Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation
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They are in too big a Demand, so we have to make gamble..
Like Zaza?? ;hmm
;lol
Given one is free, you could spend £20m on King and call it £10m on each as an average which is good value.
Although Defoe hasn't scored since Feb. Maybe worth considering?
Was in demand a year or two ago. Now has lost his place to Afobe and King.
Yes unfortunately...
I think two strikers needed – a potential long-term option and someone who can fill in as a second striker, sub, for injuries etc.
1. Injury record
2. Never played in this league/country, therefore not proven
3. At a big club not playing therefore there may be a reason for this - also will only likely be a loan and we will not own the player
4. Age
5. Being at a club similar to us therefore to prise them away we will need to pay a lot
6. Talented but has problems/issues with attitude
We (ie the daves) will need to see which of these represent the least risk to forego on
Carroll - finally give up and sell?
Sakho - finally give up and sell?
Calleri - not sign permanently?
Fletcher - loan yo a championship club for a season?
Valencia - sell?
You could argue we need to sign 3/4 strikers.
If we could prize him away I'd be amazed! (and like it)
I will check the stats but I think Negredo has had lots of shots but not scored many. So the 'done OK in a struggling team' I think might mask the fact that he's poor at converting chances. Which makes him not an upgrade. imo ;hmm
Sakho - depends on how Slav sees his attitude
Keep Jonny C -boy's gonna come good - trust me...
Fletcher - if he isn't going to get game time then loan makes sense
Thank Enner very much and wish him all the best.
Try and get one more striker who is good enough to compete with AC for a starting slot.
DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT make the same mistake as last year.
Focus on 2 positions RB and CF - put all our time and resources into filling those two positions with 2 starting XI quality players.
If we're serious about bringing on youth players then we have to leave space in the squad for them to come through.
Injury free, we really don't have a bad squad atm, so next season I'd be happy to see
Defence
New RB & Byram
Oggy Fonte Reido Ginge + Reece Burke & Reece Oxford
Cressers and Arthur
Holding CMF
Norty Boy / Obiang (Nobes and Kouyate)
Attacking CMF
Lanzini Kouyate Fernandes (Nobes) Josh Cullen Samuelsen
Wide attacking
Antonio Snoddy Ayew ?Feg or a replacement (Lanzini Fernandes)
Forwards
AC, Jonny C New player ?Sakho (Martinez Fletcher Ayew)
Andre Gray from Burnley would be my targeted signing for a place up front.
Because I think he's shown enough to suggest that with a decent run he will be good enough for the PL.
If we're going to bring players in and dismiss them having played less than 5 games' playing time, we are going to go through a lot of players.
Just that conversion. Needs to hit the back of the net.
If someone said Defoe on a free or Calleri for X amount, would pick the former every time, even with his age. !
He's got a season left on his contract and while I have no doubt that S&G will try their best to offload him in the summer what club in their right mind are going to buy a player with his injury history when they can get him on a free in 2018.
Similarly no one is going to want to match the wages Carroll is currently on apart from the Chinese, Chinese football is essentially a retirement home for players who've given up on winning caps or medals, somewhere to earn megabucks before they hang up their boots, at 28 I don't think Carroll has reached that stage
josh king is worth a look I think he has everything in his game to be a top striker
I really do .
As for Calleri I would give him another season but get shut of carroll and sakho
save a fortune then buy bats as well .
Not bad
Wouldn't be a bad Andy alternative
Isn't 23/67 34%?
Again how exactly do we get shot of Carroll and Sakho if NO ONE WANTS TO BUY THEM!!!!????
Seriously, am I living in some parallel universe or something?
But my doubt has Sakho head gone, I dont know if he is injured in the body or the soul at the moment.... ;hmm
8/9 million to palace or Newcastle we get back 80k wages to use and 2 sick notes
Yes I like them both when fit but that isn't happening is it history tells us carroll
cannot play more than 16 games a season in fact his first few back normally are to get him match fit , west ham cannot carry on with these two on there books it makes no sense and is very unfair whoever the manager is because when they break
down each time the back up options are weak .
just saying . ;ok