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Romain Esse

I've said from the start I'd be very happy to see Esse join us. He has a confidence in his play, seems able to find space and is full of potential. £12 million would be a steal.
 
QUOTE="bashy2, post: 30877, member: 2527"]
We need players who can adapt to the PL now and not next season i would rather have doak than esse as doak seems moreof an olise type of player and esse isnt PL ready and doak is
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I disagree. Sarr is doing a very good job on the right at the moment so if we get Esse at a very good price with potential as a back up and to push him for his place then that's fine with me and I feel a better way to go.
 
eritheagle said:
QUOTE="bashy2, post: 30877, member: 2527"]
We need players who can adapt to the PL now and not next season i would rather have doak than esse as doak seems moreof an olise type of player and esse isnt PL ready and doak is
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I disagree. Sarr is doing a very good job on the right at the moment so if we get Esse at a very good price with potential as a back up and to push him for his place then that's fine with me and I feel a better way to go.
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I think that is fine as a long term transfer approach but in a mid season window I think we need players who make a significant improvement to the squad right here and now rather than back ups. Arguably the squad is full of back ups already and the drop off when one of our key players is injured is huge. It also means we have virtually no options on the bench who can make a positive difference in games. Priority has to be another LWB who is a viable option alongside Mitchell and an attacking player who is ready to play in the EPL (even if off the bench). It’s encouraging that seems to be what we are targeting but getting deals done is a more complex business
 
I must admit, I'm much more comfortable with the narrative of signing Esse now, to avoid missing out on him in the summer, and letting Millwall keep him until then.

Haven't seen much of him apart from highlights, but he's surely going to be miles away from Sarr and Eze's level.
 
I don't really understand the logic of buying 'cover'. This is especially the case in January.

1st team acquisitions come in the following categories :
Are ready to challenge for the first team
Can develop to be ready for the first team
To pad out the squad in case of injury(i.e Cover).

As a general rule we should always be buying players in those first 2 categories. (In January, I'd question the logic of the 2nd category too). new signings should provide competition and improve the 1st team, either through being a better player, or by forcing the current 1st team to improve. This is a better way of buying 'cover' for a position.

The premise of buying only for 'cover' only should only be done in rare occasions, such as last resorts when it's negligent to not have it. We have 'cover' all over the pitch - we need the 1st team to be better or it's somewhat of a waste of money. This is especially true in January.

If Esse isn't ready to challenge (Sarr?) for a 1st team spot, then the only reason to buy him now is because he will be ready come the 25/26 season, and we do not want to miss out in the Summer.

if not, there are other priorities. like Doak, who is ready*

*please note that i'm ignorant of the qualities of both players, and their readiness for PL football!
 
CrazyBadger said:
I don't really understand the logic of buying 'cover'. This is especially the case in January.

1st team acquisitions come in the following categories :
Are ready to challenge for the first team
Can develop to be ready for the first team
To pad out the squad in case of injury(i.e Cover).

As a general rule we should always be buying players in those first 2 categories. (In January, I'd question the logic of the 2nd category too). new signings should provide competition and improve the 1st team, either through being a better player, or by forcing the current 1st team to improve. This is a better way of buying 'cover' for a position.

The premise of buying only for 'cover' only should only be done in rare occasions, such as last resorts when it's negligent to not have it. We have 'cover' all over the pitch - we need the 1st team to be better or it's somewhat of a waste of money. This is especially true in January.

If Esse isn't ready to challenge (Sarr?) for a 1st team spot, then the only reason to buy him now is because he will be ready come the 25/26 season, and we do not want to miss out in the Summer.

if not, there are other priorities. like Doak, who is ready*

*please note that i'm ignorant of the qualities of both players, and their readiness for PL football!
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One more:
Because the current player will be leaving in the summer and it is better to get in the replacement now.
 
Various sites are claiming he has a £12 m release clause without which he wouldn't have signed for them. Looks as though they might have been Olised. Maybe a slight concern - if we do sign him will he insist on another release clause?
 
Teddy Eagle said:
Various sites are claiming he has a £12 m release clause without which he wouldn't have signed for them. Looks as though they might have been Olised. Maybe a slight concern - if we do sign him will he insist on another release clause?
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I believe he signed a new contract recently so I suspect you are right.
 
The Millwall manager , Alex Neil, in his pre FA Cup manager press conference, confirmed that Palace want Esse.
If we get him, I can't see us buying another right sided forward (e g Doak, Fellows).
If we were to get a LWB and possibly Bellingham too, that would be a decent window

All 'ifs' at the moment of course.
 
PatrickA said:
The Millwall manager , Alex Neil, in his pre FA Cup manager press conference, confirmed that Palace want Esse.
If we get him, I can't see us buying another right sided forward (e g Doak, Fellows).
If we were to get a LWB and possibly Bellingham too, that would be a decent window

All 'ifs' at the moment of course.
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He is left-footed though - maybe the plan is to play him on the other side?
 
Nearly done now, really skilful, not the quickest like Bolasie more Olise but an exciting talent who will get you off your seat, a definite ball carrier, I would imagine will be on the bench, I can't see him starting much, we had to go early with other clubs circling.

Transfer record for Millwall and a good deal for Palace, let's hope he does well and keeps up our fine record of Championship purchases.

Welcome Esse 25.
 
kevlee said:
Have you seen the replies on X? Is the Chris Armstrong one a fake or wind up?
He was a great player - that’s goal away to wolves in the f a cup is one of the all time great palace goals
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One of the all time great away performances. Still remember watching that on TV. They had three ex Wolves players and grandees in the studio clearly expecting them to win. We thumped them. Such a shame modern goal net set ups mean we don’t get to see the ball lodged in the goal frame anymore like happen a couple of times in that game
 
kevlee said:
Have you seen the replies on X? Is the Chris Armstrong one a fake or wind up?
He was a great player - that’s goal away to wolves in the f a cup is one of the all time great palace goals
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What a player he was, bought from Millwall for £1million, I remember when we played them the following season when we won the league, they were right up there too, he scored the only goal with a diving header and done a proper celebration at Selhurst, none of this not celebrating nonsense.
 
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