Balogun (Deal off)

[Audrey Horne]

He hasn't played for the states either has he? Isn't he Injured again?

[Bluebridge]

He hasn't played for the states either has he? Isn't he Injured again?

Yes, I think we were right to be cautious.

[kramer]

I don’t think you can fault our decision. Too many flags here.

You can fault the shameful lack of planning that left us with no backup options though.

[blueToffee]

Hard to tell, been out injured and wasn't called up because he's been injured. I imagine he's still part of their plans going forward. The US actually looked pretty decent though with their younger players coming in like the already sold to Man City Calvin Sullivan who actually looks like he could be a genuinely good player. He scored from a nice finish in a 3 nil drubbing of Mexico.

Balogun will almost certainly be sold in January, so it'll be interesting to see how much playing time he gets between now and then.

I can't imagine we'd be back in for him, but we were still going to sign him just on different terms. We were just looking to protect ourselves, the fact he got the hump is probably the biggest red flag even if he maybe had some right to be a bit unhappy with how it went down and our scrambling around for the Zirkzee's of the world. Speaking of which, I'm probably happier we dodged that particular option even more so than Balogun.

[777Kidnappings]

Just had a look to see how he’s got on this season, maybe we were right after all…….

Since his Everton deadline-day move collapsed, Folarin Balogun has made one appearance for Monaco:

* 18 September — Monaco 2–1 Lens: came on as a late substitute and played 14 minutes. No goal or assist.
* That was actually his first club appearance of the entire 2026/27 season.
* He hasn’t played again since, according to the latest match logs.

Has there been a game since?

[Bluebridge]

Has there been a game since?

More that he’s missed first 6 games of 7 this season.

[777Kidnappings]

More that he’s missed first 6 games of 7 this season.

Yeah but he played as a sub in their last game and only missed a couple after our deal fell through. Suggests he wasn't far off being available. Think we dodged a bullet anyone cos he seems a bit of a dick. The issue is more how we had no plan afterwards

[NickNack]

Yeah but he played as a sub in their last game and only missed a couple after our deal fell through. Suggests he wasn't far off being available. Think we dodged a bullet anyone cos he seems a bit of a dick. The issue is more how we had no plan afterwards

Not sure there was a plan before him either, he was just available so he’ll do

[777Kidnappings]

Not sure there was a plan before him either, he was just available so he’ll do

Yeah i agree but least he kind of made sense. After that it was just anyone

Someone pointed out at the time that every striker we tried for had completely different profiles. Which suggests they had no fucking clue.