| Darling, the missing link 22:01 - Jan 16 with 7575 views | AndyCole |
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The solid, physical, driving, confident, assured CB we need to Unleash Grimes and Downes of their overly defensive CDM/CB duties. And kick on, in so many ways.
Fisher - Darling - Grimes-Downes - Ntcham-Pato - Piroe
A winning spine. With Oba's pace, and Joseph's pace and endeavour; Christie's confidence; Kyle's confidence, maturity and know-how; Cabango's ambition; Manning's guile and utility; Bennett's back up.
We don't need O'Reilly, unless Pato's off.
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| Darling, the missing link on 09:28 - Jan 17 with 5514 views | KeithHaynes |
He would be a fantastic addition, a solid centre half with pace is hard to find. |  |
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| Darling, the missing link on 09:34 - Jan 17 with 5499 views | raynor94 |
He didn't play Saturday, I don't know if he was injured suspended, or something else  |  |
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| Darling, the missing link on 15:43 - Jan 17 with 5196 views | Flynnidine_Zidownes |
Sounds like captain material to me.
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| Darling, the missing link on 17:06 - Jan 17 with 5089 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
Swansea are finding out it is a buyers market. This is great if you have cash. O,Riley and Darling for £2.5m great. The trouble is Swansea cannot find buyer for any of its out of favour players as no one has cash.
If The Owners were cute they cold take a punt and hope it becomes a sellers market in the future.
Some Championship teams are struggling with PFF perhaps because players they sold for £10 previously now go for £2.5m Jamal Lowe and Connor Roberts for example. People who complain abut the £11m fee for Rodon are not in touch with reality. |  |
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| Darling, the missing link on 17:08 - Jan 17 with 5085 views | KeithHaynes |
| Darling, the missing link on 17:06 - Jan 17 by ReslovenSwan1 |
Swansea are finding out it is a buyers market. This is great if you have cash. O,Riley and Darling for £2.5m great. The trouble is Swansea cannot find buyer for any of its out of favour players as no one has cash.
If The Owners were cute they cold take a punt and hope it becomes a sellers market in the future.
Some Championship teams are struggling with PFF perhaps because players they sold for £10 previously now go for £2.5m Jamal Lowe and Connor Roberts for example. People who complain abut the £11m fee for Rodon are not in touch with reality. |
Somebody mentioned this morning that Joe Rodon’s cash is coming, any ideas ? | |
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| Darling, the missing link on 17:10 - Jan 17 with 5066 views | Whiterockin |
| Darling, the missing link on 17:08 - Jan 17 by KeithHaynes |
Somebody mentioned this morning that Joe Rodon’s cash is coming, any ideas ? |
If he gets sold do all outstanding monies need to be paid up? |  | | |
| Darling, the missing link on 17:14 - Jan 17 with 5048 views | KeithHaynes |
| Darling, the missing link on 17:10 - Jan 17 by Whiterockin |
If he gets sold do all outstanding monies need to be paid up? |
I thought it was an instalment ?
Could be wrong. | |
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| Darling, the missing link on 17:19 - Jan 17 with 5030 views | Whiterockin |
| Darling, the missing link on 17:14 - Jan 17 by KeithHaynes |
I thought it was an instalment ?
Could be wrong. |
Didn't we borrow against the future Rodon instalments recently. I just wonder if he moves on the instalments need to be paid up or can you owe money on players you no longer own. | | | |
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| Darling, the missing link on 17:23 - Jan 17 with 5008 views | Thornburyswan |
| Darling, the missing link on 17:14 - Jan 17 by KeithHaynes |
I thought it was an instalment ?
Could be wrong. |
Final two payments from Spurs of £2.75M each are due in 10/22 & 10/23 but the club did the finance deal with the Aussie bank (Macquarie) to borrow against those payments up to the full £5.5M.
The charge was registered at companies house back on 19/12 so would assume funds are readily available just not sure what they are/were planned for - could be that everything went on pause when we went back behind closed doors (we drop circa £450K per home match with no crowd) but I’d have thought we’d have some flex now crowds are back in. Otherwise we have some deeper issues! | | | |
| Darling, the missing link on 17:26 - Jan 17 with 5000 views | KeithHaynes |
| Darling, the missing link on 17:23 - Jan 17 by Thornburyswan |
Final two payments from Spurs of £2.75M each are due in 10/22 & 10/23 but the club did the finance deal with the Aussie bank (Macquarie) to borrow against those payments up to the full £5.5M.
The charge was registered at companies house back on 19/12 so would assume funds are readily available just not sure what they are/were planned for - could be that everything went on pause when we went back behind closed doors (we drop circa £450K per home match with no crowd) but I’d have thought we’d have some flex now crowds are back in. Otherwise we have some deeper issues! |
Cheers mate, funds are there then.
Fitness with story in a day or two.
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| Darling, the missing link on 18:38 - Jan 17 with 4855 views | magicdaps10 |
I know very little about this Darling guy.
What type of defender is he then? Old style, quick, ball playing etc!? |  |
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| Darling, the missing link on 19:02 - Jan 17 with 4794 views | KeithHaynes |
| Darling, the missing link on 18:38 - Jan 17 by magicdaps10 |
I know very little about this Darling guy.
What type of defender is he then? Old style, quick, ball playing etc!? |
Darling ?
He’s very loveable. | |
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| Darling, the missing link on 19:09 - Jan 17 with 4769 views | magicdaps10 |
| Darling, the missing link on 19:02 - Jan 17 by KeithHaynes |
Darling ?
He’s very loveable. |
Are we stealing this Darling off another or is he happy with his baby!? | |
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| Darling, the missing link on 19:42 - Jan 17 with 4690 views | Martyrman57 |
He is a slow starter but buds in May | | | |
| Darling, the missing link on 19:57 - Jan 17 with 4639 views | guthrieintherain |
| Darling, the missing link on 18:38 - Jan 17 by magicdaps10 |
I know very little about this Darling guy.
What type of defender is he then? Old style, quick, ball playing etc!? |
Nigel Dalling youngest player to play for us at 15 does that still stand | |
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| Darling, the missing link on 20:04 - Jan 17 with 4616 views | Flashberryjack |
| Darling, the missing link on 19:57 - Jan 17 by guthrieintherain |
Nigel Dalling youngest player to play for us at 15 does that still stand |
Think so, met him a couple times post match in Frankie & Benny's, but that was back in our premiership days. |  |
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| Darling, the missing link on 20:46 - Jan 17 with 4536 views | Brynmill_Jack |
I agree with the OP but still say we should release Grimes to a club more suited to a Glen Hoddle type player (for 15 million ish). We could speed up play in the middle of the park when the handbrake is disengaged |  |
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| Darling, the missing link on 21:16 - Jan 17 with 4475 views | AndyCole |
| Darling, the missing link on 18:38 - Jan 17 by magicdaps10 |
I know very little about this Darling guy.
What type of defender is he then? Old style, quick, ball playing etc!? |
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Darling is a late developer. Failed to cut it early doors at academy level where technically more gifted lads were preferred. Came good later on when the focus was more on physical attributes that could cut it in Non-league / League 2. Gone were the technical types, and in came the bigger brutes.
He's clearly kicked on massively, across all aspects of his game. Excelled on live tv recently, a proper commanding presence, confident to receive deep and thrust forward from the heart of defence. Strikes me as Downes-esque in many ways.
A possible needle in the haystack we so need.
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| Darling, the missing link on 21:56 - Jan 17 with 4384 views | Badlands |
Put Cabango in the middle of the defence and let gim play like he did in the unders before Cooper knocked the skill out if him and you have what is described in the op |  |
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| Darling, the missing link on 10:09 - Jan 18 with 4109 views | Flynnidine_Zidownes |
| Darling, the missing link on 18:38 - Jan 17 by magicdaps10 |
I know very little about this Darling guy.
What type of defender is he then? Old style, quick, ball playing etc!? |
He’s a desk sucking, pen pushing blotter jotter. | | | |
| Darling, the missing link on 13:23 - Jan 18 with 3910 views | AndyCole |
| Darling, the missing link on 21:56 - Jan 17 by Badlands |
Put Cabango in the middle of the defence and let gim play like he did in the unders before Cooper knocked the skill out if him and you have what is described in the op |
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That's the thing, the main thrust of this thread is the key missing link - neither Cabango nor any of traditional CBs are deemed good enough to play the Darling role.
With Cabango there, our CDM/CMs would have to drop too deep and play the tiki taka sideways stuff just inside the half way at best. Which gets us nowhere fast, as witnessed to date.
A proper Darling could be transformational.
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| Darling, the missing link on 23:10 - Jun 4 with 3452 views | AndyCole |
| Darling, the missing link on 18:38 - Jan 17 by magicdaps10 |
I know very little about this Darling guy.
What type of defender is he then? Old style, quick, ball playing etc!? |
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You've yet again been found wanting with you perennial Daps stab in the dark.
Daps - no substance, no style. Always, a proper failure.
Watch this space, Darling In soon (only if we cant get what we demand for Piroe, with Piroe demanding a move......) | |
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| Darling, the missing link on 13:21 - Jun 5 with 3202 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Darling, the missing link on 10:09 - Jan 18 by Flynnidine_Zidownes |
He’s a desk sucking, pen pushing blotter jotter. |
I see what you did there, only 5mths late. |  | | |
| Darling, the missing link on 15:10 - Jun 5 with 3128 views | Badlands |
You describe Cabango but Martin plays Naughton as the only outright CB. | |
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| Darling, the missing link on 15:53 - Jun 5 with 3049 views | Flynnidine_Zidownes |
| Darling, the missing link on 23:10 - Jun 4 by AndyCole |
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You've yet again been found wanting with you perennial Daps stab in the dark.
Daps - no substance, no style. Always, a proper failure.
Watch this space, Darling In soon (only if we cant get what we demand for Piroe, with Piroe demanding a move......) |
If you come back with information Captain Darling will pump you thoroughly in the debriefing room. | | | |
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