Confirmed Signing Thierno Barry

[Toffe3m4n]

Exactly not good enough, we need a statement signing.

Total pie in the sky this btw

 

[pfim]

Exactly not good enough, we need a statement signing.

We need like 9 signings.

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

I'd be delighted to be proven wrong, but I don't think Barry is the answer.

What if the question is : "Which Gareth has played for Villa, Man City, Everton, & WBA?"

 

[Librarian]

I would play ‘Statement’ on the right wing

 

[bluesb1970]

What if the question is : "Which Gareth has played for Villa, Man City, Everton, & WBA?"

Farrelly?

 

[Zatara]

Who was Højlund in rotation with? He started 25 out of the 30 league matches he was available his first season at United.

Can you give me examples of clubs that successfully have a rotation between to strikers?

The closest I see to that is Atletico Madrid, but they do it very different playing two up top and constantly doing early subs to keep 4-5 striker options fresh. Villa tried last season resulting in both Watkins and Duran being unhappy.

I am a firm beliver in that strikers need trust and that a team is built for them to perform.

A player such as Gyokeres was a big talent. He had three loans in 2. Bundesliga and Championship without impressing anyone. From the day Coventry decided to sign him permanently and he went from being a rotation alternative to the main man, he hasn't looked back.

Similar with Liam Delap. Tearing the youth leagues apart and looking like the best English striker talent in years. He hardly scored when on loan for Stoke, Preston and Hull. Many were shocked when Ipswich agreed to sign him for £20 million last summer. But making him the main man changed everything. He went from being a struggling Championship striker to impressing everyone in Premier League.

There was no coincidence when Beto went from being shocking when he got minutes from the bench or the odd start to looking half decent as soon as he got more minutes and more starts in a row. That's the nature of football for goal scorers. They need a team around them to help them shine and they need to be able to miss a few chances without risk being benched the next month.

Yes that was my point, NO ONE rotated with Hojlund.

Your examples of young players developing as a rotation/2nd option and then breaking out once they push into the 1st choice role...

...perfectly proves my point.

 

[MikeH72]

Exactly not good enough, we need a statement signing.

That is actually not what we need in the slightest.

 

[hetion]

Some analysis from a newsletter I like written by some pros in the player analysis/recruitment world:

 

[caliblue]

Your examples of young players developing as a rotation/2nd option and then breaking out once they push into the 1st choice role...

...perfectly proves my point.

No. My point is that while recruiting players with resell value makes a lot of sense, massively overpaying for young players hoping they'll turn into something they not are, is a massive gamble.

Because of resell value you sign the 24 year old midfielder instead of a 30 year old of similar level, because you are more likely to improve the 24 old and regardless of how he does you can get some money back if you were to sell him.

You don't pay double or triple the price for a 22 year old because he has resell value. Barry for Villareal has been pretty average. He'd be an £8-10 million player if he was 27. To buy him for £25-30 million because of resell value with a plan of benching/rotation has no upside. If you buy him, you go all-in and make him an undisputed number 9. You give him every opportunity to justify his price tag. You stick with him even when he doesn't play good.


If you want a striker that can rotate with Beto you can get that without gambling with tens of millions of pound.

 

[orchard]

"Set Piece FC aesthetic" sounds great fun tbf

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Statement signing like Eto'o, though, lads.

 

[tadpole]

We have some absolute doses in our fanbase don't we .
Lads ye have no input into signings. Don't be thinking ye do

I don't know if I can handle this information

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

Farrelly?

Didn't play for City or WBA. Close but no cigar.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Exactly not good enough, we need a statement signing.

We've made statement signings in the past and the statement has generally been "we are absolute mugs".

 

[bluesb1970]

Didn't play for City or WBA. Close but no cigar.

obviously a joke!