BobBobBobbin Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 4 minutes ago, Corsham Alf said: A quick update - I’ve been advised our Japanese flying winger will now be announced Friday as his club want to arrange a farewell match. He will then do the media stuff etc Monday farewell match... We've been here before 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 he will be frozen stiff for a few months til he gets used to the climate here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 3 minutes ago, redsquirrel said: he will be frozen stiff for a few months til he gets used to the climate here He might be happy to get away...... Excessive Heat Warning Tokyo 56 mins ago – 気象庁 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 14 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: He might be happy to get away...... Excessive Heat Warning Tokyo 56 mins ago – 気象庁 So with the Hirakawa rumours, I follow Machida Zelvia on twitter, you follow Japanese weather! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 30 minutes ago, Corsham Alf said: A quick update - I’ve been advised our Japanese flying winger will now be announced Friday as his club want to arrange a farewell match. He will then do the media stuff etc Monday It’s like Fawthrop/Tinnion/Millen/Holden. Same mistakes over and over again. 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 3 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said: It’s like Fawthrop/Tinnion/Millen/Holden. Same mistakes over and over again. Excited by the signing but if that’s true then it’s Emad Moteab all over again. Surprised we are allowing that to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 32 minutes ago, Davefevs said: So with the Hirakawa rumours, I follow Machida Zelvia on twitter, you follow Japanese weather! I'd love to claim an unusual obsession, but I justwent to look at what the temperatures are like in Tokyo, just to see whether (no pun intended) @redsquirrelwas right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 10 hours ago, Port Said Red said: He might be happy to get away...... Excessive Heat Warning Tokyo 56 mins ago – 気象庁 Let's hope this one doesn't crash & burn - By the way,,did you hear the one about the Irish Kamikaze pilot??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 10 hours ago, Shauntaylor85 said: Excited by the signing but if that’s true then it’s Emad Moteab all over again. Surprised we are allowing that to happen. I think it's just a little bit outside of Moteab, but not much. In Moteab's case we were stumping up a lot of money to buy the player. In this case we are asking to pay a smaller fee and take him on loan and maybe we will buy him at the end. I can see why his parent club might say you can borrow him when we're ready (after the game we have been preparing for this week). If we were stumping up millions to buy him permanently and immediately, then I think the dynamic changes to us being able to say 'no, we want him now'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 26 minutes ago, Son of Fred said: Let's hope this one doesn't crash & burn - By the way,,did you hear the one about the Irish Kamikaze pilot??? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbury Red Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Has this one gone all quiet - or is it a load of ….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Believe @Corsham Alf has said it’ll be announced tomorrow 8 minutes ago, Denbury Red said: Has this one gone all quiet - or is it a load of ….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy sprod Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 10 hours ago, Major Isewater said: What a sketch that was 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bcfc24 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 31 minutes ago, petehinton said: Believe @Corsham Alf has said it’ll be announced tomorrow A lot online think it’s Monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 21 hours ago, redsquirrel said: he will be frozen stiff for a few months til he gets used to the climate here Ever seen a picture of Mount Fuji ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James54De Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 24 minutes ago, Bcfc24 said: A lot online think it’s Monday Only because @Corsham Alf said Monday initially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy bedlock Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 What did tinman say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 1 hour ago, petehinton said: Believe @Corsham Alf has said it’ll be announced tomorrow Does this Corsham Alf have any proven ITK history? Sorry but I heard a lot about change of manager prior to Pearson going yet you don’t break your cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRoss Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 6 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said: Does this Corsham Alf have any proven ITK history? Sorry but I heard a lot about change of manager prior to Pearson going yet you don’t break your cover. Yeah loads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 23 minutes ago, willy bedlock said: What did tinman say He said it will be announced six weeks ago................... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 3 minutes ago, RedRoss said: Yeah loads. Like what? Checked posting history the other day. Couldn’t see anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy bedlock Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 18 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said: Like what? Checked posting history the other day. Couldn’t see anything. And what's that got to do with anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 22 hours ago, Corsham Alf said: A quick update - I’ve been advised our Japanese flying winger will now be announced Friday as his club want to arrange a farewell match. He will then do the media stuff etc Monday 22 hours ago, BobBobBobbin said: farewell match... We've been here before BBBobbin, that was exactly my thought as soon as I had read CorshamAlf's point. We are referencing the Egyptian striker. The fact he never actually played for Gary Johnson's team, gave us a new meaning to Pyramid Selling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon bristol Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 49 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said: Like what? Checked posting history the other day. Couldn’t see anything. Im tending to agree,,, stories are changing as we go, and theres no way we do a medical then let him go and play a farewell match,,,, although with our lot anything’s possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 23 hours ago, Corsham Alf said: A quick update - I’ve been advised our Japanese flying winger will now be announced Friday as his club want to arrange a farewell match. He will then do the media stuff etc Monday When you say “want to arrange a farewell match”, do you mean their J-League match on Saturday with Nagoya (Grampus-8 in old money…remember them - Lineker / Wenger)? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrascal2 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 On 03/07/2024 at 22:23, Shauntaylor85 said: Excited by the signing but if that’s true then it’s Emad Moteab all over again. Surprised we are allowing that to happen. I thought with Moteab that he went and played without letting City know about it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 1 minute ago, Redrascal2 said: I thought with Moteab that he went and played without letting City know about it. Exactly this. He signed for us & then played for his old team afterwards. We haven’t signed this Japanese lad yet, so mad as it seems to me, he can keep playing for his current side until we do. Totally different circumstances. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 hour ago, GrahamC said: Exactly this. He signed for us & then played for his old team afterwards. We haven’t signed this Japanese lad yet, so mad as it seems to me, he can keep playing for his current side until we do. Totally different circumstances. Seems like we'd announce that he'll be "joining us subject to international clearance and medical" which we would envisage to go through likely after Saturday and his last game. He'd fly to us from Japan to take pictures and do the medical, then go on to the Olympics. I think it makes perfect sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 6 hours ago, Tom said: Seems like we'd announce that he'll be "joining us subject to international clearance and medical" which we would envisage to go through likely after Saturday and his last game. He'd fly to us from Japan to take pictures and do the medical, then go on to the Olympics. I think it makes perfect sense. Boro didn’t announce their American until after he’d played his farewell game. There was a lot of rumours, but they didn’t announce anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Quiet day in work today (hopefully) so hoping for City to be entertaining. Hirakawa and a home kit please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 13 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Boro didn’t announce their American until after he’d played his farewell game. There was a lot of rumours, but they didn’t announce anything. Not sure why we'd necessarily have to announce Friday, we could totally wait until Monday if that timeline is correct anyway. But maybe they don't want to upset Otib? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 43 minutes ago, BCFCGav said: Quiet day in work today (hopefully) so hoping for City to be entertaining. Hirakawa and a home kit please His team have a game tomorrow, if he’s involved then it will be a fair few days yet, as it’s a 13 hour flight to London for a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) I'm not sold in this one at all... 23 so still young but not played much pro football - and never outside of Japan... Most of the football he's played was at Uni... It's a gamble for sure. What sort of money is this rumoured to be costing??? Edited July 5 by Son of Fred 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 minute ago, Son of Fred said: I'm not sold in this one at all... 23 so still young but not played much pro football - and never outside of Japan... It's a gamble for sure. What sort of money is this rumoured to be costing??? His contract expires in January,so I’d be amazed if this is even £500k. Symptomatic of us spending considerably less than some on here kept saying. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Tom said: Not sure why we'd necessarily have to announce Friday, we could totally wait until Monday if that timeline is correct anyway. But maybe they don't want to upset Otib? Nor me. Announce it when it’s completely done, e.g. medical, registrations, work permits. Why announce before? Appease the fans? Most of us would rather wait. 4 minutes ago, Son of Fred said: I'm not sold in this one at all... 23 so still young but not played much pro football - and never outside of Japan... It's a gamble for sure. What sort of money is this rumoured to be costing??? Very little, probably somewhere near to the FIFA compo amount, so £300k, if that! Edited July 5 by Davefevs 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cidre Monita Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 hour ago, Son of Fred said: I'm not sold in this one at all... 23 so still young but not played much pro football - and never outside of Japan... Most of the football he's played was at Uni... It's a gamble for sure. What sort of money is this rumoured to be costing??? Exactly my thoughts. It’s a massive gamble bringing someone in from the far east with a different language/culture and standard of football. Why don’t we just focus on the domestic market - unless it’s all about financials?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 What sort of following does he have? Asian football fans are known to support an individual as much, if not more, than a team and will follow them from team to team. Bristol City's merchandising department could be in for a huge culture shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westonred Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 29 minutes ago, Cidre Monita said: Exactly my thoughts. It’s a massive gamble bringing someone in from the far east with a different language/culture and standard of football. Why don’t we just focus on the domestic market - unless it’s all about financials?! Well of course its about financials. We are looking for the cheapest possible players. A player with the same sort of ability in this country would cost millions and want thousands a week in wages we shop in the bargain basement these days and hope to find a hidden gem 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted July 5 Admin Share Posted July 5 29 minutes ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: What sort of following does he have? Asian football fans are known to support an individual as much, if not more, than a team and will follow them from team to team. Bristol City's merchandising department could be in for a huge culture shock. They already get that from starved and desperate domestic fans whenever they release something that "isn't terrible" and they find themselves out of stock on launch day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 12 minutes ago, westonred said: Well of course its about financials. We are looking for the cheapest possible players. A player with the same sort of ability in this country would cost millions and want thousands a week in wages we shop in the bargain basement these days and hope to find a hidden gem Playing a bit of Devil’s advocate…if it’s all about the cheapest players, for the sake of a couple of hundred grand (the potential amount we might have to pay), why not look at the free agent market here to mitigate the risk. Chris Willock for example. I don’t think it’s a case of we want a £5m player and think we can get him for £1m in Japan. Probably not wording it right, hopefully makes sense. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 16 minutes ago, westonred said: Well of course its about financials. We are looking for the cheapest possible players. A player with the same sort of ability in this country would cost millions and want thousands a week in wages we shop in the bargain basement these days and hope to find a hidden gem Nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 43 minutes ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: What sort of following does he have? Asian football fans are known to support an individual as much, if not more, than a team and will follow them from team to team. Bristol City's merchandising department could be in for a huge culture shock. Don’t think he’s high profile at all, not even a full international. Your point is a good one, if he’s a regular in the squad there will be significant interest in his home country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MythikRobins Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 hours ago, Son of Fred said: I'm not sold in this one at all... 23 so still young but not played much pro football - and never outside of Japan... Most of the football he's played was at Uni... It's a gamble for sure. What sort of money is this rumoured to be costing??? Always a risk. This is just a cheaper risk. He’s young performing extremely well at a decent level, plenty of Japanese players have been able to adapt quickly to life abroad. Everyone’s different but I don’t mind the risk. The obvious success story is Mitoma. Before signing for brighton Played 50 games in Japan, most of his football was at uni aswell. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 43 minutes ago, westonred said: Well of course its about financials. We are looking for the cheapest possible players. A player with the same sort of ability in this country would cost millions and want thousands a week in wages we shop in the bargain basement these days and hope to find a hidden gem He's not earning peanuts in Japan....he won't be on peanuts if he joins us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 I just hope our scouting and assessments of overseas players is good enough, but with BT & JL in charge I won’t hold my breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooRya Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 7 minutes ago, Ivorguy said: I just hope our scouting and assessments of overseas players is good enough, but with BT & JL in charge I won’t hold my breath I do understand the reasons behind comments such as this, it's been well documented, but it is getting rather boring now. (Not a dig at you in particular by the way) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 6 minutes ago, Ivorguy said: I just hope our scouting and assessments of overseas players is good enough, but with BT & JL in charge I won’t hold my breath The hardest thing is judging one league in one country versus another. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pugofwar Posted July 5 Popular Post Share Posted July 5 No-one knows what this guy will be like at this stage. But if we saw another Championship team picking up a random Japanese guy for peanuts there would be a load of City fans saying "why can't we ever find players like that?". 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Playing a bit of Devil’s advocate…if it’s all about the cheapest players, for the sake of a couple of hundred grand (the potential amount we might have to pay), why not look at the free agent market here to mitigate the risk. Chris Willock for example. I don’t think it’s a case of we want a £5m player and think we can get him for £1m in Japan. Probably not wording it right, hopefully makes sense. Just because of how the club flip-flops on strategy and pursues whims, I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if all the press around the Tourist Pound as part of the season ticket debates across Football peaked interest in Guernsey and the directive came ‘go buy a player from the far east’. Frankly I’d bet on that being the case Edited July 5 by 38MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hertsexile Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 3 minutes ago, Pugofwar said: No-one knows what this guy will be like at this stage. But if we saw another Championship team picking up a random Japanese guy for peanuts there would be a load of City fans saying "why can't we ever find players like that?". There are Japanese players in the championship one at Coventry, Huddersfield and one in League one with Birmingham ( championship last season) I am sure none of these players cost a future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 17 minutes ago, Pugofwar said: No-one knows what this guy will be like at this stage. But if we saw another Championship team picking up a random Japanese guy for peanuts there would be a load of City fans saying "why can't we ever find players like that?". exactly! City shop in markets that they can afford at home and abroad. All this shop in the bargain basement nonsense is utter rubbish. Go ask the gas where the bargain basement is and what it’s like!! But without a doubt the club are looking for a gem and have found the likes of Scott, Semenyo, Brownhill etc etc etc in the past. So far the current regime haven’t found one we can point to but, I’m sure Mr Tinnion would point to his track record and influence in previous purchases. If we want to shop at a better level then we have to increase revenue, that is just a simple fact. FFP sees to that. I liked the comment up the thread about overseas exposure particularly in Asia. You have to look to Leicester to see what can happen. Hopefully the kid will be the next <insert player name here> and the risk will be justified, but you calculate your risk and in those terms the kid from Rapid Vienna is a much greater one!! Just for context AD had to shop at these levels to build a team and so did Pearson. Let’s be thankful Jon has persuaded dad to cover our losses while the club risk the money that the player tracking team think are worth the punt! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 34 minutes ago, 38MC said: Just because of how the club flip-flops on strategy and pursues whims, I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if all the press around the Tourist Pound as part of the season ticket debates across Football peaked interest in Guernsey and the directive came ‘go buy a player from the far east’. Frankly I’d bet on that being the case My gut feel is that the J-League getting Band 5 Work Permit status (along with a few other countries) has driven a larger list of countries in Gilhespy’s dataset to start filtering player profiles against. I jokingly sent a few WhatsApp messages into the OSIB group the other night showing that if you filter under-25 wingers with good assists and crosses, Yu Hirakawa comes out right near the top of J-League. If you do the same with forwards who receive a lot of long passes, make a lot of aerial challenges and have a decent goals per 90 you find Fally Mayulu near the top of Austrian Bundesliga too. Of course you still do lots more due diligence than that. But the start of that talent id process is pretty crude. But I also don’t disagree that SL might think - ooooh, Japan, exotic, gimme, gimme, gimme some Yen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 hours ago, Cidre Monita said: Exactly my thoughts. It’s a massive gamble bringing someone in from the far east with a different language/culture and standard of football. Why don’t we just focus on the domestic market - unless it’s all about financials?! In fairness, if you look at it in terms of replacing players in the equivalent positions from last year's squad, then he only need to be better than Mebude to be an upgrade for the squad. I see it as "we'd like a winger but we need an attacking midfielder and striker more so let's get a cheap winger with bigger potential upside as a calculated risk". As long as the attacking midfielder and strikers we bring in do their jobs then I've no worries about taking a risk on the position it was arguably less essential to bring in, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 43 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said: then he only need to be better than Mebude A tough act to follow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 hour ago, REDOXO said: exactly! City shop in markets that they can afford at home and abroad. All this shop in the bargain basement nonsense is utter rubbish. Go ask the gas where the bargain basement is and what it’s like!! But without a doubt the club are looking for a gem and have found the likes of Scott, Semenyo, Brownhill etc etc etc in the past. So far the current regime haven’t found one we can point to but, I’m sure Mr Tinnion would point to his track record and influence in previous purchases. If we want to shop at a better level then we have to increase revenue, that is just a simple fact. FFP sees to that. I liked the comment up the thread about overseas exposure particularly in Asia. You have to look to Leicester to see what can happen. Hopefully the kid will be the next <insert player name here> and the risk will be justified, but you calculate your risk and in those terms the kid from Rapid Vienna is a much greater one!! Just for context AD had to shop at these levels to build a team and so did Pearson. Let’s be thankful Jon has persuaded dad to cover our losses while the club risk the money that the player tracking team think are worth the punt! Reference last paragraph, AD only spent big money before promotion on one player - £30,000 for the return home of Paul Cheesley. All the others were bargain buys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 6 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: Reference last paragraph, AD only spent big money before promotion on one player - £30,000 for the return home of Paul Cheesley. All the others were bargain buys. That was a relative bargain given how good Cheesley was. Sadly played his final game a season or two before I was old enough to be allowed to watch City. Even at my young age I recall the local news talking about his comeback attempts. Was £30k big transfer money to pay in the 2nd Div back then? If not, was it a lot for City to pay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 I’m up in departures at Bristol airport now and Tinnion is here also, on his own. Do I go and ask him a few questions or respect his privacy?? No idea where he’s off to - I take it the squad are off to Portugal for a training camp so maybe he’s going there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: My gut feel is that the J-League getting Band 5 Work Permit status (along with a few other countries) has driven a larger list of countries in Gilhespy’s dataset to start filtering player profiles against. I jokingly sent a few WhatsApp messages into the OSIB group the other night showing that if you filter under-25 wingers with good assists and crosses, Yu Hirakawa comes out right near the top of J-League. If you do the same with forwards who receive a lot of long passes, make a lot of aerial challenges and have a decent goals per 90 you find Fally Mayulu near the top of Austrian Bundesliga too. Of course you still do lots more due diligence than that. But the start of that talent id process is pretty crude. But I also don’t disagree that SL might think - ooooh, Japan, exotic, gimme, gimme, gimme some Yen. That’s pretty much how LJ described finding Ellisson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Just now, INCRED said: I’m up in departures at Bristol airport now and Tinnion is here also, on his own. Do I go and ask him a few questions or respect his privacy?? No idea where he’s off to - I take it the squad are off to Portugal for a training camp so maybe he’s going there? He’s a bit early if he’s there to fly out to the training. However, we now know Tinnion isn’t great with his times and dates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Just now, Henry said: He’s a bit early if he’s there to fly out to the training. However, we now know Tinnion isn’t great with his times and dates. Just having a Starbucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 1 minute ago, INCRED said: Just having a Starbucks Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to check what flight he’s on!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P'head Red Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 6 minutes ago, INCRED said: I’m up in departures at Bristol airport now and Tinnion is here also, on his own. Do I go and ask him a few questions or respect his privacy?? No idea where he’s off to - I take it the squad are off to Portugal for a training camp so maybe he’s going there? Not much point in asking him for Information, but if you do add a couple of months onto his timescales before coming back to us 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBS36 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Should be in arrivals waiting the inbound flight, maybe from Paris or Amsterdam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted July 5 Admin Share Posted July 5 (edited) 20 minutes ago, SDBS36 said: Should be in arrivals waiting the inbound flight, maybe from Paris or Amsterdam Edited July 5 by Ian M Just being stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 23 minutes ago, INCRED said: Just having a Starbucks Is that an Americano that he’s drinking ? Brazilian coffee ? The clues are all there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbury Red Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Lisbon flight at 3.25??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Corner Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) FFS I've been camped at Avon gorge hotel for last week. Edited July 5 by Crackers Corner 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBS36 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 16 minutes ago, Ian M said: 22 minutes ago, SDBS36 said: Should be in arrivals waiting the inbound flight, maybe from Paris or Amsterdam Edited 1 minute ago by Ian M Just being stupid No problem so was I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDBS36 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Is he still being announced today, does anyone know ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 2 hours ago, Pugofwar said: No-one knows what this guy will be like at this stage. But if we saw another Championship team picking up a random Japanese guy for peanuts there would be a load of City fans saying "why can't we ever find players like that?". It is hilarious isn’t it. And about the age, don’t they go to like uni first and turn professional after like in the US? Mitoma I am sure Mitoma did not become professional until like 22 and then was a hit. It may or may not work out but give them a chance to identify talent before we write players off. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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