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Jarrad Branthwaite
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
Is it theirs or want someone building it and Everton leasing?
Till when is he under contract at Everton?
You post too much for someone who "don't care". I actually know an Everton fan in real life and he truly couldn't care - "good for you and good for us" was his response.
Good, thank you for your comments, I don't expect to hear more from you on this.
Erm are you aware that 3D chess is just your normal real life chess? You could just say "chess" and people will understand you.
Exactly. This taking of offence is ridiculous. We are entitled to try to get him for a reasonable few just as they're entitled to say 'no'.
I still don't understand why they're not relieved. Surely relief should be the prevailing emotion coming out of this from Everton fans, yet the majority of them seem to be upset.
2027 but he’s only on £35k a week so something will have to give (if rumours are correct we’d have quadrupled that).
As above, I think a slightly extended contract with a massively increased wage and a sensible release clause is most likely to be negotiated if he’s still at Everton next season.
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Strange post.
United final offer should be what we paid for Yoro. If they feel its an acceptable offer then fine else we should go for De Ligt.
3 year Installments. To try and paint as "ridiculous fees". Is laughble. Yet yalll wanted us to 75m + on your player with 1 year of EPL experience. A year in which you fought off relegation and barely survived. Whilst this kid was of help leading lowly Lille to a UCL spot.
Even crazier is NONE of you seem happy your boy has stayed another year. Which can legitimately add even more zeroes to his selling fees if he is stands out.
Its so weird isn’t it? Feeling offended that we dont value their player so highly and almost desperate to sell him to us.
Living in the Chester/North wales area I do find this the case. My boss is an Evertonian and we often moan together about Liverpool, all good fun.
Following Yoro announcement..
That guy is baiting, he's looking for juicy quotes to post on their forum
I don’t think enough is being made that we’ve put official formal offers in for him
I don’t think they’ve done that with anyone else who they haven’t already signed this summer
Don’t see United giving up. I can see another bid later in the window. I think United know exactly who they want and they will keep trying
I don’t think they’ve done that with anyone else who they haven’t already signed this summer
Don’t see United giving up. I can see another bid later in the window. I think United know exactly who they want and they will keep trying
de ligt
I haven’t seen any report of an official bid. Speaking to them about a price, yes. But no bid to be rejected or accepted yet. Only Branthwaite (2 rejected official bids)
What a troll
Nah Utd are happy to take Everton players for big fees if they are worth it. We took the only world class player Everton have had in your lifetime. He was 18 too
This lad just isn't worth it.
More importantly, they refer to 'chess' as '3D chess' which means the poster must be two-dimensional. You can't trust 2D folk: their opinions are skin deep, their jokes fall flat, and when they sail in a straight line they plummet off the Earth's edge. They smell funny too.That guy is baiting, he's looking for juicy quotes to post on their forum
I’m all for letting Everton sweat a little bit. Let them stew a bit before coming back in.
We will get this deal done before the window is over.
I’m interested to see his backdrop. A nice Merseyside picture would look good.
I’m interested to see his backdrop. A nice Merseyside picture would look good.
I have the feeling that most Everton fans would rather sell him to Liverpool than us
I wouldn't be against it going quiet until deadline day then BAM, a 11th hour bid
why is it strange?
They've been punished for breaking FFP while City escape with 115 charges and they (City) are "real elite club". This is just...I have no words. What is wrong with these blue scousers?
Yoro is one of the world's best young prospects right now. Branthwaite is talented but I don't think he is as highly rated...i don't understand why the Everton fans don't seem to grasp this. Fair enough if they rate him at 70m, they have every right to. But why would we be angry at Sir Jim for not overpaying?
Outside of all the usual inter-club petty rivalries, which I think is where a lot of the animosity on both sides of fans stem from, I think the biggest issue is that a lot of United fans, rightly or wrongly, see Branthwaite as an inferior footballing prospect to Yoro. I think some of that is because he is English and not as technically proficient as some of the best ball playing defenders around. In midfield, I think Declan Rice is perceived very similarly, and I've seen similar critiques of De Ligt. Many Everton fans clearly disagree - and I think that is part of why the commentary has turned a little toxic.
United fans have been burned over and over by overpaying for 'proven' English talent over the years so there's a sound basis for the aversion to the idea especially when PL clubs will never ever sell for anything less than high peak market value.
Looking abroad now instead of almost exclusively domestically for up and coming talents is something that we haven't done much of recently so there's a certain novelty and more excitement there and especially with the way other rival clubs have smashed it when buying young talent from other leagues.
I find this genuinely hilarious.
No Man Utd fan is even halfway arsed that we didn't sign Jarrad bloody Braintheaite.
I'll say it again, they just feel emotionally wounded that we don't rate their only decent player as highly as they do and took it personally.
From what I've seen I think most Utd fans think he looks a pretty decent centre back and would be okay with us signing him for a reasonable price.
I think Everton fans are wounded that we aren't begging to sign him and proclaiming him the next Bobby Moore and they are trying to mask it by insulting the club and it's actions.
I fully agree - I think there is a huge Harry Maguire shaped albatross that hangs around the neck of any EPL-proven prospect, particularly English ones of perceived technical inferiority. For what it's worth, I think the narrative would shift dramatically if the aforementioned players are perceived as technically elite. For example, if someone like Bastoni was English and played for Everton, I imagine many posters would be very willing to pay the sums mooted, even if Bastoni does not possess the physical attributes of Branthwaite. I don't know if I fully agree with this view because I do think unique athletic traits are somewhat under appreciated by many fans (I love Rodri and his technical ability, but I genuinely believe that his physical traits are not mentioned enough about what makes him so unique).
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If this lad had proven himself as much as Maguire did at Hull and Leicester this would be a more interesting conversation.
I think that's the main issue really. It's not enough to just be a good defender anymore, the top teams want players who can pass it out through a press, pass through the lines and/or dribble out of trouble. I haven't seen that much of Branthwaite to be fair, but he does at a glance look big and tall and strong and a bit awkward with the ball.
Lisandro Martinez came to the PL under a lot of scrutiny - lots of pundits were saying he was too short and small for the Premier League, but I can't really remember any times that was an issue? Those pundits ended up eating their words and he was universally lauded as a good player
What a sad pathetic bunch of insecure fans So butthurt that they are flexing the might of mancity to belittle United, the same mancity who has 115 charges against them and still not punished whilst their own club has already been punished twice for much much less.
You would have thought that they would be seething at mancity given how corrupt they actually are compared to their own club and yet, still getting away with murder but apparently not instead they save their hatred for United, a club which’s not only the enemy of their bitter enemy but also the cross town rivals of the cheats 115fc.
Now, after seeing their bile towards us for no apparent reason I’m sure they were rooting for city in the fa cup final too. Must be. Good thing is we won that final and brought more misery to them. They just need to worry about your their second rate club try to survive relegation again and not getting punished again.
PS - I don’t hate Everton @SilentWitness and I like you
So butthurt that they are flexing the might of mancity to belittle United, the same mancity who has 115 charges against them and still not punished whilst their own club has already been punished twice for much much less.You would have thought that they would be seething at mancity given how corrupt they actually are compared to their own club and yet, still getting away with murder but apparently not instead they save their hatred for United, a club which’s not only the enemy of their bitter enemy but also the cross town rivals of the cheats 115fc.
Now, after seeing their bile towards us for no apparent reason I’m sure they were rooting for city in the fa cup final too. Must be. Good thing is we won that final and brought more misery to them. They just need to worry about your their second rate club try to survive relegation again and not getting punished again.
PS - I don’t hate Everton @SilentWitness and I like you
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Good posts.
Theres a lot of noise and trolling surrounding united and transfer silly season in general. I think both sets of fans are bemused / bewildered by the idea because it would be bizarre if it was true. Maybe everton fans are a bit bewildered that random shit like this gets made up. Its just noise, its speculation, its a bit of daydreaming. I'd try not to get too invested because its just bored people being silly mostly. It wont last.
I'd say people are heavily reassessing the value of physical attributes. Barcelona, Spain and Guardiola have forced a rethink and i'd say that applies to clubs aspiring to league titles and champions league more than most. I think the premier league has been slower to change but there just aren't many drogba, davies, ferguson type strikers to worry about these days. There's very few Stoke on a tuesday night matches these days. The odd team that does tends to be relegation candidates that you should beat even if it isn't an ideal match up.
We've probably been spoiled by having Smalling, Varane and Maguire knocking about and have forgot its value a bit too.
Real Madrid, Liverpool and PSG chasing a player gives a certain amount of reassurance I think for Yoro. Players like him are always cat nip to transfer muppets. Branthwaite is too familiar.
The Maguire shaped albatross might be a bit less significant if teams didn't reference it when trying to sell a defender. Fofana wont help either.