Confirmed Signing Neal Maupay

[LostLegend]

Ultimately as a backup striker for DCL and cover for when he's injured (like now) he fits the bill.

Premier league experience, still reasonably young and not massively expensive.

No issue with this signing personally.

 

[ToffeeTim]

If this turns out like £25m I’ll fume btw

I saw 14m in the athletic

 

[Nymzee]

I saw 14m

Aye I’ve not see a fee yet. That’s okay, £25m would not be.

 

[blueblue]

Never liked him when he played against us.
Hard worker, can be nasty and a difficult player to mark.
He will score goals but won't be prolific.

A player that could do well in any Premiership team at any level, not for his ability but for what he does bring.

 

[Baggzio]

I could see Maupay and Dominic Calvert-Lewin playing well together in a front 2.

If FL is insistent on 5 at the back I hope he plays 532

532 also certainly seems to suit the rest of the squad too. Assuming Gordon goes the only one who’s out of place in that formation would be Gray.

I could definitely see us going for something that sets out more like a 3-4-1-2 in attack and 5-2-1-2 defending with the 1 being someone like McNeil or Gray being able to roam around in space and maybe make a forward 3 when needs be. Obviously the classic 5-3-2 can be used against much stronger sides.

Think us going after the likes of Gana and Garner would lend to that sort of idea too. Our weakest area by far now (obviously assuming we’re now sorting our strikers) is wingers, Gray will be the only out and out one left, better to eliminate the need for them rather than probably trying to bring the necessary 2 in to make it a position that we could properly utilise.

All that being said I think our squad can end up looking far more versatile in terms of how the team can be laid out against a given opposition.

 

[Ferguson1878]

If we sign him and sell
Gordon than things must be worse financially then we think

 

[Stephen Gibson]

You sir are in a rare state of being indeed. Whelmed.

I am indeed whelmed.

 

[ajo18]

Personally I don’t think he scores more than 4 goals for us. Poor signing because there’s so many better options out there.

 

[Zezti]

Not bad stats... but we'll still need *someone* who can stick the ball in the net.

 

[mahermi1]

Ultimately as a backup striker for Dominic Calvert-Lewin and cover for when he's injured (like now) he fits the bill.

Premier league experience, still reasonably young and not massively expensive.

No issue with this signing personally.

I think he could play alongside Calvert Lewin, he's quick enough to be a wide forward.

 

[sd_1992]

Doesn't even remotely suit the style of play we have. We are buying him because he is available. Terrifying how limited the people completing transfers are at this club.

 

[ajo18]

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Not bad stats... but we'll still need *someone* who can stick the ball in the net.

Not bad?? For a striker, that first section is pretty awful. It’s a no from me

 

[buededw1]

If this turns out like £25m I’ll fume btw

Don't worry, it's not your money. It's all good & the weekend is close.

Zen

 

[dixiesdisciple]

I do wonder why if they wanted him they never brought him in a few weeks ago though...

Brighton would be happy to see us struggling without a striker.. absolutely no rush on their part to strengthen us.. very likely that they would drag it out as long as possible to weaken a rival.

 

[Lob]

Here's hoping we can bring out a repeat of his 2018/19 season in the championship. Probably need another striker and better creativity but he has it in his locker which is a good thing.