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Luton's "Bomb Squad"
Posted by Kurious Oranj on 16/7/2025, 5:37:05
Interesting article on BBC regarding 5 players at Man Utd, who either have expressed a wish to leave or are not wanted in the squad by the Manager.
Suggestion is that because players are on good wages, other clubs may not be able to match fee and wages, and as a consequence selling club may have to reduce fee compensate players to leave. This obviously impacts our incoming transfers as we have to manage 60% revenue to players salary.
So who is our "Bomb squad" Chong Mengi and Nakamba? Holmes j think MB does not rate. Doughty maybe but working on rehabilitation from injury? Where are Chong, Mengi and Nakamba ? I assume working a pre-season but where / who with
We don’t have a bomb squad, we aren’t MAn U giving average forwards £300k per week contracts. And then telling them they are shit or banning them from training. Weak management is just as at fault there as the players.
A lot on here seem to like the idea we have rotten apples in the squad and that they sunk the ship last year. Not one shred of proof of that. You’d think certain players don’t want L1 and don’t blame them. Rob and the board sank last season. Let’s hope the players do go and we get a good deal so MB stands with his squad on kick off. If we can keep Alfie I’d be happy.
The 60% rule doesn't affect players with existing contracts in place before relegation I believe. Those players will be deemed to be on the league one average salary. So it could be argued we should do our best to hang onto the better players at the club because it's unlikely we will be able to upgrade them for an average league one salary.
Re: Luton's "Bomb Squad"
Posted by Andy Cappuccino on 16/7/2025, 8:10:14, in reply to "Luton's "Bomb Squad""
I'm guessing MB doesn't rate a large chunk of the squad he inherited, but he knows he can't move them all on in one window. It will be interesting to see how many of last season's squad are still with us at the beginning of the 26/27 season.
Fair fucks to Uniteds manager. Apparently the players wanting to leave are only allowed to turn up for training of an evening so as not to make the rest of the squad rotten. If only Mr. Self Pity had the bollox to do that last season.....
As for our 'bomb squad' McGuiness is apparently ill and Fanne injured, if either of those stories turns out to be a lie MB is going to make himself look a right cunt and he'll lose huge credibility. Chong, Mengi, Holmes, Nakamba, probably Doughty are likely to be those after leaving, if so, follow Uniteds lead. Separate them from the squad.
Of course all this speculation wouldn't happen if Sweet actually did what he said he was going to do, time and time again, and actually communicated with the fan base. Unfortunately it's still very clear that us peasants are well below him and our thoughts and opinions are irrelevant.
I wouldn't put Holmes or Nakamba in that category. The issue with Holmes is a lack of ability, not a lack of effort. As for Nakamba, I don't think he's ever fully recovered from his injury, and probably never will. I seem to recall that someone on here at the time opined that he would never be the same player again, sadly, this has turned out to be correct.
Your first 2 sentences prove my point about communication.
Mengi, if wants it bad enough, could be a fantastic footballer and do a great job for us. Chong, I had high hopes for but not sure which position he'd play, Nakamba just looks fucked.
Maybe the club comes to an agreement on their contracts? Unfortunately us minions aren't even party to the information of how long they are so hard to say.
It has been stated several times that Chong is injured.
I thought that someone said that Mengi was in the Slovenia videos and photos at the start of the week. I haven't looked at them in any detail so not sure but, if he was, he could be one of the ones who was ill or injured.
Not sure on the communication point. One of the problems with those players at Man Utd is that it is public knowledge that they want rid of them - and that doesn't give them a very strong negotiating position! Which is partly why they are still stuck with them. I'd rather we got rid for good deals and were told about it afterwards."Never too high, never too low"
I think you’re dead right that Sweet has been poor with communication for a long time, but you’re expecting too much in publicly naming and shaming a bomb squad. Football is an industry that runs on trust to a surprising extent. It’s a very closed, suspicious world. If Luton start saying “Nakamba, Chong and Mengi are pricks we want rid of” then (a) their fees plummet and (b) so will Luton’s rep. You’re right in saying people in football will know who’s on the naughty step. But there’s a world of difference between insiders knowing and making it public. Explicitly stating “X is a prick” just isn’t done. Fewer players will come, because their agents will go “Have a bad month and those wankers will hang you out to dry.” (Yes, I’m aware that players who cost money are already anathema to the club so far this window, but let’s not be TOO cynical here.)
I hear you mate, good points. It's just very frustrating that we rarely know what's going on and some of the absolute cunts that are so handsomely paid and have produced nothing but failure for 18 month's appear to be just going about their business without a care in the world. With tickets now available for the first game of the season, we should all be getting at least a tad excited but instead there's still a feel of bitterness about last season.
I’d guess some of them might be smarting on the quiet. Whatever Chong’s faults, he must be thinking “Surely SOMEONE will take a chance on me?” and feeling embarrassed that nobody wants him despite the “Free to a good home” sign round his neck. Nakamba is the mystery for me: so good in the promotion season, so bad ever since, beyond what you’d normally allow for from injury. I feel sorry for him, as I don’t think he’s a bottle job. But if Woodrow is still in the match day squad by Wimbledon, I’ll be FEWMIN’.
Someone will take a chance on Chong, much like we did. In fact, I predict his whole career will be 1 or 2 year stays at clubs. Ex-ManUre, plus somehow can probably pull a reasonable showreel together, plus perceived as 'different' or a maverick, possibly due to his tonsorial choices, he is the very definition of flatter to deceive.--------------- Make burgers wider, not taller
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