under contract, but missing out on that 'life-changing' amount with them may have made him a different player this season. Anyway, we can find another Morsy, teams do it all the time. Just need to trust KM to get it right. |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 19:38 - Aug 23 with 315 views | Mark |
Morsy was the driving force on 18:59 - Aug 23 by Bent_double | Exactly this. God knows what he was offered to go there, but would people be happy if we'd had to match that to keep him happy here? Sure, he was still under contract, but missing out on that 'life-changing' amount with them may have made him a different player this season. Anyway, we can find another Morsy, teams do it all the time. Just need to trust KM to get it right. |
We didn't have to match anything as Morsy was already under contract. Clubs don't usually let players leave unless their transfer valuation is met, regardless of the wages a team can offer. Yes, hopefully we will strengthen the midfield and this will be forgotten. [Post edited 23 Aug 20:33]
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Morsy was the driving force on 20:14 - Aug 23 with 253 views | LeoMuff |
Morsy was the driving force on 19:38 - Aug 23 by Mark | We didn't have to match anything as Morsy was already under contract. Clubs don't usually let players leave unless their transfer valuation is met, regardless of the wages a team can offer. Yes, hopefully we will strengthen the midfield and this will be forgotten. [Post edited 23 Aug 20:33]
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Sounds like it would have been very disruptive to hold him to that one year, it certainly is a strange one as we would be so strong with Azor, Jens and Morsy |  |
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Morsy was the driving force on 21:34 - Aug 23 with 153 views | Garv |
Morsy was the driving force on 20:14 - Aug 23 by LeoMuff | Sounds like it would have been very disruptive to hold him to that one year, it certainly is a strange one as we would be so strong with Azor, Jens and Morsy |
I can't believe we couldn't even have offered him an extra year. He was worth it. |  |
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