| Bologna interested in Philogene 17:03 - Jun 21 with 3178 views | Parky | According to Nicolo Schira. Not sure on his reliability, but he’s followed by some credible journalists. I’d be gutted, I’m looking forward to seeing Jaden in the Prem. |  | | |  |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 19:59 - Jun 21 with 545 views | Churchman |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 19:50 - Jun 21 by itfc_bucks | Listen, you'll get no argument from me that he looked mustard in the Championship, but Sunderland have really shown the way. We need some real beef in the squad and carrying both Clarke and Philogene feels a risk we can't afford. |
Yes, you need big physical people in the side, but not everybody. Clarke and JP are not a risk. They are flippin good players who provide an X factor. Not everyone in the Premier League has the skills they now have. Sunderland side is built around Xhaka and Brobbey. Terrific players. The spine of the team. You need that but you need others outside the core with a different set of skills. I believe we underestimate how good some of these players are. Not all, but some and overall we have a better baseline than two years ago. |  | |  |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 20:04 - Jun 21 with 526 views | wkj | His feckin agent is at it again! |  |
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| Bologna interested in Philogene on 20:23 - Jun 21 with 479 views | jayessess |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 19:59 - Jun 21 by Churchman | Yes, you need big physical people in the side, but not everybody. Clarke and JP are not a risk. They are flippin good players who provide an X factor. Not everyone in the Premier League has the skills they now have. Sunderland side is built around Xhaka and Brobbey. Terrific players. The spine of the team. You need that but you need others outside the core with a different set of skills. I believe we underestimate how good some of these players are. Not all, but some and overall we have a better baseline than two years ago. |
If our squad's so weak that we're even looking to move on our best attacking player, we really are in for a long season. Doubt that Bologna could afford to give us the profit we're after. We'd need them to break their transfer record (€27.5m) at the very least. |  |
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| Bologna interested in Philogene on 20:32 - Jun 21 with 459 views | StNeotsBlue |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 19:50 - Jun 21 by itfc_bucks | Listen, you'll get no argument from me that he looked mustard in the Championship, but Sunderland have really shown the way. We need some real beef in the squad and carrying both Clarke and Philogene feels a risk we can't afford. |
Hate this argument that we need more beef or muscle it's nonsense. We need better footballers regardless of what shape or size they come in. |  | |  |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 20:42 - Jun 21 with 430 views | Churchman |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 20:23 - Jun 21 by jayessess | If our squad's so weak that we're even looking to move on our best attacking player, we really are in for a long season. Doubt that Bologna could afford to give us the profit we're after. We'd need them to break their transfer record (€27.5m) at the very least. |
I doubt we are. I suspect it’s other clubs fishing for good players which JP undoubtably is. Can they afford it? Who cares. Not our problem. Pay the fee or take a hike. |  | |  |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 20:46 - Jun 21 with 420 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 19:50 - Jun 21 by itfc_bucks | Listen, you'll get no argument from me that he looked mustard in the Championship, but Sunderland have really shown the way. We need some real beef in the squad and carrying both Clarke and Philogene feels a risk we can't afford. |
I think we can if we do some serious surgery on the right hand side. Atm our right hand side options are Mcateer and Egeli who doesn't even look like a right winger. If we can get a decent right sided player in (maybe even 2) who can scare premier league defenders that should free up some space for Clarke and Philogene. I would be ok going in to the season with those 2 as our left side options. |  |
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| Bologna interested in Philogene on 21:09 - Jun 21 with 380 views | billlm | Him or clarke are going |  | |  |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 21:09 - Jun 21 with 373 views | billlm |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 18:18 - Jun 21 by blueoutlook | Both Jaden and Jack are very lightweight for the Premiership. I’d be cashing in on one. Getting someone more robust in for that left hand side. The one that stays would be good enough for back up. |
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| Bologna interested in Philogene on 09:50 - Jun 22 with 135 views | football | Doubt they can afford him and I think he'll want to prove his worth in the PL which is better than Italy, He has a lot to offer us next season. |  | |  |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 10:42 - Jun 22 with 79 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 19:16 - Jun 21 by Perublue | Jaden was great on the pitch last season sharing that role with Clarke … but I’d not be bothered if he left… the Prem season he had was very average and if the Italian league is after him and he and his agent are interested that says a lot .. it’s fast becoming a Saudi/MLS league for ageing superstars or average prem players but without the money. I’ve never really felt he was here right from the start of the soap opera of him joining… thanks for the all the Norwich fish/goals but it’s ok by me if he goes. |
I would be, I think we've got to keep him. Very average is a harsh appraisal of our relegation season IMO, he spent the first half getting fairly regular minutes off the bench for Villa, including 90 against Bayern Munich in a Champions league win. Then joined a side heading for relegation in January, had to integrate in a new team and made about 5 starts before an injury that finished his season. He'd shown some quality though, Old Trafford comes to mind where he scored 2, but I think its hard to really appraise him on the evidence we saw and the nature of his season. To my mind he's one of a handful we have that I'd say are premier league quality. O'Shea, Philogene, Davis probably. Maybe Matusiwa and Clarke. We've already got a lot of recruitment to do without losing any of those. |  | |  |
| Bologna interested in Philogene on 11:08 - Jun 22 with 17 views | baxterbasics | I'd say we can afford to shift either him or Clarke, if - and ONLY if - we sign one further player not only good enough to start in that position but who is potentially an upgrade. |  |
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