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I do wonder how much Ndiaye could improve if we upgrade on Myko next summer.

Every player we're linked with scores very high/like top 5% in their league last season on progression. Delap, Doak, Hackney, Barry. It's not time for panic or even criticism, but I also don't think any praise or claim of being on the front foot...

Hahah I did not see this, I like that we both immediately thought of Sandro

Buying a player because they scored 15 bangers in one season is exactly why we bought Sandro Ramirez. Should we do that again?

Just to follow on from this, almost nobody ever consistently exceeds their expected assists, it just doesn't happen. Even Messi - one of the only players to ever consistently exceed their xG - didn't at Barca, and think about the players he was...

No, not really. That "expected assists" figure includes every chance he created whether it was finished or not It's all about whether you buy into the data stuff (but most clubs do now use this - Everton have literally just bought an entire data...

Agreed, I was thinking Barry. Thing about Gomes is he looked like he should have been haha

Gareth Barry was the last one. People liked to pretend Gomes was one, he tried to be one, but he utterly failed at it.

I hope the Douglas Luiz and Hayden Hackney links are real, because it means we're trying to get a passing CM who can actually move the ball around the pitch and pull the strings. Genuinely when was the last time we had one of those? Anyone?

Would be shocked if the reported fee is anything like accurate, but we desperately need an upgrade on Garner and Luiz would be a huge one.

I don't see us spending that kind of money on a player like this right now. He's a good player but a known quantity - you spend major money on that kind of player if you just have one or two very specific pieces of a puzzle left to fill in your...

Anyone reading literally anything into weird multi-club shenanigans at first glance needs to go to bed. There will probably be loads of odd deals and such in the future that won't make sense until maybe even a year after. I am unbelievably not...

Hahah fair point I'd honestly totally forgotten about that

Total aside but I do find this so weird about ndiayes game. Looks like a player who should create a lot but just doesn't create anything in terms of direct key passes/assists

Romano is a PR machine as much as anything, but I don't think he ever actually does his 'here we go' schtick until something is actually confirmed