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[El Goodo]

Excellent stuff that. Hopefully Mitov, Digby, Smith & Tracey to follow. Knibbs & Lankester too, especially if they have good starts to the season.

To be pedantic, while it is technically a 3-year deal as his salary will have changed, it's actually a 2-year extension to his terms.

[face]

My favourite player. This is great news.

[El Goodo]

Jul 22, 2022 11:05:41 GMT Fred Colon said:

Is Jubril's song 'The Macarena', and if not, why not?

Good shout that. I'm a fan of the Gimme Gimme Gimme one that was doing the rounds, too

[tojo]

Jul 22, 2022 11:07:39 GMT svh said:

He’s probably the one with the biggest price tag over the next few years so this is great news.

I’d assume Tracey will sign up but unlikely we’ll see Mitov, Smith or Ironside extend anytime soon.

Think Joe could well do, agree about the other two.

[El Goodo]

I'd be quite surprised if Ironside didn't actually. I think he'd be very hard-pressed to find another team (certainly at this level) where he'd be such an important, central figure. Risk with him I'd say would be a big-spending team in the league below making him an offer he can't refuse.

[Denton]

Jul 22, 2022 11:48:34 GMT El Goodo said:

Jul 22, 2022 11:05:41 GMT Fred Colon said:

Is Jubril's song 'The Macarena', and if not, why not?

Good shout that. I'm a fan of the Gimme Gimme Gimme one that was doing the rounds, too

This is the only correct answer

[Andrewlang]

This is great news. Don't know if I see a Premier League career ahead of Jubril but he's got all the qualities you'd need for a very successful championship one at least. Maybe with us if we keep tying up our better players.

Really really pleased.

Andrew

[jamescufc7]

Delighted he’s signed a new long term deal, superb player that only going to get better. It will be interesting to see how high his levels will be in 3/4 years. Hopefully will mean a decent fee if he’s on the move next summer/18 months time.

[lionel]

Lack of ambition. So disapointed in this.....................

[relay22]

Well done Jubril, you've really earned this. Struggling to think if he's ever scored for us so here's hoping he opens his account this season too.

Btw he looks really smart in the new away kit on the CUFC website home page as well !

[El Goodo]

Jul 23, 2022 10:36:58 GMT relay22 said:

Struggling to think if he's ever scored for us so here's hoping he opens his account this season too.

He hasn't.

Over the past 4 seasons (since Legge left) our centre-back goalscorers are as follows:

Taylor - 3
Taft - 3
Darling - 3
Cundy - 1
Drysdale - 1
Masterson - 1

Which is fairly underwhelming to say the least... For comparison, Legge alone scored 12 in his 3 seasons here. Hopefully Rossi will chip in with a few this year.

[Bendigeidfran]

It's helped having forwards who can score mind.

[El Goodo]

Jul 23, 2022 11:15:10 GMT Bendigeidfran said:

It's helped having forwards who can score mind.

Very true. In the grand scheme of things it's not a huge deal, but if you can rely on 5-7 goals from your centre-backs at set pieces each season, they're the types of goals that can end up being worth a few points in tighter games where open-play chances are limited.

[Bendigeidfran]

Yeah I do enjoy a thunderous header from a CB, or an edge of the box screamer a la Taylor.

[El Goodo]

He scored that from LB though. Iredale had a good line in similar... Hopefully Haunstrup has a few of the same in him.