Tiresias Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I like Dembele but he's not creative enough to be an adequate Cabaye replacement, he's much more a Sissoko style player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Demble is so overrated. ] Decent enough. Extremely over-rated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Shane long mentioned somewhere in the press I was reading this morning. I quite like him, puts in a shift, has great vision and timing and always gets goals, could be good back up if available o n the cheap (contract runs out in summer). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Yeah I'd like Long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Long would be a decent buy if we aren't paying anything crazy for him. He's definitely not the solution at striker but he'd be a good player to have in the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Shane long mentioned somewhere in the press I was reading this morning. I quite like him, puts in a shift, has great vision and timing and always gets goals, could be good back up if available o n the cheap (contract runs out in summer). If Cisse/Ameobi can start for us he shouldnt be backup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I said we should have gone for Long when he went to WBA, he was ideal for what we needed. I still think we could use him running the channels and give Remy/Gouff more opportunities to play centrally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 For a poacher he doesn't seem to score that many? Only one season in his whole career where he's scored double figures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Is he a poacher? Not my view of him at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Shane long mentioned somewhere in the press I was reading this morning. I quite like him, puts in a shift, has great vision and timing and always gets goals, could be good back up if available o n the cheap (contract runs out in summer). Really like Shane Long, reminds me of Bellamy. His contract running out? He was signed for £5m only a couple years back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 For a poacher he doesn't seem to score that many? Only one season in his whole career where he's scored double figures. He's not a poacher. He gets very involved in the game. For a short lad he's pretty good in the air and holding it up. Runs the channels very well. Basically is great for a team and keeps the opposition CB's busy. Can play uptop on his own but ideally he would be next to someone capable of 15-25 goals. Although tbh we have Gouff who can do something similar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Aye, he's quite Gouffran esque, actually. Fast, hard worker, decent leap, fairly good technically, doesn't score loads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 He's also pretty good at playing up front alone, running channels and getting on the end of direct balls etc. He's actually pretty good in the air and physical for someone of his size. Not sure how we would play to accommodate him but I rate him as a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 He's also pretty good at playing up front alone, running channels and getting on the end of direct balls etc. He's actually pretty good in the air and physical for someone of his size. Not sure how we would play to accommodate him but I rate him as a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 For <£5m you'd do well to find another proven PL based player. Linked with him in the Star today FWIW...nothing probably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Getting Shane Long for a much reduced fee (due to his contract expiring in the Summer) would seem to fit the way NUFC go about transfers under this regime. Shola isn't getting a new contract so he will need replacing. It is far from guaranteed that Remy will be here next season. Shola and Remy out with Long and Gomis in for low fees would meet the current NUFC transfer 'model'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Getting Shane Long for a much reduced fee (due to his contract expiring in the Summer) would seem to fit the way NUFC go about transfers under this regime. Shola isn't getting a new contract so he will need replacing. It is far from guaranteed that Remy will be here next season. Shola and Remy out with Long and Gomis in for low fees would meet the current NUFC transfer 'model'. If we where to sign Long would we need Gomis? We would need someone capable og getting 20 goals but I don't think Gomis is that man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 When he went to West Brom I definitely thought we should have been in for him, not quite as sure about him now but he'd still be a useful option up front. With 6 months left on his contract in January we should be able to get him for £2-3m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Long would tick a lot of boxes including the most important one. Obviously that just makes it an easier link for the press to make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Getting Shane Long for a much reduced fee (due to his contract expiring in the Summer) would seem to fit the way NUFC go about transfers under this regime. Shola isn't getting a new contract so he will need replacing. It is far from guaranteed that Remy will be here next season. Shola and Remy out with Long and Gomis in for low fees would meet the current NUFC transfer 'model'. If we where to sign Long would we need Gomis? We would need someone capable og getting 20 goals but I don't think Gomis is that man. Cisse should really be that player, if he can't get back to form we should be replacing him with someone like that. If Cisse can't get it together then I'd like to see: In: Remy, Gomis, Long, Cisse replacement Out: Cisse, Shola, Obertan, Marveaux Very unlikely we're going to see that many changes in the next two windows, but I can dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Would take Long, think he's good. Would give us a good option and hopefully we can put Shola down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Must be missing something, never seen anything to suggest I'd have him here before. I've no doubt now that he'll show me in two weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 More Long ball football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Getting Shane Long for a much reduced fee (due to his contract expiring in the Summer) would seem to fit the way NUFC go about transfers under this regime. Shola isn't getting a new contract so he will need replacing. It is far from guaranteed that Remy will be here next season. Shola and Remy out with Long and Gomis in for low fees would meet the current NUFC transfer 'model'. If we where to sign Long would we need Gomis? We would need someone capable og getting 20 goals but I don't think Gomis is that man. Cisse should really be that player, if he can't get back to form we should be replacing him with someone like that. If Cisse can't get it together then I'd like to see: In: Remy, Gomis, Long, Cisse replacement Out: Cisse, Shola, Obertan, Marveaux Very unlikely we're going to see that many changes in the next two windows, but I can dream. We wouldn't get a 4th striker for Cisse's replacement. Remy or Gomis would be his replacement, however you want to see it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Depends on the players/deals available and who we let go. Like I said unlikely, but its what I would like to see not what I strongly believe will happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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