The Prophet Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Gallagher would be ideal for one of the number eight roles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kocunar Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I know we have European competition to play next year, and we need more depth. I would still rather buy 3 top quality players rather than fill our squad with mediocre players that we will be stuck with for years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 12 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: The Athletic reporting current targets are including, but not restricted to: Maddison Tierney Gallagher McTominay Szoboszlai Kheperen Thuram Beeeeeeew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 minute ago, kocunar said: I know we have European competition to play next year, and we need more depth. I would still rather buy 3 top quality players rather than fill our squad with mediocre players that we will be stuck with for years. Could well be a mix of both. I'm as excited to see players coming in to develop for 2/3 yrs down the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 minute ago, kocunar said: I know we have European competition to play next year, and we need more depth. I would still rather buy 3 top quality players rather than fill our squad with mediocre players that we will be stuck with for years. Yeh I think it would be nice to get some players in that Eddie doesn't have to work his magic on. Thuram and Szoboszlai from the above list are type I want, players that improve us immediately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Would prefer Gallagher to Tierney. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 The club clearly know what they are doing (Christ, feels weird saying that) so even if these signings aren't the glamorous ones ou are hoping for, thryll be the right fit to complete the jigsaw. Consistency is key now. Consistent in our form across competitions and to be in the mix for everything. We need a bigger quality squad for that. Theyll find the right balance I'm sure. BTW, we managed to grab botman and Isak last year when all we did was survive relegation (quite handsomely in the end) this year, players will be all over us wanting to join. We're the real deal already. At least 2 years ahead of ourselves in we see CL through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Would prefer Gallagher to Tierney. Not at left back, you wouldn’t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 5 hours ago, Rafalove said: You seen him play? Care to give us a run down in what he’s like and how good he is? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) If we do get Champions League it's a guaranteed 6 extra games before Christmas, given the way this season has been scheduled due to the World Cup I'm not sure how much of a difference these extra games will make to us having to play twice per week & thus then the squads make up. The Premier League will be back to it's usual schedule, we knew the squad would need to be bigger regardless of European football but I don't think we need to be going out and getting in additional 6/7/8 players. Those that leave will need replacing and then we need to add a few bits of quality and a couple of squad/younger players. Edited May 19, 2023 by KDT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kocunar Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, KaKa said: Watching him on the field, he looks like a perfect Howe player. He is basically Maddison that also contributes a lot defensively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 I would still really like Maddison despite his recent drop off. Howe will rejuvenate him and he'll be good for > 1 g/a per game for us. If he gets those numbers in a diabolical Leicester team then he can surely do even better for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 It’s going to be interesting to see who we might sell. for instance we are probably in a position to sell Murphy to Burnley for £15m if we wanted to but we may never have an opportunity to do that again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 minute ago, James said: It’s going to be interesting to see who we might sell. for instance we are probably in a position to sell Murphy to Burnley for £15m if we wanted to but we may never have an opportunity to do that again. Agree. This might be the right moment to cash in on some players that have overperformed. Murphy and Miggy come to mind, but I would guess Miggy is untouchable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Leon Bailey had better G/A in the Bundesliga. I trust that league less than Ligue 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 One good thing about having a small squad this season - is we will only sell 1, maybe 2 players that have had decent minutes. Like a Winger. Everyone else who got us here will stay and have opportunities to play. Love that for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 We aren’t getting 15 million for Murphy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 16 minutes ago, toon25 said: Gallagher has looked like a headless chicken every time I've seen him this season. I'm sure Eddie could work his magic but he'll cost, what, 35-40 million? Great time to go for Gallagher as the past year has seen him become quite underrated. His year at Palace he was driving forward with the ball, and scoring and creating goal opportunities. He was only 21 years old at the time too. Still think he'd be a really good pickup. In a settled and consistent role in the team he would look more like the Palace version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said: We aren’t getting 15 million for Murphy Let’s wait and see if Forest stay up… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 we probably don't have to sell many who've actually featured for us tbh. I wouldn't want us selling Murphy at all yet, he's class. Dubravka, Lewis, Fraser and at least one of Krafth/Manquillo as certs to leave. That's 4, maybe 5 spaces freed up already. I think Targett will probably be off as well. Especially if we sign another left back. I wouldn't be surprised if we kept hold of Dummett but didn't register him for the league and had him as a club homegrown option in Europe. Ritchie but he will probably want to go and play somewhere. But that's 7 registration slots freed up. We aren't going to be singing more than that I don't think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Because of FFP we are going to have to sell some good players on this journey, not just about clearing the deadwood. selling a good player or two ahead of their depreciation this summer might mean that Bruno stays beyond 2024 as we wouldn't need to sell him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 We have a small squad though. And I don’t expect an overhaul of a team that will have finished 3rd. We’ll sell as many wingers as we sign. Probably 1. We could sign 2 midfielders and let Anderson go out on loan. We could sign a CB and LB. And not lose anyone with significant game time (sorry Targett). And a proper backup GK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Lets just enjoy the ride Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: We have a small squad though of first team quality players aye, but we are still using all 25 league registration slots and I'm not sure Krafth is even registered as one of those. There are still a lot of players in the squad to move on if we want to sign additions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc35i Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Yesterday’s game highlighted the lack of squad depth and the need for 4-6 top quality signings. I felt we needed to make changes to freshen things up in the second half, but there was just nobody on the bench you could trust to come on and do the job we needed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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