Arthur Masuaku Confirmed on OS

Sarawakammer

;stout A pint of Arthur's, please ;wink

HappyHammer_ish

Looks very good on YouTube...



... But so did Faubert ;hmm ;lol

adecoker

Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot

"He can play in the next round if we beat Astra but not against them"


easthammereasthammer

"He is cup tied for the play offs vs Astra but not for the group stages should we get to them."

If? Should? Surely it's more a case of when.

IronHerb

Liking the positivity Ade ;ok

adecoker

IronHerb said:

Liking the positivity Ade ;ok

I think I've just exhausted my supply of it for the 2016/17 season.

grey_til_I_dye

;nonono

#gonetooearly

MarkNobleLocalHero

Ade ;ok , of course I meant when just didn't want it in the written records....whoops thats done it ;phew

TwistandShout

His English is good ;clap

HappyHammer_ish

I have to say, regarding this transfer, a big ;clap to the owners getting it done quickly...

found out the extent of Cresswell's injury 2 weeks ago and we have already unveiled a player to cover him...

When you think a LB probably wasn't even on the radar before then...

Bazshuayi

Arthur? He does as he pleases ( I know its crazy, but its true ;wahoo )

OldCastleSwift

HappyHammer_ish said:

I have to say, regarding this transfer, a big ;clap to the owners getting it done quickly...

found out the extent of Cresswell's injury 2 weeks ago and we have already unveiled a player to cover him...

When you think a LB probably wasn't even on the radar before then...

Happy, I think they probably were looking ;ok We've needed decent cover for Cresswell for a couple of seasons so a back up was always likely. Not sure we'd have spent £6m on a back up, but the injury forced our hand and now we have competition across the park ;wahoo (once Bacca signs, naturally)

adecoker

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HappyHammer_ish said:

Looks very good on YouTube...



... But so did Faubert ;hmm ;lol

And he went on to play for Real Madrid.

HappyHammer_ish

OCS, true, but do you genuinely think it was that high up the list given Cresswell's fitness record.... I don't..

The fact he got injured meant they had to go out and look for a first XI standard left back... IMO they would not have been looking for one prior to that... Maybe one for the future...

So they've done well to identify a target and get him in double quick, and relatively no talking about him (which is almost the opposite of what we're used to)... So for me I say well played Sully n co..

adecoker

adecoker said:

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HappyHammer_ish said:

Looks very good on YouTube...



... But so did Faubert ;hmm ;lol

And he went on to play for Real Madrid.

And Kilmarnock, now I come to think about it.

OldCastleSwift

I agree the club have done well Happy ;ok I imagine we may have been looking at someone like Charlie Taylor at Leeds to provide back up to Cresswell but their hand was forced and they've picked up a decent left back with good European experience for relatively little.

MrsGrey

Slav has said that they had been looking for a LB this tranfer window before Cressers got injured, but as you say, Happy, they maybe needed to raise the bar a bit ;ok

Moore_than_a_nick

Well if he's Arthur as good as his name...

Hamstew

Well let's hope he defendselot ;whistle

Moore_than_a_nick

Just saw the OS interview with Arthur. This cracked me up: "I need to work on my defence. I think in attack I am quite good. But my problem is only I have to work to be focussed also on my defence."

Just what we needed! A LB who can't defend. But maybe he's very modest - he is French, after all.

SuzanneClaret

Hamstew said:

Well let's hope he defendselot ;whistle

I've got the door if you wanting get ya coat... ;yercoat

OutcastLondoner

Moore_than_a_nick said:

Just saw the OS interview with Arthur. This cracked me up: "I need to work on my defence. I think in attack I am quite good. But my problem is only I have to work to be focussed also on my defence."

Just what we needed! A LB who can't defend. But maybe he's very modest - he is French, after all.

I do actually think he was being very honest/humble. Quite refreshing because these types of interviews are usually pretty vapid. Have a good feeling about him.

HappyHammer_ish

Moore_than_a_nick said:

Just saw the OS interview with Arthur. This cracked me up: "I need to work on my defence. I think in attack I am quite good. But my problem is only I have to work to be focussed also on my defence."

Just what we needed! A LB who can't defend. But maybe he's very modest - he is French, after all.

This made me laugh too... But with Slav and Dicksy I reckon they'll be able to teach him how to put in a tackle or two...

Hamstew

SuzanneClaret said:

Hamstew said:

Well let's hope he defendselot ;whistle

I've got the door if you wanting get ya coat... ;yercoat

So flirty

SuzanneClaret

;lol

grey_til_I_dye

Got a good feeling about this guy.

Vorselaarhammer

Young and hungry and humble all good signs.

adecoker

grey_til_I_dye said:

Got a good feeling about this guy.

That sounds like the title of a '60s Motown single. Mary Wells, The Marvelettes?
If it wasn't then it should have been.

SuzanneClaret

#vibe

baracks_a_hammer

One of his quotes from the OS

"I need to work on my defence"

So we basically have Mikhail Antonio in both full back positions?

;hmm

Yikes!!!

;lol

grey_til_I_dye

ade

Etta James?