NUFC Transfer Rumours

[PauloGeordio]

2 minutes ago, Izakaya said:

Elanga man 😩

 

What the fuck was that Statsbomb partnership all about if that's the best we're aiming for?

 

Literally Fulham/Wolves tier shit. 

That’s the only name he (Waugh) can throw in the hat as we had alleged interest at the end of the summer window. He knows fook all about any other options! There will be other options.

[r0cafella]

3 minutes ago, Izakaya said:

Elanga man 😩

 

What the fuck was that Statsbomb partnership all about if that's the best we're aiming for?

 

Literally Fulham/Wolves tier shit. 

Statsbomb are just data providers they aren't making decisions or selecting targets for us.  

[r0cafella]

33 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Mental if the best we can do is Elanga.

I think he's decent but paying a premium for him would be silly. If we wanted him we should have got him before forest did. 

[Lush Vlad]

Doesn’t massively make sense, either. As isn’t he right footed? I thought Howe preferred inverted wingers? Murphy playing on the right seems at odds to what he’s gone with most of his time here. If Miggy comes on, Murphy goes to the left, for example. 
 

I don’t think he’s a a bad player and I actually think he could be very effective for us. But considering how long RW has been a position of need. It’s hardly transformative or a signing to get excited about. 

[Izakaya]

3 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Statsbomb are just data providers they aren't making decisions or selecting targets for us.  

 

Yes, but we provide the data parameters. If we input what we want then it spits out 'Anthony Elanga' then we don't want the right fuckin' things 😂

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, Izakaya said:

 

Yes, but we provide the data parameters. If we input what we want then it spits out 'Anthony Elanga' then we don't want the right fuckin' things 😂

If the profile we are after ends up being Elanga and you deem this to be a negative then it's a recruitment/ tactical issue. 

[SUPERTOON]

9 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

That’s the only name he (Waugh) can throw in the hat as we had alleged interest at the end of the summer window. He knows fook all about any other options! There will be other options.

We all thought the same in the summer regarding Guehi, turns out we did only have one target.

[PauloGeordio]

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

We all thought the same in the summer regarding Guehi, turns out we did only have one target.

Let’s hope some sensibility and reflection has crept in and we aren’t in as a desperate position.

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

We all thought the same in the summer regarding Guehi, turns out we did only have one target.

Technically not true, given our offers for Olise and Tosin although I do appreciate your sentiment. 

 

I think we've Guehi, we got tunnel vision as the noises sent to us was he really wanted to come. We obviously spectacularly failed the calculation of Palace being willing sellers. 

[PauloGeordio]

Would folk still be happy with Guehi at a marked down price? Sure others may be in for him now (England international and all).

[Kid Icarus]

Bet we go back in for Guler.

[r0cafella]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

Bet we go back in for Guler.

Out of our reach imo. 

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, r0cafella said:

Out of our reach imo. 

Probably, we'll still try though I reckon. 

[kingxlnc]

Here’s the irony of all ironies… Chris Wood is exactly the third striker we still needed to keep. More durable than Wilson and n more experienced than Wilson. Tireless worker. Would have been the perfect guy to replace Isak after 65 mins. 
 

[TRon]

Just now, kingxlnc said:

Here’s the irony of all ironies… Chris Wood is exactly the third striker we still needed to keep. More durable than Wilson and n more experienced than Wilson. Tireless worker. Would have been the perfect guy to replace Isak after 65 mins. 
 

 

I'm still glad we got most of our money back on him. If we want a backup striker in their 30's I think we could probably find someone for a bit less.

[JEToon]

I would still take Guehi, he looks a player a bit out of form following a summer where he was linked with a move and was faced with being slightly destabilized, a bit like Gordon who I am still happy enough for us to have, it happens. 

 

Elanga for a fee being spoke of between what seems to range from 35 to 50 million feels wrong, should be finding other options somewhere other than that

[Kid Icarus]

1 hour ago, kingxlnc said:

Here’s the irony of all ironies… Chris Wood is exactly the third striker we still needed to keep. More durable than Wilson and n more experienced than Wilson. Tireless worker. Would have been the perfect guy to replace Isak after 65 mins. 
 

We have a penchant for undervaluing forwards if they're not scoring regularly like. 

[TRon]

It's worth bearing in mind Wood was never our third striker as people keep referring him as. He was our 2nd striker as backup to Wilson. We sold Wood and bought Isak unless I'm remembering this wrong. The third striker is Osula, although even that's not strictly accurate as he's fourth choice behind Gordon.

[Fak]

1 minute ago, TRon said:

It's worth bearing in mind Wood was never our third striker as people keep referring him as. He was our 2nd striker as backup to Wilson. We sold Wood and bought Isak unless I'm remembering this wrong. The third striker is Osula, although even that's not strictly accurate as he's fourth choice behind Gordon.

 

We signed Isak in August 2022, we sold Wood in January 2023.

[TRon]

Just now, Fak said:

 

We signed Isak in August 2022, we sold Wood in January 2023.

 

I know that, once we signed Isak we were never going to keep Wood as a third striker. Effectively Isak was bought as Wood's replacement even if it was done in reverse order.

[Fak]

2 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

I know that, once we signed Isak we were never going to keep Wood as a third striker. Effectively Isak was bought as Wood's replacement even if it was done in reverse order.

 

Ah I see what you mean.

 

TBF we were never going to keep Wood full stop regardless if he was first, second or third choice.

[TRon]

2 minutes ago, Fak said:

 

Ah I see what you mean.

 

TBF we were never going to keep Wood full stop regardless if he was first, second or third choice.

 

 

Wood was never the answer, he would not have stayed as a third striker, and tbh we can't afford to keep spending tens of millions on players in their 30's who we have to write off. We did it with Burn, Trippier and Wood, and it worked out because they saved us effectively. But with PSR, it was right to go for someone in the Osula mode, although how good he actually is is anyone's guess.

[Fak]

2 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

Wood was never the answer, he would not have stayed as a third striker, and tbh we can't afford to keep spending tens of millions on players in their 30's who we have to write off. We did it with Burn, Trippier and Wood, and it worked out because they saved us effectively. But with PSR, it was right to go for someone in the Osula mode, although how good he actually is is anyone's guess.

 

Yup.

 

Wood was a panic buy which iirc was triggered by our cup exit at home Cambridge. With Wilson injured we had ASM up top he flopped.

 

With no striker, ASM looking lost up front and some big games ahead I think we just went for it and met Wood's release clause at Burnley. If we had tried to sign anyone else no doubt we'd have wasted time haggling as clubs tried to fleece us over our Newcastle tax. 

 

 

[Harry 209]

is this Oscar Gloukh any good? Never heard of him myself.

[Sibierski]

Also, feels Wood needs playing consistently to get these numbers. Him in and out getting scrap minutes, would see him be rusty and people moaning about him.