Kilcline Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Wouldn't surprise me at all if he stayed next season because no-one will pay for him, we subsequently use him as the 3rd choice/donkey striker here and there - he decides/realises this is about what he can manage now then ends up staying another year or two on reduced terms playing the same sort of role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Quite unimpressed by our recruitment team on their decision to not pursue a striker (even a loan option) over both windows. Relying on Isak and Wilson to be fit for significant periods over a full season seemed fanciful, at best. A sale to the Saudi league in the summer would be a great option for all parties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 4 minutes ago, David Edgar said: Time for the glue factory. Like that part in Animal Farm (the clean version not the mucky one) where they send Boxer the much loved horse to be melted doon. Heartbreaking but it’s his time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Just now, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: Quite unimpressed by our recruitment team on their decision to not pursue a striker (even a loan option) over both windows. Relying on Isak and Wilson to be fit for significant periods over a full season seemed fanciful, at best. A sale to the Saudi league in the summer would be a great option for all parties. Blame Ashworth the cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likelylad Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Would a promoted team not take a punt on him to rotate? He’ll still get goals if fit. Big if obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Fucking hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Just now, Likelylad said: Would a promoted team not take a punt on him to rotate? He’ll still get goals if fit. Big if obviously. Possibly flog him to Southampton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 from a fucking needless tussle the end. What a sad way to bow out, if indeed he's moved on in the summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Should have sold and replaced him when we could still have got good money tbh. Makes no sense having two injury prone, albeit very good, strikers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Time to just cut our losses and move him on for whatever we can get for him. It's not his fault he's injury-prone but he's no good whatsoever to us as he misses as many matches as he's available for. Seems a canny bloke but we can't rely on him to stay fit for longer than a month and that's just not acceptable. He's just a talented crock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 5 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: Quite unimpressed by our recruitment team on their decision to not pursue a striker (even a loan option) over both windows. Relying on Isak and Wilson to be fit for significant periods over a full season seemed fanciful, at best. A sale to the Saudi league in the summer would be a great option for all parties. Any good striker’s available on loan in January ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 21 minutes ago, TRC said: Whoever is in charge of our recruitment probably needs replacing. Hall - no idea why we signed him Barnes - Good player, but Gordon is our best LW, Joelinton/Willock, Anderson can play there. Tonali - Bad luck, maybe not the right profile of player though? Livra - Good signing, but should still be playing more. On his way to Man Utd isn’t he ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 To be fair to Wilson, he shouldnt have even been on the pitch, he was absolutley gassed after 60 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Could see someone like Brentford taking a punt once Toney goes. £15-18m or so. Really? He's literally the most un-Brentford signing possible. They're data led and sign players on the up within a very restricted wage bracket. Like Brighton the only aging players they go for are unspectacular free transfers - e.g. Ben Mee. The case in point here being they just spent £32 million on a 22 year old Brazilian striker from Brugge in anticipation of replacing Toney. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/14/brentford-announce-30m-signing-of-club-brugge-striker-igor-thiago Edited February 15, 2024 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 3 minutes ago, TRC said: To be fair to Wilson, he shouldnt have even been on the pitch, he was absolutley gassed after 60 minutes. This is another issue over the season. Players are being flogged to death to cover the gaps throughout the squad due to injuries and lack of rotation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 (edited) So basically he’s got a broken tit? Thanks for the service Callum, but I’ll be very disappointed if he’s at the club next season (unless it’s as a third choice striker with a very strong backup for Isak) Edited February 15, 2024 by mouldy_uk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 Only Callum Wilson could be out for 3 months with a sprained tit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 2 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: This is another issue over the season. Players are being flogged to death to cover the gaps throughout the squad due to injuries and lack of rotation. I'm sure Lewis Hall on for him, with Gordon going up top for 20 minutes would have been better than what we did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 What`s next, a twisted fucking sock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 27 minutes ago, TRC said: Whoever is in charge of our recruitment probably needs replacing. Hall - no idea why we signed him Barnes - Good player, but Gordon is our best LW, Joelinton/Willock, Anderson can play there. Tonali - Bad luck, maybe not the right profile of player though? Livra - Good signing, but should still be playing more. Still think our business was relatively solid. Not amazing, but alright. It put us in a position where we had two competent players in every position and plenty who can play multiple roles. There's still plenty to do. We still have holes all over the squad, but it's going to take time to fill them with quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 I'm happy with all our signings this season aside from possibly Hall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 I'm not sure what the inability to rotate has to do with this particular injury either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: I'm not sure what the inability to rotate has to do with this particular injury either. Its just another freak injury. Probably only Wilson and De Jong capable of it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 (edited) 23 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Still think our business was relatively solid. Not amazing, but alright. It put us in a position where we had two competent players in every position and plenty who can play multiple roles. There's still plenty to do. We still have holes all over the squad, but it's going to take time to fill them with quality. Yeah, I'm not inclined to slag off last summer too much. It was a shocker that we didn't get an upgrade on Miggy, for example, but I don't feel I can strongly criticise until I know what our options were. We seem to have a policy of not just buying anyone for a needed position, which I approve of. If the players we genuinely fancied couldn't be had, I can sympathise. Specifically on Hall, it's worth remembering the only reason we got him was the first season was free. So it wasn't £30m we could've used elsewhere for this season. Edited February 15, 2024 by 80 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted February 15, 2024 Share Posted February 15, 2024 (edited) The least surprising news ever. This season has been so bad that this doesn't even warrant a shrug. Edited February 15, 2024 by Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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