Ismaila Sarr -

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by UEA_Hornet, Nov 14, 2019.

  1. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    From Adam Leventhal on Twitter:

     
  2. nornironhorn

    nornironhorn Administrator Staff Member

    What a joke.

    I can only imagine he was allowed to play for them as QSF wasn't going to give him regular minutes when he returned anyway.
     
  3. carboy98

    carboy98 Reservist

    Just to make it a bit better, Leventhal has corrected his tweet as Sarr didn't actually score
     
  4. nornironhorn

    nornironhorn Administrator Staff Member

    That's pretty poor journalism, seeing a Sarr on the scoresheet and assuming it was Ismaila, they have three in their squad.
     
  5. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    I'm sure the club are thrilled with Senegal starting him. It's not anyone's fault though, we probably wanted him to get some minutes and Senegal obviously wanted one of their better players playing for them. Just bad luck that it's happened just after he returned from a previous injury.
     
  6. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Did he say Sarry?
     
  7. davisp2

    davisp2 Reservist

    More incompetence from the club. He had just returned from training and should have been using the 2 weeks to build up fitness.
     
  8. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    For ****'s sake
     
  9. cyaninternetdog

    cyaninternetdog Forum Hippie

    Had this happen on FM a couple of times, worst one was 3 months if I recall correctly.
     
  10. Cassetti's Beard

    Cassetti's Beard First Team

    QSF likes this, an excuse not to play our most expensive signing ever.
     
  11. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    The club can't stop Senegal calling him up.
     
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  12. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    We should have just says he was still injured like the top clubs do with their players.
     
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  13. carboy98

    carboy98 Reservist

    Left the stadium on crutches according to a french news report I've just seen. I'm going to place my bet on a squad return date of 8th Feb (away to Brighton, unused sub)
     
  14. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Well yeah but then Senegal would still have a right to examine him and his medical records. He's a big player for them so I'd expect them to check. Whereas the top clubs have more clout and often players who play for countries with loads of decent replacements anyway.
     
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  15. Rontaylor

    Rontaylor Reservist

    Yes you are correct but after a long layoff nobody is going to contradict a decision that he needs a little more time to become match fit/
     
  16. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    worse than Ellington
     
  17. magic

    magic Statto & Vordamen's lovechild

    Aren't football associations liable for costs when players get injured on international duty?
     
  18. Relegation Certs

    Relegation Certs Squad Player

    Good news, we're better when he's not in the team.
     
  19. LaClusazSki

    LaClusazSki Reservist

    L'equipe claimed some time ago that Sarr was not coping with the pressure of the Premier League.
    Injured? Maybe
    Emotionally fragile? Yes
    There was a great deal of interest in him, but one by one other clubs dropped out. Perhaps they saw something that Watford failed to spot or didn't want to admit.
    Watford may have been sold a dud and may take a big financial hit to ship him out.
    Let's wait and see.
     
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  20. Relegation Certs

    Relegation Certs Squad Player


    Why wait? It's clear as day that your analysis is correct.

    This transfer is just the sad proof that the owners got all giddy over our half decent season last year and developed ideas massively above their station.

    Throwing tens of millions on unproven players, new badges, fancy new foreign sponsorships... Laughable stuff from a small club like ours.
     
  21. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    Probably a huge relief for QSF. I imagine he was struggling to decide whether to play him at left or right back.
     
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  22. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    He's had him left back at the training ground most weekends so far.
     
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  23. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    I'm surprised this even got a thread. Like Lukebakio, we won't miss him as he's looked **** whenever he's played for us.
     
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  24. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    Now he's right back in the treatment room.
     
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  25. PotGuy

    PotGuy Forum Fetishist

    Will miss him, he has been so pivotal to our campaign so far
     
  26. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    Foils our plans to farm him out on lone.
     
  27. IRB

    IRB THe artist formally know as ImRonBurgundy?

    Hardly a big loss right now

    One for the future maybe but has looked miles out of his depth when he’s featured so far
     
  28. Steve Leo Beleck

    Steve Leo Beleck Squad Player

    Left stadium on crutches, likely ankle ligament injury. What a terrible signing so far, incredible to think we spent all summer and our whole transfer budget on a rabbit-in-the-headlights, injury prone flop.

    Exactly the kind of signing we'd have laughed at other clubs for making whilst praising our owners for being smarter than that.
     
  29. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    I don't think a couple of injuries means injury prone. This injury could have been the result of a bad tackle.

    I find it hard to understand how anyone has an opinion on his ability so far as we have barely seen him. It's frustrating for us, the club and the player but it's harsh to call him a flop, maybe in terms of the size of the fee and injuries, but surely not the player himself. He's talented, if you watch him for Senegal and for Rennes last season that much is clear. He just needs to get some football but it looks like he won't be playing for a while!
     
  30. wfcwarehouse

    wfcwarehouse First Team Captain

    Am beginning to wonder if we’ve been sold a bit of a dud here.
     
  31. Jumbolina

    Jumbolina First Team

    Of course he's a flop. £40 million and two managers have decided he hasn't got what it takes to start. Absolutely dreadful signing.
     
  32. lowerrous

    lowerrous First Team

    Yeah they can - just do what all the big clubs do and fake a minor injury just before the international break.
     
  33. lowerrous

    lowerrous First Team

    Eurgh, even though he's been very disappointing so far can everyone please stop over-exaggerating the fee to make it seem even worse than it actually is - it's just an excuse for an extra moan.

    The BBC put the fee at £25million, and The Guardian put the fee at £30mil. The £40mil figure came from SkySports, who we all know can get things wrong and love to sensationalise things.

    Also, whichever it turns out to be, if any fee does end up being £40mil it will likely only be if he hits all of the no doubt numerous add-on clauses in the deal, which at this rate he won't come close to doing.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49283719
    https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-ismaila-sarr-from-rennes-for-club-record-30m
    https://www.skysports.com/football/...s-winger-ismaila-sarr-for-club-record-40m-fee

    Whatever it is it looks too much at this moment in time, but hold your horses a bit.
     
  34. Jumbolina

    Jumbolina First Team

    Sure no problem.

    Of course he's a flop. £30 million and two managers have decided he hasn't got what it takes to start. Absolutely dreadful signing.
     
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  35. foxywfc

    foxywfc Reservist

    Everyone will one day regret making premature comments, he will slowly adjust to life in England and in 2 seasons time will be fit and make the most assists in league one


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