63 goals in 139 apps for Lyon
12 goals in 28 apps for Barca
For a free transfer thats a decent output.
Memphis Depay (stays)
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63 goals in 139 apps for Lyon
12 goals in 28 apps for Barca
For a free transfer thats a decent output.
do you have the stats on how many of those were against the big clubs in France and Spain? Serious question - cos I recall from the time here, he was brilliant against the likes of Midgetland in the Europa, but struggled against the teams in the Premier League
Doesn’t look like he is coming back. If Ronaldo doesn’t leave this has no chance of happening.
I think at this point, even goal output against pedestrian teams is better than Martial (who can’t get off the treatment table) or Ronaldo (doesn’t want to be here).
As long as we don’t give him a crazy contract, I think he’d be decent as a rotation option.
Hope we sign him. People complaining he’s not a world beater, but I’d take a motivated Depay over an injured Martial and a disgruntled old Ronaldo any day.
If Aubemeyang leaves you’d think he’d get games off the bench at Barcelona? Don’t see why they’d get rid of both.
Economical reasons likely
Everyone is now registered. And for all Romero’s bleating they aren’t getting Silva.
But they're registered because of Laporta's (and that other dude's) personal guarantees. If they don't make up that money until the window closes, Laporta will have paid personally for that
Ah yeah. Forgot he’d done that. They’re getting money for Aubemeyang and Dest is now off the books.
For Lyon, he has 1 goal against PSG and a penalty against Juve and has scored goals against Monaco, Marseille, Leipzig and Villarreal.
For Barca, he was kind of average. 5 penalty goals and failed to score or assist n the CL. He also missed a lot of games due to injuries last season.
Yes. He’s not a world beater at all. He is better than an injured player, I’ll give him that. And Ronaldo might as well leave if it’s true he’s stinking the whole club out. In that case Depay is worth a punt.
Seems a bit of a risk for the player if Ronaldo stays. He should go to a club where he'll play more often.
Yeah just getting players registered isnt an ideal level of financial safety though. They would like to avoid these major issues going forward so they still need to offload.
I think Memphis would actually fit in quite well for us. He would be playing a completely different role this time. He would work well as the central striker who can link up well with the wingers and build up play. He has the strength and technical ability to hold the ball up and play others in. Similar to how Martial plays for us centrally. I think a much more experienced Memphis is a no brainer when he’s available on a free transfer.
Disagree. Martial is a non factor. Happy if he's fit, but expect him not to be for the majority of the season like the last 2 seasons.
Ronaldo will struggle to play a full 90 the way ETH wants to, let alone more than once a week.
If we don't get Memphis we will be seeing a lot of Rashford down the middle or false 9 shenanigans in the starting line up. And that's without having discussed the bench or a super sub.
Memphis on a free and 200k/w is a no brainer.
With Antony signed, and Ronaldo staying this isn't happen, not that it ever really seemed likely anyway. We're still light in the striker department though.
I'd prefer that we signed Haaland and Mbappe, which we won't.
Memphis is a decent player and he matured at Lyon. If rumours are correct when he left United he was full of himself, in fact he and Mariano were mentioned, Memphis apparently changed to the point were he became a dressing room leader while Lyon were happy to see the back of Mariano. Yes, he likes to rap and wear flashy things but it's not a big deal when he acts professionally as a footballer.
Yeah, I’m not saying we shouldn’t sign him. But the point was that his being motivated, whilst welcome, won’t make him much better and he is a bit average really. Given our CF options are very thin just now, he might have something to offer.
The fact that something loses value doesn't make it a scam even if it loses a lot of value.
If someone had a receipt for emporors new clothes written by Hans c Anderson and sold it would it be a scam
Now what if it lost 99pct of value, is it a scam after the fact?
We need to attach intrinsic value to items regardless of price action. Saying something is a scam because it lost value is like saying x crypto has intrinsic value because is has a euro value, or because price has gone up. Flawed logic.
Nearly none of this stuff has any intrinsic value... But some will. Which will is hard to predict looking forward and easy to say it was predicted looking backward.
Obviously we know where depay nfts will likely fall in this. Just doesn't make it a scam even if people want it to be that..just bad investment in wierd speculative assets
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No money has intrinsic value, the only reason it has value is because it's backed by the state and people believe in their ability to be able to exchange it for goods and services. Bitcoin has intrinsic value (of much lower value than its actual price) because it is theoretically untraceable as a way of moving money around - very useful for illegal trades, money laundering etc due to its inherent privacy and security. It should be banned anyway of course since it's responsible for vast amounts of environmental damage and its value is questionable to society anyway (do we want to facilitate illlict activity?).
Most coins are not secure or private, are not backed by powerful guarantees and hence no intrinsic value, they are just a scam. NFTs are a way to con people too, much like most performance art would be as an investment as it has no lasting value. Intellectual property is only valuable if nobody else can own it which is not the case with NFTs.
Has there been any rumours on this today? I thought this one was dead after ETH presser yesterday saying we're done.
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If we were to get him for free (from what I have read is still the option), I think we have to be signing him. He provides extra back up to our forward line, has good experience, can shift for a fee in 12 months if we need to. I know he is no world beater, but I would rather have cover in the event Martial cannot shift his injury issues, Ronaldo gets overplayed and Rashford form still questionable. We have a tonne of games coming up, 2 a week for a while, I worry that we are so light in attack to manage this.
Yeah the value of $$ is backed by Uncle Sam and his democratic weapons of mass destruction. So it does have an intrinsic value.
When you're investing in dollars you're basically investing in the ability of USA to maintain its value.
Crypto and NFTs are a scam pure and simple. And claiming they are the same as regular state backed currency is dumb.
Sorry for taking it off-topic
We should get Depay
We should be in for him
I think we will sign him
I think any move for Memphis hinged on Ronaldo leaving, which is now likely not to happen.
I hope we don't sign him. He's not the answer to anything, certainly not good enough, and will quickly become just another player on our books that we need to (and won't be able to) get rid of. We have enough of those already.
Maybe the Garner and Chong deals were done to get Memphis in. As a free transfer on a 2/3 year deal, we could do a lot worse.
Hope we stay away. He’s shite. We are struggling to get rid of deadwood and people want more FFS
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Ronaldo is staying. I think that kills any chance of bringing in Memphis.
How much is he on at Barca? And how much was Juve offering to pay him? Don't think he's worth 200k/week.
Unfortunately yes. A shame.
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