Eagles playing at the World Cup

BromleyMonkey said:
I wonder how many neutrals in this country stayed up for Iran v New Zealand last night or this morning I should say? 🤣
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I did. It was a decent game actually.

The big teams are really disappointing me so far (Spain and France mainly), but smaller teams are doing bits.

I was really impressed with Iran. They seem to rely on powerful but precise long shots and long passes, well drilled, catching the opposition off guard. Mind you, New Zealand are not a strong opposition with the exception of Woods.

I enjoyed watching Cabo Verde, obviously their keeper had a worldy as well.
 
France look good.
Strong at the back.
Loads of pace further forward to get on the end of Olise's beautifully weighted passes.
Senegal also looked quite good in the first 60 minutes with lots of strength and athleticism.
Not Sarr's best day in terms of output, but he still looked a threat.
 
doombear said:
i know. If any ex-Palace player is going to win one or more Ballon d'ors, it's him - in my book the best player to ever have played for us. What an assist for Mbappe's goal.
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For me he wins it this year. It's between Olise and Kane in my opinion, but with Olise topping it. He's been sensational. Bayern have been so good to watch with the pair of them playing.
 
grumpymort said:
More like how the F did we ever agree to allow such a low release clause & no extra terms on top got to be the best signing ever for only 50m from Bayern.

This guy must be worth 200m+ easy now
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I think it's been said 100 times. If we didn't agree to the relatively low release fee, then he simply doesn't sign for us. Simples.

He did to be fair to him, renew his contract with a slightly higher release clause.
 
PatrickA said:
France look good.
Strong at the back.
Loads of pace further forward to get on the end of Olise's beautifully weighted passes.
Senegal also looked quite good in the first 60 minutes with lots of strength and athleticism.
Not Sarr's best day in terms of output, but he still looked a threat.
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...and the better team in the 1st half - should have gone in at HT in the lead (what a miss by Sarr). France are class but Senegal look at handful and I expect them to do well.
 
samprior said:
I think it's been said 100 times. If we didn't agree to the relatively low release fee, then he simply doesn't sign for us. Simples.

He did to be fair to him, renew his contract with a slightly higher release clause.
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In the position he was in at the time, it's not as clear cut as that.

Nobody else was particularly interested. He'd been knocked back by all the "big clubs" prior to that. Do you think he would have just stayed at Reading another three years? His development wouldn't have been the same if he did.
 
Linford said:
In the position he was in at the time, it's not as clear cut as that.

Nobody else was particularly interested. He'd been knocked back by all the "big clubs" prior to that. Do you think he would have just stayed at Reading another three years? His development wouldn't have been the same if he did.
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No but by the time he negotiated his contract extension and new release clause (the one he went to Bayern under) he was getting a load of interest from big clubs. Most speculation that summer was about him going to Chelsea.

The Olise situation with us was one of those where everyone got a bit of something they wanted. We got him for another year and a higher transfer fee than we’d have otherwise got. He got an improved contract and a release clause that wasn’t prohibitive for the big boys. Bayern ended up getting a world class player cheaply by football standards.
 
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