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Confirmed Signing Armando Broja

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welshtoffee said:
The more I think about this it seems like an absolute panic buy, the guy is injured again and will not be fit for a while. What we needed is a cover for right and left back and a couple of wingers. What we got instead was an injured striker .
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I think the opposite

I don't dispute for a moment that we have needs in other positions, but we've known for a long while that Broja featured highly on our list of striking targets. As the window drew to a close and it became apparent that DCL was staying until January at least, this deal probably made more and more sense. We don't have an immediate need for him, but we will need to replace Dom and if this lad is not fit until mid October, that gives us a couple of months to bed him in before we potentially sell Dom in January. Add to that the fact that there is no loan fee involved, we aren't paying his wages until he's fit and we have a fee pre-agreed if he does well.

You can be as sceptical about his ability as you like, but I don't think it's a panic buy at all, I think it was an opportunistic move from us for a long term target because the circumstances suited us.
 

toffeeblue9 said:
I think the opposite

I don't dispute for a moment that we have needs in other positions, but we've known for a long while that Broja featured highly on our list of striking targets. As the window drew to a close and it became apparent that DCL was staying until January at least, this deal probably made more and more sense. We don't have an immediate need for him, but we will need to replace Dom and if this lad is not fit until mid October, that gives us a couple of months to bed him in before we potentially sell Dom in January. Add to that the fact that there is no loan fee involved, we aren't paying his wages until he's fit and we have a fee pre-agreed if he does well.

You can be as sceptical about his ability as you like, but I don't think it's a panic buy at all, I think it was an opportunistic move from us for a long term target because the circumstances suited us.
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Similar to my thoughts on this.

We've clearly had a long standing interest in Broja and we know that Dom isn't going to be here next season. I'm not convinced we will sell Dom in January, will be difficult with him being able to sign a pre-contract agreement and walk for free in the summer. Someone 'may' decide to stump up the cash and buy him then if we're lucky.

Nevertheless, it gives us the opportunity to get Broja fit and integrated into the squad. If we like the look of what we see then we can make the deal permanent, if we don't then back to Chelsea he goes.
 

Aside from Albanian games, he has scored 18 goals in nearly 90 appearances.

Good luck as he turns out for us, but fear he is not the answer in terms of our desperate need for more firepower upfront.
 
Dario Terracotta said:
No defender of Dyche at all,but I truly enjoyed our play for 85 minutes saturday!!!
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The spark and class Tim and Ndiaye added was the reason there I think, those 2 don't know what passing back is. The trick is for Dyche now to build around them as any other manager would, I agree though, a cracking performance up until the Nighmare on Elm street.
 
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