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ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
I honestly dont get your argument mate - you're advocating signing top quality players but we haven't European football to attract them - you scoff at proven league players like Zaha and Ings then you scoff at glitzy foreign highly rated players like Everton Soares - what does the man want?
Ultimately we are gonna need 8-9 players before we can compete for the CL spots which isn't happening in 1x window - its gonna take us 2 summer windows to turn this squad around hence why next summer im just hoping we can aim for 6th/7th and Europe qualification / a good cup run.
If we sign 4-5 players like the following I would be happy:
CM: Allan
RW: Zaha
CB: Gabriel
RB: Emerson/Tete
GK: Romero/Sirigu - as serious competition to push/replace Pickford if needed.
That would be improvement in all 4-5 positions of the side.
davids
Player Valuation: £60m
Think it'll be too late to shift him,the new Niasse.
windymiller
Player Valuation: £50m
Shared a taxi with Hojbjerg, no social distancing, it's a disgrace. They'll be shooting fireworks at the Liver Building next.
Christ it's like Groundhog Day in here again from last summer
Scouting network where are you?!
Scouting network where are you?!
sanctioned
Player Valuation: £1.5m
I agree that people are too excited for players that have never played here nor have we really seen play. Definitely more reliable getting a prem proven player instead of spending money on risks.
I would shocked if we got all those players, I think the first two would do fine for me with the addition of an attack mid that can rotate around and a rb/cb on loan.
Earwigjoe
Player Valuation: £10m
If we're signed 4 id rather sign 4 cms in case 2 get injured bin the other cms that'll improve our team every area of pitch
Vlasic = Made a profit
Onyekuru = Made a profit
Gbamin = Harsh to call a failure when we didn't know he'd get injured upon signing. (obviously)
They are punts and they are worthwhile punts.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £90m
1: Totally agree. My thinking is;
A: Would his 7 goals be worth him signing...no, but would others get more with him in the side?
B: Would he score more in a better side where he isnt the star player? If there was say, Digne--Zaha--Richarlison down the left then thats not going to make it easy for opposition players to pick up all 3 of them.
C: I quite like the sound of;
Richarlison DCL
Zaha ??? ??? Sarr
The wide players are both ball carriers and would stretch opposition defences opening up space. I also agree that one of the 2 CMs needs to be box to box and break the lines.Zaha ??? ??? Sarr
The question for me would be could we sell certain players for a profit so we dont come unstuck with FFP + get their wages off our books.
If we can move out Iwobi + another in a swap then weve probably saved £200k there (less zaha salary). Also sorted FFP out for a season allowing us more room to spend on other positions.
Again, im not a real Zaha fan but if he can be 7/10 every game (which he seems to be for palace) then its a step up.
Id offer him 4 years and 1 year option for us to extend.
Certainly wouldnt pay more than £10mil for him in any swap and wouldnt pay cash without 2 players or more involved.
Dream for me is Iwobi, Sigurdsson and Tosun in a straight swap deal....
I really like Mina but you need consistent players and the injuries may mean his body cant take the leagues pace.
I think we could get £20-30mil for him.
Id shift Keane also...same fee.
I see it as RCB / LCB
RCB = Holgate / + 1 rotation u21 player
LCB = New Starter / Branthwaite
Also at LB i wouldnt buy anyone...id have Gibson/Nkounkou as cover for Digne.
We have only 8 players who I would be annoyed if we sold.
Richarlison
Digne
Holgate
DCL
Keane
Branthwaite
Gordon
Kean
The other 20 odd I genuinely wouldn't have a problem with looking to sell and reinvest.
That's the scale of the problem we have here. And 2 of the above list are kids, and one I want to keep in hope of coming good more than on the basis of past performances.
Richarlison
Digne
Holgate
DCL
Keane
Branthwaite
Gordon
Kean
The other 20 odd I genuinely wouldn't have a problem with looking to sell and reinvest.
That's the scale of the problem we have here. And 2 of the above list are kids, and one I want to keep in hope of coming good more than on the basis of past performances.
Do we honestly think we'll get what we need this window? We say this every year and every window is a complete failure. Other than Allan we haven't really been linked to anyone we need. Same old boring links to Hojbjberg and Zaha and then to fossils like Thiago Silva + Ivanovic. I have no faith in Brands to get the players we need.
ForeverBlue92
Player Valuation: £80m
I agree mate for me we need minimum 2x CM's and I don't see why we are chasing a CB when we have enough to see us through to next summer imo.
But from the noises around the club/echo and what im hearing is that Gabriel/CB is still a big target.
I would hope that come the start of the season if Gbamin still looks a while off full fitness and funds are tight that we bring in a stop gap loan for a 2nd CM for the season - if someone like Loftus Cheek whilst average would still do a better job than Davies/Delph/Siggurdsson until Gbamin gets fit.
windymiller
Player Valuation: £50m
I imagine, given that he's posted this without a funny caption, that he thinks this is an impressive demonstration of his skills. Boggles the mind.
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