The Great Mass Debater

For this one unfortunately it's not about profit, just the fee sold for. Also, rule for this round - only one name at a time. As before, fees in Euros. Also definitely dispute a number of the figures. But hey, it's transfermarkt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dean Ashton 10.89m 12 Leroy Fer 10m 13 Lewis Grabban 9.35m 14 Craig Bellamy 9.25m 15 Max Aarons 8.1m

If you look at our best players oveer the years we've rarely acquired them by outmuscling our rivals. The only teams we out-muscle are those who dont really want the player. We do better when we unearth a gem - ie Holt, Hoolahan, Buendia. In that category might be Godfrey and Aarons. Depends if you class them as academy products given they were with other clubs before we signed them

Just reflects the going rate doesnt it. We'll break it again in 5 years I imagine

I used transfermarkt, but tried to cross reference with another site. But you are quite right, this is only a lazy Google 🙂

Ah remember the days when a 3.5m player (Ashton) might have kept you up if only you'd had the vision to do it in summer and not wait til January

I hope lessons have been learned

I also found this interesting 29 Ozan Kabak 3.5m (loan fee) 35 Ralf Fahrmann 3m (loan fee) So Kabak is our 29th most expensive signing, just to borrow him, and same deal with Fahrmann who didnt even play!

1 Christos Tzolis 11m 2 Milot Rashica 11m 3 Steven Naismith 11m 4 Timm Klose 11m 5 Gabriel Sara 10.5 6 Ricky van Wolfswinkel 10m 7 Robbie Brady 9.9m 8 Josh Sargent 9.5m 9 Alex Pritchard 9.4m 10 Ben Gibson 9.3m 11 Yanic Wildschutt 8.2m 12 Dimitrios Giannoulis 7.5m 13 Gary Hooper 6.3m 14 Dean Ashton 6m 15 Angus Gunn 5.85m 27 Ivo Pinto 3.7m

Not a bad squad that. Though we'd need someone to play emergency Right Back (the right footed Wildschutt probably the best choice)

1 Christos Tzolis 11m 2 Milot Rashica 11m 3 Steven Naismith 11m 4 Timm Klose 11m 5 Gabriel Sara 10.5 6 Ricky van Wolfswinkel 10m 7 8 Josh Sargent 9.5m 9 Alex Pritchard 9.4m 10 Ben Gibson 9.3m 11 Yanic Wildschutt 8.2m 12 Dimitrios Giannoulis 7.5m 13 Gary Hooper 6.3m 14 Dean Ashton 6m 15 Angus Gunn 5.85m

I wonder how many of these were record signings

A man is only as good as his internet cutting and pasting

Just a bit of fun and easily answered by Google, but nobody thinks that's big or clever. Who is missing? (all fees in Euros) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Yanic Wildschutt 8.2m 12 Dimitrios Giannoulis 7.5m 13 Gary Hooper 6.3m 14 Dean Ashton 6m 15 Angus Gunn 5.85m

Fulham might take it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Z1WqgaWAI

Fed up of watching us not compete and be training exercises for the opposition

I used to enjoy watching Norwich

I was going to post the same thing. When we look like we migght open them up, he receives it aand passes to the CB. Bafflling

What do we achieve by trying to play out? We string 3 passes together then hoof it under pressure. Possession lost

Are Sarge and Rowe injured?

Nice

Problem is you cant sack him after losing to Liverpool. It just would have been nice for Liverpool to need to break a sweat

I seem to remember we did the same thing when we played Liverpool in first game of Farke's first Prem season