Transfer Rumour Ben Doak

[Aries]

Don't think he did.
Paul Joyce did though.

Yeah Joyce name dropped him and one or two other Journalists did too at the same time. Pretty sure Moyes didn’t though.

 

[Toffeepot]

Looks a bit lightweight for the prem.
Think Pat Nevin, John Collins.

A bit predictable in his approach play, can't / doesn't have the strength in his right foot to whip in a first time quality ball from by the touch line.

His pace and skill levels are good but does seem to be playing in a five a side manner
too often and footage of his defensive and positional strengths are missing.

He's no Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué or Bradley Jean-Manuel Essolisam Addo Barcola which is probably why Liverpool will get rid and laugh all the way to the bank and count their transfer kitty Harry Wilson style.

Wouldn't mind Harry Wilson either

 

[davek]

£30M for a Liverpool reserve team player with 3 appearances for them before they punted him to a Championship team.

That'd be a summer of 2016 type signing.

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

Did he? Are you thinking of Delap by any chance? He mentioned Delap because he has a release clause. I never heard him mention Doak at all but I may be wrong on that

what did Moyes say?

He briefed every northwest sports paper journo on it at the same time. Old school embargo and everything.

He was quoted on Delap in either the pre or post Newcastle press conference and then Echo, Guardian, Mail, Telegraph, Times all mentioned we were in on Doak underneath. It was quite blatantly mentioned by the club for all of them to run it at the same time (and all moyesys journo mates from the first time round). The line was we really like Doak but don't know if we will meet Liverpools 30 mil asking price.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Can't see them selling him to us.

Would need him to be insistent he's only coming here.

Can't see why they wouldn't these days, tbh. We're further from rivals that we've been in a long time. This lad isn't getting a sniff of their first team, and they can mug their dear neighbours off for a good few bob. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

If he is crap, they can buzz off us, and if he is boss, they can say "haha, your best player couldn't even get in our team."

 

[Vaughan]

Looks a bit lightweight for the prem.
Think Pat Nevin, John Collins.

A bit predictable in his approach play, can't / doesn't have the strength in his right foot to whip in a first time quality ball from by the touch line.

His pace and skill levels are good but does seem to be playing in a five a side manner
too often and footage of his defensive and positional strengths are missing.

He's no Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué or Bradley Jean-Manuel Essolisam Addo Barcola which is probably why Liverpool will get rid and laugh all the way to the bank and count their transfer kitty Harry Wilson style.

hes 19 …

also a bit mad to compare him to Doue

I’m afraid we won’t be signing anyone of his calibre this window

 

[Paul Rideout]

£30M for a Liverpool reserve team player with 3 appearances for them before they punted him to a Championship team.

That'd be a summer of 2016 type signing.

Bore off you sour-faced old tangerine.

 

[MikeH72]

£30M for a Liverpool reserve team player with 3 appearances for them before they punted him to a Championship team.

That'd be a summer of 2016 type signing.

Of course, exactly the type of signing we were making in 2016.

 

[W84 Dum Freeze]

Wouldn't mind Harry Wilson either

Moyes said we want "Elite" players now, I hope TFG get recruitment right so that we may challenge for the top places.
We need to be finding our own Doue's and Barcola's.

 

[bitter-no-better]

Lot of pace which is what we miss on the right. His wages wont be an issue. His injury record is a concern as well as what the RS ask for reserve players.

15 mill tops and it might be worth the gamble.

 

[MikeH72]

Can't see why they wouldn't these days, tbh. We're further from rivals that we've been in a long time. This lad isn't getting a sniff of their first team, and they can mug their dear neighbours off for a good few bob. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

If he is crap, they can buzz off us, and if he is boss, they can say "haha, your best player couldn't even get in our team."

Why would anyone care about that if he was boss?

 

[kenada_blue]

Ben Nope

 

[davek]

Of course, exactly the type of signing we were making in 2016.

Throwing good money at lousy players.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Why would anyone care about that if he was boss?

Not in the least, but my point is that they don't have anything to lose from doing the deal. Even in the best case scenario (for us) they would still brag as if they got the better of the deal.

 

[Aries]

hes 19 …

also a bit mad to compare him to Doue

I’m afraid we won’t be signing anyone of his calibre this window

People seem to be expecting the finished article at 19 years old. You’re paying for potential. Some clubs are happy to sell because they don’t want to hang around so buy the ready made player for big fees. We can’t afford to do it that way. I personally like the strategy of buying up young potential and hopefully watching them progress in a blue shirt. Good sound business strategy too.