gbandit Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I think thereās a decent chance he stays for one more year although thereāll be offers from tons of clubs so if Spurs make an offer I could see him going Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Iād be against signing Eriksen who is still undoubtedly a wry good footballer, but Iād rather we sign a younger player on the up in the mould of him in terms of his attacking and playmaking game myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Plus knowing NUFC heād probably have another heart attack playing for us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 1 hour ago, wormy said: Doea anyone imagine Eriksen could give Brentford another year at least as a thank you for giving him a chance? Or has he proven he's still got too much quality to waste his early 30s at a mid-table club?Ā Ā Yeah, I think he owes them another season. Ā Easy to say when it's not my career, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 He's came in and helped keep them in the league comfortably when they looked like they where heading for a relegation scrap.Ā Ā I reckon he's repayed the gamble they took on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macphisto Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 If it was a choice, I'd go for Eriksen well ahead of Lingard. I agree with the club looking to lower the age of the squad but I also like the idea of a few older top pros who have been there and done it to be role models, leaders on and off the pitch, help raise the standards in the club and also maintain team discipline. They would also play a key part in helping young overseas players settle and let them know what is expected. The question that poses is are there many older players from the Ashley era who could act as role models for promising young players we sign in the future?Ā Ā What got me thinking about the above is the situation at Man U, where from the outside it looks like they are really missing older players to set the tone for younger players to follow.Ā Ā Ā Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Ā Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Be amazed if we could get him but he would be perfect for the next two years while we bed in younger players for the futureĀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 It depends what heās looking for out of his final few seasons. Heād improve us so much but I canāt imagine him outside of London now heās probably settled again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Did he get on with Trippier from his Spurs days? Maybe someones had a word. Regardless transfer rumours at this point are very very unreliable and a lot can change even if that is true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 51 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Ā Donāt want anyone who has worn red and white marra Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I can understand this, he's only contracted at Brentford till the summer if I belive correctly. So there would be no fee, he'd add a huge amount of Premier League experience and he's clearly still capable of performing at this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stottie Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 20 hours ago, macphisto said: I really don't get this kind of thinking, why would you put off changes that you'll make at some point in the future? Take away Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea and possibly Spurs and we are more than capable of matching any other team by the end of the 2023/24 summer transfer window if we make the right signings, starting this summer. One other thing to bear in mind regarding FFP, prices are only going to go up in the future so if we can get the right players now then we should go for them as we'll save money.Ā Ā Ā This was in response to me and I have a lot of sympathy with it. It's the evolution vs. revolution debate though. Staveley etc. themselves have said that they want an evolution based approach. If the goal is for Top 6-8 next season, the bar is not that high and can be achieved through evolution of what we have. Howe has talked about team spirit across the camp.Ā I reckon Top 6-8 can be achieved with maybe only two new first team players (attackers of course) and upgrades on Darlow, Krafth etc. To seriously challenge for Top 4, we need seven or eight new starters, which is massive investment and rips up the whole team leaving Bruno, Trippier and a few backups. Everyone else ends up in the "replace him" spotlight. We have come so far in a few short months with Howe, with a whole clearly exceeding the sum of the parts, and it would be nice to see how things can evolve further without rushing to replace Targett (as Villa did), Burn, Joelinton etc. with expensive players who may not prove to be significant upgrades. I don't think he's ultimately Top 4, but I'd like to see another season of ASM, or at least one season where he's not the team's only outball and can receive it thirty yards from their goal, not forty yards from ours. Ā If big cash is to be spent, which I'm certainly not against, let it be on a forward or wide forward and not on a simple disruptor like Kalvin Phillips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 The bar is very high for top 6-8 imo. Ā I think the evolution vs revolution talk by Staveley is to keep prices down. We aren't going to force massive transfers. We aren't going to force it. If we can only get 3-4 top class first team members we'll do just that. That might mean starting with Schar-Burn but we could end up with a new partnership if the players and price is right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) 3 dream signingsĀ Ā EricksonĀ NunezĀ Luiz PaquettaĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Edited April 13, 2022 by JonBez comesock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macphisto Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, Stottie said: This was in response to me and I have a lot of sympathy with it. It's the evolution vs. revolution debate though. Staveley etc. themselves have said that they want an evolution based approach. If the goal is for Top 6-8 next season, the bar is not that high and can be achieved through evolution of what we have. Howe has talked about team spirit across the camp.Ā I reckon Top 6-8 can be achieved with maybe only two new first team players (attackers of course) and upgrades on Darlow, Krafth etc. To seriously challenge for Top 4, we need seven or eight new starters, which is massive investment and rips up the whole team leaving Bruno, Trippier and a few backups. Everyone else ends up in the "replace him" spotlight. We have come so far in a few short months with Howe, with a whole clearly exceeding the sum of the parts, and it would be nice to see how things can evolve further without rushing to replace Targett (as Villa did), Burn, Joelinton etc. with expensive players who may not prove to be significant upgrades. I don't think he's ultimately Top 4, but I'd like to see another season of ASM, or at least one season where he's not the team's only outball and can receive it thirty yards from their goal, not forty yards from ours. Ā If big cash is to be spent, which I'm certainly not against, let it be on a forward or wide forward and not on a simple disruptor like Kalvin Phillips. I would read more into the actions of Stavely and Howe more than their words. Stavely can't publicly come out and say they will spend a load of money as that would lead to inflated transfer fees and unbearable scrutiny given the opposition to Saudi ownership. It is also worth noting though that she wants us challenging in 5 years which doesn't indicate evolution. Same with Howe, in the middle of a relegation fight until recent weeks so he had no other choice than to build team spirit. He even said this week that Gayle is the best trainer at the club and yet he's hardly ever used him.Ā Ā With regards to the summer, if we eventually need seven or eight new starters then why not start the process now with say four/five players? Bear in mind some/most of the the players we sign, like Bruno, won't be at the top of their game but clearly have huge potential for them to be special players in the future. They will also most likely come from overseas and will need time to adapt to the league. We also have to factor in that even with the best recruitment team not every transfer will work out. So say in the best realistic scenario that we sign five 1st team players this summer, it is likely that only four at the very most will work out in the long term.Ā Ā Ā Personally, I can see the following positions being targeted this summer and I don't see any point in keeping any of the current players in brackets, even as squad players: Goalkeeper (Dubravka) Centre half (Lascelles &Ā FernĆ”ndez (is he out of contract?)) Midfield (I don't think we click as a unit & would binĀ Longstaff) Forward (Nothing needs to be said) Wide forward (Almiron) Ā The transfers could be made up from top quality free players such as Eriksen to players like Phillips who would cost around Ā£60 million (used midfield as an example of our options with regards to transfer fees. I'm not advocating Phillips, just an example). Ā One thing to note about the upcoming season, we don't know what impact the World Cup will have? I could see a scenario where players like Willock might not get a game at the beginning of the season but post-world cup he might get a run of games in place of Bruno as he recovers from being in Qatar.Ā Ā Make the changes above and with the right recruitment we would have a very competitive team. Not only would the new players themselves benefit the team but I could also see players like Joelinton/Burn/ASM stepping up their game and keeping the new recruits out of the team, particularly as some recruits will take time to adapt to the league.Ā Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) PlusĀ keep TargettĀ Ā Add a quality centre halfĀ Ā see how things pan out until JanuaryĀ Ā with those additions (plus Nunez and either Erickson or Paquetta)Ā Ā I could see 8th placeĀ Edited April 13, 2022 by JonBez comesock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Sounds like Nunez will go for ludicrous money, which may rule us out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 28 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Sounds like Nunez will go for ludicrous money, which may rule us out. He'll be after CL football too I'd imagine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, toon25 said: He'll be after CL football too I'd imagine. Probably, but how many clubs can afford the fee? Ā Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Chelsea if their sale goes through? Arsenal too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Just now, TRC said: Chelsea if their sale goes through? Arsenal too I donāt think Chelsea need a striker, Arsenal do however but they were linked with Isak.Ā Ā point being, the asking price means he doesnāt have a lot of options.Ā Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Chelsea always need a striker, I imagine they move on from Romelu this summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macphisto Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Worth noting Nunez has recently changed agents to Jorge Mendes so the paper talk might just be his agent trying to start a bidding war. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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