Confirmed Signing Josh King

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Supposedly King is on £45k a week with Bournemouth, no one is going to pay him more than that to join them.

 

[brettangellnightporter]

The issue comes when taking Richarlison out of the LW position and replacing him with Iwobi/Bernard, neither are goal scorers and I’d be worried we would become too reliant on the striker to score all our goals.

Iwobi did it last game. Bernard is the james replacement. Gordon will be richys number 2 eventually

 

[billyblue80]

DCL Richarlison Tosun Simms for one central striking position until January. What’s the problem?

Richy is not a central striker in a three.
Tosun is not good enough
Simms might not be ready.
Injury to DCL we have issues. You need back up.

 

[hktoffee]

Richy is not a central striker in a three.
Tosun is not good enough
Simms might not be ready.
Injury to DCL we have issues. You need back up.

Don’t see much difference in terms of ability between Kean and Tosun at this moment. Both are supposed to be third choice striker.

 

[Lelouch]

Richy is not a central striker in a three.
Tosun is not good enough
Simms might not be ready.
Injury to DCL we have issues. You need back up.

Richarlison himself has even said his preferred position is striker.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Doubt he's going to West Ham. They look to be signing Benrahma.

I still think this is a smart signing. This is going to be a long season, especially December and January.

 

[jamieni]

Richarlison himself has even said his preferred position is striker.

I’d be fairly certain Richarlison will be our back up central striker this season. Tosun and Simms as the emergency options.

 

[billyblue80]

Richarlison himself has even said his preferred position is striker.

He can play there he can pay anywhere across the front three, but do you see him as a spearhead in a three? Can he hold the ball like Dom does? Also taking him away from the left weakens that area. Fact is you need good back up surprised we haven't replaced Kean.

 

[billyblue80]

Don’t see much difference in terms of ability between Kean and Tosun at this moment. Both are supposed to be third choice striker.

Tosun won't be fit for a while and doesn't suit the way we attack at pace, he is a decent finisher but hasn't the pace to play in the EPl. Ok as a backup I guess he is just not an answer or a player who will offer solid rotation in two positions like King.

 

[billyblue80]

Doubt he's going to West Ham. They look to be signing Benrahma.

I still think this is a smart signing. This is going to be a long season, especially December and January.

Exactly we will get knocks and fatigue, I doubt DCL/Richy can play every game.

 

[Lelouch]

He can play there he can pay anywhere across the front three, but do you see him as a spearhead in a three? Can he hold the ball like Dom does? Also taking him away from the left weakens that area. Fact is you need good back up surprised we haven't replaced Kean.

He can't play the "lone" striker role like a 4-5-1 but if he has some beside/behind him he definitely can, I've already said we should have brought someone in to replace the two attackers in Walcott and Kean we sent out but I can't be bothered to keep questioning it everyday I'll just move ahead and cross the bridge if we need to.

 

[billyblue80]

He can't play the "lone" striker role like a 4-5-1 but if he has some beside/behind him he definitely can, I've already said we should have brought someone in to replace the two attackers in Walcott and Kean we sent out but I can't be bothered to keep questioning it everyday I'll just move ahead and cross the bridge if we need to.

Fair enough mate I do hope we can get through to Jan without it being an issue but....

 

[Nymzee]

DCL Richarlison Tosun Simms for one central striking position until January. What’s the problem?

One’s injured and one hasn’t played men’s football outside of the EFL Trophy.

 

[Brendan Janus]

Tosun is muck !!

 

[TheBigIguana]

I just don't think he is that good