Raconteur Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 12:06, Consortium of one said: I quite like Van der Beek. Out of place at Man U. Quite talented and will likely come with something to prove. Don't want Bailly, Don't want Lingard. Iffy on Martial. Expand Pretty much my my thoughts on all four Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 What are our priorities then? I'd say a couple of full backs, a centre mid and a right sided forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 We need a new spine really new centre half, new central midfield player possibly 2 if you want to upgrade both an attacking and defensive one and also a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 12:31, The Prophet said: What are our priorities then? I'd say a couple of full backs, a centre mid and a right sided forward. Expand A centre forward I'd have thought seeing as we can't win games when Wilson is injured...which is usually quite a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 CM and CF first of all, I think coaching can make the defence acceptable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 12:31, The Prophet said: What are our priorities then? I'd say a couple of full backs, a centre mid and a right sided forward. Expand I don't think we should give up on Lewis yet at LB. He's been managed by an absolute muppet ever since we signed him and there's clearly a good player in there. I'd like to see what he can do under an actual football manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Anyone got a list of wonderkids? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) Guess the priority question goes hand in hand with the other questions how much value is there in January, what position and therefore how desperate situation will we find ourselves in and how much we will be able to ship out to free up space. Will shipping out manage to these people? If it doesn't matter about the dead wood then how many changes is acceptable 3-5? If we were to buy/loan 5 players then it gives us more scope in terms of priority areas. if we wont accept players just hanging around not registered and unable to shift how many can we realistically get rid of in 1 transfer window to make way for new players. Edited October 11, 2021 by nufcjmc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Clubs will be out to skin us in January. We can't come out and panic buy. Target players to purchase, establish a fair price and if we get them, we get them. One in, one out, IMO. Sell, loan, whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 One in one out might not be particularly sensible given the likelihood that some of our deadwood will be hard to shift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 For me the priority would be cm. other than Willock I’m not keen on any of our uptown’s there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I always think, whenever you ask any football fan anywhere what they need, it will always be a commanding defender, a central midfielder, and a reliable striker. I.e., basically the spine of a whole team. Out of all those, I think another striker would be just enough to keep us up and that's got to be the ambition this season, while we get things sorted and rebuild in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nortoon Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 After February I'd like to see this first team, assuming they have a new manager in which i expect they will very shortly: new - same cbs - same cbs - new new - new new - Willock - St. Maxi new Assuming we spend big on a new striker, we need one more and even though i love Wilson i dont see the point in getting another "backup". Let them fight it out for that spot. Hopefully the striker will be someone prolific like Immobile or whatever. Central midfield is my 2nd big priority, seeing as i dont think any of them are good enough. Would like a new pairing, with the longstaffs and hayden as backup. Ship out Shelvster and Hendrick. Fullbacks seem a priority now, but you wonder whether there is a decent player in Lewis if a coach with a brain is here. Also think Manquillo can do an alright job, and the cbs are alright and not a huge liability or priority to replace. Would like a new winger on the opposite side of Maxi with end-product, i see Chiesa has been mentioned. I love Almiron but i think he prefers playing through the middle offensively, and i dont see it working very well with him and Willock in the same side, but him sure he will still get many games. Thats 6 new players in January i would like, not exactly Ashley-esque any more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 I wonder if we'd consider going big to get Toney back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 My only worry about our recruitment will be the lack of squad places, do we think we will just let go of the deadwood for peanuts, payoff the contracts of the ones on lower salaries? I can't see too many of the deadwood easily sellable? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 14:21, The Prophet said: I wonder if we'd consider going big to get Toney back. Expand Good shout actually. There’s not all that many strikers out there with those attributes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Before we sign anyone we need to bring in a management setup with a clear ethos of how we will play. Then the list/options of players who will fit into that becomes far more manageable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 14:14, nortoon said: Thats 6 new players in January i would like, not exactly Ashley-esque any more. Expand What are the rules in January transfer windows? Aren't there limits on how many players you can register? I'll have to check Football Manager(!) but I have an inkling it's 3 additions plus 3 replacements... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 14:21, The Prophet said: I wonder if we'd consider going big to get Toney back. Expand He'll probably be massively overpriced now. He looks great right now, but must be a chance he'd turn into another Andy Carroll where the fee gets inflated on the back of a good start to a season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) On 11/10/2021 at 14:42, TRon said: He'll probably be massively overpriced now. He looks great right now, but must be a chance he'd turn into another Andy Carroll where the fee gets inflated on the back of a good start to a season. Expand 320 billion and you think Ivan Toney is the man we'd sign. Edited October 11, 2021 by Dr.Spaceman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nortoon Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 As quite the FM nerd thats only in regards to re-registering players for champions league, i think its 3 max then. For registering a new squad for the english competitions they might be cup-tied or something, but there is no number limit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 14:53, Dr.Spaceman said: 320 billion and you think Ivan Toney is the man we'd sign. Expand He'd be a very solid signing for the next couple of years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 14:53, Dr.Spaceman said: 320 billion and you think Ivan Toney is the man we'd sign. Expand Not really, I was responding to another poster who suggested Toney. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 14:55, The Prophet said: He'd be a very solid signing for the next couple of years. Expand Toney is the sort of signing we should have been looking at pre-takeover. Post-takeover we will be looking at Champions League level players man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 15:27, Dr.Spaceman said: Toney is the sort of signing we should have been looking at pre-takeover. Post-takeover we will be looking at Champions League level players man. Expand I think you've set your sights too high for right now. Toney is a quality talent and someone that could grow with the club over the next few years. We aren't going to be going out and buying Haaland and the likes right now. Signing the best players from outside the top six will be part of the process. Much like Man City initially did with the likes of Bridges and Barry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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