[SIGNED perm] Dan Gosling

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  1. easthertshornet

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    I really do believe we have an inferior squad to Bournemouth right now.
     
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    Better indeed. Will likely not be fit for purpose in 2022/2023 but limited damage I suppose.
     
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    A fact conveniently not mentioned by those claiming the club has had to deal with severe financial hardship despite selling half the squad.
     
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    Yep, I guess we had to offer a contract of this length to get the deal done. Not ideal considering his age.
     
  5. Jumbolina

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    LouOrns is slowly becoming a bedwetter icon.
     
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    He pays a nasty piece ow work in Corrie. I'm in.
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  7. Jumbolina

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    Yeah makes sense. If we only offered 1.5 guess he’d wait to be free agent in the summer and see what was on the table elsewhere.
     
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    The tears from the Bmuff fans is worth it. I said it yesterday, if he’s Garner’s replacement and we sign someone else, then it’s decent business. If Gosling is our Capoue replacement then it’s terrible.

    Gino has less than 48 hrs to sign Jephcott and Mowatt.
     
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    I must admit if would be funny if he did well, we got promoted & they didn't.
     
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    I don’t hate this

    Always seemed a decent player for muff.
    Our midfield needs at least some experienced backup.
    Coming to the end of his career but probably will get a season or more out of him.

    think he can do that job upper champ lower prem

    we aren’t in a financial position having been relegated, in January, with expensive wages sitting on our books to get sign Doucoure level replacements that’ll come next year
     
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    I'm gonna take this as a sure sign Deeney is off. Opening up the door to sign players he would have a conflict with.
     
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    Muff fans very unhappy that he’s been allowed to leave ..... they sound as disillusioned with their club as we are ours
     
  15. lowerrous

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    On a 2.5 year deal this is alright as a squad option tbh.

    I'd still like for us to sign a proper CM upgrade and a CF though of course.
     
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    Could be this seasons Ben Watson type signing . He wasn’t pulling up any trees at Wigan when we signed him but was brilliant for us in the promotion season.

    However , the difference is literally he was the missing piece in midfield that season. This season
    We’re not playing cohesively so we need more than just a hard working midfielder I feel. Nevertheless may prove to be a decent signing.
     
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    FTRE head honcho ‘Rookery Mike’ now passive aggressively suggesting that anyone who thinks this is a poor signing bases their knowledge on football manager and YouTube

    The arrogance and misplaced self assuredness of some of our clappers is breathtaking. This thinly veiled attitude that constantly running cover for and cosying up to Pozzos, Duzbury, Leventhal etc. somehow makes you a more informed or mature fan is hilarious

    They love to roll out the cliche “we were nearly bust before Gino” whenever he makes his latest blunder, yet ironically I reckon this same bunch were probably applauding Bas for securing the happy egg sponsorship and urging the fans to get behind Craig Beattie
     
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    I’d prefer a Bet Goodyear type.
     
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    Similar to most of the Pozzo transfers in recent years, minimum outlay, experienced & in need of a club.

    Not greatly different to Murray, Watson, Abdi, Cassetti, Munari, Tozser, Geijo, Pudil, Fitz Hall etc.

    Not marquee or overly exciting, but will do a good honest reliable job for us
     
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    A lot of his focus seems to be on Duxbury's quoted comments about doing what's necessary to be promoted and its use as evidence that what's happened isn't the case.

    The teat sucklers seem to be leading the charge on this and saying that these comments should be disregarded because we have Ismalia Sarr or despite the fact they were stated mid-pandemic, that the pandemic somehow makes them irrelevant. There's even a suggestion that it was just a lie to keep everyone happy.

    But, like with Mike, when keeping the hierarchy happy and your access to it keeps the money coming in, you'll not even have to be asked to defend it.
     
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    You’ve combined the name of the character and the actress here.
     
  22. Burnsy

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    I don’t even watch it. I tried my best with my limited knowledge...

    A Curly Watts type character maybe? Better?
     
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    A portmanteau actress?!
    Carlos Vanarama or whatever he was called keeps coming to mind but then I'm half frozen from the BGBW!
     
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    I think Bournemouth fans seem to have the same issues as us, plenty of good players on on paper on premier league wages who's names look impressive to the outside eye but in truth they are not playing well either because they are passed it or want moves back to the premier league.
     
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    Gosling's stats have been decent this season. In sum they are better than Hughes' in pretty much every way, and similar, or even marginally better overall, than Chalobah's and Cleverley's.

    Tackles + interceptions:

    4 combined per 90 (2.6 tackles + 1.4 interceptions). Compared with:
    Chalobah - 4.5 (2.4 + 2.1)
    Cleverley - 3.3 (2.3 + 1)
    Hughes - 3.2 (2.7 + 0.5)

    Goals

    He also has a goal every 384 minutes (2 in total)
    Cleverley has a goal every 426 minutes
    and none of our other CMs have scored yet.

    Key passes

    Not too bad either at 0.6 per 90.
    Cleverley - 0.8
    Hughes - 0.5
    Chalobah - 0.3

    Assists

    1
    assist (in 767 minutes)
    None of our other CMs have any assists so far this season (no doubt not helped by our crap strikers though)

    Dribbles

    Gosling - 1.1 per 90
    Hughes - 0.8
    Chalobah - 0.8
    Cleverley - 0.3
     
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  26. Jumbolina

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    I actually think Gosling will do fine for us this season. That said I understand why people would be underwhelmed. And I’m also confident that this Rookery Mike chap is a tool of the highest order.
     
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    Won’t have to do quarantine, at least.
     
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    Don't be so sure......he is coming from Bournemouth after all. Disinfect and quarantine.
     
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    What number has he been allocated?
    Can’t wait to be the only one with his name on the back 30% off shirts too.


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    Not sure who people think we should be signing given the current situation but, to me, Gosling is a decent addition to the squad and a sensible piece of business.
     
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    Blimey, what an angry thread this is. Forum could explode if we lose against QPR.
     
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    Interesting numbers. You overlooked Chalobah’s Preston goal though.
     
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    That's alright. We now have two Tom Cleverlys. We just alternate which does the first 60 mins of each match. It frees a more mercurial talent from having to cover for Clevsgos for the third of a match when the oldster's legs have gone.

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    I don't trust them. They're up to something.
     
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