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Summer 2018 Transfer Window

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BlueToff said:
We ideally need a mix of both - a big physical player who can get about.

Look, I'm not advocating it, but if we were after a 'template' of any striker, for me it should be the Welbeck type.

Now, i don't particularly want us to sign Welbeck, but I do think we need someone who has pace and a bit of strength, who is also decent on the ball. Josh King would be another PL-proven striker for that role.

I'm sure Brands/Silva have their targets, but I do think that's the type of player we need to be aiming for.
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Id not be happy with either of them...i cant see any forwards who are attainable in the league who we should be after.

Think it will be a leftfield signing...in fact i dont have a clue who we may be after in any positions just want to see the same level players as in summer signed
 
BillLovesRoo said:
Literally our best players this season have been Richarlison, Lucas Digne & Kurt Zouma

And thats before we draft in 2 more players that were "hard baraginied" into the club in Gomes & Mina
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That's a good point mate regarding who our best players have been. It bodes well that if given a couple of more windows we might see the end of some of the absolute tosh we've had to endure and actually have a team/squad capable of playing decent togger week in week out
 
Zatara said:
Id not be happy with either of them...i cant see any forwards who are attainable in the league who we should be after.

Think it will be a leftfield signing...in fact i dont have a clue who we may be after in any positions just want to see the same level players as in summer signed
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Oh no Zat, I didn't make myself clear mate. They were just examples - off the top of my head - of the type of player i think would do well in this system. A mix of a target man and someone who can get in behind/stretch teams.
 

England U21 Squad

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Sheffield United, loan from Manchester United), Angus Gunn (Southampton), Freddie Woodman (Newcastle United)

Defenders: Ben Chilwell (Leicester City), Jake Clarke-Salter (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Dael Fry (Middlesbrough), Jonjoe Kenny (Everton), Ezri Konsa (Brentford), Fikayo Tomori (Derby County, loan from Chelsea), Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham Hotspur), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Crystal Palace)

Midfielders: Harvey Barnes (West Bromwich Albion, loan from Leicester City), Lewis Cook (AFC Bournemouth), Tom Davies (Everton), Kieran Dowell (Everton), Josh Onomah (Sheffield Wednesday, loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

Forwards: Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa, loan from Chelsea), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Ademola Lookman (Everton), Reiss Nelson (Hoffenheim, loan from Arsenal), Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham), Dominic Solanke (Liverpool)

As posted in the Youth teams thread;
Kenny
Davies
Lookman
Dowell
DCL

Ive seen some posters comment on Wan-Bissaka and Cook as being interesting targets for us.

Wan-Bissaka and Kenny competing for the RB position + it will be interesting to see if Cook and Davies are central and how they play together.

I know theres alot of negative comments about each of our participants but i would say;

Kenny looks to be settling into RB and has shown improvements

Davies is actually trying to make things happen

Lookman appears to have done well in the Southampton game + hard to judge without a run of games

Dowell castigated but hard to be dropped into a team rather than being eased in

DCL has been in/out and not had a run at CF

I think we should be proud that we have 5 players who could all legitimately be starters in this England u21 side.
 
The team needs a top midfielder who can score goals and a top number 9 who can score goals.

EFC do not have these players in-house so lets see what Silva and Brands can do..

Welbeck is not that player.. his best days are over a bit like Morgan..
 
royvernon39 said:
The team needs a top midfielder who can score goals and a top number 9 who can score goals.

EFC do not have these players in-house so lets see what Silva and Brands can do..

Welbeck is not that player.. his best days are over a bit like Morgan..
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I wouldn’t mind a bid for Rashford but I think the price may be too high and I think Brands will go to Europe or South America for a solution to our CF woes
 
royvernon39 said:
The team needs a top midfielder who can score goals and a top number 9 who can score goals.

EFC do not have these players in-house so lets see what Silva and Brands can do..

Welbeck is not that player.. his best days are over a bit like Morgan..
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When we were linked in the summer fir a rumoured 20mil, I said it would never happen that we would pay that for an injury prone player, who will also properly want 100k a week.

But on a free I would take him as back up. And sell tosun, DCL & niasse
And use that money to try and buy a top quality striker.
 
Brisan123 said:
I wouldn’t mind a bid for Rashford but I think the price may be too high and I think Brands will go to Europe or South America for a solution to our CF woes
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I think Rashford’s price wouldn’t justify what he’s done so far in the game.

A mate of mine is a Utd fan and says he and lingard are massively overrated. And only around the England team because they play fir Utd. He says Martial is a much more talented footballer the Rashford.

I argued he never plays upfront, but apparently at the end of last season lukaku had an injury and he played 4 or 5 games upfront and was awful. And first game this season v Leicester he was also upfront and had a poor game, according to my mate.
 

royvernon39 said:
The team needs a top midfielder who can score goals and a top number 9 who can score goals.

EFC do not have these players in-house so lets see what Silva and Brands can do..

Welbeck is not that player.. his best days are over a bit like Morgan..
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i don't believe welbeck has ever had days tbh. I've never rated him, but somehow he's played for the prem's two best teams. I think if he'd come down a level or two, even to a team of our quality he'd quickly slide down to a worse team as he wouldn't have others helping him out. He's had big moments tbf to him, but just a shocking player who wouldn't improve us and i think the fans would hate him. Don't think he'd be on the radar though.

Brisan123 said:
I wouldn’t mind a bid for Rashford but I think the price may be too high and I think Brands will go to Europe or South America for a solution to our CF woes
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i'm a fan of rashford, but i don't think he's the real deal either. We need a proper scorer and i don't think he's that. He is a striker with pace who works hard tbf so i wouldn't be against it, i just don't think he's what's required. Martial could be a better option although i have the same doubts again and feel he'd work a lot less. The last thing this squad needs is another player who won't work their bollocks off, that's for sure.
 
Might be a bit of a pipe dream, but either of the 2 lads at Valencia Rodrigo or Batshuayi would do me.
Seems like Valencia may have a typically Valencian CL season and finish mid table. Big money bid for Rodrigo may be enough if we're near to the top 6 or even in it
 

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