Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread

[PaulWinch again]

It is looking increasingly negligent that we made such a hash of our striking options in the summer.

[mr underhill]

it was always negligent and it will cost us our place in the PL. Smith and half of the useless cnuts bought in the summer out now please.

[Holy Trinity]

it was always negligent and it will cost us our place in the PL. Smith and half of the useless cnuts bought in the summer out now please.

I'm of the agreement smith should have gone but management have made their decision and it could cost us our place in the premier league. We have to live with it now and if we do manage to stay up reassess in the summer!

Despite the money we have I'm starting to worry we have learner mark 2

[SoccerHQ]

Rondon is rubbish.

Really? Maybe his goal output dosen't always match the positions he gets into but you can say that for many strikers below elite level.

He scored 11 in the league for Newcastle last season in 30 games. Overall 35 goals in 140 premier league games and also 33 goals in 70 La Liga games.

His record really isn't that much different at the top level to say Mitrovic who many want us to sign for 25-30 million.

[cdbearsfan]

Yeah, I don't want to sign Mitrovic, either.

[SoccerHQ]

Yeah, I don't want to sign Mitrovic, either.

Any striker we sign is going to be 1 in 3 at best. Not that many players score even 20 anymore and they play for the best clubs or are called Vardy or Ings.

Guess we could take a punt on someone scoring 100 goals in the Saudi league, wasn't there some wierd link to a striker there in the week?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Hope none of our transfer targets watched the game today.

[phantom limb]

As much fun as the false 9 experiment has been, I’d really like us to get a striker. Preferably two, just in case.

[SoccerHQ]

It is looking increasingly negligent that we made such a hash of our striking options in the summer.

Worse to me we don't even seem in a hurry to fix those issues in this window. Just letting things drift and so we could well lose the six pointers at Brighton and v Watford which dosen't seem a clever thing to do.

[David_Nab]

As much fun as the false 9 experiment has been, I’d really like us to get a striker. Preferably two, just in case.

Then we only have to worry about the defence who can't defend ( or run and cross in Taylors case) and the MF who can't tackle ( 4 between them today )

[sickbeggar]

Getting a quality striker in is gonna be a real problem i feel. A loan is probably the best option but whom? Either we go for a experienced striker from a top league and hope they don't get a better offer or another hopeful punt and pray he comes off. I sure there's another Wesley knocking them in for fun in belgium or holland but its a whole different ball game in the premiership

[SoccerHQ]

As much fun as the false 9 experiment has been, I’d really like us to get a striker. Preferably two, just in case.

Then we only have to worry about the defence who can't defend ( or run and cross in Taylors case) and the MF who can't tackle ( 4 between them today )

We've won two league games very recently with Luiz and Nakamba starting both.

I accept the points but we can win those type of games despite them. However I can't see us winning many games at all if good old false 9 is leading the line so that remains the critical and make or break position.

Most teams get relegated because they can't score many goals. After 15/16 we should've learnt this. We've actually scored more than I thought we would from our early weeks but still in bottom 3 with more than half the season gone so it still remains a massive issue.

[hilts_coolerking]

As much fun as the false 9 experiment has been, I’d really like us to get a striker. Preferably two, just in case.

We absolutely need two.  We needed one when it became clear Wes was not going to be prolific, and now we need two because he's crocked.

[Matt C]

Big week ahead. Need some traction on incomings before it’s too late.

[villa `cross the mersey]

It is looking increasingly negligent that we made such a hash of our striking options in the summer.

Worse to me we don't even seem in a hurry to fix those issues in this window. Just letting things drift and so we could well lose the six pointers at Brighton and v Watford which dosen't seem a clever thing to do.

pretty much this....it seems odd that they back the manager with a new contract and then " support" him with short term signings like Drinkwater and Reina.......maybe they are expecting us to go down ........once again we as a club have spent  a lot of money on dross ...I thought we had learned our lessons