Summer transfer window 2023

[blueblue]

We've been a club in chaos for a while now.

Find some stability over the next year or two, and with the new stadium perception will quickly change.

In addition over the next couple of seasons the deadwood players will have left the club so wages should come back to more manageable levels.
The best of our young players should also start to fill out the squad, players like Branthwaite, Dobbin, Onyango ,Cannon ,Mills, Welch and there may be others coming that I have not mentioned

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

I'm so desperately lacking in any enthusiasm going in to this upcoming season. Just don't think the squad is radically shaken up enough for us to climb further up the table.

Danjuma, Youn, Kermit and a few others and we will be much better than last season

 

[ZissouBlue]

We could always just use Young on the wings where he'd be more impactful.

Yeah I’d love to see us sign a starting LB and then just plug in Young every week to whichever position has the player in the worst form between RB, LB, LW and RW.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Here's our top scorers for the last few years. He'd be classed as one of our more prolific players. We just aren't very good and haven't been for about 35 years.

Season	Goalscorer	Lge
2021-22	Richarlison	10
	Townsend	3
2020-21	Calvert-Lewin	16
	Richarlison	7
2019-20	Richarlison	13
	Calvert-Lewin	13
2018-19	Richarlison	13
	Sigurdsson	13
	Calvert-Lewin	6
2017-18	Rooney	10
	Niasse	8
	Calvert-Lewin	4
2016-17	Lukaku	25
	Barkley	5
2015-16	Lukaku	18
	Barkley	8
	Kone	5
2014-15	Lukaku	10
	Mirallas	7
	Naismith	6
2013-14	Lukaku	15
	Naismith	5
	Mirallas	8
2012-13	Fellaini	11
	Mirallas	6
	Anichebe	6
2011-12	Jelavic	9
	Anichebe	5
2010-11	Beckford	8
	Saha	7
	Cahill	9
2009-10	Saha	13
	Cahill	8
	Bilyaletdinov	6
	Pienaar	4
2008-09	Cahill	8
	Fellaini	8
	Saha	6
2007-08	Yakubu	15
	Lescott	8
	Cahill	5
	Johnson	6
2006-07	Johnson	11
	Arteta	9
	Cahill	5
2005-06	Beattie	10
	Cahill	6
	McFadden	6
2004-05	Cahill	11
	Osman	6
	Bent	6
2003-04	Rooney	9
	Ferguson	5
	Radzinski	8
2002-03	Campbell	11
	Radzinski	11
	Rooney	6
2001-02	Ferguson	6
	Radzinski	6
	Campbell	4
2000-01	Campbell	9
	Jeffers	6
	Ferguson	6
	Unsworth	5

Adding a player who is notorious for not scoring goals to a team who are notorious for not scoring goals isn’t going to end well.

 

[billyblue80]

Here's our top scorers for the last few years. He'd be classed as one of our more prolific players. We just aren't very good and haven't been for about 35 years.

Season	Goalscorer	Lge
2021-22	Richarlison	10
	Townsend	3
2020-21	Calvert-Lewin	16
	Richarlison	7
2019-20	Richarlison	13
	Calvert-Lewin	13
2018-19	Richarlison	13
	Sigurdsson	13
	Calvert-Lewin	6
2017-18	Rooney	10
	Niasse	8
	Calvert-Lewin	4
2016-17	Lukaku	25
	Barkley	5
2015-16	Lukaku	18
	Barkley	8
	Kone	5
2014-15	Lukaku	10
	Mirallas	7
	Naismith	6
2013-14	Lukaku	15
	Naismith	5
	Mirallas	8
2012-13	Fellaini	11
	Mirallas	6
	Anichebe	6
2011-12	Jelavic	9
	Anichebe	5
2010-11	Beckford	8
	Saha	7
	Cahill	9
2009-10	Saha	13
	Cahill	8
	Bilyaletdinov	6
	Pienaar	4
2008-09	Cahill	8
	Fellaini	8
	Saha	6
2007-08	Yakubu	15
	Lescott	8
	Cahill	5
	Johnson	6
2006-07	Johnson	11
	Arteta	9
	Cahill	5
2005-06	Beattie	10
	Cahill	6
	McFadden	6
2004-05	Cahill	11
	Osman	6
	Bent	6
2003-04	Rooney	9
	Ferguson	5
	Radzinski	8
2002-03	Campbell	11
	Radzinski	11
	Rooney	6
2001-02	Ferguson	6
	Radzinski	6
	Campbell	4
2000-01	Campbell	9
	Jeffers	6
	Ferguson	6
	Unsworth	5

And Mcneil with 7 was our top scorer last year

 

[Simon Buttle]

Adding a player who is notorious for not scoring goals to a team who are notorious for not scoring goals isn’t going to end well.

We love "safe" managers here which means we are never going to score loads either imo.

 

[billyblue80]

Problem is if its between Adams and Iheanacho, fans will complain either way as Adams can do a job as a number nine but doesn't score much and Ohneancho isn't really a number nine who fits our system but can score more goals... I'd take the latter of the two but no forward we get isn't without flaw because we are shopping in a limited pool. That's if they aren't looking at a forward from another league

 

[blueblue]

Antonio is 34 in March, if we signed him we could very realistically field a starting XI that includes about 9 over 30 players, 5 of which would be out of contract the following summer. That’s not at all feasible or a good plan.

We also have Patterson, Mykolenko,Onana, Garner, McNeill ,Branthwaite and soon ( hopefully) Chermiti to counterbalance that argument. All 23 or younger not even mentioning Dobbin and Onyango who seem to be part of the first team squad so far this preseason.

I can accept bringing the players over 30 as long as well also bring in the young players which are the future of the club.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Problem is if its between Adams and Iheanacho, fans will complain either way as Adams can do a job as a number nine but doesn't score much and Ohneancho isn't really a number nine who fits our system but can score more goals... I'd take the latter of the two but no forward we get isn't without flaw because we are shopping in a limited pool. That's if they aren't looking at a forward from another league

Given the choice of those 2 I would rather go with Adams. But it’s quite bad either way. I think we are more set up to play with a striker like Adams

 

[Zatara]

We should be all over him if he's available.

Linked in jan

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[Exeter_Gently]

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Gosens my sweet.

 

[Toffeepot]

Problem is if its between Adams and Iheanacho, fans will complain either way as Adams can do a job as a number nine but doesn't score much and Ohneancho isn't really a number nine who fits our system but can score more goals... I'd take the latter of the two but no forward we get isn't without flaw because we are shopping in a limited pool. That's if they aren't looking at a forward from another league

Same...no contest really
But Iheanacho doesn't run himself ragged like Adams and our fanbase sometimes rate that higher than end product
If Nacho is going on the cheap with no extortionate wages we'd be improved instantly

 

[blueblue]

Nope. Just buy some well scouted talent. I just cannot abide by the attitude of 'we're already bad, so let's buy more players we know are bad, this is just the way it has to be.'

It's absolute rubbish mate. People act like it's either being able to compete for the top talent, or buying proven PL dross. It's just not that black and white. It will be many of the same people furious with the board that we are a continued laughing stock and absolutely rubbish to both watch and in terms of points totals.

Do you mean players like Branthwaite, Patterson, Onana, Garner, McNeill and now Chermitie.
We were also thwarted in the Kudus deal by Antony moving to Utd.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

Same...no contest really
But Iheanacho doesn't run himself ragged like Adams and our fanbase sometimes rate that higher than end product
If Nacho is going on the cheap with no extortionate wages we'd be improved instantly

Lazy is he? lol lol lol

 

[dutchblue54]

so we wait all day and any updates will come tonight LOL. I guess either a HERE WE GO on the Portuguese lad pending a medical or Cannon to Preston.

by the way read a dubious link saying bournemouth had a bid rejected for Adams and Southampton not selling on the cheap. Hoep the fact they want Holgate might pursuade them