I'd be amazed if we signed Fofana now, and not necessarily in a good way. We've signed 2 wide players since we were linked with him, it's no longer anywhere near a priority position to strengthen.
Just to make the case for Hackney, because I still think he'd be a fantastic development signing if we have space for one alongside a proper defensive 6 - here's some more high-level stats on him:
The things that obviously stand out are a) the...
People seem to think because Brownhill is on a free then we should get him in as we need depth. That is getting someone in that isn't near good enough to be in the squad for the sake of numbers is the point I am making. I would much rather give...
Agreed, but to be fair, the same goes for an injury to the main striker on pretty much every other non-elite team in the league. I don't think we're in a position to have genuine start-ready quality in depth at striker. Would be nice though I agree!
Hackney will know what clubs are interested in him, he’s been told by his agent to sit tight until the end of the window.
That's actually been our M.O. with a lot of our deals for younger players this year.
I'm personally quite confident that Barry will come good for us this season, if maybe not straight away.
Even disregarding that though, the one thing I think you can certainly say about Beto regardless of his limited technical ability is that he...
For what though? To take away development minutes from our already-good-enough (for our purposes this season - we aren't challenging for trophies) young striker?
Sorry if this comes across argumentative, I promise it's just the difficulty of...