| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer 21:50 - Feb 13 with 4338 views | billabasblue |
Neither are championship level players at this stage of their careers to spend £30m on players that can’t compete at this level is extremely disappointing |  | | |  |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 22:21 - Feb 13 with 3394 views | londonblue791 |
yes the price tags are silly but there are players in both of them. egeli needs a loan to develop elsewhere while McAteer just needs to keep playing and build his confidence. Kasey was better tonight and is making progress imo | | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 22:24 - Feb 13 with 3363 views | Leutard |
Had Hirst decided to connect with that McAteer cross early on, McAteer's performance would have seemed a lot better. He is getting very unlucky with how his strengths are being wasted by the sides current weaknesses. [Post edited 13 Feb 22:25]
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 02:06 - Feb 14 with 3197 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Oh they know, hence trying to throw more money at their position in deadline day. We all want them to do well but so far it’s just so underwhelming with little progression. |  |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 04:15 - Feb 14 with 3135 views | billabasblue |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 22:21 - Feb 13 by londonblue791 |
yes the price tags are silly but there are players in both of them. egeli needs a loan to develop elsewhere while McAteer just needs to keep playing and build his confidence. Kasey was better tonight and is making progress imo |
I agree he needs to be loaned out but how do you loan a £17m player to a league 1 side it’s just ludicrous! lol | | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 07:58 - Feb 14 with 2945 views | MVBlue |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 04:15 - Feb 14 by billabasblue |
I agree he needs to be loaned out but how do you loan a £17m player to a league 1 side it’s just ludicrous! lol |
Whats interesting is remember what people were spoting about him when he arrived?
They said he was skinning players and playing with confidence, playing without having been chained to a system. People loved his direct and gung ho attittude. Has that gone? |  |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 08:06 - Feb 14 with 2885 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 07:58 - Feb 14 by MVBlue |
Whats interesting is remember what people were spoting about him when he arrived?
They said he was skinning players and playing with confidence, playing without having been chained to a system. People loved his direct and gung ho attittude. Has that gone? |
See Grealish, Jack. Exactly the same as what happened to him at City. |  | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 08:22 - Feb 14 with 2818 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 02:06 - Feb 14 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Oh they know, hence trying to throw more money at their position in deadline day. We all want them to do well but so far it’s just so underwhelming with little progression. |
Bobbins. Azaz was/is left sided and clearly a replacement for Szmodics profile. |  |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:07 - Feb 14 with 2678 views | Nutkins_Return |
I'd rather wait 12 months and see where we are with it all then. | |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:08 - Feb 14 with 2656 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 04:15 - Feb 14 by billabasblue |
I agree he needs to be loaned out but how do you loan a £17m player to a league 1 side it’s just ludicrous! lol |
You dont. You loan him to a mid champ side who are looking for a shadow striker 10 player. |  |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:35 - Feb 14 with 2606 views | ITFCSG |
Our recruitment is frankly $hite and doesn't seem to have improved at all since the League One days. Ashton talks a lot but anyone can see the majority of our recruitment is still done within the EFL. Can't get a proper striker even after how many windows. Look at the scum signing Makama and Ali who are banging the goals under their new manager in while we are still stuck with the useless Azon and Hirst running around like headless chickens. | | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:46 - Feb 14 with 2559 views | cressi |
Hang on a minute here Egeli is still a kid moving from a completely different league and culture and may grow into a star let's not judge yet.
McAteer effort is there not sure if the ability is definitely over paid. | | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:59 - Feb 14 with 2530 views | allezlesbleus |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:07 - Feb 14 by Nutkins_Return |
I'd rather wait 12 months and see where we are with it all then. |
Exactly this.
How many fans were saying the same about Philogene in his early days and Hutchinson.
I think both of these players will come good and would have probably performed better if the team's confidence (and 90+ minutes performances) were better. |  | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 11:15 - Feb 14 with 2480 views | stonojnr |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:46 - Feb 14 by cressi |
Hang on a minute here Egeli is still a kid moving from a completely different league and culture and may grow into a star let's not judge yet.
McAteer effort is there not sure if the ability is definitely over paid. |
its crazy I dont know what people think a 19 year old is supposed to be, maybe Messi or Pele reborn or something,
just give the kid time and space, stop getting on his back, same with McAteer they need confidence, need to feel that if they make a mistake the boo boys wont be on them instantly, and we're just not giving them a chance by constantly criticising them. | | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 15:34 - Feb 14 with 2316 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 08:22 - Feb 14 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Bobbins. Azaz was/is left sided and clearly a replacement for Szmodics profile. |
You’re wrong (again). | |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 16:55 - Feb 14 with 2244 views | Dubtractor |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 08:22 - Feb 14 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Bobbins. Azaz was/is left sided and clearly a replacement for Szmodics profile. |
Azaz is a right winger. |  |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 17:47 - Feb 14 with 2156 views | Radlett_blue |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:08 - Feb 14 by FrimleyBlue |
You dont. You loan him to a mid champ side who are looking for a shadow striker 10 player. |
Seriously - McKenna has been given the resources to create a promotion winning squad and you think it's OK to pay £17m for a player who isn't good enough for us yet? That's the sort of vanity purchase the likes of Chelsea make. |  |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 18:46 - Feb 14 with 2050 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:35 - Feb 14 by ITFCSG |
Our recruitment is frankly $hite and doesn't seem to have improved at all since the League One days. Ashton talks a lot but anyone can see the majority of our recruitment is still done within the EFL. Can't get a proper striker even after how many windows. Look at the scum signing Makama and Ali who are banging the goals under their new manager in while we are still stuck with the useless Azon and Hirst running around like headless chickens. |
"Our recruitment is frankly $hite and doesn't seem to have improved at all since the League One days.'
And yet we've won back-to-back promotions with those players.
You're either a Norwich fan or a fool. |  |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 19:22 - Feb 14 with 2002 views | Nutkins_Return |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 16:55 - Feb 14 by Dubtractor |
Azaz is a right winger. |
Point of order we weren't even in for Azaz. Azeez is definitely a right forward/winger though. (I assume everyone is talking about Azeez though and just and understandable mix up) | |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 19:25 - Feb 14 with 1988 views | LeoMuff |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 18:46 - Feb 14 by The_Flashing_Smile |
"Our recruitment is frankly $hite and doesn't seem to have improved at all since the League One days.'
And yet we've won back-to-back promotions with those players.
You're either a Norwich fan or a fool. |
And sold a player for £45m, one for £30m, plus others in the £5-10m bracket. Plus Leif is probably worth £15-20m, Matusiwa £15m, Philogene £20m, Clarke £20m |  |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 19:58 - Feb 14 with 1929 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 08:22 - Feb 14 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Bobbins. Azaz was/is left sided and clearly a replacement for Szmodics profile. |
Was he?
KM spoke about him and spoke of our right hand side. He didnt talk about the left side at all or even the sammy s 10 role. And the sammy S 10 role we signed mehmeti for anyway. | |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 20:46 - Feb 14 with 1876 views | Dubtractor |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 19:22 - Feb 14 by Nutkins_Return |
Point of order we weren't even in for Azaz. Azeez is definitely a right forward/winger though. (I assume everyone is talking about Azeez though and just and understandable mix up) |
Yeah, confused myself with the names, I assume we're all talking about matey from Millwall. | |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 21:32 - Feb 14 with 1782 views | have_a_word_with_him |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 11:15 - Feb 14 by stonojnr |
its crazy I dont know what people think a 19 year old is supposed to be, maybe Messi or Pele reborn or something,
just give the kid time and space, stop getting on his back, same with McAteer they need confidence, need to feel that if they make a mistake the boo boys wont be on them instantly, and we're just not giving them a chance by constantly criticising them. |
Agreed. I've said before that I didn't love the McAteer signing at the time, found it confusing, and have been disappointed by the lack of impact. But he won't get better without support and this is a player who performed pretty well in a strong Leicester team. Anyone in the shirt should get full backing, no-one responds well to just being criticised. Get behind these lads and every one of them, whether at the ground or here on a message board. I'm absolutely sure they all want to be smashing it too. |  | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:33 - Feb 15 with 1489 views | Radlett_blue |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 21:32 - Feb 14 by have_a_word_with_him |
Agreed. I've said before that I didn't love the McAteer signing at the time, found it confusing, and have been disappointed by the lack of impact. But he won't get better without support and this is a player who performed pretty well in a strong Leicester team. Anyone in the shirt should get full backing, no-one responds well to just being criticised. Get behind these lads and every one of them, whether at the ground or here on a message board. I'm absolutely sure they all want to be smashing it too. |
My Leicester season ticket holder mate was stunned when we paid so much for McAteer. He said he was a reasonably squad filler/bench option, nothing more. And he's played quite a lot of football so not just a kid with huge potential. He hasn't played much, even when Burns was injured so McKenna must be disappointed but it's impossible to see what he expected from him.
Walle is a different kettle of fish. Only 19 & only played in Norway and I can see his potential to be a PL player in time. Whether investing £17m in potential was a wise use of resources, only time will tell. | |
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| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 11:42 - Feb 15 with 1411 views | darkhorse28 |
Love the number of down votes - I mean anyone suggesting we spend £50 plus million on Ogbenne, McAteer and Walle to be back ups to £100k Burns, who in the here and now, is better than the lot for work, pressing, and probably end product too. And obvious experience. Is well, interesting.
You’re saying £50 million has no consequences.
Also. You’re moaning we didn’t sign a striker.
There’s lack of self awareness, low football IQ and there’s this.
No actually supporter, that’s seen them play, would sign any of them, simply better ways to spend the money, with better outcomes required if we want success .
Walle is very young. But if he doesn’t add value in the here and now, it doesn’t work, because without promotion this season or next, we can’t retain him or others if they do have quality.
We needed added value in the hear and now, not potential in three years when you’re tying up such huge resources that COULD make a difference and deliver £200 million in revenue!!
Leiscter sighed Harry Winks. £10 million. England international.., ripped it up, they won the league going had stands!
We spent double that on potential .., just after selling Delap and Hutchinson because ‘you can’t keep young players if your aren’t succesful’
It made zero sense then. Less so when it’s obvious he’s going to need lots of time.
We can’t keep pretending £100 plus million of mistakes hasn’t happened and there are no consequences!
We couldn’t sign any players for fees this window, £3 million and eve that required Sammie moving out.
CONSEQUENCES - you’d have to be a Nodge lunatic to say in hindsight Ogbene, McAteer, Walle, Muric, Greaves, Akpom, Ason, Philip’s, Johnson are money well spent.
Value. Quality and Cost. They determine success. It’s not a computer game.., it’s a rolling 3 years where mistakes linger for future seasons.
How many have forgotten Muric, Johnson, Ogbene, Philips, etc etc
They still dictate our future transfer business.
Sad to think £100 million down the drain is ok…, it is if you want another 20 years in the EFL.
Not if we want to compete with Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth. They don’t waste hundreds of millions and nod along, accept it, pretend ‘maybe they’ll be better next year’
It’s woeful vision, woeful strategy, and poor implementation. Panic the moment we had resources.
We were found out. Ogbene and McA won’t ever be prem - light years off, Walle too o suspect won’t make it, but he’s young and has quality so who knows, but awful use of resources.
We have TWO teams, with enough quality for the play offs, the quality is so poor this year TWO.
And yet we maybe won’t get promoted.
Let that sink in …, four average wide right players costing £50 plus million - doesn’t add any value does it.
We needed our Winks type signing.., we’d rather have four decent players for each role than stand out players.
They we just had the worst season in the clubs history - 25 players, 24 of which aren’t good enough for the level.
Quantity over quality .., could characterise McKennas demise. Only Philogene is exceptional at this level - that’s it.
Not about in the EFL with £200 plus million spent gross .., almost impossible to spend that amount and if there was a team of the season next week, I think we have Philogene, Kipre maybe and Mats too .., maybe two, three at best, nobody else is even a conversation.
The rest of the best in this division, they cost £3.75 between them!! .., Ogbene boots cost more | | | |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 12:05 - Feb 15 with 1360 views | DropCliffsNotBombs |
| Turn the clock back to August and we certainly wouldn’t sign Egeli or Mcateer on 10:35 - Feb 14 by ITFCSG |
Our recruitment is frankly $hite and doesn't seem to have improved at all since the League One days. Ashton talks a lot but anyone can see the majority of our recruitment is still done within the EFL. Can't get a proper striker even after how many windows. Look at the scum signing Makama and Ali who are banging the goals under their new manager in while we are still stuck with the useless Azon and Hirst running around like headless chickens. |
Worst breed of new fan. |  | | |
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