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Frang
Player Valuation: £70m
This summer could shape us right up or leave us standing still, if we only sign gomes and maybe Zouma.
That's why the Kenny deal is baffling. Either keep him or sell him.
We need players gone. I actually wasnt expecting Kenny to be on the out list
Yes Frank, the problem is JJK and his 5k a week wages.
TheCount
Player Valuation: £10m
That's fully mental. Those midfielders are proven premier league players and have played for top level international and champions league teams.
Tosun hasn't performed in this league. I'm a DCL fan but he's got a lot to do to keep his place. Richarlison is looking good but he's had less than two good seasons.
Frang
Player Valuation: £70m
He'd be on way more than that.. I get your point tho.
It obv means, well you assume, that we are bringing in a far more expensive rb option though?
Stephenlloyd
Player Valuation: £40m
I agree about us selling players and getting some money in, which I think we will. But maybe the club feel loaning kenny financially is best deal, maybe the same with oyekuru.
What kenny worth at the moment between 5 and 8? With a loan fee and haven’t a clue just having a wild guess of maybe one or two million. And he has a great season, maybe he will become a 15mil player next summer.
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
My guess is that you will be incorrect come end of the window.
Frang
Player Valuation: £70m
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
It's not mental. I said we need both.
Two of those midfielders are good in this league - Sigurdsson and Gana. Who's the third? Schneiderlin? He's not a top 6 DM. Not even close. Even if we sign Gomes, he's terrible defensively - constantly fouls, can't keep up with faster players, gets bypassed constantly. He does some things well, but he's a terrible fit with those two. And one injury to Gana and we are a borderline disaster in probably the most important positions on the pitch.
DCL/Richarlison have talent. Tosun isn't great, but he's got 8 goals and 3 assists in under 2000 minutes on some mediocre offensive teams. I'd take unproven with talent over proven to be not good enough any day of the week.
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
Completely agree. If he does well, especially considering he's home grown in England, he could be worth something to someone if we don't want to just keep him.
Is right , just need DCL to start scoring like vardy.... oh ....
The Penny Blue
Player Valuation: £8m
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
The problem for Tosun is he is very useless outside of the box which isn't the worst thing in the world for a forward but kind of a problem when you also aren't getting that much elsewhere. Toward the end of the year Gylfi and especially Richarlison improved a lot but there was no way Tosun was coming back in when things were working with DCL.
As for the midfield you are completely right. I like Gomes but with his limited defensive ability he has to put in Xavi level passing displays to have an effect or he has to start producing goals and chances. Personally my max price on him would be like 20-25m and if that isn't it then move on. But regardless we need to be weighing other options in that area. Sosa I guess is a swing at that but who knows how a kid who has barely played in the Argentine league will do.
For me the order of priority currently is CB/CM/ST/RB/Winger/LB. We could do without signing a winger but only if we keep Lookman and Onyekuru.
The Penny Blue
Player Valuation: £8m
For me we have enough of what we need in the mid already (even without Gomes) to get results. Right now we have Siggy Gana and Schniederlin who in Gomes’s absence has show to be a very decent starting 3 with Davies Besic Vlasic Beni and Dowell as cover.
I can comfortably say DCL is worse at his position than Siggy Gana and Schniederlin are at theirs. Then I also feel the back up of Davies Besic Vlasic Beni and Dowell is 30x that of Niasse and Cenk.
So it really doesn’t make sense to target a CM first before a ST and to be completely honest I feel the same about our CB options. Yeah it’s not ideal but if Mina stays healthy he and Keane could be better than Keane and Zouma. Then add Holgate and another academy project and it’s really not that bad.
CM and CB are probably the 2 positions that can be made up for with a lack of talent by having a good team shape but ST on the other hand cant be made up for in its lack of talent and the only way to compensate is for the rest of the team to pull most of the goal scoring weight.
Give me ST/CB/CM/Winger/RB. Winger and ST could be switched if Richarlison is moved into the center again which I think he could pull off with a little practice and perseverance.
In addition: one thing I would’ve liked to have seen last season was Schniederlin Gana and Davies in the center with Siggy up top. Siggy has the height, the link up play, the positioning, and the eye for goal while Gana and Davies would be the tireless engine in the mid running everything down and get up and down the field while Schniederlin stays home providing the deep link and composed cover for Gana and Davies
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Big Fat Sam
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Don't suppose anybody has seen the link to Craig Tucker from Colorado in the US?
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