Mike Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Wood Murphy ASM Miggy imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Genuinely feel we're fucked. What were they playing at not getting anything else up top? Ownership have huge questions to answer if we go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 The situation hasn't really drastically changed, like. Wilson was always realistically only going to be returning mid March, and probably only fully fit by April anyway, wasn't he? I get the frustration with the striker situation, but it's not like we just downed tools and didn't try to bring a striker in, it's just not particularly easy to convince clubs to sell their best strikers in Jan and it's even more difficult when most players also don't want to join a relegation scrap. People will point to the likes of Weghurst moving to Burnley, but I'm far from convinced that he's any better than Wood at this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Man Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) There were massive deficiencies across all areas of the team that needed addressing and those largely got addressed, if a striker had been the only problem area then fair enough they fucked up but they did sign one striker for 25 million (bad value or otherwise) and clearly tried to get at least one more of similar value. It's obviously a non ideal situation to be in right now, but it's hardly a shambles or a massive dereliction of duty when we've reinforced with genuine quality across several positions in the hardest period of year to buy any players, it's certainly nowhere near the levels of shambles of the last 14 years anyway. But people love complaining. Edited February 7, 2022 by Dandy Man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 33 minutes ago, huss9 said: wow, that really is bad planning. its inexcusable we didnt get another pacy front man in. wood was a panic buy to get a striker in for the watford game, hence the gamble. but if the plan was that he would be our main striker for the rest of the season then we have royally fucked up. it is "hoped" we have wilson back for the end of the season - even that is in doubt. fucks sake. Bad planning? The owners tried non stop to get another striker in but as we know there just weren't any available. People on here have short memories and the more I read the more I think they deserved Bruce and Ashley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 It's too early to judge Wood, but it looks like there's a bigger role for Gayle and Eddie's going to have to get a tune out of him. If the signings click, we'll be keeping the ball much more, playing further up the field, and playing to feet, so that should create better chances. Gayle scored two as a sub in the last preseason friendly against Norwich, and came close against Burnley in the league cup. He seems to be moving okay in that game, the highlights are on the club's Youtube, so I don't see a completely lost cause there. If nothing else, he's bound to be fitter now than he was with four days off a week under Bruce. Its far from ideal, but the clubs we have to finish above aren't ram packed with striking talent either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillingtonMag Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Surley we could have at least took a punt on another forward from abroad like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Well, shit. Was hoping for a minor miracle and him to return earlier than predicted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, WillingtonMag said: Surley we could have at least took a punt on another forward from abroad like. I don’t get this “there’s no strikers out there”. Did we place a bid for a striker other than Ekitike? Can’t remember too many. I still think Wood is Howe’s choice and he’s content with him to see out the season, the lack of intensity in our striker search gave me that feeling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big River Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, WillingtonMag said: Surley we could have at least took a punt on another forward from abroad like. Ekitike was the punt, he just didn't fancy it. It's difficult to sign a striker at the best of times, never mind in January, in a relegation scrap, with a misfit crew handling negotiations, rival clubs playing funny buggers etc. as far as Wilson is concerned, if we stay up, I'd be looking to move him on in the Summer. he's a crock and not even that good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Mavididi has 8 goals this season, is an English lad playing in France and his brother is in our academy. Cannot understand why we didn't make that happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc35i Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 13 minutes ago, xLiaaamx said: Mavididi has 8 goals this season, is an English lad playing in France and his brother is in our academy. Cannot understand why we didn't make that happen. Did not know that we had his brother - is he any good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Personally I think gayle is finished when Wilson originally got injured he stuck maxi up top instead of playing gayle. Got to be miggy in my book he scored a fair few at atlanta didn't he? Plus his pace will be much needed aswell as his runs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, andyc35i said: Did not know that we had his brother - is he any good? Shaun's only 16. In terms of U21 strikers Westendorf would be most suited to help in emergency. Stephenson has more experience but he's stick thin where as Westendorf is much more imposing. Edited February 7, 2022 by xLiaaamx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Oh aye and the kid from Goal has literally not played a single minute. Great signing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 44 minutes ago, xLiaaamx said: Oh aye and the kid from Goal has literally not played a single minute. Great signing It's an odd situation that I can't quite figure out. This kid is not another Nacho Gonzalez. He was/is highly rated in Mexico and has been chased by the US and Mexico at international level. The idea he's not even getting a kick for our youths makes no sense even if there's talk of an injury. Edited February 7, 2022 by Thiago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Regarding Joelinton up top, there's ways to probably make it work like but he would need goalscorers around him, which we don't really have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Wood Gayle ASM All can play in his absence. The idea of Murphy and Almiron as Strikers is ridiculous, and keep Joelinton where he is, he's doing great in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Probably going to have to sell him in the summer like. Can’t afford to carry him if he’s going to miss half of each season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Dandy Man said: There were massive deficiencies across all areas of the team that needed addressing and those largely got addressed, if a striker had been the only problem area then fair enough they fucked up but they did sign one striker for 25 million (bad value or otherwise) and clearly tried to get at least one more of similar value. It's obviously a non ideal situation to be in right now, but it's hardly a shambles or a massive dereliction of duty when we've reinforced with genuine quality across several positions in the hardest period of year to buy any players, it's certainly nowhere near the levels of shambles of the last 14 years anyway. But people love complaining. As I understand. We were £5m or so away from landing Lingard. It was never worth the risk to walk away imo. I have some blame for Howe on this. He should've pushed hard for another attacker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: As I understand. We were £5m or so away from landing Lingard. It was never worth the risk to walk away imo. I have some blame for Howe on this. He should've pushed hard for another attacker. Nah. Man U didn’t want us to take him, especially once the Greenwood thing kicked off. They were also scared of strengthening a future rival. What’s going on with your opinions today? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Can Lingard play up top like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, xLiaaamx said: Mavididi has 8 goals this season, is an English lad playing in France and his brother is in our academy. Cannot understand why we didn't make that happen. He was the one who I thought was going to be the “surprise” signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, andycap said: Personally I think gayle is finished when Wilson originally got injured he stuck maxi up top instead of playing gayle. Got to be miggy in my book he scored a fair few at atlanta didn't he? Plus his pace will be much needed aswell as his runs. Would still fancy Gayle to score over Miggy any day of the week, at least he has the instincts of a striker. He's not good enough for sure, but right now we may end up needing him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 15 minutes ago, TRon said: Would still fancy Gayle to score over Miggy any day of the week, at least he has the instincts of a striker. He's not good enough for sure, but right now we may end up needing him. Playing miggy though would create space for our midfielders to score which might be a better bet than a static gayle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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