Snowflake Royalgenome Apparently Bournemouth's starting XI last night was worth £121m
Ours was £8m
Worth is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.
Absolutely. Cost not worth
by Franchise FC » 30 Jan 2021 12:08
Snowflake Royalgenome Apparently Bournemouth's starting XI last night was worth £121m
Ours was £8m
Worth is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.
by Nameless » 30 Jan 2021 12:15
South Coast RoyalJohn Madejski's Wallet3points IMO too many clubs getting promoted forget to scout the Championship and lower leagues. They spend £30m on a player like Jefferson Lerma when you can pick up a Josh Laurent for nothing. Hopefully with tighter immigration controls for EU players may result in more British players getting more opportunities in the higher leagues. All bar Joao and Rafael are “British” though I accept some choose to play international football for their family’s heritage countries, which is fair enough. Not trying to be xenophobic but the dipping into international players has been the easy option for many years
Meite
Semedo, Aluko,Esteves?
by windermereROYAL » 30 Jan 2021 12:25
by NewCorkSeth » 30 Jan 2021 12:43
by genome » 30 Jan 2021 13:16
Franchise FCSnowflake Royalgenome Apparently Bournemouth's starting XI last night was worth £121m
Ours was £8m
Worth is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence.
Absolutely. Cost not worth
by Hound » 30 Jan 2021 13:16
by TiagoIlori » 30 Jan 2021 13:41
by WestYorksRoyal » 30 Jan 2021 13:49
TiagoIlori Michael Morrison and Josh Laurent for a combined fee of zero was a phenomenal piece of scouting. Was unsure about Morrison initially yet here he is, in the form of his life. Laurent as well.
The teams confidence can be a bit fragile at times especially looking at when we hit a bad run of form and got battered scoreline wise several times but that is fixable. The player that DID prove he can bounce back was Lucas Joao, everyone supported him after he was in pieces over that penalty and he came back stronger last night. Hopefully that’s an inspiration for the team for the rest of the season when things start to go wrong again.
by Hendo » 30 Jan 2021 13:53
NewCorkSeth The Riquelme question is very fair imo. Hes played 100 odd minutes? He could easily have featured heavily for us so far this season.
But I'm not upset. Aluko has done well and we are finally getting some value from him.
by bcubed » 30 Jan 2021 14:28
by Westwood52 » 30 Jan 2021 14:32
windermereROYAL As we don't do BFTG anymore, here some marks.
Raphael 8, wasn`t overly tested but a couple of decent 2nd half saves.
Holmes 8, Was always going to be a challenge dealing with Danjuma but after the first 10 minutes dealt with him well, and that double block in the 2nd half
Morrison 8, stand out player this term, a rock, can`t remember a single bad showing this season, get his new contract sorted now.
MacIntyre 9, reminds me of Adie Williams, and he`s going to get better, outstanding young player.
Richards 8, tested a bit 2nd half when Brooks came on, but stood up well to the task, 2nd most successful tackles in the championship this season, another jewel who we will lose if we don`t go up.
Rino 9, outstanding again a rock in front of the back 4.
Larent 10. has there ever been a better free transfer at this club? playing in the lower leagues all his career is a joke, gem of a player and compliments Rino so well.
Ejaria 8, back to the player we know he can be no more beating himself , pace and vision.
Olise 7, didn`t think he had his greatest game but was effective in what he did, another assist from a goalkeeping error.
Swift 7, good first half but got sloppy in the 2nd, rightly subbed.
Joao 7, when he does it well like when he scored its subline when he tries it and it doesn`t come off he looks clumsy, thankfully that is rare, has to take responsabilty for their goal though.
Subs.
Esteves 6, looked lively maybe should have done better when through on goal, tested the keepers hands with a fierce shot late on.
Aluko 6, did well for his 18 minute cameo.
Meite 6, only on for 8 minutes but had 2 half chances looked lively.
Semedo 6, didn`t really notice him too much apart from the parting of the red sea when they scored.
Yiadom 6, not really on long enough to judge but a 6 just for being a part of an outstanding team peformance.
Wonder what Riquelme`s thoughts were on this when he`s been warming the Cherries bench all season when he could have been a part of this exciting project?
by Royals and Racers » 30 Jan 2021 14:36
by windermereROYAL » 30 Jan 2021 14:39
by Hound » 30 Jan 2021 14:49
bcubed Don't know if it's been mentioned but did anyone see Esteves at the end of the game? He was fuming. Reckon he feels he should have scored. Then Joao had a word with him and tried to laugh it off
by muirinho » 30 Jan 2021 14:54
windermereROYAL Only 3 goals conceded in 6 games since Mac came in to partner Morro, yesterdays goal wouldn`t have been let in if Joao didn`t mind taking one in the mush, VP has a hell of a decision when Moore is fit, for me it`s a no brainer.
by windermereROYAL » 30 Jan 2021 14:55
Houndbcubed Don't know if it's been mentioned but did anyone see Esteves at the end of the game? He was fuming. Reckon he feels he should have scored. Then Joao had a word with him and tried to laugh it off
Feel a bit sorry for him. Actually played pretty well the last few weeks and finding himself out of the team. Thought he looked dangerous yesterday - poor shot aside - and does make me wonder if someone like Reiss Nelson would give us much more than he does
by bcubed » 30 Jan 2021 14:56
Houndbcubed Don't know if it's been mentioned but did anyone see Esteves at the end of the game? He was fuming. Reckon he feels he should have scored. Then Joao had a word with him and tried to laugh it off
Feel a bit sorry for him. Actually played pretty well the last few weeks and finding himself out of the team. Thought he looked dangerous yesterday - poor shot aside - and does make me wonder if someone like Reiss Nelson would give us much more than he does
by windermereROYAL » 30 Jan 2021 14:57
muirinhowindermereROYAL Only 3 goals conceded in 6 games since Mac came in to partner Morro, yesterdays goal wouldn`t have been let in if Joao didn`t mind taking one in the mush, VP has a hell of a decision when Moore is fit, for me it`s a no brainer.
It'll be interesting, that's for sure. Could give Morro a rest of course. Or play TomMc in midfield maybe (not as a starter, but I think I'd rather see him as a midfield sub than Semedo, for instance).
Edit: Also - where does this American we're supposed to be interested in come in?
by Sutekh » 30 Jan 2021 14:59
Royals and Racers Does anyone know if we have the best disciplinary record in the Championship this season ?
by NewCorkSeth » 30 Jan 2021 15:01
HendoNewCorkSeth The Riquelme question is very fair imo. Hes played 100 odd minutes? He could easily have featured heavily for us so far this season.
But I'm not upset. Aluko has done well and we are finally getting some value from him.
Did you see him at HT laughing and joking with Joao? Didn’t go down too well with some Bournemouth fans.
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