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Orel Johnson Mangala

Jimmy

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nffcjoe

Jack Armstrong
Niakhate, Mangala, Awoniyi could be the Bundesliga trio. All seem good value for money to me


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Cortez the Killer

Impressive member
More chance of receiving oral from Nelson Mandela.

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Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
I would refer to my earlier posts, I could see Mangala slotting effortlessly into the Forest Midfield.

Athleticism, composure on the ball, creativity, he has all the technical tools and is a superb athlete too.

VfB have often played a variant of 3-4-3, with Magala as one of the two centrally playing Midfielders but with license to get forward (he does like a late run into the box, too).
 

Rzar

Bob McKinlay
Would like to hear this from a more reputable source over here now (aka Dan Taylor or John Percy)
 

eyupmeduck

Geoff Thomas
This would be an excellent excellent signing and fee if true, fingers crossed this one comes off!

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Heffing Psycho!

Steve Chettle
Statistically looks quite similar to O'Brien (bit of a ball carrying terrier type but with limited goal threat) so I wonder if he was/is the alternative to him.
 

Sal

First Team Squad
The recruiting mantra is clearly built on "youth/potential" as a cornerstone. Excellent.
 
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Kjetil Osvold's Cat

Kingsley Black
Give me Mangala, Vranckx, and O’Brien for a combined £35m all day.
If we could get Garner, Winks and one of Mangala and O'Brien for the same I'd much prefer that (sorry Vranckx, nothing personal).

I'm just not convinced about spending on holding players when we haven't got any central midfield playmakers or attacking midfielders, or supporting forwards, or backup/possibly 1st choice option strikers in yet but surely need to and we already spent quite a bit so I'm not sure how much is left.
 

RedSpoons

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If we could get Garner, Winks and one of Mangala and O'Brien for the same I'd much prefer that (sorry Vranckx, nothing personal).

I'm just not convinced about spending on holding players when we haven't got any central midfield playmakers or attacking midfielders, or supporting forwards, or backup/possibly 1st choice option strikers in yet but surely need to and we already spent quite a bit so I'm not sure how much is left.
Wouldn't mind that either hah. Not too picky. Reason I like the Vranckx link is

a) we can see by Onana for Lille how much these young Belgians can gain value (Vranckx was higher rated by their youth set up, was transferred for more money last summer than Onana in the same window and is a year younger)

b) I don't know if you follow Henshaw Analysis on Twitter? But he showed Vranckx stats and his pressure rate was incredible and think that could throw a lot of prem midfield out of kilter
 

Mr RayReardon

Jack Burkitt
I would refer to my earlier posts, I could see Mangala slotting effortlessly into the Forest Midfield.

Athleticism, composure on the ball, creativity, he has all the technical tools and is a superb athlete too.

VfB have often played a variant of 3-4-3, with Magala as one of the two centrally playing Midfielders but with license to get forward (he does like a late run into the box, too).
Would you see him in that #10 role? Or to battle out with Yates and, possibly, O'Brien?

This is the sort of player we should be going after. The Bundesliga will be packed full of Premier League quality without the pompous delusional value that seems to come when buying from another Premier League team.

I guess it's like shopping in Lidl. Hope this isn't BUPA.



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