
West Ham United sign Joël Piroe on loan with obligation upon promotion
Ben Jacobs saying obligation would be around £12m

Ben Jacobs saying obligation would be around £12m
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/florian-bianchini/leistungsdaten/spieler/715923/saison/ges
He is under contract until June 2028. Having been absent from the main squad's preseason, last Saturday he started and played 60 minutes for U21.
Last season, while on loan at Portsmouth, he suffered a knee injury in training (by the looks of the data) in early December (12/2025). He was involved in 11 games prior to that.
The season before (24/25), he made 38 appearances for us, starting in 13, primarily as a #9.
As a teen he played for the French U-19.
I always thought he gave a good account of himself when playing for the first team.
At 25, what will become of him now? Is he still recovering following his knee injury? Seems that the U21 match was his first match back on recovery.
Do we twist or stick?
Thoughts?
I am selling this ultra rare and seldom worn Roque Mesa #51 kit from 2017/18. Details in the auction listing, please share if you know any kit collectors. It's a medium, which means it fits a small.
I am continuing with my Goal Involvements tracking for this season, and I have also added a couple of extra bits and pieces: a pie chart to show where the goals are coming from, and table projections. The projections use 20-year averages for 2nd place and 8th place - the thresholds for automatic promotion and playoffs qualification.
See the whole thing HERE. It probably works better on laptop/desktop than phone.
Rainbow now joined. She says log in/register on the Superbru site then look in POOLS to find Swanselona then enter the code VKAY5924. Hope this works.
Very sad to hear of his demise at the age of 78. He both played for the Swans and acted as a caretaker manager. A modest and nice man who will be greatly missed. RIP, Jimmy you JB, and thank you for the memories. Sincere condolences to family and friends.
Tough place to start our league campaign, who will start? Some interesting decisions for Matos to make , one no brainer is that Welsh has to make his debut! ! Surfeit of choices all over the pitch , what starting lineup would you pick ?
What are your thoughts on this season's managerial line-up?
Hi all,
I've developed a stat-based game featuring all Super League and NRL clubs. Pretty simple to pick up. You get given a stat for a player - appearances, tries, points etc - and another player gets shown, with the stat hidden. Just guess if that's higher or lower.
You've probably all seen Play Your Cards Right so you'll be familiar with it.
I've got over 800 football clubs on there too, but as a Wakefield season ticket holder I had to build RL into it as well.
Looking for people to test and provide feedback, all appreciated! - https://playyourclubright.com/?jump=rugby#picker
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First game of the season - not a typical cup tie line-up. Vig in goal.
New players galore on the field. Last season's typical starts now on the bench. Zip still not consider as fit / worthy as Idah. Interesting. Walta on the bench also.
Swansea City: Lawrence Vigouroux; Filip Lissah, Ben Cabango (captain), Cameron Burgess, Josh Tymon; Marko Stamenic, Melker Widell, Elijah Just; Moussa Yeo, Joseph Opoku; Adam Idah.
Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Josh Key, Jay Fulton, Zan Vipotnik, Jisung Eom, Tiago Parente, Leo Walta, Stephen Welsh, Ronald.
Matos: "For us, we don't separate competitions. We work for the next game, and that's what we're going to do this game.
“It's our next game, the first game of the season, so for us it's a game we want to compete in, and that's what we need. It's a competition that we want to stay involved in as much as we can. We prepare as normal, ultimately preparing to try and win the game."
...is this an unbelievable team this season?
Strength everywhere, depth everywhere, all of last season's issues fixed, all the new players 100% aligned with Matosball and no straight loans (even Parente has an option to buy).
Swansea have played this transfer window like a Football Manager™ vet on easy mode.