Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Dogtanian]

I think another striker is our biggest need, but if it doesn't come then I'm okay with that too.

It's certainly not going to be like that fateful Christmas where I waited all morning for my dad to get up after his night shift so I could open that last present that I really, really wanted to be the Millenium Falcon, but deep down I knew the box was too small.

[Toronto Villa]

Even if we don't sign anyone the club has played a blinder this window. I was hoping that none of our incoming deals wouldn't go down to the last minute but that's almost inevitable these days. Still we did the vast majority of our business already, so adds a bit of fun to the last day or two. Still think it will be one at least in, maybe two, with 2 or 3 out.

[Damo70]

I'm not sure why people are so worried about goals from the strikers, we've just socred 16 goals in pre-season and only 3 were from forwards. Complaining about the lack of goals from the forwards but ignoring the fact that the midfield was scoring for fun just seems a strange way to react to that, for me.

Good form in friendlies is nice, but hardly something to base a season upon. It's unrealistic to expect our midfield to score as many in the Premier League as they did in a division below. Kodjia is injury prone and Davis has moments of promise but is hardly prolific, to say the least.

We would never have got promoted without the goals of Abraham, and he's gone. If Wesley gets injured or struggles for form, we look woefully short up front.

We need another striker.

I totally agree. We have midfielders who scored goals in the Championship that will find it more difficult to do so in the Premier League. Also goal scoring midfielders in general are a bonus and a back up to the strikers. We need at least two genuine goalscorers who are out and out strikers.

[paul_e]

Just to clarify, my point is that even in the easy games we weren't seeing masses of chances falling to our strikers because that's just not how we've been playing. Our style seems to rely on midfielders getting ahead of Wesley and I don't see hwy you'd play that way in pre-season and then start firing balls into the box for a striker to get ont the end of once the season kicks off. If you want to compare how we're trying to play with anyone from last year take a look at Liverpool. Salah and Sane got 22 each and Firmino, who generally played as the striker, got 12. Looking at who we've signed and how we're building attacks I'm pretty certain that we're trying to do something similar with Jota, ewl Ghazi and Trezeguet (Benrahma would be another who offers the same threat and Augustin looks like he'd be great for that as well) but also bringing McGinn and Jack into it more as well and hoping they pick up a lot of ball on the edge of the box.

Another striker would be great but all along I've said I'd like it to be someone who can play wide or or up front because I see a wide player being our top scorer this year. Smith has previous for this as well, Jota, Watkins and Benrahma all scored a lot for Brentford from that inside forward position and I suspect Maupay was originally signed to play there as well.

[LeeB]

Just to clarify, my point is that even in the easy games we weren't seeing masses of chances falling to our strikers because that's just not how we've been playing. Our style seems to rely on midfielders getting ahead of Wesley and I don't see hwy you'd play that way in pre-season and then start firing balls into the box for a striker to get ont the end of once the season kicks off. If you want to compare how we're trying to play with anyone from last year take a look at Liverpool. Salah and Sane got 22 each and Firmino, who generally played as the striker, got 12. Looking at who we've signed and how we're building attacks I'm pretty certain that we're trying to do something similar with Jota, ewl Ghazi and Trezeguet (Benrahma would be another who offers the same threat and Augustin looks like he'd be great for that as well) but also bringing McGinn and Jack into it more as well and hoping they pick up a lot of ball on the edge of the box.

Another striker would be great but all along I've said I'd like it to be someone who can play wide or or up front because I see a wide player being our top scorer this year. Smith has previous for this as well, Jota, Watkins and Benrahma all scored a lot for Brentford from that inside forward position and I suspect Maupay was originally signed to play there as well.

I agree with this.

[JUAN PABLO]

What about Julian Joachim?

Julian is playing in the Gibraltar league this season.

Damn . .      that's another one with Maupay we have missed

[Malandro]

What about Julian Joachim?

Julian is playing in the Gibraltar league this season.

Damn . .      that's another one with Maupay we have missed

Is this a step up or down from playing for Boston United?

[KevinGage]

Just to clarify, my point is that even in the easy games we weren't seeing masses of chances falling to our strikers because that's just not how we've been playing. Our style seems to rely on midfielders getting ahead of Wesley and I don't see hwy you'd play that way in pre-season and then start firing balls into the box for a striker to get ont the end of once the season kicks off. If you want to compare how we're trying to play with anyone from last year take a look at Liverpool. Salah and Sane got 22 each and Firmino, who generally played as the striker, got 12. Looking at who we've signed and how we're building attacks I'm pretty certain that we're trying to do something similar with Jota, ewl Ghazi and Trezeguet (Benrahma would be another who offers the same threat and Augustin looks like he'd be great for that as well) but also bringing McGinn and Jack into it more as well and hoping they pick up a lot of ball on the edge of the box.

Another striker would be great but all along I've said I'd like it to be someone who can play wide or or up front because I see a wide player being our top scorer this year. Smith has previous for this as well, Jota, Watkins and Benrahma all scored a lot for Brentford from that inside forward position and I suspect Maupay was originally signed to play there as well.

Watkins was the Brentford player who impressed me the most last season. Industrious player who seems to have a bit of everything to his game.

[paul_e]

Just to clarify, my point is that even in the easy games we weren't seeing masses of chances falling to our strikers because that's just not how we've been playing. Our style seems to rely on midfielders getting ahead of Wesley and I don't see hwy you'd play that way in pre-season and then start firing balls into the box for a striker to get ont the end of once the season kicks off. If you want to compare how we're trying to play with anyone from last year take a look at Liverpool. Salah and Sane got 22 each and Firmino, who generally played as the striker, got 12. Looking at who we've signed and how we're building attacks I'm pretty certain that we're trying to do something similar with Jota, ewl Ghazi and Trezeguet (Benrahma would be another who offers the same threat and Augustin looks like he'd be great for that as well) but also bringing McGinn and Jack into it more as well and hoping they pick up a lot of ball on the edge of the box.

Another striker would be great but all along I've said I'd like it to be someone who can play wide or or up front because I see a wide player being our top scorer this year. Smith has previous for this as well, Jota, Watkins and Benrahma all scored a lot for Brentford from that inside forward position and I suspect Maupay was originally signed to play there as well.

Watkins was the Brentford player who impressed me the most last season. Industrious player who seems to have a bit of everything to his game.

I agree, him and Benrahma impressed me a lot more than Maupay.

[ktvillan]

Just to clarify, my point is that even in the easy games we weren't seeing masses of chances falling to our strikers because that's just not how we've been playing. Our style seems to rely on midfielders getting ahead of Wesley and I don't see hwy you'd play that way in pre-season and then start firing balls into the box for a striker to get ont the end of once the season kicks off. If you want to compare how we're trying to play with anyone from last year take a look at Liverpool. Salah and Sane got 22 each and Firmino, who generally played as the striker, got 12. Looking at who we've signed and how we're building attacks I'm pretty certain that we're trying to do something similar with Jota, ewl Ghazi and Trezeguet (Benrahma would be another who offers the same threat and Augustin looks like he'd be great for that as well) but also bringing McGinn and Jack into it more as well and hoping they pick up a lot of ball on the edge of the box.

Another striker would be great but all along I've said I'd like it to be someone who can play wide or or up front because I see a wide player being our top scorer this year. Smith has previous for this as well, Jota, Watkins and Benrahma all scored a lot for Brentford from that inside forward position and I suspect Maupay was originally signed to play there as well.

I agree with this.

More or less what I said earlier - agree too.

I've a suspicion Smith might want to play a bit like Liverpool with three quick mobile forwards who can play wide or down the middle, with the full backs providing additional width.  So Benrahma would fit that bill more so than another Centre Forward type like Wesley.  Trezeguet, AEG, Jota maybe Kodija, also possibly would work in that respect. Possibly even Wesley himself.   In which case a hold up type player might not play all the time, or be expected to bear the goalscoring burden -  and Davies would be adequate backup. 

[Monty]

It also tallies with what's being reported about Davis today. He doesn't score a lot just at the minute but he combines pretty well and clearly Smith sees that as the most valuable attribute in a centre-forward this season.

[hilts_coolerking]

So who's going to be our top goalscorer this season?

[Holy Trinity]

So who's going to be our top goalscorer this season?

SJM with jota a close second on 15

[cdbearsfan]

Can't see anyone topping Guilbert's fifty goals.

[UK Redsox]

So who's going to be our top goalscorer this season?

Depends on who's taking the penalties. If that's Wes, then him. Otherwise, it could be anyone