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« Reply #19635 on: Thursday, July 24, 2025, 17:44:44 » |
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Benda off to Millwall on a season long loan.
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« Reply #19636 on: Thursday, July 24, 2025, 20:48:35 » |
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Put a bit of pace up against him and he is fucked, Smith will have him on toast too hes well past his best.
Botan is going to tie him in knots. |
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« Reply #19637 on: Friday, July 25, 2025, 17:26:57 » |
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Millwall have signed Massimo Luongo from Ipswich Town for an undisclosed fee.
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« Reply #19638 on: Friday, July 25, 2025, 17:57:10 » |
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Millwall have signed Massimo Luongo from Ipswich Town for an undisclosed fee.
Free transfer, Ipswich released him. |
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« Reply #19639 on: Friday, July 25, 2025, 20:11:31 » |
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Bet he’s still on more money than we could afford.
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« Reply #19640 on: Friday, July 25, 2025, 20:58:19 » |
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Free transfer, Ipswich released him.
That is correct, 32 and playing in the Championship is impressive. |
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« Reply #19641 on: Friday, July 25, 2025, 21:21:27 » |
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Is it? 32 in 2025 isn't really in 2025 isn't really old is it? James Milner will be playing outfield Prem football at 40 this season.
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« Reply #19642 on: Friday, July 25, 2025, 21:27:34 » |
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Is it? 32 in 2025 isn't really in 2025 isn't really old is it? James Milner will be playing outfield Prem football at 40 this season.
Milner is a freak of nature. At 32, you might expect to be playing in a lower division, or retirement as many ex-Premier League players can afford to not keep on playing. |
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« Reply #19643 on: Friday, July 25, 2025, 23:56:00 » |
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Milner is a freak of nature. At 32, you might expect to be playing in a lower division, or retirement as many ex-Premier League players can afford to not keep on playing.
Ashley Young is 38 and just signed for Ipswich. Thiago Silva played 30 games for Chelsea at 38/39 a couple of seasons back. Johnny Evans retired this summer as a 37 yr old having stayed a Premier League player for the last 10/12 years Modric is what 39 and just signed for A.C. Milan, where Baresi played until he was 38 Gibbs and Sheringham both played until they were 40 32 is no age. |
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« Reply #19644 on: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 00:44:16 » |
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Ashley Young is 38 and just signed for Ipswich.
Thiago Silva played 30 games for Chelsea at 38/39 a couple of seasons back.
Johnny Evans retired this summer as a 37 yr old having stayed a Premier League player for the last 10/12 years
Modric is what 39 and just signed for A.C. Milan, where Baresi played until he was 38
Gibbs and Sheringham both played until they were 40
32 is no age.
Typically it is, atypically it isn't. Stanley Mathews was 42 when he last played for England, and 50 playing in the top division, so there have always been exceptions. Charlie Austin was 34 when released by Swindon going into non-league, that seems about typical. |
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« Reply #19645 on: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 01:45:16 » |
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Footballers age differently from each other.
Style of play, injuries, life style etc.
Only have to look at 40 year old Ronaldo & 39 year old Wayne Rooney…
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« Reply #19646 on: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 06:19:43 » |
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No comparison, Ronaldo doesn’t go out shagging old women.
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« Reply #19647 on: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 16:35:30 » |
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Iandolo out for 12 weeks with knee injury from innocuous training ground tackle
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« Reply #19648 on: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 16:50:13 » |
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Iandolo out for 12 weeks with knee injury from innocuous training ground tackle
He has had a history of injuries throughout his time at the Town and subsequently at the Jobsworth stadium, good luck to him, it might be getting a little old for him now. |
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« Reply #19649 on: Saturday, July 26, 2025, 16:58:57 » |
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Typically it is, atypically it isn't. Stanley Mathews was 42 when he last played for England, and 50 playing in the top division, so there have always been exceptions. Charlie Austin was 34 when released by Swindon going into non-league, that seems about typical.
I thought this was reasonably interesting, so looked up the player data from last season in the Prem - 26 outfield players 32 or older played more than 1500 minutes (out of 219 of any age). I expected more, but I think it's probably fair to say your 'average' Prem player falls off about then. Some big name outliers - Salah, Son, KDB, Virgil van Dijk - but they are outliers. https://www.whoscored.com/regions/252/tournaments/2/seasons/10316/stages/23400/playerstatistics/england-premier-league-2024-202547/290 in League Two which suggests the same pattern isn't true at our level - probably a mix of people dropping down from higher divisions and L2 stalwarts who still have the fitness. Probably can't underplay the fact that most players at this level aren't set for life in the way Prem players are financially either. |
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