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THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 14 Mar 2026, 22:39
by Grey Hammer
Wow ... Dino take a bow. Nuno has turned our Greeky around. No gloves, no long sleeves just pure SPARTA!
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 16 Mar 2026, 01:55
by Manuel
the exile" wrote: ↑15 Mar 2026, 17:41
It's not going to be at all easy to shift Kilman. It's not just a question of swallowing the fact that we're going to make a big loss and selling him cheap. Trouble is he's on big wages and no club that can afford that kind of salary is going to be remotely interested in him. He either stays put on his big wages and does fuck all, or he takes a massive pay cut to get a game at a lesser club. Which would you do?
Yea, which is exactly what I said the post before this one. There have been untold situations like this in football down the years and assuming the player wants to play (and most do) there are ways of sorting it, for example if we were to sell him and he has to take a drop in wages (almost a certainty) we would have to pay him a lump sum sweetener to get him down the road.
Another possibility is that we go down, sell Todibo, and he comes back into the fold. Yea I know.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 17:48
by Gank
It's a long contract, but do we know for sure he's on these huge wages that keep getting mentioned?
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 17:41
by the exile
It's not going to be at all easy to shift Kilman. It's not just a question of swallowing the fact that we're going to make a big loss and selling him cheap. Trouble is he's on big wages and no club that can afford that kind of salary is going to be remotely interested in him. He either stays put on his big wages and does fuck all, or he takes a massive pay cut to get a game at a lesser club. Which would you do?
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 15:03
by Manuel
Kilman is another Anderson, bought for huge dough and given away for a couple of tracksuits. If we're lucky we might get 12 mil for him, but obviously his big, lenghty contract is going to be a problem.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 14:57
by nychammer
Alfs wrote: ↑15 Mar 2026, 14:54
Kilman's shittiness was a virus - which Mavs and Todibo caught.
Who the FUCK thought it was a good idea spending 40M on Kilman. Based on what? We'll literally have to pay someone to take him off our hands he's so bad.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 14:54
by Alfs
Kilman's shittiness was a virus - which Mavs and Todibo caught.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 11:21
by simons
Ironic that an ex Gooner might have just helped to hand them cunts the league.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 11:16
by honky cat
dealcanvey wrote: ↑15 Mar 2026, 10:49
Tis but a scratch
He had a proper shiner when they spoke to him at the end, hope it's not a cheekbone, would just be our luck.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 11:15
by honky cat
Probably the big moment of the season, whoever had the balls to put kilman out of his misery. Maybe it was the owners themselves? Nuno? The right decision, but would have been a tough one to swallow, £40m down the shitter.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 10:51
by Far Cough UKunt
FMOB, the boy has turned into a beast.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 10:49
by dealcanvey
Tis but a scratch
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 10:30
by Ron Eff
Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑15 Mar 2026, 09:51
Incredible how well he is playing. Absolute warrior, and if I had to pick now, he'd be my HOTY, Fernandes & Summerville are superb, but this lad sticks everything on the line for the cause.
If we stay up, and sign Disasi, that is 3 top draw centre backs, arguably as good a combo as any in the league. Which is some turnaround, as at the beginning of the season, we had the worst 3 in the league.
Credit to the players, but moreso, the manager.
I agree. You would have to say under Potter Todibo looked every bit as bad as Kilman, so while credit to the player himself, you have to praise the manager for bringing that out of him.
Disasi is superb. Crazy that Maresca kicked him out of a squad that has Tosin, Badiashile and Chalobah really. It’s not even like he has a bad attitude. Seems a good egg as well.
I’m not sure there is a manager in the land that can make Kilman a good player. We just need to get shot of him. If we can get any money at all for him, it’ll be a bonus.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 09:51
by Eerie Decent
Incredible how well he is playing. Absolute warrior, and if I had to pick now, he'd be my HOTY, Fernandes & Summerville are superb, but this lad sticks everything on the line for the cause.
If we stay up, and sign Disasi, that is 3 top draw centre backs, arguably as good a combo as any in the league. Which is some turnaround, as at the beginning of the season, we had the worst 3 in the league.
Credit to the players, but moreso, the manager.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 09:40
by Manuel
As daft as it sounds on current form we must have some of the best CB's in the league who would get into most sides, albeit Disasi isn't our player as such.
Mavro is a man mountain and seems to be getting even better.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 09:30
by Ron Eff
I think you always need a no nonsense centre half. Head in the way of everything. Collins, Dawson etc. Complimented by a classy, ball playing partner - Ogbonna and others. Mavro is the former to Disasi and Todibo the latter.
What is Kilman? He should go back to playing Futsal. Quite how Potter didn’t see fit to replace Kilman in the summer is the main reason we are in this mess.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 08:13
by Pub Bigot
He’s been magnificent shows what good management has done for his confidence and game.
I’m absolutely made up for him and hope he continues to improve.
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 15 Mar 2026, 07:03
by Mex Martillo
Amazing change in Mavropanos and Todibo since swapping Kilman for Disasi. Before that I thought we needed to replace all CBs and now with have 3 decent CBs!
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 14 Mar 2026, 23:23
by Far Cough UKunt
Kalos to paidi
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 14 Mar 2026, 23:12
by DukeofDevo
Grey Hammer" wrote: ↑14 Mar 2026, 22:39
Wow ... Dino take a bow. Nuno has turned our Greeky around. No gloves, no long sleeves just pure SPARTA!
A couple of players out ; namely Paqueta and Kilman and a couple of players in and the whole team look more confident! Mav has been brilliant as has Todibo! Mads looks like a GK we can be proud of! There are some games coming up that are going to be nerve wracking!
Re: THIS IS SPARTA
Posted: 14 Mar 2026, 22:42
by Monsieur merde de cheval
He has been immense lately...a greek Dawson.