Now That's What I Call Transfer Rumours! 7

[Anon]

I think the issue is we're currently playing with 4-3-3 with wingers rather than wide forwards. Surely you wouldn't consider Salah and Mané as wingers?

[54]

Whatever happens today, if we end up with as we are now, or get a couple in, ill I'm happy with it, as I think we could get by until January, and realistically it's going to take 2/3 years for us to fully rotate the squad.

[NE27]

Anything today is a bonus, so I'm just going to enjoy it in the knowledge we've done some cracking business.

[Shadow Puppets]

1 hour ago, TRon said:

Have had time to cool off after yesterday's heartbreak, but on reflection, I hope we learn from it that we must make at least one more addition to the squad. That weak bench cost us a point IMO, the players who came on weakened us visibly, and we needed a couple of very tired players to be replaced 20 mins earlier. Please don't sit on your laurels NUFC. We are close to a special season, but every other club is fighting for the same thing.

Our bench isn’t particularly weak when everyone is fully fit. I genuinely think that everyone is overstating of “weak” the squad is. It’s not. It’s just being highlighted right now because we happen to have 3 of our best players out at the same time. If everyone’s fit, our bench is significantly better.

[Nucasol]

2 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said:

Our bench isn’t particularly weak when everyone is fully fit. I genuinely think that everyone is overstating of “weak” the squad is. It’s not. It’s just being highlighted right now because we happen to have 3 of our best players out at the same time. If everyone’s fit, our bench is significantly better.

I’d say 4 - Shelvey would be a starter at this point if fit. Over 1/3rd of the team.

[Mazzy]

I'm not saying I've taken the result yesterday hard but I'd like a signing to cheer me up. 

 

Got to be some movement, don't want this deadline day to pass and only see Dubs leave.

[Ikon]

The biggest factor that makes people think our bench and squad is weak is mainly because they know how easily Wilson and ASM get injured. Some people say that it isn’t too bad because when everyone is fit there are decent options. Problem is that two of our best players aren’t fit a lot of the time so we don’t have a squad where most are fit, never mind the most important players. This makes the point kind of weak. 
 

Even then, we lack quality in some areas/squad. Don’t start with the bullshit can’t do it all in one window. That’s not what I’m saying or expecting. 

 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2022 by Ikon

[christ]

Where do we stand on player registrations? Hard to see us bringing anyone in (except maybe a centre mid) unless we can move a couple of players on.

[STM]

Whether we do anything or not, I don't know but I'm certain that the usual suspects will have us linked with someone to ramp up our interests.

 

SSN make sure every fan has something to look out for, because they want as many as possible watching.

[Conjo]

1 hour ago, Hanshithispantz said:

Nobody wants Isak as a winger though, he would be starting on the wing for defensive shape but would be playing as a ‘wide forward’. He wouldn’t be sitting out wide crossing the ball in.

 

Seems a waste to spend all his energy on doing Almiron-work operating as security for Trippier.

[ponsaelius]

12 minutes ago, christ said:

Where do we stand on player registrations? Hard to see us bringing anyone in (except maybe a centre mid) unless we can move a couple of players on.

 

If we don't register Krafth and Shelvey, nor shortstaff and Dubravka, I make it that we actually have a spare squad place at the moment.

[STM]

442 possible and 352

[Guest]

 

15 minutes ago, christ said:

Where do we stand on player registrations? Hard to see us bringing anyone in (except maybe a centre mid) unless we can move a couple of players on.

Currently have 29 (with Dubravka out the door)
Some likely to be left out: Krafth, Matty Longstaff, Watts, maybe Shelvey I really don't know

 

If those four aren't registered we'll have the 25 but sure we can make space/shift somebody is their is movement today (which I hope there is)

[KaKa]

4 minutes ago, Conjo said:

 

Seems a waste to spend all his energy on doing Almiron-work operating as security for Trippier.

 

Usually when a wide forward that you want high up the pitch is in that wide right position, you'd have the RCM cover the full back and the wide forward drop into a slightly more central area to be ready and available to break forward with the ball.

 

Similar to what we did against Man City with Joelinton and ASM to devastating effect.

[Hanshithispantz]

6 minutes ago, Conjo said:

 

Seems a waste to spend all his energy on doing Almiron-work operating as security for Trippier.

He wouldn’t be doing Almiron work as he isn’t that kind of player, I know where you’re going with this but it isn’t relevant, people don’t expect Isak to play as a winger, I don’t think it’s ever been suggested.

[cubaricho]

57 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

Wilson, ASM and Fraser, arguably our first choice 3 pre-Isak

Nope. 
 

You’ve watched the matches right?

[JonBez comesock]

31 minutes ago, christ said:

Where do we stand on player registrations? Hard to see us bringing anyone in (except maybe a centre mid) unless we can move a couple of players on.

I would stand on the top of the sheet as if we stand on the bottom part they won’t be able to see the signatures.

[cubaricho]

33 minutes ago, christ said:

Where do we stand on player registrations? Hard to see us bringing anyone in (except maybe a centre mid) unless we can move a couple of players on.

Eddie has us.

[geordie_b]

43 minutes ago, Mazzy said:

I'm not saying I've taken the result yesterday hard but I'd like a signing to cheer me up. 

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

Usually when a wide forward that you want high up the pitch is in that wide right position, you'd have the RCM cover the full back and the wide forward drop into a slightly more central area to be ready and available to break forward with the ball.

 

Similar to what we did against Man City with Joelinton and ASM to devastating effect.

 

If you've got Joelinton doing that for Maxi and someone else doing it for Isak, that's a helluva lot of pressure on Bruno to provide everything from the centre?

[KaKa]

Just now, Optimistic Nut said:

 

If you've got Joelinton doing that for Maxi and someone else doing it for Isak, that's a helluva lot of pressure on Bruno to provide everything from the centre?

 

It doesn't happen at the same time though. Usually the midfield rotates over to the relevant side the ball is on.

 

For example when Joe was helping Burn on the left to give Maxi a bit more license to be available to break, Bruno and Willock shifted over more to cover the middle.

[TK-421]

Being greedy, but I just hope we can bring one or two more in today, loans would do, so we have better options off the bench than Wood and/or Murphy.

[Nucasol]

16 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

Nope. 
 

You’ve watched the matches right?

Humour me - who’d you suggest Howe’s preferred front three was last season if they were all fit - excluding Wood as Wilson was crocked?

[Conjo]

34 minutes ago, Hanshithispantz said:

He wouldn’t be doing Almiron work as he isn’t that kind of player, I know where you’re going with this but it isn’t relevant, people don’t expect Isak to play as a winger, I don’t think it’s ever been suggested.

 

It's certainly possible that you and others see something I don't see or don't understand  Will be interesting to see what Howe ends up doing when/if everyone is fit at the same time no matter what. 

[Guest]

We did that last night despite Longstaff being poor and Murphy & Wood playing for nearly 30 minutes. Add Tielemans and Joao Pedro to this group and we'd smash it. Hope the owners think fuck it, let's do it.