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Jakubclaret

F*cking holiday! What planet are you on. Have you not seen the videos of them cooking in the sun and throwing weights around in the gym. This is getting fit time and learning new systems. I haven't seen any videos but I haven't seen a convincing argument that separates portugal from padiham in a fo...

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Injecting truth = derailing.

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Not sure I questioned you being able to have an opinion, many times on this forum I have said you and others are entitled to an opinion even if I don’t agree there are elements of what you said that are factually incorrect though. I have partly agreed with that opinion and question where it is inco...

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I can never tell if you believe what you say, are being deliberately obtuse or just on a wind up. Anyway so if work send me to Portugal for a week this would be classed as a Holiday in your book? If this was purely about Football then 100% you are correct but the main focus of camps like this are n...

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I've never worked that hard on a holiday, plus if you've ever seen footballers on holiday, in no way shape or form is this a holiday for them It's already been established you could do the same work wise (loosely meant) at either location so you are left with the attraction of portugal & all that. ...

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Absolutely but it’s not hard to imagine that sp and his team will leave Portugal with a clear picture of the squad make up he wants and what holes need to be plugged. By default it also draws up the sell/loan player list and those fringe players will then know where they are. …. Which all of which ...

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Going away as a group is a massive part of pre-season. Team building/bonding, squad assessment and fitness amongst other benefits. Perfect opportunity for players to show sp they mean business and want to be involved. Some players have only just come back from pro-longed summers too. I get all that...

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They’re all in Portugal so SP can assess them. For instance Connor might not fancy being bench RB at this stage of his career so one of Sonne or Sambo might be looking for that spot. There is competition for most spots so they are all in SPs headlights. Then we’ll learn who is leaving temporary or ...

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2 of our main signings have come out of nowhere with nothing being said about them until a few hours before confirmed I prefer it to be “quiet” Some might suggest rushed. Anything transfer related is notoriously difficult to keep a lid on increasing the longer something goes on because the very nat...

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:21 pm
Jonjo Shelvey

Another completely pointless I'd file alongside John Egan.

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He means the money we have already spent less the likely money we will get from player sales is going to mean a figure of less than £60m (if we don’t spend any more) Nothing to do with bidding for players… I merely meant disguised sincere intentions to spend money whatever the amount don't have to ...

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I'd keep your powder dry because we haven't committed to spend £60 million - we don't know who is yet to be sold. It's not just that. it's easy to commit if you know that it'll never be fulfilled. In essence you could bid & commit to anything without agreeing on personal terms it's a meaningless ac...

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Jelle vossen ranks as utterly bizarre for me.

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Iv just read through 3 pages and still don’t know if Amdouni is injured or not. 3 pages of certain posters arguing with Jakub for the 1000th time. They can’t help but bite and get a kick out of ruining this place yet nothing is done. I won't post again on this thread even if quoted so we can find o...

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An injury so "serious" that a month later he signed for Middlesboro on loan. If you have to stretch the truth to support your argument... your argument probably isn't that great tbh By all means downplay it but that's how it was described. https://onefootball.com/en/news/aaron-ramsey-returns-to-ast...

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How would you know it’s correct? a) if he’s guilty You’ll just keep banging your he said she said drum and say it’s wrong B) if he’s not guilty you’ll say you were right. One things for sure, you don’t possess the balls to say “I was wrong”. Exactly it's impossible to say. I'll rephrase it I hope t...

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CharlieinNewMexico wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:14 pm
So much egg on your face when the decision comes out you’ll be scrubbing for months.

It doesn't bother me in the slightest I just hope the correct decision is reached. It's not about who's right & who's wrong to me it might be important to you I couldn't care less.

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CharlieinNewMexico wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:14 pm
So much egg on your face when the decision comes out you’ll be scrubbing for months.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest I just hope the correct decision is reached.

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They have a hell of a lot of facts to go on regarding the balance of probabilities. It would seem unfortunately they do not have an actual recording of what he said, otherwise it would have been settled long before now. However they have a long list of factual probabilities which undoubtedly puts t...

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I know plenty of Preston fans that haven’t shown a “natural instinct” to side with Osmajic. After the incident looking on their forum the general consensus take was let's presume innocence until proven otherwise. i dare say some might be reluctant the same applies to hannibal. I want hannibel to ge...

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Conclusive or not 5 months later tells it own tale.

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As it's already been mentioned on other threads (transfers) in terms of medicals & outsourcing & numerous changes it hardly instils me with confidence to watch a video further reinforced with my belief that some of the signings health wise are on shakey ground.

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Or, more likely: The FA know this obnoxious t**t is guilty, but are struggling to find sufficient evidence to make a strong enough case. Surely, if they thought he was innocent they would have held a quick tribunal by now and dismissed it for lack of compelling evidence? The ideal scenario is that ...

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The recruitment team rely on medical professionals to undertake clinical assessments. I don't think our club has been an outlier in number of injuries because strangely other clubs suffer injuries too. I agree I've always maintained that other clubs do suffer injuries as well I just question to wha...

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:44 pm
No they haven't. Ramsey's injury could have happened to any player.

I suspect you know this, but are just being deliberately obtuse. If you're not, then you're really not very bright.

Indeed it could but he'd be the favourite to somebody who hadn't experienced that sort of injury before.

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:34 pm
Ramsey is commercially valuable, is he?

For want of a better description the recruitment team have make a royal horlick. Without labouring the point the importance of research.

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:31 pm
Exceptions?

Based on your logic, Lazio and Rangers should never have gone anywhere near Gazza!

I wish we hadn't, mind!

They wouldn't have done if commercially it didn't make sense the same applies to us.

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Row x wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:27 pm
Was it even the same knee?

You'd reasonably assume so. Bloody hell we have got problems if both have gone.

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:26 pm
Yep, because no player has ever recovered from a serious injury in the history of football, have they?

Of course they have but more often than not they are never quite the same exceptions of course.

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Row x wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:19 pm
Clearly wasn't the same kind of injury, one takes 12 months to recover from, the other a month, so pointless comparison.

Did it really recover or was it just temporarily suspended. He had surgery so it wasn't a band aid plaster job. When something goes like that it's never quite the same again.

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Yeah he had a knee injury in December 2022, had surgery and went back to Villa. Was then loaned to Boro in the January window when he must have passed their medical and resumed playing in February 2023. So are you seriously suggesting we shouldn't have signed him based on those facts? & lo & behold...

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We have had massive injury problems over the last few years? ********. No more than anyone else. To some extent the only argument that can be made is that we've trended smaller and less physical. "Benson is made out of glass" is a fair comment. Otherwise, it is false. Our injury record is very aver...

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Which players are currently injured? Totally irrelevant though to your point that if Amdouni is currently injured it should've been picked up through is medical...two years ago. If anything you could say my comment was more directed towards redmond if you go back that's where it started. You have s...

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Stevie Morgan wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 12:28 pm
Prove it in relation to other clubs injury rates. You won't be able to. Injuries are part of the game unfortunately. It's just another spurious claim from you. Tedious.

If you think the amount of injuries are normal fair enough I politely disagree.

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 12:22 pm
Where is your evidence for this?

The numbers piling up on the treatment table.

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It was a general comment which people took literally. I've yet to be quoted where my comment specifically centred amdouni. I do think generally there's an issue with recurring injuries in the squad stemming from a lack of recruitment research without specifying any said individuals.

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taio wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:39 am
It would be amusing to see your attempt at explaining why any injury to Amdouni now ought to have been picked up in his medical two years ago.

As I've already said it's not 1 in isolation but please keep focusing on this as it will assist in detracting.

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I've got an idea. you could save the club money and do these "susceptibility checks" for the club. I've done Amdouni's and it took all of 2 minutes. 21 games missed since and including 2019-20 season through injury or illness. If you think things are normal fair enough I politely disagree. Have a g...

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It's not just 1 in isolation I really wish it was.

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Row x wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:26 am
You do realise that burnleys medicals are up there with the top teams, don't you?

If that's the case it's baffling why we get so many serious injuries. I'm well aware injuries are commonplace in football to a certain degree.

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Are you seriously suggesting that the club try and save circa 1 weeks wages on a player by not carrying out a medical? There is not a cat in hell's chance that either the insurer or the investor will stump up money without proper due diligence being carried out. They aren't umming and ahing over wh...

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What do you mean source players without proper checks? Injuries happen, they can pass every check in the world and then suddenly get a freak injury Of course injuries happen it's part & parcel of football. I believe in the purpose of saving money proper checks don't take place which actually ends u...

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:55 pm
Amdouni has been here for two seasons (albeit a season elsewhere).

Do we get more injuries than other clubs?

I'd say so & long terms 1s. If you think things are normal we clearly disagree.

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 12, 2025 11:50 pm
How do you know they don't do proper checks?

The frequency of the rapid signings & the amount of injuries picked up. It seriously isn't normal if you think so many unexpected injuries should be taking place it's pointless debating it.

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Seems to be a theme over the last few years that the club don’t seem to report injuries at all. Still to this day I don’t think anyone is actually sure as to why Redmond was out for so long People are literally down at the drop of a hat. If you source players without proper checks that's what you a...

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Support our players, it's a priority. Admittedly a bunch of keyboard-happy "fans" don't define a player's career, but how about showing a positive/supportive attitude towards LF and all our players. How far & how long for does the benevolence stretch. God only knows haven't people been patient enou...

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Some real guff on here as usual, there is a really good player in Foster, he can finish too, I recall a really nice steered finish away to Sheff Utd when I was right in front of it, but it seems to be down to how much is swilling around his head at a moment in time. I suspect he is one not to hang ...

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When 30 odd ayew spun him like a sixpence & left him for dead my mind was made up from that point onwards he was like a fish out of water in terms of PL.

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And it looks like we are bringing in the players who will be in our squad earlier than we've managed to in previous years. I imagine we are pretty clear on who we intend to move on and I'm sure most of the players concerned will be equally clear on their position. The only real challenge is if we l...

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I certainly don't think I am. People are over-worrying with 6 weeks to sign players and ship players out - many of which happen at the end of the window, especially with loans. There is time but there's no denying the earlier you get your ducks in a row the better prepared you are for the season ah...

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