| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli 12:25 - Aug 26 with 4119 views | bluesym |
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:36 - Aug 26 with 3778 views | bluejacko |
Bit late then isn’t he 😀 |  | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:38 - Aug 26 with 3688 views | bluesym |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:36 - Aug 26 by bluejacko |
Bit late then isn’t he 😀 |
Hopefully thats because he has heard something concrete about the deal! | |
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:38 - Aug 26 with 3683 views | NedPlimpton |
"pushing ahead" feels at least a couple of steps earlier than "imminent" |  | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:40 - Aug 26 with 3632 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:38 - Aug 26 by bluesym |
Hopefully thats because he has heard something concrete about the deal! |
Or the players agent is “doing a hackney” and trying to flush out potential other PL suitors…? |  | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:41 - Aug 26 with 3581 views | bsw72 |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:38 - Aug 26 by NedPlimpton |
"pushing ahead" feels at least a couple of steps earlier than "imminent" |
Dunno - if you can see a head, then arrival seems pretty imminent, at least based on the birth of my 4 kids. |  | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:42 - Aug 26 with 3526 views | NedPlimpton |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:41 - Aug 26 by bsw72 |
Dunno - if you can see a head, then arrival seems pretty imminent, at least based on the birth of my 4 kids. |
I know he's young but i'd hope he's well past that stage! | | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:44 - Aug 26 with 3427 views | dirtyboy |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:40 - Aug 26 by Matt_Netherlands |
Or the players agent is “doing a hackney” and trying to flush out potential other PL suitors…? |
Given West Ham have now seemingly made a move for Hackney (who's looked brilliant already this season) fair play to his agent.
Hackney didn't flat out refuse, he came, he saw, he took a look around and then declined probably on the basis that he believed in himself to get a PL move by getting his head down and playing.
Can't deny Egeli trying similar.
Seen a fair bit of Egeli now, very versatile, doesn't seem very quick, but definitely has something about him. |  | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:47 - Aug 26 with 3335 views | itfc1108 |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:40 - Aug 26 by Matt_Netherlands |
Or the players agent is “doing a hackney” and trying to flush out potential other PL suitors…? |
Talking of agents, Philogene's agent has been very quiet this window.
After seeing some of his antics in the past, I'm surprised if he hasn't tried to get his client back in the premier league. | | | |
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:48 - Aug 26 with 3311 views | JeremiahBrown |
I'm just concerned that another club may come in at the last minute. | | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:06 - Aug 26 with 2768 views | tomitfc |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:47 - Aug 26 by itfc1108 |
Talking of agents, Philogene's agent has been very quiet this window.
After seeing some of his antics in the past, I'm surprised if he hasn't tried to get his client back in the premier league. |
Would be like selling snow to eskimos trying to get him a prem move | | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:06 - Aug 26 with 2750 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:47 - Aug 26 by itfc1108 |
Talking of agents, Philogene's agent has been very quiet this window.
After seeing some of his antics in the past, I'm surprised if he hasn't tried to get his client back in the premier league. |
Reckon he’d struggle at that. There’s a few players that need to rebuild their reputations now. Delap and Omari looked every bit PL players (and Cajuste imo). You’d have hoped the rest would hit the ground running this season to prove themselves, unfortunately heads still look to be down. | | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:11 - Aug 26 with 2599 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:48 - Aug 26 by JeremiahBrown |
I'm just concerned that another club may come in at the last minute. |
It’s still something of a punt for a relegated team that needs to bounce back. EUR 20m for a player with under 50apps in a weak league. Top of Championship would be a big step up, it’s a big fee would hope a lot of it is add ons.
Feel like he’s the kind of player that Brighton would pick up and loan out. I’m undecided on this one - feels high risk (albeit potentially high reward). | | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:14 - Aug 26 with 2497 views | BrockleyBlue78 |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:06 - Aug 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Reckon he’d struggle at that. There’s a few players that need to rebuild their reputations now. Delap and Omari looked every bit PL players (and Cajuste imo). You’d have hoped the rest would hit the ground running this season to prove themselves, unfortunately heads still look to be down. |
Omari looked like a PL player?! |  | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:19 - Aug 26 with 2357 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Hes done so well to pick up on this highly publicised rumour that has been doing the rounds for the past week. |  |
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:19 - Aug 26 with 2346 views | homer_123 |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:11 - Aug 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
It’s still something of a punt for a relegated team that needs to bounce back. EUR 20m for a player with under 50apps in a weak league. Top of Championship would be a big step up, it’s a big fee would hope a lot of it is add ons.
Feel like he’s the kind of player that Brighton would pick up and loan out. I’m undecided on this one - feels high risk (albeit potentially high reward). |
And this is the approach we take isn't it?
We need one or two players with a very high 'potential' ceiling, like Omari. He fits that bill perfectly.
Omari came to us having played no football - managed to find his feet in the Championship and contribute. He was far from perfect when he joined though we could all see what he might be capable of. Egeli is the same. |  |
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:23 - Aug 26 with 2225 views | NthQldITFC |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:14 - Aug 26 by BrockleyBlue78 |
Omari looked like a PL player?! |
Only if you had your eyes open. |  |
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:50 - Aug 26 with 1867 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:11 - Aug 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
It’s still something of a punt for a relegated team that needs to bounce back. EUR 20m for a player with under 50apps in a weak league. Top of Championship would be a big step up, it’s a big fee would hope a lot of it is add ons.
Feel like he’s the kind of player that Brighton would pick up and loan out. I’m undecided on this one - feels high risk (albeit potentially high reward). |
This is 100% in line with our model. Take a punt on some players with potential, who may well contribute to our success in the short-term, and turn a good profit longer term, after a couple of seasons coached by McKenna. | | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 15:29 - Aug 26 with 1282 views | blueoutlook |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:06 - Aug 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Reckon he’d struggle at that. There’s a few players that need to rebuild their reputations now. Delap and Omari looked every bit PL players (and Cajuste imo). You’d have hoped the rest would hit the ground running this season to prove themselves, unfortunately heads still look to be down. |
Omari really didn’t! |  | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 15:32 - Aug 26 with 1217 views | positivity |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 15:29 - Aug 26 by blueoutlook |
Omari really didn’t! |
brentford and nottingham forest thought so; guess you know better though? | |
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 15:39 - Aug 26 with 1084 views | StNeotsBlue |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 15:29 - Aug 26 by blueoutlook |
Omari really didn’t! |
Of course he did, hence the £37.5m move to Forest. One of England's top players at the Euro U21 as well. |  | | |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 15:55 - Aug 26 with 787 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 13:19 - Aug 26 by homer_123 |
And this is the approach we take isn't it?
We need one or two players with a very high 'potential' ceiling, like Omari. He fits that bill perfectly.
Omari came to us having played no football - managed to find his feet in the Championship and contribute. He was far from perfect when he joined though we could all see what he might be capable of. Egeli is the same. |
But Omari was much more a known quantity having been here on loan, he proved himself with goals, assists and a promotion in a very tough league. In that context a 20m outlay whilst in the PL was incredibly low risk. 20m for a guy with under 50 games (for the worst side) in the 14th ranked league in Europe certainly isn’t our model to date.
Definitely agree we need to cast our net further, it just feels expensive versus other clubs fees (eg 15m for Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon, a big team, and whilst Southampton were in the PL). Might be just how ludicrous fees are now but feels excessive and therefore incredibly high risk. [Post edited 26 Aug 16:14]
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 15:59 - Aug 26 with 678 views | LeoMuff |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 15:29 - Aug 26 by blueoutlook |
Omari really didn’t! |
Course he did, you had to be a football ignoramus not to see it, same as the prem clubs who bid for him. |  |
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| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 16:01 - Aug 26 with 619 views | hadleighboyblue |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 12:48 - Aug 26 by JeremiahBrown |
I'm just concerned that another club may come in at the last minute. |
Do we know how far our negotiations have gone , have his club accepted our offer , has the player agreed , has he been over here for medical etc
The whole thing seems to be dragging on and unknown ......at this stage we need some progress or need to look at other options | | | |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 16:09 - Aug 26 with 489 views | urbanpenguin |
| Mike McGrath (reputable journo) has picked up on the move for Egeli on 16:01 - Aug 26 by hadleighboyblue |
Do we know how far our negotiations have gone , have his club accepted our offer , has the player agreed , has he been over here for medical etc
The whole thing seems to be dragging on and unknown ......at this stage we need some progress or need to look at other options |
- very far
- yes or about to
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- no, he didn't need to as doctors exist outside of the UK
nb. how long do you know it has taken, and how long from your expert experience do transfers normally take, and have you raised these concerns with the club? |  | | |
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