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34 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Agreed. I think if we do sell, it’s very unlikely we will sell to a competitor in the division unless the offer is absurd. This seems to be a bit of a red line for Pearson based on his comments in January and rightly so.

 

And much easier to explain to an under contract player than if a PL team comes in. 

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11 hours ago, Robbored said:

Because other talented young players have been sold  Reid, Bryan and Kelly most recently in order to balance the books and now with FFP regulations the financial situation remains even more delicate.

City have several assets with HNM, Semenyo, Pring and Scott and we all know that Nige has to sell in order to buy and if only one of them goes this summer I hope it’s HNM as City have enough decent midfielders to fill the vacancy. I’d be very difficult to replace Semenyo - good strikers are always expensive as hard to find.

I agree, out of the quartet of talent,   as much as i love HNM, I believe he will be the least missed?   I really hope he stays, and you never know.............if Webster or Kelly should move for big money in the summer, a windfall could come our way without any need to cash in on our young talent?   Here's hoping?

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16 hours ago, Robbored said:

Because other talented young players have been sold  Reid, Bryan and Kelly most recently in order to balance the books...

Genuine question Robbored, what is ‘young’ in football terms? Reid was 25 when we sold him and Bryan was 24 - does that make them ‘young players’ that we sold? Interesting debate ...

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7 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Genuine question Robbored, what is ‘young’ in football terms? Reid was 25 when we sold him and Bryan was 24 - does that make them ‘young players’ that we sold? Interesting debate ...

Call them academy graduates instead?

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4 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said:

What impresses me about him, is how he puts defenders on their ass, with great ease.

Hes got that down to a fine art.

Since hes come back, been the best in the leauge.

Hes obviously put a lot of hard work in, full credit to him.

 

In his last 8 games he's scored 5 and got 5 assists.

It may not have seemed it at the time, but the cloud over his time out injured turned out to have a silver lining.

 

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5 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said:

What impresses me about him, is how he puts defenders on their ass, with great ease.

Hes got that down to a fine art.

Since hes come back, been the best in the leauge.

Hes obviously put a lot of hard work in, full credit to him.

 

Way he went past the Middlesbrough defender was excellent for the assist.

Strong blend of physique and technique evident there.

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30 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Way he went past the Middlesbrough defender was excellent for the assist.

Strong blend of physique and technique evident there.

There was one occasion where he actually came off worse against Johnny Howson…I was a bit shocked.  Was around the h-w line.

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23 minutes ago, billywedlock said:

AS does push and shove a lot, got booked on Saturday I think, but that is part of his game, hounding the defenders. Though I was looking at Martin and he had a Boro defenders arm over the top of him and pulling him down , in every challenge, and that is not a foul. I don't get the rules . If Antoine can keep up the progress, and there are areas he still has to work on, next season will be very exciting. 

You’re spot on, but Martin is no mug at that sort of stuff either.

He’s played the last 11 straight seasons of Championship football & learned when to put enough of a challenge in not to get penalised & when you just have to pick up a yellow. Got away brilliantly with one on the half way line on Saturday where a slight pull on their player broke up their break & stopped the game.

The amount of headers he wins for his height is just remarkable (always against someone considerably taller than him) & his hold up & link play are Nicky Morgan good..

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32 minutes ago, billywedlock said:

AS does push and shove a lot, got booked on Saturday I think, but that is part of his game, hounding the defenders. Though I was looking at Martin and he had a Boro defenders arm over the top of him and pulling him down , in every challenge, and that is not a foul. I don't get the rules . If Antoine can keep up the progress, and there are areas he still has to work on, next season will be very exciting. 

Think that's just down to the terrible officiating we know and love! ?

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5 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

You’re spot on, but Martin is no mug at that sort of stuff either.

He’s played the last 11 straight seasons of Championship football & learned when to put enough of a challenge in not to get penalised & when you just have to pick up a yellow. Got away brilliantly with one on the half way line on Saturday where a slight pull on their player broke up their break & stopped the game.

The amount of headers he wins for his height is just remarkable (always against someone considerably taller than him) & his hold up & link play are Nicky Morgan good..

Not to make you feel old, but Nicky Morgan was 30 years ago now. 

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