TRon Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Depends on our squad and what we bring in A year for a few to bed in like mitro, possibly wijnaldum plus a year for some young English players to find there fit and excel. It's more about building that psyche and culture that you see in clubs that come up. Shedding the money grabbers and making sure we are also picking up players that can blossom in the premier league when we go up is the goal. As we saw last season and to lesser extents other years having a team that works together and has the hunger can outweigh the mega bucks. We've seen the same in the Euros for that matter. Teams like Wales and Italy aren't individually as highly valued as England or Belgium's squads, but both have looked far more cohesive as a team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I don't know if the gap is widening TBH, quite a few traditionally non-PL clubs have managed to get promoted and go on to establish themselves in the Premier League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I think we need another striker. Whilst with what we've got, a very experienced addition may seem most obvious, just considered that with money coming in and the attraction of Rafa we may be able to pick-up a future star from Spain. Someone like Inaki Williams would fit the Rafa brief, but guess it depends how much he rates Perez, Rivière and Mitrovic as well as Toney and Armstrong. God, scratch that, we do need an older head! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Dancer Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I think we need another striker. Whilst with what we've got, a very experienced addition may seem most obvious, just considered that with money coming in and the attraction of Rafa we may be able to pick-up a future star from Spain. Someone like Inaki Williams would fit the Rafa brief, but guess it depends how much he rates Perez, Rivière and Mitrovic as well as Toney and Armstrong. God, scratch that, we do need an older head! Come on. Inaki Williams will have have 100x better offers, including staying put. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I think we need another striker. Whilst with what we've got, a very experienced addition may seem most obvious, just considered that with money coming in and the attraction of Rafa we may be able to pick-up a future star from Spain. Someone like Inaki Williams would fit the Rafa brief, but guess it depends how much he rates Perez, Rivière and Mitrovic as well as Toney and Armstrong. God, scratch that, we do need an older head! http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02684/yoann-gouffran_a_2684108b.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I think we need another striker. Whilst with what we've got, a very experienced addition may seem most obvious, just considered that with money coming in and the attraction of Rafa we may be able to pick-up a future star from Spain. Someone like Inaki Williams would fit the Rafa brief, but guess it depends how much he rates Perez, Rivière and Mitrovic as well as Toney and Armstrong. God, scratch that, we do need an older head! Come on. Inaki Williams will have have 100x better offers, including staying put. Exactly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Fair enough. Extended my Dennis Wise stylee research, and his stock has risen, more than I was aware, in the last season. He would be ideal for Rafa's style though. Winger who should be a striker, Henry/Torres type; quicker than Bale, apparently. Going somewhere where he is the main man, would be good for the lad IMHO. But would be a stretch, even for Senor Benitez to sell a season in the English second tier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Can't see another striker coming in, we're bursting with them. We might benefit from someone more experienced but I almost think it's better to see if the likes of Mitro sink or swim. We're not going to get a better chance to really get him an extended run in games we should be dominating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Can't see another striker coming in, we're bursting with them. We might benefit from someone more experienced but I almost think it's better to see if the likes of Mitro sink or swim. We're not going to get a better chance to really get him an extended run in games we should be dominating. Yep. My order of preference would be CM, winger, left back and center back. Think we have enough forwards really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 CM, CB, LB, LW, ST Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Strange thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if we got everything the squad needs, plus shifted some more dead Wood. How times have changed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Can't see another striker coming in, we're bursting with them. We might benefit from someone more experienced but I almost think it's better to see if the likes of Mitro sink or swim. We're not going to get a better chance to really get him an extended run in games we should be dominating. Ayoze Perez, Emmanuel Riviere, Adam Armstrong, Ivan Toney, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Dwight Gayle and young players like Callum Roberts, Alex Gilliead and Tom Heardman are the forwards in the squad. Of them Ivan Toney, Callum Roberts, Alex Gilliead and Tom Heardman will either be loaned out or play in the under 21s. There's been talk of possibly loaning out Adam Armstrong too. That leaves us with Ayoze Perez, Emmanuel Riviere, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dwight Gayle. I'm sure NUFC will be looking to offload Riviere. We could do with another experienced striker. We've got a lot of games to play and we simply must get promoted. I can't see Rafa being happy to see in Mitro sinks or swims. If he 'sinks' we'd mainly be relying on Gayle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Fair enough, I don't know TBH. I was thinking of Gayle, Mitro, Armstrong and Perez as our four. All good if we can get someone in at the right level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonpete1892 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Can't see another striker coming in, we're bursting with them. We might benefit from someone more experienced but I almost think it's better to see if the likes of Mitro sink or swim. We're not going to get a better chance to really get him an extended run in games we should be dominating. Ayoze Perez, Emmanuel Riviere, Adam Armstrong, Ivan Toney, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Dwight Gayle and young players like Callum Roberts, Alex Gilliead and Tom Heardman are the forwards in the squad. Of them Ivan Toney, Callum Roberts, Alex Gilliead and Tom Heardman will either be loaned out or play in the under 21s. There's been talk of possibly loaning out Adam Armstrong too. That leaves us with Ayoze Perez, Emmanuel Riviere, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dwight Gayle. I'm sure NUFC will be looking to offload Riviere. We could do with another experienced striker. We've got a lot of games to play and we simply must get promoted. I can't see Rafa being happy to see in Mitro sinks or swims. If he 'sinks' we'd mainly be relying on Gayle. Siem de Jong? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I wasnt even joking with Gouffran. He's listed as a striker now on the club website when he's been as midfielder previous. He was a striker for Bordeaux before Pardew got his hands on him and got double figures for them in his last two seasons there. I mean, we all know he's been shite, but you never know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Siem de Jong? He's not really a striker though is he? He's one of our many players whose best position is behind a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 If we're leaving nothing to chance, then we need to go out and get a proven goalscorer. It's vital we get up first time around. Gayle's only scored a handful at this level, and Mitro and Perez are yet to prove they can hit double figures. Perez and Mitro both look more comfortable laying it off as opposed to finishing moves. Yes, it's a lower level and you'd expect them to do better, but we need to learn lessons from last season and if we're pinning our hopes on those three and Armstrong, we're taking a risk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Last time Perez and Mitrovic played at a level similar to our Championship, one got 16, the other got 20. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 De Jong would be better as spare parts for the others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Shola looked like fucking Ibrahimovic last time we went down man, the league is shite, we'll be fine with what we have. Not that I would say no to another good goalscorer mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Gamez Anita Janmaat Mbabu (or at LB) Not bad for a Championship side having these players competing for the RB position Maybe Janmaat will leave but i'm not too sure about it. I think he will do better this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 It's looking quite clear that Sterry is being seriously considered for first-team football this season, so you can add him, too. We're looking okay for numbers in the full-back department. Dummett, Haidara and Mbabu for the left. Gamez, Anita, Sterry and Mbabu for the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Oh yes, him as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Comparing the latter pages of this thread to the first couple is quite interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Quite the change for obvious reasons Going from no hope to positive despite being relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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