relámpago blanco Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 29 minutes ago, La Parka said: Bored of this now. We look desperate as fuck.. That's because we are. I also have to say it's hard to be overly critical of the club as they tried to sign their targets early but got rejected one way or another at every step of the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Larsen scored 14 PL goals with Wolves ranking bottom 5 for open-play crosses. The guy thrives on wide service but only 5 goals came from crosses. Imagine the output with better supply. 60m is a lot though. Like a lot a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Norwegian journo says that the interest is so real that his agent has travelled to England to be ready if anything happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 1 minute ago, McCormick said: Larsen scored 14 PL goals with Wolves ranking bottom 5 for open-play crosses. The guy thrives on wide service but only 5 goals came from crosses. Imagine the output with better supply. 60m is a lot though. Like a lot a lot. Agree with this. I think he’d thrive here but we’re gonna have to over pay £10m-£15m for whatever striker we go for and some of that is our own doing. Im firmly in the just pay whatever it takes to sign a striker now. I also think I’m him over Wissa for the reasons you mentioned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 7 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said: That's because we are. I also have to say it's hard to be overly critical of the club as they tried to sign their targets early but got rejected one way or another at every step of the way. What I miss is more creativity when it comes to scouting, surely there's more value for money in the European leagues. Yes we haven't had a proper recruitment team but what is the Moneyball guy doing for example? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 (edited) 5 minutes ago, BeloEmre said: Norwegian journo says that the interest is so real that his agent has travelled to England to be ready if anything happens. No reason is small enough for us to make a case for having travel expenses covered, which we can conveniently combine with going to a football match or more. Edited August 25, 2025 by Conjo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Past worrying about over paying for players now but bidding for a striker with only days left of the transfer window isn’t just desperate it’s negligent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Defer to Eddie’s judgment but I really don’t think from what I’ve seen he’ll be anything other than a weakness in the first Xl should he end up there. We can and should do better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 5 minutes ago, Ronaldo said: Defer to Eddie’s judgment but I really don’t think from what I’ve seen he’ll be anything other than a weakness in the first Xl should he end up there. We can and should do better. Weaker than no Wilson (even when he played). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 2 hours ago, Decky said: £50m A quick Wiki check says he's scored the same amount of goals in 37 PL appearances as Ramsey has in 137? The Ramsey deal was pretty broadly praised as smart business? Oh and we're absolutely desperate for a striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 2 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said: A quick Wiki check says he's scored the same amount of goals in 37 PL appearances as Ramsey has in 137? The Ramsey deal was pretty broadly praised as smart business? Oh and we're absolutely desperate for a striker. They are completely different players. What a ridiculous comparison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Just now, El Prontonise said: They are completely different players. What a ridiculous comparison. Come on, Neesy, be kind. There's a kernel of a point in there, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 3 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said: A quick Wiki check says he's scored the same amount of goals in 37 PL appearances as Ramsey has in 137? The Ramsey deal was pretty broadly praised as smart business? Oh and we're absolutely desperate for a striker. Can you compare a strikers goal record with a midfielder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Alternatively I could have just said that's how much reliable PL strikers cost these days, you're going to have to get used to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Just now, SUPERTOON said: Can you compare a strikers goal record with a midfielder? I can. And I did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Just now, Dr Venkman said: I can. And I did. It was pointless though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 1 hour ago, midds said: It's a ridiculous price but we're in a ridiculous situation. The club have known Wilson was leaving months ago and we're still scrambling around with a week to go. The Isak situation is a shitshow and hasn't helped but we needed another body in regardless of Isak. I appreciate they've gone after quality but, for whatever reasons, we've been knocked back each time. Sometimes you just need to bite the bullet an overpay to solve a huge problem. If you boiler dies in the second week of October you just need to either cough up and replace it or shiver all winter. Whether it's this fucker or Wissa or whoever, the fee is guaranteed to be huge because we have a huge problem to solve In that analogy, if the boiler engineer had one in his van right now to replace it for 3k would you take it or say nope, I’ll get one elsewhere and get it fitted for £1k+ less. You’d do the latter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 2 hours ago, oldtype said: Move on to what Woah, woah, woah. That is NOT the point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said: It was pointless though. Have a nice evening, SUPERTOON. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Just now, Dr Venkman said: Have a nice evening, SUPERTOON. We are smashing Liverpool, so I will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 We may be at the point where we just need to get one striker in to avoid potential disaster. Provided the players can be sold next year, it is possible to take punts on a number of players and sell or firesale the ones who aren't working. This would be preferable to not having anyone and a grumpy Isak still grumpy. It was a great effort to get CL and we can't just let Isak and PSR fears destroy it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 2 hours ago, The Prophet said: Let's take a look at the market. £55 million is the benchmark for a winger with any form of productivity. The striker market is an even smaller pool with the top end of the market at £70 million to £80 million for young, unproven names. Larsen is a Premier League striker for 14 goals and 4 assists, with his best years in front of him. There's absolutely no way a striker of that pedigree, in this market, with us being in the position of desperation we're in is going on the cheap. Agreed. Quite a few struggling to keep up with realistic valuations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 2 minutes ago, Sibierski said: In that analogy, if the boiler engineer had one in his van right now to replace it for 3k would you take it or say nope, I’ll get one elsewhere and get it fitted for £1k+ less. You’d do the latter. If the cheaper one couldn't be fitted until the middle of January I'd pay (through gritted teeth) for the pricier one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 4 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said: Agreed. Quite a few struggling to keep up with realistic valuations. The word coming out of Wolves is that they value him at £75m now. Like Wissa the price is going up daily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted August 25, 2025 Share Posted August 25, 2025 Trust the process. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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