Gil Dias

[BadDog]

It feels like our club again . This is absolutely brilliant.

tbh mate, In my lifetime I don't ever remember signing young players with this much potential value.

So nice to be buzzing for once.

[Strawberry Avenger]

This lad is valued at 17.5mill with two other Portuguese youngsters with a combined value of 35mill thats 52.5MILL WORTH OF TALENT IN OUR MIDFIELD/ATTACK!

Sorry that had to be shouted ha ha.

Yes.  I think that should be shouted.  I hadn't even thought of the gross figure combined.  Astonishing.  :idea:

Beat that (anyone else in teh Championship!)

Wow.  :)

Dreamville.

If this is what the wingers are like...  What will the striker be like..?  

SA.

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We understand that #nffc are set to sign Portuguese winger Gil Bastiao Dias from Monaco.

Valued at 20m euros, he's expected to make a season-long loan switch to the City Ground.

It's happening.  Juicy beyond belief...

SA.  :cool:

[Marinakis Red]

Need something more concrete on vukcevic and my confidence for next season will go through the roof.

[the jock]

a fiorentina article from april

"Lost in the celebrations about the win at AS Roma yesterday is the painfully bad display from winger Gil Dias. Brought on to provide a spark on the counter with his pace and dribbling, he instead torpedoed a pair of very promising breaks within moments of each other by getting the ball stuck under his feet while completely unmarked; to add to the indignity, Giallorossi goalkeeper Alisson beat him with a Cruyff turn a few minutes after that.

performances like this are, sadly, not exactly surprising for the Portuguese U21 international. He’s had a few bright moments in purple—goals in each match against Hellas Verona, a wonderful solo run culminating with a drive off the post that could have put the Viola into the lead against Juventus—but more often, he seems on a completely different page than the rest of the team. He tries to dribble through the heart of the defense when a simple pass would be smarter, and then passes backward when he should try beating his marker"

With playing time hard to come by, it wouldn’t be shocking if Fiorentina and Monaco agreed to end Dias’ loan early and shuffle the player off to what would be his 6th senior club. You have to feel for the youngster a bit: he’s never stayed with a team long enough to really get his feet under him, and he’s certainly got no shortage of talent. But that’s not really Fiorentina’s problem.

[BadDog]

Alex Goncalves
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''Yeah, he's a talented player. Was very impressive during his time in Portugal. Good dribbler, likes to take on his man, got a fair bit of pace about him, likes to cut inside from the right. He's got the attributes, just needs to find the consistency to make him a top player.''

[Madforit]

I'm really starting to like being a Forest fan at the moment, I have not felt like this since the glory days, and everything this regime is doing at the moment has put a smile back on my face.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Need something more concrete on vukcevic and my confidence for next season will go through the roof.

That is the key position for me.  That would be a pivotal signing.

Obviously strikers, keeper and fullback needs addressing as well.

SA.

[the jock]

going to be great competition for the advanced midfield roles.

carvalho, goncalves, dias, lolley to start with.

[JC21]

I don't want to send this thread off track and start loads of comments in reply but I only found this forum yesterday and it's great to see that when there's new posts to threads and when you read them they are actually about Forest/football. Also great to see some of the old names again.

[Mcforest]

a fiorentina article from april

"Lost in the celebrations about the win at AS Roma yesterday is the painfully bad display from winger Gil Dias. Brought on to provide a spark on the counter with his pace and dribbling, he instead torpedoed a pair of very promising breaks within moments of each other by getting the ball stuck under his feet while completely unmarked; to add to the indignity, Giallorossi goalkeeper Alisson beat him with a Cruyff turn a few minutes after that.

performances like this are, sadly, not exactly surprising for the Portuguese U21 international. He’s had a few bright moments in purple—goals in each match against Hellas Verona, a wonderful solo run culminating with a drive off the post that could have put the Viola into the lead against Juventus—but more often, he seems on a completely different page than the rest of the team. He tries to dribble through the heart of the defense when a simple pass would be smarter, and then passes backward when he should try beating his marker"

With playing time hard to come by, it wouldn’t be shocking if Fiorentina and Monaco agreed to end Dias’ loan early and shuffle the player off to what would be his 6th senior club. You have to feel for the youngster a bit: he’s never stayed with a team long enough to really get his feet under him, and he’s certainly got no shortage of talent. But that’s not really Fiorentina’s problem.

And you know what he is still young so of course he will be hot and cold. It's good that we have 7 players (all young) fighting for 3 spots behind a striker so we can take them out of the firing line when needed so it doesn't hamper their development.

[Largo Latacunga]

In fairness JC21, he was playing in Serie A and is going to show some inconsistency at 20/21. Has huge potential and will be exciting to watch

[the jock]

from what I see on twitter. he is hugely rated in Portugal. speed and dribbling ability...something we have badly missed.